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- Eighteen killed as hundreds try to cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave
- Stars urge Commonwealth to oppose UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda
- Shanghai reports no new Covid cases for first time since March
- Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong on 25th anniversary of British handover
- Australia’s first fixed pill testing site to launch in Canberra with hopes of sparking a national initiative
- Daniel Andrews names Jacinta Allan as Victoria’s deputy premier after senior ministers resign
- O’Callaghan’s hat-trick of gold, as mixed relay smash world record
- Norway on highest terror alert after two killed in mass shootings
- Russia-Ukraine war: major shake-up in Russian high command, says UK; missile strike near Lviv injures four
- Russia has launched widespread shelling and airstrikes, Ukraine officials say
- Michael Rosen marks Anne Frank anniversary with new poem
- ‘The Russians could come any time’: fear at Suwałki Gap on EU border
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 122 of the invasion
- Body of boy, 16, pulled from river in Buckinghamshire
- Boris Johnson says change to his character ‘not going to happen’ as pressure mounts over byelection defeats – UK politics live
- Boris Johnson wanted £150,000 treehouse at Chequers, says report
- Boris Johnson says speculation over his future is driving British people ‘nuts’
- Revealed: dozens of vulnerable asylum seekers have died in Home Office housing since 2020
- Lauren Laverne pulls out of BBC Glastonbury role after mother’s death
- Abortion banned in multiple US states just hours after Roe v Wade overturned
- Biden administration signals fight to stop states banning abortion pill
- Tech firms under pressure to safeguard user data as abortion prosecutions loom
- Democrats hope to tap anger over Roe in November midterms – will it work?
- ‘We will fight like hell’: US western states band together to protect abortion rights
- Companies scramble to protect abortion access for employees after court ruling
| Eighteen killed as hundreds try to cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave Posted: 25 Jun 2022 02:36 AM PDT Crowd of more than 500 enter border control area after cutting fence in attempt to cross from Morocco Eighteen people have died after a mass attempt to cross from Morocco into Spain's enclave of Melilla. About 2,000 people approached Melilla at dawn on Friday and more than 500 managed to enter a border control area after cutting a fence with shears, the Spanish government's local delegation said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Stars urge Commonwealth to oppose UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda Posted: 24 Jun 2022 11:00 PM PDT Celebrities including Sophie Okonedo and David Harewood say scheme shows 'colonial view' of Africa as 'dumping ground' British celebrities have urged Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda to oppose the UK's plan to deport refugees to the country, saying it shows a "colonial view" of Africa as a "dumping ground". It comes as a summit of Commonwealth prime ministers and presidents is under way in Kigali, the first time the gathering has been held since 2018. Continue reading... |
| Shanghai reports no new Covid cases for first time since March Posted: 25 Jun 2022 04:01 AM PDT Latest outbreak in city of 25 million subsides after months of lockdowns and other restrictions China has reported no new Covid-19 infections in Shanghai for the first time since March, as the country's latest outbreak subsides after months of lockdowns and other restrictions. China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, stamping out all infections with a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and long quarantine periods. Continue reading... |
| Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong on 25th anniversary of British handover Posted: 24 Jun 2022 11:32 PM PDT Trip will be president's first known visit outside mainland China since January 2020 after Covid outbreak The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will visit Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to mainland China, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. The trip will be Xi's first known visit outside mainland China since January 2020 after the Covid-19 outbreak. He will also attend the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of Hong Kong, Xinhua said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2022 01:02 AM PDT Organisers say the centre is a 'real watershed' moment and will open two nights a week from 19 July Australia's first fixed pill testing site will be up and running within weeks, and the organisers hope it could be the start of a national program. A pill testing trial at Canberra's Groovin the Moo festival in 2019 potentially saved seven lives after the program detected "toxic" chemicals mixed into drugs. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Daniel Andrews names Jacinta Allan as Victoria’s deputy premier after senior ministers resign Posted: 24 Jun 2022 08:17 PM PDT Allan was endorsed unanimously by the Victorian Labor caucus to replace James Merlino ahead of the November state election
The Victorian government has unveiled the frontbench it expects to take to the November state election and crowned a new deputy premier. Transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan will replace James Merlino as deputy premier, after he was one of four senior Labor ministers to announce their retirement and step down from cabinet on Friday. Continue reading... |
| O’Callaghan’s hat-trick of gold, as mixed relay smash world record Posted: 24 Jun 2022 08:11 PM PDT
