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- Russian mercenaries accused of deadly attacks on mines on Sudan-CAR border
- East African leaders propose deploying regional force to help DRC
- As many as 320 dead in Ethiopia gun attack, witnesses suggest
- Briton feared dead after going missing while on Seychelles hiking trail
- Dom Phillips was ‘collateral damage’ in drunken ambush, claims Brazil vice-president
- Two Jesuit priests and man seeking sanctuary killed in Mexican church
- Two Canadians found dead in Playa del Carmen Mexican beach resort
- Honduras: man who planned Berta Cáceres’s murder jailed for 22 years
- Canada lays out rules banning single-use plastics
- Gustavo Petro: first leftist president faces tough challenge in Colombia
- Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air zone as tensions simmer
- Tokyo mayoral win a ‘huge surprise’ for candidate living in Belgium
- Police investigated over response to attack on female diners in Tangshan
- Don’t swipe, write: Japanese city encourages daters to send love letters
- US ban on cotton from forced Uyghur labour comes into force
- World Cup: Taiwan sees red over China ‘bullying’ Qatar into use of ‘Chinese Taipei’
- Australia news live updates: NSW passes motion calling on premier to halt Barilaro appointment; nation records 63 Covid deaths
- Nationals won’t back a bigger medium-term emissions cut, David Littleproud says
- Energy market operator to investigate breakdown that triggered suspension and energy crisis
- Public servant who reported to John Barilaro was on interview panel for lucrative New York trade job
- Crown Resorts given approval to open Sydney Barangaroo casino
- NSW to give prisoners cold-case playing cards in hope of solving murders
- Russian forces capture settlements near Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk – as it happened
- Brexit is making cost of living crisis worse, new study claims
- Europe and UK pour 17,000 tons of cooking oil into vehicles a day
- Wrist-worn trackers can detect Covid before symptoms, study finds
- Italy: foreign minister leaves 5-Star to form new group backing PM
- Covid surges across Europe as experts warn not let guard down
- UK lawyers gather evidence for action against countries over Yazidi genocide
- ‘He’s been betrayed’: sister of Moroccan man captured in Ukraine pleads for help
- Shadowy Strava users spy on Israeli military with fake routes in bases
- Israel set for general election after collapse of weakened government
- ‘We want justice, not fuel’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils on north-south divide
- ‘Like a scene from Titanic’: floods in Assam submerge entire villages
- Police say grenade launcher seized from suspects in Indian rapper’s murder
- Visa delays leave UK families with adopted babies stranded in Pakistan
- Father-in-law charged with murder after Australian woman Sajida Tasneem killed in Pakistan
- Taliban release five British nationals held for six months
- Joe Lycett standup joke investigated by police after complaint
- No 10 to set out sweeping plans to override power of Europe’s human rights court
- SNP orders sexual harassment complaints review after ‘falling short’
- Man held after woman and son fatally stabbed in London
- Evidence exists that PM tried to get top job for Carrie Johnson, says source
- Labour frontbenchers likely to be disciplined for joining rail pickets
- Uvalde shootings: police response an ‘abject failure’, Texas safety chief says
- US Senators announce gun violence bill with bipartisan support
- Airplane catches on fire at Miami airport after landing gear collapses
- US Forest Service admits ‘multiple miscalculations’ caused New Mexico fire
- A few good Republicans stopped Trump – but his threat to democracy isn’t over
- Bill Cosby found guilty of sexually abusing minor at Playboy Mansion
| Russian mercenaries accused of deadly attacks on mines on Sudan-CAR border Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:17 AM PDT Dozens of people said to have been killed in attacks allegedly involving Wagner Group fighters Russian mercenaries have mounted a series of bloody attacks on artisanal mines in the lawless border zones between Sudan and Central African Republic (CAR) in an effort to plunder the region's valuable gold trade, witnesses and experts have said. Dozens of miners are thought to have died in at least three major attacks this year allegedly involving mercenaries working for the Wagner Group, a private military company that has been linked to the Kremlin by western officials. There are also reports of further attacks on mines in at least six other places across CAR. Continue reading... |
