- Pope Leo will tap into the Sagrada Familia's allure while honoring Catalonia's holy mountain AP News
- Sagrada Família’s 144-year journey nears its end with the Tower of Jesus Christ CNN
- Pope to bless Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, world's tallest church Yahoo
- Pope Leo to hold iconic Mass at Spain’s Sagrada Família cathedral NBC News
- Saint or sinner: Antoni Gaudí’s polarising style The Economist
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Parents caring for seriously ill children in UK could get financial support under ‘Hugh’s law’
Proposals considered by government would strengthen protections for parents forced to become full-time carers
Thousands of parents who are forced to become full-time carers after their child becomes seriously ill would be entitled to financial support and job protections under new “Hugh’s law” proposals being floated by the government.
Hugh’s law is named after Hugh Menai-Davis, who was six when he died in 2021 just under a year after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and undergoing 10 months of intensive treatment, much of it in hospital.
Continue reading...‘We want to see him in Ukraine’: Zelenskyy hopes to invite King Charles on state visit
Exclusive: Ukrainian leader says he has ‘a very good relationship’ with British monarch, who has supported his country
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed that he plans to invite King Charles on a state visit to Ukraine as early as this year, which would make him the most senior royal to travel to Kyiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The Ukrainian president said he had a close relationship with the king, whom he has met on numerous occasions, including when he gave a public show of support after Zelenskyy’s explosive visit to the White House last year.
Continue reading...300 migrants bound for UK kidnapped and threatened with kidney removal
The Iraqi Kurds were captured by a militia who demanded a ransom of $5,000 (£3,700) per person.
Some of the deadly earthquakes in the Philippines – AP News
- Some of the deadly earthquakes in the Philippines AP News
- At Least 32 Dead After Earthquake and Landslide in the Philippines The New York Times
- 20,000 people displaced by the Philippine earthquake that killed at least 37 AP News
- 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 32, sparks tsunami KSL News
- Hundreds of aftershocks jolt Philippines as officials say death toll could rise BBC
Jacinta Allan says Pauline Hanson ‘chooses to barrack for bullies’ over ‘ditch the witch’ billboard
Victorian premier says she will always call out ‘misogynist’ views after One Nation leader says ‘if the shoe fits’
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Jacinta Allan has dismissed leadership speculation and says she will continue to call out “sexist, misogynist, hateful” commentary directed at her, despite the One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s advice to “suck it up, sweetheart”.
On Sunday, the Victorian premier criticised a truck-mounted billboard, which has been travelling around Melbourne for several weeks, featuring AI-generated images of her wearing a black pointed hat alongside the phrase “ditch the witch”.
Continue reading...Lebanon Is Teetering at the Abyss of a New Civil War – WSJ
- Lebanon Is Teetering at the Abyss of a New Civil War WSJ
- How Lebanon became the breaking point for the Iran war ceasefire Al Jazeera
- Lebanon between war and statehood: Shrinking the space for Hezbollah Brookings
- Israeli offensive in Lebanon gives Hezbollah new purpose CNN
- How the resurgence of humbled Hezbollah stunned even its own members The Times
Brisbane woman who gave lethal medication to terminally ill husband released on bail after murder charge
David Ronald Mobbs, who had motor neurone disease, had said he didn’t want to live if his illness became intolerable, court hears
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A woman who gave a lethal cocktail of medication to her husband who was dying from motor neurone disease has been granted bail after being charged with murder.
Kylie Ellina Truswell‑Mobbs was granted bail on Tuesday after being charged with murdering her 56-year-old husband, who was dying from motor neurone disease.
Continue reading...NATO shoots down drone over Latvia as concern about Ukraine war’s spread grows – The Washington Post
- NATO shoots down drone over Latvia as concern about Ukraine war’s spread grows The Washington Post
- NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia, extending Ukraine spillover fears Al Jazeera
- French jet on NATO mission shoots down drone in Latvian airspace Reuters
- Concern of Ukraine war spreading as Latvia says drone shot as "result of Russian electronic warfare" CBS News
- Drones Stray Into Neighboring Countries as Russia and Ukraine Battle The New York Times
ABC began international search to replace Justin Stevens as news director without his knowledge
Hugh Marks confirms ABC secretly engaged recruitment firm and signals sweeping changes at national broadcaster
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The ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, has confirmed he secretly engaged a recruitment company to look for a replacement for news director Justin Stevens after the two disagreed over the direction of ABC News.
