The city’s bars, clubs and even massage parlours are beginning to buzz again but the absence of tourists is taking its toll

Police appeal for witnesses after a man was pronounced dead in Islington on SaturdayPolice in north London are investigating the fatal shooting in broad daylight of a man believed to be in his early 20s.The Metropolitan police said officers and paramedics were called to Roman Way beside Pentonville prison in in Islington at 3.20pm on Saturday, where a man was suffering from gunshot injuries. Continue reading...

Fire follows several other incidents at facilities across the country, including some at sensitive sitesA fire broke out at a power station in south-western Iran on Saturday, Iranian media reported, the latest in a string of fires and explosions, some of which have hit sensitive sites.The blaze, which affected a transformer in the power station in the city of Ahvaz, was put out by firefighters and electricity was restored after partial outages, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, a spokesman for state-run power company Tavanir, told the semi-official news agency Tasnim. Continue reading...

The vehicle hit the front of The Swan Inn near Ashford in Kent at around 2am on SaturdayA pub has managed to open despite a car crashing into its front in the early hours, the landlord said.The Swan Inn at Little Chart, near Ashford in Kent, will still be able to serve pints to customers outside despite the landlord being woken by the devastation at about 2am on Saturday. Continue reading...

Boris Johnson has refused to criticise his father over trip to holiday home during lockdownThe prime minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, has defended travelling to his villa in Greece amid growing condemnation by saying that he was making the property “Covid-proof”.Government guidelines state that British nationals should avoid all but essential travel, but his son Boris has refused to criticise the trip and, on Friday, suggested the media should raise the issue directly with his father. Continue reading...

Andrzej Duda, who is running for re-election, will propose a constitutional amendment later this monthPoland’s president, Andrzej Duda, who is running for re-election in the conservative, Catholic EU member, said on Saturday that he wanted the constitution to explicitly forbid the adoption of children by same-sex couples.He said he planned to propose a constitutional amendment on Monday. Continue reading...

Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, cinemas and theme parks reopen, and weddings and baptisms take place as the lockdown eases Continue reading...

City brewer Truman’s Social Club hosts dozens of high-spirited customers – in car park

Judge says it would be unfair to stop Heard watching Depp give evidence in libel case over domestic abuse claimsJohnny Depp has failed to stop his ex-wife Amber Heard from watching him give evidence in a libel case over allegations of domestic abuse.The actor is suing the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over a 2018 article which described Depp as a “wife beater”. Continue reading...

Ryan Colaço had been driving home from interview and was wrongly accused of concealing drugs

Postal votes are still to be counted but ALP’s Kristy McBain is just ahead of Liberal Fiona KotvojsLabor has pulled in front at the close of the count in the Eden-Monaro byelection on Saturday night – but the contest remains tight, with postal votes still to tally.While senior Labor sources expressed confidence that Kristy McBain would get across the line, and the ABC’s respected election analyst Antony Green predicted a likely Labor win after a five week campaign conducted in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, the count remained in progress. Continue reading...

London mayor says violence at White City event that left seven officers hurt was disgracefulThe London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has condemned violence at a street party in west London as disgraceful after seven police officers were injured.Bricks and other missiles were thrown at officers as they tried to disperse the illegal rave in White City on Friday night. Continue reading...

As more troops self-medicate with psychedelic drugs to help with PTSD, a group of experts lobby for proper clinical trialsA growing number of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are turning to “magic mushrooms” and LSD to treat their condition. But drug laws make it almost impossible to establish whether they work.Now a new body, the Medical Psychedelics Working Group, a consortium of experts, academics, researchers, policy specialists and industry partners, is to begin lobbying for a change in the law so that scientists can conduct clinical trials. Continue reading...

Ministers said to be weighing benefits against broader desire to cut ties with Brussels

Bermudian-born actor rose to prominence in the 1950s in films such as Pool of London and Sapphire, as well as appearing in the 007 film ThunderballEarl Cameron, who with his debut role in the 1951 film Pool of London, became one of the first significant black actors in British cinema, has died aged 102. His agent confirmed the news to the Guardian, saying “he passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family” on Friday in Kenilworth in Warwickshire.Cameron’s significance to the current generation of black British actors was underlined by tributes on social media. David Harewood described him as “a total legend”, while Paterson Joseph wrote: “His generation’s pioneering shoulders are what my generation of actors stand on. No shoulders were broader than this gentleman with the voice of god and the heart of a kindly prince.” Historian David Olusoga added: “A remarkable and wonderful man. Not just a brilliant actor but a link to a deeper history.” Continue reading...

