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Seventeen people found dead in South African nightclub
‘Dom Phillips was natural storyteller – for us, he was always Uncle Dom’
Ecuador at standstill after two weeks of protests over cost of living crisis
‘Things aren’t going back’: Australia braces for step-up in China’s Pacific push
State of Origin 2022 Game 2: NSW Blues 44-12 Queensland Maroons – as it happened
Nathan Cleary leads way as NSW roar back to level State of Origin series with Queensland
Australian politicians respond to US abortion decision – as it happened
Peter Dutton says NSW Liberal party preselection delays were ‘completely unacceptable’
First of three Nasa rockets to take off from Northern Territory space centre
Education system ‘run by Marxists’: Jason Clare takes aim at Liberal senator over comments on teachers
Russia-Ukraine war: one killed as Kyiv hit by missile strikes; G7 leaders gather in Germany – live updates
Russian missiles strike Kyiv for first time in three weeks
Boris Johnson warns of risk of fatigue in west’s support for Ukraine
Tycoon Dimitris Daskalopoulos gives away huge haul of modern art
G7 grapples with packed agenda of world turned upside down
Tory donor and Vladimir Putin associate facing forgery charges in Luxembourg
Prince Charles given €3m in cash in bags by Qatari politician, according to report
Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal
Sri Lanka almost out of fuel, with no fresh supplies in sight
Taliban say they will not interfere with Afghanistan earthquake aid
‘I don’t want to be an icon’: Mick Lynch on winning the rail strike PR battle
Johnson faces possible legal action over delay to Covid public inquiry
Boris Johnson tries to calm Tory anger over his ‘third term’ remarks
‘His anger got bigger’: ministers urged to get serious about gamblers’ deaths
Sainsbury’s under new pressure to pay living wage for all workers
That’s entertainment! Musicals lift spirits on London West End’s stages
Roe v Wade: legal experts see limited opportunities to challenge court ruling
Why did they wait? Uvalde anger grows over bungled police response
US bans Juul but young vapers are already switching to newer products
Illinois Republican tells Trump rally that Roe verdict a ‘victory for white life’
BBC’s Amol Rajan criticised for using phrase ‘pro-life’ in Roe v Wade interview
Roe v Wade: senators say Trump supreme court nominees misled them

Seventeen people found dead in South African nightclub

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:02 AM PDT

Police in southern city of East London launch investigation and officials rule out stampede

At least 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa's southern city of East London on Sunday, police said.

"We got a report about 17 [people] that died in a local tavern in Scenery Park, which is based in East London," said Thembinkosi Kinana, a police spokesperson. "We are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident."

‘Dom Phillips was natural storyteller – for us, he was always Uncle Dom’

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:16 AM PDT

Nieces of journalist killed in the Amazon pay tribute to their uncle, who sent frequent and funny emails about life in Brazil

Dom Phillips was a storyteller. Through his career as a journalist, he told the stories of those who were unable to speak out and whose views were overlooked. His second book, How to Save the Amazon, aimed to do exactly this – to speak the story of the Amazon and the Indigenous people within it, and provide solutions to preserve their culture in conjunction with current Brazilian society.

For us, however, he was always Uncle Dom. He has been present in our lives since we were born and was very much involved with our upbringing when we were small children. He remained a positive influence, even when he moved to Brazil in 2007.

Ecuador at standstill after two weeks of protests over cost of living crisis

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 08:46 AM PDT

During demonstrations, started by an Indigenous federation, roads were blocked and vehicles torched, and police fired teargas

Ecuador has been brought to a near standstill after two weeks of tumultuous protests over a spike in fuel and food prices as global inflation inflames discontent over widening inequality across Latin America.

At least five people have died after demonstrators blocked roads, torched vehicles and hurled stones, while police responded with teargas during several days of clashes. Ecuador's health ministry has said two people died in ambulances delayed by road blockades. Twelve police officers are reported injured.

‘Things aren’t going back’: Australia braces for step-up in China’s Pacific push

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT

Despite initial relief over island nations' rejection of security and economic pact, senior government figure says reprieve could be only temporary

The Australian government is bracing for China to step up its push to expand influence in the Pacific, with a senior figure privately conceding Canberra has a lot of work to do to regain lost trust and strengthen regional unity.

