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Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi begins two-day visit to unrest-hit Manipur
Congress party accused Narendra Modi of abject failure' over two-month long crisis between majority Meitei and Kuki groupsRahul Gandhi, the leader of India's main opposition Congress party, has visited a north-eastern state beset by two months of violence, as a shootout there claimed two more lives.The shooting on the outskirts of Imphal, the state capital of Manipur, also left four wounded. Continue reading...
Icac found Gladys Berejiklian engaged in corrupt conduct. So why won’t she be prosecuted?
Her former boyfriend Daryl Maguire may face charges, but proving criminal activity by the former premier would be difficult
Braverman plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful, appeal court rules
Rishi Sunak announces government will seek supreme court appeal, but Labour says policy is unravelling after judges' decision
UK foreign secretary calls for expansion of UN security council
James Cleverly says global south deserves more powerful voice at top table and review needed into five permanent members' vetoThe global south deserves a more powerful voice at the world's top table by expanding the UN security council, the UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has said.Cleverly also called for a review of the use of the veto by the council's five permanent five members, adding that the world's poorest countries feel their voice is not heard even on issues of direct concern to them. Continue reading...
Prices of package holidays in popular Mediterranean destinations leap
TravelSupermarket figures show steepest rises in Crete at 25%, followed by Tenerife at 22% and Mallorca at 21%Package holidays to popular Mediterranean destinations such as Majorca and Crete have soared in price by up to a quarter compared with last year amid high demand and rising costs for providers.All-inclusive deals for the most sought-after destinations for British holidaymakers - Spain, Turkey, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus - have gone up by nearly 12%, according to TravelSupermarket. Continue reading...
Wagner mutiny has weakened Putin, says Scholz, as Russian president makes rare public visit
German Chancellor says uprising shows cracks' in autocracy in Moscow, after Vladimir Putin greeted crowds of fans in unusual tour of southern city
UK households withdrawing savings at fastest ever rate, official figures show
Bank of England data shows families drew on 4.6bn in May to help them cope with the cost of living crisisUK households are pulling money out of their savings accounts at the fastest rate ever recorded, as they draw on rainy day funds to weather the cost of living storm.Figures from the Bank of England show households withdrew a net 4.6bn from banks and building societies in May, the highest level of withdrawals since it started collecting the monthly data in October 1997. Continue reading...
UN expert calls for arms embargo on Haiti amid gang violence
William O'Neill says survival of a nation' is at stake and also calls for deployment of an international forceA UN official has called for an immediate arms embargo for Haiti and an intervention force to combat endemic gang violence in the Caribbean state, after the killings of more than 200 gang members in recent months.William O'Neill, who was appointed in April as an expert on human rights in Haiti, added his voice to growing calls for an international intervention in the country, which has descended into crime-fuelled anarchy since the murder of President Jovenel Moise in 2021. Continue reading...
Bargain hunters bolster UK sales at B&M and H&M
Upbeat figures from discounter and fashion chain follow similar updates from Next and PrimarkShoppers searching for ways to trim their budgets have boosted sales at the discounter B&M and the fashion chain H&M in the latest sign of resilient trading on Britain's high streets.B&M said sales rose 9.2% at its core UK stores with trade in both groceries and non-food doing well. Continue reading...
‘Spy cops’ operations against leftwing groups unjustified, inquiry finds
Report says officers collected details of activists' sexuality and bank accounts and operations should have been shut down What is the spy cops' scandal and why was inquiry set up?Undercover operations to infiltrate leftwing groups in the 1970s and early 1980s were not justified and should have been closed down, a retired judge leading a public inquiry has concluded.In a critical report published on Thursday, Sir John Mitting found that undercover police officers collected a striking and extensive" amount of information about the personal lives of political activists, such as their holiday plans, sexuality and bank accounts. Continue reading...
‘Parliamentary witch-hunt’: what Johnson’s allies said about the Partygate inquiry
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries among Tories accused of trying to undermine parliamentary report
Australia news live: Albanese says voice referendum an opportunity for unity that will ‘lift up the nation’
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Boris Johnson allies launched unprecedented campaign to undermine the privileges committee, report says
Committee points finger of blame at MPs including Nadine Dorries, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti PatelConservative MPs and peers close to Boris Johnson launched an unprecedented and co-ordinated" campaign to undermine the privileges committee, a new report has said.They came under scrutiny after concerns were raised during the investigation into Johnson's Partygate denials about a sustained and coordinated attempt to undermine the credibility of the committee. Continue reading...
