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Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September
Tokyo ward’s first female mayor vows to take on Japan’s male dominated politics
Labor resists calls to close border to Indonesia after foot-and-mouth viral fragments detected in SA
A third of Wellington’s kākā parrot chicks found to have lead in their blood
Indonesian islanders sue cement producer for climate damages
Flight of fancy: Queensland mayors’ plans for self-flying taxis spark questions and criticism
Nationals say Labor ‘asleep at the wheel’ as more FMD fragments found – as it happened
Weather bureau expects further serious flooding on east coast with elevated fire risk in NT
Childcare workers to strike on 7 September as union says sector needs serious overhaul
Bill Shorten intervenes to remove ‘birthing parent’ from medical forms amid criticism in Daily Telegraph
Police officer laughs and uses expletive to describe missing Aboriginal man in video shown at inquest
Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow restarts limited gas supply to Europe; CIA says no evidence Putin is unwell – live
Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after attempt to salvage coalition fails
Russia resumes gas supply to Europe via Nord Stream at lower capacity
Suspected Fabergé egg found on Russian oligarch’s superyacht, US investigators say
Interest rates: three central banks facing one agonising decision | Larry Elliott
Egypt relaxes street photography ban for tourists, up to a point
Aipac hails Democrat’s defeat for not being sufficiently pro-Israel
Erdoğan asks Russia and Iran to back Turkey’s incursion into Syria
Taliban presiding over extensive rights abuses in Afghanistan, says UN
Sri Lanka braced for more unrest as new president vows crackdown on ‘fascist’ protests
Tory leadership race live: Liz Truss blames Treasury’s ‘economic orthodoxy’ for UK’s stunted growth
Record rise in UK borrowing costs puts annual deficit on course to top £100bn
Truss claims she wanted Johnson to stay as she pledges to rip up plans
Border Force tactics against small boats in Channel ‘ineffective’, says review
Gene therapy trial markedly cuts bleeding risk in haemophilia B patients
Homeless students on rise in UK amid cost of living crisis
January 6 hearings return to recount 187 minutes of chaos at the Capitol
January 6 panel to show Trump violated law by refusing to stop Capitol attack
Ukraine war forcing China to rethink ‘how and when’ it may invade Taiwan, CIA chief says
TikTok is fastest growing news source for UK adults, Ofcom finds
Bipartisan Senate group reaches deal to reform Electoral Count Act
US launches environmental study for Thirty Meter telescope on Mauna Kea

Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 04:38 AM PDT

Antelope by Samson Kambalu depicts John Chilembwe wearing hat in defiance of colonial rule in Nyasaland, now Malawi

A sculpture of a preacher who was killed in an anticolonialist uprising in what is now Malawi will be unveiled in September on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Antelope by Samson Kambalu is the 14th contemporary artwork to be commissioned for public display in the historic central London square.

Tokyo ward’s first female mayor vows to take on Japan’s male dominated politics

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 02:09 AM PDT

After narrow victory, Satoko Kishimoto talks of 'potential to bring about radical change'

The first female mayor of a district in Tokyo has vowed to challenge Japan's male-dominated politics, weeks after she became one of only two women leading municipalities in the Japanese capital.

Satoko Kishimoto was elected mayor of Suginami ward last month to become the district's first female leader in its 90-year history. The progressive candidate beat the conservative incumbent – by just 187 votes – despite having only just returned to Japan after a decade living in Belgium.

Labor resists calls to close border to Indonesia after foot-and-mouth viral fragments detected in SA

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 12:57 AM PDT

Agriculture minister Murray Watt says federal government confident new biosecurity measures enough to protect livestock industry

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The federal government is resisting calls to close Australia's border to Indonesia over the foot-and-mouth disease threat, after more fragments of the potentially devastating livestock virus were detected in South Australia.

The agriculture minister, Murray Watt, said he was confident that new federal biosecurity measures would be sufficient to keep out foot-and-mouth disease, which could threaten Australia's entire meat industry, as farmers call on the government to not overreact.

