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Children's charities call for a baby and toddler guarantee' to help parents struggling with cost of living during summer holidaysCelebrities including the tennis player Andy Murray, the actor David Harewood and the singer-songwriter Rita Ora have joined children's charities and childhood development experts to call for a national baby and toddler guarantee".They have signed an open letter to the prime minister demanding urgent action to help people with babies and young children to access vital services. Continue reading...

Teenager arrested after attack at Tewkesbury academy which led to hundreds of children being locked downA teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a maths teacher was stabbed in a Gloucestershire school, leading to hundreds of children being kept in lockdown for more than five hours.Armed police went to Tewkesbury academy on Monday morning after the attack on the very popular" teacher in a corridor at the start of the school day. Continue reading...

Ukraine looks likely to be offered closer integration rather than clear pre-conditions as war with Russia continuesNato members are not expected to set clear pre-conditions for Ukraine's eventual membership to the military alliance in the face of caution from the US and Germany while the war with Russia continues.Ukraine wants clarity on when and how it can join the alliance after the war with Russia ends, believing that western military protection is the only way it can remain unthreatened by its neighbour. However, it looks instead likely to be offered closer integration with Nato and a stronger political declaration in favour of its membership in principle. Continue reading...

Ministers axe plan obliging Braverman to send thousands of asylum seekers who arrive this summer to RwandaMinisters have been forced to offer rebel Conservative MPs concessions on key asylum legislation amid growing concern that it would fail to pass through the Commons.The government has dropped nearly all of the retrospective applications of the illegal migration bill's measures - a move that will mean Suella Braverman will no longer be obliged to deport thousands of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK this summer to a third country such as Rwanda. Continue reading...

MPs take no further action as Partygate parliamentary proceedings concludeBoris Johnson's allies have avoided being punished over the parliamentary Partygate inquiry after MPs endorsed a report that found they sought to interfere in the process but an attempt to make them face further action failed.Penny Mordaunt, the House of Commons leader, said she hoped the move would be the end of this sorry affair" after a three-hour debate that was the culmination of 15 months of Conservative infighting. Continue reading...

Recep Tayyip Erdoan agreed to set aside his veto following last-ditch talks on the eve of the Nato summit in Vilnius, LithuaniaSweden is to be allowed to join Nato after Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, agreed to set aside his veto and recommend to his parliament that Sweden's application go ahead.The Monday night breakthrough came in last-ditch talks on the eve of the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania . It ended nearly a year of brinkmanship by Turkey, which has insisted it will not accede to Sweden's application to join Nato unless Stockholm did more to clamp down on exiled Kurdish activists. Continue reading...

Lawyer for young person denies mother's allegations to the Sun, saying nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place'The young person at the centre of a scandal over a BBC presenter reportedly paying for explicit pictures has issued a statement in which they claimed the key allegations are rubbish".A prominent male BBC presenter was suspended at the weekend after allegations he spent 35,000 buying explicit images from the young person, who was allegedly 17 years old when they started talking online. Continue reading...

Network could see fairly strong' suit from Ray Epps, who Carlson alleged was a secret government agent behind the attackExperts say conservative network Fox News could face a a fairly strong" lawsuit from a man who Tucker Carlson repeatedly accused of working as a government agent and carrying out the January 6 insurrection.Carlson, who was fired from the network in April, repeatedly alleged that Ray Epps was a secret government agent who coordinated the January 6 riots, the New York Times reported. Continue reading...

Eruption near Reykjavik follows week of small earthquakes in area, as authorities advise against travel to siteA volcano has erupted about 30km (19 miles) from Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, the country's meteorological office has said, marking the third time in two years that lava has gushed out in the area.The eruption is taking place in a small depression just north of Litli Hrutur, from which smoke is escaping in a north-westerly direction," the office said. Continue reading...

Peer raises concern about Betting & Gaming Council's reliability before CEO faces questioning from MPsThe main lobby group for the UK gambling industry has been accused of making inaccurate statements relating to the regulation of the 10bn-a-year sector the day before its boss appears before a parliamentary committee.Michael Dugher, the chief executive of the Betting & Gaming Council (BGC), is to be question by MPs on the select committee for culture, media and sport on Tuesday as part of a review of government proposals to improve gambling regulation. Continue reading...

General secretary Jens Stoltenberg comments made at press conference in Vilnius ahead of Nato summit

Chancellor will outline proposals to mobilise investment and support homegrown firms in Mansion House speechThe chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is poised to announce plans to merge workplace pension schemes and release up to 75bn of retirement funds for fast-growing startups, in a move that could accelerate plans to create the next Silicon Valley.The proposals, aimed at mobilising investment from the UK's 2.5tn pensions sector, are due to be outlined in a speech to top executives and MPs in central London at the lord mayor's annual Mansion House dinner on Monday evening. Continue reading...

Priests or deacons guilty of serious misconduct may be stripped of holy orders, in measure abolished 20 years agoClergy who are guilty of serious misconduct may be stripped of their holy orders after the Church of England's ruling body voted to reinstate defrocking".All priests, from newly ordained curates to the archbishop of Canterbury, could be defrocked under new disciplinary measures backed by the General Synod, which is meeting in York. Continue reading...