Despite initial relief at a decision by Pacific island countries to defer a sweeping 10-country security and economic pact proposed by China, the Australian government now believes this may be only a temporary reprieve.

State of Origin 2022 Game 2: NSW Blues 44-12 Queensland Maroons – as it happened

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 05:02 AM PDT

NSW level series at 1-1 with comprehensive win in Perth
Nathan Cleary sets up two tries and scores two of his own

While you're waiting for the action to get underway, enjoy lifelong Bears tragic Sam Perry keeping the dream alive.

Speaking earlier of the NSW changes to the ruck, Billy Slater reckons they've made the Blues a more dangerous proposition, telling Nine: "I see a huge strength in their dummy half position. Firstly with Apisai Koroisau starting the game, he's got a great craft around dummy half area and then we're anticipating Damien Cook to come on somewhere late in that first half. So when he gets there, he's an explosive runner. So that's what we've worked hard on this week. It will be a big strength of their game."

Nathan Cleary leads way as NSW roar back to level State of Origin series with Queensland

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 04:50 AM PDT

Blues beat Maroons 44-12 in Game 2 in Perth
Cleary scores two tries and adds perfect eight from eight kicks

The 2022 State of Origin series will be decided by a third game in Brisbane after New South Wales roared back into contention with a 44-12 demolition of Queensland in Game 2 in Perth.

Blues halfback Nathan Cleary was outstanding in the seven tries to two victory at Optus Stadium, setting up two tries while scoring two of his own in three second-half minutes after the game exploded into life midway through the first half.

Australian politicians respond to US abortion decision – as it happened

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 01:00 AM PDT

Sussan Ley and Jason Clare react to US supreme court decision on abortion rights; Australia to send $1m earthquake relief to Afghanistan; nation records 26 Covid deaths. This blog is now closed

Sussan Ley: Roe v Wade overturning 'a backward step for women'

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley says the US supreme court's decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion is a "backward step for women in the US".

This has been a step backwards for women in the US. I'm very discomforted by anything that puts a personal and sensitive issue that a woman has to grapple with in many instances, or a family has to grapple with, in the same sentence as criminal.

Thank God we are a country here in Australia where abortion is not an issue that divides the Labor party and Liberal party.

I'm thinking at the moment for the women who live in some of these states that are basically being told today that if you want to have an abortion then get on a bus and travel a couple of hundred kilometres.

Peter Dutton says NSW Liberal party preselection delays were ‘completely unacceptable’

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 11:42 PM PDT

Nine candidates were preselected just days before the 2022 federal election amid bitter recriminations in the NSW branch

Peter Dutton has warned the New South Wales Liberal party it is "completely unacceptable" to preselect candidates on the eve of an election.

The opposition leader gave that message to the NSW branch executive at a meeting on Friday evening, urging it to avoid a repeat of divisions before the 2022 poll, when nine candidates were preselected just days before the election was called.

First of three Nasa rockets to take off from Northern Territory space centre

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 10:33 PM PDT

Rocket carrying instruments to study the evolution of the universe will be Nasa's first launch from commercial port outside US

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The first of three Nasa rockets scheduled to launch from the Northern Territory is due to take off on Sunday night, carrying precision instruments that will give scientists new data on the evolution of the cosmos.

If all goes according to plan, the rocket will take off from the Arnhem Space Centre on the Dhupuma plateau, near Nhulunbuy, at 10.44pm local time on Sunday.

Education system ‘run by Marxists’: Jason Clare takes aim at Liberal senator over comments on teachers

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 10:13 PM PDT

Hollie Hughes told a Sydney Institute forum parents need to 'turn the internet off' as she gave reasons for the party's election defeat

The education minister has blasted Senator Hollie Hughes for "crazy" comments blaming the Liberals' low youth vote on "Marxist" teachers.