A third of Wellington’s kākā parrot chicks found to have lead in their blood

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 08:42 PM PDT

Toxic metal present in both blood and eggshell samples, but the New Zealand birds appear to have formed a tolerance for it

Lead has been detected in nesting native kākā chicks in Wellington, but unusually, the birds look to have developed a tolerance to the toxin, a study has found.

Kākā are a noisy, smart parrot, with bright green plumage and blood red patches under their wings and chest. They are particularly animated at dawn and dusk, and some Wellingtonians are known to curse their raucous squawking, while others delight in their cheekiness.

Indonesian islanders sue cement producer for climate damages

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 02:57 AM PDT

Claimants say they are experiencing serious negative impacts and demand Swiss-based Holcim pay compensation

Residents of an Indonesian island threatened by rising sea levels have begun legal action against the cement producer Holcim.

The claim for compensation, filed in Switzerland by three men and one woman, is understood to be the first major climate damages lawsuit against a cement company.

Flight of fancy: Queensland mayors’ plans for self-flying taxis spark questions and criticism

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 02:31 AM PDT

Air taxi company Wisk says it could fly passengers between Olympic venues if it receives necessary approvals

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Plans for "autonomous" flying taxis to ferry people around south-east Queensland during the 2032 Olympics have been criticised as out of touch with the everyday needs of residents.

The south-east Queensland Council of Mayors announced on Thursday it had struck a memorandum of understanding with international air mobility company, Wisk, with plans to bring self-flying taxis to the state within the next decade.

Nationals say Labor ‘asleep at the wheel’ as more FMD fragments found – as it happened

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 01:39 AM PDT

Linda Burney says she's 'not going to be rushed' on Indigenous voice referendum

Linda Burney, the minister for Indigenous Australians, is on ABC radio speaking about the enshrinement of the Indigenous voice in the constitution.

This is not just symbolic, it is going to have real impacts on the lives of First Nations people.

I am not going to be rushed into timelines. We are going to do this properly.

I would find it incredulous for people not to support what is a very generous and gracious ask.

Remember that this is an advisory body only. It is not usurping the sovereignty of the parliament. Is is not a third chamber.

Weather bureau expects further serious flooding on east coast with elevated fire risk in NT

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 01:05 AM PDT

There is an increasing likelihood of above-average rainfall for much of Australia in the coming months, the Bom says, with another La Niña likely

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Severe storms and widespread flooding across eastern Australia and elevated fire risks in the Northern Territory are predicted for the coming months, with a third successive La Niña weather pattern also likely.

The Bureau of Meteorology's outlook for August to October has forecast above-average rainfall from Queensland down to the south coast of New South Wales, with parts of the Northern Territory also slated to get above-average rain during that time.

Childcare workers to strike on 7 September as union says sector needs serious overhaul

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 11:57 PM PDT

Hundreds of childcare centres to shut on Early Childhood Educators Day as workers call for better conditions and wages

The new Labor government will fail in its attempts to make early childhood education more accessible and more affordable without a serious overhaul of the sector's conditions and wages, the United Workers' Union has warned.

Educators voted on Wednesday to take strike action on 7 September – Early Childhood Educators Day – to highlight the issues and stress that workers within the sector have been experiencing after "more than a decade of inaction".

Bill Shorten intervenes to remove ‘birthing parent’ from medical forms amid criticism in Daily Telegraph

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 10:43 PM PDT

Decision to stop trial of trans-inclusive language at three hospitals condemned by LGBTQ+ advocates and praised by Katherine Deves

Bill Shorten has intervened to stop a trial of the term "birthing parent" being used on medical forms at several hospitals, amid criticism in News Corp's Daily Telegraph that the term amounted to "woke erasure".

The term birthing parent was used in a trial at three hospitals on Services Australia digital forms for parents to register their child's birth with Medicare. Only 1,100 parents had participated in the trial.

Police officer laughs and uses expletive to describe missing Aboriginal man in video shown at inquest

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 10:38 PM PDT

Body cam footage played in court shows constable saying 'fuck this little cunt' during initial search for Gordon Copeland, who drowned in NSW river

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The inquest into the drowning death of Gomeroi man Gordon Copeland has been shown footage in which an officer is heard saying "fuck this little cunt" and laughing during the initial search of a New South Wales river.