| East African leaders propose deploying regional force to help DRC Posted: 20 Jun 2022 09:41 AM PDT EAC meeting convened to discuss sending personnel to eastern DRC where military has been fighting rebels East African heads of state have gathered for a closed-doors meeting in Kenya to discuss the deteriorating security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the DRC military has been fighting a resurgence of M23 rebels. The rebels are a group of mainly Tutsi fighters that were defeated in 2013 by the Congolese army and UN peacekeepers. DRC accused Rwanda of backing the rebels – which Rwanda denies – sparking a diplomatic row between the neighbouring countries. Continue reading... |
| As many as 320 dead in Ethiopia gun attack, witnesses suggest Posted: 20 Jun 2022 09:16 AM PDT Witnesses say victims of massacre in country's western Oromia region were ethnic Amharas – a minority in the area The suspected death toll in an attack by gunmen in Ethiopia's western Oromia region has risen, with new witness testimony suggesting that between 260 and 320 civilians were killed on Saturday. Reports of the massacre surfaced on Sunday, as survivors described one of the deadliest such incidents for several years in Ethiopia. Continue reading... |
| Briton feared dead after going missing while on Seychelles hiking trail Posted: 20 Jun 2022 06:42 AM PDT Tributes paid to retired barrister Peter Clement, 57, who was last seen walking alone on trail on 15 May A retired British barrister is feared to have died in Seychelles after going missing on a jungle hike. Peter Clement, 57, who was reportedly on holiday to celebrate his retirement, was last seen walking alone on the 12-mile Grande Barbe trail on Silhouette Island on 15 May. Continue reading... |
| Dom Phillips was ‘collateral damage’ in drunken ambush, claims Brazil vice-president Posted: 21 Jun 2022 12:51 PM PDT Hamilton Mourão's claim sparked anger from Indigenous communities who believe organised crime was involved Brazil's vice-president has claimed that British journalist Dom Phillips was "collateral damage" in an attack on his travelling partner, the Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, as grisly details emerged about the killing of the two men in early June. One of the three men in custody for the killings said he and his accomplices tried to burn the bodies after shooting them dead at the edge of a river in western Brazil. Continue reading... |
| Two Jesuit priests and man seeking sanctuary killed in Mexican church Posted: 21 Jun 2022 11:10 AM PDT Incident occurred in violence-plagued remote mountainous region of Chihuahua, which has strong organized crime presence Two elderly Jesuit priests have been killed inside a church after a man pursued by gunmen apparently sought refuge in a remote mountainous area of northern Mexico. Javier Campos Morales, 79, and Joaquín César Mora Salazar, 80, were killed on Monday inside the church in Cerocahui, Chihuahua. Continue reading... |
| Two Canadians found dead in Playa del Carmen Mexican beach resort Posted: 21 Jun 2022 10:52 AM PDT The victims, a man and woman, are the latest in a string of several violent incidents in Quintana Roo state Two Canadians – one of whom was sought by Interpol – have been found dead of knife wounds in Mexico's Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen, the state prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. Prosecutors in Quintana Roo state, also home to resort towns including Cancún and Tulum, said the man and the woman were found dead on Monday at a hotel or condominium in the troubled resort, and a third person was reported injured. Continue reading... |
| Honduras: man who planned Berta Cáceres’s murder jailed for 22 years Posted: 20 Jun 2022 03:08 PM PDT Roberto David Castillo sentenced for role in assassination of Indigenous environmentalist in 2016 A US-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer who was the president of an internationally financed energy company has been sentenced to 22 years and six months for the assassination of the Indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres. Cáceres, winner of the Goldman prize for environmental defenders, was shot dead by hired hitmen on 2 March 2016, two days before her 45th birthday, after years of threats linked to her opposition of the 22-megawatt Agua Zarca dam on the Gualcarque River. Nina Lakhani is author of Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet Continue reading... |
| Canada lays out rules banning single-use plastics Posted: 20 Jun 2022 09:53 AM PDT Ban on manufacture and import of six popular types of items will begin in December 2022, and sales a year later Canada laid out its final regulations on Monday spelling out how it intends to apply a ban on plastic bags, straws, takeout containers and other single-use plastics. "Only 8% of the plastic we throw away gets recycled," said federal health minister Jean-Yves Duclos in French, adding that 43,000 tonnes of single-use plastics a year find their way into the environment, most notably in waterways. Continue reading... |