Footage on social media shows police officers being pelted with objects, forcing the officers to retreat, when they attempted to break up an unlicensed music event in White City, west London, on Friday night. The police intervention follows a warning by the Met that it would crackdown on illegal parties that flouted social distancing rules

Animal rights groups hail decision to prohibit trade in north-eastern regionAuthorities in India’s north-eastern state of Nagaland have banned the sale of dog meat and halted the import and trading of dogs to be used for food, said officials.The remote Christian-majority state’s chief secretary Temjen Toy tweeted that the state government had banned all commercial import and trading of dogs. The sale of dog meat, both cooked and uncooked, has also been banned. The move followed an appeal earlier in the week by Indian politician Maneka Gandhi, who urged the Nagaland government to act. Continue reading...

Illuminations and clapping will mark NHS birthday in its ‘most challenging year’

Police say material, including photos of acts with newborns, shared on a well-known instant messaging platformROME (AP) — Italian police say they have broken up a child abuse ring used to share illicit material, including photos of newborns, via an instant messaging platform.Police said on Saturday that the crackdown involved dozens of search warrants and led to the arrest of three people for allegedly possessing what was described in a statement as “huge quantities of pornographic material depicting minors”. About 50 people are under investigation. Continue reading...

Residents use wordplay including repurposed Chinese Communist party dogma to express frustrationHongkongers are finding creative ways to voice dissent after Beijing blanketed the city in a new security law and police began arresting people displaying now forbidden political slogans.Faced with the sudden threat of prosecution for anything that might promote greater autonomy or independence for the restless city, residents are using wordplay and even subverting Chinese Communist party dogma to express their frustration. Continue reading...

Police confirm suicide bombing occurred in Mogadishu and a land mine detonated in BaidoaExplosions have rocked two of Somalia’s largest cities after a suicide car bombing near the port in Mogadishu and a land mine detonation on the outskirts of Baidoa killed four people.Ali Abdullahi, an official from the South West regional state, said the mine was detonated inside a restaurant by remote control as people were dining. Several others were wounded, he said. Continue reading...

Latest updates: how has Covid-19 progressed where you live? Check the week-on-week changes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern IrelandThe map shows local authorities where the number of cases has increased week-on-week and where it has fallen. Some of this is due to natural fluctuations, especially in areas where there are very few cases, and so a rise from 1 to 2 is a doubling. Increased testing also means that more cases may be being detected than previously, although the impact of this between one week and the next is likely to be slight. Continue reading...

Birmingham and Solihull coroner says inquests will be held into deaths of four of rogue breast surgeon’s patients

Attack happened about 2pm on Saturday afternoon while man was diving off Indian HeadA man has died after being attacked by a shark while spearfishing off Queensland’s Fraser Island.The attack happened about 2pm on Saturday while the Sunshine Coast man, 36, was diving off Indian Head on the eastern side of the island. Continue reading...

Unable to expand testing or hospital capacity, Narendra Modi’s administration has turned to bluster and brute forceThe response to the spread of coronavirus that most Indians are talking about this week is not an innovation in contact tracing or a big increase in hospital beds, it’s the death of a father and son in judicial custody in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. It happened after the local police picked them up for complaining about having to close their small store early to comply with lockdown rules. In some ways, the case exemplifies India’s struggle with its coronavirus response: if you can’t beat it with a stick, what do you do?India now has nearly twice as many cases as the UK, and will surpass Russia to become the world’s third worst-affected country after the US and Brazil within days. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, is no Jair Bolsonaro; since his 24 March address to the country announcing a national lockdown, Modi has been relentlessly on message, and wears a mask and practises physical distancing. Continue reading...

