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- Government’s Rwanda asylum policy is ‘absolutely shameful’, says Lady Amos
- ‘Farmgate’ threatens Cyril Ramaphosa’s South Africa re-election bid
- ‘Marching towards starvation’: UN warns of hell on earth if Ukraine war goes on
- ‘Frankly insulting’: Rwanda resents its portrayal in UK asylum row
- Blind Kenyan singer goes to court over rejected presidential candidacy
- Raab says court was wrong to block Rwanda deportation flight
- Police say remains found in Brazilian Amazon belong to Dom Phillips
- Monkey shot dead as Mexican cartels’ passion for exotic pets leaves bloody toll
- Canadian priest arrested for 1960s sexual assault at First Nations residential school
- In his own words: Dom Phillips’ reporting on Brazil and the Amazon
- Police losing narco war in deadly Amazon region where duo disappeared
- ‘Heartbroken’: family pay tribute to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
- Heaven Supermarket: the Beijing bar at centre of Covid outbreak
- China launches third aircraft carrier in military advance
- Taipei cools tempers by cutting traffic light wait time for summer
- ‘This is another pandemic’: a female survivor of domestic abuse in China speaks out
- UN human rights chief could not speak to detained Uyghurs or families during Xinjiang visit
- Australia news live updates: federal government says Assange case has ‘dragged on for too long’; at least 54 Covid deaths across nation
- Catholic church uses paedophile priest’s death as shield against new allegations in NSW
- Aboriginal people make up vast majority of pedestrian deaths in NT
- Dan and Dom: the two premiers leading a vibe shift in Australian politics
- ‘Great equaliser’: fears higher parking costs may limit access to iconic Sydney beaches
- Russian billionaire launches legal action against Australia’s foreign minister over sanctions
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 115 of the invasion
- International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened
- What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis
- Putin calls Ukraine war sanctions ‘insane’ in combative speech
- France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine
- Cleaner who led pay strike faces former minister in Paris election
- UN calls on UAE to release British man imprisoned in Dubai since 2008
- ‘Frankly quite stupid’: rights groups condemn Biden’s Saudi Arabia visit
- Closing Syria aid route would be ‘catastrophe’, UN warned
- Biden Saudi visit is ‘presidential pardon for murder’, says ex-spy chief’s son
- Female Labour MPs call on PM to scrap new rape victim guidance
- Cost-of-living crisis for councils will make levelling up a distant dream
- Schools and libraries face huge cuts after soaring costs create £1.7bn shortfall
- Geidt doubles down on claims No 10 wanted to break international law
- Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner return questionnaires to Durham police
- Coeliac patient died after being fed Weetabix in hospital, inquiry hears
- TikTok moves to ease fears amid report workers in China accessed US users’ data
- US must re-examine risks of glyphosate, key Roundup weed-killer ingredient
- ‘It gives us great hope’: mom of missing US serviceman says video is authentic
- ‘A one-sided witch-hunt’: angry Trump lashes out at January 6 hearings
- California Taiwanese church shooting suspect charged with hate crime for May attack
- Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt charges in January 6 case – as it happened
| Government’s Rwanda asylum policy is ‘absolutely shameful’, says Lady Amos Posted: 17 Jun 2022 09:51 AM PDT Labour peer who is first black member of Order of the Garter says scheme threatens to undermine UK's global standing Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is an "absolutely shameful" policy that threatens to undermine Britain's potential to lead in a changing world, the Labour peer Valerie Amos has said. Lady Amos, who this week became the first black member of the Order of the Garter, said the scheme "sends a message" to other countries about "how seriously we take our responsibilities" to the UN's security council and charter on refugees. Continue reading... |
| ‘Farmgate’ threatens Cyril Ramaphosa’s South Africa re-election bid Posted: 17 Jun 2022 09:31 AM PDT President is accused of trying to cover up theft of millions of US dollars hidden at his game farm The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is facing the most serious personal challenge of his four years in power after claims he tried to cover up the theft of millions of US dollars hidden at his game farm. The scandal – labelled Farmgate by South African media – could potentially derail Ramaphosa's efforts to win a second term in power and destabilise Africa's most developed economy. Continue reading... |
