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- Rwanda accused of stalking, harassing and threatening exiles in US
- Women in Canada’s military face greater harm from comrades than enemy, says judge
- Cali cartel boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela dies in US prison
- White Canadian man found guilty of murder of two Indigenous hunters
- China’s Wang Yi heads to Papua New Guinea amid tensions over election
- Cheng Lei: partner of Australian journalist detained in China says he is concerned about her declining health
- North Korea’s Covid outbreak likely ‘getting worse’, WHO says
- ‘Like McDonald’s with no burgers’: Singapore faces chicken shortage as Malaysia bans export
- Penny Wong ramps up Pacific lobbying effort as she flies out to Samoa and Tonga
- Australia news live updates: Samoan PM says Pacific countries ‘greatly encouraged’ by Labor climate stance
- Body of woman found after partial human leg discovered on NT highway
- Gas market trigger won’t fix ‘bin fire’ left by Coalition, energy minister Chris Bowen says
- Ousted Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn to lead Democratic Labour Party
- Surge in cold and flu cases driving 50% increase in workplace sick leave across Australia
- Disgraced Hey Dad! actor and convicted child sex offender Robert Hughes granted parole
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 99 of the invasion
- Denmark votes overwhelmingly to join EU’s common defence policy
- ‘Raise the roof’: Scotland and Ukraine fans unite in song at Hampden
- EU approves Poland Covid recovery fund despite judicial concern
- UK agrees to launch full inquiry into drowning of 27 people in Channel
- British rider Mark Purslow dies aged 29 after Isle of Man TT qualifying accident
- Euan Blair: from PM’s son to £700m business and an MBE
- Boris Johnson critic Jeremy Wright knighted in birthday honours
- Rio Ferdinand given OBE and Damian Lewis CBE in Queen’s birthday honours list
- Birthday honours: dance teacher, 104, and NHS fundraisers, 11, among recipients
- QC to examine NUS president election in antisemitism inquiry
- Four killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building, police say
- Jada Pinkett Smith hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock will ‘reconcile’ after Oscars slap
- Sheryl Sandberg steps down as chief operating officer of Facebook parent company Meta
- Adm Linda Fagan becomes first female to lead US armed forces branch
- Depp-Heard trial verdict: jury rules in favor of Johnny Depp
- Bipartisan group of US senators push for compromise on gun control legislation – as it happened
| Rwanda accused of stalking, harassing and threatening exiles in US Posted: 01 Jun 2022 09:10 PM PDT African state that signed deal with UK to host asylum seekers perpetrates 'transnational repression', Freedom House report says Rwanda has been accused of being among the worst perpetrators of "transnational repression" in the US, stalking, harassing and threatening exiles there, according to a new report. The report by the Freedom House advocacy group in Washington, names Rwanda alongside China, Russia, Iran and Egypt as the principal offenders in seeking to extend the reach of their repressive regimes into the US. Continue reading... |
| Women in Canada’s military face greater harm from comrades than enemy, says judge Posted: 01 Jun 2022 11:53 AM PDT Leadership 'incapable of examining which aspects of its culture have been the most deficient,' writes Louise Arbour in report Some members of the Canadian military face greater harm from their comrades than from the enemy, according to a new report on sexual violence in the Canadian armed forces (CAF). Called the Arbour report after its author, the former supreme court justice Louise Arbour, the 404-page document pinpoints the many failures of the CAF over the years to address misogyny, discrimination, sexual violence and trauma experienced predominantly by female members of the military. Continue reading... |
| Cali cartel boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela dies in US prison Posted: 01 Jun 2022 11:49 AM PDT Rodríguez Orejuela, 83, was a rival of Pablo Escobar and controlled 80% of the global cocaine market Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the Cali cartel – and bitter rival of Pablo Escobar – has died in a US prison, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Sometimes known by his alias 'The Chessplayer,' Rodríguez Orejuela, 83, helped lead the Cali cartel, which once controlled 80% of the global cocaine market, according to a report from the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Continue reading... |
