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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureTaylor Swift: Artist’s music back on TikTok after disputePublished58 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Taylor Swift announced her upcoming album’s release date while accepting her Grammy award in February 2024By Hafsa KhalilBBC NewsTaylor Swift’s songs are back on TikTok after her label stopped licensing its content to the Chinese-owned app.Her music’s return on Thursday comes ahead of the release of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department.Universal Music pulled songs by its artists in January, including Rihanna and Ariana Grande, citing a licensing dispute.Many artists have complained about inadequate royalty payments from TikTok. While many of her songs – including You Belong With Me and Cruel Summer – are again available for users to add to their videos, music belonging to Universal’s other artists has still not been relisted.That may be because unlike other artists, Swift owns the copyright to her music under the terms of a 2018 deal with Universal. Some reports speculated Swift reached a separate deal with TikTok. In an open letter published on 30 January, Universal claimed that “ultimately TikTok is trying to build a music-based business, without paying fair value for the music”.Universal said it was also concerned about getting fair compensation for artists for AI-generated songs made to sound like the real thing, such as one made to sound like Drake and The Weeknd which went viral.Swift announced her upcoming album while accepting her 13th Grammy award earlier this year. The Tortured Poets Department, which will be released on 19 April, is her 11th album.The BBC has contacted Universal and TikTok for comment.Related TopicsTikTokTaylor SwiftMusicMore on this storyTaylor Swift joins world’s billionaire listPublished2 AprilTaylor Swift celebrates boyfriend Kelce’s NFL winPublished12 FebruaryTop StoriesOJ Simpson, NFL star cleared in ‘trial of the century’, dies aged 76Published2 hours agoPostmistress jailed while pregnant rejects ex-Post Office boss’ apologyPublished4 hours agoKey power plant near Kyiv destroyed by Russian strikesPublished26 minutes agoFeaturesObituary: The spectacular fall of NFL star OJ SimpsonListen: Americast – The life and death of OJ SimpsonAttributionSoundsBowen: Israel denies famine looms in Gaza, but evidence is overwhelmingHow gang violence gripped a tourist havenNazanin: ‘Freedom is sweet… but it’s not easy’What is the minimum salary UK visa applicants need?UK weather: Is it turning warmer?AttributionWeatherWas South Korea’s president thwarted by a spring onion?Listen: How will Labour plug the gap in NHS funding?AttributionSoundsElsewhere on the BBCShould you be worried about getting enough protein?Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber unpick this macronutrient to find out what it does in our bodiesAttributionSounds’I’m not difficult… I just cannot take mediocrity’Explore the meteoric rise to fame and troubled personal life of the comedy pioneer Peter SellersAttributioniPlayer’I was freaking out, I knew I was in trouble’How did Australian Holly Deane-Johns end up in a notorious Thai prison?AttributionSoundsUnearthing the fascinating stories of our ancestorsBritain’s Biggest Dig gives a glimpse into the life of the rich and poor of Georgian LondonAttributioniPlayerMost Read1Man in court over murder of wife as she pushed pram2OJ Simpson, NFL star cleared in ‘trial of the century’, dies aged 763Postmistress jailed while pregnant rejects ex-Post Office boss’ apology4Dazzling artwork found at ancient city of Pompeii5Stormy conditions turn sea pink6Key power plant near Kyiv destroyed by Russian strikes7Wife died in ‘out of character’ attack by husband with dementia8Donelan’s libel bills cost taxpayers £34,0009Taylor Swift’s music returns to TikTok10Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud
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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureKendrick Lamar’s beef with Drake and J Cole explainedPublished3 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A song on Drake’s latest album has triggered a flurry of back-and-forth insultsBy Mark SavageMusic correspondent, BBC NewsRappers have been trading insults since the dawn of hip-hop. It’s part of the culture – a test of lyrical skill and a declaration of superiority that has produced hundreds of classic “diss tracks”, from 2Pac’s Hit ‘Em Up to Jay-Z’s Takeover.The latest beef has erupted between three of hip-hop’s biggest stars – Drake, Kendrick Lamar and J Cole – and was triggered by a seemingly innocuous lyric praising their respective careers.Here’s a guide to what’s happened so far.Who are the main players?Image source, Getty ImagesDrake (above left) – the Canadian actor-turned-musician whose vulnerable blend of rap and R&B has made him the most commercially successful hip-hop artist of the 21st Century. Among his multi-platinum hits are tracks like Hotline Bling, One Dance and Hold On We’re Going Home.Kendrick Lamar (centre) – A Compton-born rapper whose compelling rhymes and conceptual vision have seen him named the best rapper of his generation. One of the most inventive lyricists in the game, he tackles big topics like police brutality, black self-worth and his own internal conflicts. In 2018, he