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- Power struggle with China and regional rift in focus as Anthony Albanese heads to Pacific Islands forum
- Woman fears her teen grandson may die if transferred with other boys to WA adult prison
- Donetsk town of Chasiv Yar reels from deadly Russian rocket strike
- Tory leadership race live: Hunt backs Sunak’s campaign after losing out in first ballot
- UK schools advised to assess risk of strip-search before calling police
- Met police launches investigation into Mo Farah trafficking claims
- Leadership crisis has made Tories ‘give up on governing’, says opposition
- Dragons’ Den-style project hands control of £2.25m to Brent council residents
- Two Met police officers charged with assault amid claims of excessive force
- Starbucks says it will close 16 US stores out of concern for employee safety
| Posted: 12 Jul 2022 10:30 AM PDT Absence of Kiribati from the meeting is 'really devastating' to the body's long-term strategy, security expert says
When Anthony Albanese touches down in Suva on Wednesday to attend his first Pacific Islands Forum, he will be walking in to a regional meeting that is putting on a brave face. While it had been thought that the forum would be focused on the growing influence of China and as an opportunity for Australia to showcase its new climate credentials, Albanese will arrive to a group wrestling with other problems. Continue reading... |
| Woman fears her teen grandson may die if transferred with other boys to WA adult prison Posted: 13 Jul 2022 10:30 AM PDT Noongar grandmother fears for boy's safety if state government moves him from Banksia Hill juvenile centre to maximum security jail
A Noongar grandmother has said she fears her teenage grandson could die if the West Australian government goes ahead with its plan to transfer 20 boys – some as young as 14 – from Perth's Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre to a maximum security adult jail. The government said it would proceed with the transfer because of disruption and damage caused by a "minority" of young people incarcerated at the centre. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Donetsk town of Chasiv Yar reels from deadly Russian rocket strike Posted: 12 Jul 2022 09:00 PM PDT Residents say they have nowhere to go nor the means to leave as frontline encroaches on civilians In the small town of Chasiv Yar, not far from Ukraine's eastern frontlines, rescue workers were still searching through the wreckage left by Saturday's multiple rocket strike. At least 43 people died, one of the biggest losses of life in Ukrainian-controlled Donbas since a single Russian rocket killed at least 52 people at the train station in the nearby town of Kramatorsk in April. The rescuers had managed to pull nine people out of the rubble but by Tuesday, they told the Guardian, they expected to recover only corpses. Continue reading... |
| Tory leadership race live: Hunt backs Sunak’s campaign after losing out in first ballot Posted: 13 Jul 2022 01:37 PM PDT Latest updates: Former health secretary failed to get the required 30 nominations, along with the chancellor Nadhim Zahawi Mordaunt says she is committed to the manifesto commitments on defence spending, and meeting the Nato defence pledge. But she would also take some tasks away from the defence forces, she says. She says she wants to set up a civil defence force to deal with civil defence matters. Continue reading... |
| UK schools advised to assess risk of strip-search before calling police Posted: 13 Jul 2022 01:05 PM PDT Guidance issued after 15-year-old black girl known as Child Q was strip-searched by female police officers in 2020 Schools should "assess and balance" the risk of a potential strip-search to a pupil's mental and physical wellbeing before calling the police, according to new government guidance. The new advice for schools in England has been issued following national outcry over the treatment of a 15-year-old black girl, known as Child Q, who was strip-searched by female police officers in 2020 after she was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis at her school in east London. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Met police launches investigation into Mo Farah trafficking claims Posted: 13 Jul 2022 12:24 PM PDT Scotland Yard is likely to question a married couple Farah accused of forcing him into domestic servitude The Metropolitan police has launched an investigation into claims by Sir Mo Farah that he was trafficked into the UK and forced into domestic servitude. The four-time Olympic champion told a BBC documentary that he was brought to London by a stranger under an assumed name after escaping war in Somalia aged nine. Continue reading... |
| Leadership crisis has made Tories ‘give up on governing’, says opposition Posted: 13 Jul 2022 12:22 PM PDT Landmark legislation in peril and could be killed off by new PM and culture secretary, says government source Ministers have dropped plans to pass the online safety bill next week amid wrangling in the Conservative leadership race, as they were accused of having "given up on governing" by opposition parties. The final stages of the bill, which have come under fire from some candidates vying to replace Boris Johnson who argue it will infringe on freedom of speech, were due to be completed in the Commons next Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Dragons’ Den-style project hands control of £2.25m to Brent council residents Posted: 13 Jul 2022 11:17 AM PDT People vote for local projects to improve infrastructure and health and wellbeing in five localities As local councils in England continue to feel the sting of over a decade of budget-slashing austerity policies, Brent council has launched an initiative to give residents the power to decide how they spend £2.25m of funding for local projects. The participatory budgeting process was first pioneered in Porto Alegre in Brazil. It has been trialled in Tower Hamlets, but is a first for Brent council which trialled a much smaller version of the initiative in January, with a funding pot of £500,000. Continue reading... |
| Two Met police officers charged with assault amid claims of excessive force Posted: 13 Jul 2022 11:07 AM PDT Charges relate to a man who was stopped in Hendon, north London, with the officers accused of common assault by beating Two Metropolitan police officers have been charged with assault after allegedly using excessive force when they stopped a man in north-west London in December 2021. Sgt Emily Joshi and PC Ozan Yelken are due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Friday 15 July, accused of common assault by beating. Continue reading... |
| Starbucks says it will close 16 US stores out of concern for employee safety Posted: 13 Jul 2022 10:42 AM PDT Executives say the coffee giant's stores were not immune to problems related to mental health and drug use Starbucks will close 16 US stores by the end of July, citing safety concerns and disruptive behavior at locations in Los Angeles, Seattle and other large cities. Six stores in Seattle, six in LA, two in Portland, one in Philadelphia and one in Washington DC will close, a Starbucks spokesperson confirmed. Continue reading... |
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