Ernestas Juska, 20, accused of killing Nina Denisova, 39, and committing offence against her dead bodyA man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a woman and committing a sexual offence against her dead body.Ernestas Juska, 20, appeared at Sevenoaks magistrates court on Monday over the death of Nina Denisova, 39, and spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth. Continue reading...
by Luke Harding and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv on (#6Q3WY)
Pontoon bridge across Seym River blown up as Ukrainian army reportedly captures another village in Kursk regionFierce fighting has continued inside Russia as Ukrainian troops tried to seize more territory and used kamikaze drones to blow up a Russian pontoon bridge across a strategic river crossing.Satellite images showed that the temporary bridge on Tuesday had disappeared and there were large puffs of grey smoke. Russian forces built the pontoon between the villages of Zvannoe and Glushkovo after Ukrainian missiles destroyed three bridges across the Seym River. Continue reading...
Party deletes video after viewers list gaffes, including scenes of US, Serbia and Slovenia - plus Russian jetsCanada's Conservative party has deleted a social media campaign video with a heavily nationalist message after much of the video featured scenes from other countries, including Ukrainian farmers, Slovenian homes, London's Richmond Park and a pair of Russian fighter jets.The video, titled Canada. Our Home" was initially posted to X on Saturday, with various scenes overlaid by a speech from the party leader, Pierre Poilievre. The Conservatives, who lead the governing Liberals in the polls, are preparing for what is widely expected to be a bitterly contested federal election. Continue reading...
Further excavation of burial pit hoped to help explain what happened to remains of thousands killed in 1815 clashThe fate of those killed in the notoriously bloody Battle of Waterloo has long been the subject of macabre speculation. Now, a team of archaeologists will seek to provide some answers by digging at the site where it took place in Belgium.About 20,000 men died in the June 1815 battle that took place in the province of Walloon Brabant. In 2022, an excavation at the site of a former field hospital at Mont-Saint-Jean farm discovered horses that had been put down, buried alongside a human skeleton. Continue reading...
Late French film star wanted his pet Belgian malinois Loubo put to sleep' and laid beside him in graveThe late French actor Alain Delon's wish that his pet dog be put down and buried with him has been rejected by his children after an outcry from animal rights campaigners.The actor, who died at 88 on Sunday, had said he wished the animal, a 10-year-old Belgian malinois called Loubo, to be humanely destroyed in his arms and laid in his grave in the cemetery of his home in the village of Douchy in the Loiret. Continue reading...
Residents leave homes in huge numbers after surprise incursion; Russia making significant advances near PokrovskRussian forces said on Tuesday they had captured the key hub of New York in eastern Ukraine, as Moscow - under pressure by a Kyiv counterattack on its territory - presses on with its offensive.The defence ministry said its troops had captured one of the largest settlements of the Toretsk agglomeration and the strategically important logistics hub (of) Novgorodskoye", referring to the town in Ukraine's Donetsk region by its former name. Continue reading...
Monarch to meet children who survived attack in which three girls were killed and thank emergency workersKing Charles has arrived in Southport to meet those affected by the fatal 29 July stabbings and the riot that followed in the town.He travelled to Merseyside to privately meet some of the children who survived the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class. He was also expected to thank frontline emergency responders personally. Continue reading...
New Jersey lawmaker said Tuesday would be final day after being found guilty in New York trial last monthThe disgraced New Jersey senator Robert Menendez is expected to resign today just over a month after being convicted of bribery charges that could see him sentenced to years in prison.Menendez, 70, a three-term senator, was found guilty by a jury in a Manhattan courtroom of 16 counts of corruption, including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent. A years-long investigation found Menendez had accepted bribes in the form of cash and gold bars in exchange for helping the governments of Qatar and Egypt. Continue reading...
by Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans on (#6Q3NC)
Hudson Mobley, 17, receives certificate signed by Biden for using defibrillator to resuscitate man dying on golf courseThe American Red Cross has conferred one of its highest distinctions to a teenager after he used a defibrillator to help resuscitate a man who had collapsed on a golf course amid a medical emergency that otherwise likely would have killed him.Hudson Mobley, 17, was directly responsible for the fact that the man whom he aided that day was still living, according to officials who honored him recently during a rally at his New Orleans-area high school. Continue reading...
