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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:37:44 GMT |
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Agreement aims to end decades-old conflict rooted in the 1994 Rwandan genocide but critics have described it as vague and opaque Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed a peace deal in Washington to end fighting in eastern DRC, although questions remain over what the agreement means and who stands to benefit – with Donald Trump using the occasion to boast that the US had secured lucrative mineral rights. At a ceremony with US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Washington, the two African countries’ foreign ministers signed the agreement pledging to implement a 2024 deal that would see Rwandan troops withdraw from eastern Congo within 90 days. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:44:34 GMT |
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In first assessment since pandemic in 2020, World Bank urges other countries to step up support Extreme poverty is accelerating in 39 countries affected by war and conflict, leaving more than a billion people to go hungry, according to the World Bank. Civil wars and confrontations between nations, mostly in Africa, have set back economic growth and reduced the incomes of more than a billion people, “driving up extreme poverty faster than anywhere else”, the Washington-based body said. Continue reading...
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Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:14:55 GMT |
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Police clashed with people marching in Nairobi and other areas to honour those killed in protests last year At least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in Kenya as a nationwide demonstration to honour those killed during last year’s anti-government protests turned chaotic, with police clashing with protesters in different parts of the country. Amnesty International Kenya’s executive director, Irũngũ Houghton, told Reuters the death toll had been verified by the government-funded Kenya national commission on human rights. “Most were killed by police,” he said. Continue reading...
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Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:59:20 GMT |
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This live blog is now closed Pictures from Nairobi city centre show police firing water cannon at protesters: The protests on 25 June 2024 saw police relying on teargas and water cannon to disperse the crowd of thousands of protesters. Continue reading...
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Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:25 GMT |
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Halt to burial in Johannesburg is latest chapter in feud Edgar Lungu had with his successor Hakainde Hichilema The funeral of the former Zambian president Edgar Lungu has been stopped while mourners waited in a cathedral in Johannesburg, as an extraordinary feud Lungu had with his successor continues to play out after his death. A high court judge in Pretoria ordered a halt to Lungu’s burial at the Cathedral of Christ the King in central Johannesburg on Wednesday morning after a last-minute request by Zambia’s attorney general. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:35:28 GMT |
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Hacker working for cartel run by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was also able to access phone records of an FBI legal attaché at the US embassy in Mexico City A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official’s phone records and use Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency’s informants in 2018, according to a new US justice department report. The incident was disclosed in a justice department inspector general’s audit of the FBI’s efforts to mitigate the effects of “ubiquitous technical surveillance”, a term used to describe the global proliferation of cameras and the thriving trade in vast stores of communications, travel, and location data. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:59:03 GMT |
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Hugo Carvajal faces narco-terrorism and weapon charges amid accusations he helped lead a drug-trafficking group A former top Venezuelan military intelligence chief has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to narco-terrorism conspiracy, drug-trafficking and weapons charges, piling further US pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro. Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, AKA “El Pollo” or “The Chicken”, was the director of Venezuela’s military intelligence under presidents Hugo Chávez and Maduro. On Wednesday, days before his trial was set to begin, he pleaded guilty to four federal counts, related to accusations that he helped lead a drug-trafficking group within the Venezuelan government. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:21:57 GMT |
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Trump administration revokes temporary protected status for citizens of country racked by deadly violence More than half a million Haitians are facing the prospect of deportation from the US after the Trump administration announced that the Caribbean country’s citizens would no longer be afforded shelter under a government program created to protect the victims of major natural disasters or conflicts. Haiti has been engulfed by a wave of deadly violence since the 2021 murder of its president, Jovenel Moïse. Heavily armed gangs have brought chaos to its capital, Port-au-Prince, since launching an insurrection that toppled the prime minister last year. On Tuesday, the US embassy in Haiti urged US citizens to abandon the violence-stricken Caribbean country. “Depart Haiti as soon as possible,” it wrote on X. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:25:52 GMT |
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Pact will help international students finish their studies amid Harvard’s legal battle with Trump administration Harvard University and the University of Toronto and have announced a plan that would see some Harvard students complete their studies in Canada if visa restrictions prevent them from entering the United States. The pact between the two schools reflects the tumultuous and “exceptional” politics of the postsecondary world during the second term of Donald Trump. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:16:15 GMT |
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Johnny Noviello was detained by US immigration in Florida over a 2023 conviction and died while awaiting deportation Authorities in Canada are seeking information about the death of a 49-year-old Canadian man who died while in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody in Florida this week. In a statement, Ice, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said Johnny Noviello, 49, died on 23 June after being found unresponsive at a federal detention center in Miami, where he was being detained “pending removal proceedings” from the US. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:23:59 GMT |