| Gustavo Petro: first leftist president faces tough challenge in Colombia Posted: 20 Jun 2022 07:31 AM PDT Despite the election euphoria, Petro has a thin mandate and is viewed with suspicion by many He spent 12 years of his youth in the ranks of an urban guerrilla group, taking the alias of a revolutionary general from Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. Later, he would serve as a progressive mayor of Bogotá, Colombia's capital, and as a senator. He ran for president unsuccessfully twice, unable to overcome the conservative wall erected nearly two centuries ago around the Colombian presidency. But on Sunday, Gustavo Petro, 62, was finally able to topple that wall and was elected president, making history as the first leftwing head of state of the South American country. Continue reading... |
| Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air zone as tensions simmer Posted: 21 Jun 2022 05:53 PM PDT Intruders included 17 fighters, six H-6 bombers and aerial refuelling aircraft, in largest Chinese incursion since May Taiwan scrambled jets to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone, including bombers that flew to the south of the island and into the Pacific, in the latest uptick in tensions and largest incursion since late May. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past two years or so of repeated missions by the Chinese air force near the democratically governed island, often in the south-western part of its air defence identification zone, or ADIZ, close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas islands. Continue reading... |
| Tokyo mayoral win a ‘huge surprise’ for candidate living in Belgium Posted: 21 Jun 2022 11:35 AM PDT Japanese national Satoko Kishimoto won ward of 500,000 people 5,800 miles away with online campaigning A Japanese woman living in Belgium has been elected as mayor of a district in Tokyo after coming to prominence through her online campaigning during the Covid pandemic. Satoko Kishimoto, 47, who has lived in the Belgian city of Leuven with her husband and children for a decade, is now mayor of Suginami city, a ward of 500,000 people, more than 5,800 miles away from her home. Continue reading... |
| Police investigated over response to attack on female diners in Tangshan Posted: 21 Jun 2022 08:24 AM PDT Spotlight on violence against women in China as nine men arrested and officers accused of 'violating discipline' Five police officials in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan are being investigated over their handling of a vicious attack on a group of women at a restaurant. The provincial discipline commission of Hebei province said the five, including the district head of the Lubei police force, Ma Aijun, were accused of "seriously violating discipline and law". Hebei province's public security bureau announced separately on Tuesday that Ma's deputy, Li, had been removed from his post. Continue reading... |
| Don’t swipe, write: Japanese city encourages daters to send love letters Posted: 21 Jun 2022 02:51 AM PDT Matchmaking initiative in Miyazaki has brought together 17 couples, as Japan battles falling birthrate Japan's faltering campaign to raise its birthrate has gone analogue, with authorities in a south-western city encouraging potential suitors to put pen to paper and wait patiently for a reply rather than simply swiping right. The city of Miyazaki says hundreds of men and women have dabbled in old-fashioned letter writing since the matchmaking scheme was launched two years ago. While there have been no wedding bells, the programme has spawned 32 face-to-face meetings and brought together 17 couples. Continue reading... |
| US ban on cotton from forced Uyghur labour comes into force Posted: 20 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT Fashion industry told to avoid cotton from Xinjiang, which accounts for 84% of China's exports of the product The fashion industry has been told it must wean itself off cotton from China's Xinjiang region, as a new law comes into force giving US border authorities greater powers to block or seize goods linked to forced labour in China. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which comes into force today, assumes that any product partly or wholly made in Xinjiang, north-west China, is linked to the region's labour camps. Since 2017, the Chinese authorities have detained as many as one million Uyghurs and subjected them to forced labour. Continue reading... |