In 2017, journalist Kim Wall became the story when she was murdered after boarding a submarine. Now, Kim’s parents are sharing her life and tragedy in a new bookOn a winter night in 2017, Joachim Wall was sitting in front of his daughter’s laptop at his home in Trelleborg, a town of around 45,000 and Sweden’s southernmost. He was going through thousands of pictures, trying to reorganize her archive – a task that would keep him busy for many more months.Suddenly, he heard a familiar ding: Kim, are you there? Continue reading...

Their ambitions for a new life in Colombia shattered, migrants are lining up for the bus journey back to an uncertain future

Vic Goddard is one of many school leaders daunted by the burden of supporting pupils and staff through their grief

Exclusive: Fashion brand profits from ‘stay home’ clothing supplied at speed from city now experiencing Covid-19 surge

More than 76,000 residents ordered to evacuate in west of the country amid massive floods and landslidesAt least two people were feared dead and 13 others missing in western Japan as record heavy rain triggered massive floods and landslides, forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 76,000 residents.The nation’s weather agency downgraded rain warnings on Saturday by one notch from the highest emergency level in Kumamoto and Kagoshima on Kyushu island, but prime minister Shinzo Abe urged local people to be “on maximum alert”. Continue reading...

Blockbusters such as Tenet and Mulan are slated for a summer release, but the future of film is shrouded in uncertainty

Guardian readers in or from Hong Kong share their views on the new national security lawIn late May, a week after Chinese officials announced a plan to impose a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong, the Guardian issued a callout to people who believed they would be affected. We wanted to hear how people felt about the law, how it might change their lives, and how they felt about the last year of protests.The response was overwhelming. Within days we had received more than 30,000 messages from people inside and outside Hong Kong – the most for any Guardian community callout. Continue reading...

Industrial science museum will not be closed and moved to Parramatta but will operate across both sitesThe New South Wales government has made a U-turn on its decision to relocate Sydney’s Powerhouse museum, more than five years after the announcement was made.The industrial science museum in inner-Sydney’s Ultimo will not be closed and moved to Parramatta, but will stay open and operate along with the new Powerhouse facility planned for western Sydney. Continue reading...

Streaming platform says it is giving viewers ‘more choice’ after British singer accuses film of glamourising rapeNetflix will continue to stream hit Polish film 365 Days despite calls for its withdrawal, including by British singer Duffy, who accused it of glamourising rape and sex trafficking.The Welsh singer-songwriter wrote an open letter to the Netflix chief executive, Reed Hastings, raising her concerns about the film based on a bestselling Polish book trilogy by Blanka Lipińska. Continue reading...

AFL figures including Sam Newman say many people would regard their words as racially discriminatory and ‘we sincerely apologise’Three AFL figures including media commentator Sam Newman have issued a formal apology and signed a six-figure settlement with St Kilda great Nicky Winmar over comments they made on a podcast about Winmar’s famous stand against racism.In a 1993 game against Collingwood, Winmar, a Noongar man, lifted his St Kilda jersey and pointed to his skin after being racially abused. Continue reading...

Foreign minister points out his country’s death rate from Covid-19 is a fraction of the UK’s

France has a new prime minister after President Emmanuel Macron named career civil servant Jean Castex as the replacement for Édouard Philippe. Castex will be part of Macron’s ‘new course’ for the last two years of his mandate.Castex, from the centre right of French politics, coordinated France’s successful exit from lockdown and is widely known as Monsieur Déconfinement. He will form the next government

Exclusive: ruling says releasing cables and cabinet documents could damage Australia’s securityDecades-old documents relating to Australia’s involvement in the Indonesian invasion of Timor-Leste will remain secret after a court upheld the Australian government’s refusal to release them.It took the administrative appeals tribunal more than two years to rule on the case, finding that releasing the documents “could reasonably be expected to cause damage to the security or international relations of the commonwealth”. Continue reading...

PM gives Downing Street press conference as lockdown measures are eased again

Macron gambles on reshuffle to reset troubled presidency, with popular PM departing

Trip by Stanley Johnson could weaken message on Covid-19 rules, warns Sage adviserThe decision by the prime minister’s father to travel to his Greek villa in apparent breach of Foreign Office guidance has been criticised by a government scientific adviser.Boris Johnson has refused to condemn his father, Stanley, for flying to Greece, despite current advice for British nationals to avoid all but essential international travel. Continue reading...

