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Zara Aleena family ‘tortured’ by thought death was preventable, inquest told
Law graduate's murder by Jordan McSweeney in 2022 highlights crumbling justice system', jury hearsThe family of Zara Aleena, who was sexually assaulted and murdered in east London while walking home after a night out, has been tortured" by thoughts her death was preventable - and that a crumbling justice system" contributed to it.As a jury-led inquest into the death of the 35-year-old law graduate opened at Walthamstow coroner's court on Monday, her aunt Farah Naz read a statement saying: Since her death we have been campaigning so that our daughters, sisters, friends can be safe and protected as Zara never was. This is Zara's legacy." Continue reading...
Russian interference suspected after coffins draped with tricolour placed at Eiffel Tower
Three men charged after five coffins inscribed with French soldiers in the Ukraine' were left at tower
Shein wins Labour support as it prepares £50bn London listing
Chinese fast-fashion retailer close to filing prospectus for IPO in boost for London Stock Exchange, say reports
UK general election: find your new constituency – and see how it would have voted in 2019
Boundary changes mean the 2024 British general election will be fought in altered seats. Enter your postcode to see a map of your constituency and how these seats would have voted in 2019
Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Texas representative says treatment may require her to be occasionally absent' from Capitol HillDemocratic US congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee revealed that she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and said her treatment may require her to be occasionally absent" from Capitol Hill.In a prepared statement published on X on Sunday that alluded to her Christian religious beliefs, the 74-year-old Texas representative acknowledged that the road ahead will not be easy" yet added: I stand in faith that God will strengthen me." Continue reading...
Bill Shorten’s Julianne Stewart speechwriter paid $300,000 a year by Services Australia, Senate estimates told
Julianne Stewart has secured two-year contract despite agency employing 200 media and communication staff
Mark Latham refused to pay Alex Greenwich $20,000 to avoid defamation lawsuit over graphic tweet
Former NSW One Nation leader said he would strenuously defend' explicit tweet describing a sex act that MP claims was defamatory, court documents reveal
Bus driver charged over Brisbane CBD crash that fatally pinned 18-year-old to wall
Tia Cameron died after a bus mounted a kerb and pinned her against a wall during peak hour on 8 March
‘Reckless’: Penny Wong condemns Peter Dutton’s threats to cut ties with International Criminal Court
Foreign minister also accuses the Greens of involvement in violent and aggressive protests' in Senate estimates
Victoria seeks to end draughty rentals in revamp of heating and cooling standards
Properties will require air conditioning, external door seals and ceiling insulation under proposed new standards
Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by ABC, Fair Work Commission finds
Decision finds in favour of journalist who was sacked from casual presenting role on Sydney radio program
Trade convoys ‘squeezing out’ Gaza aid, humanitarian organisations say
UN says aid shipments fell by two-thirds during May but number of trucks entering Gaza roseAid shipments into southern Gaza are being squeezed out by commercial convoys, humanitarian organisations say, at a time when Israel's military push into Rafah has choked off supply routes critical to feeding hundreds of thousands of people.Deliveries of food, medicine and other aid into Gaza fell by two-thirds after Israel began its ground operation on 7 May, UN figures show. But overall the number of trucks entering Gaza rose in May compared with April, according to Israeli officials. Continue reading...
Three charged with invading pitch during Champions League final
Yevhenii Lubnenko, 29, David Carneckij, 28, and boy, 16, accused of going on Wembley pitch during matchThree people have been charged with invading the pitch during the Champions League final at Wembley on Saturday, the Metropolitan police said.Yevhenii Lubnenko, 29, David Carneckij, 28, and a 16-year-old boy are accused of going on to the playing area at a football match contrary to section 4 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991. Continue reading...
John Swinney says SNP facing its biggest challenge for years
Leader launches party's election campaign as polling suggests it will pay high price for recent woesJohn Swinney has described July's general election as the biggest challenge the SNP has had for years" as he used his party's official campaign launch to repeatedly attack Labour, which is threatening the nationalists in dozens of seats across Scotland.Swinney, who told the rally of more than 200 activists and former MPs in Glasgow that it was a surprise" to be leading the SNP into an election campaign, added that voters are right to remind us never to take anything for granted". Continue reading...
