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- ‘It’s a sham’: Egypt accused of restricting protest in run-up to Cop27
- Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought
- Cop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOs
- V&A to display its first African fashion exhibition
- Moroccan authorities accused of trying to cover up Melilla deaths
- Reporter shot to death in Mexico, the 12th journalist killed there this year
- Two more migrants dead from Texas trailer, bringing toll to 53
- Canadian woman loses her home amid government payroll debacle
- El Salvador to escalate its security crackdown after death of police officers
- Jubilation and hope as convention puts final stamp on Chile’s new draft constitution
- War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds
- Human rights fears affecting China’s standing globally, Pew survey finds
- Nations must work together through ‘conflict and crisis’ to reduce climate change risks, Albanese tells OECD
- Chinese invasion of Taiwan ‘would be catastrophic miscalculation’
- UK to lift import restrictions on food from Fukushima
- North Korea accuses US of building an ‘Asian Nato’ ahead of security talks
- Nobel laureate Maria Ressa vows to fight Philippines order shutting Rappler site
- What makes a song sound happy? It depends on your culture, study finds
- Just 24 health workers helped under Morrison government scheme to bring 2,000 medics to Australia
- Unseasonal deluge to bring wet and windy end to Australia’s east coast winter dry spell
- ‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics
- Families of murder victims Hannah Clarke and Doreen Langham join call for specialist police stations
- Lismore ice-cream factory ‘will need to stand down 240 people’ unless flood support extended
- Russia-Ukraine war: Nato calls Moscow ‘the most direct threat to security and stability’ as it welcomes Finland and Sweden – live
- Erdoğan gains from lifting Sweden and Finland Nato veto with US fighter jet promise
- Maroš Šefčovič urges PM to ‘get Brexit done’ and work with the EU
- Ukraine announces largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded
- Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam found guilty of murder and jailed for life
- Russia condemns Nato’s invitation to Finland and Sweden
- Unilever sells off Ben & Jerry’s in Israel to avoid West Bank row
- Israel delays travel restrictions on West Bank in apparent gesture to Joe Biden
- Israel braces for fifth election in less than four years
- More than 100 murders in 18 months in Syria’s al-Hawl camp, UN says
- Hamas releases video of Israeli citizen held captive since 2015
- Israel eases abortion regulations in response to ‘sad’ Roe v Wade ruling
- Delhi police arrest Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair over tweet from 2018
- Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens
- ‘The right direction’: Britain celebrates best Wimbledon first round since 1984
- Archie Battersbee’s parents win court of appeal fight in life-support case
- What could 1922 Committee elections mean for Boris Johnson?
- ‘Ruthlessly organised’ Tory rebels plot 1922 takeover to oust Boris Johnson
- BBC journalist tells court how he was chased by mob of anti-vaxxers
- UK will face worse inflation than other major economies, says Bank governor
- Emmett Till: family seeks arrest after discovery of unserved 1955 warrant
- R Kelly sentenced to 30 years on sexual abuse charges
- Giuliani associate Lev Parnas handed 20 months in prison for campaign finance fraud – as it happened
- CDC activates emergency operations unit for monkeypox
- ‘You destroyed so many lives’: R Kelly victims give emotional statements
- Two men charged after police find possible link to Texas migrant deaths
| ‘It’s a sham’: Egypt accused of restricting protest in run-up to Cop27 Posted: 29 Jun 2022 03:40 AM PDT Climate activists say plight of jailed Alaa Abd El Fattah shows protesters' voices will be ignored at Sharm el-Sheikh summit Five months before a pivotal UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, one of Egypt's most prominent political prisoners remains behind bars. Now on his 89th day of a hunger strike, Alaa Abd El Fattah is subsisting on just a hundred calories a day, normally in the form of skimmed milk or a spoonful of honey in his tea. Abd El Fattah, a figurehead of Egypt's 2011 revolution, has spent most of the past decade in prison. First jailed for organising demonstrations against a law that in effect banned protest altogether, he was re-arrested in 2019 during anti-government protests in which he had no involvement, and last year was sentenced to a further five years in a maximum security prison on charges of "spreading false news undermining national security", for comments about torture on social media. Continue reading... |
| Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought Posted: 28 Jun 2022 02:10 PM PDT Fossils from South African cave are 3.4 to 3.6m years old and walked the Earth at same time as east African relatives The fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning they walked the Earth around the same time as their east African relatives like the famous "Lucy", according to new research. The Sterkfontein caves at the Cradle of Humankind world heritage site northwest of Johannesburg have yielded more Australopithecus fossils than any other site in the world. Continue reading... |