became the first hip-hop artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for music.J Cole (right) – Born in Germany and raised in North Carolina, J Cole was mentored by Jay-Z and went on to score hits with songs like Middle Child and Deja Vu. But he grew disenchanted with the trappings of commercial success and began to forge his own path with more introspective, analytical songs, resulting in some of the most popular and successful music of his career.How did the beef start?When Kendrick Lamar was a young up-and-comer, Drake offered him a helping hand by inviting him onto his Take Care album, and giving him an opening spot on his 2012 Club Paradise Tour.But in 2013, after the success of Lamar’s debut album Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, he made his ambitions clear. During a guest verse on Big Sean’s Control, he called out Drake, J Cole, Meek Mill, Mac Miller, Pusha T and a host of other rappers, warning them: “I got love for you all, but I’m trying to murder you.”Asked about the diss, Drake told Billboard Magazine: “I didn’t really have anything to say about it. It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. “I know good and well that [Lamar] ‘s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.”The rappers traded a few jibes over the next few years (Lamar memorably boasted that he’d “tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes” during the BET hip-hop awards) but it never seemed particularly serious. What triggered the latest escalation?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, J Cole was comparing himself to Drake and Kendrick on the song First Person ShooterThe initial spark was a gesture towards unity, rather than division.In October last year, Drake released his eighth album For All The Dogs, which featured a collaboration with J Cole called First Person Shooter.In one verse, Cole suggested that he, Drake and Kendrick were the “big three” of the current era of hip-hop.”Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K. Dot [Kendrick]? Is it Aubrey [Drake]? Or me? / We the big three, like we started a league.”The song debuted at the top of the US singles chart, becoming Drake’s 13th and Cole’s first number-one song. The achievement meant Drake tied with Michael Jackson for the most number one singles by a male solo artist. A week later, Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer replaced them at number one, and the moment seemed to have passed. But privately, Kendrick had taken note – and he wasn’t happy.What did Kendrick Lamar say?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kendrick Lamar’s response fuelled the fireEarlier this month, producer Metro Boomin’ and rapper Future released a collaborative album called Like That.Hidden in the tracklisting was an uncredited verse by Kendrick Lamar – and it was explosive.With a tightly-wound, expletive-laden delivery, he took aim at Cole’s verse, claiming there was no “big three – it’s just big me”.He went on to call Cole’s best verses insubstantial – “a light pack” – and declared he was the Prince to Drake’s Michael Jackson.The power of the verse can’t really be conveyed in print, but when it ends with Lamar promising to put all of Drake and J Cole’s “dogs” in the “pet sematary” – the name of a Stephen King 1983 horror novel – you know a fuse has been lit.(NB: Lamar doesn’t mean literal pet dogs, but the rappers’ nearest and dearest. The lyric doubles up as a reference to Drake’s album title, For All The Dogs)It’s worth noting that the placement of Lamar’s verse is also significant, as Metro Boomin’ is a former Drake collaborator who fell out with the Canadian star.Metro, whose real name is Leland Wayne, produced the majority of Drake’s 2015 album What A Time To Be Alive, but a promised sequel never materialised, allegedly leading to bad blood between the pair.In 2022, the producer removed Drake from a song called Trance, and unfollowed him on Instagram.Did Drake accept defeat?Of course not. Drake appeared to address Kendrick’s verse in a concert in Florida, with a pugnacious message to the crowd.”A lot of people ask me how I’m feeling,” he said. “I’ma let you know I’m feeling.”I got my [expletive] head up high, my back straight, I’m 10 [expletive] toes down in Florida and anywhere else I go. And I know that no matter what, it’s not a [person] on this earth that could ever [expletive] with me in my life!”What’s the latest?On Friday, J Cole offered his own reply to Kendrick’s verse, in a track on his surprise album Might Delete Later.”I got a phone call, they say that somebody dissing / You want some attention, it come with extensions,” he rapped. “He still doing shows but fell off like The Simpsons.”He continued by critiquing Kendrick’s discography, calling his debut a “classic”, but his most recent effort – a sprawling double album called Mr Morale and the Big Steppers – “tragic”.”Your third [album] was massive and that was your prime,” he continued, “I was trailing right behind and I just now hit mine.”He finished up by saying he still respected Lamar, but wouldn’t hesitate to destroy him if the insults continued.”Push come to shove on this mic I will humble him.”Related TopicsDrakeHip-hopMusicTop StoriesIsrael says body of hostage recovered in night raidPublished2 hours agoShameful to call for UK to end Israel arms sales, Johnson saysPublished4 hours agoDozens of UK flights