Diane Abbott says she intends to ‘run and win’ as Labour candidate
Party veteran says she has never been offered Lords seat and would not accept if offeredDiane Abbott has said she intends to run and win" for Labour in Hackney North and Stoke Newington, days before a meeting of the party's executive is expected to rubber-stamp her candidacy.Keir Starmer said last week that Abbott was free to stand" as a Labour candidate after regaining the whip after a long suspension. It followed days of speculation that Abbot would be blocked from standing, culminating in her accusing Labour of carrying out a cull of leftwingers". Continue reading...
More than 100 artists tell Starmer to halt arms sales to Israel if he becomes PM
Letter signatories from Steve Coogan to Paloma Faith urge Keir Starmer to take stand' for human rights and international lawActors including Steve Coogan, Miriam Margolyes and Juliet Stevenson have joined forces with musicians, writers and directors in calling on Keir Starmer to halt arm sales to Israel if elected prime minister.The singer Paloma Faith, the film-maker Mike Leigh and the author Michael Rosen are among the more than 100 celebrities who have signed a joint letter, coordinated by Artists for Palestine UK, that urges the Labour leader to take a stand against the ongoing atrocities committed by Israel" in Gaza. Continue reading...
Revealed: Russian legal foundation linked to Kremlin activities in Europe
Exclusive: Leaked internal documents show Pravfond has spent millions of euros to finance propaganda and legal campaignsLeaked internal documents have exposed the activities of a Russian state-backed legal defence foundation that European intelligence agencies and analysts say is in fact a Kremlin influence operation active in 48 countries across Europe and around the world.Internal documents from the Fund for Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad (Pravfond) indicate that the foundation finances propaganda websites targeted at Europeans, helped pay for the legal defence of the convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout and the assassin Vadim Krasikov, and has employed a number of former intelligence officers as the directors of its operations in European countries. Continue reading...
Yvette Cooper says she expects net migration to fall ‘swiftly’ under Labour
Shadow home secretary stops short of setting target, saying Conservatives have failed when they have done soYvette Cooper has said she expects net migration to the Uk to fall swiftly" under a Labour government, but refused to say by how much.The shadow home secretary told broadcasters on Sunday that it was clear net immigration must come down. She stopped short of setting a target, however, saying the Conservatives had failed when they had done so. Continue reading...
UK care agencies accused of exploiting foreign workers caught in debt traps
Exclusive: Experts raise alarm over national scandal' that has hallmarks of trafficking and modern slavery
Police reviewing Tory candidate Robert Largan’s campaign material
Complaints made over slogans Labour for Largan' and Reform for Robert' and use of other parties' colours
The vague wording and risky assumptions that landed Labor in a deportation debacle
Andrew Giles says tribunal did not apply common sense' when assessing visa cancellations - but sometimes common sense requires clear direction
Murderer and attempted murderer among 25 detainees released by ministerial discretion, documents reveal
Exclusive: Legal challenge discloses number of non-citizens already released by ministerial discretion higher than first thought
UK politics: SNP’s Swinney warns general election will be ‘the biggest challenge for years’ – as it happened
New leader tells activists in Glasgow that they must demonstrate the relevance' of independence to the cost of living crisisSign up for our Election Edition newsletterPlaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has said Keir Starmer wants to act as the puppet master within all of the Labour party" through his parachuting of candidates last minute to Wales".He told Sky News's Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme that his party would support a no-confidence motion in Welsh first minister Vaughan Gething next week. Plaid Cymru ended its cooperation agreement with the Labour-led government in Wales last month.We have no confidence in the first minister. More importantly than that, the Welsh public don't have confidence in him. But it's Labour who will decide - Labour members of the Senedd in that vote of no confidence, but crucially also Keir Starmer, who has shown through his parachuting of candidates last minute to Wales that he very much wants to act as the puppet master within all of the Labour party. Continue reading...