| Cop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOs Posted: 28 Jun 2022 03:54 AM PDT Nairobi biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conference UN biodiversity negotiations have reached crisis point due to a lack of engagement from governments, leading NGOs have warned, three years after experts revealed that Earth's life-support systems are collapsing. Last week, countries met in Nairobi for an extra round of talks on an agreement to halt the human-driven destruction of the natural world, with the final targets set to be agreed at Cop15 in Montreal. Governments have never met a target they have set for themselves on halting the destruction of nature despite scientists warning in 2019 that one million species face extinction, and that nature is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. Continue reading... |
| V&A to display its first African fashion exhibition Posted: 27 Jun 2022 10:00 PM PDT Galleries will showcase designers who are often overlooked, in an effort to acknowledge colonial histories within the museum The Victoria and Albert Museum will open its first African fashion exhibition this week, more than 170 years after it was founded. Featuring designers who have worked with names including Beyoncé and architect David Adjaye, Africa Fashion aims to look across the fashion of the continent, exhibiting designs, photographs and films from 25 of the 54 countries. Continue reading... |
| Moroccan authorities accused of trying to cover up Melilla deaths Posted: 27 Jun 2022 06:54 AM PDT Concern at apparent plan to bury victims without investigating cause of death or trying to identify them There are growing calls for an investigation into the deaths of up to 37 people who died trying to scale a fence to enter Melilla, Spain's enclave in north Africa. About 2,000 people stormed the heavily fortified border between the Moroccan region of Nador and the Spanish enclave on Friday. The Moroccan authorities say 23 people died and 140 police were injured during the attempt, while several NGOs say the number of dead is 37. Continue reading... |
| Reporter shot to death in Mexico, the 12th journalist killed there this year Posted: 29 Jun 2022 12:59 PM PDT Attacks on the press have increased 85% in the three years since president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took power Yet another Mexican reporter has been shot to death, bringing to 12 the number of journalists killed this year in the country, one of the world's most dangerous for media workers. Antonio de la Cruz, 47, was shot on Wednesday as he was leaving his house with his 23-year-old daughter, who was seriously injured, according to state prosecutors and the newspaper that employed him. Continue reading... |
| Two more migrants dead from Texas trailer, bringing toll to 53 Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:10 AM PDT Authorities are struggling to identify victims who have no IDs as families in Central America wait in anguish for news The number of dead migrants found in a stifling trailer in Texas rose to 53 on Wednesday after two more people died, according to the Bexar county medical examiner's office. Forty of the victims were male and 13 were female, it said. Continue reading... |
| Canadian woman loses her home amid government payroll debacle Posted: 29 Jun 2022 08:55 AM PDT Fiasco involves automated system that has led to 200,000 government workers being overpaid, underpaid or not paid at all A woman in Newfoundland has lost her house after the government of Canada stopped paying her while she was on contract with its own revenue agency. Joanne Nemec Osmond's ordeal is the latest case in a debacle surrounding an automated payroll system which has led to 200,000 government workers in the country being overpaid, underpaid – or not paid at all. Continue reading... |
| El Salvador to escalate its security crackdown after death of police officers Posted: 29 Jun 2022 08:10 AM PDT President Nayib Bukele vowed to step up its 'war on gangs' even as 2% of the country's population is jailed El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, has vowed to escalate his controversial "war on gangs" after three police officers were killed in what appeared to be the first major reaction to a security crackdown that critics have called one of the most dramatic in recent Latin American history. Bukele's government claims more than 43,000 Salvadorians have been thrown in jail since it imposed a "state of exception" in late March – leaving almost 2% of the country's entire adult population behind bars. Continue reading... |
| Jubilation and hope as convention puts final stamp on Chile’s new draft constitution Posted: 28 Jun 2022 05:08 PM PDT Draft shifts country away from Pinochet-era document, enshrining cultural rights and laying out path of autonomy for Indigenous peoples The process of drafting Chile's new constitution has come to an abrupt, jubilant end as the final votes were held quickly by the 154-member, gender-equal constitutional convention. Huddling between the colonnades at the former congress building in Santiago, which has played host to Chile's constitutional process, the delegates hugged and cheered as the draft was finalised. Continue reading... |
