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Karlson immortalised the phrase this is democracy manifest' in what has been described as Australia's pre-eminent meme

UK papers focus on thousands of people who turned out to protest against far-right ralliesUK headlines were dominated by far-right rallies and the protesters who set out to counter them, with much of the expected violence failing to materialise. Even as shops shut up early and local police forces in England and Wales braces for unrest, far-right gatherings either did not take place or were outnumbered by counter-protesters who formed human chains around asylum centres.The Guardian splashed on Thousands take to the streets to counter threat from far right" with a picture of crowds in Walthamstow, east London waving placards reading Refugees welcome" and Stop the far right". Continue reading...

EU, UK and France urge Israel's government to distance itself from comments by its finance minister, Bezalel SmotrichThe EU, France and UK have condemned a senior Israeli minister for suggesting it might be justified and moral" to starve people in Gaza.The comments from Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, in which he said no one in the world will allow us to starve two million people, even though it might be justified and moral in order to free the hostages", sparked international outrage. Continue reading...

Self-governance report says airline had an adversarial approach' during former CEO's time in charge

Lawsuit seeks to hold American manufacturers responsible for trafficking of firearms to drug cartels across borderA US judge has dismissed much of Mexico's unprecedented $10bn lawsuit seeking to hold US gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the US-Mexico border.US district judge Dennis Saylor in Boston dismissed claims against six of the eight companies Mexico sued in 2021, including Sturm, Ruger and Glock, citing jurisdictional problems. Continue reading...

More school leavers likely to gain places as survey finds higher number of vacancies advertised through clearingThe UK's leading universities have thousands of undergraduate places unfilled a week before A-level results are published, meaning more school leavers are likely to gain places than in recent years.A survey by the Press Association found that members of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities were advertising nearly 3,900 vacancies on courses for domestic undergraduates starting in autumn, compared with 2,000 at this point last year. Continue reading...

Skirmishes reported as anti-racism protests take place in towns and cities across the country

South African government joins row over Chidimma Adetshina's heritage with suggestion mother may have committed identity theftSouth Africa's national beauty pageant has been thrown into turmoil, after the government accused the mother of a contestant who suffered a torrent of online abuse over her Nigerian heritage of fraud and identity theft.Chidimma Adetshina, 23, has been the subject of vicious, xenophobic attacks on social media since she was announced as a finalist in Miss South Africa in July, with many, including cabinet ministers, questioning her credentials. Continue reading...

Member of progressive Squad' says her loss has freed her to openly challenge AipacRepresentative Cori Bush has warned the pro-Israel lobby to be afraid" after it poured millions of dollars into defeating the prominent member of the Squad" of progressive Democrats in Tuesday's primary election in St Louis.Bush said her loss to St Louis county prosecutor Wesley Bell after the hardline American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) targeted her for opposition to Israel's attack on Gaza had freed her to openly challenge the powerful pressure group, which has vowed to spend $100m to influence US elections this year in favour of Israel. Continue reading...

More than 80 whistleblowers testified that the Coast Guard fostered a culture that enabled abuse and silenced victimsMore than 80 whistleblowers have testified that leaders at the Coast Guard Academy ignored decades of systemic sexual assault and harassment, in a new report released by a powerful government committee Wednesday.The US Senate's homeland security and government affairs subcommittee on investigations said sexual assault and harassment have been fleet-wide problems" for the federal agency, impacting enlisted members and officers just as pervasively as cadets". Continue reading...

Experts are concerned that harmful videos glorifying eating disorders are rarely taken down by the platform, even when flagged

Tory leadership candidate's comments around far-right protests described as nasty, divisive and ignorantRobert Jenrick has been criticised by a rival for the Conservative leadership and Muslim parliamentarians for saying police should immediately arrest" any protesters shouting Allahu Akbar", the Arabic phrase that means God is great.The former immigration minister was speaking on Sky News about the accusations that police have been treating far-right marches and violence more harshly than other protests. Continue reading...