NHS staff sickness rate in England hit record high last year, data shows
Rate higher than at height of Covid pandemic as health service contends with difficult new normal'
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 491 of the invasion
Death toll in Kramatorsk rocket attack rises to 12 as rescue operations end; Ukraine claims to be making advances towards Berdiansk and Mariupol
Judge rejects company’s attempt to claim Fifo travel to Queensland LNG project as $13m tax deduction
US multinational Bechtel was contracted to build three large plants on Curtis Island, near Gladstone
Victoria defines high-fee schools as those costing over $15,000 in tax war retreat
Treasurer says payroll tax will apply to less than 10% of the state's private school sector - and bring in $100m less than originally budgeted
Gladys Berejiklian Icac live updates: ‘I have worked my hardest in the public interest’, former NSW premier says – latest news
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Taylor Swift tickets: Ticketek reveals ‘queue’ is a lottery as Australian general sales to open Friday
Allocations are not on first come, first served basis but at random once users are in waiting lounge', says company selling Eras tour 2024 tickets
Gladys Berejiklian says she always served public interest as senior Liberals speak out in support
Former premier says almost 700-page Icac report is being examined by her legal team
New Zealand broadcaster reprimanded over ‘graphic’ dolphin mating scene
Nature series Our Big Blue Backyard drew one complaint to media watchdog that it should not have given the program a G, or general, classificationNew Zealand's media watchdog has reprimanded public broadcaster TVNZ for not giving a higher classification to a documentary with dramatised" scenes of dolphin mating.The nature series Our Big Blue Backyard drew the ire of one viewer who successfully complained to the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA). In the offending scene, a female dolphin is targeted by a pack of male dolphins that mate with her. Continue reading...
Two in three state secondary schools in England teach just one foreign language
Survey finds German is most affected by shift towards single-language offer in key stage 3Two-thirds of English state secondary schools teach only one foreign language, research shows, undermining the government's efforts to shore up the numbers of pupils learning modern languages.This year's Language Trends report by the British Council surveyed state and private secondary schools in England about their linguistic provision. With growing evidence that state schools were cutting the number of languages taught, the 2023 report specifically asked for the first time if pupils learned more than one language. Continue reading...
Russian ambassador calls Australia ‘vindictive’ after dead possum thrown over embassy fence
Aleksey Pavlovsky also says the Australian government had engaged in a theatre of the absurd' over contested future embassy site in Canberra
Guards at Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya accused of killings
An investigation by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative journalism has uncovered claims from villagers in Kenya of violence and even killings linked to guards on a Del Monte pineapple farm. Emily Dugan reports
Ben Roberts-Smith agrees to pay media outlets’ legal costs over failed defamation case
Commonwealth seeks access to evidence gathered during the defamation trial to use in ongoing war crimes investigations, federal court hears
National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers
Nineteen staffers affected, according to Washington Post, with celebrated magazine to end newsstand salesNational Geographic has reportedly laid off its last staff writers and will no longer be sold on US newsstands.Nineteen editorial staffers were affected by the layoffs, the Washington Post reported, and several staffers confirmed the news on Twitter. Continue reading...
Lockdown or loneliness? Covid brought on a ‘kind of stressful’ baby boom in Australia
New data shows the birthrate went up in 2021, after a record low in 2020 and years of decline
Icac finds former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and Daryl Maguire engaged in serious corrupt conduct
Berejiklian stood down in 2021 after it was revealed she was in a close personal relationship' with Maguire, who was also found to be corrupt by Icac's Operation Keppel
Presumed human remains recovered from within Titan wreckage, US Coast Guard says
Pieces of mangled craft brought ashore in Newfoundland, Canada, after five killed on voyage to Titanic wreckPresumed human remains have been recovered from within the wreckage of the Titan, the submersible that imploded on a voyage to the Titanic earlier this month, the US Coast Guard reported on Wednesday.The Coast Guard will transport the evidence recovered from the north Atlantic to a US port where medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of the remains, officials said. Continue reading...
