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Former leader of Fire Brigades Union secured 5249 votes against Neil Butler after legal challenge to executive's earlier decisionMatt Wrack, a former leader of the firefighters' union, has been elected as permanent general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union following a ballot in which less than 5% of eligible members voted.He beat challenger, Neil Butler, winning 5249 votes to his rival's 3126, after the NASUWT's first contested leadership election for a generation. Continue reading...

Keir Starmer's government struggling to convince MPs and public it is doing enough for civilians starving in GazaWhen David Lammy stood at the dispatch box to deliver a statement condemning Israel's killing of starving civilians in Gaza on Monday, he was met with anger from MPs.We want action, and this is not action," thundered one Labour MP. Another questioned: Is this it?" A third asked: At what point does our basic humanity require us to take stronger action? Many of us think the red line was passed a long time ago." Continue reading...

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

Owens has claimed that the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, is a man, and that the French president is controlled by the CIAThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte Macron, are suing rightwing commentator Candace Owens for defamation.In a suit filed on Wednesday in Delaware against Owens and her businesses, the Macrons say Owens has engaged in ongoing defamatory attacks against them in order to elevate her media platform, gain more audience and make money. Continue reading...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockadeGaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World Health Organization has said, as more than 100 agencies urged Israel to let supplies in to alleviate the crisis.I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it's man-made, and that's very clear," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference from Geneva. This is because of [the] blockade. Continue reading...

ASA ruling comes amid fears fashion industry reversing progress in body positivity movementAn advert by high street retailer Marks & Spencer has been banned for featuring an irresponsible" image of a model who appeared unhealthily thin".The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the model's pose, choice of clothing and the camera angle which seemed to tilt downwards all contributed to the impression she was too thin. Continue reading...

Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, says that Ukraine, as a candidate country for membership, needs to uphold fight against corruption'Back to Russia-Ukraine talks, AFP just reported, quoting a source in the Turkish ministry of foreign affairs, that the negotiations will start at 4pm GMT, so that's 5pm London time and 6pm CEST in large parts of Europe.The EU has also confirmed that trade commissioner Maro efovi will speak with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick this afternoon as they continue talks on the EU-US trade relations ahead of next month's deadline for tariffs. Continue reading...

The alleged driver, Fernando Ramirez, 29, was also charged with 37 felony counts of assault with a deadly weaponThe driver accused of ramming his car into a crowd outside a Los Angeles nightclub over the weekend was charged with 37 felony counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said on Tuesday.Fernando Ramirez, 29, was also charged with 37 felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, he could face multiple sentences of life imprisonment. Continue reading...

Police say three dead and man seriously injured were from same household in Maguiresbridge, County FermanaghPolice in Northern Ireland have launched a murder investigation after a woman and two children from the same household died in a shooting.A man who was seriously injured in the incident on Wednesday morning is being treated at hospital. Continue reading...

Prosecutors say Michael Gann stored explosive devices on SoHo rooftops and threw one on to Williamsburg BridgeA man has been charged for allegedly crafting and attempting to detonate homemade explosives in New York City.Federal prosecutors say 55-year-old Michael Gann, who lives in Inwood, New York, used chemicals bought online last month to manufacture multiple explosive devices. Continue reading...

Exclusive: White House has left Ricky Buria to continue in role in an acting capacity as efforts to block him fizzled

Statement to ASX by rival bookmaker Pointsbet rejects takeover offer and notes risks associated with VIP-heavy customer base'

At current rate, households could have 10,000MW installed in five years - half the nation's total coal power capacity, expert says

Government aims for 92% on-time running but only 82.5% of Sydney Trains services arrived within five or six minutes of schedule, down from 87.9% in previous year

Data shows 34% of men aged 20-34 lived with parents in 2024, compared with less than a quarter of women the same ageYoung men are more likely to live at home with their parents than women of the same age, with a third of 20- to 34-year-old men in the UK living in their parental home.Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 33.7% of men aged 20-34 lived with parents in 2024, compared with less than a quarter (22.1%) of women the same age. Continue reading...