cancelled as Storm Kathleen sweeps inPublished1 hour agoFeaturesThe world’s eclipse chasers arrive in North AmericaWhere in the UK can you see Monday’s solar eclipse?Inside IDF’s detailed briefing on aid convoy attackWhere does Israel get its weapons?New Yorkers mostly unshaken by rare earthquakeTracking the world’s biggest iceberg as it drifts towards oblivionPrince Andrew’s infamous BBC interview… as dramatised by NetflixKacey Musgraves: ‘The tortured musician cliché is a farce’My return home – 30 years after Rwanda’s genocideElsewhere on the BBCIt’s make or break timeAnother set of eager entrepreneurs hope to impress the fearsome panelAttributioniPlayerBruce Lee as you’ve never seen him beforeTen defining pictures throw a unique lens onto an extraordinary lifeAttributioniPlayerAmbition, money and deceptionThe scandalous true story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, starring Amanda SeyfriedAttributioniPlayerFrom Starman to film star…How did the silver screen inspire David Bowie?AttributioniPlayerMost Read1Planes collide at Heathrow Airport2Actor Cole Brings Plenty found dead in Kansas3Dozens of UK flights cancelled as storm sweeps in4Six months on, how close is Israel to eliminating Hamas?5Israel military sales ban call shameful – Johnson6West faces ‘authoritarian’ alliance, says Nato head7Where in the UK can you see Monday’s solar eclipse?8Israel says body of hostage recovered in night raid9Warnings of more flooding in Sydney as dam spills10Ibiza locals living in cars as party island sees rents soar](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7682/production/_133083303_gettyimages-496392678.jpg)
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaUkraine war: Russian schoolbook urges teenagers to join the armyPublished53 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, Getty Images/BBCImage caption, The Russian Army in Defence of the Fatherland is aimed at 15-18 year-olds and promotes military service for anyone over 18By Maria KorenyukBBC Global Disinformation TeamA new Russian school textbook has been produced that distorts the history of the war against Ukraine and encourages students to join the army. It has been designed for a new subject entitled “Fundamentals of Security and Defence of the Motherland”.The lesson is compulsory for high school students aged 15 to 18 in Russia and occupied territories in Ukraine.It will be taught once a week from September, replacing a lesson known as “Fundamentals of Safe Living”.Former soldiers are expected to teach the new subject and Russians with a degree in pedagogy – the method and practice of teaching – who return from the war are already being offered free retraining courses to become teachers.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The new subject will be introduced at the start of the new school year across Russia and five Russian-occupied regions of UkraineThe first textbook for the new subject, called The Russian Army in Defence of the Fatherland, has been produced by leading Russian education publisher Enlightenment. Among its authors are two senior figures who work for the defence ministry and Kremlin newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta.Its 368 pages are filled with stories describing the “heroic achievements of Russian soldiers” from the 13th Century to the present day.”Dear colleagues, we all understand the importance of presenting information to our students from the perspective of [Russia],” publishing representative Olga Plechova told an online introductory session for teachers in January, which the BBC watched.”We cannot convey alternative viewpoints to the students. So this textbook will assist you in addressing children’s questions and providing accurate coverage of certain events.”The book’s authors praise Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and celebrate Soviet victories in the Great Patriotic War, as Russians refer to World War Two.They also acclaim the role of the Russian military in seizing Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014, which they term the “reunification of Crimea with Russia”.Image source, Getty Images/BBCImage caption, One of the textbook’s illustrations is captioned: “Sometimes, peace can only be restored with the help of tanks”The schoolbook also devotes a section laced with distorted history to explain Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, using the Kremlin term “special military operation”.”When there was a coup d’état in Kyiv in 2014, the new government initiated a crackdown on everything Russian,” the authors assert, before making a series of false claims.”Russian books were burned, monuments were destroyed, Russian songs and the Russian language itself were banned… ‘Russian blood’ cocktails were served in restaurants.” “Cities in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, where dissent against such policies existed, were bombarded by Nazi shells and rockets.”The authors state “it was Ukraine and Nato who planned to start the war”, bizarrely suggesting “a huge number of Ukrainian troops and armoured vehicles were concentrated at the borders”.In fact it was Russia that massed more than 100,000 troops both along its border with Ukraine and in Belarus, ostensibly for joint military exercises, only to launch its full invasion on 24 February 2022.Ukrainian political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko sums up the textbook as “all misinformation and lies”. The book goes on to claim falsely that the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which was pounded for almost three months by Russian bombing, was destroyed during battles with “Nazis” and “foreign mercenaries”.Image source, Getty Images/BBCImage caption, The schoolbook says Mariupol Theatre was “ruined due to fighting and fire” – in reality a Russian air strike left dozens dead”Russia fights with integrity,” the authors insist. In several excerpts, they suggest Russia prioritises the safety of Ukrainian civilians and minimises destruction, while “Ukraine frequently targets civilian infrastructure”.During the winter of 2022-23, Russia destroyed more than 40% of Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure with more than 1,000 missile and drone attacks, according to Kyiv figures.As for Russian integrity, Mr Fesenko says there are plenty of examples proving exactly the opposite. “We all remember the tragedy in Bucha, where dozens of Ukrainian civilians were killed by Russians and women were reportedly raped.”Another section of the book starts with an in-depth overview of the structure of Russian Armed Forces and increasingly calls for over-18s to sign up for the army. Image source, Getty Images/BBCImage caption, The textbook links to an application form for signing up to the Russian armyThe textbook lists the required documents and links to the application form as well as nearby addresses for enlistment. It highlights military benefits like free medical care and insurance, attractive salary and three meals a day.Young men from occupied Ukrainian territories, such as Crimea and Donbas, who have been subject to aggressive propaganda for 10 years and have little opportunity to earn money, may be enticed by these economic bonuses, warns Olha Skrypnyk, head of a Crimean human rights group. The schoolbook may help increase the numbers joining the military, she believes: “So these children go to war and die.”Russia does not give details of its casualties in the war in Ukraine but in two years of war, at least 1,240 soldiers under the age of 20 were killed according to open-source information confirmed by the BBC’s Russian service. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityAsiaChinaIndiaClare Rewcastle Brown: UK journalist says Malaysia sentence is ‘political revenge’Published37 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated Topics1MDB corruption scandalImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sarawak Report founder Clare Rewcastle Brown is the sister-in-law of former UK Prime Minister Gordon BrownBy Leisha Chi-SantorelliBBC News CultureUK journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown has accused the Malaysia of seeking “political revenge” for her reporting after a court jailed her in absentia.The 64-year-old is appealing a surprise conviction for criminal defamation of a Malaysian royal handed down this week.A local magistrates’ court sentenced her to two years in prison during a single-day hearing. Ms Rewcastle Brown told the BBC she was being targeted after her work on the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.The scandal saw $4.5bn (£3.9bn) stolen from the Malaysian sovereign fund founded by former Prime Minister Najib Razak in what is thought to be the world’s largest kleptocracy case.It ensnared top Hollywood celebrities, brought down bankers from Goldman Sachs and saw the first criminal charges filed against the storied Wall Street firm.Najib was jailed in 2022 but still faces a raft of other charges. He denies all wrongdoing. On Wednesday the Kuala Terengganu Magistrates’ Court ruled that Ms Rewcastle Brown criminally defamed Malaysia’s former Queen Nur Zahirah in her book The Sarawak Report – The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose.Ms Rewcastle Brown said she was not notified in advance nor given the opportunity to defend herself in court. Her lawyers have already requested the ruling be set aside by a higher court on violations of the criminal procedure code.”I’m afraid this is malicious, it is politically motivated. And I see it as revenge for my public interest journalism,” she told the BBC.”I think there are a lot of very powerful and wealthy people in Malaysia who are revengeful that I identified the corruption of their former prime minister [Najib Razak], who remains popular and powerful and wealthy. “And I think that it’s no coincidence that just two or three days after [he] failed to get a pardon from the [Malaysian] King that would have let him out of jail after a fraction of his sentence, that this sentence was then passed against me”.The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) described the decision to jail Rewcastle Brown as “outrageous” and has called on Malaysia to scrap the sentence and to “stop harassing the journalist over her crucial reporting on the country’s 1MDB scandal, recognized as one of the world’s biggest-ever corruption cases”. “The harsh ruling will deter all reporters from investigating official corruption in Malaysia and represents a clear and present danger to press freedom in the country,” CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative Shawn Crispin said in a statement issued on Friday.