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Calm down, Twitter is not the whole world

There has been predictable outrage at Elon Musk’s takeover – but it’s not about him, it’s we users who make the site.

Libby Purves

CommentaryThe Times

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with his German counterpart in Kyiv on October 25, 2022. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Dark times call for plain speaking

Ukrainians show the world that sometimes offence is the best response when democracy is under threat and Volodymyr Zelensky is guarding that freedom to say it as we see it.

Trevor Phillips

‘Free speech’ pushThe Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 14, 2019 Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk took control of Twitter and fired its top executives, US media reported late October 27, 2022, in a deal that puts one of the top platforms for global discourse in the hands of the world's richest man. Musk sacked chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as the company's chief financial officer and its head of legal policy, trust and safety, the Washington Post and CNBC reported citing unnamed sources. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Musk plays up conspiracy claims over Pelosi attack

The new owner of Twitter amplified claims about Paul Pelosi as alternative theories swirled on the platform he bought for $44bn.

David Charter

‘purely outrageous’The Times

CORRECTION / A crew member prepares a grain analysis for a control made by members of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) onboard the Barbados-flagged ship "Nord Vind" coming from Ukraine loaded with grain and anchored in Istanbul, on October 11, 2022. - The grain deal between Russia and Ukraine establishing safe corridors along which Ukrainian ships can come in and out of three designated Black Sea ports in and around Odessa creates a traffic jam in Istanbul. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) / âThe erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Yasin AKGUL has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [for a control made by members of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC)] instead of [as part of a UN inspection of]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.â

Starvation fear as Moscow and Kyiv clash over grain corridor

Russia accuses Ukraine of exploiting the safe passages in the Black Sea to launch drone attacks on its naval base in Crimea.

Catherine Philp and Tom Parfitt

‘bitter-sweet’The Times

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Amanda Knox and accused former lover reunited in Italy

The two people acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher have reunited in Gubbio, the town they were planning to visit 15 years ago on the day the British exchange student was found dead.

Philiop Willan

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Comedian Billy Eichner in Hollywood film, Bros. It is produced by Judd Apatow, Nicholas Stoller and Joshua Church, along with Eichner as executive producer. Picture: Universal Pictures,

Blame game as gay rom-com flops in US

New movie Bros is a gay spin on the classic romantic comedy, but hasn’t been a hit with audiences.

LIAM KELLY

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Zuckerberg’s world without love

Only a weirdo would want to hang out in his virtual playground. So why is the billionaire betting his fortune away?

Danny Fortson

‘WHERE IS NANCY?’The Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 23, 2019, US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (R) and husband Paul Pelosi arrive for the Time 100 Gala at Lincoln Center in New York. - An intruder attacked the husband of the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after breaking into their home in San Francisco on October 28, 2022, her office said, leaving him needing hospital treatment. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Fears Pelosi attack is only the start of violence

82-year-old Paul Pelosi underwent surgery for a fractured skull and other serious injuries after an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home.

HUGH TOMLINSON

‘whatever it takes to succeed’The Times

TOPSHOT - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on October 26, 2022, for the House of Commons to take part in his first Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs). - Rishi Sunak will today face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as British prime minister, in a likely raucous parliamentary session following weeks of political turmoil. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Sunak’s rise is a quiet triumph for British Indians

The feeling that at last the tables were being turned on the old masters has spread across the Indian diaspora.

Trevor Phillips

cardinal’s sinThe Times

Pope Francis greets faithful from China as he arrives for his weekly general audience on April 18, 2018, on St. Peter's square in the Vatican. / AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI

Pact with China an ‘act of submission’ for Pope

The renewal of a secret deal between the Vatican and China has come at an embarrassing moment for the Holy See.

Philip Willan

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 09, 2022 House of Representatives candidate, Sarah Palin (L) speaks alongside former US President Donald Trump during a "Save America" rally in Anchorage, Alaska. - Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin on August 31, 2022 lost her bid to fill the state's vacant seat in the US House of Representatives. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)

I don’t read books, Palin admits in comeback bid

The former vice-presidential nominee is one of four candidates standing for Alaska’s sole House of Representatives seat.