Mollie O'Callaghan has made it a hat-trick of golds while leading the mixed 4x100m relay quartet to Australia's first global landmark at this year's world swimming championships. And Kaylee McKeown has underlined her standing as one of Australia's marquee swimmers with her first world championship triumph in the 200m backstroke in Budapest on a milestone penultimate day for the Dolphins. Continue reading... |
| Norway on highest terror alert after two killed in mass shootings Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:55 AM PDT Acting police chief calls Oslo shootings 'extreme Islamist terror act' and says gunman has history of violence The Norwegian security service has raised its terror alert to the highest level after mass shootings left two people dead and many wounded during Pride week in Oslo. Roger Berg, the acting PST chief, called the shootings an "extreme Islamist terror act". He said the gunman, who was arrested shortly after the shootings, had a "long history of violence and threats". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:51 AM PDT UK military says key Kremlin generals replaced and that Ukrainian defence of Donbas cities being 'reconfigured'
Russian missiles have hit military infrastructure in northern Ukraine, local officials have said. Reuters reports that Vitaliy Bunechko, governor of the Zhytomyr region in the north of the country, said strikes on a military target killed at least one soldier. Continue reading... |
| Russia has launched widespread shelling and airstrikes, Ukraine officials say Posted: 25 Jun 2022 02:16 AM PDT Bombardments reported in the north and east, with focus on Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk Russia launched artillery bombardments and airstrikes on the cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk on Saturday, hitting a chemical plant where hundreds of civilians were trapped, a Ukrainian official has said. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region, said Russian forces had attacked Sievierodonetsk's industrial zone and tried to enter and blockade Lysychansk. Continue reading... |
| Michael Rosen marks Anne Frank anniversary with new poem Posted: 24 Jun 2022 11:00 PM PDT Seventy-five years after Diary of a Young Girl's publication, Sonnet for Anne Frank reflects on the 'awful paradox' of the journal's bright spirit and her fate
Former children's laureate Michael Rosen has written a new poem to mark the 75th anniversary of the release of Anne Frank's diary. The poem is titled Sonnet for Anne Frank; Rosen wrote in this form, he said, because sonnets have "a certain kind of dignity" and give "you time to reflect". Continue reading... |
| ‘The Russians could come any time’: fear at Suwałki Gap on EU border Posted: 24 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT Sixty-mile strip on edge of Poland and Lithuania is seen as vulnerable due to its position between Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and Belarus Stefan Bilas, 68, says he hears the Russians sometimes. It can be the growl of tanks that drowns out the gentle clucking of the chickens in his front yard, or more often the whirr of attack helicopters or the deafening roar of fighter jets, destination unknown. Artillery fire was heard the other night and there is a shooting range somewhere over there, he points. The lights of a Russian watchtower can be seen at the dead of night. "Peace," toasts the retired farmer, knocking back a vodka. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 122 of the invasion Posted: 24 Jun 2022 06:20 PM PDT German gas prices could triple as Russia cuts supply; Ukrainian forces prepare Severodonetsk retreat; thousands of Black Sea dolphins killed Continue reading... |
| Body of boy, 16, pulled from river in Buckinghamshire Posted: 25 Jun 2022 06:01 AM PDT Police were flagged down by members of public after reports child was in difficulty in Jubilee River in Taplow The body of a 16-year-old boy has been pulled from a river in Buckinghamshire, police have said. Officers were flagged down by members of the public just after 5.30pm on Friday following reports a child had entered the Jubilee River in Taplow and got into difficulty. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:54 AM PDT Prime minister attributes byelection defeats to voters' frustration with hearing the news about 'things I got wrong'
Husain asks how it's fair or right that the top civil servant in the country, Simon Case, asked about job opportunities for Carrie Johnson. "I think that the worst thing I could possibly do is get into conversations about my family, my private life. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson wanted £150,000 treehouse at Chequers, says report Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:15 AM PDT Plans for the structure were scrapped, it is claimed, due to security concerns it would be visible from the roadside Boris Johnson planned to build a £150,000 treehouse for his son at Chequers but was stopped when police raised security concerns, it has been reported. The prime minister and his wife, Carrie Johnson, wanted to install the structure during autumn 2020, according to a report in the Times. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson says speculation over his future is driving British people ‘nuts’ Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:00 AM PDT PM says his position is 'settled' and he will not be distracted by the 'endless churn' of news claiming he 'stuffed up' Boris Johnson has claimed that questions over his premiership have been "settled" and speculation over his future is driving the British people "nuts" as pressure piles on his leadership after the Tories' double byelection defeat. The prime minister also warned Tory MPs considering further moves to unseat him to focus instead on the needs of the UK who are irritated by rows centred on Westminster. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: dozens of vulnerable asylum seekers have died in Home Office housing since 2020 Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:00 AM PDT Data shows number of deaths is higher than admitted as experts question safeguarding and fear chances to save lives were missed Dozens of asylum seekers who were officially recognised by the Home Office as vulnerable and potentially in need of protection have died in government accommodation, with previously undisclosed internal documents suggesting a number of the cases involved safeguarding failings. New data obtained in a joint investigation by the Observer and Liberty Investigates has found at least 107 deaths of asylum seekers who were provided with Home Office housing between April 2016 and May 2022, far more than officially admitted. Eighty-two have died since January 2020. Continue reading... |
