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Fumio Kishida criticises actions of eldest son, Shotaro, after photos show him lying on the stairs and posing at a press conference podiumThe eldest son of Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime minister, is to step down as his executive policy secretary amid public outcry over his use of the leader’s official residence for a private party.Photos published by the Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine showed his son Shotaro and about 10 relatives posing or lying on the symbolically important red-carpeted stairs of the residence in an imitation of group photos of newly appointed cabinets. Shotaro is at the centre – the position reserved for the prime minister. Continue reading...

Footage uploaded to Snapchat shows the Toyota Corolla travelling along a narrow road near Bochara apparently at 130km/h

Senator’s comments come as leader Adam Bandt says the party is yet to see the complaint of racism foreshadowed by Lidia Thorpe

‘Massive’ strikes early on Tuesday morning, with falling debris setting an apartment building on fireAt least one person has died in Kyiv and three were injured when falling debris reportedly from a destroyed Russian drone hit a high-rise apartment building early on Tuesday and started a fire, officials in the Ukrainian capital said.The attack on Kyiv was the third in 24 hours and came after a rare daytime attack on Monday that sent people running for shelter. Continue reading...

Atherton hospital staff were offered blood tests but the state’s chief health officer says he would be ‘very surprised’ if they showed high levels of lead

Legislation will be introduced to state parliament on Tuesday freezing the salaries of MPs and executives from July

The US and Saudi Arabia have called out both sides for specific breaches to the previous week-long ceasefireSudan’s warring sides have agreed to extend a shaky ceasefire in their battle for control of the country, after the two key international mediators signalled impatience with persistent truce violations.The five-day extension of the ceasefire between Sudan’s military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, was announced in a joint statement late Monday by Saudi Arabia and the United States. Continue reading...

Promotional samples dodge rules forbidding sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s, who are vaping in rapidly increasing numbersRetailers will no longer be able to hand out free samples of vapes to children after ministers announced plans to close a legal loophole.Although it is illegal to sell e-cigarettes to under-18s, it is not illegal for retailers and marketing firms to hand out free samples. This is because vapes are not covered by the tobacco advertising rules prohibiting free distribution, as they are not considered a tobacco product. Continue reading...

The broadcaster left Radio 4’s Saturday Live in March after 12 yearsThe Rev Richard Coles has said he “felt rather hurtled towards the exit” after leaving the BBC this year.The broadcaster, 61, stepped down from his Radio 4 programme Saturday Live in March after 12 years. Continue reading...

But property website warns that rebound in activity could be hit by rising mortgage ratesMore prospective house sellers are returning to the UK’s property market, pushing agreed home sales to their highest point of the year in May, according to Zoopla, although it warned that the rebound in activity could be knocked by rising mortgage rates.House prices have fallen by 1.3% nationally over the past six months, the property website found, but the speed of price falls has been decreasing as buyer confidence slowly improves. Continue reading...

Members of the Unite union will picket in London, Brighton, Bristol and Oxford after ‘pitiful’ pay offerWorkers at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s will begin a month-long strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.Members of Unite who work at the organisation will mount picket lines outside its head office in Tower Hill in London and in Brighton, Bristol and Oxford. The union said the industrial action was over a “pitiful” pay offer of 2.25%, which was made in April 2023. Continue reading...

Former professor who argues trans people cannot expect all rights afforded by biological sex is due to speak at Oxford UnionKathleen Stock, the gender-critical feminist whose forthcoming address to Oxford university students on Tuesday has prompted planned protests, has insisted that she is a “moderate” and has a right to upset people.Before her contested appearance at the Oxford Union, Stock said it was her trans activist opponents, who want the event cancelled, who were extreme. Continue reading...

Comedians perform at Lake District event in campaign to highlight ‘national scandal’ of volume of sewage being pumped into lakeComedians Steve Coogan, Lee Mack and Paul Whitehouse called sewage pollution a “national scandal” as they joined campaigners to protest about the water quality at Windermere.The comics performed at The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria at an event on Monday for environmental charity Friends of the Lake District to highlight the issue. Continue reading...

Rishi Sunak told that research from Onward thinktank suggests party is facing ‘existential’ threatThe Conservatives’ failure to win over young voters poses an “existential” challenge to the party, Rishi Sunak has been warned, as new polling found nearly two-thirds of millennials said it deserves to lose the next election.Research from the centre-right thinktank Onward found that millennials – which it defined as those aged 25 to 40 – think the Tories are dishonest, incompetent and out of touch. Yet despite this, it said there was hope younger voters could be attracted back to the party. Continue reading...

Local media say man, 26, was being filmed in sea off Agia Agathi beach in Rhodes when lightning struck water nearbyAn investigation has been launched into the death of a British man who was reportedly struck by lightning while paddleboarding in Greece.The unnamed man was in the sea off the beach in Agia Agathi, Rhodes, as his girlfriend filmed him from the beach, according to local media. Continue reading...