On Sunday Labor's Jason Clare responded to the remarks, made by the New South Wales senator at a Sydney Institute federal election postmortem on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: one killed as Kyiv hit by missile strikes; G7 leaders gather in Germany – live updates

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 05:04 AM PDT

Strikes hit Shevchenkivskiy district of Ukraine capital, says mayor Vitali Klitschko; G7 leaders to discuss energy and food crisis at Bavarian retreat

Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, says two people have been taken to hospital after Sunday morning's missile strikes, with search and rescue operations continuing. In a Telegram post, Klitschko said people may still be trapped under rubble at a residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

Some of the dozens of long-range Russian missile strikes on Saturday were, for the first time, launched from Tu-22 bombers deployed from Belarus, Ukraine's military says.

Russian missiles strike Kyiv for first time in three weeks

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:43 AM PDT

Residential buildings and a kindergarten hit in centre of Ukrainian capital before planned Nato summit on Tuesday

Russia-Ukraine war – live updates

Kyiv was hit by four Russian missile strikes early on Sunday morning for the first time in three weeks, during which life had been slowly returning to the Ukrainian capital in the relative calm.

Columns of smoke rose over the central Shevchenkivskyi district, home to a cluster of universities, restaurants and art galleries at 6.22am. Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said two residential buildings had been hit in what he called an attempt to "intimidate Ukrainians" before a Nato summit in Madrid beginning on Tuesday.

Boris Johnson warns of risk of fatigue in west’s support for Ukraine

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:33 AM PDT

At G7 summit, PM pushes for renewed sanctions and says he would welcome a visit to UK by Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Boris Johnson has warned about the likelihood of "fatigue" among western nations over continued support for Ukraine, as he began talks at the G7 summit in Germany, where he hopes to push for renewed sanctions against Russia.

Ahead of the first day of the annual gathering of political leaders, held amid ultra-tight security in the Bavarian countryside, Johnson also hailed a new international export ban on Russian gold.

Tycoon Dimitris Daskalopoulos gives away huge haul of modern art

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT

Collector tells why he is donating 350 major pieces to international galleries

In his airy office in north Athens, Dimitris Daskalopoulos likes to point out his Ego piece that can easily go unnoticed on a back wall.

Seen from afar, the three letters integral to the painting are faintly discernible, but what the art collector takes particular delight in is how they disappear when seen at no distance at all. "Look," he says, his eyes twinkling as he appreciates the work close-up. "The ego has gone, there's nothing to see, nothing at all."

G7 grapples with packed agenda of world turned upside down

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 02:14 AM PDT

Analysis: A price cap on Russian oil and potential famine in Africa are among issues pressing for attention

Russia-Ukraine war – live updates

A price cap on Russian oil, deferral of climate change commitments, a potential famine in Africa and the further supply of weapons to Ukraine are to crowd into a meeting of G7 world leaders over the next three days held against the backdrop of the biggest geopolitical crisis since 1945.

The agenda reveals how the world has been turned upside down since leaders of the industrialised nations last met in Cornwall a year ago in a summit chaired by Britain, largely to focus on the threat posed by China.

Tory donor and Vladimir Putin associate facing forgery charges in Luxembourg

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 02:00 AM PDT

Former Formula One team boss Gérard Lopez, who gave £400,000 to Conservatives, has been charged after investigation

A Tory donor who has been described as a friend of Vladimir Putin, and who donated £400,000 to the party before the Brexit referendum, is facing charges of forgery in Luxembourg.

Gérard Lopez, 50, who chaired the Lotus Formula One team in the UK, donated to the Tories in April 2016, two months before the referendum. He has denied the charges.

Prince Charles given €3m in cash in bags by Qatari politician, according to report

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 03:02 PM PDT

Money was passed immediately to one of the prince's charities, says Clarence House

The Prince of Wales accepted bags containing millions of euros in cash during meetings with a senior Qatari politician, according to a report.

Prince Charles was said to have been given a total of €3m (£2.6m) during meetings with Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar.

Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 09:37 AM PDT

EU foreign affairs chief says stalemate broken after meeting with Iranian foreign minister in Tehran

Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, has said talks will restart on the Iran nuclear deal, averting a complete collapse in the agreement which could spark a nuclear arms race across the Middle East.