A law that changes the country's anti-corruption agencies has led to the first serious protests against his government

Neil Hopper, 49, from Truro appears in court accused of lying to insurers about how he lost his legsA surgeon from Cornwall who carried out hundreds of amputations is appearing in court accused of lying over how he lost his own legs and encouraging another man to remove the body parts of others.Vascular surgeon Neil Hopper, 49, from Truro, was charged with three offences after a two-and-a-half-year investigation by Devon and Cornwall police. Continue reading...

Victims' remains misidentified and commingled' parts of more than one person placed in one casket, says lawyerBritish families grieving after the Air India disaster have discovered that the remains of their loved ones have been wrongly identified before repatriation, according to an aviation lawyer representing them.Relatives of one victim had to abandon funeral plans after being informed that their coffin contained the body of an unknown passenger. Continue reading...

The Arabian horse - born on the actor's farm in 1985 - spent his latter years in Florida serving as a therapy animalGuinness World Records's oldest living horse - who was once owned by legendary actor Burt Reynolds - has died shortly after attaining the title, the organization announced recently.Mokie the Arabian horse was 40 years old, having spent some of his latter years in Florida serving as a therapy animal for people going through some of the darkest times of their lives", Guinness wrote Monday on its website. Continue reading...

Richard Marles has confirmed payment was made in the second quarter of 2025 to boost US boat-building, bringing total paid to $1.6bn

Legislation will give education department powers to cancel the childcare subsidy if standards fall - and publicise its decision

Exclusive: Tony Burke also introduced legislation to add sabotage, promotion of communal violence and serious threats to Australia's border security to the rules

Move by Ukrainian president widely opposed and may prove a setback to hopes of country one day joining the EUVolodymyr Zelenskyy has defended his approval of a contentious bill that weakens Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies as its passage into law triggered the first serious protests against his government.The move on Tuesday has put the president on a collision course with civil society activists and some of Ukraine's veterans, and is likely to dismay Ukraine's European partners. Continue reading...

Prof Henry Brodaty of UNSW says managing risk factors such as diet and anxiety is a cost-effective way of curbing the disease

Britain's car and whisky industries set for boost while India gets visa concessions, but some sensitive issues unresolvedIndia's prime minister, Narendra Modi, is visiting London to sign a landmark free trade agreement between his country and the UK, a pact viewed as a political and economic prize amid global trade tensions unleashed by the US president, Donald Trump.For Britain, eager to score a post-Brexit win, the deal is its most economically significant trade agreement since leaving the EU. For India, it marks its first major free trade pact outside Asia. For both, analysts say, the agreement signals a long-term economic partnership. Continue reading...

The warning comes after a string of shows by women comedians joking about men went viralChinese provincial officials have warned comedians against stirring up discord between the genders, instructing them to criticise constructively rather than for the sake of being funny".The warning came from authorities in eastern Zhejiang province on WeChat over the weekend after a comedian referred to her allegedly abusive marriage in a performance that went viral on Chinese social media. Continue reading...

Murdoch tabloid headline To keep peace at home, Labor backs Hamas' wrongly presented as a statement of fact, watchdog says

Tony Iommi, Terence Geezer' Butler and Bill Ward, who formed the band with the singer in 1968, reflect on being four kids from Aston' after his death

Palestinian journalists working for French organisation say desperate hunger and lack of clean water is making them illNews agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has called on Israel to allow the immediate evacuation of its freelance contributors and their families from the Gaza Strip, a day after they warned that they were struggling to work due to starvation.In a statement, the French news agency said its freelancers faced an appalling situation" in Gaza. A 21-month war with Israel has devastated the territory, a conflict triggered by Hamas's deadly attack on Israel in October 2023. Continue reading...

Advocates say detained immigrants are being denied medical care and living in cages flooded with feces'Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed that 14 Mexican citizens are held at the controversial Alligator Alcatraz" jail in Florida, as local organizations and doctors call for the facility's shuttering.On Tuesday, a number of nonprofit organizations held a press conference demanding the closure of the facility based in the rural Everglades region almost 40 miles (64km) from Miami, run by the state of Florida, to detain immigrants. According to advocates, the 39-acre camp now holds over 1,000 men in flood-prone" tents. Continue reading...

