- Israel weighs response to Iran attack: Live updates CNN
- Response to Iranian attack a must, but Israel will be smart about it, officials say The Times of Israel
- Israel-Gaza live updates: More than 19,000 children orphaned in Gaza ABC News
- ‘Anything could happen’: Gaza Strip left hanging while Israel plots response to Iran’s attack The Guardian
- Iran attacks on Israel LIVE: Israeli war cabinet to meet on response to attack Mint
The Latest | Israel must stop settler attacks on Palestinians, UN human rights office says – The Associated Press
- The Latest | Israel must stop settler attacks on Palestinians, UN human rights office says The Associated Press
- UN demands end to Israeli forces’ support of settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians The Guardian
- Yellen says Iran's actions could cause global 'economic spillovers' and warns of more sanctions The Associated Press
- West Bank sees some of its worst violence since war in Gaza began as Israeli teen's body is found POLITICO
- Deadly West Bank settler attacks on Palestinians follow Israeli boy's killing Yahoo! Voices
Copenhagen stock exchange fire: Spire collapses as historic Borsen engulfed in flames – Reuters
- Copenhagen stock exchange fire: Spire collapses as historic Borsen engulfed in flames Reuters
- Historic Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark goes up in flames BBC.com
- Fire destroys Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire ABC News
- Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange Building Partly Collapses in Fire The New York Times
- new photographs show historic bourse of copenhagen ravaged by fire Designboom
Latest Israel-Hamas war news: Israel’s military chief warns of response to Iran attack – The Washington Post
- Latest Israel-Hamas war news: Israel’s military chief warns of response to Iran attack The Washington Post
- Middle East crisis: Israel says Iran won’t get off ‘scot-free’ after missile attack – as it happened The Guardian
- Iran says any action against its interests will get a severe response Reuters
- Tehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria and killed 12 The Associated Press
- Iran threatens to attack Israel with weapons it has 'not used before' as it gets military support from Russia New York Post
Military briefing: Israel’s options to strike Iran – Financial Times
- Military briefing: Israel's options to strike Iran Financial Times
- Israeli war cabinet to hold third meeting on response to Iran's attack Reuters
- Israel, U.S., Partners Neutralize Iranian Airborne Attacks > U.S Department of Defense
- Israel's military chief says that Israel will respond to Iran's weekend missile attack The Associated Press
- 'This Seems to Be a Major Strategic Error on the Part of Iran' POLITICO
MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 2009 – BBC.com
- MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 2009 BBC.com
- MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – UK politics live The Guardian
- U.K. votes on 'smoke-free generation,' but conservatives fear 'nanny state' The Washington Post
- UK lawmakers will vote on a landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking The Associated Press
- Ailbhe Rea: Anti-Smoking Warnings Bloomberg
Photos: Israeli tanks push back into northern Gaza, warplanes hit Rafah
Palestinian health officials say Israel killed four people and wounded several others in one attack in Rafah.
Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy signs new mobilisation law in effort to boost Ukraine’s exhausted forces
Kyiv brings in higher payments for volunteers and new punishments for draft dodgers
We have more in from Agence France-Presse (AFP) on the German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing to meet China’s president, Xi Jinping (see earlier post at 08.46 for more details).
Xi laid out what state media described as “four principles to prevent the Ukraine crisis from spiralling out of control and to restore peace”.
Continue reading...Belgian mayor orders halt to NatCon conference attended by Braverman
Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman speak at Brussels event as mayor issues order on public safety grounds
Authorities in Brussels have ordered the closure of a radical right conference that was addressed by British politicians including Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman.
The order banning the National Conservatism conference from taking place on Tuesday was issued “to guarantee public safety”, according to Emir Kir, the mayor of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode district in Brussels.
Continue reading...Middle East crisis live: Israel says Iran won’t get off ‘scot-free’ after missile attack
‘We will respond in our time,’ IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari tells reporters after Tehran’s attack over the weekend
- Full report: IDF chief of staff says Israel will respond
- Explainer: how will Israel respond to Iran’s attack
A senior spokesperson for Iran’s military has warned the US, UK, France and Germany to stop supporting Israel, and said that there will be an even stronger response from Iran if Israel retaliates to the strikes at the weekend.