Marks said Stevens “did not know” he had begun an international search for a new head of news but it was a necessary move because they “couldn’t get agreement on the way forward”.
Continue reading...After escalating strikes, Israel and Iran signal end to attacks – The Washington Post
- After escalating strikes, Israel and Iran signal end to attacks The Washington Post
- Iran war live: Trump says in ‘final throes’ of deal; Israel bombs Lebanon Al Jazeera
- Trump on Netanyahu: ‘If I tell him to do something, he does it’ The Times of Israel
- Trump Struggled to Rein In Netanyahu’s Strikes on Iran WSJ
- Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at Israel for First Time Since April Cease-Fire The New York Times
Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island
A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarket’s parking lot and later died of the injuries
Gordon S Wood, a Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, was killed on Sunday when he was struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in Rhode Island.
Wood, 92, won the Pulitzer in 1993 in the history category for The Radicalism of the American Revolution, a landmark tome that advanced the theory of the break with Britain being at least as much of an internal social and political transformation as a desire to be rid of colonial masters.
This story was amended on 8 June 2026 to correct the Pulitzer prize-winning book’s title to The Radicalism of the American Revolution.
Continue reading...French star Patrick Bruel held by police investigating new sexual assault allegations
Two new rape complaints have been filed against the 67-year-old singer and actor, who denies the claims
French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, facing sexual assault allegations from multiple women, was taken into police custody on Monday, as two new rape complaints were filed against him.
The 67-year-old, a major figure in French pop culture with multiple top-selling albums and more than 40 film appearances, is being questioned about 13 victims, the prosecutor’s office in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre said in a statement.
Agence France-Presse contributed to this report
Continue reading...ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan suspended amid sexual misconduct inquiry
Khan, a prominent British lawyer, has repeatedly denied the allegations which first emerged in 2024
The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, Karim Khan, has been suspended after a disciplinary process triggered by sexual abuse allegations against him reached a conclusion.
The ICC’s governing body announced the decision on Monday evening after its executive committee voted to refer the proceedings against Khan to a special session of the court’s member states for them to consider his future.
Continue reading...Trump nominates his ex-lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general
Acting in the role since April, Blanche faces Senate confirmation after controversial DoJ moves
Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche to serve permanently as attorney general on Monday, lining up his former personal lawyer to be the country’s top law enforcement officer.
The US president suggested earlier this week that Blanche, who was appointed on an acting basis in April after the president fired Pam Bondi, was set to receive the nod. “He’s a very talented guy,” Trump told a podcast.
Continue reading...Russia’s fuel crisis intensifies as Ukraine steps up strikes on occupied territories
Kyiv has made it difficult for Moscow to provide military and civilian supplies to the territories it occupies.
SpaceX’s stock market blast-off could be Musk’s biggest gamble yet
SpaceX is preparing for a stock market debut that could transform the company, the wider market and Elon Musk's fortune.
ICC chief prosecutor suspended pending decision by oversight body on sexual misconduct allegations – AP News
- ICC chief prosecutor suspended pending decision by oversight body on sexual misconduct allegations AP News
- ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan suspended amid sexual misconduct inquiry The Guardian
- Decision of the Bureau concerning the outcome of disciplinary proceedings involving the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | International Criminal Court
- ICC chief prosecutor suspended after probe finds he committed serious sexual misconduct The Times of Israel
- ICC prosecutor suspended pending vote on sexual misconduct claims Al Jazeera
How one of India’s most successful female politicians is losing her party
Mamata Banerjee's once-dominant Trinamool Congress party is unravelling, weeks after losing power in West Bengal.
Trump tells BBC Netanyahu did not defy him
In a call with the US president, the BBC’s Sarah Smith asked Trump about the war in Iran and his relationship with the Israeli leader.