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- Calls for investigation over deaths in Moroccan-Spanish border crossing
- Seville to name and classify heatwaves in effort to protect public
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 123 of the invasion
- Oslo shootings won’t stop fight against hate, says Norway’s prime minister
- Concerns that India is ‘back door’ into Europe for Russian oil
- British Muslim travel agencies in uproar over Saudi hajj changes
- Charles’s Prince’s Foundation is no stranger to controversy
- Boris Johnson backs plans to close ticket offices as fresh rail strike talks loom
- MP Patrick Grady quits SNP after being accused of sexual assault
- Sajid Javid tells of heartache over brother’s suicide
- Paul McCartney’s Glastonbury show hailed as ‘phenomenal’
- Labour must not side with Heathrow staff in pay dispute, says David Lammy
- Anger as protests continue across US after supreme court overturns Roe
- Ghislaine Maxwell put on suicide watch, but isn’t suicidal, ahead of sentencing
- Capitol attack hearings: if Republicans did nothing wrong, why were pardons sought?
- US Soccer condemns supreme court abortion ruling as UWSNT beat Colombia
| Calls for investigation over deaths in Moroccan-Spanish border crossing Posted: 26 Jun 2022 07:23 AM PDT NGOs say toll could be as high as 37 after hundreds of people break into border control area in attempt to reach Melilla enclave Human rights campaigners in Spain and Morocco have called for investigations to be launched in both countries after a mass attempt to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 23 people dead. Spanish officials said about 2,000 Africans made their way to the iron fence at dawn on Friday, with more than 500 managing to slip into a border control area after cutting an opening with shears. Continue reading... |
| Seville to name and classify heatwaves in effort to protect public Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:54 AM PDT Spanish city becomes first in the world to take measure as periods of hot weather become more frequent The southern Spanish city of Seville is set to become the first in the world to name and classify heatwaves – much in the way that tropical storms or hurricanes are named – in an effort to better shield residents as periods of excessively hot weather become more frequent. The year-long pilot project in one of Spain's hottest cities will see heatwaves classified into three categories and named from a list that include Xenia and Wenceslao. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 123 of the invasion Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:03 AM PDT Kyiv under attack as G7 leaders meet in Germany; focus of Russia's campaign shifts to Lysychansk Kyiv has come under attack for the first time since 5 June, with Russian missiles striking at residential buildings and a Kindergarten in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital. At least five people were injured, including a seven-year-old girl. There are unconfirmed reports that her father was killed in the attack. A Russian woman was among the injured. Another civilian was killed in a missile attack on Cherkasy south-east of the capital. A bridge over the Dnipro river was also hit. Both the attacks on Kyiv and Cherkasy are being seen message of defiance by Russia to G7 leaders gathering at a summit in Bavaria, Germany. Russia said it hit military targets in Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Lviv. Joe Biden condemned the Russian attacks as "more barbarism". Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz said they showed the importance of G7 unity. Members of the G7 have confirmed a ban on imports of Russian gold. The move by Britain, the United States, Japan and Canada is part of efforts to tighten the sanctions squeeze on Moscow. Gold exports were worth $15.2bn to Russia in 2021, and their importance has increased since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The UK and France have agreed to provide more support for Ukraine, according to Downing Street. Leaders of the G7 have spoken of their solidarity for Ukraine. "We have to stay together," Joe Biden said. Russian forces are trying to cut off the strategic twin city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, having reduced Sievierodonetsk to rubble. Lysychansk is set to become the next main focus of fighting, as Moscow has launched massive artillery bombardments and airstrikes on areas far from the heart of the eastern battles. Ukraine called its retreat from Sievierodonetsk a "tactical withdrawal" to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. Russian news footage has showed defence minister Sergei Shoigu's visiting troops involved in the Ukraine war. It is unclear if he visited Ukrainian territory, but the footage appeared to confirm that colonel-general Gennady Zhidko is now commanding troops in Ukraine. The mayors of several European capitals have been duped into holding video calls with a deepfake of their counterpart in Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko. The mayor of Berlin, Franziska Giffey, took part in a scheduled call on the Webex video conferencing platform on Friday with a person she said looked and sounded like Klitschko. "There were no signs that the video conference call wasn't being held with a real person," her office said in a statement. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on Saturday that Ukraine will win back all the cities it has lost to Russia, including Sievierodonetsk. "All our cities – Sievierodonetsk, Donetsk, Luhansk – we'll get them all back," he said in a late-night video address. Zelenskiy also admitted that the war was becoming difficult to handle emotionally. Continue reading... |
| Oslo shootings won’t stop fight against hate, says Norway’s prime minister Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:03 AM PDT Jonas Gahr Støre joined mourners, church leaders and royalty at the memorial service to the victims of the attack Fatal shootings at a gay bar in Oslo would not halt the fight against "discrimination, prejudice and hate", Norway's prime minister has said, as the country paid tribute to the victims of the attack in the early hours of Saturday morning. The altar and aisles of the Norwegian capital's cathedral were draped with rainbow flags for a special memorial service on Sunday attended by mourners, government ministers, church leaders and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Continue reading... |
| Concerns that India is ‘back door’ into Europe for Russian oil Posted: 26 Jun 2022 07:45 AM PDT Volume of Russian crude bought and then exported by India suggests some of it may end up in European petrol stations The huge blue and red hull of the SCF Primorye came into port at Vadinar, western Gujarat, India, earlier this month. The 84,000-tonne oil tanker, built in 2009 and sailing under the Liberian flag, had arrived from the port at Ust-Luga, a settlement in Russia near the border with Estonia. Until 2017, the Vadinar oil refinery was controlled by Essar – the Indian owner of the Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port. Since then a consortium including the sanctioned Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft and the commodities trader Trafigura, which holds a 24.5% stake, have owned Nayara Energy, which runs the refinery. Continue reading... |
| British Muslim travel agencies in uproar over Saudi hajj changes Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:52 AM PDT Saudi Arabia tells pilgrims to use new online system and to seek refunds from any agencies they have already paid British Muslim travel companies have said they face going out of business, with travellers potentially losing thousands of pounds, after Saudi Arabia launched a new system for applying for the hajj pilgrimage. The Saudi government announced this month that pilgrims from Europe, the US and Australia could no longer book through travel agencies and would instead have to apply through a lottery system. Continue reading... |
| Charles’s Prince’s Foundation is no stranger to controversy Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:52 AM PDT Analysis: reports that the prince accepted €3m from a former Qatari prime minister throws a spotlight on his charities • Prince Charles given €3m by Qatari politician, according to report Claims by the Sunday Times of alleged cash donations given to Prince Charles by a former Qatari prime minister are the latest to throw a spotlight on fundraising for the heir to the throne's charities. Billionaire Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani, who was Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister between 2007 and 2013, is a contentious figure. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson backs plans to close ticket offices as fresh rail strike talks loom Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:40 AM PDT RMT mulls future dates for industrial action as PM says it can't be 'business as usual' on the railways Talks were set to resume on Monday between the RMT and rail bosses, with the union's national executive committee mulling further strike dates as the prime minister backed plans to close ticket offices. Services started returning to normal after a later start on Sunday due to the last of three 24-hour national strikes by workers at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| MP Patrick Grady quits SNP after being accused of sexual assault Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:03 AM PDT Met police say they are investigating allegations former chief whip assaulted party worker at London pub A senior Scottish National party MP accused of sexual assault has quit the party and will sit as an independent after the Metropolitan police said they were investigating the allegations. The Met said it had received a complaint from a third party about Patrick Grady's alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old party worker at the Water Poet pub on Folgate Street, London, in October 2016. Continue reading... |
