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Donald Trump says he trusts Vladimir Putin but he's been scathing about Nato allies and he called Ukraine's president a dictator.

Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre, however, was scathing, lambasting "a desperate album from one of rap's most notorious narcissists".

Two of the prosecutors who quit in protest have strong conservative credentials and wrote scathing letters of resignation.

In a scathing, now-removed post by popular podcast host Meng Chang, he lambasted the lack of imported drugs in the public sector: "If this isn't a bottom line, I don't know what is."

The synod is expected to hold significant discussions about safeguarding measures this week, after the Church faced criticism for its handling of child abuse spanning decades in a scathing report last year.