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• Warning: this story contains extremely offensive language heard in courtCourt hears police constable Rolfe talked of having ‘smashed’ Aboriginal community and described local people as ‘neanderthals’An inquest into the police shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker has heard that Zachary Rolfe, the constable acquitted of his murder, was involved in text message exchanges in which officers described Aboriginal people as “losers”, “grubby fucks”, “coons” and “niggas”, and discussed using force to “towel them up”.Walker, 19, was shot three times by Rolfe during an attempted arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu in November 2019. Rolfe was found not guilty of murder and two alternative charges after a six-week trial in the NT supreme court in Darwin earlier this year. Continue reading...

Colombian national vanished when attempting to hike 14km on rainforest track after attending Orin Aya music festival south of Cooktown

Revelation about former president’s concern reported in new book The Divider by Peter Baker and Susan GlasserIn December 2020, Donald Trump told friends he was afraid Iran would try to assassinate him in revenge for the death of Qassem Suleimani, an Iranian general killed in a US drone strike nearly a year before.The startling news is reported in a new book by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, a husband-and-wife team who write for the New York Times and the New Yorker. Continue reading...

The papers show pictures of a hearse delivering the Queen’s coffin to the palace where it will rest overnightThere’s only one place to start for the papers as the Queen’s coffin was driven through the gates of Buckingham Palace in what was inevitably dubbed the “final homecoming”.The front of Wednesday’s Mirror features a dramatic picture of the hearse sweeping towards the brightly lit palace as crowds formed a roadside guard of honour. “Led home by lights of love”, the headline says. Continue reading...

The capital of the central Asian country was renamed Nur-sultan in 2019 in honour of outgoing president Nursultan NazarbayevKazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he renamed it in honour of his predecessor, his spokesperson said.Tokayev’s spokesman, Ruslan Zheliban, said the president agreed to the name change after an initiative by a group of MPs. Continue reading...

Plans show 1,000 volunteers will help manage queue, which may be closed if numbers become too greatOfficials have set out the formal plans for a queue up to five miles long for people to pay respects to the Queen lying in state, a complex logistical exercise including toilets, first aid and round-the-clock refreshments on the route.With hundreds of thousands of people expected to queue for many hours to get the chance to view the Queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall, volunteers from groups including the Scouts and Salvation Army have been drafted in to help. Continue reading...

State department cites intelligence assessment of covert activities in more than two dozen countriesRussia has covertly spent more than $300m since 2014 to try to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries, according to a newly declassified state department cable.The cable, signed by the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and released on Tuesday, cites a new intelligence assessment of Russia’s global covert efforts to support policies and parties sympathetic to Moscow. The cable does not name specific Russian targets but says the US is providing classified information to select individual countries. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Health officials ‘aghast’ as review launched of measures to deter people from eating junk foodThe UK government could scrap its entire anti-obesity strategy after ministers ordered an official review of measures designed to deter people from eating junk food, the Guardian can reveal.The review could pave the way for Liz Truss to lift the ban on sugary products being displayed at checkouts as well as “buy one get one free” multi-buy deals in shops. The restrictions on advertising certain products on TV before the 9pm watershed could also be ditched. Continue reading...

Tayson Latigue and Frantzsen Charles were among seven journalists who came under attack on SundayTwo Haitian reporters have been shot dead and their bodies set on fire while reporting in a slum controlled by gangs in the capital, in the second such killing this year.Tayson Latigue and Frantzsen Charles were among seven journalists who came under attack on Sunday in the Cité Soleil district of Port-au-Prince. They were investigating worsening violence in the area, including the recent killing of a 17-year-old girl, according to a statement from Haiti’s Association of Independent Journalists. Continue reading...

The medical report on death of 91-year-old director said he had chosen to end his life

PC Hussain Chehab is accused of four counts of sexual activity with a child aged 13 to 15 among other chargesA serving Metropolitan police officer has been charged with more than a dozen offences including four counts of sexual activity with a child aged 13 to 15, the force has said.PC Hussain Chehab was also charged with five counts of making indecent photographs/pseudo-photographs of a child, one count of taking indecent images of children, one count of engaging in sexual communication with a child, one count of distributing indecent images of a child and one count of encouraging or assisting in the distribution of indecent images of children. Continue reading...