| Sajid Javid tells of heartache over brother’s suicide Posted: 26 Jun 2022 06:30 AM PDT Health secretary urges men to discuss mental health and to 'seek help' when they need to Sajid Javid has urged men to speak out about their mental health as he spoke publicly for the first time about the loss of his brother, who took his own life. The health secretary said he still wonders if he could have acted to prevent his brother's death, and spoke of his "deeply personal" mission to prevent suicides. Javid's brother, Tariq, 51, took his own life in a hotel near Horsham, West Sussex, in July 2018. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org. Continue reading... |
| Paul McCartney’s Glastonbury show hailed as ‘phenomenal’ Posted: 26 Jun 2022 05:47 AM PDT Ex-Beatle's gig seen by many in huge festival crowd as 'something to tell your grandkids about' Paul McCartney's history-making Glastonbury set was hailed as one of the greatest headline performances of this generation as a crowd of more than 100,000 people gathered at the festival's famous Pyramid stage to watch him play. He was joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl – and even sang a duet with his old bandmate John Lennon, using special effects pioneered by the Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Continue reading... |
| Labour must not side with Heathrow staff in pay dispute, says David Lammy Posted: 26 Jun 2022 05:34 AM PDT Shadow foreign secretary says party needs to show it is fit for government by seeking negotiated outcomes over strikes Labour should categorically refuse to back demands from airline workers for a pay rise of about 10% in order to show it is serious about seeking negotiated outcomes to disputes, David Lammy has said. The shadow foreign secretary said Labour had to act like a party of government and that responsible governments believed in negotiation and compromise. Continue reading... |
| Anger as protests continue across US after supreme court overturns Roe Posted: 26 Jun 2022 08:04 AM PDT In New York demonstrations fell on Pride weekend, as thousands gathered downtown to celebrate and give voice to anger Protests over a US supreme court decision that overturned abortion rights continued across the country this weekend. In New York, thousands marched to voice their anger at the ruling that came at the end of a dizzying week around not just reproductive rights but also gun carry laws and the US Capitol attack. "Not your uterus, not your choice," many shouted as the demonstrations progressed in Washington DC., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta and Austin. Continue reading... |
| Ghislaine Maxwell put on suicide watch, but isn’t suicidal, ahead of sentencing Posted: 26 Jun 2022 06:57 AM PDT Move prompts Maxwell's attorney to seek to postpone her sentencing because she can't properly prepare for the hearing Guards at the federal prison where Ghislaine Maxwell awaits her sentencing for her role in an elaborate child sexual abuse case have placed her on suicide watch, though she isn't suicidal, according to court records. The move prompted the British socialite's attorney to write a letter telling the judge in the case that Maxwell would seek to postpone her sentencing Tuesday because she can't properly prepare for the hearing. Prison officials on Friday took away Maxwell's legal papers – along with her regular clothes, toothpaste and soap – while putting her in solitary confinement and on suicide watch, said the letter from her attorney Bobby Sternheim. Continue reading... |
| Capitol attack hearings: if Republicans did nothing wrong, why were pardons sought? Posted: 26 Jun 2022 05:54 AM PDT The email from Alabama's Mo Brooks potentially reveals what conduct by lawmakers he feared might be criminal One of the most striking all-purpose, preemptive pardon requests that the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack has revealed came from Alabama's Mo Brooks. In an email obtained by the Guardian, Brooks sought preemptive pardons for lawmakers involved in objecting to the certification of Joe Biden's election win. Continue reading... |
| US Soccer condemns supreme court abortion ruling as UWSNT beat Colombia Posted: 26 Jun 2022 05:39 AM PDT
Sophia Smith scored twice in the second half and the US women's national team beat Colombia 3-0 on Saturday night to extend their home unbeaten streak to 68 games, but many of the players had a seismic legal ruling on their minds. Smith scored her first in the 54th minute off a pass from Rose Lavelle when Colombian goalkeeper Catalina Perez came out of her goal. She added her second in the 60th minute. Smith, who plays for the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League, has six international goals. Continue reading... |
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