| World Cup: Taiwan sees red over China ‘bullying’ Qatar into use of ‘Chinese Taipei’ Posted: 20 Jun 2022 07:12 PM PDT Taipei angered by references to Taiwanese visitors after multiple name changes in visa application system for tournament in Doha Taiwan has accused China of bullying after organisers of the World Cup in Qatar listed the nationality of Taiwanese visitors applying for an identification card as "Chinese Taipei". All World Cup ticket holders must apply for the Hayya card used to identify fans, which also serves as their Qatar visa, but Taiwan's government originally expressed concern after discovering the online application system made no mention of the island. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Jun 2022 09:24 PM PDT Dominic Perrottet called on to halt Barilaro appointment pending inquiry; PM says Greens leader should 'work to promote unity and work to promote reconciliation'; Victoria debates treaty authority bill; at least 63 Covid deaths recorded nationwide. Follow all the day's developments live
NSW teacher strike 'about politics, not pay', Kean says Matt Kean has hit out at plans by public and Catholic school teachers to strike next Friday after receiving a 3% pay rise offer, well below the rate of inflation. Our 3% pay increase is far more than the Labor government's 1.5% pay increase for public servants down in Victoria. So the same unions complaining about our generous pay rise up here in NSW and protesting aren't marching in the streets down in Victoria. A senior woman, a senior public servant with knowledge of financial markets and trade particularly with the United States was offered the job, it was rescinded by the New South Wales government. We don't know by whom. And then John Barilaro mysteriously was given it just last week. Continue reading... |
| Nationals won’t back a bigger medium-term emissions cut, David Littleproud says Posted: 21 Jun 2022 08:12 PM PDT 'Big hand of government' isn't needed to drive transition, Nationals leader says
The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, says his party will not support legislating a more ambitious medium-term emissions reduction target over the coming parliamentary term because the "big hand of government" isn't necessary to drive the transition to low emissions. In the wake of the Coalition's devastating election loss, moderate Liberals are now urging Peter Dutton to let the party room adopt a more ambitious position on climate change policy, and at least two MPs have signalled they would be prepared to cross the floor to support Labor's 2030 target of 43%. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Energy market operator to investigate breakdown that triggered suspension and energy crisis Posted: 21 Jun 2022 08:00 PM PDT Aemo says it 'wants to understand comprehensively the lessons learned', with trading to resume at 4am on Thursday
The operator of Australia's main electric grid plans to conduct a "detailed investigation" into the breakdown of the country's wholesale power market that triggered an unprecedented suspension during last week's energy crisis. The Australian Energy Market Operator said on Wednesday it plans to resume trading in a two-stage process starting with the market setting prices again from 4am AEST on Thursday. After monitoring conditions for 24 hours, Aemo will decide whether the market suspension will be formally lifted. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Public servant who reported to John Barilaro was on interview panel for lucrative New York trade job Posted: 21 Jun 2022 07:02 PM PDT Exclusive: Investment NSW chief executive did not have 'conflict of interest', agency says after former deputy premier's appointment to $500,000-a-year role
A senior public servant who reported directly to John Barilaro before his resignation from parliament was on the interview panel who gave the former deputy New South Wales premier a $500,000-a-year trade commissioner job, but the agency involved says there was no conflict of interest. Amy Brown, the chief executive of Investment NSW, was one of four bureaucrats who interviewed Barilaro for the New York-based trade commissioner job. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Crown Resorts given approval to open Sydney Barangaroo casino Posted: 21 Jun 2022 06:55 PM PDT Green light comes after a string of controversies over money laundering, and 18 months after Barangaroo opened its bars and restaurants Gaming group Crown Resorts has been given the green light to finally open the casino in its luxury skyscraper overlooking Sydney Harbour. But the approval by the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority for the gaming operations inside Crown Sydney's Barangaroo complex is conditional for between 18 months and two years. Continue reading... |
| NSW to give prisoners cold-case playing cards in hope of solving murders Posted: 21 Jun 2022 03:58 PM PDT Packs contain 52 photos of dead and missing people in initiative backed by victims' families
