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David Lammy and territory's chief minister to meet with EU and Spain to get Eurostar-style arrangement over the lineThe UK and Gibraltar are on the brink of an agreement which would see Eurostar-style dual border controls implemented at the territory's airport.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, and Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar's chief minister, are meeting EU and Spanish negotiators in Brussels today in a bid to get the deal over the line. Continue reading...

Family of woman raped and killed in London park welcome overruling of decision not to hold misconduct hearingTwo Metropolitan police officers are facing misconduct proceedings over an alleged failure to safeguard a woman raped and killed in a park, after a watchdog overruled a decision not to hold a disciplinary hearing.The family of Natalie Shotter have welcomed the decision by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) as another step on the road in the fight for justice for Nat". Continue reading...

Authorities say Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets players overthrow the communist regime' advocates armed revolution and may lead to arrestHong Kong police have warned people against downloading a Taiwan-developed mobile game which they say is secessionist" and could lead to arrest.The game, Reversed Front: Bonfire, allows users to pledge allegiance" to various groups linked to locations that have been major flashpoints or targets for China including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Manchuria, in order to overthrow the communist regime" known as the People's Republic". Continue reading...

Barbara Baker agrees to poll despite public interest in avoiding the cost' because no possibility of alternative government forming

Cancer survivor David Serkin won draws in August, November and May, and another more than a decade agoHow do you say lottery winner" in western Canada? The answer is: David Serkin, the name of the cancer survivor from Alberta who won three separate lottery jackpots between August and May to accumulate about $2.5m in prize money.According to officials, those lucky tickets marked the second, third and fourth times Serkin had won a lottery in his life, a feat that he had vanishingly small chances of pulling off and gained notice on corners of the internet dedicated to charming news stories. Continue reading...

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Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, argues speeches in which he is alleged to have maligned Jewish people were delivered to a Muslim audience Australia news live: latest politics updates

Accused held senior positions with Democratic Progressive party including one who worked for Lai Ching-te, Taiwan's presidentTaiwan prosecutors have charged four former staffers in the ruling Democratic Progressive party with spying for China while they worked in senior positions.The four include a former aide to Lai Ching-te, when he was vice-president and for a time during his current presidency, and a senior staffer to Joseph Wu, then foreign minister and now national security chief. Continue reading...

The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency calls on the federal government to stage an emergency intervention' into punitive justice laws in the Northern TerritoryWarning: this article contains names and images of Indigenous Australians who have died Australia news live: latest politics updates

Year 5 children's punctuation pun scoops top prize in the Beano's Britain's Funniest Class competitionA joke about punctuation has been chosen as the funniest in a competition run by the Beano comic.Year 5 pupils at Riverley primary school in Leyton, east London, won the accolade with their joke: What do you call the fanciest punctuation? An a-posh-trophe. Continue reading...

Foreign minister Penny Wong says ministers were proponents of unlawful and violent Israeli settlement enterprise'

Chancellor promises biggest investment in social and affordable homes in a generation to hit 1.5m targetRachel Reeves will raise government spending on affordable housing by nearly double on Wednesday, providing a major boost to the housebuilding sector and bringing the government's housing targets a step closer.The chancellor will announce nearly 40bn worth of grants to be spent over 10 years for local authorities, private developers and housing associations - a major increase on the previous programme. Continue reading...

Police say 19 attacks launched on targets in Cali and nearby areas, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civiliansColombia has been rocked by a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people and wounded at least 50 across the country's south-west, deepening a security crisis roiling the Andean country.Police said attackers launched 19 attacks on targets in Cali - the country's third largest city - and several nearby towns, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civilian targets. Continue reading...

Northern Irish riot police deployed to quell feral' violence that erupted after vigil for girl allegedly sexually assaultedFireworks and other objects have been thrown at police during a second night of disorder in Ballymena.Riot police were deployed around the Clonavon Terrace area on Tuesday evening as hundreds of people gathered in the County Antrim town. Continue reading...

