Russell Brand charged with new rape and sexual assault offences

Russell Brand has been charged with two further offences including one count of rape, the Metropolitan Police has said.

In a new statement, the police force said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised an additional charge of rape and a charge of sexual assault relating to two further women.

The broadcaster, comedian and actor previously pleaded not guilty to five charges including two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault in relation to four women.

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Plot to mount UK’s worst terror attack foiled: Two ISIS-supporting migrants planned to ‘kill as many Jews as possible’

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein Muslim Terrorists

Fanatics inspired by Islamic State face life in jail after they were today found guilty of plotting a gun attack on Jewish targets which police say could have been Britain’s ‘worst ever’ terrorist atrocity.

In a chilling reminder of how rising anti-Semitism since the October 7 massacre is fuelling violence against British Jews, migrants Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein sought to buy a stash of firearms and over 900 rounds of ammunition.

Fuelled by a twisted desire to exact revenge for Israel’s military response to the Hamas atrocity on Britain’s streets, the extremists planned to gun down participants at a march against anti-Semitism in Manchester.

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Is Canada’s population decline real, or a statistical mirage?

According to estimates released last week by Statistics Canada, the Carney government is making progress on one of its immigration goals – reversing the enormous run-up in the country’s temporary resident population.

However, though the government appears to be making headway in terms of lowering immigration numbers back to historical levels, it’s a very different story when it comes to raising quality.

Ottawa also needs to take steps to ensure that the population drop reported by Stastcan is real, and not a statistical mirage.

Yup it’s a mirage.

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Opposition to Liberal bill that could criminalize quoting Scripture is gaining momentum

In a recent article, I wrote about Bill C-9, the Liberal government’s proposed “speech control law” – a muzzling of Christian expression that Ebenezer Scrooge would be proud of. Since that time, there have been some significant developments that I want to share with you.

The most important and encouraging news is the enormous groundswell of public outrage over this draconian proposal. Not only have we garnered nearly 5,000 signatures on our petition to stop Bill C-9, but many prominent politicians, public figures, as well as clergy and public-interest groups are voicing their opposition in the strongest of terms.

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The scientific case for the existence of intelligent alien life

The foundation of science is based on the humility to learn, not the arrogance of expertise. When comet experts argued that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS must be a familiar water-rich comet as soon as it was discovered in July, they behaved like artificial intelligence systems: only able to reflect the data sets they were trained on. For decades, the data set that established comet expertise largely comprised icy rocks in the solar system. My counterpoint is simple: humanity launched technological objects into space, so we must conclude that alien life forms could do the same. This possibility must be added to the training data set of comet experts when studying interstellar objects.

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The victim of this dramatic caught-on-video robbery speaks out: ‘These are not high level criminals — they’re kids’

Seated in a small booth tucked into the corner of a Mississauga grocery store, Orbit Money owner Sabir Syed was greeted by a steady stream of visitors on Sunday.

Many came not to exchange currency, but to check on him following the robbery that took place at his counter inside Iqbal Foods on Erin Mills Parkway near Burnhamthorpe Road West just one week earlier.

Kids sent by older criminals.

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Trump’s national security strategy leaves Canada on the sidelines — for now

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For anyone trying to better understand U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy vision and its consequences for Canada, look no further than the recently released national security strategy (NSS) that offers the White House’s vision of America’s global influence and its defence and economic power priorities.

Unlike the previous two strategies — under both Joe Biden and Trump 1.0 — the new strategy no longer focuses heavily on major power competition, instead extolling an “America First” foreign policy centred mainly on America’s economic power and national interests.

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Guilt Isn’t Genetic: We cannot continue treating one another as carriers of moral disease.

Nicki Minaj is not a theologian, a historian, or a political philosopher. However, during a Sunday conversation with Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest, she articulated a moral truth that much of our culture — especially our political culture — seems determined to forget. Her remarks about beauty, pride, and childhood dignity unexpectedly point toward one of the central crises of our time: our inability to forgive, and our obsession with inherited guilt. 

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What binds the celebrities featured in the Epstein files

The new naughty list just dropped, as the kids say these days. The pre-Christmas release of the Epstein files, or at least some of them – elves heavily redacted – has brought much-needed good cheer to all of us. Not every red face on Christmas afternoon will be down to port and brandy this year. And the cast of characters – Mick Jagger, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, Richard Branson and all the rest – sounds like the guest list for the worst Graham Norton Christmas Special ever.

The release of the files as they stand, though, seems to me to add fuel to all sorts of conspiracy theories. In the first place, they really do seem to confirm what many of us normies have long suspected. The rich and famous really do pal around with each other in a way that transcends ideological divides.

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The US or China? The Nation That Wins the Nuclear Fusion Race Wins Global Primacy

There continues to be a debate among global geopolitical analysts regarding whether the United States and China are engaged in a Cold War or a competition for global dominance.

The answer is irrelevant.

By anyone’s observation, China seeks to dominate the 21st century, and they will do so by “any means necessary.” In the process, they will use their military might to create a sphere of influence that is designed to cow nations that range from Japan to Australia to India.

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‘Zionists’ condemned in Bondi terror video

Terrorists threw IEDs at the Chanukah event

… The pair are accused of throwing four improvised explosive devices at a Jewish crowd at Archer Park, which failed to detonate, before opening fire from a footbridge on the evening of Dec. 14.

Police said the pair parked their car on Campbell Parade in Bondi Beach at about 6:50 p.m. and then draped Islamic State flags over the front and rear windscreens. They then allegedly carried three firearms, three pipe bombs and a homemade “tennis ball bomb” as they walked toward the footbridge and began shooting at the Chanukah by the Sea gathering.

h/t Patti Jo

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