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Israel-Gaza war live: ‘talks ongoing’ but no formal response to ceasefire proposal from either side, says official
Official briefed by mediators says that neither Hamas or Israel has yet given a formal response to US-backed planIsrael's military has said it has intercepted some of a barrage of about 50 projectiles fired towards the Golan Heights from the direction of Lebanon. In a statement the IDF said:Following the sirens that sounded in northern Israel a short while ago, approximately 50 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into the area of the central Golan Heights. The IDF aerial defense array successfully intercepted a number of the projectiles. The rest of the launches fell in open areas. No injuries were reported. Continue reading...
Anger as French conservative leader says he wants alliance with far-right National Rally – Europe live
Marine Le Pen congratulates brave choice' from Les Republicains' Eric Ciotti amid manoeuvring ahead of snap general electionAround one in two voters took part in the European elections last week, with the latest data showing turnout almost static.According to figures released by the European parliament on Tuesday, the 2024 turnout was 50.93%, a tiny improvement on the 50.66% reported in 2019. Continue reading...
Iranian presidential vote: lone reformist candidate faces uphill struggle
Masoud Pezeshkian must convince disillusioned voters that he represents chance for credible changeThe one reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election, a 69-year-old doctor who raised his three children alone after his wife died in a car accident, faces an uphill but not impossible battle to convince a disenchanted Iranian electorate that he represents a chance for credible change.Masoud Pezeshkian, an MP for 20 years, was given clearance to stand by the 12-strong Guardian Council on Sunday and has until 28 June to reach the second round of the elections called after president Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. No reformist was allowed to stand in the presidential election four years ago. Continue reading...
More than 100 arms export licences to Israel issued by UK since 7 October
Ministers have rejected calls to suspend arms exports to Israel despite objections from campaign groups
UK system for wrongful conviction payouts is lawful, European court rules
Most miscarriage of justice victims will still be denied compensation after two men lose test case in StrasbourgMost victims of miscarriages of justice will still be denied compensation in Britain after the European court of human rights ruled the government's test for payouts was lawful.A test case was brought by Sam Hallam and Victor Nealon, two men who between them served 24 years in prison for crimes they were later exonerated of. Neither was paid any compensation by the government despite new evidence being enough to overturn their convictions. Continue reading...
Malawi vice-president and nine others killed in plane crash
Wreckage of plane carrying Chilima and former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri found after weather warnings, says President ChakweraMalawi's vice-president, Saulos Chilima, and nine other people have been killed in a plane crash, the country's president, Lazarus Chakwera, said in a live televised address.The wreckage of the military plane carrying Chilima and the former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri to a funeral was found in a mountainous area in the north of the country on Monday. Continue reading...
Gary Glitter ordered to pay more than £500,000 to woman he abused
Disgraced paedophile pop star told to pay 508,800 in damages including for lost earnings and future therapyThe disgraced paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has been ordered by a high court judge to pay 508,800 in damages to one of the women he abused.Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is being sued after his 2015 conviction for abusing the claimant and two other young people between 1975 and 1980. Continue reading...
Australian Border Force searched phones of 10,000 travellers in past two years, data shows
About one in four people stopped at border had some data copied from their devices by Australian Border Force
Two people held in Australian immigration detention longer than necessary due to email mishaps
Commonwealth ombudsman's report says another five people inappropriately detained' in 2022-23, though numbers are falling
Drowned women were picnicking when freak wave swept them from rocks in Kurnell, Sydney police say
Nepali people in Sydney reeling after second drowning incident affecting community in past fortnight
Greg Lynn’s account of campers deaths a ‘fiction’ that ‘falls like a house of cards’, prosecutor tells murder trial
Closing arguments begin in trial of former pilot, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering Russell Hill and Carol Clay
Jamaican man in UK for 38 years must wait another 10 to apply for citizenship
Dennis Henry, 61, granted leave to remain after almost four decades of struggling to secure his immigration statusA Jamaican man in his 60s who arrived in the UK at the age of 23 has been granted leave to remain after four decades of struggling to secure his immigration status. But he will not be able to apply for British citizenship for another decade.Dennis Henry, 61, came to the UK in January 1986 to join members of his family. He was an apprentice tailor and dreamed of a career as an engineer in the music industry. He arrived on a six-month visa and was unsuccessful in attempts to regularise his status because, like some members of the Windrush generation, he was unable to evidence his years of residency in the UK. Continue reading...
