Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial

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Reuters Mark Zuckerberg surrounded by three security guards as he walks toward a Los Angeles courthouse wearing a navy blazer, grey necktie and white shirt. Reuters
Meta's chairman and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified in the case

A Los Angeles jury has handed down an unprecedented win for a young woman who sued Meta and Google over her childhood addiction to social media.

A panel of jurors found Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed the mental health of a 20-year old woman, known as Kaley.

The result will likely influence hundreds of similar cases now winding their way through the


What are the US and Iran's proposals for peace?

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A lot of damage has been caused across Iran

Iran has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan to end the war, according to state-run Press TV.

It cited an unknown "senior political-security official" laying out five of Tehran's own conditions to bring the conflict to an end, including paying reparations for damage.

They bear no resemblance to Trump's proposals, published by Israel's Channel 12 network after US officials had confirmed their existence. They include


'We are in agony' - Savannah Guthrie does first interview since mum's disappearance

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Savannah Guthrie and mother Nancy Guthrie in 2023

US television presenter Savannah Guthrie has spoken of her family's "agony" in the first interview since her mother's disappearance.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing since 1 February, when she was last seen at her Tucson, Arizona home. Police released images of a masked person captured by a security camera, but investigative leads received so far have fallen through.

"To think of what she went through, I wake


'Men need to be perp-walked' after Epstein files release, US Congressman Massie tells BBC

US Congressman Thomas Massie tells BBC he is 'not satisfied' with Epstein file release

One of the most outspoken members of the US Republican Party over the Epstein files has told the BBC he is "not satisfied until the survivors are satisfied".

Thomas Massie, a congressman representing Kentucky, told the Newsnight programme: "Men need to be perp-walked in handcuffs to the jail, and until we see that here in this country... we don't have a system of justice that's working.


South Africa's police chief to appear in court over controversial health contract

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Fannie Masemola is the third South African police chief to face a criminal investigation while in office

The head of South Africa's police force has been summoned to appear in court in connection with a health contract that is the subject of a criminal investigation.

General Fannie Masemola "was served with a notice to appear in court" on 21 April over his alleged role in the awarding of a controversial $21m (£15.5m) tender, a police spokesperson

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Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor

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The bones were found underneath where the church altar used to be situated

More than 350 years after the death of legendary French musketeer d'Artagnan, his remains may well have been found under the floor of a Dutch church.

Jos Valke, who is deacon at St Peter and Paul Church in Maastricht, helped unearth the skeleton and is 99% certain that the remains belong to Charles de Batz de Castelmore, a close aide to

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Estonia and Latvia say territories hit by stray Ukrainian drones

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The chimney of a power plant in Auvere, Estonia, suffered light damage from a Ukrainian drone

Ukrainian drones entered Estonian and Latvian air spaces from Russia overnight, with one hitting infrastructure and another crashing on land, Tallinn and Riga have said.

One struck the chimney of a power plant in Auvere, Estonia, while another exploded in the southern Kraslava region of Latvia.

No major damage or injuries were reported.

The incident occurred around the same time as Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on the Russian port of

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'There's no safety anymore': Palestinians warn of expanding settler violence

Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent, Deir al-Hatab, occupied West Bank

Watch: Inside the Palestinian home attacked by settlers

"This assault wasn't just meant to burn the houses but also to kill - to kill women and children," says Barhan Omar, standing in the charred ruins of his family's large villa, which Israeli settlers attacked on Sunday.

"They came in big numbers. This was organised terrorism," he tells me, fighting back tears. "What's terrifying is that you

Barhan Omar in his burnt house, in the Palestinian village of Deir al-Hatab, in the occupied West Bank
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Talk show host Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film

Ian Youngs Culture reporter

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"It turns out I'm going to be free starting this summer," Colbert said

US TV host Stephen Colbert has announced his next move after his late-night talk show ends - co-writing a new Lord of the Rings film.

Colbert, who is well-known to be a JRR Tolkien superfan, will adapt an early section of the first Lord of the Rings novel, The Fellowship of the Ring, with his son, screenwriter Peter McGee.

In a clip of a

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Brazil's Bolsonaro gets temporary house arrest for ill-health

Vanessa Buschschlüter Latin America online editor

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Jair Bolsonaro, who governed from January 2019 to December 2022, was jailed last year

A judge in Brazil has ruled that jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro can be placed under house arrest for the next three months because of poor health.

Bolsonaro, 71, was taken two weeks ago from his cell to a private clinic, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia and treated in an intensive care unit.

He has since been discharged