China warns Philippines over Taiwan remarks amid rising tensions
Beijing warns Manila to stop 'playing with fire' after Marcos signals potential Taiwan conflict involvement.
Mushroom murderer tried to kill husband with pasta, cookies and curry, court was told
One alleged attempt left Simon Patterson in a coma, with his family twice told to say their goodbyes.
Taiwan reports first case of chikungunya virus from China outbreak
The mosquito-borne virus has crossed the Taiwan Strait from southern China, where confirmed cases top 8,000.
Heartbreaking search for missing children after India flash floods
Veer Singh and Kali Devi were away buying groceries when flash floods hit their village on Tuesday.
‘They must not touch the Strait’: Sicily bridge opponents vow to put up a fight – Reuters
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- Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily BBC
‘I loved them’ – Police interview Australian mushroom murderer
Footage of police interviewing convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson has been released by the Victorian Supreme Court.
Israel-Gaza war live: security cabinet approves Gaza City take over; opposition leader calls decision ‘a disaster’
Yair Lapid says far-right ministers dragged Benjamin Netanyahu into ‘exactly what Hamas wanted’ after security cabinet approves take over plan
The UK’s ambassador to Israel has said extending the war in Gaza would only lead to more deaths and that occupying Gaza would be a “huge mistake”.
Simon Walters was quoted by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper as saying on Thursday:
The IDF has achieved all that it can achieve in Gaza, and extending the war any further will simply lead to more deaths. Deaths of soldiers, deaths of Palestinians, deaths of hostages.
If you want to defeat Hamas, you cannot achieve that through military force. You need to use politics and diplomacy and you need to give the people of Gaza an alternative to Hamas.
We are working with friends, allies in Europe and in the Middle East to generate a real plan for what happens after the fighting stops, after the war.
It needs to be a description of what the governments will be for Gaza. That has to be governance by Palestinians who are not members of Hamas with a role for the Palestinian Authority.
Continue reading...In my Gaza maternity ward, life and death coexist, but so does hope
A medical intern reflects on the hardship, hunger and resilience of women who bring children into the world amid war.
Why has an AI-altered Bollywood movie sparked uproar in India?
The re-release of a beloved Bollywood classic has caused alarm in India's film industry.
Penny Wong warns Israel that occupying Gaza could violate international law
Australia’s foreign minister says two-state solution the only pathway to peace as Israel’s security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City
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Penny Wong has urged Israel not to follow through on its plans to occupy Gaza, a step she said could constitute a breach of international law.
In a statement to Guardian Australia, Australia’s foreign minister pushed back on Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take control of the whole Gaza Strip. The plan approved by Israel’s security cabinet after an overnight meeting on Thursday – to take over Gaza City – stopped short of that, but will likely displace tens of thousands of Palestinians already suffering from famine.
Continue reading...Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to 20 years for plot to attack Maryland’s power grid
Brandon Russell, founder of neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was convicted of plotting to blow up Baltimore power grid
The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs.
Brandon Russell, 30, was convicted by a jury earlier this year. Prosecutors presented evidence detailing his longstanding affiliation with white supremacist causes and his recent efforts to organize “sniper attacks” on electrical substations around Baltimore.
Continue reading...Emergency care at Lucy Letby hospital falls short of legal standards, CQC finds
Countess of Chester receives urgent warning notice over ‘visibly dirty equipment’ and routine corridor care
Emergency care at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked is falling far short of legal standards, the healthcare watchdog has found, with routine corridor care and “critical gaps” in sepsis treatment.
The Countess of Chester hospital, in north-west England, was issued with an urgent warning notice after inspectors found “repeated breaches” of regulations in its emergency care unit.
Continue reading...Released violent offenders to be ‘locked’ in restriction zones in England and Wales
Women’s safety campaigners welcome plan to switch from exclusion zones that ‘have made victims feel trapped’
Restriction zones aimed at “locking” violent offenders – rather than their victims – into specific areas when they are released from prison are to be introduced by the government in England and Wales.
At the moment, exclusion zones are often used to keep an offender away from their victim’s home but many campaigners for women’s safety have long called for this to be flipped.
Increased tagging for domestic perpetrators.
Requiring judges to flag domestic abuse at sentencing so prisons, probation and police can better identify and manage abusers.
Expanding specialist domestic abuse courts.
Bolstering transparency for victims at sentencing – including the provision of free copies of judges’ sentencing remarks for victims of rape and other sexual offences.
Continue reading...Russian football clubs secure €10.8m in Uefa ‘solidarity’ funds since Ukraine invasion
Exclusive: Five Ukraine clubs failed to win similar payments due to allegedly being located in ‘zone of military operations’
Uefa has paid more than €10.8m (£9.4m) in “solidarity” funds to Russian football clubs since they were banned from taking part in European tournaments after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Guardian can reveal.
The payments were made despite five Ukrainian clubs failing to receive similar such funds allegedly due to their locations being in a “zone of military operations”.
Continue reading...UK ministers push ahead with discount on bills for households near new pylons
Plans have provoked outrage from communities in areas of Great Britain expected to host new infrastructure
The government is pushing head with a plan to offer those who live near new electricity pylons a discount of £2,500 from their energy bills over the next 10 years to ease the backlash against its clean power plans.
Thousands of households within half a kilometre of new or upgraded electricity infrastructure could each receive up to £250 off their annual energy bill from next year to help speed up the rollout of infrastructure critical to the government’s targets.
Continue reading...Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France
Claims that natural mineral water brands are filtering their water have shocked the country.
Bush pilot ditched Outback Wrangler star’s mobile phone after fatal helicopter crash, trial hears
Michael Burbidge gives evidence he told police Chris Wilson’s wife ‘doesn’t need to see what’s on the phone’
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A bush pilot has told a court he ditched reality TV star Chris “Willow” Wilson’s mobile phone after a fatal helicopter crash, but can’t recall unscrewing the chopper’s console with Outback Wrangler’s Matt Wright.
Michael Burbidge, pilot and director of Remote Helicopters, gave evidence at Wright’s trial in the supreme court in Darwin on Friday.
Continue reading...Police in England brace for disorder as far right promote anti-migrant protests
Restrictions in place on Friday in areas including Norwich and officers will monitor at least 12 other towns and cities
Police are braced for potential disorder in towns across England this weekend amid the far right’s promotion of a range of protests against asylum seekers, with anti-racism activists planning counter-protests.
Restrictions will be in place on Friday at locations including Norwich while officers will police at least 12 other towns and cities that evening.
Continue reading...As Trump’s deadline for Russia comes due, White House preps for possible summit with Putin – CNN
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Canada murders spark calls to label India’s Bishnoi gang a ‘terror’ group
The gang, which Canadian officials accuse of working for India, has claimed responsibility for multiple recent murders.