British consulate in Hong Kong extends opening hours as thousands gather to remember ‘boss lady’

Monarch is exempt under 1993 agreement but Charles will pay income tax as his mother didKing Charles will not pay tax on the fortune he has inherited from the late Queen, although he has volunteered to follow his mother’s lead in paying income tax.Under a clause agreed in 1993 by the then prime minister, John Major, any inheritance passed “sovereign to sovereign” avoids the 40% levy applied to assets valued at more than £325,000. Continue reading...

Tens of thousands of people – royalists and ‘soft republicans’ alike – visit Royal Mile to pay respects to late monarch

Chancellor suggests change of emphasis is needed after he sacked top civil servant whom he credited for tight control of spendingUK Treasury officials have been told to refocus on annual growth of 2.5% rather than prioritising fiscal discipline in a call with the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.The prime minister, Liz Truss, promised a return to the economic growth target for the UK of 2.5% a year during her campaign for the Conservative party leadership, a level which has not been consistently met since before the 2008 banking crisis. Continue reading...

Yemeni national held as Saudi Arabia forbids pilgrims from carrying banners or chanting slogans

The radical director of Breathless and Alphaville, and who was a key figure in the French nouvelle vague, has diedJean-Luc Godard, the French-Swiss director who was a key figure in the Nouvelle Vague, the film-making movement that revolutionised cinema in the late 1950s and 60s, has died aged 91, French newspaper Liberation reported.Best known for his iconoclastic, seemingly improvised filming style, as well as unbending radicalism, Godard made his mark with a series of increasingly politicised films in the 1960s, before enjoying an unlikely career revival in recent years, with films such as Film Socialisme and Goodbye to Language as he experimented with digital technology. Continue reading...

Counsel assisting the coroner told court texts ‘reveal disturbing attitudes towards Aboriginal people’

Secret Foreign Office unit distributed literature from fake sources to discredit Stokely CarmichaelThe British government targeted the American civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael and sought to weaken the Black Power movement with covert disinformation campaigns, recently declassified documents have revealed.The effort was the work of a secret unit known as the Information Research Department, based in London and part of the Foreign Office, which created and distributed literature from fake sources as part of a broader effort to destabilise cold war enemies. Continue reading...

Thinktank says richest tenth of UK households would receive £4,700 on average, and poorest tenth £2,200Liz Truss’s plans for an energy price freeze and sweeping tax cuts will give Britain’s richest households twice as much financial support with living costs as the poorest households, according to a leading thinktank.The Resolution Foundation said the prime minister’s energy package, announced hours before news of the death of the Queen last week, would come with a “colossal” price tag for taxpayers that was poorly targeted to help those most in need when combined with tax cuts promised in her leadership campaign. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Move is part of Bank of England’s delayed health check of financial industryThe UK’s largest banks will be tested on their ability to withstand a rise in defaults linked to sky-high energy prices, as part of the Bank of England’s delayed health check of the financial industry.The Guardian understands that Threadneedle Street has crafted a new crisis scenario that will feature a deep economic recession, punctuated by soaring energy bills that could make it harder for some borrowers – particularly businesses – to afford loan repayments. Continue reading...

Unionists need to mask any fear of fraying UK bonds and Sinn Féin to uphold its republican principles

Community leaders are searching for people they fear may be buried under landslides triggered by a magnitude 7.6 quake on SundayThe death toll from a magnitude 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday has risen to seven, and authorities fear many more could be missing, dead, or buried under landslides.The earthquake struck in the Markham Valley, in Morobe, on the north coast of Papua New Guinea, and was followed by a second 5.0 magnitude earthquake. Continue reading...

Monarch features on coins ‘as a matter of tradition’, but Elizabeth II is on banknote due to her ‘personal’ status, minister says

Series of incidents in Edinburgh, London and Oxford include woman being charged after protest outside St Giles’ Cathedral

Service of thanksgiving at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh pulses with history as nation pays its respects

Emergency budget will give chance to get back on front foot. But first, PM has to gauge nation’s mood in period of mourning Queen’s deathAs Liz Truss processed out of Westminster Hall behind King Charles, over the brass plaques marking the trials of Guy Fawkes and Charles I, and the spot where the Queen Mother lay in state, she looked like she was personally bearing the weight of history on her shoulders.Her face grave and drawn, the new prime minister may have been reflecting on the new King’s words when he addressed MPs and peers assembled in the 900-year-old building: “Parliament is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy.” Continue reading...