No interest rate relief predicted this year, major bank tells mortgage holders
ANZ first big bank to push prediction of Reserve Bank interest rate cut into 2025
Canadian judge is latest to resign from Hong Kong’s top court
Beverley McLachlin's resignation comes after British judge Lord Sumption also quit court of final appeal, condemning impossible political environment'A former chief justice of Canada's supreme court has announced she is stepping down from Hong Kong's court of final appeal - the latest in a string of resignations amid concerns about judicial independence from China.Beverley McLachlin, 80, said she was leaving the territory's top court to spend more time with her family but still held confidence in the members of the court, their independence and their determination to uphold the rule of law". Continue reading...
Queensland state budget 2024: 50c fares and $1,000 energy rebates favoured over surplus in pre-election spend
Treasurer Cameron Dick makes deliberate choice' to put budget into deficit to fund temporary cost-of-living relief including cheap public transport
Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 compensation to those injured in turbulence flight
The airline has said that anyone who sustained serious injuries on SQ321 last month could be entitled to a larger paymentSingapore Airlines has offered US$10,000 compensation payments to passengers who suffered minor injuries during a flight last month that hit sudden, extreme turbulence.On Tuesday, the airline announced that it had sent compensation offers to passengers who were on board flight SQ321 from London to Singapore on 20 May, which dropped 54 metres in altitude in less than five seconds while flying over Myanmar. Continue reading...
Katherine Ryan criticises lack of women hosting late-night chatshows in UK
Standup comedian says men appear to be handed late-night shows while women are relegated' to daytime TVThe comedian Katherine Ryan has lamented the lack of female late-night chatshow hosts in the UK in an interview for Grace Dent's Comfort Eating podcast.Ryan, a standup comedian who has appeared in UK panel shows and sitcoms, including The Duchess on Netflix, said men appear to be handed late-night shows while women tended to feature more in daytime TV. Continue reading...
Cranbook School settles with former headmaster as he files complaint with ABC ombudsman
Nicholas Sampson claims Four Corners story that led to his resignation was wildly inaccurate' and biased'
How a far-right push in Europe triggered a shock election in France –podcast
The far right has made significant gains in the European parliament elections. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has responded with a high-stakes gambleAs the results of the EU elections came in, the shocks kept coming. In France, Germany and Italy the far right made serious gains. Just under a quarter of MEPs in the European parliament will be drawn from these parties. But outside the biggest countries the picture was more complicated - in some places, the centre parties held their ground, in others, the left did well.The biggest fallout has been in France. Macron saw the surge in the far-right votes as a direct challenge to his rule and his response was to call snap elections for the French parliament. Why has he taken such a huge gamble and what could all this mean for France - and the direction of Europe? Continue reading...
Malawi soldiers search mountain forests after plane carrying vice-president goes missing
President speaks of heartbreaking situation' after aircraft carrying Saulos Chilima and nine others goes missing in bad weatherSoldiers are searching mountainous forests in northern Malawi after an aircraft carrying vice-president Saulos Chilima and nine others went missing on Monday.The plane carrying Chilima, former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri and eight others left the capital, Lilongwe, at 9.17am and had been expected to land 45 minutes later at Mzuzu international airport, about 370km (230 miles) to the north. Continue reading...
Bonza administrators sack airline’s staff ahead of announcement about its future
Employees voiced frustrations at how the administration process had been conducted, sources say
Media studies are popular, dynamic and have ‘profound impact’, report says
Degrees often derided as low-value' or Mickey Mouse' subjects are praised as vital to UK's 108bn creative industriesMedia and communications studies, often derided as soft", low-value" or Mickey Mouse" subjects, are in fact popular, dynamic and have profound impact", according to a report.The British Academy study says that rather than being low value", such courses play a vital role in the UK's 108bn creative industries and have become increasingly relevant in a world grappling with new technologies, artificial intelligence and the dangers of disinformation. Continue reading...
One in three Asda staff have been attacked at work, survey finds
GMB poll receives reports of workers being stabbed, punched and threatened with syringesOne in three Asda staff have been attacked at work, according to research that included reports of workers being stabbed, punched and threatened with syringes.The poll of almost 1,000 members of GMB, one of the UK's biggest unions, returned stories of delivery drivers being chased by people in cars, while store workers had food thrown at them. More than half (58%) of respondents said they had suffered injury or illness on the job. Continue reading...