| White Canadian man found guilty of murder of two Indigenous hunters Posted: 01 Jun 2022 08:19 AM PDT Jury finds Anthony Bilodeau and his father guilty in the deaths of Maurice Cardinal and his nephew, Jacob Sansom, who were Métis A white man who shot and killed two Indigenous hunters on a country road in the Canadian province of Alberta has been found guilty of murder and manslaughter in a case that laid bare racial tensions in the region. The man's father was also found guilty of two counts of manslaughter. Anthony Bilodeau, 33, and his father, Roger Bilodeau, 58, were charged in the deaths of Maurice Cardinal, 57, and his nephew, Jacob Sansom, 39, on a March 2020 evening. After deliberating for less than a day, an Edmonton jury found both men guilty late on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| China’s Wang Yi heads to Papua New Guinea amid tensions over election Posted: 01 Jun 2022 08:59 PM PDT Former PM Peter O'Neill criticises timing of foreign minister's visit, saying no agreements should be signed with Beijing before poll China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, arrives on Thursday in Papua New Guinea, where tensions are high in the lead-up to a national election and an official told media Beijing's proposal for a regional security pact has caused resentment. The timing of Wang's visit has also been criticised by the former Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill, who is campaigning for the top job, in a series of media interviews where he said no agreements should be signed with China before the election. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2022 08:13 PM PDT Nick Coyle says monthly consular visits by Australian officials were suspended because of China's strict Covid-19 protocols
The partner of Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei – detained by Beijing authorities since August 2020 – has said he has serious concerns about her declining health behind bars in an interview aired on Thursday. Cheng, a mother of two and former anchor at Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, was formally arrested in February 2021, when she was charged with "supplying state secrets overseas". Continue reading... |
| North Korea’s Covid outbreak likely ‘getting worse’, WHO says Posted: 01 Jun 2022 06:16 PM PDT Experts doubt state media claims that the worst is over, as WHO warns of global dangers of letting the virus spread unchecked The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea's claims of progress in the fight against a Covid-19 outbreak, saying it believes the situation is getting worse, not better, amid an absence of independent data. North Korean state media has claimed the Covid wave has abated, after daily numbers of people with fever topped 390,000 about two weeks ago. Continue reading... |
| ‘Like McDonald’s with no burgers’: Singapore faces chicken shortage as Malaysia bans export Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:38 AM PDT Move to ease inflation threatens city-state's de-facto national dish of poached chicken and rice Supplies of Singapore's beloved de-facto national dish, chicken and rice, are under threat after neighbouring Malaysia banned exports of the meat in an attempt to ease domestic price increases. The Malaysian prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, announced last week that the country would block exports of 3.6 million chickens a month from 1 June to stabilise supply at home. The ban is expected to lead to price increases and shortages in Singapore, which relies upon Malaysia for a third of its poultry imports. Continue reading... |
| Penny Wong ramps up Pacific lobbying effort as she flies out to Samoa and Tonga Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:28 AM PDT Foreign affairs minister tells regional leaders 'we understand we need to work together like never before' as battle for influence with China intensifies Penny Wong is embarking on her third international trip since being sworn in as foreign affairs minister and will travel to two more Pacific countries – Samoa and Tonga – as Australia and China vie for influence in the region. Before boarding her flight on Wednesday evening, Wong said Australia would "increase our contribution to regional security" and work together with Pacific countries "like never before". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2022 09:18 PM PDT Penny Wong and Samoa PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa give joint press conference; Chris Bowen to meet with state ministers over energy crisis; Canva pulls out of Russia; nation records at least 55 Covid deaths. Follow all the day's developments
Treasurer questioned on staff shortages in hospitality Amid his media blitz, treasurer Jim Chalmers appeared on Sunrise this morning discussing energy woes. What are we going to do to alleviate those staff issues and how long is it going to take for that to happen? Obviously there is a role for cheaper childcare so that if people want to work more and earn more we can tap [into] that really big workforce of parents that find it too hard because they get priced out of work by the childcare system. And we are up for ... conversation with business about migration settings to make sure that they are appropriate so that they are not a substitute for doing those other things at home. Continue reading... |
