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☆ US election: Britain’s ‘Special Relationship’ with America is getting complicated
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Trump launched an extraordinary spat with Labour on Wednesday, claiming through a lawyer they had been interfering in the election. But this week’s spat throws renewed scrutiny on the complicated and delicate “Special Relationship” between Britain and America. ‘We’re in a different world’The Trump campaign’s broadside against the Labour Party stunned Westminster this week. But unlike President Joe Biden, Harris’ political career has not been built around foreign policy. It would come down to (Starmer) and to the Labour Party, whether they want it or not.”

Persons: London CNN —, Kamala Harris, Labour’s Keir Starmer, Harris, ” Claire Ainsley, ” Ainsley, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Ed Owen, ‘, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Amanda Andrade, Rhoades, Reuters “, ”, Truss, Trump –, “ Harris, Keir, Josh Simons, Josh Freed, Starmer, “, Mike Tapp, ” Simons, Joe Biden, “ She’s, Biden, ” Starmer, Ainsley, ” Ricky Vigil, Owen, ” Tapp, admiringly, Queen Elizabeth II, Freed, Germany’s Olaf Scholz, Australia’s Anthony Albanese, France’s Emmanuel Macron, ” Freed Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Labour, Progressive, Institute, Democratic, Democratic National Convention, NATO, Home Office, Foreign, Trump, Labour Party, Westminster, Conservative Political, Reuters, Republican National Convention, Climate, Democrat, “ Labour, Conservatives, Conservative, Kyiv Locations: Britain, London, Ukraine, America, Maryland, British, Washington, DC, Westminster Westminster, Israel, populists, Russia, United Kingdom

☆ Former Republican Candidate for U.S. House Is Charged With Murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Republican candidate who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Nevada in 2020 with the backing of President Donald J. Trump surrendered to the police on Wednesday after he was charged with killing a man in Las Vegas last year, his lawyers said. The Las Vegas police issued an arrest warrant earlier on Wednesday for the former candidate, Daniel Rodimer, 45, a onetime professional wrestler, after he was charged with murdering Christopher Tapp, 47, at a resort on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 29. Medical workers found Mr. Tapp “suffering from injuries as a result of a purported accident,” and took him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement. Homicide detectives learned that Mr. Tapp had been in “an altercation inside a room” at the resort, the statement said. The Clark County medical examiner’s office ruled that Mr. Tapp died as a result of blunt-force trauma to the head.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Daniel Rodimer, Christopher Tapp, Tapp “, Tapp Organizations: Republican, Las Vegas, Las, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Locations: Nevada, Las Vegas, Clark

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks three days after losing the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Kyle Shanahan announced the decision on Wednesday to move on after one season with Wilks in charge of the defense. Shanahan called it a “really tough decision” but said he wants to find a coordinator who was a better scheme fit for the talent on San Francisco's defense. "We felt pretty strongly that this was the decision that was best for our organization,” he said. Passing game coordinator Klint Kubiak will become offensive coordinator in New Orleans, running backs coach Anthony Lynn will be run game coordinator in Washington, assistant defensive line coach Darryl Tapp will take over as defensive line coach in Washington and assistant offensive line coach James Cregg will become offensive line coach in Las Vegas.

Persons: Steve Wilks, Kyle Shanahan, Wilks, Shanahan, ”, ” Shanahan, DeMeco Ryans, Steve, Patrick Mahomes, Nick Bosa, Klint Kubiak, Anthony Lynn, Darryl Tapp, James Cregg, ___ Organizations: San Francisco 49ers, Super, Kansas City Chiefs, San, Niners, Chiefs, Kansas City Locations: SANTA CLARA, Calif, Houston, San Francisco, Green Bay, Detroit, New Orleans, Washington, Las Vegas

☆ AI ‘resurrects’ long dead dictator in murky new era of deepfake electioneering
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“As a member of Golkar, I am very proud of Suharto because he successfully developed Indonesia,” Aksa wrote on X. The Golkar-produced Suharto video was just one of dozens featured in official party campaigns, they said. AI photos made by supporters, have also been used by Ganjar’s party in his campaign. Indonesia’s Communications Ministry issued advisories following several viral AI videos, warning tech companies and voters to be cautious of deepfakes. TAPP (Tim Advokasi Peduli Pemilu), a Jakarta-based nonprofit, said that videos like the Suharto deepfake showed AI’s potential for voter manipulation.

Persons: Suharto, ”, Erwin Aksa, Golkar –, Prabowo Subianto, –, ” Aksa, Golda Benjamin, Ganjar, Darryl Ramadhan, Muhammad Zulfan Dalimunthe, ” Budisatrio, Prabowo’s, Ganjar Pranowo, Anies Baswedan, Anies, ” Anies, TAPP, Tim Advokasi Peduli, Suharto deepfake, Gugum Ridho, Rahmat Pribadi, Suharto Suharto’s, Soe Tjen, Anton Pratama, “, ” Anton Organizations: CNN, Facebook, YouTube, Golkar, Asia Pacific, ”, Gerindra Party, Central Java Gov, Ganjar’s Democratic Party of, Jakarta Gov, Indonesia’s Communications Ministry, Getty, SOAS University of London Locations: Indonesia, Indonesian, Asia, Jakarta, Lubuk Pakam, North Sumatra, AFP, Gugum Ridho Putra, East Timor, Aceh, West Papua, Maluku, Yogyakarta

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