How LA erupted over rumours of immigration raid at a hardware store
Claims that day labourers were being rounded up trigger violent protests in a city on edge over deportations.
Watch: National Guard on LA streets as unrest erupts
Protests flare up in Los Angeles, as demonstrators against immigration raids face off with law enforcement
Gaza aid ship Madleen heading to Israel, says Israeli foreign ministry, after activists report army boarded vessel – live
Freedom Flotilla Coalition says ship’s communications were jammed after Israeli defence minister threatened to ‘take all necessary measures’ to prevent the humanitarian ship from reaching Gaza
Israel’s foreign ministry has said that the Madleen is “safely making its way to the shores of Israel.”
In a post on X, the ministry says “The passengers are expected to return to their home countries.”
While Greta and others attempted to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity — and which included less than a single truckload of aid — more than 1,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza from Israel within the past two weeks, and in addition, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed close to 11 million meals directly to civilians in Gaza.
There are ways to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip — they do not involve Instagram selfies.”
Continue reading...SBS’s Insight accused of betraying people living with chronic fatigue syndrome who appeared on program
Broadcaster receives hundreds of negative comments including claims it presented a potentially harmful and unscientific narrative
People living with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome who appeared on SBS’s Insight program have accused the broadcaster of betraying them in the final cut, which presented what they claim is a potentially harmful and unscientific narrative and favoured a person who said she had “cured herself” by “listening to her body”.
The SBS ombudsman is investigating their individual complaints, as well as one from Emerge Australia, the national advocacy body for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
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Continue reading...Rachel Reeves in standoff over policing and council budgets days before spending review
Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more cas
Rachel Reeves has been locked in a standoff over the policing and council budgets just days before this week’s spending review, which is set to give billions to the NHS, defence and technology.
Yvette Cooper’s Home Office and Angela Rayner’s housing and local government ministry were the two departments still at the negotiating table on Sunday fighting for more cash, after weeks of trying to reach a settlement.
Continue reading...Tony awards 2025: full list of winners
Tonight’s nominations are led by musicals Maybe Happy Ending, Death Becomes Her and Buena Vista Social Club
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club – WINNER!
Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Joy Woods, Gypsy
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Tala Ashe, English
Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
Marjan Neshat, English
Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
Kara Young, Purpose – WINNER!
Nottingham victim’s parent complains about ‘offensive’ IOPC meeting
Father of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, killed by Valdo Calocane, said meeting with a director of police watchdog should not have begun with a prayer
The family of a student killed in the Nottingham attacks have formally complained to the police watchdog over an “offensive” meeting with one of its directors.
Valdo Calocane killed Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates in a spate of attacks in the city in June 2023. He was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility as a result of paranoid schizophrenia and three counts of attempted murder.
Continue reading...Portugal beat Spain in penalty shootout to win second Nations League crown
Ruben Neves scores winning penalty kick as Portugal defeat Spain 5-3 in a shootout to win the Nations League title.
The forgotten story of India’s brush with presidential rule
Indira Gandhi's aides pushed for a presidential system - centralising power and sidelining courts and parliament.
Israel strikes Syria again, claims to have killed alleged Hamas member
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports one dead and two others wounded in the Israeli attack on a vehicle.
Cuts to UK’s global vaccination funding would risk avoidable child deaths, experts warn
Exclusive: Scientists also say any reduction in Foreign Office funding for vaccine alliance Gavi would harm UK’s soft power
Any cut in UK funding to a global vaccination group would damage soft power and could make British less resilient to infectious diseases, as well as causing avoidable deaths among children, leading vaccine and aid experts have warned.
Scientists including Sir Andrew Pollard, who led the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, said a major cut in money for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) could also make the UK less able to respond to a future pandemic.
Continue reading...Gaza aid sites branded ‘human slaughterhouses’ under deadly Israeli fire
UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese brands US-backed Gaza aid system ‘humanitarian camouflage’, 'tactic of this genocide'.
Alcaraz beats Sinner to win epic 2025 French Open men’s singles final
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defends French Open title in one of tennis's greatest comebacks against Italy's Jannik Sinner.
Israel says Hamas Gaza chief Sinwar’s body identified
The Israeli military says Mohammed Sinwar's body was discovered in a tunnel at a hospital.
Israel says Hamas Gaza chief Sinwar’s body identified
The Israeli military says Mohammed Sinwar's body was discovered in a tunnel at a hospital.
Newsom is warned of ‘criminal tax evasion’ if he withholds federal taxes
California governor made threat amid reports Trump is weighing huge federal funding cuts targeting state
The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has warned California governor Gavin Newsom that he would be guilty of “criminal tax evasion” if he withholds his state’s tax payments to the federal government amid threats of a funding cut by Donald Trump.
Newsom had threatened to cut tax payments to the federal government two days ago after reports that Trump was preparing huge federal funding cuts targeting Democrat-dominated California, including its state university system.
Continue reading...Ed the zebra captured after running loose for more than a week in Tennessee
Ed, a pet who went viral online during his disappearance, was airlifted after he was found safe in a pasture
A runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation in the process was captured on Sunday, authorities said.
Ed the zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana community in central Tennessee, the Rutherford county sheriff’s office confirmed. The sheriff’s office said aviation crews captured the zebra.
Continue reading...Campaigners hail plan to ban bottom trawling in half of England’s protected seas
Environmental groups welcome government proposals to clamp down on destructive fishing practice
Environmental groups have welcomed government proposals to ban the destructive fishing practice known as bottom trawling in half of England’s protected seas.
The plan, to be announced on Monday by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, came before a UN summit in Nice to tackle the ocean’s failing health. It follows pressure from conservationists and the release of a David Attenborough film featuring rare underwater footage of the devastation to the seabed caused by bottom trawling in British waters.
Continue reading...BBC on the ground as National Guard set up in Los Angeles
The BBC's Regan Morris reports from outside a federal building, where there have been violent clashes in recent days.
Takeaways From Graduation Speeches by Trump, Taraji P. Henson and Others – The New York Times
Takeaways From Graduation Speeches by Trump, Taraji P. Henson and Others The New York Times