| Body of woman found after partial human leg discovered on NT highway Posted: 01 Jun 2022 08:49 PM PDT Police arrest man and woman over alleged traffic incident involving pedestrian on Stuart Highway on Darwin's outskirts The body of an Indigenous woman has been found after a partial human leg was discovered on a major Northern Territory highway two days ago. The body was found on Darwin's outskirts on Wednesday night and NT police have arrested a man and a woman over an alleged traffic incident involving a pedestrian on the Stuart Highway on Monday night. Continue reading... |
| Gas market trigger won’t fix ‘bin fire’ left by Coalition, energy minister Chris Bowen says Posted: 01 Jun 2022 07:55 PM PDT Bowen says mechanism designed to limit energy price rises, if used, would have no impact until next January
The Albanese government has ruled out the early use of a gas market mechanism set up by the Turnbull government to limit energy price rises, saying it could not be activated until January and was not designed to cap prices. The Australian domestic gas security mechanism was set up in 2017, and could not come into operation without consultation with the industry, new climate and energy minister Chris Bowen told his first media conference after being sworn in yesterday. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Ousted Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn to lead Democratic Labour Party Posted: 01 Jun 2022 07:24 PM PDT Finn now on crossbench after Liberals expelled him over Facebook post saying abortion should be banned even for rape survivors
Controversial Victorian MP Bernie Finn will lead the Democratic Labour party into the state's November election, saying he hopes the fringe party will help control the balance of power in the upper house. Last week, the Victorian Liberals voted to expel Finn from the parliamentary party after he posted on Facebook saying abortion should be banned, even for survivors of rape. The decision forced Finn to move to the crossbench in the upper house. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Surge in cold and flu cases driving 50% increase in workplace sick leave across Australia Posted: 01 Jun 2022 06:05 PM PDT Data shows rates of absenteeism in the first two weeks of May were well above the seasonally-adjusted average A "perfect storm" of circulating winter illnesses and a lack of immunity due to the population not being exposed to the flu in recent years is driving a surge in Australian workers calling in sick, with absenteeism rates in May about 50% above the long-term average. Across Australia, rates of personal leave in the first two weeks of May were 49% above the seasonally adjusted baseline, according to small and medium business payroll data from MYOB provided to Guardian Australia. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Disgraced Hey Dad! actor and convicted child sex offender Robert Hughes granted parole Posted: 01 Jun 2022 05:59 PM PDT The 73-year-old, who was sentenced in 2014 to a maximum of 10 years and nine months in prison, will be deported to UK upon release Disgraced Hey Dad! actor and convicted child sex offender Robert Hughes has been granted parole and will be deported to the United Kingdom after his release from jail this month. Hughes, who starred as Martin Kelly in the TV comedy from 1987 to 1994, was sentenced in 2014 to a maximum of 10 years and nine months in prison, which is due to expire in January 2025. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 99 of the invasion Posted: 01 Jun 2022 06:50 PM PDT Russia hits back at US supply of medium-range rocket systems; Russian forces control two-thirds of Sievierodonetsk; Ukraine suffers 100 casualties a day Continue reading... |
| Denmark votes overwhelmingly to join EU’s common defence policy Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:14 PM PDT Government's proposal to ditch opt-out backed by 66.9% to 33.1% in referendum following Russia's invasion of Ukraine Denmark has voted overwhelmingly to join the EU's common defence policy, becoming the last of the bloc's members to sign up, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to reshape Europe's security landscape. The referendum on Wednesday, in which voters backed the government's proposal by 66.9% to 33.1%, followed historic applications by Denmark's previously non-aligned Nordic neighbours, Finland and Sweden, to join Nato last month. Continue reading... |
