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Travel company finds loophole with personalised competition that allows Paul Spiers to win 3,000 voucherA popular street cleaner who was unable to go on a crowdfunded holiday due to his waste firm employer's rules on accepting gifts will get to go on the trip after all thanks to a loophole.When more than 200 residents of Beckenham, south-east London, raised almost 3,000 to send road sweeper Paul Spiers on a summer break to Portugal, it seemed like an example of neighbourly generosity. Continue reading...

Insecure employment, climate crisis and social media are driving dangerous' decline, research findsIntergenerational inequality, unregulated social media, wage theft, insecure employment and the climate crisis are driving a dangerous" and alarming" global surge in mental ill health among youth, a consortium of health experts has warned.There is an urgent need to address these driving factors and improve mental health treatments to stymie rates of premature death, disability and lost potential, all of which have escalated over the past two decades, the research from The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health found. Continue reading...

Democratic Republic of the Congo hard-hit by virus, with death toll on continent above 1,450 since 2022

Court told staff did not follow full procedure for serving non-dairy products in case of 13-year-old Hannah JacobsA 13-year-old girl with a severe dairy allergy may have been served hot chocolate made with cow's milk after a possible miscommunication" of the order, an inquest heard on Tuesday.Hannah Jacobs, who had been allergic to dairy products along with fish and eggs since she was a toddler, died within hours of taking one sip of the drink, east London coroner's court was told. Continue reading...

The England goalkeeper says decision is example of how she and the Lionesses break barriers and push boundaries'England goalkeeper Mary Earps has become the first professional female footballer to have a wax figure at Madame Tussauds London.Members of the public voted for the 31-year-old to be added to the attraction after the Lionesses' success in reaching the final of the 2023 World Cup and winning the 2022 European Championships. Continue reading...

Court to sentence Kwoyelo for 44 offences committed during militia's 20-year rebellion and reign of terrorA former commander in the feared Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been convicted of crimes against humanity after the first such war crimes trial in Uganda.Thomas Kwoyelo, who faced 78 counts related to crimes committed during the LRA's bloody two-decade rebellion, had been waiting for years behind bars for a verdict in the landmark case. Continue reading...

Tomoya Obokata's report finds power imbalances and discriminatory practice exploits workers from global southCanada's reliance on temporary foreign workers is breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery", a UN special rapporteur has warned, amid growing calls to overhaul the controversial program.The damning report from the UN investigator Tomoya Obokata found that deep power imbalances and discriminatory practice in Canada cuts costs for companies but exploits against workers from the global south. Continue reading...

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Wes Streeting says victims might still be alive' if health service had recognised Valdo Calocane's risk to othersThe health secretary said three innocent people might still be alive" if the NHS had done its job" in treating Valdo Calocane in the years running up to the Nottingham attacks.Wes Streeting said the deaths of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates were preventable if the NHS had been there when it should have been". Continue reading...

Democrats hope listing measure to establish right to abortion on ballot will boost turnout in battleground stateArizona voters will decide this November whether to add abortion rights into their state constitution, a prospect that could turbocharge voter turnout in a critical battleground state in the 2024 election.Late Monday, the Arizona secretary of state's office announced that it had validated an estimated 577,971 signatures in support of a ballot measure, the Arizona For Abortion Access Act, to establish a constitutional right to abortion in the state. Continue reading...

Arezoo Badri said to be in coma in Tehran after police attempted to pull her overA woman is reported to have been left paralysed after being shot by Iranian police who were attempting to stop her car over alleged violations of Iran's draconian hijab laws.According to human rights groups and sources inside Iran, Arezoo Badri was driving home in the northern city of Noor on 22 July when the police attempted to pull her over after her car was identified as being on an impoundment list. Continue reading...

Tom Tugendhat accused the Reform leader of amplifying false information' about the Southport attackNigel Farage was irresponsible and dangerous" to suggest the police were withholding the truth about the Southport attack, Tory leadership contender Tom Tugendhat has said.The Conservative hopeful, a former security minister, said Farage had been amplifying false information" by spreading a theory first suggested by influencers like Andrew Tate, and then failed wholly to condemn the riots. Continue reading...