Copeland, a 22-year-old father of three, drowned in the Gwydir river in Moree in the early hours of 10 July 2021.

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow restarts limited gas supply to Europe; CIA says no evidence Putin is unwell – live

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 02:30 AM PDT

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline has been closed for maintenance since 11 July and many in the EU feared the supply would not return

The United States estimates that Russian casualties in Ukraine so far have reached around 15,000 killed and perhaps 45,000 wounded, CIA director William Burns said.

"The latest estimates from the US intelligence community would be something in the vicinity of 15,000 (Russian forces) killed and maybe three times that wounded. So a quite significant set of losses," Burns said while speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

Russia is prioritising the capture of critical national infrastructure, such as power plants.

However, it is probably also attempting to break through at Vuhlehirska, as part of its efforts to regain momentum on the southern pincer of its advance towards the key cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk."

Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after attempt to salvage coalition fails

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 01:31 AM PDT

Departure is likely to lead to snap elections that could take place as early as late September

Mario Draghi has confirmed his resignation as Italy's prime minister after an attempt to salvage his broad coalition failed when three key parties snubbed a confidence vote, paving the way for snap elections that could take place as early as late September.

Backed by a groundswell of public support, the former European Central Bank chief had attempted to continue his administration on condition that his alliance "rebuild a pact of trust" that would enable it to work together to overcome huge challenges over the coming months.

Russia resumes gas supply to Europe via Nord Stream at lower capacity

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 12:03 AM PDT

Resumption of 40% of supplies is insufficient to ward off energy crisis in Europe this winter, say experts

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Russia has resumed critical gas supplies to Europe through Germany, reopening the Nord Stream gas pipeline after 10 days, but uncertainty lingered whether the continent could avert an energy crisis this winter.

"It is working," a Nord Stream spokesperson said, without specifying the amount of gas being delivered.

Suspected Fabergé egg found on Russian oligarch’s superyacht, US investigators say

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 11:54 PM PDT

US deputy attorney general hails 'interesting' find on board yacht seized by US authorities and sailed from Fiji to San Diego

What could be a priceless Fabergé egg has been found on board a Russian oligarch's superyacht seized by US authorities, one of the more curious items unearthed in sanctions-led investigations so far.

US deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco told the Aspen security forum on Wednesday it was one of the more "interesting" finds her team has made.

Interest rates: three central banks facing one agonising decision | Larry Elliott

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 10:00 PM PDT

In the fight against inflation the ECB, Bank of England and Federal Reserve risk either doing too much too soon, or too little too late

Whatever it takes. With those three words the then head of the European Central Bank quashed doubts in July 2012 about whether the euro had a future. Mario Draghi's message to the financial markets was that they should not doubt his commitment to defend the single currency. The warning worked.

Ten years later, the ECB is again in the spotlight, but so are two other major central banks – the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. All three are facing the same problem: what to do about annual inflation rates that are nudging 10%.

Egypt relaxes street photography ban for tourists, up to a point

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 05:14 PM PDT

Tourists will no longer face having cameras confiscated, but law forbids pictures of children or those that can 'damage country's image'

Visitors and residents no longer have to sneak their photos of Egypt's streets, after the tourism ministry announced that amateur photography in the country's public spaces is now allowed.

Foreign vloggers and social media influencers have in recent months brought attention to Egyptian authorities' practice of stopping people taking photos and videos, even at tourist sites, and confiscating camera equipment.

Aipac hails Democrat’s defeat for not being sufficiently pro-Israel

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 11:47 AM PDT

Donna Edwards, leading contender in Maryland primary for safe seat, lost after pro-Israeli groups poured millions to block her

Pro-Israel groups have heralded the defeat of a leading Democratic contender for Congress after pouring millions of dollars into blocking her election, for failing to be sufficiently supportive of Israeli government policies.

Donna Edwards, who was for months the favourite to win the primary for a safe seat in Maryland, lost to Glenn Ivey on Tuesday after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and allied groups waded into the race.

