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Nigel Farage and other senior members of Reform UK have been filmed by undercover reporters celebrating secret new foreign donations. Channel 4 News and @Verbatim_Media, a group of investigative journalists, can today reveal a plot to break the law on party funding at the highest levels of Reform UK. You can watch the full investigation here: youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI Channel 4 News approached Reform UK, Mr Farage, Mr Jukes and Mr Orr for comment on the findings of this investigation. They did not comment but we understand they deny the allegations in full.

Gadi Eisenkot could replace Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister. So who is he? And where does he stand on Israel’s key issues?

At least 39 people have died after a migrant boat heading for Spain’s Canary Islands sank off the coast of Senegal. Senegalese authorities say one survivor was rescued and 21 bodies have been recovered. El Hierro, one of Spain’s smallest Canary Islands, has declared a social emergency after more than 3,300 migrants and refugees arrived by boat since the start of November.

At least 12 people have been killed after 50 vehicles were involved in several major pile-ups on Bulgaria’s Trakia highway. Officials said the crashes happened near the Zimnitsa junction, affecting the road in both directions. Visibility was low due to dense fog. Dozens of people have been taken to hospital, with many being treated for serious injuries.

Pupils in England will not be allowed to carry their phones in bags or pockets during the school day, under strict new guidelines announced by the government. Ministers said they wanted classrooms to be “truly phone free”. Speaking to the European Parliament - the Duke of Sussex said children needed protection from social media - calling it “brainwashing on an extraordinary scale”.

The United States has evacuated aircraft from a second airbase in England because of a potential Iran threat - according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper said two air refuelling tankers were diverted from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk to bases elsewhere in Europe. It comes weeks after the US relocated planes from RAF Fairford over a security incident thought to be linked to Iran. The Ministry of Defence and US European Command declined to comment for operational security reasons.

The boss of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has admitted he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, wiping billions from his company’s stock value. The scandal has put President Trump’s close relationship with Jensen Huang under scrutiny, as US Editor @AnushkaAsthana explains.

Donald Trump has said he will “stand by” his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, after a Republican lawmaker filed an impeachment resolution yesterday. The President said that Representative Thomas Massie, who lost his primary to a Trump-backed opponent, is a “loser”. Massie largely focuses on the war in Iran but also includes references to Hegseth’s role in carrying out military actions in Yemen and Venezuela, saying Hegseth “knowingly executed and implemented unlawful orders” and “remains a threat to the Constitution.” Trump says Hegseth “won two wars” including the ongoing conflict in Iran. Despite losing control over congress in the midterms, the Republicans will remain in power until January, so the resolution will most likely fail. But Massie says the effort is aimed at pushing Trump to replace Hegseth before Democrats can launch any of their own impeachment processes.

White working-class pupils are being failed at every stage of school, according to the Education Secretary Lucy Powell. She’s launched a second major independent inquiry on white working-class children, focusing on why they are falling behind at both the beginning and end of their education. She spoke to @C4Ciaran , who asked her why white working-class children were being failed.

Russell Brand’s ex-girlfriend, Jemima Khan, has revealed that she once had to call the police during a “violent incident”. In her statement on X, she also addressed reports of an injunction taken out by her and Brand that banned a woman, Szilvia Berki, from talking about an alleged assault by Brand at Khan’s home.

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Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison following his convictions for rape and sexual assault. The sentencing judge, Mr Justice Bennathan, said the disgraced comedian was a "sexual predator" who used his celebrity status as protection until his behaviour was exposed in 2023 following reporting by Channel 4 Dispatches, The Times and Sunday Times newspapers. He said Brand harboured a “casual arrogant disregard to any woman’s right to say no to you”, while his fame meant he believed “you could act when you liked and how you liked”. In a series of powerful impact statements, one of his victims called him “a sexual predator who has no remorse for how his behaviour has impacted my life”. Brand is expected to serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence and will be on the sex offender’s register for life.