| ‘Marching towards starvation’: UN warns of hell on earth if Ukraine war goes on Posted: 17 Jun 2022 06:59 AM PDT Unprecedented food shortages could spark riots in dozens of countries as Black Sea blockade adds to pressures, says WFP chief Dozens of countries risk protests, riots and political violence this year as food prices surge around the world, the head of the food-aid branch of the United Nations has warned. Speaking in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday, David Beasley, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), said the world faced "frightening" shortages that could destabilise countries that depend on wheat exports from Ukraine and Russia. Continue reading... |
| ‘Frankly insulting’: Rwanda resents its portrayal in UK asylum row Posted: 17 Jun 2022 04:36 AM PDT Kigali government seeks to shift narrative with managed tours of processing facilities and accommodation for deportees Rwanda has been caught in the eye of a British political storm this week, and its officials are not happy with how the country has been portrayed. It was preparing to welcome asylum seekers on Tuesday until a dramatic 11th-hour ruling by the European court of human rights. Continue reading... |
| Blind Kenyan singer goes to court over rejected presidential candidacy Posted: 16 Jun 2022 03:14 AM PDT Reuben Kigame's campaign team claims the Electoral Commission discriminated against him because of his disability A gospel singer who wants to be Kenya's first disabled presidential candidate has brought a case in the country's courts after being barred from the electoral race. Reuben Kigame, who is blind, filed against Kenya's Electoral Commission (IEBC) last Tuesday, claiming he had been blocked from entering the 9 August election. Continue reading... |
| Raab says court was wrong to block Rwanda deportation flight Posted: 16 Jun 2022 03:09 AM PDT Decision by European court of human rights strengthens case for overhaul of UK laws, says deputy PM A last-minute court ruling that prevented the first asylum seekers being forcibly removed to Rwanda was wrong and has strengthened the case for overhauling Britain's human rights laws, Dominic Raab has said. The deputy prime minister urged the European court of human rights (ECHR) to "respect the limits of its mandate", though rejected calls from some Conservative MPs to cut ties with the Strasbourg-based body. Continue reading... |
| Police say remains found in Brazilian Amazon belong to Dom Phillips Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:45 PM PDT Officials give confirmation after forensic tests, as police suggest killings were not carried out upon orders from organised crime
Forensic tests carried out on human remains found in the Brazilian Amazon have confirmed that they belonged to Dom Phillips, the British journalist who went missing with the Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira. Brazil's federal police said late on Friday that it could "confirm that the remains of Dom Phillips are part of the [human] material" found on Wednesday after an 11-day search along the banks of the Itaquaí river. They had been buried in a densely forested area two hours from the nearest town. Continue reading... |
| Monkey shot dead as Mexican cartels’ passion for exotic pets leaves bloody toll Posted: 17 Jun 2022 11:04 AM PDT Spider monkey dressed up as gang mascot killed in shootout, and man dies in Michoacán after trying to pet captive tiger Mexican narcos' fascination with exotic animals has been on display this week after a spider monkey dressed up as a drug gang mascot was killed in a shootout, a 200kg tiger wandered the streets in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, and a man died after trying to pet a captive tiger in a cartel-dominated area of western Michoacán state. Eleven suspected gang members died in the shootout on Tuesday in the state of Mexico, which surrounds the capital. Photos from the scene showed a small monkey dressed in a tiny camouflage jacket and a tiny "bulletproof" vest sprawled across the body of a dead gunman. Continue reading... |
| Canadian priest arrested for 1960s sexual assault at First Nations residential school Posted: 17 Jun 2022 09:00 AM PDT Canadian government has admitted that physical and sexual assault at the schools was rampant and has apologized Canadian police said they arrested a 92-year-old retired priest for a sexual assault more than 50 years ago at one of Canada's residential schools for Indigenous children. Sgt Paul Manaigre of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Friday that police arrested retired Father Arthur Masse for the assault. Manaigre said the victim was 10 years old at the time and it happened between 1968 and 1970 at Ford Alexander residential school in Manitoba. Continue reading... |