Alistair Dawber

Reluctant switchThe Times

ERKELENZ, GERMANY - APRIL 21: Wind turbines spin as steam rises from the Neurath coal-fired power station at Neurath on April 21, 2022 near Erkelenz, Germany. The Neurath power station, which, according to data from 2020, is Europe's second biggest emitter of CO2, is supplied with lignite coal from the nearby Garzweiler II open-cast mine. While the German government is pursuing ambitious and accelerated goals for the country's transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources, Germany remains dependent on coal for the near future. RWE, the energy company that owns the Garzweiler mine, recently won a court case that will allow it to raze what remains of the nearby village of Luetzerath, where a lone farmer, Eckhardt Heukamp, had been refusing to leave. Several settlements near Garzweiler as well as near other open-cast coal mines in Germany are slated for destruction to allow for mine expansion. Energy companies are offering resettlement to affected residents. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Gas crisis forces Germany to flatten wind farm for coal mine

In a bid to burn as little Russian gas as possible this winter, a dozen German villages and eight wind turbines will be cleared for a vast open-cut mine that will operate until 2030.

Oliver Moody

‘Outside forces’The Times

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidential office shows President Ebrahim Raisi attending the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, Kazakhstan, on October 13 2022. - The regional summit seeking cooperation among 27 Asian countries also hosts Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / IRANIAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===

Iran blames hijab protests for Islamic State attack

In a sign of desperation in the face of nationwide protests, President Ebrahim Raisi has linked a terror attack on a shrine in Shiraz to the widespread demonstrations.

Richard Spencer and Isambard Wilkinson

Gruesome caseThe Times

Jemma Mitchell met her alleged victim at church in 2020. Picture: The Times

Australian osteopath guilty over beheading for inheritance

Jemma Mitchell faces life in jail for the murder and decapitation of a vulnerable friend in order to inherit an estate worth more than $1.2 million.

David Woode

Doors closeThe Times

Kanye West’s school charges $15,000 a year and requires parents to sign non-disclosure agreements. Picture: ASHLEY LANDIS/AP/The Times

Kanye’s school shuts amid anti-Semitic fallout

Donda Academy will discontinue ‘immediately’ as the impact of the rapper’s remarks made on social media continue to snowball.

Keiran Southern

‘Co-operate for win-win’The Times

President Xi on a video call with President Biden last year. In a letter he says China is “willing to make efforts with the US”. Picture: HUANG JINGWEN/XINHUA/ALAMY LIVE NEWS/The Times

Xi says China wants to ‘get along’, ‘co-exist peacefully’ with US

A letter from empowered Chinese leader Xi Jinping urges co-operation ‘in the new era’, amid rising tensions over Taiwan.

Didi Tang

LA trialThe Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 04, 2022, former US film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California. - Opening arguments are expected to begin Monday in the Los Angeles trial of disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, with five alleged victims expected to take the stand during the two-month case. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / POOL / AFP)

Ex-assistant allowed to tell of Weinstein ‘hotel attack’

Rowena Chiu, 48, was working for Miramax studio when she alleges he tried to force himself on her at the Venice Film Festival.

Keiran Southern

tuned outThe Times

(FILES) In this file photo US media personality Kim Kardashian (L) and husband US rapper Kanye West attend the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on February 9, 2020. - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, US media reported February 19. Kardashian's lawyer Laura Wasser filed papers confirming a split first rumored back in January, when the mega-celebrity couple were reported to be living separately, Fox News said. (Photo by Jean-Baptiste Lacroix / AFP)

Kanye West — a musical giant who crashed to earth

His anti-Semitic rhetoric has led to his business partners deserting him. The rap star has lost a fortune and, he says, his family.

Helen Rumbelow

Midterm showdownThe Times

WALLINGFORD, PA - OCTOBER 15: Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman holds a rally at Nether Providence Elementary School on October 15, 2022 in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Election Day will be held nationwide on November 8, 2022. Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP

Stroke survivor falters in key US Senate election debate

Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman has struggled to make detailed arguments in his only debate with Republican rival, TV doctor Mehmet Oz.

David Charter

CommentaryThe Times

Nasser al-Khater, the chief executive of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 organisation, gestures during a press conference in the Qatari capital Doha on October 17, 2022. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Why Qatar makes even the most dedicated football fans so uneasy

Allowing autocrats to stage a World Cup is wrong and advice to fans to ‘respect’ a host nation with appalling human rights abuses adds to the sadness.

David Aaronovitch

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