After a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Tehran, Borrell said he had broken the stalemate which had led to talks on the revival of the nuclear deal being stalled since March. Borrell gave no detail about the exact date of the resumption of talks or the precise format, but said the process had the agreement of Iran and the US. He also met Iran's national security chief Ali Shamkhani.

Sri Lanka almost out of fuel, with no fresh supplies in sight

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 06:41 PM PDT

Bankrupt nation's energy minister apologises to motorists but unable to say when petrol and diesel imports will be restored

Sri Lanka has increased the price of fuel by up to 22%% after the energy minister warned it had virtually run out of petrol and diesel after several expected shipments were delayed.

Kanchana Wijesekera apologised to motorists as he said on Saturday that oil cargoes that were due last week did not turn up, while those scheduled to arrive next week will also not reach Sri Lanka due to "banking" reasons.

Taliban say they will not interfere with Afghanistan earthquake aid

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 10:20 AM PDT

Aid organisations complain the group in the past has tried to divert aid to supporters of their insurgency

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have pledged not to interfere with international efforts to distribute aid to tens of thousands of people affected by this week's deadly earthquake.

Even before Wednesday's quake the country was in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, with aid flows and financial assistance severely curtailed since the Taliban's return to power.

‘I don’t want to be an icon’: Mick Lynch on winning the rail strike PR battle

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 04:00 AM PDT

Public support has soared for the plain-speaking RMT leader who is leading the fight to protect his members' living standards

At 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, union boss Mick Lynch was once again on the picket line at Euston station in London, galvanising colleagues, talking tactics on the pay negotiations and conducting broadcast interviews.

Until the biggest industrial action on the rail network for more than 30 years, few people would have even heard of Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). This weekend, he is a national figure.

Johnson faces possible legal action over delay to Covid public inquiry

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:59 AM PDT

Campaigners say they will seek judicial review amid fears delay could lead to loss of evidence

Boris Johnson is facing possible legal action over a delay to the start of the Covid-19 public inquiry, which campaigners fear could lead to evidence being destroyed.

The prime minister pledged in parliament that the statutory inquiry into the UK's handling of the pandemic, which has so far resulted in 196,977 fatalities with Covid on the death certificate, would begin by spring. But Downing Street has yet to finalise the terms of reference.

Boris Johnson tries to calm Tory anger over his ‘third term’ remarks

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:54 AM PDT

Prime minister says he meant he was focused on 'massive agenda' after No 10 initially suggested he was joking

Boris Johnson has sought to defuse a row triggered by his declaration that he wanted to remain in office until the 2030s, by saying he meant he was focused on his reform agenda.

Coming after two huge byelection defeats revived talk in the Conservative party of Johnson being forced out of office within weeks or months, the prime minister's comment about already planning a third term prompted a former cabinet minister to say he was "completely delusional".

‘His anger got bigger’: ministers urged to get serious about gamblers’ deaths

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:14 AM PDT

Campaigners call for tougher regulations as white paper emerges, but reports suggest proposals are being watered down

When Julie Martin's 16-year-old son rang as she drove home from work, his words made her blood run cold. "Don't come home. Dad's at the front door."

His father, Bylent "Bill" Troshupa, was subject to a restraining order barring him from the family home after violent rages. His sudden arrival, nearly a year later, spelled danger.

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Sainsbury’s under new pressure to pay living wage for all workers

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 02:59 AM PDT

Queen's bank Coutts plus Coal Pensions Board join others such as LGIM and HSBC backing resolution for £9.90 an hour

The Queen's bank, Coutts & Co, and the Coal Pensions Board have joined a group of investors backing a resolution calling for Sainsbury's to pay the independently set living wage for all staff and contracted workers.

The vote at the UK's second-largest supermarket's annual shareholder meeting on 7 July will be the first resolution committing a UK company board to pay the living wage.

