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Trump questioned in defamation rape case America’s former president Donald Trump has been questioned under oath in a lawsuit brought against him by a woman who claims he raped her in the mid-1990s. E Jean Carroll alleges the attack took place in a New York luxury department store dressing room. Trump had denied the allegation and said Ms Carroll was lying – which led her to sue him for defamation. No details of the deposition have been released but it has been confirmed that it took place on Wednesday. A civil trial in the case is scheduled for 6 February.…

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MPs face potentially losing whip after No 10 confirms chaotic vote is being treated as confidence issue UK politics live – latest news updates Dozens of Conservative MPs are facing potential disciplinary action or losing the party whip after Downing Street announced that a chaotic vote on fracking was being treated as a confidence issue. It was widely reported that Liz Truss’s chief whip, Wendy Morton, and the deputy chief whip, Craig Whittaker, had stepped down after disorderly scenes, with MPs alleging ministers physically pulled some wavering Tories into the voting lobbies. Continue reading… ​MPs face potentially losing whip after…

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