Police have accused the teenager of starting the blaze in a dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boyA teenage student whom police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a girls’ dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with 19 counts of murder.The 15-year-old girl appeared virtually at the hearing on Monday in a court south of the capital, Georgetown, and was ordered to be held in custody pending further court proceedings. Continue reading...

Human rights group’s 107-page report details human cost of President Nayib Bukele’s controversial ‘war on gangs’The human cost of El Salvador’s controversial “war on gangs” has been laid bare in a new report which claims dozens of prisoners were tortured and killed in jail after being caught up in the year-long security crackdown.The detailed 107-page report from human rights group Cristosal said at least 153 people had died in custody after being arrested as part of President Nayib Bukele’s year long offensive against the Central American country’s notorious “pandillas”. Continue reading...

Exclusive: If elected next year, party would allow officials to buy up land at fraction of potential cost as part of ‘pro-building’ agendaLabour is planning to give local officials sweeping new powers to buy land cheaply and develop on it, as part of the party’s new “pro-building” agenda.Party sources say that if elected next year, they will pass a law to allow local development authorities in England the power to buy up land at a fraction of its potential cost if they want to build on it. Continue reading...

Peak is forecast for parts of the country, passing the 24.4C recorded in Plymouth on SundayTuesday could be the UK’s hottest day of the year so far, with 25C predicted in parts of the country, which would surpass the temperatures reached on Sunday.Dan Stroud, a Met Office meteorologist, said forecasters were expecting temperatures to reach 25C in “one or two spots … most likely across west Scotland” on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Beluga whale was first spotted in Norway wearing a harness marked ‘Equipment St Petersburg’ in 2019A beluga whale that turned up in Norway wearing a harness in 2019, prompting speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian navy, has reappeared off Sweden’s coast.First discovered in Norway’s far northern region of Finnmark, the whale spent more than three years slowly moving down the top half of the Norwegian coastline, before suddenly speeding up in recent months to cover the second half and move on to Sweden. Continue reading...

‘It feels great,’ said Canadian Delaney Irving, victor of the women’s race at Coopers Hill, near GloucesterA woman was knocked unconscious while running down a hill to chase a 3kg (7lb) cheese wheel, but still managed to win her race at the bank holiday event.Video footage posted on social media showed Delaney Irving falling while pursuing the double gloucester down the almost-vertical Coopers Hill in Brockworth, near Gloucester. Continue reading...

Capital’s mayor warns residents to take shelter after explosions reported in central area

Such a challenge over Lady Hallett’s request for unredacted diaries and messages would be seen as unprecedentedThe Cabinet Office could take unprecedented action to prevent Boris Johnson’s unredacted diaries and WhatsApp messages being handed over to the official Covid inquiry, the Guardian had been told.Officials are preparing to issue a response to the inquiry chair, Heather Hallett, by 4pm on Tuesday. Sources said they were likely to resist her demand for a cache of documents relating to the former prime minister’s time in No 10. Continue reading...

Health secretary Steve Barclay not confirming when strategy to increase numbers of doctors and nurses will be publishedNHS leaders have raised concerns about the delay to the long-awaited workforce plan, after the health secretary, Steve Barclay, refused to give a deadline for its publication and with rumours suggesting it is considered too costly.

Airline said to have demanded two passengers pay €45 each to take ensaïmada onboard with hand luggageThe government of the Balearic Islands has called an urgent meeting with Ryanair and the local pastry-makers’ association after the airline tried to charge passengers to bring cakes onboard, claiming it exceeded their cabin baggage limit.The row erupted after two passengers at Palma de Mallorca airport tried to each carry an ensaïmada, a traditional Mallorcan pastry, along with their hand baggage. The airline demanded an additional €45 (£39) each to bring the pastries onboard, at which point the passengers abandoned them rather than paying. Continue reading...

In conversation with Sally Rooney at Charleston festival author says award has hindered her ability to focus on writingAnnie Ernaux, the French winner of the 2022 Nobel prize in literature, has said she never wanted the award and that it fell into her life “like a bomb”, hindering her ability to focus on writing.In conversation with the novelist Sally Rooney on the final day of Charleston festival, Ernaux was talking via an interpreter as she explained her tricky relationship with the prize. Continue reading...

Thousands forced from their homes after spring fires destroy buildings in Canadian provinceRare and “very aggressive” spring wildfires in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia have destroyed many buildings and forced thousands from their homes and prompting officials to declare a local state of emergency.Over the weekend, residents of the Maritime province posted video of thick smoke encroaching over Halifax as a nearby blaze rapidly swept through a suburb. Continue reading...

Violence in recent days has stopped aid getting to civilians, as fears grow war will escalateGunshots and artillery fire have rocked the Sudanese capital on the last day of a frequently breached ceasefire, as calls to arms stoked fears the six-week war would intensify.People said they could hear street battles in northern Khartoum, as well as artillery fire in the south of the city of more than 5 million people, which has been turned into a war zone. Continue reading...

Former Newsnight presenter, 73, will end stint as longest serving current quizmaster on British televisionJeremy Paxman’s stint as the longest serving current quizmaster on British television will come to an end on Monday night when he presents his final edition of University Challenge.The 73-year-old former Newsnight presenter is bowing out from the show after revealing he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Continue reading...

