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US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politicsEurope live – latest updatesThe US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on Thursday.The House of Commons rounded on Donald Trump’s national security strategy, which stated that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and vowed to help the continent “correct its current trajectory and promote patriotic European parties”. Continue reading...
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Tennessee to execute man for 1998 rape and murder of college student
Harold Wayne Nichols, who will be killed by lethal injection, confessed to killing Karen Pulley and raping other womenTennessee is preparing to execute Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection on Thursday for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State University.Nichols confessed to killing Pulley as well as raping several other women in the Chattanooga area. Although he expressed remorse at trial, he admitted that he would have continued his violent behavior had he not been arrested. He was sentenced to death in 1990. Continue reading...
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Bulgarian government resigns after mass anti-corruption protests
Prime minister makes announcement before parliament vote on no-confidence motion filed by oppositionThe Bulgarian government is resigning after less than a year in office after a series of anti-corruption protests, the prime minister has said.Rosen Zhelyazkov’s announcement on Thursday came before a vote in parliament on a no-confidence motion filed by the opposition against the government. Continue reading...
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Trump’s strategy has echoes of ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ from 1930s, former minister tells MPs – UK politics live
Liam Byrne says language of the US national security strategy was ‘deeply regrettable’ and highlighted the need for strong UK-EU economic security linksSeema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, is responding to the urgent question about President Trump’s national security strategy (even though it was addressed to the Cabinet Office – see 10.12am.)The Trump document was published at the end of last week. Peter Beaumont has an analysis of it here. Continue reading...
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Downing Street vows to force employment rights bill through Lords
No more concessions, says minister after legislation was thwarted in upper house despite manifesto climbdownUK politics live – latest updatesThe government has vowed that there will be no more concessions on the employment rights bill and that it will force the Lords to vote on it again next week, after Conservative and cross-bench peers blocked it on Wednesday night.Ministers and trade unions expressed fury that the bill was voted down again in the House of Lords by peers protesting against the lifting of the compensation cap for unfair dismissal, calling it “cynical wrecking tactics that risk a constitutional crisis”. Continue reading...
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US lawmakers voice concerns about Venezuelan tanker seizure: ‘sounds a lot like the beginning of a war’ – US politics live
Republican senator Rand Paul said it was ‘not the job of the American government to go looking for monsters around the world’Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland, was among the lawmakers speaking out against the Trump administration and its actions around Venezuela, taking to the senate floor on Wednesday to call on Congress to block Donald Trump from “using taxpayer dollars to launch a regime change war”.“Last time I checked, the constitution of the United States gives Congress – this body – the power to decide questions of war or peace,” he said. Continue reading...
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Campaigners in legal effort to suspend trial of puberty blockers in England
Letters arguing research could harm participating children sent to medical regulators, health secretary and NHSCampaigners have begun a legal process intended to suspend a clinical trial of puberty blockers on the grounds that the research could prove harmful to the children taking part.The study was commissioned in response to last year’s Cass review of gender identity services which found that gender medicine was an “area of remarkably weak evidence” and “built on shaky foundations”. Continue reading...
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Venezuelan Nobel laureate backs US seizure of oil tanker
María Corina Machado says action was ‘very necessary step’ to confront Nicolás Maduro’s ‘criminal’ regimeEurope live – latest updatesVenezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, has said she supports the US seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, calling it a “very necessary step” to confront Nicolás Maduro’s “criminal” regime.Speaking in Oslo on Thursday, a day after she was honoured for her “tireless” struggle for democratic change, Machado praised the US navy and coastguard helicopter raid on the vessel. Continue reading...
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Child bride spared execution in Iran after blood money is paid
Guardian story helped to draw attention to planned hanging of Goli Kouhkan over death of abusive husbandA child bride who was due to be executed this month in Iran over the death of her husband has had her life spared by his parents, who were paid the equivalent of £70,000 in exchange for their forgiveness.Goli Kouhkan, 25, has been on death row in Gorgan central prison in northern Iran for the past seven years. At the age of 18 she was arrested over allegedly participating in the killing of her abusive husband, Alireza Abil, in May 2018, and sentenced to qisas – retribution-in-kind. Continue reading...
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EU watchdogs raid Temu’s Dublin HQ in foreign subsidy investigation
Chinese online retailer targeted under rules limiting state help to companiesBusiness live – latest updatesTemu’s European headquarters in Dublin have been raided by EU regulators investigating a potential breach of foreign subsidy regulations.The Chinese online retailer, which is already in the European Commission’s spotlight over alleged failures to prevent illegal content being sold on its app and website, was raided last week without warning or any subsequent publicity. Continue reading...
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Church of England reviewing complaint against incoming archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally accused of mishandling abuse complaint against priest in London, where she serves as bishopThe Church of England is reviewing a complaint against the incoming archbishop of Canterbury over her handling of an abuse allegation.Dame Sarah Mullally is due to take up the role next month, after Justin Welby was forced to resign over the way he dealt with a safeguarding scandal. Continue reading...
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Eight more UK universities cut recruitment ties with fossil fuel industry
Manchester Metropolitan University again wins top spot for climate and social justice in league table More universities have severed ties with fossil fuel companies, banning them from recruitment fairs and refusing to advertise roles in the industry, according to the latest higher education league table.The analysis found that eight more universities had signed up to end recruitment ties with the fossil fuel industry - an increase of 80% since last year. This means 18 higher education institutions, or 12% of the sector, now refuse to advertise roles with fossil fuel companies to their students. Continue reading...
