MPs question government’s 2-metre rule; UK official death toll rises by 38; Priti Patel condemns ‘far-right thugs’ at London march at weekend

F-15 jet plunged into waters off Yorkshire coast during training mission on Monday morningThe pilot of the US air force F-15C fighter plane that crashed off the north-east coast of England has been found dead.The aircraft, based in the UK, plunged into the North Sea off the Yorkshire coast while on a training mission at about 9.40am on Monday. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Indigenous Australians represented 12% of such searches in two years despite being 3% of populationIndigenous Australians are significantly over-represented in the number of strip searches conducted by police in New South Wales, representing 12% of all searches in a two-year period despite only making up 3.4% of the state’s population.The Guardian can reveal that between 2016 and 2018 police in NSW conducted 1,183 strip searches on Indigenous people in the state, including one 10-year-old and two 11-year-olds. Continue reading...

EU agrees to look for early common ground as PM asks it to ‘put a tiger in the tank’ of talks

Spain to reopen borders on 21 June but other countries are adopting more targeted approach

MDF youth leaders gave graphic accounts of beatings and sexual assault to mediaThree female opposition activists in Zimbabwe who gave detailed accounts of torture, humiliation and sexual assault by unidentified state agents have been ordered to remain in prison to face charges that they invented their ordeal.The three women, all leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change’s youth section, have been held in the infamous Chirubi high-security jail since Friday. They face prison sentences of up to 20 years or a fine. Continue reading...

Two-year-old survived shooting in Harlesden after bullet missed artery by 1mmA two-year-old boy who was shot in the head survived after the bullet missed a crucial artery by 1mm, his family have revealed, as they appealed for anyone with information on the shooting to come forward.The toddler was one of four people, including his mother, who were shot in Energen Close, Harlesden, north-west London, on 3 June. Continue reading...

Court rules 1964 civil rights law bars employers from discriminating against workers based on sexual orientation or transgender statusThe supreme court has ruled that a landmark 1964 civil rights law bars employers from discriminating against workers based on sexual orientation or transgender status.The six to three verdict is the biggest victory for LGBTQ+ rights since the court upheld marriage equality in 2015. Continue reading...

Washington says it is outraged at conviction of Paul Whelan, who said he was framedA Russian court has convicted the US citizen Paul Whelan, a former marine and corporate security officer, on espionage charges and sentenced him to 16 years in a Russian high-security prison.The harsh sentence is likely to raise tensions between Russia and the US and followed a secret trial criticised by the US ambassador, John Sullivan, as a “mockery of justice”. Continue reading...

China now ranked above the US when it comes to collaboration with Australian researchers, but a new report finds that co-operation will come under increasing pressureAustralian researchers risk being caught up in the crossfire of intensifying “tech wars” between the United States and China, a new report warns.With technology now the defining element of the Trump administrations’s “strategic competition” with Beijing, American allies will come under increasing pressure to limit their science and technological interaction with China in critical dual-use fields, according to the United States Studies Centre’s report. Continue reading...

Millard Scott was shot with a stun gun during a drugs-related Met police raid but says officers did not search his houseA 62-year-old black man – the father of rapper Wretch 32 – who was shot with a Taser inside his home by police before he fell and lost consciousness, has said officers did not search his house for drugs despite claiming the raid was part of a drugs operation.Millard Scott was shot with a Taser during a raid by five officers at the height of the pandemic. The family were shielding because Scott cares for his 23-year-old son Shaquille, who is severely disabled with cerebral palsy. Continue reading...

The P-Funk bassist was a street kid in the 60s, got his break with James Brown, then spent much of the 70s taking LSD. He talks about drugs, racism, police brutality – and the healing power of music

Too Much and Never Enough, due in August, is expected to detail her role as primary source for exposé of the president’s tax affairs

Intervention, which could happen as early as Tuesday, follows allegations the rightwing powerbroker Adem Somyurek took part in substantial branch stackingLabor’s national executive is poised to consider an audit of party membership in Victoria, and administrative intervention, after allegations the controversial right wing powerbroker Adem Somyurek paid for branch memberships as part of a substantial stacking operation in the state.Somyurek on Monday resigned his membership of the Victorian ALP after the Nine Network reported on Sunday night that he orchestrated the payment of party memberships. The disgraced powerbroker resigned before he could he could be expelled by the party’s national executive, and he was sacked from the state ministry by the premier Daniel Andrews. Continue reading...

Case against editor of influential news website - who faces up to six years in prison - condemned as ‘a sinister action’One of the Philippines’ most prominent journalists is facing up to six years in prison after she was found guilty of “cyber-libel” charges, a verdict condemned as setting “an extraordinarily damaging precedent” for press freedoms.The ruling against Maria Ressa was issued by a court in Manila, where only a limited number of attendees were permitted as part of coronavirus prevention measures. The news website Rappler, its executive editor Ressa, and former researcher and writer Reynaldo Santos Jr were accused of cyber-libel over a story that alleged links between a businessman and a top judge. Continue reading...