| In his own words: Dom Phillips’ reporting on Brazil and the Amazon Posted: 17 Jun 2022 06:15 AM PDT Dom Phillips, whose death in the Amazon has shocked many, was a frequent contributor to the Guardian. Here are some of his outstanding pieces of journalism Over some of the most tumultuous years in Brazil, Dom Phillips bore witness to the politics of his adopted home and to the fate of the Amazon rainforest. Travelling into the forest is a slow and laborious process, yet Phillips returned again and again. Phillips wrote regularly for the Guardian and other publications. Here, we have collected some of his most outstanding pieces of journalism. For more than a decade after the reserve was set up in 1998, its 16 uncontacted Indigenous tribes were among the best protected in Brazil. Yet today it is invaded on multiple fronts, leaving its isolated groups – who hunt with bows and arrows or blow-pipes, and avoid contact with modern society – at risk. Contact with outsiders can be deadly for these groups, who lack immunity to diseases like flu. "The vulnerability of these peoples is growing," Beto Marubo, a Javari Indigenous leader, told the United Nations permanent forum on indigenous issues in New York in April. "There is no effective protection." Continue reading... |
| Police losing narco war in deadly Amazon region where duo disappeared Posted: 16 Jun 2022 09:40 AM PDT A key police outpost lies in ruins after a daring raid – a sign of the growing danger on an increasingly lucrative smuggling route In the crime-infested tri-border region where Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira disappeared, rumours abound over what happened at Puerto Amelia in January this year. Were Brazilian drug traffickers responsible for burning the Peruvian police outpost on the River Yavarí to the ground? Continue reading... |
| ‘Heartbroken’: family pay tribute to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Posted: 16 Jun 2022 05:21 AM PDT Colleagues call for journalist and Indigenous activist's work to be inspiration to others
The family of Dom Phillips have spoken of their heartbreak over the murder of the British journalist and the Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira as colleagues said the men's work would be an inspiration to others. In a statement issued on behalf of Phillips' sister Sian, his brother Gareth, and their partners and children, the family offered their thanks to those who had taken part in the 10-day search. Continue reading... |
| Heaven Supermarket: the Beijing bar at centre of Covid outbreak Posted: 17 Jun 2022 06:19 AM PDT Self-service bar popular with locals and foreigners has been shut down after being linked to hundreds of cases Heaven Supermarket's ability to attract young Chinese customers and foreigners has always been viewed with envy by its competitor bars in the Chinese capital. Located in one of the busiest nightlife districts in Beijing, the bar is modelled as a large self-service liquor store with chairs, sofas and tables. It is not the fanciest in its presentation, but on Chinese review websites, patrons highlight its affordability and down-to-earth attitude. Continue reading... |
| China launches third aircraft carrier in military advance Posted: 17 Jun 2022 02:52 AM PDT Fujian unveiled amid heightened tensions with US over self-ruled Taiwan China has launched its third aircraft carrier, the first designed and built entirely in the country, marking a significant military advance for the Asian superpower. The announcement comes as tensions between China and the US have ramped up in recent weeks over Beijing's sabre-rattling towards self-ruled Taiwan, which it views as a breakaway province to be seized by force if necessary. Continue reading... |
| Taipei cools tempers by cutting traffic light wait time for summer Posted: 17 Jun 2022 02:46 AM PDT More than 770 crossings will have countdowns shorted by up to a minute and a half Authorities in Taipei have shortened waiting times at traffic lights for the summer, fearing that pedestrians could become ill if they are forced to stand in the tropical heat for too long. The announcement on Friday will see more than 770 intersections in the Taiwanese capital cut waiting times by as much as one and a half minutes. On average, the signal countdowns are being cut by 30 seconds each. The new times will run between 9am and 4.30pm until September. Continue reading... |
| ‘This is another pandemic’: a female survivor of domestic abuse in China speaks out Posted: 16 Jun 2022 07:00 PM PDT Chinese cyberspace is filled with videos showing violence against women and activists say only real social change will stop the abuse Tang Ping, 31, a mother-of-two in the southern Chinese city of Nanning, says in 2014 when her first child was six months old, her husband – an academic – began routinely beating her. She felt hurt but also ashamed, blaming herself for not being a good enough wife. She did not know what to do. Five years ago, after another round of violence, she finally summoned the courage to report her husband to the police. "I was told my injuries were not serious, therefore they could not intervene," she says, as she prepares to legally dissolve the marriage this week. Continue reading... |