| ‘Raise the roof’: Scotland and Ukraine fans unite in song at Hampden Posted: 01 Jun 2022 11:05 AM PDT Supporters of both teams sing Ukrainian national anthem before Wednesday night's World Cup qualifier in Glasgow Standing on the steps of Hampden in the late afternoon sunlight, Jim Struthers is wearing the same Scotland top he wore in 1998 – the last time his team qualified for the World Cup – but his heart is with Ukraine. "It's a very poignant evening," says the Tartan Army stalwart, who has been supporting the Scottish national team for nearly half a century, and has come together with other fans to perform the Ukrainian national anthem – led by the opera singer Vasyl Savenko – on the steps of the Glasgow stadium as the crowds stream in for Wednesday's qualifier. Continue reading... |
| EU approves Poland Covid recovery fund despite judicial concern Posted: 01 Jun 2022 10:16 AM PDT European Commission to decide whether Poland has met requirements to reform its legal system The European Commission has approved a long-delayed Covid recovery plan for Poland, overriding concerns that Warsaw is making cosmetic changes to its heavily criticised legal system to unlock EU cash. The commission's president, Ursula von der Leyen, is expected to sign the agreement in Warsaw on Thursday, although Poland will have to initiate further judicial reforms to access €35.4bn (£30bn) in recovery grants and loans. Continue reading... |
| UK agrees to launch full inquiry into drowning of 27 people in Channel Posted: 01 Jun 2022 10:01 AM PDT Lawyers for bereaved relatives say 'serious failings' in rescue operation may have contributed to deaths The government has agreed to launch a full investigation into the drowning of at least 27 people trying to cross the Channel in a small boat last November. The decision by the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, to agree to what is known as an article 2 inquiry – an independent investigation – is revealed in correspondence between his lawyers and eight relatives of 11 of the victims. Continue reading... |
| British rider Mark Purslow dies aged 29 after Isle of Man TT qualifying accident Posted: 01 Jun 2022 04:51 PM PDT
The British motorcycle rider Mark Purslow has died in an accident during qualifying for the Isle of Man TT races. "We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Mark's family, loved ones, and friends," race organisers said in a statement on Wednesday evening. "The TT Races will continue – but always with Mark in mind." Continue reading... |
| Euan Blair: from PM’s son to £700m business and an MBE Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:30 PM PDT Co-founder of Multiverse believes 'obsession with the academic' is holding some people back He is the son of a former prime minister, the proud new owner of a £22m home in west London, and at 38 years old, Euan Blair was on Wednesday awarded an MBE for services to education. Tony Blair's eldest child made headlines as a teenager for being found by police "drunk and incapable" in Leicester Square after celebrating the end of his GCSEs in 2000. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson critic Jeremy Wright knighted in birthday honours Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:30 PM PDT Euan Blair is awarded MBE, Arelene Foster becomes dame, and Rio Ferdinand and Damian Lewis recognised The Conservative former attorney general Jeremy Wright, who this week called on Boris Johnson to resign, becomes a knight in the birthday honours list, while Euan Blair, the multimillionaire son of the former prime minister Tony Blair, is awarded an MBE. Also on the list, released before the Queen's platinum jubilee, is Arlene Foster, the former first minister in Northern Ireland, who becomes a dame. The football commentator Rio Ferdinand and the actor Damian Lewis are among sports and arts figures to be recognised. Continue reading... |
| Rio Ferdinand given OBE and Damian Lewis CBE in Queen’s birthday honours list Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:30 PM PDT Gareth Bale, Eve Muirhead, Bonnie Tyler and Chi-chi Nwanoku among honourees from arts and sport Football commentator Rio Ferdinand and actor Damian Lewis are among well-known faces from the worlds of sport and the arts recognised in the platinum jubilee Queen's birthday honours. Lewis, 51, star of Band of Brothers, Homeland and Wolf Hall, receives a CBE for services to drama and charity. During the coronavirus lockdown he and his late wife, the actor Helen McCrory, co-founded Feed NHS, helping to raise more than £1m to give food from high street restaurants to NHS staff. The honour comes after McCrory, 52, a star of stage and screen including roles in Peaky Blinders and the Harry Potter films, died in April 2021 after suffering from cancer. Continue reading... |
| Birthday honours: dance teacher, 104, and NHS fundraisers, 11, among recipients Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:30 PM PDT Awards also go to doctor who volunteered on Covid frontline and campaigner for women's safety From the oldest, aged 104, to the youngest, 11-year-old twins, the majority of honours are awarded to ordinary individuals who have undertaken extraordinary acts for their communities. Dance teacher Angela Redgrave, 104, of the Bristol School for Dancing, who taught for 70 years, receives a BEM. Twins Elena and Ruben Evans-Guillen, from Warrington, Cheshire, are the youngest ever recipients and receive BEMs after raising £50,000 for the NHS over the past three years. Continue reading... |