The price of some accommodation has apparently increased by more than 300%Accommodation bookings in London have increased as people from elsewhere in the UK and around the world make plans to head to the capital for the Queen’s funeral, with some hotels apparently raising their prices by more than 300%.Hotels ranging from budget to high-end have reported an increase in custom, with one travel expert saying demand for place to stay is at its highest since the 2012 Olympics. Continue reading...

Fireworks crackled in the Russian capital even as a speedy retreat took place in Kharkiv – but the war could soon become a harder sell

Bloc including far-right Sweden Democrats on course for one-seat majority with last votes to be countedSweden’s future is balanced on a knife-edge as the country awaits a final tally of the votes in Sunday’s general election, in which a loose bloc of rightwing parties led by the far-right Sweden Democrats – now the second largest party – holds the slimmest of majorities.With 95% of the vote counted, the right bloc was on 49.7%, while four parties on the left, including the incumbent Social Democrats, stood at 49%. The final picture will come on Wednesday after the votes of Swedish citizens living abroad and those of some who voted early are counted. Continue reading...

American photographer who made his mark with imagery of fashion and urban life died ‘peacefully’ in Paris

Internal data shows 670 objections, in stark contrast with the 100,000 that accompanied death of husbandThe BBC’s wall-to-wall coverage of the Queen’s death has avoided the mass of complaints that accompanied its output when Prince Philip died, although broadcasters are edging back towards normal schedules as viewing figures start to dip.Internal BBC complaints data show it received about 670 objections from people who felt last Thursday’s coverage of the Queen’s death was excessive, compared with the 100,000 who objected to its output to mark her husband dying. Sources suggested the number had increased in recent days but remained relatively low, with a formal tally due to be published later this week. Continue reading...

UK stores not required to shut on 19 September and some may instead opt to open for reduced bank holiday hours

As IAEA board meets, Israel says Iran will be able to produce enough material for three warheads in weeksTensions around a breakdown in talks between Iran and the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme escalated on Monday when Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, claimed that Iran would be able to produce enough enriched uranium to make three nuclear warheads within a few weeks.Gantz also revealed a map detailing 10 facilities in Syria allegedly being used to arm Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah. He said the facilities represented a threat to Israel’s security. Continue reading...

Charles becoming King has created a new hierarchy, with Prince William now first in line to the throne

Campaigner’s daughter, Cassie Parris, says she will continue to ‘fight for those who face injustice’ in his nameTributes have poured in for Tony Paris, who became a campaigner for justice after being wrongly convicted for the notorious 1988 murder of Lynette White in Cardiff’s docklands.Paris, who has died aged 65, was one of the “Cardiff Three”, who were jailed in 1990 but cleared two years later at the appeal court. The real murderer, Jeffrey Gafoor, was convicted in 2003. Continue reading...

Royal parks also ask public to remove wrapping from flowers in effort to keep tributes organic and compostable

LBC presenter said to be saddened after his voice was replaced with Kirsty Young’s at the last minute

Charles becoming King has created a new hierarchy, with Prince William now first in line to the throne

Duke of Sussex calls his grandmother his ‘guiding compass’, thanking her for her ‘sound advice’ and ‘infectious smile’

The women, both aged 20 and close friends, died after their car entered lake in Aveley early on Sunday morning

One estimate says people could wait 12 hours to pay respects at Westminster Hall in London

After initially applauding Hanson’s attack on Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, the Tasmanian senator has qualified her stance

State government committed to introducing legislation by end of 2023 but police need ‘extensive training’, attorney general says

Jacinda Ardern says it is time to ‘turn the page’ on the pandemic as she scraps all but a handful of restrictionsJacinda Ardern has declared it “time to safely turn the page” on New Zealand’s Covid-19 restrictions, scrapping all but a handful of remaining rules.New Zealand, which once eliminated the virus through the toughest pandemic rules in the world, has made relaxations similar to Australian or European conditions. Continue reading...

With limited sitting days left before parliament rises for the year, PM says promise was only to introduce federal Icac bill