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Malaysia’s 13th King, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, finished his five-year reign in 2011. Sultanah Nur Zahirah is to his left with Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor behind themDefamation casesMalaysia has the world’s only rotating constitutional monarchy. The federal head of state changes every five years in what is a largely ceremonial role but the monarch wields significant cultural and political influence.The oil-rich coastal state of Terengganu is home to one of the country’s nine royal families. The Malay ruler is called a Sultan and his wife, a Sultanah. Terrangganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah, who served as Malaysia’s Queen from 2006-2011, has filed two defamation cases against Ms Rewcastle Brown for allegedly insinuating she was involved in corrupt practices linked to 1MDB. The first was a civil case in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur which was dismissed by the High Court in October 2022. That was overturned on appeal and is still making its way through the courts. The second filing was the case in her local magistrates court which she has won. Ms Rewcastle Brown said there was a misidentification error in the book that was corrected back in 2018. She also apologised for the error. But her legal team have argued that the error is not defamation, nor criminal libel.”I do fear that there has been manipulation of this case and I do not seek to lay blame for that at the feet of the Sultanah. She was understandably annoyed,” Ms Rewcastle Brown told the BBC.Sultanah Nur Zahirah and her legal team have been approached for comment by the BBC.Najib’s reduced sentenceThe former leader is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence that was halved this week by Malaysia’s pardons board – a move that sends a message leaders in South East Asia can act with impunity, said James Chin, professor of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania.Najib’s United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which previously led the ruling coalition that governed Malaysia, has been pushing for a royal pardon after testing and exhausting other legal avenues of appeal.Image source, ReutersImage caption, Najib had his sentence halved last monthMs Rewcastle Brown told the BBC she finds it hard to believe Najib’s reduced sentence and her defamation conviction, which took place shortly afterward, are not linked.”I have become somewhat emblematic in the eyes of those who are deeply resentful that Najib was found guilty and convicted of this crime.”We can speculate, but I think that it’s hard to come to the conclusion other than it is all connected to this 1MDB case”.Najib’s lawyers are reportedly also trying to get Netflix documentary Man On The Run about the 1MDB scandal taken down for “sub judicial and contemptuous” content.He is also said to be looking to take legal action against former Malaysian attorney-general Tommy Thomas and Rewcastle-Brown over their statements in the documentary Man On The Run.Netflix and Mr Kim with both approached for comment by the BBC but have yet to respond.Interpol involvementMs Rewcastle Brown also fears the Terengganu magistrates court ruling may impact her ability to travel freely.Malaysian law enforcement officials have twice before applied for an Interpol Red Notice for Rewcastle Brown on charges related to her 1MDB reporting. Interpol denied the previous two applications, she said.It is unclear whether Malaysian authorities will pursue an Interpol Red Notice for Rewcastle Brown’s arrest again. The Kuala Terengganu Magistrates’ Court did not immediately reply to the BBC’s request for comment.Ms Rewcastle Brown is requesting support from the UK government and various non-governmental organisations such as the CPJ and Index on Censorship.Born in Sarawak, Ms Rewcastle Brown has two grown sons with husband Andrew Brown, a media strategist and former journalist who is the younger brother of former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.She founded investigative website Sarawak Report in 2010, which made her name as a journalist and environmental campaigner focused on corruption in the lucrative palm oil trade.She hopes to one day return to Malaysia without the threat of imprisonment.”I will just keep going,” she said. “I’m just one of many, many journalists campaigning to support the right of journalists to do their job, which is to bring information in the public interest to the wider audience.”Image source, Clare Rewcastle BrownImage caption, A Malaysian police arrest warrant from 2021 for Clare Rewcastle Brown which Interpol has denied twice beforeRelated TopicsPress freedomFreedom of expressionNajib RazakJustice1MDB corruption scandalCriminal justice systemMalaysiaDefamation casesMore on this storyMalaysia halves ex-PM’s jail term for corruptionPublished2 FebruaryThe trial with A-listers, a Fugee and a fugitivePublished28 March 2023The verdict that sent an untouchable ex-PM to prisonPublished27 August 2022Top StoriesWarnings mount as Israel plans Rafah offensivePublished2 hours agoTrump Nato comments ‘appalling and unhinged’Published1 hour agoKing makes first public outing since cancer announcementPublished2 hours agoFeaturesRussia’s war economy can’t last but has bought timeDeath and Israel’s search for ‘total victory’ in GazaHow Do You Fix the UK’s Housing Crisis? 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