- Cologne starts its biggest evacuation since 1945 to defuse WWII bombs AP News
- German city evacuates 20,000 after unexploded World War II bombs are found The Washington Post
- Cologne evacuates 20,000 so WW2 bombs can be defused BBC
- Discovery of wartime bombs prompts large-scale evacuation in Cologne, Germany Reuters
- Major evacuation in Cologne after second world war bombs discovered The Guardian
Deadly mushroom lunch cook tells court she threw up toxic meal
Erin Patterson is accused of murdering three relatives and trying to kill another with poisonous fungi.
Deadly mushroom lunch cook tells court she threw up toxic meal
Erin Patterson is accused of murdering three relatives and trying to kill another with poisonous fungi.
Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85
The American essayist, playwright and author of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man has died
Edmund White, the American writer, playwright and essayist who attracted acclaim for his semi-autobiographical novels such as A Boy’s Own Story – and literally wrote the book on gay sex, with the pioneering The Joy of Gay Sex – has died aged 85.
His death was confirmed to the Guardian by his agent, Bill Clegg, on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Woman accused of triple murder says foraged mushrooms may have been added to meal – CNN
‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’: Erin Patterson tells mushroom trial husband confronted her over dehydrator
Triple murder accused, who denies deliberately poisoning anyone, tells court she dumped dehydrator used to dry foraged mushrooms due to feeling ‘scared’ of child protection officers seeing it
Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.
In her third day in the witness box, Patterson also said she thinks there is a “possibility” that foraged mushrooms were unintentionally added to her beef wellington mixture as she tried to improve its “bland” flavour, and lied to her lunch guests about having cancer because she was embarrassed about planned weight-loss surgery.
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Continue reading...Jessie J says she has been diagnosed with early breast cancer
Price Tag singer plans to have surgery after performing at Summertime Ball this month
Jessie J has said she has been diagnosed with early breast cancer and plans to undergo surgery after her performance at this month’s Summertime Ball.
The Price Tag singer, 37, said in an Instagram video she has spent much of her recent time “in and out of tests”.
Continue reading...Home Office accused of ‘racist crackdown’ on Nigerians after denial of visit visa
Officials refused entry to man who runs top security firm in Nigeria and his family to spend holiday with his sister
The Home Office has been accused of a “racist crackdown on Nigerians” after refusing a visa to a man who runs one of the west African country’s top security firms for a holiday to see his family.
Samuel Onyekachi Ibeawuchi runs BKay Security Ltd, which provides close protection for high-profile people in Nigeria and abroad. He and his wife, a successful businesswoman, had applied to come to the UK with their 18-month-old child for three weeks in the summer so they could spend time with his sister, Hope Ibeawuchi-Beales, and her husband, Nick Beales, who is head of campaigning at Ramfel, which supports vulnerable migrants.
Continue reading...Physician associates to be renamed to stop them being mistaken for doctors
Exclusive: Government-ordered review concludes term in NHS should be changed because of risks to patients’ safety
Physician associates in the NHS will be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors after a review found that their title caused widespread confusion.
Thousands of physician associates who work in hospitals and GP surgeries across the UK take medical histories, examine patients and diagnose illnesses but are not doctors.
Continue reading...Vanuatu looks into revoking Andrew Tate’s golden passport
Tate gained citizenship in the tiny Pacific state under a scheme that has allegedly been abused by criminals.
Vanuatu looks into revoking Andrew Tate’s golden passport
Tate gained citizenship in the tiny Pacific state under a scheme that has allegedly been abused by criminals.
World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacre
Date of 4 June remains one of China’s strictest taboos, with government using increasingly sophisticated tools to censor its discussion
The world will never forget the Tiananmen Square massacre, the US secretary of state and Taiwan president have said on the 36th anniversary of the crackdown, which China’s government still tries to erase from domestic memory.
There is no official death toll but activists believe hundreds, possibly thousands, were killed by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the streets around Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s central plaza, on 4 June 1989.
Continue reading...South Korea: New leader Lee Jae-myung pledges to ‘unite’ a divided country – BBC
- South Korea: New leader Lee Jae-myung pledges to 'unite' a divided country BBC
- South Korea’s New President Will Face Deep Divisions and the Trump Administration The New York Times
- South Korea’s new leader faces tightrope act between China ties, US alliance South China Morning Post
- Outspoken liberal leader Lee elected South Korea's president, closing period of political tumult AP News
- Liberal Lee Jae-myung wins South Korean presidency, ending months of political turmoil NBC News
South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung pledges to ‘unite’ country
Experts say he faces a challenging task, as division and discontentment continue to rack South Korea.
Ukraine Unearths Russia’s Latest Trick – Drones ‘Nesting’ in Civilian Homes? – Kyiv Post
- Ukraine Unearths Russia’s Latest Trick – Drones ‘Nesting’ in Civilian Homes? Kyiv Post
- Drone Attacks Are the New Front in War. Can NATO Keep Up? The New York Times
- How Ukraine’s Drone Arsenal Shocked Russia and Changed Modern Warfare Bloomberg.com
- Fibre optic drones: The terrifying new weapon changing the war in Ukraine BBC
- The Russia-Ukraine Drone War: Innovation on the Frontlines and Beyond CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Trump’s 50% tariffs on metals come into effect
Trump doubles down on his tariffs, while sparing the UK from the latest duties.
US-backed Gaza aid group halts distribution, UN to vote on ceasefire demand – Reuters
- US-backed Gaza aid group halts distribution, UN to vote on ceasefire demand Reuters
- At Least 27 Killed After Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Gaza Aid Site The New York Times
- Who’s shooting whom near Rafah’s aid center, and who’s exploiting the bloodshed The Times of Israel
- More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza The Washington Post
- US-backed Gaza aid group pauses food distribution after days of violence Fox News
US-backed Gaza aid group to halt distribution on Wednesday, UN to vote on ceasefire demand – Reuters
- US-backed Gaza aid group to halt distribution on Wednesday, UN to vote on ceasefire demand Reuters
- At Least 27 Killed After Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Gaza Aid Site The New York Times
- Israel says it will investigate Palestinian deaths BBC
- More than 2 dozen killed as Gazans again face gunfire outside humanitarian aid site PBS
- More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza The Washington Post
Potential ‘agroterrorism weapon’ fungus smuggled into US by Chinese scientists, FBI alleges
Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu charged after allegedly smuggling a fungus to US that can cause serious illness and billions of dollars in crop losses
Two Chinese scientists have been charged with smuggling a toxic fungus into the United States that they planned to research at an American university, the justice department has said.
Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, are charged with conspiracy, smuggling, false statements, and visa fraud, the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of Michigan said in a statement on Tuesday.
Continue reading...South Korea’s opposition leader Lee wins election as voters punish conservatives after martial law chaos – CNN
- South Korea’s opposition leader Lee wins election as voters punish conservatives after martial law chaos CNN
- Lee Jae-myung: South Korea's new president has a Trump-shaped crisis to avert BBC
- Global trade chaos threatens South Korea’s ‘survival’ says Lee Jae-myung in inauguration speech The Guardian
- Outspoken liberal leader Lee elected South Korea's president, closing period of political tumult AP News
- Liberal Lee Jae-myung wins South Korean presidency, ending months of political turmoil NBC News