Packs of playing cards featuring cold-case murder victims and missing people will be distributed to New South Wales inmates in the hope of solving serious crimes. The cards, which were produced by prisoners working in Corrective Services Industries, feature photographs and information about 52 unsolved homicide cases or suspicious disappearances. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Russian forces capture settlements near Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk – as it happened Posted: 21 Jun 2022 05:04 PM PDT This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here Reuters reports the Georgian prime minister, Irakli Garibashvili, has said at an economic conference in Qatar that his country is committed to joining Nato, but must solve its territorial problems with Russia first. Georgia is sandwiched between Russia in the north, with Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan to its south. The breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are internationally recognised as part of Georgia's territory, although a handful of states, including Russia, officially recognise them. Continue reading... |
| Brexit is making cost of living crisis worse, new study claims Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:01 PM PDT EU withdrawal fuelling higher import costs and costing British workers nearly £500 a year, says Resolution Foundation Britain's cost of living crisis is being made worse by Brexit dragging down the country's growth potential and costing workers hundreds of pounds a year in lost pay, new research claims. The Resolution Foundation thinktank and academics from the London School of Economics said the average worker in Britain was now on course to suffer more than £470 in lost pay each year by 2030 after rising living costs are taken into account, compared with a remain vote in 2016. Continue reading... |
| Europe and UK pour 17,000 tons of cooking oil into vehicles a day Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:00 PM PDT Analysis finds 58% of rapeseed oil in Europe is burned for fuel despite soaring prices and climate impact Europe and the UK are pouring 17,000 tons – or about 19 million bottles – of cooking oil into vehicle fuel tanks every day, even though it is up to two-and-a-half times more expensive than before 2021, according to new analysis. The equivalent of another 14 million bottles a day of palm and soy oil – mostly from Indonesia and South America – is also burned for fuel, the research says. Continue reading... |
| Wrist-worn trackers can detect Covid before symptoms, study finds Posted: 21 Jun 2022 03:30 PM PDT Sensor tech can alert wearer to Covid early, helping to prevent onward transmission Health trackers worn on the wrist could be used to spot Covid-19 days before any symptoms appear, according to researchers. Growing numbers of people worldwide use the devices to monitor changes in skin temperature, heart and breathing rates. Now a new study shows that this data could be combined with artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose Covid-19 even before the first tell-tale signs of the disease appear. Continue reading... |
| Italy: foreign minister leaves 5-Star to form new group backing PM Posted: 21 Jun 2022 02:48 PM PDT Luigi Di Maio's move comes after he accused 5-Star leader Giuseppe Conte of undermining government support for Ukraine Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has announced that he is leaving the 5-Star Movement to form a new parliamentary group backing the government of prime minister Mario Draghi. Di Maio's move comes after he accused 5-Star leader and former prime minister Giuseppe Conte of undermining government efforts to support Ukraine and weakening Rome's standing within the EU. Continue reading... |
| Covid surges across Europe as experts warn not let guard down Posted: 21 Jun 2022 10:59 AM PDT Calls grow for greater measures against wave of BA.4 and BA.5 cases in countries from Spain to Denmark Multiple European countries are experiencing a significant surge in new Covid-19 infections, as experts warn that with almost all restrictions lifted and booster take-up often low, cases could soar throughout the summer leading to more deaths. According to the Our World in Data scientific aggregator, the rolling seven-day average of confirmed new cases per million inhabitants is on the rise in countries including Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands and Denmark. Continue reading... |
| UK lawyers gather evidence for action against countries over Yazidi genocide Posted: 20 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT Yazidi Justice Committee has been working privately for more than two years to show states failed to protect minority group A group of high-level British lawyers have been working privately on compiling evidence to show that one or more countries failed in their international obligations to prevent genocide against the Yazidis in northern Iraq. The lawyers, who formally announced their collaboration as the Yazidi Justice Committee (YJC) on Tuesday, have been working over the past two and a half years to investigate the genocide committed from early 2013 by Islamic State. Continue reading... |