NHS doctor rescues mystery goldfish found on his garden lawn
Story of fish discovered and rescued by cardiologist in Newcastle grips millions on social mediaHow did a live goldfish come to be found on a Newcastle lawn? It is hardly the mystery of the century but it has confounded social media users ever since Ben Beska, a junior doctor, posted on X, formerly Twitter, about his unlikely animal rescue.Beska was alerted to the aquatic animal after spotting magpies squawking over something in his garden. Continue reading...
Half of universal credit claimants ‘lose money through automatic DWP deductions’
Thinktank says 1 lost in every 13 basic payment to repay debts to private landlords and utility firms and correct tax office errorsHalf of those on universal credit are losing money on every payment because of automatic deductions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to research.Claimants are losing 1 in every 13 of basic payment to repay debts to private landlords and utility companies and correct mistakes made by the tax office, said the New Economics Foundation (NEF), a left-leaning thinktank. Each household with money deducted lost an average of 63 a month. This amounted to a total loss of 1.3bn from benefits support in 2022-23, NEF found through a series of parliamentary questions. Continue reading...
China’s defence chief repeats threat of force against Taiwanese independence
Dong Jun rails at length about democratic island's separatists' during Shangri-La Dialogue defence conference in SingaporeThe Chinese defence minister, Dong Jun, has warned that anyone who dares pursue independence for Taiwan will be crushed to pieces" and face destruction", as he accused external forces of dragging the island into a dangerous situation".In a speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia's biggest defence summit, Dong said Beijing was committed to peaceful unification" with Taiwan, but that it was prepared for all kinds of extreme situations" and that any attempts to seek independence would be futile. Continue reading...
‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing
In mirror world', Trump is martyr and Biden is autocrat, as calls for violence erupt on internet after ex-president's convictionThe posts are ominous.Pick a side, or YOU are next," wrote conservative talkshow host Dan Bongino on the Truth Social media platform in the aftermath of former president Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions. Continue reading...
Teenagers rescued after writing ‘HELP’ in sand; WA to seize firearms of domestic violence accused – as it happened
Premier Roger Cook said the update was part of a wider plan to toughen the state's firearm laws
Sydney drenched by month’s worth of rain in less than a day
City saw 143mm of rain on first day of winter - more than the June average of 132mm
Labour and Conservative battle buses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller
Keir Starmer launched his campaign bus on Saturday with his senior shadow cabinet members, but Tory big beasts' appeared to have deserted the PM in RedcarWe may be in an era when elections are fought with TikTok memes and Instagram reels, but one thing has stubbornly refused to give way in the digital age: the good old battle of the campaign buses. On Saturday, Rishi Sunak unveiled the Conservatives' bus that will tour the country during the 2024 election, emblazoned with the slogan: Clear plan. Bold action. Secure future."It is - arguably - a slightly snappier version of John Major's bus in 1997, which bore the words: You can only be sure with the Conservatives." Continue reading...
Children die of malnutrition as Rafah operation shifts threat of famine in Gaza
Arrival of Israeli troops in the southern border town has choked aid supplies, as hunger deepens in southern GazaFayiz Abu Ataya was born into war and knew nothing else. Over his first and only spring, in a town stalked by hunger, he wasted away to a shadow of a child, skin stretched painfully over jutting bones.In seven months of life, he had little time to make a mark beyond the family who loved him. But when his death from malnutrition was reported last week, it sounded a warning around the world about a rapidly deepening crisis in central and southern Gaza, triggered by the Israeli military operation in the southern town of Rafah. Continue reading...
Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a kingmaker for the EU – but will she turn to centre right or far right? | Jon Henley
Even her toughest opponents admit she's played it cleverly. Yet the long-term aims of Italy's prime minister remain unclearWhen she became Italy's prime minister in October 2022, Giorgia Meloni looked like Brussels' worst nightmare. Until then, the fiery leader of the Brothers of Italy - a party with neofascist roots - had seemed anything but EU-friendly.For years, railing against the bloc had been Meloni's stock in trade: the euro amounted to enslavement, the European Commission was effectively a loan shark. Bring down this EU!" she urged the 2019 conservative CPAC conference in the US. Continue reading...
Labor minister denies direction 99 was a mistake and says community safety ‘number one priority’
Federal cabinet minister Murray Watt also claims Labor has deported more criminals in its first year than under Peter Dutton's reign
‘We refuse to disappear’: the Hong Kong 47 facing life in jail after crackdown
Last week's conviction of dissidents came in the biggest case since introduction of a new national security lawThe verdict wasn't surprising but outside room no 2 of the West Kowloon courthouse, people still wept. The panel of Hong Kong national security judges had set down two days for the hearing but dispensed with the core business in about 15 minutes. In the city's largest ever national security trial - involving the prosecution of pro-democracy campaigners and activists from a group known as the Hong Kong 47" - almost all the defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion.Their crime was trying to win an election, holding unofficial primaries in 2020 attended by an estimated 600,000 residents. Continue reading...
Woman who killed pensioner in queue row in Welwyn Garden City sentenced
Myra Coutinho-Lopez, 82, who had dementia became confused at bank counter, leading to altercation with Courtney Richman, 26A 26-year-old woman who killed an elderly pensioner with dementia during a row over a long queue at a bank has been given a suspended sentence.Courtney Richman had been waiting behind 82-year-old Myra Coutinho-Lopez when the argument began on 6 December 2021 at a branch in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, a court heard. Continue reading...
Biden’s botched Gaza ceasefire deal only demonstrates his lack of influence | Julian Borger
The US president's announcement on Friday suggested a ceasefire might be close, but Benjamin Netanyahu's rebuke was swift and decisiveThe latest peace plan for Gaza was given a launch worthy of a historic turning point, with the US president delivering remarks directly to camera from the White House state dining room, declaring it finally time for this war to end".Yet even as Joe Biden spelled out the proposal - leading in theory to a permanent end to hostilities, large-scale food deliveries and the start of reconstruction, there was clearly something awry. Continue reading...
Modi’s alliance to win easily in India election, exit polls project
Prime minister claims victory but opposition dismisses poll results as fixed and unscientificIndian prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)-led alliance is projected to win a big majority in the general election that concluded on Saturday, TV exit polls said, suggesting it would do better than expected by most analysts.Most exit polls projected the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could win a two-thirds majority in the 543-member lower house of parliament, where 272 is needed for a simple majority. A two-thirds majority will allow the government to usher in far-reaching amendments to the constitution. Continue reading...
Labour is already dominating the online general election campaign | Matthew McGregor
Starmer's party was quicker out of the digital gate, with slicker, more engaging content than the Tory offeringThe video opens with an old clip of Cilla Black singing her classic Surprise, Surprise!'. The caption reads POV: Rishi Sunak turns up at your 18th birthday to send you to war."This appeared on Labour's TikTok account the day after the Conservatives launched their national service policy. It fitted perfectly with TikTok's meme-heavy, wry and sarcastic culture and has been watched 4.5 million times. The video racked up almost 700,000 likes, more than double the likes on all the Tories' TikToks put together. Continue reading...
British kayaker who went missing found dead in Swiss lake
Family and friends pay tribute to British record-holder Bren Orton, 29, who disappeared in the Melezza RiverA British man who went missing while kayaking in Switzerland has been found dead, Swiss police have confirmed.Bren Orton, 29, went missing on 16 May. Authorities searched for the professional kayaker for two weeks before a body was discovered in Lake Maggiore, which straddles Switzerland and Italy. His body was discovered by a sailor who contacted emergency services. Continue reading...
Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge
Exclusive: Co-author of analysis for WHO calls on government to control the food industry rather than being subservient to itThe sugar tax has been so successful in improving people's diets that it should be extended to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, health experts say.The World Health Organization wants the next UK government to expand coverage of the levy to help tackle tooth decay, obesity, diabetes and other illnesses. Continue reading...
‘I miss my solitude’: Booker winner Paul Lynch says he is a ‘social introvert’
Author of novel Prophet Song about an imagined fascist Ireland tells Hay audience he is not a political writerI miss my solitude," last year's Booker prize winner Paul Lynch told an audience at Hay festival on Saturday.In many ways I didn't sign up for this. I'm an introvert who's learned how to be social, a social introvert," he said. I signed up to sit in a room on my own for three or four years and write a book," he said. Continue reading...
Starmer has given in to the Labour left over Diane Abbott, says Sunak – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereSNP leader John Swinney has urged people to take part in a Scottish national service" by using the general election to vote Tory MPs out of office, PA Media reports.Scotland's first minister said his party could remove the remaining rump of Tory MPs". Continue reading...
Russia-Ukraine war: energy facilities hit across Ukraine in overnight strikes – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereUkrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy has now arrived in Singapore for the annual Shangri-La security summit, where he will address delegates tomorrow.He is expected to hold talks with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other leaders attending the conference, seeking support for a peace summit" this month in Switzerland. Continue reading...
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda admission sparks legal action from detained asylum seekers
Migrants seek redress for immense distress' from deportations now thrown into chaos by election announcementAsylum seekers detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation to Rwanda are set to take legal action against the government after Rishi Sunak admitted that no flightswill take place before the general election.The Home Office started raiding accommodation and detaining people who arrived at routine immigration-reporting appointments on 29 April in a nationwide push codenamed Operation Vector. Continue reading...
Keir Starmer says wealth creation is his ‘number one mission’
Labour leader says UK public dislike extremes of left or right' in politics and promises to take centre ground
Scottish Swifties ready for Edinburgh leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour
More than 200,000 fans will descend on Murrayfield, with new ice-cream flavour and evening classes part of buildupThe friendship bracelets have been woven, the chants practised and the outfits curated. Next weekend well over 200,000 Taylor Swift fans will descend on the Scottish capital as the star begins the UK leg of her blockbuster Eras tour in the city.Before the crescendo of three sold-out concerts at Murrayfield on 7, 8 and 9 June, the buildup has encompassed online decoding of the singer's now famous hidden song messages, in-person pre-parties and the inevitable shameless cash-ins. Continue reading...
Tin Oo, NLD founder with Aung San Suu Kyi, dies aged 97 in Myanmar
Former armed forces chief was imprisoned after failed revolt against junta and later campaigned with Nobel laureate under National League for Democracy bannerTin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and co-founder with her of the National League for Democracy, has died at the age of 97.Tin Oo died on Saturday morning at Yangon general hospital, said Moh Khan, a charity worker citing a family member. Charity workers in Myanmar handle funeral arrangements. Continue reading...
The winners and losers of Australia’s proposed electoral redistribution explained
Labor has lost a key seat in Victoria but could replace it by picking up a newly created electorate in Western Australia
Robert De Niro denied leadership award after speaking out against Trump
National Association of Broadcasters rescinds honor after actor's comments outside ex-president's criminal trial in New YorkFilm actor Robert De Niro was scheduled to accept a leadership award from the National Association of Broadcasters, but the group has rescinded the award after the celebrity spoke out against Donald Trump outside his criminal trial in New York this week, the Hill and the Huffington Post report.The National Association of Broadcasters did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Continue reading...
Things Can Only Get Better group ban Labour from using song
D:Ream members regret association with Tony Blair and do not want song played at July general electionThe pop group that sing Things Can Only Get Better - which became an anthem for Labour at the 1997 general election victory - will deny any request from Keir Starmer to use the track at this year's election.D:Ream's founding members Peter Cunnah and Alan Mackenzie said they were dismayed to hear their song play through a loudspeaker as the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, called a 4 July general election on a wet afternoon in Downing Street. Continue reading...
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