That’s entertainment! Musicals lift spirits on London West End’s stages

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 01:45 AM PDT

Shows with a feelgood factor are boosting box-office takings

"I simply remember my favourite things and then I don't feel so bad," sang Maria among the mountains in The Sound of Music, introducing to the world one of the most memorable musical lines of all time. Uplifting sentiments like these now seem to have set sales of tickets to musicals in the West End of London soaring to new heights, with pundits suggesting two years of misery have left people desperate to lift their spirits.

Box-office figures from the Society of London Theatre (Solt) reveal that, since the beginning of the year, West End musicals outperformed their 2019 equivalents in 20 out of 22 weeks for attendance and 19 out of 22 for revenue. There are fewer plays than in 2019, which might partly explain the strong sales, but people in the industry think it's more than that.

Roe v Wade: legal experts see limited opportunities to challenge court ruling

Posted: 26 Jun 2022 03:00 AM PDT

Legal scholar Lawrence Tribe: 'We're in for a long, tangled, chaotic and, in terms of human suffering, horribly costly struggle'

Joe Biden on Saturday renewed his criticism of the supreme court, a day after justices handed down a historic ruling that overturned a ruling that had guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion for almost half a century.

"The supreme court has made some terrible decisions," Biden said at an event where he signed last week's bipartisan gun control bill into law. The president said he and the first lady, Jill Biden, knew "how painful and devastating the decision is for so many Americans" and vowed that his administration would focus on how states implement the decision.

Why did they wait? Uvalde anger grows over bungled police response

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 11:00 PM PDT

Searing public testimony illustrates extreme reluctance of police chief to let his officers put a stop to the carnage

Ruben Ruiz, a school district police officer in Uvalde, Texas, was standing in a hallway outside the classroom where his wife taught fourth-graders a couple of days before summer break. His wife, Eva Mireles, had just called his cellphone, begging for help after an intruder had shot her and her students.

Ruiz was among 18 officers who had rushed over to his wife's school, Robb elementary, in response to reports of an active shooter. He was ready to charge in with a few of his fellow law enforcement officers, battle the 18-year-old rifleman who had invaded the campus, and hopefully save his wife and her students.

US bans Juul but young vapers are already switching to newer products

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT

Analysis: Juul is only the fourth most popular e-cigarette with adolescents, who are opting for disposable alternatives

This week, the US effectively banned Juul after the Food and Drug Administration ordered the e-cigarette maker to remove its popular products from the marketplace.

Experts have hailed the move as significant. But they are also concerned that such efforts are failing to keep up with a fast-moving vaping industry – one where young people leap quickly from one product to another.

Illinois Republican tells Trump rally that Roe verdict a ‘victory for white life’

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 09:03 PM PDT

Mary Miller's remarks are greeted with cheers by crowd, though spokesman claims she meant to say 'right to life'

Illinois Republican Mary Miller told a crowd at a rally held alongside former president Donald Trump that the supreme court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade was a "victory for white life".

"President Trump, on behalf of all the Maga patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the supreme court yesterday," she said, drawing cheers from the crowd in Illinois.

BBC’s Amol Rajan criticised for using phrase ‘pro-life’ in Roe v Wade interview

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 09:44 AM PDT

Pro-choice campaigners say hearing the term, seen as partisan, on Today programme was 'disappointing'

One of the BBC's most high-profile presenters has been criticised for using the term "pro-life" to describe anti-abortion campaigners in a discussion about the US supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade.

The term, which is considered partisan, was used twice by Amol Rajan during Saturday morning's Today programme on Radio 4, in segments about the landmark ruling ending Americans' constitutional right to abortion.

Roe v Wade: senators say Trump supreme court nominees misled them

Posted: 25 Jun 2022 09:42 AM PDT

Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh said they would not overturn landmark abortion ruling, Susan Collins and Joe Manchin say

When the supreme court decided on Friday to overturn Roe v Wade, several senators who recently approved justices responsible for this decision said they felt deceived. These politicians pointed to prior statements from Trump appointees Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch; both male judges had claimed they would not overturn Roe.

"I feel misled," the Maine senator Susan Collins told the New York Times. In a lengthy meeting on 21 August 2018, the Republican reportedly grilled Kavanaugh to explain why he could be trusted not to overturn Roe.

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