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Toddler, 3, dies after allegedly being hit by car in Melbourne’s south-east
Man charged with dangerous driving after girl allegedly struck by a vehicle in Endeavour Hills
Why immigration is back on the European Union’s agenda
The new mood to tighten laws is driven in large part by the success of far-right parties, in power in seven countries
EU considers offshore centres for deportees as it hardens on migration
Idea of return hubs' gains traction after mainstream EU politicians were unnerved by rise of far right
Tory debate takeaways: a clash of styles, a tame format and a win for Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick took questions from Conservative party members on Thursday night
Canadians with nonterminal conditions sought assisted dying for social reasons
Some people have asked to be killed due to non-medical reasons - including isolation and homelessnessAn expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada's most populous province has identified several cases in which patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness, raising concerns over approvals for vulnerable people in the country's assisted dying system.Ontario's chief coroner issued several reports on Wednesday - after an Associated Press investigation based in part on data provided in one of the documents - reviewing the euthanasia deaths of people who were not terminally ill. The expert committee's reports are based on an analysis of anonymized cases, chosen for their implications for future euthanasia requests. Continue reading...
Killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar: what we know so far
The mastermind of the 7 October attack that triggered the current war in Gaza has been killed in a neighbourhood of Rafah
Repair bill for crumbling NHS buildings in England soars to almost £14bn
NHS Providers chief says 'vital bits of the NHS are literally falling apart after years of underinvestment'The cost of repairing crumbling NHS buildings in England has soared to almost 14bn, prompting warnings that patients and staff are at risk from falling roofs and faulty equipment.The repair bill faced by the health service to make its estate fit for purpose has more than trebled from 4.5bn in 2012-13 to 13.8bn last year, according to NHS England data. Continue reading...
Dozens killed in Israeli airstrike on school used as shelter in Gaza City
Death toll of at least 28 reportedly includes doctors and children at site IDF said was used by Islamic Jihad members
Budget 2024: Rayner and Reeves in standoff over funds for social housebuilding
Exclusive: Housing secretary wants billions more to meet new-homes target but chancellor is set to limit spendingAngela Rayner and Rachel Reeves are at loggerheads over a major programme of social housebuilding, in the latest sign of cabinet tensions over this month's budget.Rayner, the housing secretary, has been pushing Reeves, the chancellor, for billions of pounds more for affordable housing, which she argues will be needed to hit Labour's target of building 1.5m new homes across five years. Continue reading...
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in surprise encounter with Israeli forces
Netanyahu says death of mastermind of 7 October attack that triggered war in Gaza marks beginning of the end'
Wife of Tory councillor jailed for stirring racial hatred after Southport attack
Lucy Connolly called for mass deportations and arson attacks in expletive-ridden social media postA childminder married to a Conservative councillor has been jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire after the Southport attacks.Lucy Connolly, 41, received a 31-month prison sentence after calling for mass deportation now" in a social media post to her 10,000 followers on X on the day three children were killed in a knife attack in Southport. Continue reading...
Tory MP says Badenoch too ‘preoccupied with her children’ to lead party
Christopher Chope's comments draw widespread condemnation, with Stella Creasy saying dinosaurs walk amongst us'A veteran Conservative MP has sparked outrage after saying he would not support Kemi Badenoch to be the Tory party leader because she is preoccupied with her own children".Sir Christopher Chope told ITV News that the frontrunner in his party's leadership race would be unable to commit to the role of leader of the opposition as she has young children. Continue reading...
Biden-Harris administration announces $4.5bn in additional student debt relief
Latest round brings total student loan cancellation to over $175bn for nearly 5 million people as court battles continueThe Biden-Harris administration announced today an additional $4.5bn in student debt relief for over 60,000 public service workers.The latest round of relief has brought total student loan cancellation to over $175bn for nearly 5 million people since Biden took office in 2021, roughly 11% of all outstanding federal student loan debt, including 1 million public service workers holding $74bn in federal student debt. Continue reading...
Zelenskyy presses EU for ‘immediate invitation’ to join Nato
Ukrainian membership would be part of five-point victory plan' to end war, president tells Brussels summitVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged European leaders to issue an immediate invitation" to Ukraine to join Nato as he pitched his victory plan", which he said would end the war in 2025 at the latest.Addressing the EU's 27 leaders at a Brussels summit, Ukraine's president outlined his five-point plan, which urges allies to lift restrictions on the use of long-range weapons on military targets inside Ukraine's occupied territories and Russia, as well as to help increase air defences. Continue reading...