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra has angered Thai nationalists, who accuse the Thai leader of kowtowing to Cambodia Thousands of protesters have gathered in Bangkok to demand the resignation of Thailand’s prime minister over a leaked phone call with a former Cambodian leader. Paetongtarn Shinawatra has faced growing pressure over her handling of a border dispute with neighbouring Cambodia that flared in May when a Cambodian soldier was killed during a brief exchange of fire. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:05:22 GMT |
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Czech intelligence revealed Chinese diplomats allegedly planned staged incident during Hsiao Bi-khim’s 2024 visit Taiwan’s vice-president has said she will not be intimidated after reports by Czech intelligence that Chinese officials planned to stage a car collision when she was in Prague last year. Hsiao Bi-khim visited the Czech Republic in March 2024, in the first overseas visit by her and Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, after winning the election in January. It was reported at the time that a Chinese diplomat had run a red light while following her car – under police escort – from the airport. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:01:20 GMT |
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China confirms details amid efforts to end trade war but reiterates it will continue to approve export permits The US has reached an agreement with China to speed up rare-earth shipments into America, officials confirmed on Friday. The news sent US stock markets to fresh highs amid news of wider efforts to end the trade wars between the US and the world’s biggest economies. Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US had signed a deal with China the previous day, without providing additional details, and that there might be a separate deal coming up that would “open up” India. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:31:17 GMT |
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Purge is latest sign President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has reached highest echelons of armed forces A top Chinese general has been dismissed from the body that oversees the Chinese military in the latest sign that Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has reached the highest echelons of the armed forces. Miao Hua, a senior admiral from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) navy, was the director of the political work department of the central military commission (CMC), making him responsible for ideology and loyalty within the armed forces. The six-person CMC is one of the most powerful institutions in China and is headed by Xi himself. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 03:33:40 GMT |
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Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:39:03 GMT |
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Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:38 GMT |
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The Poo-tastic Tasmanian Paint Off asks artists to use a unique medium to paint portraits of people they admire Karin Koch was inspired to start the world’s first animal poo painting competition after purchasing a large and highly detailed painting created out of cow dung by the German artist Werner Härtl. Koch then commissioned the Tasmanian artist Mel Hills to paint wombats using wombat poo and a pademelon with pademelon poo collected from her garden. Continue reading...
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Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:38 GMT |
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Disease and predation are problems in populations that are allowed to roam, but animal advocates argue those issues can be mitigated with proper management practices Near Lake Macquarie on the central coast of New South Wales, Belinda Stauner-Dawson is running what appears to be a chicken utopia. Her 60 egg-laying ISA Brown hens – a popular laying breed – have the run of a 1.4-hectare paddock. Each day they have access to fresh, green pasture and they come and go as they please from a chicken caravan – a trailer with a water tank, feed and roosting perches. Keeping a watchful eye over them are two permanent guardian maremma dogs. Stauner-Dawson prides herself on happy chooks and their eggs, with golden yellow yolks, which are sold to farm-gate customers and to an organic butcher. The utopia is not without challenges. Stauner-Dawson worms her “girls” twice a year and moves the caravan regularly to reduce parasites, and is wary of diseases, such as avian influenza, which may be introduced from wild birds. Predation has also been a major problem in the past. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 07:40:14 GMT |
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Sue Higginson demands critical incident be declared after Hannah Thomas taken for surgery, but acting police minister says matter does not ‘meet the threshold’ A Greens MP has called for an independent investigation into New South Wales police arrests at a protest that resulted in a former Greens candidate being taken to hospital with serious facial injuries. Sue Higginson says a critical incident should be declared after Hannah Thomas, who ran against Anthony Albanese in the Sydney electorate of Grayndler, sustained facial injuries during arrest at a protest on Friday. The protest was outside a business in Belmore accused of “supplying electroplating and surface coating services for a variety of applications including aerospace and defence technology” to Israel. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 03:12:58 GMT |
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Bureau of Meteorology warns of damaging winds and possible flooding on Tuesday and Wednesday as potential east coast low develops Sydney and parts of the New South Wales coast should brace themselves for a fast-developing weather system expected to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and flooding early next week, the Bureau of Meteorology has said. Some areas could see flash and river flooding on Tuesday and Wednesday with the Sydney metro area “in the firing line”, the bureau said. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:34:51 GMT |
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Saturday evening’s bash set to take place in Arsenale, a former medieval shipyard in eastern district of city Newlyweds Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez left their luxury hotel on Venice’s Grand canal on Saturday for a final night of partying, crowning a three-day star-studded wedding extravaganza. Bezos, 61, and Sanchez, 55, exchanged rings on Friday evening on the small island of San Giorgio, across the water from St Mark’s Square, accompanied by singing from Matteo Bocelli, son of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:03:12 GMT |
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Organisers of Budapest Pride said the government was attempting to restrict peaceful protests by targeting them Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are preparing for the last party of their three-day wedding festivities in Venice as demonstrators mobilise for a final protest against the couple’s opulent nuptials in the Italian lagoon city. The Amazon founder, 61, and the former TV journalist, 55, exchanged vows in front of around 200 celebrity guests in a black-tie ceremony on the nearby island of San Giorgio Maggiore on Friday evening. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:51:31 GMT |