| UN human rights chief could not speak to detained Uyghurs or families during Xinjiang visit Posted: 15 Jun 2022 10:23 PM PDT Michelle Bachelet says she was supervised by China officials throughout six-day visit that critics have called a propaganda coup for Beijing Michelle Bachelet has said wasn't able to speak to any detained Uyghurs or their families during her controversial visit to Xinjiang, and was accompanied by government officials while in the region. The UN human rights chief, who this week announced she would not be seeking another term, told a session of the 50th Human Rights Council in Geneva that there were limitations on her visit to the region in China, where authorities have been accused of committing crimes against humanity and genocide against the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2022 07:10 PM PDT Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong and attorney general Mark Dreyfus say Assange's case 'should be brought to a close'. Follow latest news
Could an eighth world title be in the offing? AAP reports: Once I got past Caroline [Marks], I was super confident and I knew I could do it. Lakey [Peterson] is an amazing surfer, so I knew it was going to be a tough Final but it doesn't get any better. I love doing this. I love winning, I love doing this sport. Continue reading... |
| Catholic church uses paedophile priest’s death as shield against new allegations in NSW Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT Lismore diocese wins halt on civil case after arguing woman had never complained before Clarence Anderson died in 1996 The Catholic church has used the death of a known paedophile priest to shield itself from being sued over new complaints of child sexual abuse. Earlier this month, the Lismore diocese won its argument for a permanent stay of civil proceedings brought by a woman who was 14 years old when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by Father Clarence Anderson in 1968 inside her family home. Continue reading... |
| Aboriginal people make up vast majority of pedestrian deaths in NT Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT Families call for change as data shows Indigenous people on foot dying at a troubling rate Kumanjayi Napurrula Dixon took the route 74 bus through Darwin's outer south-eastern suburbs, got off at the last stop, and kept walking south along the Stuart Highway. It was a Monday night, and the Anmatyerre grandmother was going to see her family at their camp near Coolalinga. She never made it. Between getting off the bus and making it to camp, she was allegedly hit by a car and died. Continue reading... |
| Dan and Dom: the two premiers leading a vibe shift in Australian politics Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT Differences between Daniel Andrews and Dominic Perrottet are part of their successful relationship
Victoria and New South Wales' premiers, Daniel Andrews and Dominic Perrottet, couldn't be more different: one is a progressive from Labor's socialist left faction and the other a conservative from the Liberal party's right. But together, they represent a political vibe shift – a sense that long-term ambitions for their states can be achieved, with cooperation paramount. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| ‘Great equaliser’: fears higher parking costs may limit access to iconic Sydney beaches Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT NSW Council of Social Services says councils should not make beach visits out of reach for lower-income families
A trip to the beach is about to get more expensive as parking rates rise in some parts of Sydney, causing concerns they will put some of city's best natural wonders out of reach for lower-income families already facing increasing cost-of-living pressures. Mosman council said it will increase parking rates by up to 75% at popular spots, including Balmoral Beach. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Russian billionaire launches legal action against Australia’s foreign minister over sanctions Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT Alexander Abramov's lawyer says his client has not 'given aid or comfort' to Russian government's war in Ukraine Russian billionaire Alexander Abramov has launched legal action against Australia's minister for foreign affairs, seeking to be removed from the list of people the government has hit with sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. Abramov, who lives in Switzerland and made a fortune estimated at more than US$6bn from the Russian steel industry, was among business, military and political figures sanctioned by Australia in April. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 115 of the invasion Posted: 17 Jun 2022 06:08 PM PDT Putin says he has 'nothing against' Ukraine membership of EU; German chancellor calls for direct talks with Russian leader to end war Continue reading... |
| International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened Posted: 17 Jun 2022 04:19 PM PDT This blog is now closed – we will be returning in a few hours to bring you all the latest developments
