Viagogo and StubHub platforms to be hit by cap of face value plus 30% or less The price at which tickets for live events can be resold is to be capped under “gamechanging” proposals put forward by the government to crack down on touting in the sector. In a move hailed by music industry figures,…

Memo obtained by the Guardian mandates that court would maintain ‘exclusive’ control of all security-related records A newly uncovered document reveals that the US supreme court sought to beef up judicial protection, while also reducing public scrutiny of the court’s doings, before the court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade. The heavily redacted memorandum…

The BBC speaks to men released from Saydnaya prison – a place known as the “human slaughterhouse”.

Autocrat makes comment about support for ‘older brother’ Putin as Belarusians vote in ‘sham’ presidential election Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said he had “no regrets” about allowing Russia to use his country to invade Ukraine, amid condemnation of the “sham” presidential vote almost certain to extend his 31 years of authoritarian rule. Germany’s foreign minister,…

The four women were taken hostage on 7 October from Nahal Oz military base, about a kilometre from Gaza.

In total, 183 prisoners were released by Israel, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages who were taken to Gaza on 7 October 2023.