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Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Budapest in defiance of the Hungarian government’s ban on Pride, heeding a call by the city’s mayor to “come calmly and boldly to stand together for freedom, dignity and equal rights”. Jubilant crowds packed into the city’s streets on Saturday, waving Pride flags and signs that mocked the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, as their peaceful procession inched forward at a snail’s pace. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:37:57 GMT |
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Authorities in Spain, Portugal, Greece and France issue extreme heat, wildfire and health warnings Authorities across Europe are on alert as the first heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures up to 42C (107.6F), as the fastest-warming continent continues to suffer the effects of the climate emergency. Spain’s state meteorological office, Aemet, issued a special heat warning on Friday, saying temperatures could reach 42C in some southern areas of the country over the coming days. Agence France-Presse and Associated Press contributed to this report Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:34:54 GMT |
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Vessel that sank in storm off Sicily last year killing seven people is being examined by investigators The first images of the inside of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank in a storm off Sicily last year killing seven people including the tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter, have emerged in Italian media. The hulk of the 56-metre (184ft) vessel was raised from the seabed near Porticello last week and taken to the port of Termini Imerese, where it is being examined by investigators working to determine how and why it sank. Continue reading...
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Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:06:19 GMT |
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Rafael Grossi says some of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile could have been moved before US attacks The UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months”, despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said on Saturday. Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites on 13 June, saying it was aimed at keeping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon – an ambition the Islamic republic has consistently denied. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:55:26 GMT |
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Latest deaths come amid worsening humanitarian situation despite renewed hope for ceasefire At least 62 people have been killed in Gaza by overnight Israeli strikes, according to health officials, as the humanitarian situation worsens in the besieged strip despite renewed hope for a ceasefire. Airstrikes began overnight on Friday and continued into Saturday morning, killing a dozen people near a displacement shelter near Palestine Stadium in Gaza City. A strike at midday on Saturday killed at least 11 people. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:35:28 GMT |
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This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here Emirates extended its cancellation of flights to and from Iran’s capital Tehran until July 5 due to the “regional situation“, it said in a statement on Saturday, Reuters reports. The Dubai-based airline said it will recommence operations to Baghdad on 1 July and Basra on 2 July. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 10:08:31 GMT |
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Loyalists hope for boost after apparent victory, but political divisions and 7 October security failures still loom large When Benjamin Netanyahu described the opportunities for peace that Israel’s successes in its brief war with Iran might bring, supporters took him at his word. “This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic widening of peace agreements. We are working on this with enthusiasm,” Israel’s longest-serving prime minister said on Thursday in a pre-recorded statement. Continue reading...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:53:57 GMT |
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António Guterres says people are being killed ‘simply trying to feed themselves and their families’ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said that “the Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza is slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid” as it called on the Israeli authorities to end its siege on the devastated territory. Palestinian witnesses and health officials say Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on crowds heading toward desperately needed food, killing hundreds of Palestinian people in recent weeks. The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies. With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeking food, this scheme is slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid and must be immediately dismantled… Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:55:06 GMT |
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Family dies in Swat River, with witnesses saying they waited to be rescued for more than an hour At least 32 people have been killed in Pakistan in recent flash flooding caused by heavy rains, including a family of tourists who died after being swept away by flood waters while apparently awaiting rescue. Videos of the family stranded on a small piece of land as the raging Swat River in northern Pakistan swept them away were shared widely on social media, prompting anger towards the provincial government as witnesses said the family waited helplessly for more than an hour. Continue reading...
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Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:05:27 GMT |
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Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with India Donald Trump’s intervention into the Iran-Israel war, and brokering then announcing a ceasefire, has drawn a heated debate in Pakistan – where the government had formally nominated the US president for the Nobel peace prize as the US military was making its final preparations for a strike that threatened all-out war in the Middle East. A statement in the early hours of Saturday local time – shortly before US B-2 bombers left the Whiteman air force base in Missouri and headed to Iran – had credited Trump for a “legacy of pragmatic diplomacy” and “pivotal leadership” for ensuring Pakistan’s ceasefire with India in a conflict that had begun with the killing of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir in April. Continue reading...
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Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:52:06 GMT |
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Islamabad says US president helped resolve India conflict but critic says ‘Israel’s sugar daddy in Gaza’ not candidate for any prize Pakistan has said it will recommend Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize for his work in helping to resolve the recent conflict between India and Pakistan. The move, announced on Saturday, came as the US president mulls joining Israel in striking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Continue reading...