Ukraine's navy has claimed on social media that it has struck the Russian rescue tug Spasatel Vasily Bekh, which it says was in the process of the "transportation of ammunition, weapons and personnel of the Black Sea Fleet to Snake Island." The claim has not been independently verified, and as yet there is no comment from the Russian navy on the status of the ship. Fighting continues on the line of contact. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance by fighting in the Kochubeyevka area, but suffered losses and withdrew. In the Izium area, the occupiers are trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Slavyansk. Our defenders repel all attacks of the enemy. Continue reading... |
| What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT Life inside Mariupol after it fell, fighting in Sievierodonetsk – a battle that could decide the course of the war – and the Russians fighting for Kyiv Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the Ukraine war, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion. Continue reading... |
| Putin calls Ukraine war sanctions ‘insane’ in combative speech Posted: 17 Jun 2022 10:16 AM PDT President claims Russia can 'cope with any challenge' in address delayed by cyber-attack, but largely avoids discussing Ukraine Vladimir Putin has delivered a combative speech repeating his critique of the west and saying the sanctions "blitzkrieg" against Moscow never had any chance of succeeding. "If they are exceptional, then that means that everyone else is second class," the Russian president said of the US. "They live in the past on their own under their own delusions." Continue reading... |
| France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine Posted: 17 Jun 2022 09:43 AM PDT Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea Rival plans to export Ukraine's vitally needed grain have been drawn up by France and Turkey, as concern grows over the potential impact on the world's poorest people of failures so far to get the grain out of the country. The Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, said it was vital a timeline to release the grain is prepared by the time the G7 summit starts next weekend. "A series of deadlines are fast approaching and the drama of a world famine naturally concentrated in the poorest parts of the world, especially Africa, is approaching," he said following talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Cleaner who led pay strike faces former minister in Paris election Posted: 17 Jun 2022 09:33 AM PDT Rachel Keke, who coordinated successful strike for better pay and conditions, takes on Macron's former sports minister A hotel housekeeper who led a strike for better pay and conditions at one of the biggest hotels in Paris could become the first cleaner to be elected to the French parliament on Sunday, as a left alliance challenges Emmanuel Macron's centrists. Rachel Keke, 48, said years of gruelling work cleaning up to 40 rooms a day at the Ibis hotel in Batignolles would enable her to speak up for workers in parliament. Her aim was to "make visible those who are invisible", she told one rally. Continue reading... |
| UN calls on UAE to release British man imprisoned in Dubai since 2008 Posted: 17 Jun 2022 10:36 AM PDT UN working group rules that Ryan Cornelius has been held arbitrarily and subjected to rights violations UN officials have called on the United Arab Emirates to immediately release a British businessman who has been detained in the country since 2008. The UN's working group on arbitrary detention has ruled that Ryan Cornelius has been held arbitrarily in the UAE since 2008 when he was arrested at Dubai airport. He has contracted tuberculosis while in detention. Continue reading... |
| ‘Frankly quite stupid’: rights groups condemn Biden’s Saudi Arabia visit Posted: 17 Jun 2022 03:44 AM PDT Critics question value of US president's visit, raising fears it will endanger dissidents and legitimise regime's human rights stance Rights advocates fear Joe Biden's decision to visit Saudi Arabia will endanger dissidents abroad and be seen by the authorities there as giving the green light to restrict civil liberties domestically. Abdullah Alaoudh, of the thinktank Democracy for the Arab World Now and son of jailed cleric Salman al-Odah, said: "Right before inauguration, he [Biden] said he will be sure to protect Saudi dissidents – those were his words. We're not protected by someone shaking hands with the same person who is threatening us every day and taking our families hostage due to our activism here in the US." Continue reading... |