Residents run for shelter during attack that appears to have been part of effort to exhaust air defences

Exclusive: Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show Australia attempted to reassure countries amid nuclear proliferation concerns

Exclusive: State Aboriginal Legal Service calls for end to ‘over-policing’ of Indigenous people

Highly skilled officers in England and Wales to be replaced by less qualified staff under MoJ proposalsPlans to disband specialist teams that deliver treatment courses for sex offenders have prompted fears public safety will be jeopardised.Under the Ministry of Justice proposals, which are being fiercely resisted internally, behaviour programmes for a wide variety of offenders would be delivered by staff who are not fully qualified probation officers. Continue reading...

After being lauded for his tough Covid response and winning the most one-sided election in Australian history, Labor premier goes out at the top

Health groups raise alarm after Sir Mark Rowley says he will order officers not to attend 999 calls about mental health incidentsThousands of people in a mental health crisis will be “left without support” under worrying and inappropriate police plans to “walk away” from emergency incidents, health chiefs have said.In a letter seen by the Guardian, the Metropolitan police comissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, said that from September he would order the force’s police officers not to attend thousands of 999 calls about mental health incidents. Continue reading...

At least one person hospitalised after daytime missile attack on Kyiv; Ukraine claims to have shot down 37 missiles and 29 drones overnight Continue reading...

Ex-presenter says handful of people ‘have grudge’ after Dr Ranj Singh describes raising alarm about working environment on showFormer This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has hit back at critics, claiming there was “no toxicity” on the ITV show and appearing to blame his departure on a “handful of people with a grudge”.The presenter’s comments left ITV on Friday and was dropped by his talent agency as he admitted to an affair with a younger male colleague – which he described as “unwise, but not illegal” – while married. Continue reading...

Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’

Judge rules that political economy lecturer Tim Anderson did not suffer the level of hurt he claimed, but he should be given his job back

Accused appeared at Dungannon magistrates court via video link charged with Omagh shootingSeven men have been remanded in custody after appearing before a district judge in Northern Ireland charged with the attempted murder of PSNI Det Ch Insp John Caldwell in Omagh in February.Caldwell was shot several times outside a sports complex in Omagh, County Tyrone, in February. Continue reading...

Residents at Kettering home left lying in faeces, dehydrated and with infected wounds as ministers rushed to free up NHS capacityThe depth of suffering in care homes in England as Covid hit has been laid bare in a court case exposing “degrading” treatment with residents being “catastrophically let down”.Care levels at the Temple Court care home in Kettering collapsed so badly in April 2020, when ministers rushed to free up NHS capacity by discharging thousands of people, that residents were left lying in their own faeces, dehydrated, malnourished and suffering necrotic, infected wounds, the Care Quality Commission found. Fifteen of its residents died with Covid in the first weeks of the pandemic. Continue reading...

Guardian analysis lays bare effect of dwindling pupil numbers and associated funding amid rising housing and childcare costs

In Lewes, a catholic primary may shut as parents are driven out by lack of affordable housing while parents of London school face ‘terrible decision’

‘Landmark’ resolution in Geneva seeks to boost neglected service in all healthcare sectors, from prosthetics to physical therapyRehabilitation needs are “largely unmet globally” and in many countries less than 50% of people receive the services they require, according to a “landmark” resolution adopted by the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday.At the 76th World Health Assembly, World Health Organization (WHO) member states made a non-binding commitment to expand rehabilitation services to all levels of healthcare and to strengthen their financing mechanisms. Demand for the services is expected to grow as the burden of non-communicable diseases rises globally, says the document. Continue reading...

Boat reportedly carrying more than 20 people was overturned in ‘whirlwind’ on Lake Maggiore on SundayItalian firefighters say they have recovered four bodies from a northern Italian lake after a tourist boat capsized and sank in a sudden, violent storm.The boat was reportedly carrying more than 20 people, including a group of foreign tourists celebrating a birthday, plus two crew members, when a whirlwind overturned the vessel on Sunday. Continue reading...

Pedro Sánchez says Spanish people need to ‘clarify’ what they want after ruling socialists suffer losses in regional and municipal electionsSpain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called a snap general election in response to the triumph of the rightwing opposition in Sunday’s regional and municipal elections.The conservative People’s party (PP) – which used the polls as a de facto referendum on Sánchez’s coalition government with the far-left, anti-austerity Podemos party – scored an emphatic win, securing absolute majorities in the Madrid region and the city council, aking regions including Aragón, Valencia and the Balearic islands from the prime minister’s Spanish Socialist Workers party (PSOE). Continue reading...

A Colorado student defied officials with a Mexican flag, the vice-president visited West Point and a service animal lent a pawA Colorado high school student defied a federal judge’s ruling and wore a Mexican flag sash to her high school graduation after fending off repeated resistance from the school.The event was just one of a clutch of unusual graduations and commencements across the country in the last week, with some firsts – and one furry companion. Continue reading...