Bodies of three men and three women, two of whom were US citizens, discovered in locked suite at Grand Hyatt Erawan
Six people have been found dead at a luxury hotel in central Bangkok, in what authorities say could be a case of poisoning.
The bodies of three women and three men were found inside a hotel suite on the fifth floor of the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel by a hotel worker late on Tuesday afternoon.
Continue reading...His resignation comes after four Welsh ministers stepped down from their posts in an apparently calculated move to force his hand
The JD Vance comment about Britain supposedly becoming an Islamist country under Labour (see 8.42am) is an example of the extreme political rhetoric that has coarsened politics on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years. Yesterday Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, announced that she will chair a meeting of the Defending Democracy taskforce to consider how election candidates are being exposed to more aggression and intimidation than in the past.
This morning Brendan Cox, whose wife, the Labour MP Jo Cox, was murdered by a far-right terrorist during the Brexit referendum in 2016, told the Today programme that he thought the problem was getting worse. He said:
There was a wide range of intimidation, but I do think it was another level.
Having spoken to lots of MPs about it, there was a sense that something had changed, that they felt hunted, that they felt unable to go about campaigning – that there were men in balaclavas, there were fireworks being thrown, there were tyres being slashed …
Continue reading...Multiple twisters reported in Illinois, Iowa and Indiana as weather service warns of damaging winds
A tornado apparently touched down outside Chicago’s O’Hare airport on Monday as storms spawned multiple reports of twisters blowing through Illinois, Iowa and Indiana.
The turbulent weather knocked down trees and power poles, cutting electricity to more than 460,000 customers and businesses. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell on to a home, authorities said.
The Associated Press contributed reporting
Continue reading...Two-time Super Bowl champion Terrell Davis said on Monday he was “humiliated” after being handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight over the weekend.
Davis, who played his entire career with the Denver Broncos, wrote in an Instagram post that he had tried to get the attention of a flight attendant because one of his sons wanted a cup of ice.
Continue reading...Deputy PM Angela Rayner says she does not recognise Donald Trump running mate’s ‘characterisation’ of Britain
Senior Labour figures have rejected comments by Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, that the UK could become the first “truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon” under the party.
They were reacting to comments that were made by Vance, a junior senator for the state of Ohio who has been announced as Trump’s running mate, at a conference for US conservatives.
Continue reading...Donald Trump named JD Vance as his running mate and formally won the nomination on Monday. Plus, Brat summer has arrived – here’s what that means
Good morning.
The Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will focus its second day on crime and immigration, after Donald Trump on Monday announced that the Ohio senator JD Vance would serve as his running mate.
Where does Vance stand on the big issues? As well as on immigration, Vance backs the Maga brand of populist nationalism and echoes Trump on abortion, climate, election denialism, and America-first isolationism – which is devastating news for Ukraine.
Has Vance always been a Trump ally? No. Back in 2016 he labelled Trump as “cultural heroin” and even described himself as “a never-Trump guy”. But like much of the Republican party, he has since been on a journey away from that position.
Trump’s convention welcome Delegates described Trump as “Braveheart” as he received a rapturous welcome on Monday after surviving an attempted assassination.
What is the argument for the legislation? Proponents of the Safety Act say it will help protect LGBTQ+ students who live in unsupportive households from being outed.
And what about against? Advocates of “parental notification” policies see them as key to children’s wellbeing and for maintaining transparency and trust between schools and parents.
Continue reading...Coalition of progressive groups wave Palestinian flags and anti-Trump banners on protest in downtown Milwaukee
As the Republican national convention kicked off in Milwaukee on Monday, about a thousand people led a spirited demonstration against Donald Trump and his party on the streets outside.
The March on the RNC gathered in a park a couple of blocks from the Fiserv Forum, where Trump was formally nominated at the Republican candidate for president.
Continue reading...President to unveil rent control plan for larger landlords that would restrict increases to 5%, or risk losing tax breaks
President Joe Biden wants to curb rent increases by penalizing landlords who hike rents beyond 5% each year, but he needs the help of Congress to put the plan into action.
The Biden administration will announce the idea in Nevada on Tuesday along with a host of other housing-related policies, including an influx of funds to add more housing in Nevada and elsewhere and a plan to use public federal lands for affordable housing near Las Vegas.
Continue reading...The former ‘never Trumper’ once called the ex-president a ‘terrible candidate’ and asked if he was ‘America’s Hitler’
Donald Trump has named JD Vance, the Ohio senator who has aligned himself with the populist right, as his running mate at the Republican national convention on Monday.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator JD Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” wrote Trump on Truth Social.