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Afghanistan war veteran arrested after ICE protest prepares for trial
Bajun Mavalwalla, who maintains his innocence, will take case to jury even as others strike plea agreementsAn Afghanistan war veteran arrested on felony “conspiracy” charges a month after he participated in a protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) maintains his innocence and is preparing for a jury trial, even as others arrested the same day strike plea agreements to avoid long prison terms, his father said.Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan – was charged in July with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers” after joining an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading...
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No guarantee tobacco tax cut would lure Australian smokers from illegal trade and raise more revenue, report says
Exclusive: New research points to need for ‘holistic approach to combating illicit tobacco’ including having support of health advocatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSlashing the tobacco excise might not be enough to lure smokers back to legal cigarettes, and could even widen the multi-billion dollar hole blown in the budget by the booming illicit trade, new research shows.The analysis from the e61 Institute comes as Jim Chalmers revealed next week’s mid-year fiscal update will reveal an extra $12.7bn in unanticipated spending, including an additional $6.3bn in higher than expected disaster relief payments. Continue reading...
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Senate to vote on dual bills on looming expiration of Obamacare tax credits
Republicans to oppose Democratic proposal that would extend subsidies until 2028 for about 21.8 million enrolleesThe US Senate will vote Thursday on competing bills to address the imminent expiration of subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, but neither measure is expected to pass, greatly increasing the chances that healthcare costs will soon rise to unaffordable levels for many Americans.The votes, part of a deal brokered between Republican majority leader John Thune and the Democratic senators who agreed to reopen the government after a historically long shutdown last month, come as premium tax credits for an estimated 21.8 million enrollees of the plans are set to expire at the end of the month. Health policy research group KFF estimates that annual premiums will more than double if the subsidies are allowed to expire. Continue reading...
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‘Human trafficking behind prison walls’: women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse
Women at FMC Carswell – long a focus of sexual abuse investigations – say prison officials have turned a blind eyeEleven women incarcerated at a federal prison in Texas allege they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by staff members in the past seven years. The allegations are the latest accusations of abuse within a federal prison system rife with claims of inhumane conditions.The allegations at FMC Carswell, a federal medical women’s prison in Fort Worth, Texas, are particularly troubling because the facility has been the focus of sexual abuse investigations for years, with 13 staff members convicted of abuse and misconduct since 1997 and promises of reform at various times. Continue reading...
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‘She was very, very thin’: witness tells of Ukrainian journalist’s final days in Russian prison
Soldier’s account corroborates reports Viktoriia Roshchyna was taken to prison deep inside Russia, where it is believed she diedDetails of the last days in captivity of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died last year, have emerged with the witness account of a soldier who was with her when she was transported to a prison deep inside Russia.Roshchyna was seized while reporting from behind enemy lines in occupied Ukraine in the summer of 2022, one of an estimated 16,000 civilians detained by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Continue reading...
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Ex-Alice Springs school principal spared jail for assaulting Indigenous students
Gavin Morris, a former NRL referee, found guilty of putting pupils in choke holds and twisting their earsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former NRL referee has been spared jail after abusing his position of trust as a school principal by putting Indigenous students into choke holds and painfully twisting their ears.Gavin Morris was found guilty of four counts of aggravated assault and on Thursday was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment fully suspended for two years on condition he be of good behaviour. Continue reading...
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Disappointing Oracle results knock $70bn off value amid AI bubble fears
Weaker-than-forecast quarterly data for Larry Ellison’s tech company shows slowdown in revenue growth but big rise in spending Business live – latest updatesOracle’s disappointing results have knocked more than $70bn off the value of software and data company co-founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison, adding to fears of a bubble in AI-related stocks.Shares in the company fell by 11.5% overnight after it reported a lower-than-expected 14% rise in revenues to $16bn (£12bn) in the latest quarter while revealing it was boosting its AI spending by about $15bn. Continue reading...
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New Queensland laws overturning ban on property developer donations will ‘legalise another avenue of corruption’, Greens say
Attorney general Deb Frecklington says ban was a ‘financial gerrymander’ because it didn’t apply to trade unionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s Liberal National party government will overturn a ban on property developer donations and quadruple the state cap on electoral donations, after tabling new laws which the Greens claim will “legalise another avenue of corruption”.Developers have been prohibited from donating to candidates and parties in state elections since a 2018 bill passed under Labor. Continue reading...
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Residents in several Perth suburbs evacuate amid bushfire posing ‘threat to lives and homes’
Emergency warning issued for parts of Kenwick, Wattle Grove, Maddington and Beckenham in Perth’s south-eastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA life-threatening bushfire is burning near suburban homes in Perth, with residents warned to leave and multiple roads already closed.An emergency warning has been issued in parts of Kenwick, Wattle Grove, Maddington and Beckenham in Perth’s south-east. Continue reading...
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Dodson says Indigenous deaths in custody ‘a national disgrace’ – as it happened
This blog is now closed‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declaredGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent senator Lidia Thorpe has said the federal government needs to do more to address Indigenous deaths in custody and stop “handballing” to states and territories after a damning report found more Indigenous people died in custody last year than any year since 1980.Thorpe spoke to ABC News this morning, saying the recommendations from a royal commission completed in 1991 have still not been implemented. She said:There’s no appetite at the federal level to do anything about it. They continue to handball to states and territories but we need national oversight, we need a whole unit … to look at these recommendations and start implementing them.States and territories are using us to score political points coming up to elections and scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to so-called ‘being tough on crime’. Continue reading...
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UK denies Milei’s claim of talks over Falklands-era ban on Argentina arms sales
British government also rejects president’s claims on sovereignty over Falkland Islands as he suggests wanting to make Argentina a ‘world military power’The British government has denied it is engaged in negotiations to lift a ban on selling arms to Argentina that has been in place since the Falklands war.Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, told the Daily Telegraph his government had begun speaking to the UK about the restrictions. Continue reading...
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