Asylum seekers at Manston may have been treated inhumanely, report finds
Council of Europe team raised a wide range of concerns based on visit to Kent detention centre last yearMany asylum seekers may have been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment at Manston holding facility in Kent, according to a report.A seven-strong delegation from the Council of Europe's prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment committee carried out a rapid reaction" visit to Manston over 25-28 November due to concerns about conditions there, a visit that officials described as relatively rare" in these circumstances.Some people absconded from Manston.One-sixth of those who arrived in small boats were lone children.Some people were detained at Manston for up to 15 days after being granted bail.Three different Home Office databases did not communicate well with each other.There were two documented cases of migrants trying to strangle themselves with seatbelts while segregated in a cell van on the site. The delegation invoked human rights legislation to ensure that the cell van was removed from the site, a stipulation that the Home Office has complied with.There were cases of people being detained for up to 43 days at Manston. Continue reading...
Millions in UK are being left behind as world moves online, say peers
Committee says ministers do not have credible strategy to tackle digital exclusionThe government is failing millions of digitally excluded citizens who do not have the means, money or ability to go online, a House of Lords committee has said.Ministers do not have a credible strategy to tackle digital exclusion and are allowing millions of citizens to fall behind", according to a report by the Lords communications and digital committee. Continue reading...
Taylor Swift: extra tickets added with more concerts in Sydney and Melbourne announced
After an estimated four million people queued online for tickets on Wednesday the American pop star has announced two more Australian datesTaylor Swift has announced two more shows in her Australian tour next February after record-setting ticket sales on Wednesday.Presale tickets to three Sydney concerts and two in Melbourne sold out in hours after more than 4m users joined the online queue for under half a million tickets - though some of the numbers may have been fans opening multiple browsers to maximise their chances. Continue reading...
Icac to hand down findings into Gladys Berejiklian almost two years after resignation
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption is set to release its findings from Operation Keppel, which investigated Berejiklian and former MP Daryl Maguire
Ex-Rwandan military policeman found guilty of genocide by Paris court
Philippe Hategekimana also convicted of crimes against humanity relating to mass killings in 1994A Paris court has found a former Rwandan military policeman guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 slaughter in his home country and sentenced him to life in prison.The court found Philippe Hategekimana, 66, guilty of nearly all the charges against him. Continue reading...
Madonna postpones tour after suffering ‘serious’ bacterial infection
Pop singer's 35-city Celebration tour was scheduled to kick off in Vancouver on 15 JulyMadonna's upcoming Celebration tour has been postponed after the singer was hospitalized with a serious bacterial infection", according to an Instagram post from her longtime manager Guy Oseary. The tour was scheduled to kick off in Vancouver on 15 July.On Saturday, June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several-day stay in the ICU," he wrote. Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected. Continue reading...
Malta to allow abortion but only when woman’s life is at risk
Watered-down law passed which says three specialists must agree that a termination is necessaryMaltese lawmakers have unanimously approved legislation to ease the strictest abortion laws in the EU, voting to allow terminations - but only in cases where a woman's life is at risk.Ahead of the vote on Wednesday, pro-choice campaigners withdrew their support, saying last-minute changes make the legislation vague, unworkable and even dangerous". Continue reading...
Police launch kidnap investigation after Carmelle Hepi, 13, disappears after London party
Three men have been arrested after girl, who travelled to London from Barnsley, Yorkshire, reported missing on SundayPolice have begun a kidnap investigation after a 13-year-old girl from Yorkshire disappeared following a house party in London.Three men have been arrested on suspicion of kidnap as officers from the Metropolitan Police work around the clock" to find Carmelle Hepi, from Barnsley. Continue reading...
‘Everyone’s excited’: AFC Croydon responds to new owners Stormzy and Zaha
Staff and supporters of Croydon Athletic share hopes for football club under new ownershipWhen he was at secondary school, George Pickering, a supporter of AFC Croydon Athletic, would make it a ritual to play football on a recreation ground near where the club is now. One day, a young, really talkative" kid with lots of energy" turned up to play with them.It just felt like he wanted somewhere to go, a bit of an outlet," Pickering, now 34, recalled. It was only years later and from a friend's recollection that he learned the boy they kicked around with was Stormzy - or Michael, as they knew him. Continue reading...