Some former supporters of Nikki Haley are now organizing for Harris, who they see as the better choice' over TrumpAfter the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican primary earlier this year, some conservatives across the US continued to vote for her in subsequent primaries, casting ballots that indicated dissent within a party that has otherwise fully embraced Donald Trump.When Haley finally announced that she would be supporting the ex-president in the upcoming election, she said that it was on him to mobilize her loyalists. Continue reading...
For students fathoming British accents, cinema is a godsend. Three Ukrainians getting used to Yorkshire explain how light entertainment has been seriously usefulThat's my favourite moment," says Tanya Driver, as she points to the large screen facing her students. At Keighley College, students laugh along to the antics of Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean, more specifically the part when Mr Bean is visiting his dentist. The favourite moment in question is when Mr Bean's chair is reclining", which Tanya enunciates and writes on the whiteboard as students jot down the word.This is an entry level two ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) class at Keighley College in West Yorkshire. Driver has been teaching English to students from all walks of life for 22 years. She usually shows five to six forms of TV and film to the students in each academic year, which, as well as Mr Bean, includes shows such as Inside No 9 and films such as the 1988 Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy Twins. On this occasion, the Mr Bean episode is followed by a group discussion about the different verbs and phrases used, as Driver asks students to describe the wacky scenarios in which Mr Bean finds himself. Continue reading...
State-backed body EDC has reportedly sold at deep discount two loans made to debt-ridden UK utilityCanada's state-backed export credit agency is reportedly nursing steep losses after lending debt-ridden Thames Water hundreds of millions of pounds.The British utility, which has said it could run out of cash by next June, received two loans from Export Development Canada (EDC) in 2018 and 2019 at the behest of the Canadian pension fund Omers. Continue reading...
Scottish photographer Dougie Wallace documented the Swifties from the UK and beyond decked in their finery to see their hero performAs Taylor Swift's Eras Tour sweeps across the globe, it's on track to gross more than $1bn (770m) by the end of 2024, having already become the first tour to pass that figure last year.Economists have even started talking about the Swift effect" or Swiftonomics. Rumour has it that the tour's impact may have played a role in the Bank of England's deliberations before cutting its interest rate at the start of this month. With almost 1.2 million fans attending concerts in the UK, each spending an estimated average of 848 on the overall experience of attending the concerts, the surge in spending sparked a short-term bump in inflation.Infectious energy that could only come from dedicated Swifties who had travelled from all corners of the UK and beyond. Being from Scotland and not into football meant I was visiting Wembley for the first time.' Continue reading...
South Korean military says it is investigating but can't confirm the person's exact motivations and goals'A North Korean has defected to South Korea by crossing the militarised border in the eastern part of the Korean peninsula, with Yonhap news agency reporting that the defector is a soldier.Seoul's military said on Tuesday it had picked up one suspected North Korean individual on the eastern front and handed them over to the relevant authorities". Yonhap news agency reported that the person was a staff sergeant. Continue reading...
1News Verian poll comes amid growing concern the coalition's policy direction will wind back Mori rightsNearly half of New Zealanders believe the government's policies have increased racial tensions, new polling shows, as pressure mounts on the government over policy changes that many fear will undermine Mori rights.The 1News Verian poll released on Monday found 46% of voters believed racial tensions have worsened as a result of the coalition's policies, while 37% said there had been no difference and 10% thought tensions had reduced. Another 7% of respondents said they didn't know or preferred not to comment. Continue reading...
Women 65 and 71 swept to their deaths, people trapped in cars, and hundreds of flights in New York canceledTorrential rains turned streets into raging rivers in parts of Connecticut and New York's Long Island, trapping people in cars and a restaurant, covering vehicles in mud, and sweeping two women to their deaths, authorities said.Dramatic rescues unfolded as a foot (30cm) of rain fell on some parts of western Connecticut late on Sunday and early Monday, coming down so fast that it caught drivers unaware. The Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, who declared a state of emergency, said more than 100 people were evacuated by search and rescue teams Sunday evening. Continue reading...
by Jamie Grierson, Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and agenc on (#6Q3C9)
UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and daughter also among six unaccounted for after superyacht was hit by tornado and sankMorgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer is among those missing after a yacht carrying UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, an Italian official has said.Salvatore Cocina, head of the civil protection agency in Sicily, said Bloomer and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at Clifford Chance, were among the six people missing. Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, were also unaccounted for as of late Monday. Continue reading...