Police take action as activists, politicians and the company involved all condemn tactics used by managers investigating who put sanitary towel in wrong binThree senior managers from a Kenyan dairy company have been arrested over allegations of indecent assault after they forced a group of female employees to undress in order to find out which of them was on their period.The incident, which happened last week at Brown's Food Company's dairy factory in Limuru, in central Kenya, followed failed attempts by the managers - all three of whom are women - to find out who had put a sanitary towel in the wrong bin. Continue reading...

No 10 spokesperson says UK certainly' wants to support Ukraine on the pathway to joining Nato after reports of riftJoe Biden has arrived at Downing Street for his first time as president ahead of tomorrow's Nato summit in Lithuania.After stepping out of US presidential vehicle the Beast", he shared a warm handshake with Rishi Sunak on the doorstep and smiled to press before disappearing behind the door to Number 10. Continue reading...

Surprise obstacle thrown in way of Joe Biden plan involving offer of F-16 jets after last-minute talksThe Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, has thrown a surprise obstacle in the way of a plan from Joe Biden for Swedish accession to Nato by announcing he wanted Turkey's stalled application to join the EU to be included in the package.Speaking at the airport before departing for the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Turkish president said: First, let's pave the way for Turkey in the European Union and then we will pave the way for Sweden just as we did for Finland." Continue reading...

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Figure paid by federal government for private collection services described as shameful'

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Before Spain's 23 July election, more than 60% expressed concern over Vox entering a coalition governmentMore than 60% of Spaniards are worried about the prospect of a coalition government that includes the far-right Vox party, according to a new survey published less than two weeks before the country's snap general election.The Ipsos poll, conducted for Spain's La Vanguardia newspaper, found that 42.1% of those surveyed were very worried by the idea of Vox sharing power with the conservative People's party (PP), while 18% were quite worried by the notion. Continue reading...

General secretary of union says party should not treat outcome as blank cheque' as rift remains with leadership

Famously suave actor's family selling items ranging from Lamborghini skis to luxury watches, cufflinks and numerous silk tiesIf you ever wanted to dress, schuss or tell the time like James Bond, now might be your only chance: a selection of items including dinner suits, silk cravats, Lamborghini skis and a special edition Omega Seamaster watch are up for auction, all from the personal collection of 007 himself, Roger Moore.Moore, who died in 2017, played Bond in seven films between 1973 and 1985, beginning with Live and Let Die and ending with A View to a Kill. His family are selling 180 lots of Moore's own memorabilia, with part of the proceeds going to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), which appointed Moore as a goodwill ambassador in 1991. Continue reading...

Presenter says he had distressing weekend' after he was wrongly named as man accused of paying teenager for explicit imagesNicky Campbell has made a crime report to the police after being falsely accused of being the BBC male presenter who allegedly paid a vulnerable teenager for sexually explicit images.Campbell said he had had a distressing weekend" after being falsely named as the household name who it is claimed paid 35,000 over three years to a young person who used the money to fund their crack cocaine habit. Continue reading...

Bird flu suspected as cause of death of vulnerable migratory birds at Long Nanny, the biggest UK breeding colonyNational Trust rangers have described their heartbreak and worry" after recovering more than 600 dead chicks at Britain's largest mainland colony of Arctic terns.The trust said on Monday that Long Nanny, on the coast of Northumberland, had been hit by a suspected outbreak of avian flu during the peak of the breeding season. Continue reading...

Ukrainian forces claim to have registered a definite advance' on the southern flank of Bakhmut; an investigation suggests Russia has lost 47,000 troops in Ukraine so far

Phenomenon is forecast to expand as it strengthens, triggering conditions of more than 30C in parts of EuropeParts of southern and western Europe have been experiencing unusually high temperatures. Areas of Spain and Portugal have recorded daily maximum temperatures in the high 30s celsius for more than a week, exceeding 40C in parts of southern Spain on Sunday. Italy, France, Germany and the Benelux region also reached the low-to-mid 30s celsius in places at the weekend.The heat is caused by a large area of high pressure that is stagnating over Europe and preventing the usual pattern of low pressure systems moving eastwards into Europe from the Atlantic. This is known as a blocking high and results in very dry and stable conditions, as the fronts associated with more dynamic weather patterns are forced away by the high pressure. Continue reading...

Exile in 1976 spawned mass protest movement and led to exodus of some of GDR's top artists and actorsThe life of East Germany's most prominent dissident singer-songwriter, Wolf Biermann, is being celebrated for the first time in a major exhibition that examines his pivotal role in the country's divided post-war history.Biermann's banishment from the GDR in 1976 by communist authorities - who were unable to tolerate his outspoken criticism - not only fuelled his own popularity but helped spread his lyrical, incisive ballads, songs and poems to a far wider audience. It also spawned a mass protest movement, leading to the exodus of some of the German Democratic Republic's most popular artists and actors and the imprisonment of scores of freedom of speech campaigners. Continue reading...