Campaign pushes to change law that could lead to survivors living in UK being disqualified from means-tested benefitsSurvivors of Ireland's mother and baby homes are being retraumatised" by the prospect of losing benefits in the UK if they accept compensation from the Irish state, Westminster has been told.The warning comes amid a campaign backed by representatives of almost every political party in the UK and figures including Steve Coogan, who starred in Philomena, a film about the mother and baby homes scandal. Continue reading...

Nottingham university hospitals is subject of maternity care investigation involving nearly 2,500 casesA missing data file containing the details of hundreds of maternity cases was most likely deleted intentionally or maliciously", a police investigation has concluded.Nottinghamshire police began an investigation in February into the temporary loss of the computer file at Nottingham university hospitals (NUH) NHS trust. Continue reading...

Tribunal rules Spartans lawmakers deceived' voters after convicted ex-leader of Golden Dawn found to hold influence over partyA landmark court decision has dealt a blow to the far-right movement in Greece after MPs with the neo-fascist Spartans party were deprived of seats in parliament.Citing electoral fraud, a specially assembled electoral tribunal stripped three of the group's lawmakers, including its leader, of their status in a move that, for the first time since the collapse of military rule, leaves Athens' 300-seat parliament operating with just 297 MPs. Continue reading...

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face travel bans and asset freezes as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway also impose measuresThe UK has been joined by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway in placing sanctions on two Israeli government ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, largely for inciting violence against Palestinians in their campaign to gain control of new settlements in the West Bank.Ben-Gvir, the security minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government, and Smotrich, the finance minister, will face travel bans and have any assets in the five countries frozen. It was stressed that they were being sanctioned in their personal capacity, placing no restrictions on the ministries they lead. Netanyahu has promised to retaliate. Continue reading...

Far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will have assets frozen and travel bans imposed by UK and other countries

BSix in Hackney gives pupils a second chance academically but new owner wants to focus on vocational coursesTeachers and students are fighting to preserve A-levels at a college that works with disadvantaged young people who have failed their GCSEs, some of whom have gone on to complete Oxbridge degrees.The sixth form college in Hackney, known as BSix, has offered one of the lowest entry requirements in the UK for pupils who want to pursue A-level courses. The entry requirement is just one GCSE pass grade. Help and support is given for exam retakes, allowing those who pass to take A-levels. Continue reading...

Electoral Commission figures show Fiona Cottrell has given 750,000 in contributions to party over past yearThe biggest donor to Reform UK has been revealed as the mother of the unpaid party aide and convicted fraudster George Cottrell.Fiona Cottrell, an aristocrat and former girlfriend of King Charles in the 1970s, donated 250,000 in March, taking her total contributions up to 750,000 over the past year. Continue reading...

This blog is now closed. You can read our report here: 10 people killed in school shooting in AustriaThe Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that several people have been killed in the attack on the school in Graz in the south of the country, without specifing the exact number, AP reported.Austria's Kronen Zeitung noted that the incident took place close to the tenth anniversary of the 2015 Graz attack which many Graz residents still remember today" in which three people died, and 36 were injured. Continue reading...

Worst mass shooting in country's recent history leaves 10 dead, including 21-year-old man who police say shot himself after killing nine othersAustria will hold three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school and injured a dozen more before turning his weapon on himself.Visibly moved at a media conference, the chancellor, Christian Stocker, announced a minute's silence for 10am on Wednesday to start the period of mourning for the victims of Austria's deadliest postwar mass shooting. Continue reading...