Police insisted Salisbury novichok attack was overdose, inquiry told
Ambulance and fire services warned of similarity to Skripal poisonings, inquiry into 2018 deaths hearsPolice officers urged paramedics and firefighters to treat the second novichok incident in 2018 as a drug overdose despite warnings from the ambulance and fire services that it had similarities to the first poisoning four months earlier in Salisbury, a public inquiry has heard.The UK government believes the novichok was brought into Britain by agents tasked by Vladimir Putin to target the former spy Sergei Skripal, who had been settled in Salisbury after a spy exchange, the inquiry heard earlier this week. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned on 4 March 2018 and both survived. Continue reading...
No 10 tells aggrieved ministers to make their departments more cost-efficient
Warning comes after three cabinet members complain to Starmer about chancellor's proposed budget cuts
Netherlands mulls sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda
Critics say plan mooted by coalition government led by Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom party is totally unfeasible'The Dutch coalition government, headed by Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom party (PVV), is considering sending Africans whose asylum requests are rejected to Uganda, in plans that opposition politicians have said are totally unfeasible".During a visit this week to the East African country, the Dutch minister for trade and development, Reinette Klever, said the cabinet was exploring the ideaand that Uganda was not averse" to it, the Dutch public broadcaster Nos reported on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Drama about hunt for Raoul Moat part of Royal Court’s new season
Other plays to feature include a production of Sarah Kane's final work and a saga involving a British Museum artefactA new Robert Icke drama about the hunt for Raoul Moat, a revival of Sarah Kane's final play, and a saga about a Chinese request for the return of a stolen artefact from the British Museum are among the standout pieces that have been announced as part of the latest Royal Court season.The theatre's artistic director, David Byrne, said the season was internationalist" with South African (A Good House) and Palestinian writers (A Knock on the Roof) alongside more established British talent, such as Icke. Continue reading...
New South Wales parliament passes bill to strengthen LGBTI rights
Equality bill will allow transgender people to have their sex changed on their birth certificates without surgery
Simply Be owner N Brown agrees £191m takeover by founding Alliance family member
Joshua Alliance to take company private, paying 40p in cash for each share not already owned by himself and family
London students fear abandoning courses over inability to apply for discounted fares
System for applying for travelcards yet to be restored after cyber-attack on Transport for London's IT systemsStudents in London fear they may have to abandon their school and university courses to save money after a cyber hack on Transport for London's (TfL) IT systems left them unable to apply for discounted travelcards.TfL suspended applications for discounted travel passes when its systems were hacked in early September, compromising the details of about 5,000 Oyster card holders. It is unable to say when the system will be restored. Continue reading...
Mysterious tar balls washing ashore force closure of seven beaches in Sydney including Bondi
Randwick council started closing its beaches, including Coogee, on Tuesday and neighbouring Waverley council followed suit on Thursday out of precaution'
Heavy rain, large hail and damaging winds expected as severe storms forecast for much of Australia
Severe thunderstorms caused by strong cold front and low pressure system to hit most of the country, with South Australia the focal point', BoM says
Coffs Harbour man charged for allegedly threatening and grooming 15-year-old girl online
The 28-year-old allegedly attempted to force her to send him footage of herself performing various compromising acts', court hears
Strong Australian jobs figures lower expectations of pre-Christmas interest rate cut
Unemployment rate in September was 4.1% - making it unlikely the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates this year
University in Lisbon suspends plans for course on racism taught by all-white staff
Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on does racism really exist?'A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a postgraduate programme on racism and xenophobia after the course was criticised for hiring only white instructors.The programme, offered by the faculty of law at Nova University in tandem with the government-backed Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia, was also condemned for some of its content, such as a session entitled: Does racism really exist?" Continue reading...
West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts
After expulsion of hundreds of embassy-based spies, Kremlin has had to use riskier and less conventional methodsA developing Russian campaign of arson, sabotage and even murder plots has left western intelligence agencies alarmed over the past year.The ramping up of activity has come as the Kremlin's spy apparatus recovered from the initial shock of seeing 450 agents posing as diplomats expelled from Europe in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...