| Lauren Laverne pulls out of BBC Glastonbury role after mother’s death Posted: 25 Jun 2022 04:38 AM PDT Radio 6 Music presenter was on site at Worthy Farm but has pulled out saying she is 'heartbroken' The BBC presenter Lauren Laverne has pulled out of covering Glastonbury festival after the death of her mother. Laverne, who had been on site at Worthy Farm for the BBC, said on Instagram that she was "utterly heartbroken" after the death of her mother, Celia, on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Abortion banned in multiple US states just hours after Roe v Wade overturned Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:43 AM PDT Utah among first states to outlaw almost all abortions, while mayor of Washington DC declares it 'pro-choice city' Abortion was already illegal in multiple US states on Saturday, with bans introduced within hours of Roe v Wade being overturned, as cities erupted in protest at the landmark ruling. It came after the US supreme court on Friday abolished the constitutional right to abortion, more than 50 years after it was established, leaving individual states to decide. It is ultimately expected to lead to abortion bans in about half of the states. Continue reading... |
| Biden administration signals fight to stop states banning abortion pill Posted: 25 Jun 2022 05:20 AM PDT With Roe v Wade overturned, administration could go to court over how mifepristone is approved for use President Joe Biden's administration has indicated it will seek to prevent states from banning a pill used for medical abortion in light of the supreme court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, signalling a major new legal fight. The administration could argue in court that the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of mifepristone, one of the pills used for medical abortions, preempts state restrictions, meaning federal authority outweighs any state action. Continue reading... |
| Tech firms under pressure to safeguard user data as abortion prosecutions loom Posted: 25 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT Private information collected and retained by companies could be weaponized to prosecute abortion seekers and providers After the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade on Friday, calls increased for tech companies to take a stand about the use of online data to incriminate individuals seeking or providing abortion services. Abortion and civil rights advocates have warned that there are few federal regulations on what information is collected and retained by tech firms, making it easy for law enforcement officials to access incriminating data on location, internet searches and communication history. Continue reading... |
| Democrats hope to tap anger over Roe in November midterms – will it work? Posted: 24 Jun 2022 11:00 PM PDT Analysts say more voters should turn out in the wake of the supreme court ruling – but that could help Republicans too "This fall, Roe is on the ballot," Joe Biden told American voters in the wake of the US supreme court's decision to scrap abortion rights. The US president was merely echoing a chorus of Democrats urging voters to elect pro abortion-rights lawmakers in November's midterm elections in a bid to wrest greater control of Congress and perhaps allow abortion rights to be enshrined in legislation. Continue reading... |
| ‘We will fight like hell’: US western states band together to protect abortion rights Posted: 24 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT California, Oregon and Washington pledged to defend access and protect those seeking care as the US came to grips with losing Roe v Wade The Democratic state governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued a new commitment to enshrine abortion rights across the west coast on Friday, as the US grappled with the supreme court's ruling removing the federal right to abortion. Calling their states a "a safe haven for all people seeking abortions and other reproductive health care services", the California governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon governor Kate Brown and Washington governor Jay Inslee pledged to defend access to reproductive healthcare and protect those who cross their borders from other states seeking care. Continue reading... |
| Companies scramble to protect abortion access for employees after court ruling Posted: 24 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT Disney, JP Morgan, Levi Strauss, Microsoft and others are offering to cover travel expenses but face a Republican backlash Some of America's largest companies moved swiftly to protect their employees' access to abortion after Friday's supreme court decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion in the US. The moves are likely to deepen an expanding rift between conservative Republicans and corporate America. Disney, JP Morgan, Levi Strauss and Microsoft were among the companies to tell staff they would cover employee travel expenses for abortions in light of the supreme court's decision to strike down Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that the constitution generally protects the right to choose an abortion. Continue reading... |
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