| Closing Syria aid route would be ‘catastrophe’, UN warned Posted: 16 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT Russia expected to use security council veto to block resolution to keep open Bab al-Hawa border crossing into Idlib from Turkey The last remaining UN humanitarian aid route into Syria looks set to be shut down in a vote at the body's security council next month, another casualty of the collapse in relations between the west and Russia. On 10 July the council is due to vote on whether to keep open the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey, which helps service rebel-held Idlib. Continue reading... |
| Biden Saudi visit is ‘presidential pardon for murder’, says ex-spy chief’s son Posted: 16 Jun 2022 11:27 AM PDT President 'made it clear that there won't be any direct consequences' for Jamal Khashoggi's murder, says Khalid Aljabri Joe Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia and meeting with its de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is "the equivalent of a presidential pardon for murder", according to Khalid Aljabri, the son of the exiled former senior Saudi intelligence officer Saad Aljabri. The US president once vowed to make Saudi Arabia "a pariah" after the death of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist whose 2018 murder was ordered, according to US intelligence. But this week the White House announced that Biden will meet the crown prince in Jeddah at the end of a four-day trip in July – a development described by Saudi human rights activists as a "betrayal". Continue reading... |
| Female Labour MPs call on PM to scrap new rape victim guidance Posted: 17 Jun 2022 11:14 AM PDT More than 100 MPs write to Boris Johnson saying guidance will lead survivors to avoid seeking therapy More than 100 female Labour MPs have written to Boris Johnson calling on him to scrap new guidance on pre-trial therapy for rape victims, which they say will make it less likely they will get the vital therapy they need. Led by the shadow attorney general, Emily Thornberry, MPs including Yvette Cooper, Angela Rayner and Jess Phillips argue that the new rules "will cause many survivors to avoid seeking therapy, and make it more likely that cases will collapse when the prolonged stress of waiting for trials becomes too much". Continue reading... |
| Cost-of-living crisis for councils will make levelling up a distant dream Posted: 17 Jun 2022 11:06 AM PDT Analysis: after cash injections during Covid, local councils now face a world of precarity and pain It was only a year ago that the national spending watchdog was praising the government for injecting billions into council budgets in England to help them cope with Covid-19. Ministers are never happy to splash the cash, but without it, the National Audit Office said, local government would have collapsed. We are now in, if not quite system-failure territory, then at least a world of mass municipal precarity and pain. Rampaging inflation, fuelled by soaring energy and fuel costs, have left councils with their own cost of living crisis, and a budget hole of almost £2bn. Once again, they are asking ministers for financial help. Continue reading... |
| Schools and libraries face huge cuts after soaring costs create £1.7bn shortfall Posted: 17 Jun 2022 11:04 AM PDT Exclusive: Emergency council cuts feared across England caused by inflation and higher energy costs School-building projects, swimming pools and libraries have been earmarked for emergency funding cuts because town halls have been hit by an unexpected £1.7bn hole in their budgets, the Guardian can reveal. Rampant inflation and soaring energy bills mean that council leaders have been forced to rip up financial plans from a few months ago, with higher than anticipated staff pay bills also contributing to their newfound deficits. Without help from Whitehall, it will leave them no option but to cut services and put up council tax next April. Continue reading... |
| Geidt doubles down on claims No 10 wanted to break international law Posted: 17 Jun 2022 10:59 AM PDT PM's former ethics adviser says reason given by Downing Street for his resignation was a 'distraction' Boris Johnson's former ethics adviser has said the reason given by Downing Street for his resignation was a "distraction" and doubled down on claims that the government wanted to break international law. After he dramatically quit this week, Christopher Geidt said his explanation had used too much "cautious language" leading to "some confusion about the precise cause of my decision". Continue reading... |
| Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner return questionnaires to Durham police Posted: 17 Jun 2022 10:46 AM PDT Labour leader and deputy have promised to resign if found to have breached Covid rules by eating curry and drinking beer at event Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have returned questionnaires to Durham constabulary, giving their account of a gathering during last year's local election campaign, the Labour party has confirmed. The pair have both promised to resign if they are found to have breached Covid rules by eating a curry and drinking a beer at the event, which was caught on camera. Continue reading... |