Post Office chiefs changed Horizon data in branches last year without telling operators, inquiry hears
Executive Tracy Marshall tells inquiry such practice has since stopped saying it absolutely shouldn't have happened'Post Office executives changed data on the Horizon IT systems used by post office operators without their knowledge as recently as last year, the public inquiry into the scandal has heard.The inquiry was shown a letter from Calum Greenhow, the chief executive of the National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) and a post office operator for 22 years, to the Post Office raising the issue in May last year. Continue reading...
Blaze destroys multimillion-euro German fire station fitted without alarms
Stadtallendorf structure was not legally required to have alarms because it was classified as a building holding equipment, not a fire stationA state-of-the-art fire station in western Germany that was completed last year at a cost of tens of millions of euros has burned to the ground because it had not been fitted with a fire alarm.The town of Stadtallendorf had proudly unveiled the new structure less than a year ago, but early on Wednesday emergency services were alerted to a fire that had started in a vehicle before quickly spreading to the whole building. Continue reading...
Graham Nash donates £10,000 to embattled Salford Lads Club
Singer-songwriter with the Hollies and CSNY attended youth club as a boy, where he gave his first ever singing performanceGraham Nash, the singer-songwriter from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young who grew up in Salford, has donated 10,000 to the city's embattled Salford Lads Club.The youth centre, most famous from being immortalised on the sleeve for the Smiths album The Queen Is Dead, is attempting to crowdfund 250,000 after a drop in grant funding threatened its future. Continue reading...
Private donor to pay for Alex Salmond’s body to be flown home
Move comes after Foreign Office rejected calls for RAF to arrange flight following Salmond's death in North Macedonia
Salisbury poisoning: woman ‘foamed at the mouth’ after spraying novichok on wrists, inquiry told
Dawn Sturgess, who died after thinking nerve agent was perfume, was convulsing and foaming at the mouth'A woman killed in the Salisbury novichok poisonings began foaming at the mouth and convulsing 10 or 15 minutes after unwittingly spraying the nerve agent on her wrists, an inquiry has heard.Dawn Sturgess, 44, got into a bath with all her clothes on after becoming contaminated with novichok, which had been secreted in a fake perfume bottle that her boyfriend, Charlie Rowley, had given her, the inquiry into her death was told. Continue reading...
Civilians trapped in northern Gaza amid airstrikes and reports of close-quarters combat
Israel says it has killed more than 50 Hamas fighters and denies it aims to remove people permanently from areaTens of thousands of civilians are still trapped in Jabalia in northern Gaza by a major Israeli offensive against Hamas militants, who have returned to the neighbourhood in recent months.The Israeli military says it has killed more than 50 fighters over the past days in airstrikes and close-quarters combat as troops try to destroy Hamas forces. Continue reading...
Rival logos go missing in photos of Nike-sponsored Melbourne Marathon festival
Race organisers apologise after posting edited images of two runners where their Asics and Puma branding was obscured
Rio Tinto praised for ‘breaking ranks’ to back revamp of environment laws – as it happened
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‘Nut pimping, stampsies … anything goes’: Peckham hosts rival to world conker contest
After men's conker world champion was accused of cheating, Peckham event says he would be welcome in south-east LondonNever in its proud 60-year history has an allegation of such audacious cheating been made against a competitor in the World Conker Championships (WCC) as that levelled at 82-year-old David Jakins - King Conker" himself, no less.As a competitor since 1977, and having finally won this year's men's competition, the holder of the King Conker honorary title and the mascot" of the championships was subsequently found to have a steel conker in his pocket. Continue reading...
Vulnerable people not at risk from proposed assisted dying law, says MP
Kim Leadbeater, sponsor of bill, says it will include stringent' criteria and only apply to terminally ill adults
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks judge for identities of accusers to be disclosed
Lawyers for music mogul, 54, charged in wide-ranging sex-trafficking case, criticize onslaught of baseless allegations'Sean Diddy" Combs wants prosecutors in his sex-trafficking case to disclose the names of his accusers, Manhattan federal court documents show.Combs, 54, needs to know the identities of his accusers so as to prepare for the 5 May trial, his legal team argued in a Tuesday letter to judge Arun Subramanian. Continue reading...