| ‘He’s been betrayed’: sister of Moroccan man captured in Ukraine pleads for help Posted: 20 Jun 2022 09:00 PM PDT Brahim Saadoun's sister Iman says marine sentenced to death by Russian proxies has been abandoned by his own government The sister of Brahim Saadoun, the Moroccan man who was captured while serving in the Ukrainian military, has said she feared he has been abandoned by his own government and has called on the international community to "claim my brother". "I just want any authority, anybody who is willing to help, to come and help," Iman Saadoun said in an interview with the Guardian, describing being left in limbo while seeking government support for him. Continue reading... |
| Shadowy Strava users spy on Israeli military with fake routes in bases Posted: 20 Jun 2022 09:00 PM PDT Exclusive: Personnel risk identification by running GPS 'segments' around top-secret sites Unidentified operatives have been using the fitness tracking app Strava to spy on members of the Israeli military, tracking their movements across secret bases around the country and potentially observing them as they travel the world on official business. By placing fake running "segments" inside military bases, the operation – the affiliation of which has not been uncovered – was able to keep tabs on individuals who were exercising on the bases, even those who have applied the strongest possible account privacy settings. Continue reading... |
| Israel set for general election after collapse of weakened government Posted: 20 Jun 2022 12:21 PM PDT Country faces fifth vote in three years after Naftali Bennett's unruly anti-Netanyahu grouping gradually fell apart Israel's weakened coalition government has announced that it intends to dissolve the Knesset, setting the stage for the country's fifth election in three years and a potential return to office for longtime prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A statement released by the office of the prime minister, Naftali Bennett, on Monday night said that "attempts to stabilise the coalition had been exhausted" and his fractious government, made up of eight ideologically disparate parties, will submit a bill next week to dissolve parliament. Continue reading... |
| ‘We want justice, not fuel’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils on north-south divide Posted: 21 Jun 2022 05:00 PM PDT In the middle of a crippling economic crisis, demonstrating is a luxury the country's Tamil minority cannot afford For months now, the sounds of protest and anger have rung out across Colombo, Sri Lanka's largest city. Every day, along the city's seafront promenade of Galle Face, people have gathered in their tens of thousands to rage against the government for plunging the country into its worst financial crisis in modern history. But 200 miles north, in the district of Mullaitivu, the streets are silent. The economic crisis has hit Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, who are concentrated in the north and eastern provinces, as hard as those in the south; the fishermen here say they are already starving. But they will also tell you that protesting is a privilege in Sri Lanka – one they have never been afforded. Continue reading... |
| ‘Like a scene from Titanic’: floods in Assam submerge entire villages Posted: 21 Jun 2022 05:08 AM PDT India's monsoon season has been worse than usual, sweeping away possessions and leaving people huddling on raised ground People living in Assam, in north-east India, are usually stoical about the flooding that occurs to a greater or lesser extent every monsoon season. But this year they say the situation is dramatically worse. "It was like a scene from Titanic," one man told local media of the rising waters that have flooded all but two of the state's districts. In some places entire villages are under water, while across the state 114,000 hectares of crops have been submerged and 5,000 livestock have been washed away. For those that remain, fodder is running out. Continue reading... |
| Police say grenade launcher seized from suspects in Indian rapper’s murder Posted: 21 Jun 2022 03:20 AM PDT Hip-hop star Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead in his car in Punjab last month Indian police say have arrested three men accused of murdering hip-hop star Sidhu Moose Wala and that they have seized a cache of weaponry including a grenade launcher from the suspects. Moose Wala – also known by his birth name Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu – was shot dead in his car in the northern state of Punjab last month. Continue reading... |