Danish company, which also makes Ozempic, faces increasing competition from US rival Eli LillyNovo Nordisk has cut its annual profit expectations after posting weaker-than-expected sales of its weight-loss drug Wegovy, fuelling investor concerns over growing competition and sending its shares lower.The Danish drugmaker's market value has soared over the past year, making it the most valuable company in Europe, on the back of the success of its obesity and diabetes injections Wegovy and Ozempic, used by celebrities including Elon Musk and Oprah Winfrey. However, the company faces increasing competition from its US rival Eli Lilly's drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro. Continue reading...

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Police chiefs announce deployment of extra 2,200 riot officers as list of 60 immigration centres circulated online

On Tuesday Australia's S&P/ASX200 index closed at 7,680, up 0.4% on Monday's closing price

Neil Basu, former head of UK counter-terrorism, condemned the weekend's rioters as bullies and cowards'

Premier Steven Miles will announce the policy on Tuesday as he tries to win votes for October election

Former young offender institution repurposed and abandoned cells made safe, while early release scheme continuesMinisters are preparing an additional 500 prison places to cope with an influx of people expected to be held on remand over the next month, the Ministry of Justice said on Monday.From next week, cells will be used at the newly repurposed HMP Cookham Wood, a former young offender institution in the village of Borstal in Kent, that was closed in March after it was called inhumane" by a prison watchdog. Continue reading...

Wayne Bond, 44, appears at hearing via videolink after Staffordshire police responded to reports of a deathA man has been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a flat in Stafford.Officers from Staffordshire police were called to Eagle House, a temporary accommodation property on Newport Road, at about 10.30am on 29 July to reports that a woman had died. Continue reading...

Emergency services operator was aware of police in trouble' incident but did not access more information, Queensland coroner told

US is attempting to turn the temperature down' after assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders last week escalate tensions

Ukrainian city of 1 million people hit by number of deadly aerial attacks seemingly aimed at terrorising the populationAt 5pm on 28 June, Lana Yefimova left work as usual, walking from her office in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Minutes later a Russian rocket hit the nine-storey apartment block opposite her workplace and crashed through the upper floors, ripping through ceilings. I ran back to find a fire. It was huge. My colleague Yulia was hurt. She broke her pelvis. I was in shock," Yefimova said.Four people were killed inside the residential building at 24a Vikonkomivska Street and 12 injured, including a pregnant woman and a baby. The attack was seemingly random - another erratic death-bringing moment in Russia's bloody war. They want to frighten us so we leave," Yefimova said. It's politics. And terror." Continue reading...

Samira Shackle and Jeff Goodell explain the dangers resulting from extreme heat, and what society can do to mitigate themDavid Azevedo died because of the heat. A construction worker living in a small city in central France, he had recently started a new job when a heatwave struck in the summer of 2022. He would not even see out his first week.The journalist Samira Shackle interviews his sister Anne-Marie about what happened, and how her family have feared every heatwave since. Continue reading...

Maduro told troops he is willing to do anything' to protect his revolution' amid growing criticism of crackdown on oppositionThe Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro has vowed to pulverise" the latest challenge to his rule and told troops he is willing to do anything" to protect his revolution" amid growing criticism of the crackdown that followed last week's disputed election.Maduro says more than 2,000 people have been arrested in the days since the 28 July vote while human rights groups say at least 22 people have been killed. Continue reading...

Chair of Institute of Regulation says open letters could publicly highlight worries about ministerial integrityCivil servants could be given a way to publicly flag concerns about integrity if ministers are in danger of asking them to breach ethical codes, a report has suggested.The paper, by Marcial Boo, a former head of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, said civil servants could write open letters, known as ministerial directions, to highlight their worries about matters of integrity. Continue reading...