Continue reading...Once an outspoken Trump critic, the senator believes the former US president is the ‘best president’ of his ‘lifetime’
Donald Trump has selected JD Vance, the junior senator of Ohio and author of the bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, as his running mate in the presidential race.
The announcement, made on Monday during the first day of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, marked the culmination of Vance’s stunning political evolution over the past several years.
Continue reading...Donald Trump has announced that Ohio senator JD Vance will be his running mate
President Joe Biden has postponed a planned trip to Texas today, where he was to speak on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B Johnson presidential library.
An NBC News interview between Biden and anchor Lester Holt will now occur at the White House, instead of in Texas, as initially planned, Associated Press reports.
There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence for that matter.
An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation. Everything. It’s not who we are as a nation. It’s not America, and we cannot allow this to happen.
Continue reading...Another schoolmate tells Inquirer the suspect wasn’t ‘harshly bullied’, while 20-year-old’s motive remains unclear
As mystery continues surrounding the possible motivations of the 20-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of trying to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally, one former classmate of his has come forward to describe him as being “definitely conservative” while they were in school together.
“It makes me wonder why he would carry out an assassination attempt on the conservative candidate,” Max R Smith told the Philadelphia Inquirer of the shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Continue reading...Far-right Florida congressman is asked by critic: ‘Are you admitting to a quid pro quo?'’
The far-right Florida Republican Matt Gaetz has hailed Aileen Cannon – the judge who dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump – as a “future supreme court justice”.
“Future supreme court justice Cannon,” Gaetz posted Monday to social media, with a picture of the Florida jurist.
Continue reading...Hashtags such as #staged and #fakeassassination viewed millions of times as sceptics question mainstream narrative
Soon after a bullet grazed Donald Trump’s ear, the conspiracy theory hashtags started appearing. Social media discourse on the shooting was immediately punctuated by #staged, #fakeassassination and #stagedshooting as a familiar refrain took hold: don’t trust what they tell you.
In a sign of how unstoppable these narratives become, the focus of distrust this time was Donald Trump, one of the arch-proponents of the argument that mainstream media and the establishment in general cannot be trusted.
Continue reading...Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, initially given life over killing of a police officer, to be detained at his grandmother’s home
An American tourist convicted and jailed for the murder of a police officer in Rome has been moved to house arrest, in a decision that has left the victim’s widow “totally shocked”, her lawyer said.
Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth and his friend Finnegan Lee Elder were given life sentences for the 2019 murder of Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, a Carabinieri police officer who was stabbed to death after a botched drug deal.
Continue reading...Suspect, named as Thomas Matthew Crooks, also killed in shooting at Pennsylvania rally; former first lady echoes husband’s call for unity
Before Saturday’s attempt on Donald Trump’s life, there have been multiple assassinations of US presidents.
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 April 1865, as he and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, attended a special performance of the comedy Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, the AP writes.
Continue reading...Next public appearance is tentatively set for Tuesday at the convention but sources caution that could still change
Donald Trump huddled with his senior advisers at his Bedminster club in New Jersey a day after surviving what federal investigators called an assassination attempt, preparing for the Republican national convention, which kicks off on Monday.
Trump was keeping the same schedule as originally planned, according to sources familiar with the situation. His next public appearance is tentatively set for Tuesday at the convention though the sources cautioned that could change.
Continue reading...US president decries assassination attempt and urges Americans to unite during White House press conference
Joe Biden said that that there was “no place in America” for the sort of political violence that saw a gunman open fire on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania and plunge America’s already fractious election campaign into new levels of fears over political unrest.
“There is no place in America for this kind of violence or any violence for that matter. An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Biden said. “Unity is the most elusive goal of all, but nothing is more important than that right now. Unity. We’ll debate and disagree, that’s not going to change, but we’re not going to lose sight of who we are as Americans.”
Continue reading...Starmer phones ex-president, as Johnson, Farage and others express shock at Pennsylvania assassination attempt
British politicians including Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, as several expressed fears about rising political violence and hate speech.
A phone call with Trump on Sunday afternoon, the UK prime minister condemned the attack at the campaign rally in Pennsylvania, expressed condolences for the victims and their families, and wished the former president and others who were injured a swift recovery.
Continue reading...Corey Comperatore, 50, was a ‘hero’ who ‘had so much life left to experience’, his sister says
Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief of the Buffalo Township Volunteer fire company in Pennsylvania, has been identified as the victim who was shot and killed amidst an assassination attempt on Donald Trump on Saturday.
“He was a hero that shielded his daughters. His wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable,” Comperatore’s sister, Dawn Comperatore Schafer, said in a post on Facebook.
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