Tehran blames the country for killing of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh during a visit to Iranian capitalIran has rejected western calls not to retaliate against Israel for the killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, late last month.Such demands lack political logic, are entirely contrary to the principles and rules of international law, and represent an excessive request," Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said in a statement. Continue reading...

Steve Rotheram, whose region covers Southport, said misinformation on platform had contributed to riotsPoliticians and the public should consider quitting Elon Musk's X platform en masse, the Labour mayor of the Liverpool city region has said after riots spread in his area.Steve Rotheram, who has more than 75,000 followers on X, and whose region covers Southport where three girls were stabbed to death two weeks ago, said misinformation on the platform had contributed to the far-right-led riots. Continue reading...

Paper says its editorial board will cease endorsement process for New York electionsThe New York Times will no longer endorse political candidates outside presidential elections, the newspaper announced on Monday.US newspapers have a long history of endorsing candidates, but the New York Times is joining some other publishers in moving away from the tradition - including the Miami Herald and Alden Global Capital, which owns titles such as the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and the Denver Post. Continue reading...

Avon Products Inc, subsidiary of Natura, says it does not have liquidity to solve 386 talc-related lawsuits

Tom Tugendhat criticises Reform UK leader's attempt to amplify false information' and for his failure to condemn the riotsRory Carroll is the Guardian's Ireland correspondentA group of 120 police officers from Scotland is to receive orientation training in Belfast on Tuesday before a week-long deployment to bolster the over-stretched Police Service of Northern Ireland.Today's figures show the welcome news that payrolled employment and median monthly pay are at record highs. However, many households and businesses are still feeling the effects of harsh trading conditions and the global cost-of-living crisis.That's why we are prioritising action to tackle child poverty, grasp the opportunities of net zero and support growth within the restrictions of the devolution settlement. Continue reading...

The ex-president used the late convicted sex offender's plane after his own jet developed engine problemsDonald Trump used a plane that was once owned by Jeffrey Epstein, the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, to fly to several presidential campaign events last weekend, it has been revealed.The former president flew on a Gulfstream G-550 jet whose previous ownership was subsequently traced to Epstein after Trump's own private plane - a Boeing 757 known colloquially as Trump Force One - encountered engine troubles. Continue reading...

UK housebuilder said it did not intend to make a firm offer for its smaller rival after months of negotiations

Iran has vowed severe response to assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in TehranIsrael's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 39,929 Palestinians and wounded 92,240 since 7 October the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Tuesday. A total of 32 Palestinians have been killed and 88 wounded in the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement.The Associated Press reports that Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 16 Palestinians, including four women and seven children, and orphaned another four children, Palestinian medical officials said Tuesday.

Two women say hospitals violated emergency care laws by denying treatment for life-threatening conditionTwo Texas women who were denied abortion care for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies have filed complaints with the Biden administration calling for investigations into the hospitals for violating federal law.An ectopic pregnancy is a dangerous condition in which the fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. It has no chance of developing into a healthy pregnancy. Continue reading...

Chancellor looks at handing income from tunnel tolls to investors in UK's largest infrastructure project

Following Vienna terror plot, Swift fans will not be able to gather outside and sing along as they have done previouslyTaylor Swift fans congregating en masse to sing along outside open-air venues has become almost as much of a part of the Eras tour as friendship bracelets and surprise acoustic songs.But amid tightened security after a suspected terror plot at a Swift concert in Vienna, Wembley Stadium has announced it will move any fans who gather outside the London venue this week. Continue reading...

Film-maker who directed films starring Li, Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh and later worked as a Hollywood fight coordinator, died during the Covid pandemic two years agoCelebrated Hong Kong martial arts actor and director Corey Yuen died two years ago during the Covid pandemic, it has been reported.The Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers confirmed Yuen's death following a social media post by action star Jackie Chan naming Yuen (also known as Yuen Kwai) among a list of late disciples of China Drama Academy head Yu Jim-yuen, who died in 1997. Continue reading...