Leadership contender says the Conservatives need to recover to ensure Britain does not lurch into negativity and division'Progressive voters who oppose the Conservatives should still want the party to recover to ensure British politics does not lurch towards populism based on negativity and division", a Tory leadership contender has said.Mel Stride, the former cabinet minister who emerged as a surprise candidate to replace Rishi Sunak, warned that attempting to jump to a magical ideological square" after the party's disastrous general election result would fail to solve its problems. Continue reading...

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Singer, 43, arrested in June, has license suspended in New York state as judge threatens attorney with gag orderJustin Timberlake made a virtual court appearance on Friday in his drunken driving case on Long Island, saying little during the brief proceeding as a judge accepted his not-guilty plea and suspended his right to drive in New York.Police in the seaside village of Sag Harbor arrested Timberlake on 18 June after they say he ran a stop sign, veered out of his lane and got out of his BMW smelling of alcohol. Continue reading...

Kerry-Ann Knight hoped to pave way for Black women but was instead subjected to 12 years of abuseA former soldier who appeared on recruitment posters for the British army has received a settlement and an apology after taking it to an employment tribunal over the racist and sexist abuse she was subjected to during her career.While still in training, Kerry-Ann Knight was pictured on a recruitment poster above the words Your army needs you and your self-belief", confidently looking over her shoulder. Continue reading...

Site in Pembrokeshire suggests area was more militarised than previously thought, says expert who made discoveryA previously unknown Roman fort discovered in Pembrokeshire in Wales overturns assumptions that the area's indigenous Celtic tribe was on peaceful terms with the Roman invaders.The site, which has excited archaeologists, had been hidden until now beneath an enormous, overgrown field. It explains why the land had been unsuccessful for farming: the farmer kept hitting stone. Continue reading...

Rescue team members tell inquest how they devised a code to guide Const Keely Brough to safety, drawing gunfire as they blocked property entrance

The actors will star in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot from award-winning British director Jamie LloydThe Bill & Ted co-stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are set to head up a new take on Waiting for Godot on Broadway.The production is set to open in New York City in fall 2025 from the acclaimed British director Jamie Lloyd, who has won four Olivier awards and has been nominated for two Tonys. His most recent Broadway credit saw him directing Jessica Chastain in a stripped-back version of A Doll's House. Continue reading...

Teenager from Banks in Lancashire charged after three children killed and eight injured during dance classA 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and attempted murder after 13 people, including 11 children, were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, police said.Merseyside police said they charged the suspect, who is from the village of Banks, Lancashire, with three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of an offensive weapon. He will appear at Liverpool city magistrates court on Wednesday morning. Continue reading...

Arrests come after far right staged violent protests following deaths of three children in knife attackMore than 50 police officers were injured and five men arrested after far-right riots in Southport, which broke out as the town reeled from a knife attack that killed three children.The Merseyside chief constable, Serena Kennedy, said the five were arrested in connection with riots in which 53 police officers were injured - 49 from Merseyside police and four from Lancashire. Three police dogs, Zoe, Ike and Quga, were also hurt. Continue reading...

Jordan Goudreau, 48, was charged in New York for smuggling and conspiracy alongside partner Yacsy AlvarezA former US Green Beret who, in 2020, organized a failed crossborder raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolas Maduro has been arrested in New York on federal arms smuggling charges.A federal indictment unsealed this week in Tampa, Florida, accuses Jordan Goudreau and a Venezuelan partner, Yacsy Alvarez, of violating US arms control laws when they allegedly assembled and sent to Colombia AR-styled weapons, ammo, night vision goggles and other defense equipment requiring a US export license. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking cover-up' in 2011

Use of NDAs in cases of harassment and sexual misconduct will also be banned under measures introduced by regulatorUniversities in England will be fined if they fail to take adequate steps to protect students from harassment and sexual misconduct under measures that will also ban the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in such cases.Higher education institutions will have to take steps to prevent abuse of power" where there are personal relationships between staff and students, the universities watchdog said.Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading...