Kemi Badenoch will also bring in new shadow health secretary as Edward Argar steps down due to health scare'James Cleverly will return to the Conservative frontbench as the new shadow housing secretary, facing off against Angela Rayner, as part of a reshuffle of Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet.Badenoch has kept much of her top team in place, including the shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, the shadow home secretary, Robert Jenrick, and the shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, despite grumbling from some backbenchers who would like to see promotions for some new-generation Conservative MPs. Continue reading...

Mario Guevera, who was arrested while covering a No Kings' protest, remains detained after charges droppedMario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist imprisoned in a south Georgia immigration detention center after being arrested covering a No Kings Day" protest in June, is being punished for his journalism", first amendment rights groups said.The charges were dropped, yet he remains detained by Ice," said Jose Zamora, the regional director for the Americas at the Committee to Protect Journalists, during a press conference on Tuesday morning at the Georgia capitol with Guevara's attorneys and family. Let's be clear, Mario is being punished for his journalism. He is now the only journalist in prison in the US in direct retaliation for his reporting." Continue reading...

Consortium led by RedBird Capital in line to buy group for 500m, in deal that would result in UAE retaining 15% stakeThe sale of the Telegraph looks set to finally go through after government legislation to allow foreign states to own up to 15% in British newspapers survived a potentially fatal vote in the House of Lords.Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital is leading a consortium looking to buy the Telegraph for 500m, in a deal that would result in the United Arab Emirates retaining a stake of 15%. Continue reading...

Cutting aid budget to 0.3% of national income will hurt many African countries, says FCDO impact assessmentLabour's deep aid cuts will hit children's education and increase the risk of disease and death in some African countries, according the government's own impact assessment.Keir Starmer announced earlier this year that he would reduce the aid budget to 0.3% of national income, from 0.5%, to fund increased spending on defence. Continue reading...

Tourists greeted on Syros by banner saying Stop the Genocide and prevented from disembarkingA cruise liner carrying Israeli tourists has been forced to reroute to Cyprus after being turned away from the Greek island of Syros after a quayside protest over the Gaza war.Around 1,600 Israeli passengers on board the Crown Iris were prevented from disembarking amid safety concerns when more than 300 demonstrators on the Cycladic isle made clear they were unwelcome over Israel's conduct of the war and treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. A large banner emblazoned with the words Stop the Genocide was held aloft alongside Palestinian flags. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Wes Streeting among ministers pushing for action after calling Israeli attacks on aid sites intolerable'Keir Starmer is under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grows over Israel's killing of starving civilians in Gaza.The prime minister is understood to have been urged by a number of senior ministers in different cabinet meetings over recent months that the UK should take a leading role in issuing recognition. Continue reading...

The singer, who later became famous on reality TV show The Osbournes, dies less than three weeks after retirement concert Alexis Petridis on Ozzy Osbourne, the people's Prince of Darkness who took heavy metal into the light

Payments for general damages and wrongful testing' offered by company formerly owned by Mohamed Al FayedMore than 100 survivors of alleged sexual abuse by the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have entered the company's compensation scheme, the luxury department store has confirmed.The retailer set up the scheme after dozens of women came forward with allegations of abuse by the late entrepreneur going back as far as 1977 after the broadcast last year of the BBC documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods.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...

Wes Streeting says move shows disdain for patients' while BMA insist pay demands not taken seriously in talksWes Streeting has condemned the decision by resident doctors to recklessly and needlessly" press ahead with strike action, saying it is completely unprecedented in the history of British trade unionism".In a fiery statement after the British Medical Association (BMA) said there was no offer on the table that could avert the industrial action on Friday, the health secretary said resident doctors were offered changes to working conditions and career progression but chose to continue with industrial action. Continue reading...