| Coeliac patient died after being fed Weetabix in hospital, inquiry hears Posted: 17 Jun 2022 10:20 AM PDT Hazel Pearson's condition not signposted by her bed as coroner deems Wrexham Maelor's plan of response 'amateurish' An 80-year-old woman with coeliac disease died within days of being fed Weetabix in hospital, an inquest has heard. Hazel Pearson, from Connah's Quay in Flintshire, was being treated at Wrexham Maelor hospital and died four days later on 30 November from aspiration pneumonia. Although her condition was recorded on her admission documents, there was no sign beside her bed to alert healthcare assistants to her dietary requirements, BBC News reported. Continue reading... |
| TikTok moves to ease fears amid report workers in China accessed US users’ data Posted: 17 Jun 2022 05:17 PM PDT The company has said that Oracle will store all private information and is limiting the number of employees with those privileges TikTok has said that Oracle will store all the data from its US users, in a bid to allay fears about its safety in the hands of a platform owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. The move comes as a report from BuzzFeed news, citing leaked audio from TikTok in-house meetings, said ByteDance employees in China have repeatedly accessed private information about US TikTok users. Continue reading... |
| US must re-examine risks of glyphosate, key Roundup weed-killer ingredient Posted: 17 Jun 2022 03:41 PM PDT Appeals says EPA did not adequately consider whether glyphosate causes cancer and threatens endangered species The US Environmental Protection Agency has been ordered to take a fresh look at whether glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer's Roundup weed killer, poses unreasonable risks to humans and the environment. In a 3-0 decision on Friday, the ninth US circuit court of appeals agreed with several environmental, farmworker and food-safety advocacy groups that the EPA did not adequately consider whether glyphosate causes cancer and threatens endangered species. Continue reading... |
| ‘It gives us great hope’: mom of missing US serviceman says video is authentic Posted: 17 Jun 2022 02:37 PM PDT A video of Alexander Drueke expressing his love for his mother has not yet been validated by the state department The mother of an American military veteran who volunteered to defend Ukraine from Russian invaders and was reportedly captured recently said a video of him expressing his love for her gave her "great hope". Lois Drueke told the Guardian on Friday that she believes the video of her son Alexander Drueke – distributed by Russian state media – is authentic because of a phrase he uttered in the clip with his distinctively deep voice. Continue reading... |
| ‘A one-sided witch-hunt’: angry Trump lashes out at January 6 hearings Posted: 17 Jun 2022 02:27 PM PDT Former president attacks 'disgraceful performance of the unselect committee' and denies he bullied Mike Pence to overturn election Donald Trump has launched an angry verbal attack on the congressional January 6 hearings, dismissing them as a "rigged deal" and "one-sided witch-hunt" that are "getting terrible ratings". In his first public appearance since the televised sessions began, Trump on Friday claimed without evidence that the House of Representatives panel has made its case using doctored videos and deceptively edited witness depositions. Continue reading... |
| California Taiwanese church shooting suspect charged with hate crime for May attack Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:41 PM PDT David Wenwei Chou, 68, is accused of opening fire on a gathering at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian church and killing one person Authorities in California have added hate crime allegations to attempted murder charges filed against a 68-year-old who opened fire at a Taiwanese American church luncheon last month, killing one person and wounding five. The gunman, David Wenwei Chou, is accused of attacking a gathering of members of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods in May. A 52-year-old doctor who took his mother to the event was killed. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:04 PM PDT
President Joe Biden has cheered the Food and Drug Administration's decision today to authorize Covid-19 vaccines for children younger than five years old, the last group of Americans that didn't have access to the jabs. "Today is a day of huge relief for parents and families across America. Following a rigorous scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first COVID-19 vaccines for kids under the age of five. As early as next week, pending recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), parents will finally be able to get their youngest kids the protection of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine," Biden said in a statement released by the White House. Continue reading... |
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