Neil Basu says Reform UK leader is creating conspiracy theories' by questioning whether truth is being withheld'A former counter-terrorism police chief has accused Nigel Farage of helping incite violence that broke out in Southport after the killing of three children in a knife attack this week.Farage drew criticism from across the political spectrum for remarks he made in a video on Tuesday in which he questioned whether the truth is being withheld from us" after the attack on Monday. Continue reading...

City officials say they have reversed the tide of history' thanks to completion of 1.4bn sewerage systemFrench city officials have hailed a historic day" after the Olympic triathlon competitions were held in the River Seine just a day after it was deemed unsafe for swimming.Tests on the water showed the men's and women's competitions could go ahead on Wednesday morning, resulting in victory - against all odds - for the city as well as for French athletes who took medals in the women's and men's events. Continue reading...

Digital ad revenues return to growth, driven in part by articles about pop superstar, Euro 2024 and electionTaylor Swift's Eras tour, the Euro 2024 football tournament and the UK general election - as well as a deep round of cost-cutting and job losses - helped the publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers to its best quarterly performance in almost two years.Reach reported a 23% increase in operating profit to 44.5m in the first half and recorded a return to growth in digital revenues, which it is banking on to secure a future for its newspaper titles, for the first time since the third quarter of 2022. Continue reading...

Government announces $371m package but says the call for a new disability rights act is still under consideration

Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd and co-founder of Greenpeace, has been arrested on an international warrant and is facing charges including accomplice to assault and ship trespassAnti-whaling activist Paul Watson could face up to 15 years in prison in Japan, after the founder of US-based group Sea Shepherd was arrested on an international warrant in Greenland earlier this month.According to the Japan Coast Guard, Watson, who is also a co-founder of Greenpeace, is facing charges including accomplice to assault and ship trespass, after he was arrested on an international warrant in Greenland. Continue reading...

Far-right protesters threw bricks at officers, set vehicles on fire and attacked mosqueKeir Starmer has said those who rioted in Southport on Tuesday night will feel the full force of the law" after police vehicles were set alight and missiles hurled at officers.It came after far-right protesters pelted police with glass bottles and bricks and attacked a mosque following a knife attack that killed three children. Continue reading...

Limit on welfare support, introduced in 2013, leaves some with just 4 a day for each family memberLow-income families affected by the benefit cap are living on as little as 4 for each person a day, often in overcrowded, rat-infested and damp homes with little prospect of escape, according to a new study.The cap puts a ceiling on the amount a working-age family can receive in welfare support if no one in the household is working or they are on very low wages. Families affected by it in many parts of the country are, in effect, trapped in poor quality, private rented properties they cannot afford, even though these are often already the cheapest homes available in their local area, the London School of Economics study said. Continue reading...

Violent clashes at street protest, hours after police released names of three children who were killed

Lebanon foreign minister says attack came as shock after assurances of limited response' from IsraelIsrael has claimed it killed Hezbollah's top military commander, Fuad Shukur, in an airstrike on a south Beirut suburb launched in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend.Shukur, also known as Hajj Mohsin, served as right hand man to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Israel's military spokesperson R Adm Daniel Hagari said in a late night briefing. Continue reading...

Investigation ordered by US interior secretary found graves at schools established to force Indigenous kids to assimilateAt least 973 Native American children died in the US government's abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by officials who called on the government to apologize for the schools.The investigation commissioned by the US interior secretary, Deb Haaland, found marked and unmarked graves at 65 of the more than 400 US boarding schools that were established to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white society. The findings don't specify how each child died, but the causes of death included sickness and abuse during a 150-year period that ended in 1969, officials said. Continue reading...

PC Christopher Gudgeon charged after a report of sexual assault alleged to have taken place off-dutyA serving Metropolitan police officer has been charged with sexual assault.PC Christopher Gudgeon, who is attached to the Met's Central South Basic Command Unit, was charged by postal requisition on 9 July, the force said. Continue reading...