Head of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency says aid distribution points are a sadistic death trap'Prof Nick Maynard is a consultant surgeon at Oxford university hospital who has been travelling regularly to Gaza for 15 years. He is currently volunteering with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) at Nasser hospital in Gaza.I'm writing this from Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, where I've just finished operating on another severely malnourished young teenager. A seven-month-old baby lies in our paediatric intensive care unit, so tiny and malnourished that I initially mistook her for a newborn. The phrase skin and bones" doesn't do justice to the way her body has been ravaged. She is literally wasting away before our eyes and, despite our best efforts, we are powerless to save her. We are witnessing deliberate starvation in Gaza right now.We will express our position regarding the E3's comments on the snapback mechanism, which we think lacks any legal ground.Nonetheless, our effort will be to see if we can find common solutions to manage the situation.It has been seven years that the nuclear deal is not being implemented by the Europeans following the U.S. departure from it. How can they argue that Iran is not following the deal when they themselves have not done so? Continue reading...

Deputy PM says government must show it is helping people amid concerns about potential for more riots in EnglandImmigration and deprivation are the main factors causing public disenchantment with politicians and the government that has led to social unrest and rioting, Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, has warned.According to an official summary of Tuesday's meeting of the cabinet, Rayner, who is leading a wider government project on improving social cohesion, also highlighted the increasing amount of people spending time alone and online as a driver of disturbances. Continue reading...

Government's deal with EDF, Centrica and other backers marks end of 15-year journey to win funding for project

Vatican invites 1,000 social media missionaries to digital jubilee conferenceMixing prayer and gospel with poetry, art and bodybuilding, the rising stars in the influencer world are not just those flaunting fashion and travel but also Roman Catholic priests spreading the word of God.Pope Francis latched on to the trend and, just months before his death in April, made the mission of evangelising on social media a priority for the church. Continue reading...

Javon Riley, 33, accused of attempted murder and GBH with intent for alleged role in Dalston shooting last MayA nine-year-girl was shot in the head while eating inside a Turkish restaurant with her family when a gunman on a motorbike opened fire during a planned assassination" of rival gang members, a court has heard.

Deputy PM urges government to acknowledge people real concerns' and flagged deprivation where worst riots erupted last summerAn attempt by three former MPs to force the UK government to hold an inquiry into the impact of Russian disinformation on the Brexit vote and other recent elections has failed at the European court of human rights.The Strasbourg court ruled on Tuesday that countries had a wide margin" in determining how to tackle attempts at electoral interference, and ruled against a case brought by Ben Bradshaw, Caroline Lucas and Alyn Smith. Continue reading...

At least a dozen people injured in strikes, after the two countries agreed to meet for negotiations on WednesdayRussian authorities have systematically involved children in the design and testing of drones for the country's war in Ukraine through nationwide competitions that begin with innocent-seeming video games and end up with the most talented students headhunted by defence companies, an investigation has found.The revelations, part of an investigation by the exiled Russian news outlet the Insider, are the latest to show just how much Russia's leaders are dragging the country's youth into the war effort in Ukraine, with patriotic" and militarised education often spilling over into outright participation. Continue reading...

US automaker's second-quarter core profit fell 32% and it expects tariff impact to worsen in the third quarterGeneral Motors announced Tuesday that Donald Trump's tariffs knocked $1.1bn off its operating income in its last quarter.The US automaker's second-quarter core profit fell 32% to $3bn and said it expects the tariff impact to worsen in the third quarter. The company stuck to a previous estimate that trade headwinds threaten to hit the bottom line by $4bn to $5bn. GM said it could take steps to mitigate at least 30% of that impact. Continue reading...

Larissa Waters dismisses responsibility for party's decision to expel Drew Hutton

Teenagers who take part in video games tell of being headhunted to work on technology used against UkraineRussian authorities have systematically involved children in the design and testing of drones for the country's war in Ukraine through nationwide competitions that begin with innocent-seeming video games and end up with the most talented students headhunted by defence companies, an investigation has found.The revelations, part of an investigation by the exiled Russian news outlet the Insider, are the latest to show just how much Russia's leaders are dragging the country's youth into the war effort in Ukraine, with patriotic" and militarised education often spilling over into outright participation. Continue reading...

Melbourne member Sarah Witty, who defeated former Greens leader Adam Bandt, also credits profound impact of family life on her politics