Despite having passed away as a result of suicide, the newly released memoir of Virginia Giuffre has dropped a bomb against Prince Andrew.

The conversation happened between US based royal commentator Kinsey Schofield and TalkTV’s host Jeremy Kyle.

The conversation went pretty drastically to an excerpt from Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, and accused the Duke of feeling “entitled” to her, and seemingly felt he had a “birthright” to have s** with her.

According to the host “one of the accusations from Giuffre that Prince Andrew was entitled and saw having sex with his abuse accuser Giuffre as his birthight.”

“she goes into three separate occasions in this book where she claims she was trafficked to have sex with Andrew. And I think disturbingly one of the worst parts for me is she tells a story about [Ghislaine] Maxwell allegedly praising her the morning after their first encounter, saying, ‘You did well. The prince had fun’.”

“I hate that language because that language reminds me of the email that Prince Andrew, you know, we’ve we’ve seen in the last few days that Prince Andrew sent Jeffrey Epstein. I mean, it’s just that the language is very similar like ‘having fun, ‘playing’.”

But, to Ms Schofield “these are these are grown people dealing with in some cases young teenage girls”.

• Punjab to take action against extremist party inciting violence, hate.
• Punjab govt to include Afghan citizens in tax net.
• Provincial govt proposes stricter laws for illegal weapons.

The Punjab government has decided to approach the Centre to impose a ban on an “extremist party” following the recent wave of violent protests orchestrated by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).

At a high-level meeting on law and order, chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in Lahore, the provincial leadership approved “historic” and “extraordinary” measures.

Without naming any party, the statement issued by the provincial government said those involved in inciting violence, spreading hatred and violating the law will be arrested “immediately”.

It further said that extremist party’s leaders and workers responsible for the deaths of law enforcement agencies’ personnel and involved in damaging public property will be tried in anti-terrorism courts.

The leadership of the party is also expected to be placed on the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act, which places strict limits on their movement and activities.

As part of the broader clampdown, the provincial government plans to seize all of the party’s properties and assets, which will be handed over to the Auqaf Department. It’s also moving to ban the group’s posters, banners, and advertisements entirely. Their social media accounts will be shut down, and any associated bank accounts frozen. The statement has also signalled that any misuse of loudspeakers, in violation of the Loudspeaker Act, will be met with tough penalties.

The move comes as part of a broader crackdown aimed at restoring public order and reinforcing the writ of the state and rule of law after recent unrest across the province.

Earlier this week, the law enforcement agencies launched a crackdown on TLP protesters and dismantled their protest camp in Muridke, resulting in violent clashes and dozens of arrests.

According to the senior police official, one station house officer (SHO) on duty was martyred, and 48 police personnel sustained injuries, 17 of whom were wounded by gunfire during the clashes with TLP protesters.

TLP protesters tried marching towards the federal capital despite the ban on public gathering under Section 144, resulting in days of turmoil across

The TLP march also left at least 40 government and private vehicles burnt and several shops set ablaze.

At least three TLP workers and a passerby died in the violent clashes, while reports showed that at least 30 civilians were also wounded.

Inclusion of Afghan citizens in tax net

In the same meeting, the Punjab government has also decided to focus on undocumented Afghan nationals living in the province. It plans to include Afghan citizens in the tax net and start collecting real-time data on those staying illegally.

Meanwhile, a whistleblower system is being introduced to allow people to report illegal residents while keeping their identities confidential. 

The government will also carry out targeted operations against unregistered foreigners and their businesses, with deportations to follow under federal guidelines.

Stricter arms laws

Moreover, the provincial government is also coming down hard on those possessing illegal weapons. Citizens have been given one month to register their legal firearms at local service centres. Arms dealers across the province will have their inventories checked, and no new licences will be issued during this time. The province has also asked the federal government to step in and regulate weapons manufacturers and factories.

One of the most significant changes is the stiffening of penalties for possessing illegal weapons. From now on, offenders could face up to 14 years in prison and a fine of up to Rs2 million. The crime will now be considered non-bailable.

• About 4,100 workers have been notified of layoffs during shutdown.
• Two unions representing government employees brought case.
• Judge says explicit political motivation not allowed under law.

A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to halt mass layoffs of federal workers during a partial government shutdown while she considers claims by unions that the job cuts are illegal.

During a hearing in San Francisco, US District Judge Susan Illston granted a request by two unions to block layoffs at more than 30 federal agencies while the case proceeds.

The decision is likely to be appealed quickly, but it offers a reprieve for federal workers facing a nearly year-long push by the Trump administration to slash their ranks.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The White House said last week that it had begun substantial layoffs across the US government, as Trump followed through on a threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown, now in its 15th day. In an order on Wednesday, Trump extended an existing freeze on hiring new federal workers, with exceptions for military personnel and appointees to political roles.

About 4,100 workers at eight agencies have been notified that they are being laid off so far, according to a Tuesday court filing by the administration.

Illston’s ruling came shortly after White House Budget Director Russell Vought said on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that more than 10,000 federal workers could lose their jobs because of the shutdown.

Illston at the hearing cited a series of public statements by Trump and Vought that she said showed explicit political motivations for the layoffs, such as Trump saying that cuts would target “Democrat agencies.”

“You can’t do that in a nation of laws. And we have laws here, and the things that are being articulated here are not within the law,” said Illston, an appointee of Democratic former President Bill Clinton.

Judge demands details on layoffs

Democracy Forward, a legal group that represents the unions, said Illston made clear that the president’s targeting of federal workers was unlawful.

“Our civil servants do the work of the people, and playing games with their livelihoods is cruel and unlawful and a threat to everyone in our nation,” Skye Perryman, the group’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

Illston ordered the administration to provide by Friday an accounting of any “actual or imminent” layoffs and to outline the steps agencies are taking to comply with her ruling.

A US Department of Justice lawyer, Elizabeth Hedges, at the hearing said she was not prepared to address Illston’s concerns about the legality of the layoffs. She instead argued that the unions must bring their claims to a federal labour board before being able to sue over them in court.

Illston disagreed and chided the Justice Department for refusing to take a position on the unions’ legal claims.

“The hatchet is falling on the heads of employees all across the nation, and you’re not even prepared to address whether that’s legal,” she said.

The American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees claim that implementing layoffs is not an essential service that can be performed during a lapse in government funding, and that the shutdown does not justify mass job cuts because most federal workers have been furloughed without pay.

Trump’s Republicans hold majorities in both chambers of Congress but need at least seven Democratic votes to pass a funding bill in the Senate, where Democrats are holding out for an extension of health-insurance subsidies. Democrats have said they will not cave to Trump’s pressure tactics, and a renewed bid to pass a spending bill failed on Wednesday.