Jeremy Corbyn suspended pending anti-Semitism report comments, Meghan Markle wins bid to delay privacy action trial

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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the party after refusing to accept the findings of a bombshell report into anti-Semitism during his tenure. The Equality and Human Rights Commission found the party was responsible for unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination and the party has now been served with an unlawful act notice requiring it to tackle the issue. Our political editor Joe Murphy tells how the events unfolded.And, The Duchess of Sussex’s High Court legal battle against the publishers of the Mail on Sunday has been delayed until autumn next year on secret grounds. Lawyers for Meghan argued in a private hearing that the trial should not happen in January, seeking a lengthy adjournment from Mr Justice Warby. Speaking in open court this morning, the judge ordered that the ten-day trial would now be heard nine months later in October or November 2021. Our courts correspondent Tristan Kirk tells us what we can expect to happen next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.