Labour urged to confirm how it will find staff for 100,000 new childcare places
Party's proposals involve about 140m to refurbish school classrooms, but nothing extra to increase staffing
Rightwing Tories plan ‘rebel manifesto’ if Sunak’s policy launch falls flat
Party figures including Braverman and Jenrick waiting to see how public responds to pledges, insiders sayConservative rightwingers are planning to present Rishi Sunak with demands for tougher action on immigration and human rights law before the election if the prime minister's manifesto promises on Tuesday fall flat.Prominent party figures including Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick are said by Tory insiders to be among those waiting to see how the manifesto is received by the public before they act. Continue reading...
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider dealThe UN security council has adopted a resolution calling for Hamas to agree to a three-phase hostage-for-ceasefire proposal outlined by Joe Biden, the first time the body has endorsed a comprehensive peace deal to end the Gaza war.A Hamas statement said the group welcomed the resolution, though it was not immediately clear if that meant the leadership in Gaza accepted the ceasefire plan. Continue reading...
French officer questioned over fatal shooting of 19-year-old in traffic stop
Man shot in chest by officer while attempting to flee police who had forced speeding vehicle to stopFrench police are questioning an officer after the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man as he fled an attempted control of a vehicle for speeding, prosecutors said.It was the latest incidence of alleged police violence against suspects that has prompted protests in recent years by critics citing heavy-handed tactics, in particular against people from ethnic minorities. Continue reading...
Harder to own your first home under the Tories, Rishi Sunak admits – UK politics as it happened
PM acknowledges in BBC Panorama interview to air tonight that it is a challenge for people to buy their first home
Rishi Sunak’s general election interview with the BBC: the key points
Taxes, D-day, Farage and NHS waiting lists were all on the agenda as the prime minister jousted with Nick RobinsonRishi Sunak was the first party leader to sit down with the BBC's Nick Robinson for the broadcasters's series of long-form election interviews. Here are the key points from the PM's grilling. Continue reading...
‘You don’t forget these things’: Symi’s residents on aftermath of Michael Mosley’s death
Fears of negative press outweighed by sadness and disbelief after TV presenter's body was found five days after he went missingThank God we found him." Seated in his black leather office chair, surrounded by icons, oil paintings, photographs, medals and models ships, Lefteris Papakaloudoukas, Symi's longtime mayor, is clearly relieved.It's 9am and almost 24 hours have elapsed since the body of the TV presenter Michael Mosley was found lying in a gulley of rocks and thistle only metres from the sea, beneath the perimeter fence of a beach bar. Continue reading...
EU elections 2024 live: ‘Conservative values will impact EU policymaking like never before,’ says rightwing group
European Conservatives and Reformists party includes members such as Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy and Poland's Law and Justice
Reform UK defends candidate over Hitler neutrality comments
Party's spokesperson says Ian Gribbin's comments that Britain should have accepted Nazi offer probably true'
‘We’ve all got to mobilise against the far right’: inside a French town that voted for Le Pen
In Soissons, where the National Rally won over 50% of votes in the European elections, there is unease about the snap electionEveryone is in total shock," said Baptiste Lopata, a radiologist, sitting in his trade union office in the small northern French town of Soissons. Now we've all got to mobilise against the far right."When Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration, far-right National Rally (RN) won a historic victory in the European elections on Sunday night, its highest scores were here, in the north-eastern departement of l'Aisne, where it won over 50%, and even 60% in some rural villages, compared with a 31% score nationwide. Continue reading...
Three Tory candidates previously criticised party while backing others
Exclusive: names include Debbie Soloman who stood for Brexit party and used #NeverTrustATory
Brighton general election candidate aims to be UK’s first ‘AI MP’
Steve Endacott claims his artificial intelligence-produced avatar would answer constituents' questions and concernsPolitics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians, so the saying goes.This may be why a businessman in the south of England is proposing a novel solution: putting himself forward as a candidate in the UK general election as the first AI MP". Continue reading...
‘Heartbreaking’: fire destroys historic Toronto church and rare paintings
Destroyed artefacts in St Anne's Anglican church include unique paintings by Group of Seven art collectiveAn early morning fire at a Toronto church has destroyed both a historic site and rare paintings by an acclaimed group of Canadian artists, leaving the city reeling from a heartbreaking" loss.Fire crews responded on Sunday to a blaze engulfing St Anne's Anglican church, a national historic site in the city's Little Portugal neighbourhood. Continue reading...