| War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds Posted: 28 Jun 2022 04:07 PM PDT Truth commission's report, touted as a chance to heal after half a century of bloodshed, called for a 'substantial change in drug policy' The punitive, prohibitionist war on drugs helped prolong Colombia's disastrous civil war, the country's truth commission has found, in a landmark report published on Tuesday as part of an effort to heal the raw wounds left by conflict. The report, titled "There is a future if there is truth", was the first instalment of a study put together by the commission that was formed as part of a historic 2016 peace deal with the leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Continue reading... |
| Human rights fears affecting China’s standing globally, Pew survey finds Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:00 AM PDT Negative views of China at highest level in years in many of the 19 countries that took part in survey Concerns about China's policies on human rights have led to negative views towards the world's most populous nation, a Pew public opinion survey has found. Negative views of China remain at or near historic highs in many of the 19 countries polled in this year's survey, which spoke to people in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. The findings are largely consistent with Pew's previous study in 2020, but with some countries now reporting even more unfavourable views of China. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2022 05:30 AM PDT Prime minister will say food insecurity has become a significant challenge and Australia has a major role to play in meeting the challenge
Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese will declare the world must raise ambition to reduce the risks of runaway global heating and cooperate amid national policy differences even when "long shadows of conflict and crisis are threatening our shared security". The prime minister will use a speech to a special session of the council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris to launch a clarion call for international cooperation on climate policy, as well as practical measures to safeguard energy and food security, as the world grapples with disruptions created by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Chinese invasion of Taiwan ‘would be catastrophic miscalculation’ Posted: 29 Jun 2022 01:59 AM PDT Trade should be directed at countries who can be trusted, says British foreign secretary Liz Truss China would be making "a catastrophic miscalculation" if it invaded Taiwan, Liz Truss has said, telling the Nato summit that the UK and other countries should reconsider trading relationships with countries that used economic power in "coercive" ways. In a sign of how far UK government attitudes towards China have shifted since the self-declared "golden decade" under David Cameron, the British foreign secretary said trade should be directed at countries that could be trusted. Continue reading... |
| UK to lift import restrictions on food from Fukushima Posted: 28 Jun 2022 11:30 PM PDT Remaining curbs on food imports imposed after 2011 nuclear disaster to be scrapped Food from Fukushima will be freely available in the UK from Wednesday, weeks after Boris Johnson snacked on popcorn from the Japanese prefecture hit by a triple nuclear meltdown in March 2011. Britain restricted Fukushima imports after the disaster, the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but has gradually lifted them, even as other countries limit or ban produce from the region. Continue reading... |
| North Korea accuses US of building an ‘Asian Nato’ ahead of security talks Posted: 28 Jun 2022 09:11 PM PDT Biden due to meet Japanese PM Kishida and South Korean leader Yoon for talks amid escalating missile tests by Pyongyang North Korea has accused the US and its allies of launching a "sinister" attempt to form an "Asian Nato" to contain the regime, hours before Joe Biden and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts meet for security talks. "The US is hellbent on the military cooperation with its stooges in disregard of the primary security demand and concern by Asia-Pacific countries," North Korea's state news agency, KCNA said, on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Nobel laureate Maria Ressa vows to fight Philippines order shutting Rappler site Posted: 28 Jun 2022 08:37 PM PDT 'Kill' order to revoke news website's certificates of incorporation made in final days of Rodrigo Duterte's rule The Nobel prize-winner Maria Ressa has said she will challenge an order shutting down Rappler, the news website she co-founded, vowing the outlet will not succumb to harassment and intimidation. Rappler, which has been widely praised for scrutinising the administration of the outgoing Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has faced relentless legal charges and investigations. Continue reading... |