Ship was considered low risk as updated status preventing passengers from disembarking was not reflected on assessment form

Lockdown exposed the scale of the commercial baby business in Ukraine, and now women hired for their wombs are speaking out

Two of most senior officers to serve in UK also warn over misuse of stop and searchTwo of the most senior black officers to have served in British policing have revealed that their careers were blighted by racism, and warned that the misuse of stop and search was leading to black men being treated as “property” by officers.The allegations by Patricia Gallan, a former Metropolitan police assistant commissioner and the highest-ranking black woman ever, and the former Met chief superintendent Victor Olisa, reveal troubling questions about race that continue to dog British policing. Continue reading...

Adem Somyurek sacked and Robin Scott resigns from ministry, as state records 12 new Covid-19 cases. Follow the latest updates live

How has Covid-19 progressed where you live?The 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...

Andy Cowell runs the Fenn Bell Conservation Project in Medway, Kent. After 12 weeks of closure, as running costs mounted, zoos were suddenly told with less than a week’s notice that they could reopen on Monday to reduced visitors. But smaller zoos such as Fenn Bell have had to spend funds they barely had just to create space for visitors to visit safely, and Cowell is still a couple of weeks away from being ready. He tells Richard Sprenger why he is so angry at how the situation has been handled and fears the possibility of having to euthanise his animals Continue reading...

President announces mandatory return to class and plans for economic recovery

Racism is embedded in structures and power dynamics, so we should logically conclude that we are not immuneAs events unfold in the US and across the world, colleagues in the aid sector are closely watching, and sharing their solidarity. After all they are allies and educators of human rights.Yet as various institutions grapple with their failure to address discrimination, there has been a disappointing lack of self-reflection in our sector. If we understand that racism is embedded in structures, that it is part of engrained power dynamics, we should logically conclude that we are not immune. Continue reading...

One of the most well-regarded journalists in the world, Maria Ressa has made a powerful enemy in Philippines president Duterte

Exclusive: senior official says contact tracing should be more effective before measures eased

Exclusive: Milk giants’ climate impact rising and production caps needed, say researchers

China capital enters ‘extraordinary period’ after another 36 new cases are linked to a second seafood market

Exclusive: Brussels officials feared disclosing Zagreb’s lack of commitment to monitoring would cause ‘scandal’EU officials have been accused of an “outrageous cover-up” after withholding evidence of a failure by Croatia’s government to supervise police repeatedly accused of robbing, abusing and humiliating migrants at its borders.Internal European commission emails seen by the Guardian reveal officials in Brussels had been fearful of a backlash when deciding against full disclosure of Croatia’s lack of commitment to a monitoring mechanism that ministers had previously agreed to fund with EU money. Continue reading...

Government TV ad is latest in a series of striking public service announcements using humour to tackle tricky subjectsIt’s a scene out of every parent’s – and teenager’s – worst nightmare: two adult-film actors turn up naked at the front door, to tell a stunned mother: “Hiya … your son’s been watching us online.”The sudden appearance of a smiling but nude Sue and Derek has become something of a sensation as part on an unusual series of TV ads by the New Zealand government about internet safety for young people. Continue reading...

Social media giant rejects ACCC proposal, saying it could cut out news completely without any significant impact on its businessFacebook has rejected a proposal to share advertising revenue with news organisations, saying there would “not be significant” impacts on its business if it stopped sharing news altogether.On Monday, the social media giant issued its response to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which has been tasked with creating a mandatory code of conduct aimed at levelling the playing field. Continue reading...

Thousands of marchers screamed for a minute at 3.24pm – the time of day when women in effect start working without payWomen across Switzerland have let loose with screams during a national protest demanding equal treatment and an end to violence at the hands of men.Last year half a million people marched to highlight the nation’s poor record on women’s rights. This year’s version of what organisers call the Women’s Strike was more subdued on Sunday due to coronavirus restrictions. Continue reading...

Tributes for the ‘bright young actor’ flow from colleagues, cricketers and India’s prime ministerPopular Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on Sunday, police and Indian media reports have said.Initial reports, citing police sources, said the 34-year-old’s body was found in his apartment in suburban Bandra. Continue reading...

Lima cleric covers walls and pews with thousands of photographs while criticising health system ‘based on business and not on mercy’

All of mainland France now in ‘green zone’; Spain’s border to open to EU countries except Portugal on 21 June; deaths worldwide pass 430,000

It will cost low-paid NHS and social care staff thousands to stay in UK, says report

The Iranian-born New Zealand MP describes a ‘central heartbreak’ of being a migrant child in this exclusive extract from her book Know Your Place

Monday: Ministers attended lucrative Liberal party fundraiser during trip charged to expenses. Plus, how two journalists were gunned down in IraqGood morning, this is Emilie Gramenz bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Monday 15 June. Continue reading...

Black families whose relatives have died in police incidents demand end to systemic racism

NGO demands more details on Boris Johnson’s ‘vague and imprecise’ commitmentHong Kong democracy campaigners are pressing the Foreign Office to spell out how Boris Johnson’s “vague and imprecise commitment” will give a path to British citizenship to millions of residents.It came as Johnson wrote to seven former UK foreign secretaries saying he is trying to build a global groundswell of opposition to Chinese plans to impose a new security law in Hong Kong. Continue reading...