Erdoğan asks Russia and Iran to back Turkey’s incursion into Syria

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 02:50 AM PDT

Turkish president cites Kurdish forces in north-west Syria as justification for extending zone of control

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used trilateral talks with his Iranian and Russian counterparts in Tehran to make the case for a further Turkish incursion into north-western Syria.

Erdoğan cited Kurdish forces in Tel Rifaat and Manbij, two towns in north-west Syria where Russian and Iranian forces are present, as justification for Turkey extending its zone of control in the country. "What we expect from Iran and Russia is to support Turkey in its fight against terrorist organisations," he told a press conference following the meeting.

Taliban presiding over extensive rights abuses in Afghanistan, says UN

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 02:29 AM PDT

Allegations include 160 killings of ex-government officials and security forces, torture and punishments

Taliban authorities have presided over widespread human rights abuses since they took control of Afghanistan last August, the UN said, including 160 killings of former government officials and members of the security forces, and dozens of cases of torture, arbitrary arrests and inhumane punishments.

A UN report, released on the day an Australian journalist said she had been detained in Kabul and forced to tweet a retraction of her reporting, also detailed a broad assault on the press. In total 173 media workers were affected by abuses including detention, threats, ill-treatment and assault.

Sri Lanka braced for more unrest as new president vows crackdown on ‘fascist’ protests

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 09:58 PM PDT

Popular opposition to Ranil Wickremesinghe's election by MPs could spill over into violence as he picks an old schoolmate as PM

Sri Lanka was braced for more unrest after newly appointed president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, vowed to crack down on the protests that toppled his predecessor, condemning them as "against the law".

Speaking after being MPs picked him as successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Wickremesinghe made it clear he would not tolerate those he perceived to be stirring up violence.

Tory leadership race live: Liz Truss blames Treasury’s ‘economic orthodoxy’ for UK’s stunted growth

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 02:50 AM PDT

Foreign secretary tells BBC her tax cut plans would cost roughly £38bn a year as she lays out campaign against Rishi Sunak

A record surge in Britain's borrowing costs in June, pushed up by soaring inflation, has put the government's spending deficit on course to reach more than £100bn this year, almost double its pre-pandemic level, my colleague Phillip Inman reports.

Back to Liz Truss, and here is a summary of the main points from her interview with Nick Robinson on the Today programme.

Record rise in UK borrowing costs puts annual deficit on course to top £100bn

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 02:45 AM PDT

Potential for future tax cuts narrows as cost of servicing debt soars amid rocketing inflation

A record surge in Britain's borrowing costs in June, pushed up by soaring inflation, has put the government's budget deficit on course to reach more than £100bn this year, almost double its pre-pandemic level.

Highlighting the scale of the economic challenge that will face the next prime minister, debt interest payments hit £19.4bn last month alone, the highest since monthly records began in April 1997, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Truss claims she wanted Johnson to stay as she pledges to rip up plans

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 02:26 AM PDT

Tory leadership candidate details her proposals to cut taxes that she voted for as part of Johnson's cabinet

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The Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss said she would have liked Boris Johnson to continue as prime minister, despite promising to tear up the economic plans he presided over.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme Truss said her plans to cut taxes that she voted for as part of Johnson's cabinet would "decrease inflation", despite concerns from some leading economists.

Border Force tactics against small boats in Channel ‘ineffective’, says review

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 12:51 AM PDT

Independent report commissioned by Home Office finds agency is performing at 'suboptimal level'

The agency in charge of UK border security may have been "counterproductive" in dealing with the small boats crisis in the Channel, an independent review has found.

The review by the former Australian immigration minister Alexander Downer was commissioned by the home secretary, Priti Patel, to see how well the Border Force may respond to future challenges.

Gene therapy trial markedly cuts bleeding risk in haemophilia B patients

Posted: 21 Jul 2022 12:43 AM PDT

Single injection of FLT180 removes need for people to inject weekly with clotting factors, study finds

A new gene therapy has dramatically cut the risk of bleeding in people with the rare condition haemophilia B, experts have said.