| What makes a song sound happy? It depends on your culture, study finds Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:00 AM PDT The perception of music in major keys as happy and minor keys as sad is not universal, Australian researchers say
What makes a piece of music seem happy or sad? Whether it has been composed in a major or minor key is a significant factor. It's part of what distinguishes the cheeriness of Walking on Sunshine from the pensiveness of Ain't No Sunshine, for example. But the perception of major keys as happy and minor keys as sad is not universal, according to Australian research that suggests the effect may result from the influence of western culture. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Just 24 health workers helped under Morrison government scheme to bring 2,000 medics to Australia Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT Travel program set up by Greg Hunt in 2021 discontinued after two months with two dozen people receiving direct assistance
Just 24 medical practitioners received direct assistance to come to Australia under a travel program announced by the Morrison government which promised to bring an extra 2,000 doctors and nurses into the country. As Australia faces skills shortages across the health and aged care sectors, information obtained from the Department of Health shows that a program set up by the former health minister Greg Hunt in October last year that promised to bring in an extra 2,000 health practitioners over six months was discontinued after just two months. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Unseasonal deluge to bring wet and windy end to Australia’s east coast winter dry spell Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT New South Wales and Queensland set for coastal showers with wet weather to last into mid-next week
The winter dry spell is set to end this week with the east coast of Australia set to receive a deluge leading up to the weekend, while record-breaking rainfall is expected for parts of northern Australia. A cold front moving towards the east coast will bring coastal showers and wet weather to most of the New South Wales and Queensland coast. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| ‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT Exclusive: 16% plan to look for new jobs according to survey of 348 Ambulance Victoria staff Bill Briggs had worked as a paramedic for more than three decades when, during Victoria's second extended Covid lockdown, he "lost the plot". "I was just plodding along, doing the job, not getting any complaints from anyone and then I had a disagreement with another paramedic and I just exploded, which is not like me at all," Briggs says. Continue reading... |
| Families of murder victims Hannah Clarke and Doreen Langham join call for specialist police stations Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT 'Women have had enough,' says Prof Kerry Carrington, who has been advocating for domestic violence stations since 2015
The violent murders of Doreen Langham and Hannah Clarke by their former partners should be a wakeup call to all Australian jurisdictions to consider specialist domestic violence police stations, according to experts and family members of the victims. A trial of specialist stations has been recommended twice this week by deputy Queensland coroner Jane Bentley, as she handed down findings from separate inquests into the murders of Langham, on Monday, and Clarke and her children – Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey – on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Lismore ice-cream factory ‘will need to stand down 240 people’ unless flood support extended Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT Norco says 44 workers who lost homes would be affected if government assistance ends
An ice-cream factory will stand down 240 workers in Lismore next month – including 44 who lost their homes in floods earlier this year – unless government support is extended. Michael Hampson, the chief executive of Norco, the factory operator, said the decision came in the absence of further details of any federal assistance and confirmation the state government would not contribute to any further support package. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2022 02:02 PM PDT Latest updates: Ukraine says at least three people killed and five wounded after eight missiles hit southern city of Mykolaiv More on the attack in Mykolaiv, in Ukraine's south, near the Black Sea: Reuters is also reporting that further east, in Lysychansk in the Luhansk region, a key battleground in Russia's assault on the industrial heartland of Donbas, the governor reported increased military action. Continue reading... |
| Erdoğan gains from lifting Sweden and Finland Nato veto with US fighter jet promise Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:59 AM PDT Analysis: deal between Biden and Erdoğan is sealed in Madrid after Nordic countries vow to control support for Kurdish terrorism The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, immediately started to reap the rewards for lifting the block on allowing Sweden and Finland to join Nato when the Biden administration said it backed the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. Speaking at a briefing call on Wednesday, Celeste Wallander, the assistant secretary for defence for international security affairs at the Pentagon, told reporters that strong Turkish defence capabilities would reinforce Nato's defences. Continue reading... |