Man hoping to break record for living on Rockall rescued by coastguard
Chris Cam' Cameron, 53, calls for aid after 30 days because of declining weather conditions'A teacher and army veteran who was attempting to set a world record for the number of days living on a barren rock in the north Atlantic was rescued by coastguards on Wednesday.Chris Cam" Cameron, 53, aspired to live alone on Rockall for up to 60 days and at least surpass the record of 45 days set in 2014 by Nick Hancock, a chartered surveyor and adventurer. Continue reading...
Russian general who may have known about Wagner mutiny goes missing
US intelligence claims Gen Sergei Surovikin, who has close ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin, had prior knowledge of uprising
Partygate: Rees-Mogg and Dorries likely to be named in ‘contempts of parliament’ report
Exclusive: Special report will raise issues encountered during initial inquiry into Johnson rule breaches
Tory hopeful for London mayor drops out amid groping claims
Novelist and TV producer Daisy Goodwin says Daniel Korski touched her breast at Downing Street meeting
French engineer sentenced to life in prison after killing three women over job losses
Gabriel Fortin, 48, found guilty of murder of two HR directors and a jobs centre worker and attempted murder of a fourth person in 2021 attacksAn unemployed French engineer who shot dead three women he blamed for his joblessness was given a life sentence on Wednesday for the 2021 murders.Gabriel Fortin, 48, killed two human resources directors and a job centre employee, and attempted to kill a company executive following a string of dismissals. Continue reading...
Daniel Korski pulls out of race to be Tory candidate for London mayor, blaming ‘false’ groping claim – UK politics live
TV producer Daisy Goodwin accused Tory hopeful of groping her a decade agoPMQs is coming up soon.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.We remain seriously concerned about the potential implications of the illegal migration bill on human rights and the safety of individuals.Careful consideration should continue to be given to the impact of the bill on different groups with protected characteristics - including children, pregnant women, disabled people, torture survivors, and victims of trafficking. Continue reading...
UK to run only one coal-fired power plant this winter
Energy company Drax scraps plan to bring two others out of retirement to help guard against power cutsBritain will be down to its last coal-fired energy plant this winter after Drax scrapped a proposal to bring two coal-fired units at its vast power plant in North Yorkshire out of retirement to help guard against power cuts.The FTSE 250 energy company had been in talks with National Grid's electricity system operator (ESO) to restart two coal power units that were shut this year after 50 years of coal-fired generation at the Drax site near Selby. Continue reading...
Four children among 11 killed in missile strike on Ukraine pizza restaurant
At least 56 people injured when Russian rocket hit packed restaurant in eastern city of Kramatorsk
Australia’s privacy watchdog to enter talks with Facebook owner over Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
Federal court orders commissioner and Meta to start mediation to end protracted, costly legal proceedings
Inquiry into 2,000 mental health deaths in Essex NHS trusts given legal powers
After pressure from bereaved relatives and inquiry chair, witnesses will be compelled to give evidenceAn independent inquiry into the deaths of almost 2,000 mental health patients across NHS trusts in Essex is to be given legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence, after pressure from bereaved relatives and the chair of the inquiry.On Wednesday, the health secretary, Steve Barclay, told the House of Commons that continuing serious concerns about patient safety meant that conferring statutory powers on the inquiry was the only appropriate course of action". Continue reading...
Paris police shooting: Macron says killing of teenager ‘inexcusable’
President condemns incident as riots erupt in Nanterre after fatal shooting that followed traffic stopEmmanuel Macron has called for calm and warned against unrest spreading across France, after police shot dead a teenager during a traffic stop in Nanterre and appeared to have lied about the circumstances of the killing.The French president described the shooting dead of the 17-year-old as inexcusable", in rare criticism of law enforcement. Continue reading...
Pilot dumps drugs over rural France after being pursued by fighter jet
Suspected trafficker arrested after throwing 15 packages of white powder from tourist planeA French fighter jet intercepted a tourist plane over a remote region of France over the weekend, leading the pilot of the small aircraft to throw out more than a dozen bags of suspected drugs, security and air force sources told AFP.One of France's most modern fighters was sent to check on the single-seater tourist plane over the remote Ardeche region on Saturday after it flew through restricted airspace near a nuclear plant and was judged to be manoeuvring suspiciously. Continue reading...
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