Taxes now account for $28 of the average $40 price for a packet, following a triple-fold excise hike in ten years from 46c to $1.40 per cigarette

Ukraine president criticises lack of response from allies as Moscow launches one of its largest attacks of war on Kyiv

Israeli military says port, which receives aid shipments, was being used by Houthi rebels to transfer weapons

Other measures to include tightening restrictions on shadow fleet', banks and Nord Stream investment

In email exchange, leader of clan that Israel acknowledges arming blames Hamas for war and for looting of aid trucksOn 7 October 2023, Yasser abu Shabab was languishing in a Hamas-run jail in Gaza on charges of drug trafficking. With the outbreak of the conflict, the Palestinian from Rafah managed to leave prison, though the circumstances of his release remain unclear to this day.For a while, Abu Shabab vanished from sight. That changed last week when Israeli defence officials acknowledged they had begun arming a clan that calls itself the Anti-Terror Service. It consists of about 100 armed men who operate in eastern Rafah under the command of Abu Shabab, whose nickname is the Israeli agent" and who is described as a traitor" on social media in the territory. Continue reading...

Patterson also tells triple-murder trial she's puzzled' clinic she says she had an appointment with for a gastric bypass offers no such surgery

Bill Lunn, ex-employee of Shreveport's KTBS, alleges rival network KTAL's report was character assassination'A Louisiana news anchor who resigned shortly before a competitor reported that he had been busted for compromising texts by vigilantes targeting men seeking to prey on underage girls" is pursuing a defamation lawsuit after police determined he had actually arranged to meet someone he believed was a young adult woman - then was violently robbed.Bill Lunn's lawsuit asserts that he and his employers at Shreveport's KTBS news station were in direct competition with their counterparts at KTAL when the latter outlet published a June 2024 report that unduly ended his career in broadcast journalism" and provided a rare example of actionable ... character assassination". Continue reading...

5bn rescue plan would set deeply troubling precedent', say bondholders who face losing all of their money

Brazilian tribal leader among other guests at event with theme of repair, along with Ruth Jones and Nicola SturgeonThe Edinburgh book festival is to champion the positive power of hope later this summer with events involving Hanif Kureishi, the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish and an exiled Brazilian tribal leader.The core theme for this year's festival will be the expansive" concept of repair, and offering solutions and optimism at a time of crisis and conflict, said Jenny Niven, the event's director.The Edinburgh international book festival runs from 9 to 24 August. Tickets go on sale on 21 June. Continue reading...

Energy secretary says chancellor did not make mistake in initial decision to remove benefit from most pensionersRachel Reeves deserves credit" for her U-turn on winter fuel allowance, Ed Miliband has said while denying that it was wrong to make the initial cut.The Treasury announced on Monday that it would restore the allowance to all pensioners with an income of 35,000 or less a year, amid public outrage over cut that was the first act of the Labour government. Reeves had previously removed the benefit from all but the poorest pensioners - those on pension credit. Continue reading...

Applicant's case argues 2023 sermons were calculated to denigrate all Jewish people' but defence says speeches were intended for small, private audience

Discussions with US president on sidelines of G7 summit in Canada not yet locked in

Patient's own embryo instead of partner's was incorrectly transferred', fertility company tells ASX, months after revealing separate Queensland clinic error

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveProsecutor Nanette Rogers SC says Erin Patterson's son gave evidence that she did not tell him she was sick on the day of the lunch.I don't know if I did or I didn't," Patterson says.The first thing he said to me was something like: I've got a sore tummy.How could I? It's vomit. Unless you can see a bean or a piece of corn. Continue reading...

The PM says he has expressed his concern to the US government over the incident that occurred during protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles Full report: Pentagon deploys 700 US marines to LA amid immigration protests

Cross-Channel rail operator, which is trying to fend off rivals for its London depot space, regards early 2030s as feasibleEurostar has vowed to run direct trains from the UK to Germany and Switzerland, as it attempts to fend off potential competitors eyeing its London depot space.The cross-Channel rail operator's chief executive, Gwendoline Cazenave, said she had no doubt the direct services would run in the early 2030s despite the failure of previous ventures to connect London and Frankfurt. Continue reading...