| Maroš Šefčovič urges PM to ‘get Brexit done’ and work with the EU Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:54 AM PDT EU chief says UK and EU are 'natural allies' against Russian aggression and repeats criticism of Northern Ireland protocol bill A senior EU official has urged Boris Johnson's government to move on from Brexit and work with the bloc in the face of Russia's brutal war against Ukraine. Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission's vice-president who is in charge of UK relations, repeated his criticism of the government's "illegal" plan to rip up parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, two days after the bill cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine announces largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:49 AM PDT 144 Ukrainian soldiers have been released, including 95 who defended the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol Ukraine has announced the largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. "This is the largest exchange since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion," said Ukrainian military intelligence in a Telegram message on Wednesday. "Of the 144 freed, 95 are Azovstal defenders." Continue reading... |
| Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam found guilty of murder and jailed for life Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:25 AM PDT Abdeslam was only survivor of 10-man terrorist unit that struck in city, killing 130 people, in 2015 Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the 10-man unit that carried out coordinated terror attacks in Paris in 2015, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to full life in prison, the toughest sentence available under French law. Abdeslam, 32, a Brussels-born French citizen, was found guilty of taking part in the series of bombings and shootings across the French capital, which killed 130 people and injured more than 490. Continue reading... |
| Russia condemns Nato’s invitation to Finland and Sweden Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:15 AM PDT Foreign ministry accuses Nato of 'focusing on efforts to destabilise Russian society' Russian officials have reacted angrily to Nato's offer of membership to Finland and Sweden, calling it a "destabilising" effort that will increase tensions in the region. "We condemn the irresponsible course of the North Atlantic Alliance that is ruining the European architecture, or what's left of it," Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Unilever sells off Ben & Jerry’s in Israel to avoid West Bank row Posted: 29 Jun 2022 10:04 AM PDT Move follows ice-cream brand's decision to stop selling in Palestinian territories as it was 'inconsistent' with its values Unilever has sold off its Ben & Jerry's business in Israel in an attempt to extricate itself from a row over sales of the ice-cream in settlements in the West Bank. Ben & Jerry's independent board announced last summer that the brand would no longer sell its products in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying to do so was "inconsistent with our values". Continue reading... |
| Israel delays travel restrictions on West Bank in apparent gesture to Joe Biden Posted: 29 Jun 2022 08:37 AM PDT New rules limiting ability of foreigners to enter occupied territory are postponed before US president's Middle East visit Israel has delayed the implementation of strict rules limiting the ability of foreigners to enter and stay in the occupied West Bank, in what is believed to be a gesture to Joe Biden before the US president's visit to the Middle East next month. A statement from the high court on Wednesday said the new rules would be shelved until early September, as a decision had not yet been made regarding objections to the proposed policy. Continue reading... |
| Israel braces for fifth election in less than four years Posted: 29 Jun 2022 02:16 AM PDT Poll set for October after collapse of short-lived coalition that ousted Benjamin Netanyahu from office Israel is set for its fifth election in less than four years after the approval of a bill to dissolve parliament, following the collapse of a short-lived coalition government that banded together to oust the longtime prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office. Members of the Knesset voted unanimously on Tuesday in favour of the bill, with a deadline of midnight on Wednesday for it to be finalised as law. Continue reading... |
| More than 100 murders in 18 months in Syria’s al-Hawl camp, UN says Posted: 28 Jun 2022 11:00 AM PDT Many victims at detention facility for families of Islamic State fighters have been women, top official says More than 100 people, including many women, have been murdered in a Syria's al-Hawl detention camp in 18 months, according to the UN. The camp is becoming increasingly unsafe and child detainees are being condemned to a life with no future, said Imran Riza, the UN resident coordinator in Syria, who called on countries to repatriate their citizens from the sprawling facility. Continue reading... |