Students give English HSC exam an F over use of image with ‘hallmarks’ of AI
Image used as visual prompt in standard and advanced English paper 1 sparks accusations of hypocrisy
One in five women in Australia found to have experienced stalking – most by a man they knew
2021-22 Personal Safety Survey finds 2 million women and 650,000 men have experienced stalking since the age of 15
Rise in rough sleeper deaths in UK prompts call for shelter funds
Campaign group warns of emergency on our streets' after estimated 155 people died while rough sleeping last yearAndrew Reece was 37 and sleeping rough in Stoke-on-Trent when on 10 May 2023 he took his own life in an abandoned and roofless children's home.Reece, known locally as Pud, was one of an estimated 155 people who died in the UK last year while rough sleeping, an annual increase of 42%, according to a count by the Museum of Homelessness project.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...
Keir Starmer met Taylor Swift at Wembley concert, No 10 confirms
Source says backstage brush-by' did not include discussion of VIP protection given to star, a decision made by Scotland YardKeir Starmer met Taylor Swift at one of her London concerts days after a decision was taken to grant her a blue light" police escort, No 10 sources have confirmed.The prime minister and his family had a 10-minute meeting with the pop megastar and her mother, Andrea, backstage at Wembley on 20 August, with the conversation covering the Southport murders, which took place at a Swift-themed holiday club. Continue reading...
Rachel Reeves tells cabinet UK still faces £100bn black hole over next five years
Chancellor's words will be interpreted as signal she will not give in to ministers over cuts she imposes in budgetRachel Reeves has told the cabinet that the UK still faces a 100bn black hole in the public finances over the next five years amid concerns that ministers are yet to grasp the full scale of the fiscal deficit ahead.At a meeting of the political cabinet, the chancellor said the 22bn gap this year - which the government has blamed on their poor economic inheritance from the Tories - would be a recurring cost each year of this parliament. Continue reading...
Any retaliation against Iran will be based on national interest, says Israel
Comments from PM's office come amid continued attacks on Lebanon and Gaza and after reports of assurances to US
‘It’s a kind of miracle’: Russian man survives 66 days adrift on inflatable boat
Mikhail Pichugin survived but the ordeal claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephewA Russian man survived more than two months drifting in icy seas on an inflatable boat in an ordeal that claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephew, officials and reports said.Mikhail Pichugin may have survived because of his 100kg (220lb) build, according to his wife. Media reports said he weighed just 50kg when found on Monday. Continue reading...
US election extra: DJ Trump – podcast
Donald Trump went off script on Monday night and abandoned the usual Q&A format of a townhall event in favour of bopping along to his campaign playlist. Chris Michael has the details Continue reading...
UK imposes sanctions on seven groups that support West Bank settlers
Foreign Office declines to penalise two Israeli ministers as ex-foreign secretary David Cameron had planned
Canadian police accuse India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents
Modi government agents alleged to have collaborated with syndicate run by mob boss Lawrence BishnoiCanadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one of India's most notorious gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to carry out targeted killings of dissidents in Canada.A diplomatic row broke out between India and Canada on Monday after Canadian police accused Indian diplomats of criminal" activities in the country, including extortion, intimidation, coercion and harassment, and involvement in targeted killings of Canadian citizens. Continue reading...
Trump dances for 40 minutes during campaign rally: ‘Let’s listen to music’
Ex-president swayed to songs such as YMCA and Ave Maria during Pennsylvania event after two attendees faintedOpposition outrage over Donald Trump's rabble-rousing demagoguery turned to bewilderment after the Republican nominee spent 40 minutes swaying to his favourite songs at a rally near Philadelphia, prompting Kamala Harris to express apparent concern for his mental state.Hope he's okay," Harris, the US vice-president and Democratic nominee, posted on social media, accompanying footage of a performance that many observers agreed was bizarre, even by Trump's standards. Continue reading...
Boris Johnson’s memoir sells more than 40,000 copies in first week on sale
Unleashed, which covers Johnson's time as mayor of London, foreign secretary and prime minister, was the bestselling book of the weekBoris Johnson's memoir, Unleashed, sold 42,528 copies in its opening week after being published on 10 October, making it the bestselling book of last week.This means Johnson has outsold David Cameron's 2019 memoir, For the Record, which sold 20,792 copies in the week it was published, though Tony Blair's memoir, A Journey, sold 92,060 copies in its opening week. Liz Truss shifted just 2,228 copies of her memoir, Ten Years to Save the West, in its first week on sale earlier this year. Continue reading...
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