| Visa delays leave UK families with adopted babies stranded in Pakistan Posted: 20 Jun 2022 10:30 PM PDT Home Office accused of leaving mothers and traumatised children stranded for months while priority is given to Ukraine refugees British couples who travelled to Pakistan to adopt children have been left stranded after the Home Office told them to expect months of delays in processing visas because of the Ukraine refugee crisis. The delays are part of wider failings in visa processing that have left families around the world stuck waiting to return to the UK. Continue reading... |
| Father-in-law charged with murder after Australian woman Sajida Tasneem killed in Pakistan Posted: 20 Jun 2022 05:20 PM PDT Tasneem was allegedly killed in front of her father after being taken to northern Pakistan from Perth with her three children An Australian woman has allegedly been bludgeoned to death by her father-in-law with an axe in northern Pakistan after an argument about moving back to Australia with her children. Sajida Tasneem was allegedly killed in front of her father at a home she shared with her in-laws in the city of Sargodha, 250km south of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on 11 June. Continue reading... |
| Taliban release five British nationals held for six months Posted: 20 Jun 2022 07:52 AM PDT Foreign Office diplomats secured their freedom but sources say nothing was given in return except an apology Five British nationals held by the Taliban since last December including the former BBC cameraman and Afghanistan expert Peter Jouvenal were released on Monday after backroom diplomacy by the British Foreign Office (FCDO). It is understood that the five had been seized separately, and British sources said nothing was given in return for their release except an apology by them. However, the British government on Sunday had released a statement renouncing violence in Afghanistan and saying there was no alternative to pragmatic engagement with the current administration. Continue reading... |
| Joe Lycett standup joke investigated by police after complaint Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:23 PM PDT Comedian says he was asked to explain context of gag to investigating officers, and will keep it in his show The comedian Joe Lycett has said he was investigated by the police after an audience member made a complaint about a joke in one of his shows. In a post on Instagram, he revealed that he was asked to explain the context of the gag and that the authorities have now closed the case. Continue reading... |
| No 10 to set out sweeping plans to override power of Europe’s human rights court Posted: 21 Jun 2022 02:30 PM PDT Proposal to replace Human Rights Act with bill of rights is effort to make government 'untouchable', say critics Downing Street will tomorrow set out sweeping plans to override the power of Europe's human rights court just days after a judge in Strasbourg blocked the deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda. The abolition of the Human Rights Act (HRA), including reducing the influence of the European court of human rights (ECHR), will be introduced before parliament in what the government described as a restatement of Britain's sovereignty. Continue reading... |
| SNP orders sexual harassment complaints review after ‘falling short’ Posted: 21 Jun 2022 02:18 PM PDT Party's Westminster leader faced calls to resign after leak of comments supporting suspended former chief whip Patrick Grady The SNP has launched an external review into the support available to staff after an MP accused her party of "clearly falling short" of supporting sexual harassment complainants. It follows the party's former Westminster chief whip Patrick Grady being suspended from the SNP's Westminster group for a week, as well as being suspended from parliament for two days, over a sexual advance towards a teenage staff member in 2016. Continue reading... |
| Man held after woman and son fatally stabbed in London Posted: 21 Jun 2022 01:33 PM PDT Police arrest man after woman and her five-year-old son found with stab wounds at property in Barnet A man has been arrested after a woman and her five-year-old son were stabbed to death in north London on Tuesday. The woman, believed to be 37, and her child were found with stab wounds at a property in Brookside South, Barnet at 1.37pm. Continue reading... |
| Evidence exists that PM tried to get top job for Carrie Johnson, says source Posted: 21 Jun 2022 12:26 PM PDT Growing call for inquiry over claims that Boris Johnson tried to secure Foreign Office role for then girlfriend Correspondence exists confirming that Boris Johnson attempted in 2019 to secure a senior role for his then girlfriend, Carrie Johnson, at the Foreign Office, a source has said, amid growing calls for an inquiry. The source, who worked with Johnson at the time, said Carrie Johnson – now the prime minister's wife – had never progressed as far as formally applying for the role. Continue reading... |