| Hamas releases video of Israeli citizen held captive since 2015 Posted: 28 Jun 2022 08:32 AM PDT Hisham al-Sayed seen lying in bed wearing a mask, with what appears to be an oxygen canister next to him Gaza's Hamas rulers have released a video of a captive Israeli citizen held incommunicado since 2015, showing the man lying in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask. It was the first image of Hisham al-Sayed to be released since he wandered across the frontier from southern Israel into Gaza. Its release came a day after Hamas said the condition of one of the Israelis it was holding captive had deteriorated. Continue reading... |
| Israel eases abortion regulations in response to ‘sad’ Roe v Wade ruling Posted: 27 Jun 2022 12:07 PM PDT New rules will remove abortion approval committees and grant access to abortion pills at local health clinics Israel has eased its regulations on abortion access, in what the health minister said was a response to last week's "sad" US supreme court ruling overturning Roe v Wade. The new rules, approved by a parliamentary committee, grant women access to abortion pills through the country's universal health system and remove a longstanding requirement that women appear physically before a special committee before they are permitted to terminate a pregnancy. Continue reading... |
| Delhi police arrest Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair over tweet from 2018 Posted: 27 Jun 2022 09:45 PM PDT Journalists demand release of co-founder of Alt News after he was accused of insulting Hindus The co-founder of a factchecking website has been arrested by police in Delhi weeks after he highlighted derogatory comments made by a spokesperson for Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) about the prophet Muhammad. Mohammed Zubair, who set up the Alt News website, flagged the remarks made during a television debate at the end of May on Twitter, bringing them attention they may not otherwise have had. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens Posted: 27 Jun 2022 05:30 PM PDT Ban on sales to everything except essential services comes as nation tries to conserve fuel supplies that are barely enough to last a single day Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential services and called for a partial shutdown as its unprecedented economic crisis deepened. The south Asian nation is facing its worst economic meltdown since gaining independence from Britain in 1948, and has been unable to finance even the imports of essentials since late last year. Continue reading... |
| ‘The right direction’: Britain celebrates best Wimbledon first round since 1984 Posted: 29 Jun 2022 01:27 PM PDT Ten British players step out in second round after day in which record six Britons won matches A piece of history has been made at Wimbledon as 10 British players stepped out in the second round for the first time since 1984. Harriet Dart, 25, defeated Spain's Rebeka Masarova in straight sets as the crowd roared and her mother watched on, while British men's No 1, Cameron Norrie, 26, was also triumphant on Wednesday, beating Spain's Jaume Munar and reaching the third round. Continue reading... |
| Archie Battersbee’s parents win court of appeal fight in life-support case Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:17 AM PDT Family of 12-year-old challenged ruling Archie is brain-stem dead and treatment can be stopped The parents of Archie Battersbee have won an appeal against ending the 12-year-old's life support treatment. A high court judge had ruled that Archie, who sustained brain damage about three months ago, was "brain-stem dead" after a hospital trust asked it to decide what was in his best interests. Continue reading... |
| What could 1922 Committee elections mean for Boris Johnson? Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:16 AM PDT Elections seen by many as proxy ballot on whether prime minister should face second no-confidence vote One of the most important but understated elections in Westminster will take place within weeks, with the date still shrouded in secrecy but candidates already plotting their campaigns. With positions on the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, which sets rules for the parliamentary party, up for grabs, this is how the contest works and how it could influence whether Boris Johnson will face another no-confidence vote. Continue reading... |
| ‘Ruthlessly organised’ Tory rebels plot 1922 takeover to oust Boris Johnson Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:16 AM PDT Some who backed PM only last week now set sights on 'clean sweep' of backbench committee that could allow leadership vote Boris Johnson is facing a fresh threat from Conservative rebels planning a takeover of the powerful backbench committee that could force the prime minister from office. Opponents of Johnson, including some who were loyal to him as recently as last week, have set their sights on a "clean sweep" of the 1922 Committee amid a hardening of the mood against the prime minister. Continue reading... |