| QC to examine NUS president election in antisemitism inquiry Posted: 01 Jun 2022 11:56 AM PDT Rebecca Tuck says internal investigation into president-elect Shaima Dallali will take priority The QC leading an independent investigation into alleged antisemitism within the National Union of Students has announced she will examine the election of the organisation's incoming president as well as wider concerns. Rebecca Tuck, who was appointed to head the inquiry after consultations between the NUS and the Union of Jewish Students (UJS), said an internal investigation into Shaima Dallali, the president-elect, under the NUS's code of conduct would take first priority, with her findings to be announced within weeks. Continue reading... |
| Four killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building, police say Posted: 01 Jun 2022 06:47 PM PDT Authorities say the shooter is also dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound, with several others injured Four people were killed in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on Wednesday, according to a police captain who described a "catastrophic scene". Eric Dalgleish, deputy chief of the Tulsa police department, confirmed that four people were dead, not including the shooter, who apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Continue reading... |
| Jada Pinkett Smith hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock will ‘reconcile’ after Oscars slap Posted: 01 Jun 2022 06:14 PM PDT Actor, who has alopecia, has finally addressed her husband's decision to slap Rock over a joke about her shaved head at the Academy Awards Jada Pinkett Smith has finally spoken about the shocking moment her husband, Will Smith, slapped the comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, saying she hopes that "these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile". On the latest episode of her Facebook Watch show, Red Table Talk, Pinkett Smith turned her husband's blowup into a teachable moment about alopecia areata, dedicating the episode to the hair loss disorder that affects her and millions of others. Continue reading... |
| Sheryl Sandberg steps down as chief operating officer of Facebook parent company Meta Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:25 PM PDT Sandberg joined the company in 2008 and will leave the company this fall, although she will continue to be on Meta's board Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and its parent company Meta, has announced she will step down from her role, ending 14 years in the job that made her one of the most powerful figures in the tech world and saw the company weather a meteoric rise and multiple controversies. Sandberg announced the move in a post on her own Facebook page on Wednesday, adding that she was not sure of what the future holds for her but plans to focus on her foundation and philanthropic work going forward. Continue reading... |
| Adm Linda Fagan becomes first female to lead US armed forces branch Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:08 PM PDT Fagan, who has been second-in-command at the coast guard, will serve as the 27th commandant Adm Linda L Fagan will be the first woman to lead a branch of the US armed forces, serving as the 27th commandant of the US coast guard. Fagan will lead the coast guard after being sworn into the position on Wednesday, reported the Associated Press. Continue reading... |
| Depp-Heard trial verdict: jury rules in favor of Johnny Depp Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:46 PM PDT The focus of the case was a 2018 editorial Heard wrote calling herself 'a public figure representing domestic abuse' The jury in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial has ruled in favor of Johnny Depp, finding that a Washington Post editorial she wrote defamed her former husband. The jurors' unanimous decision on Wednesday capped a seven-week trial in a Virginia courtroom which featured dozens of witnesses and experts weighing in on whether Depp was abusive to Heard – or vice versa – during their 15-month marriage. Continue reading... |
| Bipartisan group of US senators push for compromise on gun control legislation – as it happened Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:28 PM PDT
In more midterms news, independent Tiffany Bond of Maine has secured enough verified signatures to qualify for a spot on the ballot this November, according to the Press Herald. This upends one of the most closely-watched races of the cycle: a rematch between Democratic congressman Jared Golden and former Republican congressman Bruce Poliquin for Maines second congressional district. Continue reading... |
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