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Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:24:07 GMT |
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Army chief’s effusive welcome in Washington hints at strategic recalibration amid Middle East turmoil After years in the diplomatic deep freeze, US-Pakistan ties appear to be quickly thawing, with Donald Trump’s effusive welcome for Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, signalling a possible major reset. Once snubbed so badly that former prime minister Imran Khan had to board an ordinary airport shuttle after arriving in the US rather than being whisked off in a limousine, Pakistan is now enjoying top-level access in Washington, including a White House lunch for Munir on Wednesday and meetings with top national security officials. Continue reading...
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Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:00:51 GMT |
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There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are returned by Bangladesh border guards The Indian government has been accused of illegally deporting Indian Muslims to Bangladesh, prompting fears of an escalating campaign of persecution. Thousands of people, largely Muslims suspected of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, have been rounded up by police across India in recent weeks, according to human rights groups, with many of them deprived of due legal process and sent over the border to neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:14:31 GMT |
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Jonathan Reynolds to hold talks with carmaker after reports suggested its UK factory could close The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will hold talks with Lotus after the carmaker appeared to shelve plans to shut its UK operations. After reports that Chinese owner Geely was planning to stop manufacturing at the Hethel plant in Norfolk, putting 1,300 jobs at risk, Lotus issued a statement saying it had “no plans” to close the factory. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 21:23:53 GMT |
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Seven-year-old girl dies in hospital after incident at Chalkwell park in Southend-on-Sea involving five children A young girl has died and another is in a critical condition after a tree fell in a seaside park in Essex on Saturday. The girls, aged seven and six, suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital. Police said the seven-year-old girl died in hospital. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:50:32 GMT |
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Police assessing video footage of rap trio’s performance to ‘determine if any offences may have been committed’ Kneecap began a politically charged set at Glastonbury on Saturday afternoon, leading the crowds in chants of “Fuck Keir Starmer!” The Irish rap act took to the stage at 4pm for their controversial set, which had been criticised by the UK prime minister as not “appropriate”. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:02:58 GMT |
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Report in the Times alleges George Freeman was paid by company that helped him write questions to government A Conservative MP has referred himself to the parliamentary watchdog after it was alleged he was paid by a company that helped him write questions to government. Former minister George Freeman submitted queries to Labour ministers about the sector the firm operates in, the Times reported. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:11:57 GMT |
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Venue drops gig under pressure from campaigners and local MP, who said show was against ‘city’s values’ Heavy metal star Marilyn Manson, has had the first UK concert of his One Assassination Under God Tour cancelled after pressure from campaign groups and an MP. The first leg of the tour was due to kick off at the Brighton Centre on Wednesday, 29 October. Ticketmaster have since informed customers that the event will no longer go ahead as planned and they will be refunded. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:04:33 GMT |
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Lawmakers prepare for key procedural vote Saturday after dissent among GOP ranks threatens to postpone debate The US Senate is preparing for a key procedural vote Saturday as Republicans race to pass Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his Fourth of July deadline. Republicans are using their majorities in Congress to push aside Democratic opposition, but they have run into a series of political and policy setbacks. Not all Republican senators are on board with proposals to reduce spending on Medicaid, food stamps and other programs as a way to help cover the cost of extending some $3.8tn in Trump tax breaks. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:23:03 GMT |
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Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Garcia abandoned locked truckload of people in summer heat with no AC in 2022 Two men face spending the rest of their lives in prison after a federal judge sentenced them on Friday for their roles in the deaths of 53 people – including six children – who were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas in 2022. A federal jury in Texas had found the two men, Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Garcia, guilty of various charges at the conclusion of a trial in March. Federal judge Orlando Garcia sentenced Torres to life in prison and Ortega to 83 years of incarceration, essentially a life sentence. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:13:22 GMT |
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Governor Tim Walz eulogizes Melissa Hortman, killed with husband, as ‘most consequential speaker’ in state’s history Democratic former Minnesota state house speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral on Saturday that was attended by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The former president and vice-president were joined by more than 1,000 other mourners. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:43:47 GMT |
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Woman’s injuries were not life-threatening, and officials were unable to find the likely young sand tiger shark A 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile shark while waist-deep in the surf at a suburban New York beach, according to state officials. The unidentified woman suffered minor lacerations to her left leg and foot after being bitten Wednesday at Jones Beach state park on Long Island. She was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a release from state parks officials. Continue reading...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:38:10 GMT |
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Meta CEO reportedly to offer pay packages worth up to $100m, a gambit OpenAI’s Sam Altman calls ‘crazy’ Mark Zuckerberg reportedly spent months putting together a list of the top AI engineers and researchers across the globe, preparing to offer potential recruits lucrative compensation packages in Meta’s attempt to poach AI talent from key competitors. Silicon Valley has been talking for weeks about the Meta CEO’s quest to attract top AI talent, including by offering pay packages worth up to $100m. Continue reading...
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