Erik Menendez taken to hospital with ‘serious’ condition, lawyer tells US media
It comes weeks before he and his brother are expected at a parole hearing, after decades in US prison.
What the US-Japan deal means for Asia and the world
An agreement gives firms certainty after months of chaos from Donald Trump's tariff policy.
Air India crash victim’s son says he received wrong remains
India's foreign ministry said all remains were treated with dignity.
Skeleton in Guatemalan jungle likely US birdwatcher missing since 2023
Clothes matching those of Raymond Ashcroft, who disappeared while visiting Maya ruins, were found at the scene.
Everything we know about the Air India crash points to an uncomfortable truth – vox.com
Church leaders return with ‘broken hearts’ after rare Gaza visit – BBC
- Church leaders return with ‘broken hearts’ after rare Gaza visit BBC
- Islamists and the Tragedy of Holy Family Church First Things
- IDF says strike on Gaza's only Catholic church was result of munition misfire NBC News
- Gaza war must end, says top Catholic official in Israel after visiting damaged church The Times of Israel
- Artillery misfire hit Gaza church, Israeli military says The Jerusalem Post
British couple held by Taliban ‘may die in prison,’ son warns
Jonathan Reynolds says his parents' health is quickly getting worse after being held for five months.
British couple held by Taliban ‘may die in prison,’ son warns
Jonathan Reynolds says his parents' health is quickly getting worse after being held for five months.
Carney says Canada won’t settle for a ‘bad deal’ on US tariffs
The Canadian prime minister said he was still negotiating in advance of a 1 August trade deadline set by Donald Trump.
From Canada to Finland, a US neo-Nazi fight club is rapidly spreading across the globe
‘Active clubs’ that use martial arts to espouse far-right, fascist ideologies are proliferating in the US and abroad
More than a dozen men wearing black masks and sunglasses – obstructing any open source investigators from easily identifying them – appeared in a Telegram video in front of city hall in London, Canada, in June.
“Mass deportations now,” the men yelled in unison, holding up banners with the same slogan. “No blood for Israel.”
Continue reading...U.K., Turkey Sign Preliminary Deal for Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter Jets – The Wall Street Journal
- U.K., Turkey Sign Preliminary Deal for Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter Jets The Wall Street Journal
- Turkey nears Eurofighter jet purchase after UK, German agreements Reuters
- Turkish bid for Europe's jets 'a headache' for Israel The Jerusalem Post
- UK to sell Typhoons to Turkey after Germany drops veto Financial Times
- Turkey and Britain sign preliminary deal for Eurofighter Typhoon jets AP News
British families ‘sent wrong remains’ of loved ones killed in Air India crash
Victims misidentified and ‘commingled’ parts of more than one person placed in same casket, says lawyer
British families grieving after the Air India disaster have discovered that the remains of their loved ones have been wrongly identified and repatriated, according to an aviation lawyer representing them.
Relatives of one victim had to abandon funeral plans after being informed that their coffin contained the body of an unknown passenger.
Continue reading...Sunday school teacher jailed for sexually abusing nine children was protected by church leader, Victorian cult inquiry hears
Former Geelong Revival Centre members tell inquiry abuse went unreported because group believed its authority was ‘higher than the law of the land’
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A Sunday school teacher who was jailed for sexually abusing nine children was protected by the leader of his fundamentalist church, after parents reported the abuse to him instead of police, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Catherine and Ryan Carey, former members of the Geelong Revival Centre (GRC), gave evidence at the first hearing of the parliamentary inquiry into the practices of cults and organised fringe groups on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Tories say Starmer has a ‘disconnect from reality’ over housing asylum seekers – UK politics live
Newly-appointed shadow housing secretary James Cleverly says there is no excuse for recent riots but government is making a difficult situation worse
Charities have warned of the increasing danger to asylum seekers posed by far-right protesters after small boat arrivals were moved from their usual landing place in Dover to further along the coast to avoid clashes.
The Guardian understands that Home Office officials received intelligence that some of those participating in what was billed the Great British National Protest in Dover on Saturday afternoon could have been planning to target Kent Intake Unit, where small boat arrivals are initially processed after being escorted to shore in Dover by the Border Force.
Continue reading...UK watchdog investigates eight years of Deloitte audits of mining firm Glencore
FRC examines whether accounting firm ‘gave sufficient consideration to risk of non-compliance with laws’
The accounting firm Deloitte is under investigation by the sector regulator over eight years of its audits into the FTSE 100 commodities and mining company Glencore and a UK subsidiary.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said it was looking into whether Deloitte’s audits of Glencore and its subsidiary Glencore Energy UK for the financial years ending 2013 to 2020 “gave sufficient consideration to the risk of non-compliance with laws and regulations”.
Continue reading...Australia pays US another $800m for Aukus amid Trump administration review of security pact
Richard Marles has confirmed payment was made in the second quarter of 2025 to boost US boat-building, bringing total paid to $1.6bn
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Australia made a second $800m payment to America’s shipbuilding industry – bringing total payments so far to $1.6bn which was promised before the Trump administration placied the Aukus agreement under review.
As part of the Aukus deal – in which Australia would buy nuclear submarines from the US ahead of its own nuclear submarines being built in Adelaide – Australia has agreed to pay about $4.6bn towards boosting US shipbuilding capacity.
Continue reading...Labor puts childcare centres on notice after abuse scandal with ‘one strike’ threat to funding
Legislation will give education department powers to cancel the childcare subsidy if standards fall – and publicise its decision
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The prime minister says federal funding and potential cancellation of payments will be used as a threat to “drive the change” for safety in childcare centres, as governments scramble to respond to shocking allegations of abuse in early education centres.
More safety training for childcare workers, CCTV in centres and changes to working with children checks are on the agenda for federal and state authorities. Under new federal legislation revealed on Wednesday, childcare centres could lose federal funding from just one safety breach “strike”.
Continue reading...Thousands pay tribute to veteran Indian communist leader
VS Achuthanandan, one of the most popular political leaders in Kerala state, died this week at the age of 101.
Protests in Ukraine as Zelensky signs bill targeting anti-corruption bodies
New law sparks concern among Western allies as critics say move undermines the authority of the watchdogs.
Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’
Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban
The terrorism arrest of a man for holding up a Private Eye cartoon during a protest at the weekend was “mind-boggling”, the magazine’s editor, Ian Hislop, has said, as the retired teacher called for an apology from police.
Jon Farley was picked up by police at a silent demonstration in Leeds on Saturday, which he described as a “pretty terrifying and upsetting experience”, for holding a sign that made a joke about the government’s proscription of the group Palestine Action from the last issue of the fortnightly satirical magazine.
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