Ex-regional chief prosecutor urges CPS to pursue case after PM’s aide breached lockdown

Head of police union for England and Wales calls for emergency law during Covid-19 pandemicPriti Patel has been urged to impose an emergency ban on all protests after Britain’s biggest police force condemned the “mindless hooliganism” and “utterly shocking” violence of far-right activists against its officers in London.The head of the body representing rank-and-file police officers in England and Wales called for tougher restrictions on demonstrations after 23 officers were injured and more than 100 people were arrested during clashes in London on Saturday. Continue reading...

Campaigners believe bias and inequality were factors in high number of BAME deaths in fire“We can’t breathe”. In a harrowing call made to the fire brigade from her 22nd-floor flat, these were some of the last words of 33-year-old Nadia Choucair, a nursery teacher who died in the Grenfell Tower fire with her three daughters, Zainab, Fatima, Mierna, her husband, Bassem, and her mother, Sirria.Now three years on, with the country witnessing anti-racism protests triggered by the death of George Floyd and his hauntingly similar plea, the parallels are being highlighted. Continue reading...

One of the names chanted in the Australian protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has been David Dungay. The eerie similarities between his case and the death of Floyd have brought his death in 2015 back into the spotlight. Both men were held down before they died, both cried ‘I can’t breathe’. Miles Herbert looks back at the death of David Dungay JnrHelen Davidson has written a summary of the inquest finding with links to all the best coverage on the Guardian here.The Guardian’s Breathless podcast has been documenting the journey of David Dungay Jr’s family for the past three years. If you want to hear the story as it unfolded you can start with episode one here, and read our coverage and see photos of his family here. Continue reading...

Partial quarantine remains in Beijing; European countries continue to open borders to neighboursChina detected its highest number of daily coronavirus cases in months on Sunday, locking down parts of Beijing in a warning of the difficulties of avoiding a resurgence of the pandemic as Europe prepared to open more borders and loosen restrictions this week.A wholesale food market in the Chinese capital, where traces of the virus were detected, was closed at the weekend. Nearby housing estates were also placed under quarantine after authorities detected 36 new coronavirus cases in the city and another 19 across the country. Continue reading...

Stuart Robert, Dan Tehan and Simon Birmingham say they were in Sydney for parliamentary business when they attended the lucrative Channel Nine eventThree cabinet ministers charged taxpayers more than $4,500 for an overnight trip to Sydney during which they mingled with mining and banking donors at a lucrative Liberal party fundraiser hosted by Channel Nine.Stuart Robert, Dan Tehan and Simon Birmingham flew into Sydney on the day of the $10,000-a-head fundraising dinner last year before flying out again the following day, charging their flights and overnight accommodation costs to their parliamentary allowances. Continue reading...

Bishop of Kensington hosts virtual commemoration service for 72 people who diedBoris Johnson and Keir Starmer marked the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire in video messages as the commemoration moved online because of the coronavirus pandemic.The prime minister said the people of Britain were with the Grenfell Tower community in spirit, and the Labour leader pledged to do everything in his power to prevent a similar tragedy . Continue reading...

Amid the anger over brutality and injustice, a number of prominent Canadians have cast doubt on the idea that racism is entrenchedAfter a string of violent incidents involving police officers, activists and ordinary people across Canada have joined the global chorus calling for a reckoning with racism, policing, inequality and the long reach of history.In recent weeks, a Black woman fell to her death after police were called to her flat in Toronto; an Indigenous woman suffering a mental health crisis was shot dead by an officer in New Brunswick and footage emerged showing Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in Alberta forcing a First Nations chief to the ground and punching him in the head. On Friday evening, an Indigenous man was shot dead by the RCMP in New Brunswick. Continue reading...

My father, Chris Wigglesworth, who has died aged 82, was a geologist, academic and Church of Scotland minister who worked across the world on water and rural development and devoted his life to fighting for social justice.Born in Leeds to Maurice Wigglesworth, a chemical engineer and teacher, and his wife, Muriel (nee Cowling), he was an avid student and head boy at Grangefield grammar school, Stockton-on-Tees. He was also a keen cricketer, with a deep interest in politics, driven from an early age to improve the lives of others. Continue reading...

BLM protesters targeted monument to Indro Montanelli, who admitted buying 12-year-old Eritrean girlMilan’s mayor has rejected calls to remove a statue from a public park of an Italian journalist who acknowledged having bought a 12-year-old Eritrean girl to be his wife during Italy’s colonial occupation in the 1930s.Giuseppe Sala said in a Facebook video that he was perplexed by “the lightness” with which Indro Montanelli had confessed to buying the child from her father, in a widely circulated video of a 1969 talkshow appearance, but said “lives should be judged in their totality” and he believed the statue should stay. Continue reading...

Car dealers also report growing interest while caravans and motorhomes benefit from boom in staycationsDemand for motorbikes, scooters and mopeds has shot up as commuters look for alternatives to public transport to get to work.Enquiries sent to sellers of mopeds and scooters were triple last year’s levels in the first week of June, after doubling in the last week of May, according to online marketplace Auto Trader. Continue reading...