Collectors snap up 5, 10, 20 and 50 notes bearing king's head for 11 times monetary value, with one 10 note fetching 17,000A special auction of some of the first banknotes to roll off the presses bearing King Charles III's face have raised more than 900,000 for charity, more than 11 times their monetary value.Over the summer, Spink & Sons held four specialist auctions of the newly designed 5, 10, 20 and 50 notes, with the proceeds destined for 10 selected charities. Continue reading...

Spanish police make arrest after being notified that export licence had expired and work is found to be a copySpanish police have arrested a man whose alleged plan to sell a fake Leonardo da Vinci painting in Italy for 1.3m was thwarted when the work caught the eye of French customs officers.Although the man had an export licence for the work, which was purported to be a Leonardo portrait of the Italian aristocrat and military commander Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, the licence had expired, prompting customs officers at the Modane border post to contact Spanish police. Continue reading...

Father of one of Nottingham attack victims says there is a need to step back and see what is safe for the public'The government has told the families of the Nottingham attack victims it will slow down mental health care reforms in the wake of a damning report on the treatment that Valdo Calocane received in the years before the killings.Dr Sanjoy Kumar, the father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, one of three people killed in the attacks, said the health secretary had told the family that mental health reforms would be slowed down. Continue reading...

Nautilus Aviation says man, who died after chopper crashed into DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, was not authorised to fly' the company's helicopters

Airstrikes have killed children born from IVF, while shelling of fertility clinic's lab has shattered other families' dreamsIt took surgery and five years of IVF treatment for Amal to fall pregnant for the first and only time. That struggle against infertility lasted almost as long as her son Khaled's short life. He was just seven years old when on 17 October an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, one of the first of the war, hit the family home.Khaled was killed and Amal was plunged into a grief heightened by memories of her long battle to become a mother. Sometimes she struggles to keep going. Death, in all its finality, seems less daunting than the relentless pain of living without Khaled," she said. He was the most precious thing in my life." Continue reading...

Lawyers express concern over Labor's proposed reforms to prevent specified human sources' suing government or police

The magenta, amethyst and ruby aurora australis was spotted from Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and New Zealand's South Island

Jacinta Allan says age of criminal responsibility won't be raised to 14 amid concern about youth crime

Graham James Kay, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting eight women, argued he feared for his safetyA man dubbed the north shore rapist has failed in a legal bid to keep his identity secret after repeatedly committing predatory acts towards women over several decades.Graham James Kay had an order prohibiting the publication of his name revoked by the New South Wales supreme court on Tuesday despite the 72-year-old arguing he feared for his safety. Continue reading...

Labor minister tells ABC's Q+A that he is not convinced that complete prohibition works'

Pair allegedly acted for wealthy Chinese woman who financed bogus Los Angeles raid to settle business dispute, US attorney's office says

Linda Reynolds suing former staffer over a series of social media posts WA senator believes damaged her reputation

Council set to decide whether to end contracts with operators Lime and Neuron on Tuesday night

The Train family believed they were fighting alongside Jesus' by shooting police, extremism expert testifies

Claim by Kyiv comes as Russian official admits Ukraine has seized 28 settlements during attack on border regionUkraine's top commander says his forces have captured 1,000 sq km (386 square miles) of Russia's bordering Kursk region, while Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has vowed a worthy response" to the attack and ordered his troops to dislodge the enemy from our territories".With Russia still struggling to repel the surprise assault a week after it began, Ukraine's top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by video link and said the advance into Russian territory was ongoing. Continue reading...

Bridget Phillipson says she is determined to reduce attainment gap as teenagers anticipate A-level resultsThe education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has warned of massive" inequality in England's education system, as students brace themselves for this week's A-level results.After 14 years of Conservative government, Phillipson said educational inequalities were baked in", citing regional disparities in results and attainment gaps between children at state and private schools. Continue reading...