Kill Bill star arrested for domestic battery in Malibu after a disagreement' with his wifeMichael Madsen has been arrested on a domestic battery charge following a disagreement" with his wife.The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed that shortly after midnight on Saturday, they received a call from a woman alleging her husband pushed her and locked her out of the house". The woman was later confirmed to be the actor's wife, DeAnna Madsen. Continue reading...
by Sally Weale Education correspondent on (#6Q3AT)
Study also finds they are less likely to go on to further or higher education than those not suspendedYoung people who were suspended at least once while at secondary school in England are twice as likely to be out of education, employment or training by the age of 24 as their peers, according to research.They are also less likely to achieve level three qualifications such as A-levels and to go on to higher education than classmates who were not suspended, analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) thinktank shows. Continue reading...
Government urges pensioners to check their eligibility for credit which will also qualify recipients for winter fuel supportMinisters have launched a pension credit publicity campaign to minimise the impact of the government's decision to radically restrict winter fuel payments.Last month the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, introduced a means test for the winter fuel payments, which have been a universal benefit available to all pensioners since 1997, so that only those on pension credit would qualify, as part of the difficult decisions" she had to make having inherited a dire state of public finances" from the Conservatives. Continue reading...
Jason Pascal Flore, 26, charged and remanded after woman confirmed dead at Crawley train station car parkA man has been charged with murder after a woman was found stabbed in a car park at Crawley train station on Sunday.Officers were called to a report of an altercation between a man and woman at about 7.10am on Station Way in Crawley. Continue reading...
Stephen Chamberlain was VP of finance for Autonomy, the firm co-founded by British tech tycoon missing in SicilyStephen Chamberlain, once Mike Lynch's co-defendant in a US fraud trial, has died after being hit by a car while out running in Cambridgeshire, his lawyer has said.Chamberlain, the former vice-president of finance at British software firm Autonomy, was hit on Saturday morning and had been placed on life support, Reuters reported. Continue reading...
President of university said policies are for a safe, inclusive climate' after pro-Palestinian protests swept across USThe president of the University of California has announced that the system would enforce bans on encampments as well as the use of masks to conceal identity" in guidance that comes as schools across the US are planning for protests in support of Gaza similar to those that roiled campuses across the country.Michael V Drake, the president of the 10-campus university system, said in a statement on Monday that the UC was taking steps to ensure a safe, inclusive campus climate that fosters a free exchange of ideas". Continue reading...
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Lorenzo Tondo in Pale on (#6Q36N)
Witnesses tell of absurd tragedy' and a mother describes how she fought to save her child from drowningThe 12 holidaying passengers had come from the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, occupying six luxurious suites of Bayesian, a 56-metre-long superyacht boasting the tallest aluminium mast in the world. Among the 10 crew members were people from Sri Lanka.The award-winning, British-flagged vessel, which was built in 2008 by the Italian shipbuilder Perini and managed by Camper & Nicholsons, left the calm blue waters of the Sicilian port of Milazzo on 14 August, sailing for a few days around the Aeolian Islands and off the historic coastal village of Cefalu. Continue reading...
by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent on (#6Q36P)
Exclusive: RCN renews call for investigation into sector as unscrupulous employers target vulnerable workersThe number of foreign social care workers reporting that they are trapped in exploitative contracts has risen sixfold in the last three years, in the latest evidence of widespread abuse of migrants in the British care system.Data from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) shows that the organisation was contacted 134 times in 2023-24 by care workers reporting that their employers were demanding large sums of money from them to cover hiring costs", including visa processing, if they left their jobs. This figure was up from 22 such complaints just three years ago. Continue reading...
US secretary of state says Netanhayu supports US ceasefire proposal, after meeting with Israeli PMThe US secretary of state has said during a visit to Israel that the current round of ceasefire talks is maybe the last opportunity" to broker a truce and a hostage and prisoner swap in the 10-month-old war in Gaza.Antony Blinken met Israeli officials, including in a three-hour one-on-one with the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday during a 24-hour trip to Tel Aviv before he travels on to Egypt. Continue reading...
Huw Merriman calls for end to demonisation' of train drivers and apologises for failing to bring reformsA former Conservative minister has called for an end to the demonisation of train drivers and said he understood why the new Labour government had decided to cut a deal" with unions.Huw Merriman, who served as the rail minister for the entirety of Rishi Sunak's premiership, apologised for failing to bring in workplace reforms and his inability to reach an agreement to end the strikes. Continue reading...
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