The official state news agency IRNA reports that Brig Gen Abolfazl Shekarchi said:
We remind the heads of state of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany to stop supporting the declining child-killing terrorist regime of Israel. The Islamic Republic of Iran has proven that it is not a warmonger and does not seek to spread the war. The response will be stronger if the regime carries out more severe aggressive act.
Continue reading...Truss claims ‘health police’ will push for other bans if smoking rules change – UK politics live
Former PM tells debate that plans to phase out smoking are ‘emblematic of a technocratic establishment in this country that wants to limit people’s freedom’
At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.
Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which features hardline rightwingers from around the world committed to the NatCons’ ‘faith, flag and family’ brand of conservatism, is going ahead despite two venues refusing to host them at relatively short notice.
The current UK government doesn’t have the political will to take on the ECHR and hasn’t laid the ground work for doing so.
And so it’s no surprise that recent noises in this direction are easily dismissed as inauthentic.
Any attempt to include a plan for ECHR withdrawal in a losing Conservative election manifesto risks setting the cause back a generation.
Continue reading...Aerial rescues in Oman save dozens from flash floods
Aerial rescues in Oman have saved at least 75 people, some who were swept up and carried away by flash floods.
US and EU consider new sanctions against Iran after its air attack on Israel
US treasury secretary and German foreign minister comment on efforts to avoid escalation of regional conflict
The US and the EU are considering rapid new sanctions against Iran in the wake of Tehran’s large-scale air attack on Israel at the weekend.
As Israel’s war cabinet met for a third day in a row to consider its response to the Iranian assault, which was launched in retaliation for Israel’s strike on an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus, Syria, on 1 April, international pressure was mounting on Israel to avoid steps that would lead to a regional conflict.
Continue reading...Baby died after being left face-down at Stockport nursery, court hears
Kate Roughley, then deputy manager, accused of causing death of Genevieve Meehan, who was swaddled and strapped to bean bag
A nursery deputy manager caused the death of a baby she placed face-down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than 90 minutes, a court has heard.
The resulting distressed cries of nine-month-old Genevieve Meehan, known to her family as Gigi, were “simply ignored”, the jury was told on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Muslim pupil loses UK court bid over Michaela school prayer rituals ban
Student took legal action against London school, saying policy was discriminatory and 'uniquely' affected her faith.
It is time for a democratic world order
US threats to states that take action on Gaza must compel them to form a coalition and collectively resist.
Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps
Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment
This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations with support from the Wayne Barrett Project
On an October morning, a small army arrived to evict Rudy Ortega from his home in the Crash Zone, an encampment located near the end of the airport runway in San Jose, California, Silicon Valley’s largest city. As jets roared overhead, garbage trucks and police squad cars encircled Ortega’s hand-built shelter. Heavy machinery operators stood by for the signal to bulldoze Ortega’s camp.
Continue reading...UN demands end to Israeli forces’ support of settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians
UN human rights office expresses concern over escalating violence after deaths near Nablus over weekend
The United Nations has voiced grave concern over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces “immediately” stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory.
The statement from the UN’s human rights office was issued hours after two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli settlers in a northern village south of Nablus, in the latest violent attack involving settlers in the increasingly tense West Bank.
Continue reading...Dr Martens chief to exit as shares hit record low after profit warning
British bootmaker says it does not expect to increase prices this year as it reports poor US sales
Shares in Dr Martens plummeted to a new low as the UK bootmaker warned on profits and poor performance in the US, and announced the departure of its chief executive.
The brand, known for its yellow-stitched thick-soled boots, warned sales would fall by a single-digit percentage in the year to the end of March 2025, compared with a year earlier. Profit before tax could be just a third of last year’s £159m in a worst-case scenario.
Continue reading...Scottish Power to pay out £1.5m after overcharging 1,700 households
Supplier mistakenly charged direct debit customers at rate meant for those who pay when they get bills
Scottish Power is to pay £1.5m in refunds and compensation after overcharging nearly 1,700 households at the height of the energy crisis and in previous years, paying out an average of £294 to each customer.
The energy regulator, Ofgem, said it agreed the redress package with the supplier after it confirmed that, between 2015 and 2023, it mistakenly charged 1,699 direct debit customers at a higher rate that should only apply to those who pay when they receive their bill.
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