Increasingly, members want the federal intervention to end, with a return to the status quo or a streamlined committee of NSW figures put in charge

Police in Northern Ireland say a number of missiles had been thrown towards officers and damage to properties had been reportedPublic disorder broke out in Ballymena in Northern Ireland, with police saying a number of missiles had been thrown towards officers after crowds gathered near the site of an alleged sexual assault in the town.The unrest follows a protest in the area, about 30 minutes's drive from the capital city of Belfast, earlier on Monday evening, the police statement said, adding damage had been reported to a number of properties. Continue reading...

Crew of activists making symbolic attempt to deliver aid expected to be held in port until deportation hearingsA boat seized by Israel's military as it tried to break the blockade on Gaza was towed into an Israeli port after sunset on Monday, with the crew of activists including Greta Thunberg expected to be held there in advance of deportation hearings.The Madleen was attempting to bring a symbolic shipment of aid to Gaza, which faces a looming famine after more than 11 weeks of total siege and ongoing severe restrictions on food entering the territory. Continue reading...

Jane' resumes testimony and she repeatedly told Sean Diddy' Combs she didn't want to have sex with other menThe federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean Diddy" Combs entered its fifth week on Monday as a former girlfriend of Combs resumed her testimony, telling jurors that she repeatedly told the music mogul that she didn't want to have sex with other men.The woman, testifying under the pseudonym Jane", dated Combs from 2021 until his arrest in September 2024.Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organizations. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading...

MP says screenings are vital for early detection and encourages women to stay up to date with health checks

Revelation from Gustavo Petro follows shooting of Miguel Uribe Turbay by alleged 15-year-old hitman in BogotaThe security detail for the Colombian presidential candidate who was shot at a campaign rally at the weekend was severely reduced on the day of the attack, the country's president has said.Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot twice in the head at close range by an alleged 15-year-old hitman while campaigning in Bogota on Saturday. He has reportedly shown little response to medical interventions and, according to his wife, needs a miracle" to survive. Continue reading...

Gallup poll found 61% of women identify as pro-choice, while only 41% of men do so, in three years after fall of RoeThree years after the fall of Roe v Wade and months after an election that heavily focused on the fight over abortion rights, men and women have never diverged more on their support for access to the procedure, according to new polling from Gallup released Monday.Sixty-one percent of women now identify as pro-choice", but only 41% of men say the same, Gallup found. The same percentage of women identified as pro-choice" in 2022, just after the decision to overturn Roe was leaked, but at the time, 48% of men also did so. Prior to Roe's collapse, men and women were never more than 10 points apart from one another on the issue, according to decades of Gallup polling. Continue reading...

David Huerta, serving as a community observer during an Ice raid, was detained over allegations of interfering

Rhianan Rudd died of self-inflicted act' after facing charges but coroner says failures in her case were not systemic'A vulnerable teenage girl who died five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped was highly affected" by her arrest but failures in her case were not systemic", a coroner has concluded.Rhianan Rudd died at a children's home aged 16 in May 2022, as the result of a self-inflicted act, said the chief coroner of England and Wales, Alexia Durran.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

Festival organiser Emily Eavis says other changes include Shangri-La area going full trees and green space'Glastonbury festival is known for its huge crowds, but last year overcrowding at smaller stages led to areas being closed off to prevent crowd crushes and one act was even forced to halt their set.In an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's safety concerns, the festival has sold a few thousand less tickets" for this month's event, the organiser Emily Eavis has said. Continue reading...

Peter Brooks, 61, doused petrol on floor of Graeme Perks's Nottinghamshire home before stabbing him in abdomenA plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a colleague he hated" has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.Jonathan Peter Brooks, 61, known as Peter, who specialised in treating burn scars, broke into the Nottinghamshire home of Graeme Perks in the middle of the night on 14 January 2021 wearing camouflage gear and doused the floor with petrol with the intention of setting it alight. Continue reading...