Canadian police confirm man had ‘several’ weapons and will face multiple chargesCanadian police say the armed man who rammed a truck through the gates of the prime minister’s residence was loose for 13 minutes before authorities finally spotted him.Media reports have identified the intruder as Corey Hurren, a reservist in the Canadian Rangers, a branch of the military that typically operates in remote and coastal regions. Continue reading...

With stipulations of mass testing and on-camera distancing from actors, it’s not just the romcom facing a bleak futureThis month, in theory, the latest Jurassic World sequel goes back into production on a London sound stage. And Wednesday – 1 July – was the day that Hollywood studios and TV producers planned to resume production in the United States. In fact, little if any American production has resumed, partly because some of the “tax incentive” states that attract studio productions are current virus hotbeds. Productions remain on hold or in preproduction limbo. The massive agency CAA announced this week that all staff will continue to work from home for at least the remainder of the year.Related: Sam Neill: ‘I should be at Pinewood. The Jurassic World III sets are there waiting’ Continue reading...

Pressure grows on Duke of York to ‘speak up’ after the arrest of his friend Ghislaine MaxwellThe Duke of York was accused of subjecting alleged victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to a “torture test” by his silence as lawyers for the women increased the pressure following the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell.As Maxwell, 58, remained in custody on charges of facilitating former boyfriend Epstein’s sexual exploitation of underage girls, lawyers for multiple women demanded Prince Andrew “be a man”, “speak up” and stop “deliberately avoiding” US authorities. Continue reading...

As Boris Johnson reopens pubs, a no-deal Brexit threatens to rain disaster on a country reeling from the pandemicDo you have the bunting out and the fireworks primed for Independence Day, with 4 July designated as the moment England ends its long national hibernation and flocks to the pub? To the untrained eye, the choice of a Saturday for the great unlocking might seem a tad rash, when, I don’t know, Monday was available to ease people in gradually. That point was put to Boris Johnson on LBC this morning, but he couldn’t offer even an approximation of an answer. Which leaves us to conclude that his government of geniuses picked Saturday solely because of the pleasing headlines that the Fourth of July suggested – rather forgetting that this is the day when Americans celebrate their escape from the rule of a dysfunctional London elite headed by a man with more children than you could count and prone to gibbering in public.Related: I love pubs so much I recreated mine in VR – but I'm staying home on 4 July | Tristan Cross Continue reading...

Front of magazine’s ‘Madness’ issue attacked as attempt to glamorise mental illnessVogue Portugal has been criticised for insensitive treatment of mental health on one of its latest magazine covers.The image – one of four covers created for its July/August “Madness” issue – features model Simona Kirchnerova crouched in a bath flanked by two nurses, with one pouring water over her head. The cover has been criticised both for attempting to glamorise mental illness and for the use of the outdated term “madness”. Continue reading...

No 10 accused of ‘shambolic’ handling of air bridge list after publication beset by delays

Hatice Cengiz hopes trial in absentia will reveal circumstances of journalist’s death and location of remainsThe fiancee of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has told a Turkish court that all avenues for justice must be explored as 20 Saudi officials went on trial in absentia over the gruesome killing and dismemberment in Istanbul in 2018.Taking the witness stand on Friday morning at Istanbul’s Çağlayan courthouse complex, Hatice Cengiz had to pause several times to stop her voice from breaking. The absence of the 20 defendants, as well as Khashoggi’s still missing remains, weighed heavily over the proceedings. Continue reading...

The pro-democracy politician is continuing the fight from abroad and says the international front is keyThree years ago, Nathan Law was jailed for several months over his role in pro-democracy “umbrella movement” protests in Hong Kong. But even in prison, he never imagined he would consider fleeing his home.China’s decision to bring in a sweeping national security law that has criminalised many forms of peaceful protest in Hong Kong and carries penalties of up to life in prison changed that overnight. Continue reading...

Deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill defends decision to attend top IRA man’s memorial