Toddler disappeared from garden of grandparents' house in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence on SaturdayFrench police are engaged in an extensive air and land search for a missing two-year-old boy who disappeared from a village in the south of the country at the weekend.The toddler, Emile, was playing in the garden of his grandparents' house in a hamlet just outside Le Vernet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence between Grenoble and Nice when he vanished on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading...

Victoria Police says Christophe Glasl was not in Tasmania at the time of Port Arthur massacre, despite his claim to have been involved in its resolution

Consulting firm's self-imposed ban follows scandal over misuse of confidential government tax informationPwC has announced it will no longer make donations to political parties, but a Labor senator central to investigating the consultancy firm's misuse of confidential government tax information says the company needs to further boost its own accountability procedures.In a note to the company's partners on Monday, PwC's acting CEO Kristin Stubbins said the firm's self-imposed ban on making political donations was an important step" in rebuilding its reputation.Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

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Man taken to hospital after reptile, believed to be 2m long, attacked him in the Litchfield national park

Calls follow royal commission finding Morrison allowed cabinet to be misled', but former PM rejects suggestion of wrongdoing

Indigenous leader's comments come as polling suggests state could be a barrier to vote's success

Request comes as Anthony Albanese attends Nato summit in Europe and possible talks with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy

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Research into loss of trawler with hundreds of deaths strongly contradicts official accounts - while finding a failure to mobilise help and evidence that survivor statements were tampered withAttempts by the Greek coastguard to tow a fishing trawler carrying hundreds of migrants may have caused the vessel to sink, according to a new investigation by the Guardian and media partners that has raised further questions about the incident, which left an estimated 500 people missingThe trawler carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the coast of Greece on 14 June. There were 104 survivors. Continue reading...

Police said poor weather conditions and cool temperatures' meant the tourist could not have survived, but they still hope to bring family closure'

Child safety minister Craig Crawford says frontline staff, experts and advocates will inform review

Following the success of Linden Farm, the Simon Trust helps families create specialised local residences for their adult children with highly complex needsParents across the UK are forming partnerships with local councils to build pioneering supported-living homes for their severely autistic children.With growing numbers of parents increasingly unable to find suitable, safe and secure residential accommodation for their young adult children - and cash-strapped councils having to pay exorbitant costs when already expensive placements break down - the two are coming together to forge a solution. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Document was originally thought to be written by clerk on behalf of Canterbury Tales writer who worked as civil servantA 14th-century bureaucratic document requesting time off work for a civil servant has been identified as the only surviving handwriting of Geoffrey Chaucer, revered as the father of English literature.While it was known that the individual seeking a leave of absence was the author of The Canterbury Tales - during his 12-year employment as controller of the London Wool Quay - the application was assumed to have been made on his behalf by a clerk. Continue reading...

Female students reportedly given sham disciplinary hearings', suspended from classes and threatened with zero grades' for defying head covering lawAt least 60 female students in Iran have reportedly been barred from university for flouting the country's mandatory hijab law.Videos recently shared by citizen journalists show the harassment of women and girls in subways, streets and university campuses by disciplinary committees and pro-regime civilians. In defiance, female university students across the country have been recording themselves without headscarves. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Revelation about Tory former minister raises questions about adequacy of transparency rulesIt was her robust questioning of the former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond that first brought Andrea Leadsom to political prominence.During the Treasury select committee's review of Diamond's part, as head of the bank, in the Libor rate-fixing scandal, the Conservative MP was viewed as having been masterly in her command of the subject and her attack on the banking sector. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Sharon Grant, wife of the late Tottenham MP, criticises party's progress on BAME representationLabour must do more to dispel the perception of racism within the party, the widow of one of the country's first black British MPs has warned, amid frustrations that no graduate of the party's sole scheme for developing minority ethnic talent has been selected to stand as an MP.The party has launched the second cohort of its Bernie Grant leadership programme (BGLP), dedicated to developing the next generation of black politicians, in recognition of a lack of diversity across all levels. Continue reading...

Charity identifies triple shock' of Covid, austerity and cost of living as premature deaths increaseA growing number of disadvantaged and vulnerable women living in one of the poorest parts of England are dying prematurely because public services are not meeting their needs, according to a report.Research published on Monday calculates that in 2021, a woman in the north-east of England was 1.7 times more likely to die early as a result of suicide, addiction or domestic murder than women living in England and Wales as a whole. Continue reading...

Antonio Guterres decries conflict's utter disregard' for human rights law as clashes reported in multiple statesSudan is on the brink of a full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations has warned, after an airstrike on a residential area killed about two dozen civilians.The health ministry reported 22 dead and a large number of wounded among the civilians" from the strike on Khartoum's sister city Omdurman, in the district of Dar al-Salam. Continue reading...

Outgoing president of Royal College of Psychiatrists will say issue must be tackled to improve recruitmentRacism is a stain on the NHS" and tackling it is key to recruiting and retaining staff, the outgoing president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) will warn.The health service has a moral, ethical and legal duty to do more to stamp out racism, Dr Adrian James is expected to say at the college's international congress in Liverpool. Continue reading...