| BBC journalist tells court how he was chased by mob of anti-vaxxers Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:08 AM PDT Nick Watt said he was 'very scared' and 'shaken' after pursuit by protesters at anti-lockdown rally in London A BBC journalist said he felt "very scared" and "shaken" as he was chased by a mob of anti-vaxxers in London last year. Anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protesters, who had been attending at rally in central London, called Nick Watt a "traitor" and shouted in his face, Westminster magistrates court heard on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| UK will face worse inflation than other major economies, says Bank governor Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:06 AM PDT Andrew Bailey said inflation would persist for longer than previously expected as petrol prices soar Britons should expect to suffer a more severe bout of inflation than other major economies during the current energy crisis, the governor of the Bank of England has warned. Speaking at a conference of central bankers in Portugal, Andrew Bailey said inflation was higher in the UK and would persist for longer than previously expected as soaring petrol and gas prices sent household bills rocketing to new highs. Continue reading... |
| Emmett Till: family seeks arrest after discovery of unserved 1955 warrant Posted: 29 Jun 2022 01:55 PM PDT Team searching courthouse for evidence about lynching of Black teenager finds warrant for arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim who initiated the hunt want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later. A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham – identified as "Mrs Roy Bryant" on the document – was discovered last week inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, the Leflore county circuit clerk, Elmus Stockstill, told the Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| R Kelly sentenced to 30 years on sexual abuse charges Posted: 29 Jun 2022 01:03 PM PDT The R&B singer, 55, had been found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering involving women, girls and boys The singer R Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing women, girls and boys, more than 20 years after first facing allegations. Kelly's conviction represents a victory for survivors of sexual violence, particularly those who may hesitate to speak out against abusers for fear of retribution. Continue reading... |
| Giuliani associate Lev Parnas handed 20 months in prison for campaign finance fraud – as it happened Posted: 29 Jun 2022 01:00 PM PDT
• It was a mixed Tuesday for Donald Trump-backed candidates in Republican primary elections around the country. Colorado voters largely rejected most Trump-supporting candidates in Tuesday's GOP primaries, although Lauren Boebert, the extremist Colorado Republican congresswoman, won her bid for relection. • In Illinois, Mary Miller, who had been criticized after she declared the Supreme Court's abortion decision as a "victory for white life" – a spokesman said she had mixed up her words – won in after she was backed by Trump. Darren Bailey, who was also endorsed by Trump, won the Republican gubernatorial primary in the state. Continue reading... |
| CDC activates emergency operations unit for monkeypox Posted: 29 Jun 2022 12:56 PM PDT The move signals the initial stages of a public health concern as 306 cases of the virus have been recorded in the US The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated an emergency operations unit for monkeypox that signals the initial stages of a public health concern. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC), was activated on Tuesday to boost operational support for addressing a monkeypox outbreak. Continue reading... |
| ‘You destroyed so many lives’: R Kelly victims give emotional statements Posted: 29 Jun 2022 12:16 PM PDT In a series of heart-rending speeches, victims delivered testimony about the impact his crimes had on their lives The victims of R Kelly gave emotional testimony of the impact his crimes had on their lives during the sentencing hearing that saw the US singer given 30 years in prison. In a series of heart-rending speeches, several women stood up in court, sometimes addressing their abuser, sometimes pausing for breath or holding back tears. Continue reading... |
| Two men charged after police find possible link to Texas migrant deaths Posted: 29 Jun 2022 11:52 AM PDT Men were detained leaving home listed on registration papers for abandoned trailer truck where 53 migrants were found dead Two Mexican nationals at an address linked to the abandoned trailer truck where at least 53 migrants were found dead Monday evening in Texas have been charged with illegally possessing guns as federal authorities continue investigating the grim discovery. Juan Claudio D'Luna Mendez and Juan Francisco D'Luna Bilbao were at a house in the 100 block of Arnold Drive in San Antonio, listed on the registration papers for the big rig that contained the bodies, which had been discovered abandoned in an industrial area of the Texas city, agents with the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms wrote in a criminal complaint. Continue reading... |
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