‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status

Family of Cynthia Olivera reconsiders support for president after Ice detained her at green card interview

The family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants say they are feeling betrayed after federal agents recently detained the woman in California while she interviewed for permanent US residency – and began working to expel her from the country.

“We feel totally blindsided,” Cynthia Olivera’s husband – US citizen and self-identified Trump voter Francisco Olivera – told the California news station KGTV. “I want my vote back.”

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‘We’ve made progress’: environment secretary is upbeat despite Labour’s struggles

Steve Reed says changes to living standards are happening and will make a big difference to trust in government

It was probably easier for Steve Reed to feel more cheerful about Labour’s most torrid week in government while sitting on bales of hay in the blazing sunshine about 40 miles from Westminster.

The environment secretary might have sympathised with Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall – he has experience of bearing the flak for some of the government’s most controversial decisions on family farm taxes – but at Hertfordshire’s Groundswell festival, named the Glastonbury for farms, he may simply have been happy not to be pelted with manure by unhappy farmers.

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Keir Starmer should be bold and consider a wealth tax, Neil Kinnock says

Former Labour leader says government needs a better narrative and risks being bogged down by ‘imposed limitations’

Keir Starmer’s government is suffering from a “lack of narrative” about what it is trying to achieve and should be more fiscally bold and consider a tax on wealth, Neil Kinnock has said.

The former Labour leader said too many of the government’s achievements were being overshadowed. A year after a landslide election win, the party is struggling in the polls and has U-turned on policies including cuts to winter fuel payments and welfare.

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ISW: Russia may trade deep breakthrough attempts for slow envelopment around fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast – Euromaidan Press

  1. ISW: Russia may trade deep breakthrough attempts for slow envelopment around fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast  Euromaidan Press
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 5, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Putin Plots Summer of Relentless Attacks on Ukraine  WSJ
  4. Russia unleashes its summer offensive with an army mired in problems  The Washington Post
  5. The Shifting Front Lines of the Ukraine Conflict  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
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‘I was naive in being hopeful’: Labour voters feel let down after first year

Party’s supporters tell of dissatisfaction, but many feel the Starmer government’s good points have been overlooked

Labour supporters have told the Guardian of their dissatisfaction with the party’s first year in government, as Keir Starmer marks 12 months since becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown.

Members and voters said initial optimism had given away to unhappiness about the government’s record, although many were keen to state the positives they felt had been forgotten under the weight of recent events.

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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1227: Russian missiles release toxic clouds over Ukrainian cities – Euromaidan Press

  1. Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1227: Russian missiles release toxic clouds over Ukrainian cities  Euromaidan Press
  2. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,229  Al Jazeera
  3. Russia launches largest aerial attack on Ukraine's capital as pessimism grows over a Trump ceasefire  NBC News
  4. Russia pounds Kyiv with largest drone attack, hours after Trump-Putin call  Reuters
  5. Zelensky Reveals How 'Cynical' Russia Responded to Trump-Putin Call  Newsweek
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Dalai Lama, a global symbol of Tibetan culture and resistance, turns 90 – NPR

  1. Dalai Lama, a global symbol of Tibetan culture and resistance, turns 90  NPR
  2. The Little Mountain Democracy That Sustains Tibet’s Refugee Nation  The New York Times
  3. Dalai Lama marks his 90th birthday as crowds throng his home-in-exile  CNN
  4. Buddhist rebirth v Chinese control: the battle to choose the Dalai Lama’s successor  The Guardian
  5. Thousands turn out to mark Dalai Lama's 90 birthday  BBC
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Celebrity chef Peter Russell-Clarke dies aged 89 – as it happened

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Here’s how Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel will transform the city and commuting

For nearly a decade, deep beneath Melbourne, tunnel boring machines and construction crews have been quietly reshaping the city with the creation of the Metro Tunnel.

I think every Liberal seat in the country is a marginal seat, right now. But my feelings around quotas and the talk in the media oversimplifies the issue, which is around the culture in the Liberal Party and how women are treated in the Liberal Party …

I had two attempts to take me out as a sitting member of parliament by blokes, very aggressively. So, until the culture is addressed, we could have all the quotas in the world, but it will be a revolving door of women.”

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‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’

Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu

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The inquest findings into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker will be handed down in Yuendumu on Monday, almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community.

Zachary Rolfe shot Walker three times while trying to arrest him on 9 November 2019 in Yuendumu, about 300km from Alice Springs.

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Alleged arsonist charged over fire at Australian synagogue – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  1. Alleged arsonist charged over fire at Australian synagogue  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Violence at Synagogue and Restaurant Unnerves Jews in Melbourne  The New York Times
  3. Australian PM vows 'full force of law' after arson attack at synagogue  BBC
  4. Australia news live: NT coroner finds police officer Zachary Rolfe ‘was racist’ and makes 32 recommendations after inquest into death of Kumanjayi Walker  The Guardian
  5. Why Australia's antisemitism problem can't be ignored any longer - editorial  The Jerusalem Post
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Pipelines supplying Russian military explode in Russia’s Far East, HUR source says – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Pipelines supplying Russian military explode in Russia's Far East, HUR source says  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine reportedly conducts one of most distant sabotage operations, targeting Russian military infrastructure near Vladivostok  Euromaidan Press
  3. Blasts Near Vladivostok Disrupt Critical Supply Lines to Russian Pacific Fleet Unit  UNITED24 Media
  4. Babel sources: A gas pipeline exploded and a water main was destroyed near Vladivostok. They worked for the needs of the Russian army  Бабель
  5. Explosions near Vladivostok cut gas and water to Russia's 155th Brigade – sources  MSN
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Celebrity chef Peter Russell-Clarke dies aged 89

The host of the 1980s cooking show, Come and Get It, died peacefully on Friday with his wife and children at his side

TV chef, artist and “talented rogue”, Peter Russell-Clarke, has died at the age of 89.

The host of the 1980s cooking show, Come and Get It, died peacefully on Friday with his wife of 65 years, Jan, and his two children, Peter and Wendy and their families, by his side.

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