| Labour frontbenchers likely to be disciplined for joining rail pickets Posted: 21 Jun 2022 11:45 AM PDT At least five MPs defy Keir Starmer's orders and tweet pictures of themselves with RMT strikers Keir Starmer is expected to discipline at least five Labour frontbenchers who defied his orders and appeared on RMT picket lines on Tuesday in solidarity with striking railworkers. On the first of three days of industrial action, the Labour leader had instructed his team not to appear alongside striking workers, in order to show "leadership", amid fears of Labour being portrayed by the Tories as responsible for the RMT's walkout. Continue reading... |
| Uvalde shootings: police response an ‘abject failure’, Texas safety chief says Posted: 21 Jun 2022 06:46 PM PDT Steve McCraw condemns local police chief Pedro Arredondo for 'deciding to place the lives of officers over the lives of children' The Texas public safety chief issued a blistering appraisal on Tuesday of the police response to the Uvalde shootings, calling it "an abject failure and antithetical to everything" known about how to respond to such crises. Steve McCraw was speaking to a panel of state senators investigating the attack last month at Robb elementary school by an intruder who killed 19 students and two teachers. Continue reading... |
| US Senators announce gun violence bill with bipartisan support Posted: 21 Jun 2022 05:39 PM PDT The breakthrough in a 29-year stalemate on gun reform comes after two devastating mass shootings in Texas and New York US senators have announced an agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill, marking a small but notable breakthrough on gun control in the wake of recent mass shootings. Nine days after Senate bargainers agreed to a framework proposal – and 29 years after Congress last enacted major firearms curbs – senators Chris Murphy, a Democrat and John Cornyn, a Republican, told reporters on Tuesday that a final accord on the proposal's details had been reached. Continue reading... |
| Airplane catches on fire at Miami airport after landing gear collapses Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:48 PM PDT Authorities said all aboard the flight, which had arrived from the Dominican Republic, were safe An airplane caught fire after landing at Miami International airport on Tuesday, but authorities have said all passengers are safe. The fire broke out when landing gear inside the airplane collapsed during landing, NBC Miami reported. The Red Air flight had arrived from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, according to a spokesperson from the Miami-Dade aviation department. Continue reading... |
| US Forest Service admits ‘multiple miscalculations’ caused New Mexico fire Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:36 PM PDT In an 80-page review, the agency states missteps by its employees in setting prescribed burns led to explosive wildfire Employees with the US Forest Service made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the south-west, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history, the agency said on Tuesday. The agency quietly posted an 80-page review that details the planning missteps and the conditions on the ground as crews ignited the prescribed fire in early April. The report states officials who planned the operation underestimated the amount of timber and vegetation that was available to fuel the flames, the exceptional dry conditions and the rural villages and water supplies that would be threatened if things went awry. Continue reading... |
| A few good Republicans stopped Trump – but his threat to democracy isn’t over Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:15 PM PDT Three Republicans testified how they resisted a relentless campaign by Trump and his allies to overturn Biden's 2020 win Rusty Bowers, the speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, wanted Donald Trump to win the 2020 election. He worked hard to elect him and, when the time came, cast his ballot for the president. What he wasn't willing to do was cheat. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby found guilty of sexually abusing minor at Playboy Mansion Posted: 21 Jun 2022 03:50 PM PDT Jurors at the civil trial ruled in favor of Judy Huth who accused the comedian of forcing her to perform a sex act in 1975 at 16 years old Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975, jurors determined on Tuesday after a nearly month-long civil trial. Jurors in Los Angeles county ruled in favor of Judy Huth, who is now 64, awarding her $500,000 in a legal defeat for the once-beloved comedian and star of The Cosby Show. Continue reading... |
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