Researchers found that a single injection of the gene therapy, called FLT180a, removed the need for people to inject themselves weekly with clotting factors. The study was led by experts from University College London (UCL), the Royal Free hospital in London and the biotechnology company Freeline Therapeutics.

Homeless students on rise in UK amid cost of living crisis

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 11:00 PM PDT

Universities must do more, says thinktank, noting need for support for those from poorer backgrounds

Universities must do more to track and prevent student homelessness, which is expected to increase because of the cost of living crisis and widening participation in higher education, according to a report.

Students are less likely than their peers in the general population to experience homelessness, but with more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds being admitted to universities experts say they could be at greater risk of homelessness and in need of extra support.

January 6 hearings return to recount 187 minutes of chaos at the Capitol

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 11:00 PM PDT

The panel plans to provide a detailed account of the insurrection and suggests this will not be the final hearing

The January 6 committee is returning to primetime. The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection will hold its eighth and final (for now, at least) public hearing on Thursday night.

Like the first hearing, Thursday's event will take place in the evening, as the panel seeks to capture the widest possible audience for its presentation. The first hearing, which was held last month, was watched by at least 20 million people.

January 6 panel to show Trump violated law by refusing to stop Capitol attack

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 11:00 PM PDT

The committee will demonstrate the ex-president was 'derelict in his duty' to protect the US Congress as supporters mobbed building

The January 6 House select committee is expected to make the case at its hearing on Thursday that Donald Trump potentially violated the law when he refused entreaties to take action to stop the 2021 attack on the US Capitol by a mass of his supporters, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The panel will demonstrate that the former Republican president was "derelict in his duty" to protect the US Congress and might have also broken the federal law that prohibits obstructing an official proceeding before Congress, which had gathered to certify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.

Ukraine war forcing China to rethink ‘how and when’ it may invade Taiwan, CIA chief says

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 07:56 PM PDT

Bill Burns says China 'unsettled' by Russia's war in Ukraine and it may influence decisions on the possible use of force against Taiwan

Russia's experience in Ukraine is affecting China's calculations on how and when it may decide to invade Taiwan, the head of the CIA said on Wednesday.

Appearing at the Aspen Security Forum, Central Intelligence Agency director Bill Burns played down speculation that Chinese president Xi Jinping could move on Taiwan after a key Communist party meeting later this year.

TikTok is fastest growing news source for UK adults, Ofcom finds

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 04:01 PM PDT

App is used by 7% of adults for news with nearly half turning to TikTokers rather than conventional outlets for updates

Watch out Huw Edwards, the TikTokers are coming. The social video platform is the fastest growing news source for UK adults, according to a survey, but nearly half of people using it for current affairs turn to fellow TikTokers rather than conventional news organisations for their updates.

TikTok is used by 7% of adults for news, according to the UK's communications watchdog, up from 1% in 2020. The growth is primarily driven by young users, with half of its news followers aged 16 to 24.

Bipartisan Senate group reaches deal to reform Electoral Count Act

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 01:47 PM PDT

Lawmakers agreed to two bills that will overhaul federal law and prevent presidential candidates from overturning election results

A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on Wednesday to reform a federal law and prevent a future presidential candidate from overturning the will of the people and the result of a valid presidential election.

The lawmakers have agreed to two bills that would reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which governs how electoral votes are counted following a presidential election. Citing ambiguities in the law, Donald Trump and his attorneys pushed his vice-president, Mike Pence, to disrupt the counting of electoral votes that showed he lost the 2020 election, escalating calls for the 135-year-old law to be reformed. Even before the election, experts warned the law was ambiguous and could be exploited.

US launches environmental study for Thirty Meter telescope on Mauna Kea

Posted: 20 Jul 2022 01:35 PM PDT

Native Hawaiians have protested the $2.65bn project, saying it will further defile an area already harmed by other observatories

The National Science Foundation will examine the environmental impacts of a proposed optical telescope on the summit of Hawaii's tallest mountain, a project that has faced strong opposition from Native Hawaiians who consider the area sacred.

Native Hawaiians have long protested the plan to build what would be one of the world's largest optical telescopes on Mauna Kea, and say the $2.65bn project will further defile an area already harmed by a dozen other observatories.

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