CQC finds risk he presented to public was not managed well' before he killed three people in Nottingham last yearA series of errors and misjudgments" in Valdo Calocane's mental health care led to him being discharged, despite repeatedly not taking medication and showing signs of aggression, months before he killed three people in Nottingham, a report says.A review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of the treatment that Calocane received from Nottinghamshire healthcare NHS foundation trust over two years between May 2020 and September 2022 found that the risk he presented to the public was not managed well". Continue reading...

Clarion case among several severe maladministration' examples highlighted by housing ombudsmanThe UK's biggest housing association has been fined after a watchdog found that its failure to carry out repairs to a child's bedroom window for four years left the home mouldy and caused serious illness in the family that lived there.Clarion housing association showed no urgency" to fix the window, instead leaving it boarded up, despite repeated complaints from the tenant who said the mould caused his asthma to flare up and affected his son's mental health. Continue reading...

US says it has prepared for significant attacks by Iran or proxies as Tehran stresses right to respond to assassinationsIran has insisted on its right to an appropriate and deterrent response" against Israel as the White House said it had prepared for what could be significant attacks by Iran or its proxies as soon as this week.The comments come as the US announced it had ordered the deployment of the USS Georgia, a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine, to the Middle East, amid mounting concern over the determination by Iran and its proxies to retaliate for Israel's assassination of Hamas's political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. Iran's acting foreign minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, made the comments to his Chinese counterpart on Monday, according to state media. Continue reading...

Shootings take place in two separate incidents', according to armed wing of group, which did not identify victimsThe armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas has said its militants shot and killed an Israeli hostage and wounded two others, both women, in two separate incidents" in Gaza.Palestinian militants seized 251 hostages during their 7 October attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war, 111 of whom are still being held in Gaza, although the Israeli military says 39 are dead. Continue reading...

Exclusive: MPs leaving platform or scaling back use over its deterioration' under Elon Musk's ownershipLabour MPs have begun quitting X in alarm over the platform, with one saying Elon Musk had turned it into a megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right fringe groups".Over the weekend, newly elected MPs took to WhatsApp groups to raise growing concerns about the role X played in the spread of misinformation amid the far-right-led riots in parts of England and Northern Ireland. Continue reading...

The Pulitzer prize-shortlisted novelist behind books including There There and Wandering Stars will pen a manuscript that won't be published until 2114The next book by Native American author Tommy Orange will not be read for 90 years.The author of There There and Wandering Stars has been selected as the 11th writer to contribute to the Future Library project, which each year invites an author to produce a manuscript to be stored under lock and key until 2114. Continue reading...

Witness describes mentally disturbed' suspect behind attack, as girl, 11, and woman, 34, taken to hospitalA shop security guard has described how he overpowered a knifeman as he stabbed an 11-year-old girl and her mother, 34, in a horrific" and apparently random attack in London's busy Leicester Square in front of shocked workers and tourists.The woman and her daughter were taken to hospital by paramedics after a man, not thought to have been known to them, was disarmed and pinned to the ground while police rushed to the scene. Continue reading...

Curtis and Arthur probably adopted abandoned egg, curator says, in Paignton zoo's first successful same-sex hatchingA pair of same-sex flamingos has successfully hatched an egg at a zoo in Devon, staff say.The chick is one of several new additions from Chilean flamingo couples at Paignton zoo, marking the zoo's first successful hatching of the species since 2018. Continue reading...

Hannah Jacobs, who had dairy allergy, died within hours of ordering drink that was meant to be made with soyaA 13-year-old girl with a severe dairy allergy suffered an immediate reaction" after a sip of a Costa Coffee hot chocolate that should have been made with soya, an inquest has heard.Hannah Jacobs, of Barking, east London, was allergic to dairy products and had opted for complete avoidance" since she was a toddler. She died within hours of having the takeaway drink that her mother, Abimbola Duyile, had ordered on 8 February 2022. Continue reading...