Ursula von der Leyen in pole position as she tries to build majority to keep job
Macron's bombshell adds uncertainty to the race to be European Commission president, and the incumbent will need to look left or right for supportUrsula von der Leyen has begun trying to craft a majority for a second term as European Commission president, after major gains for the far right that are likely to mean a less stable European parliament.Von der Leyen, a German Christian Democrat, was jubilant after her European People's party (EPP) secured 186 of the 720 seats in the European elections, maintaining its 25-year hold as the largest group and leaving her a narrow path to a second term. Continue reading...
Prospect of Israeli hostage deal recedes as far-right minister signals opposition
Bezalel Smotrich calls deal with Hamas collective suicide' as PM grapples with fallout from Benny Gantz resignationThe prospect of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas appears to be rapidly receding after the far-right Israeli cabinet member Bezalel Smotrich - on whom Benjamin Netanyahu is now reliant after the resignations of more moderate ministers at the weekend - said he would oppose a deal.Smotrich's comments, during a Knesset committee meeting, came amid the fallout from the resignation of the former army chief of staff Benny Gantz from the war cabinet. Gantz quit on the same weekend that Israel rescued four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in an operation that Gaza's health ministry said killed more than 270 Palestinians and injured hundreds more. Continue reading...
Harry Dunn’s mother ‘unspeakably hurt’ that son’s killer will not attend inquest
Family angered by Anne Sacoolas's refusal to give evidence in person over motorcyclist's death in 2019Harry Dunn's mother has said she is unspeakably hurt" that her son's killer, Anne Sacoolas, has refused to attend the inquest into his death, saying it was bitterly disappointing and, as a mother, utterly incomprehensible".An inquest into Dunn's death resumed on Monday, almost five years after the 19-year-old was killed when his motorcycle collided head-on with Sacoolas, who was driving on the wrong side of the road outside RAF Croughton, a US military base in Northamptonshire. Continue reading...
The Burnley question: is all going to plan in Labour’s ‘most winnable seat’?
Some polls give Labour huge majority but confounding issues such as Gaza war mean things may not be so clearcut
Queensland to spend $56m on forensic examination service for sexual assault victims
Exclusive: It comes after women's safety taskforce recommended establishment of permanent forensic positions in all hospitals
Egg farmers say supply not at risk from bird flu after Coles imposes two-carton limit on shoppers
Supermarket's purchase limit applies everywhere except WA as more than 500,000 chickens euthanised due to avian influenza
US to ask UN security council to back Joe Biden’s Gaza peace deal
Antony Blinken also visiting Middle East this week in push to nail down support for deal to end hostilities
Israel-Gaza war live: ‘sense of urgency’ to secure immediate ceasefire, says Blinken
US secretary of state, who is visiting the region, says Egyptian mediators have spoken to Hamas
Two boys, 12, found guilty of Shawn Seesahai murder in Wolverhampton
Pair become two of youngest convicted murderers in UK after machete attack in parkTwo 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of the murder of Shawn Seesahai, 19, who was killed in an apparently unprovoked machete attack in a Wolverhampton park.The pair, who cannot be named because of their age, have become two of the youngest convicted murderers in the UK. Continue reading...
Rishi Sunak vows to ‘fight on’ until last day of election campaign
PM says he does not accept that election result is foregone conclusion as he returns to campaign trail
Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine claims to have hit Russian air defence systems in occupied Crimea
Ukraine military says surface-to-air systems in Dzhankoi and anti-aircraft missile units in Chornomorske and Yevpatoria hitBelarus said on Monday its army was taking part in the second stage of Russian exercises to practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, Reuters reports.The first phase of the drills, ordered by president Vladimir Putin, took place last month.
Up to 500 Serbian hooligans expected to target England’s first Euro 2024 game
Exclusive: German police hope to intercept group before they can clash with England fans in GelsenkirchenGerman police believe a squad of up to 500 Serbian hooligans will try to cause violence at England men's first game at Euro 2024 on Sunday.Peter Both, the chief of police in Gelsenkirchen, said the challenge would be to intercept the group before they were able to clash with England fans in the west German city. Continue reading...
European elections’ main impact likely to be felt in national capitals
Mainstream groups hold on to majority in European parliament but far right gains weaken governments in France and Germany
Far-right gains in EU voting prompt snap election in France | First Thing
After populist gains in France, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands in EU elections, Macron announces he will dissolve French parliament. Plus: a new series exploring the angst at heart of US election
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