Trump orders investigation of Biden and aides over actions while president
The president says Biden's aides hid his alleged mental health decline and unlawfully used an autopen.
Hungary’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ content violates human rights, says EU’s top court
ECJ advocate general condemns ‘stigmatising’ law that bars such content from schools and primetime TV
A Hungarian law banning content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV has been found to violate basic human rights and freedom of expression by a senior legal scholar at the European court of justice.
The non-binding opinion from the court’s advocate general, Tamara Ćapeta, issued on Thursday, represents a comprehensive demolition of the arguments made by the Hungarian government defending its so-called childprotection law, passed in 2021.
Continue reading...New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given record suspensions
Parliament votes to enact punishment after hours of fraught debate including attitudes towards Māori culture
New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record parliamentary suspensions for three MPs who performed a Māori haka to protest against a controversial proposed law.
Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Te Pāti Māori (the Māori party), Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days. Three days had previously been the longest ban for a New Zealand MP.
Continue reading...Tied up and blindfolded: How BBC team was held at gunpoint by Israeli forces in Syria
BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani and his colleagues were held at gunpoint, bound and strip-searched while filming in the Golan Heights.
Watch: Three things you need to know about the mushroom murder trial
As Erin Patterson continues to give evidence, the BBC looks at what the key takeaways are so far.
Lidia Thorpe urges Albanese to ‘do his homework’ as PM insists Dorinda Cox allegations have been ‘dealt with’
Independent senator – who made complaint about Cox – says Labor needs to take bullying allegations in the workplace seriously
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Lidia Thorpe has urged Anthony Albanese to “do his homework” on bullying allegations against Greens turned Labor senator Dorinda Cox, claiming the prime minister was “wrong” to publicly declare the matters had been dealt with.
The independent Victorian senator – previously a member of the Greens – revealed on Wednesday she had formally filed a bullying complaint against Cox in March 2023, months after she first notified the then Greens leader, Adam Bandt.
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Continue reading...Brittany Higgins warns of #MeToo backlash and urges Labor to ‘transform’ how Australia handles sexual assault
Higgins decries pushback against ‘the very idea that sexual violence deserves to be taken seriously’ in first speech since returning to public life
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Brittany Higgins has warned of an orchestrated “backlash” to the #MeToo movement in her first speech since returning to public life.
During her keynote address to the fourth Conversations That Matter event in Geelong on Thursday, Higgins also urged the Albanese government to use its election mandate to “transform how sexual assault is handled in Australia”.
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Continue reading...New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka in protest – NPR
- New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka in protest NPR
- New Zealand: Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka BBC
- New Zeland Maori MPs suspended for parliamentary haka protest Al Jazeera
- New Zealand passes record suspension of lawmakers over haka DW
- New Zealand’s Parliament Suspends Maori Lawmakers Over Haka Protest The New York Times
Setback for Minns government as controversial workers’ compensation bill sent to inquiry
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, who opposed the inquiry, said NSW’s compensation scheme was running a $5m deficit every day
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A controversial bill to curtail workers’ compensation claims for psychological injuries incurred by New South Wales workers will be sent to a parliamentary inquiry, after crossbenchers and the Coalition banded together to force the inquiry.
The independent Mark Latham moved for a relatively swift inquiry, with the date of reporting to be set by the chair of the inquiry, once the scope of evidence is known.
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Continue reading...Mushroom trial: Accused weighed fatal dose on kitchen scales, prosecutors say – BBC
- Mushroom trial: Accused weighed fatal dose on kitchen scales, prosecutors say BBC
- Admitted lies, emojis and a dehydrator: Erin Patterson spars with prosecutor as fatal mushroom lunch deconstructed The Guardian
- Australian woman on trial for mushroom murder of in-laws says she was trying to fix a 'bland' lunch AP News
- Woman who denies mushroom murders of her in-laws accepts that she served them death caps for lunch ap.org
- Erin Patterson denies telling lunch guests she had cancer in triple-murder mushroom trial Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Police ‘Racing Against Time’ in Madeleine McCann Case – Newser
- Police 'Racing Against Time' in Madeleine McCann Case Newser
- Madeleine McCann search in Portugal ends after three days BBC
- Madeleine McCann search latest: Neighbour recalls ‘angry’ rows with suspect on third day of hunt for missing girl The Independent
- Police Renew Searches in Madeleine McCann Investigation in Portugal The New York Times
- What happened to Madeleine McCann? Timeline of the 18 year missing girl mystery The Independent
New Zealand PM ‘shock’ as aide accused of secretly recording women
PM Christopher Luxon says he has "zero tolerance" for women being made to feel unsafe after allegations emerged.
New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka – AP News
- New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka AP News
- New Zealand: Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka BBC
- New Zealand parliament suspends Maori MPs who performed protest haka Al Jazeera
- More than half of voters back proposed penalty for Te Pāti Māori MPs, poll suggests RNZ
- Maori lawmakers suspended over protest haka performed in New Zealand Parliament NBC News
In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship – The New York Times
- In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship The New York Times
- Trump bans citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S. CNBC
- Trump's travel ban: What happens to visas granted before June 9, list of exceptions — All you need to know Mint
- Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats The White House (.gov)
- Trump announces travel ban on 12 countries and partial restrictions for 7 others NBC News
Russian strike kills 5, including 1 year old, hours after Trump calls Putin – AP News
- Russian strike kills 5, including 1 year old, hours after Trump calls Putin AP News
- Russian drone attack kills five, injures 24, Ukraine officials say Reuters
- 5 killed, 6 injured in Russian drone strike on Chernihiv Oblast The Kyiv Independent
- Trump still ‘open’ to meeting Putin and Zelenskyy; Russia rejects unconditional ceasefire – as it happened The Guardian
- Official: Russia starts to use new attack drones on Kharkiv Ґвара Медіа
What we know about Trump’s latest travel ban
President Trump has signed a proclamation banning travel to the US from nationals of 12 countries.
Thursday briefing: How Geert Wilders’ exit from Dutch coalition might set up his own comeback
In today’s newsletter: The Dutch government collapsed after Wilders pulled out of the coalition – leaving renewed political uncertainty as parties scramble to redefine their positions
Good morning. The Dutch government dramatically collapsed on Tuesday after far-right politician Geert Wilders pulled out of the coalition, citing his frustration over immigration and asylum policy.
Shortly afterwards the prime minister, Dick Schoof, handed in his resignation to King Willem-Alexander. Fresh elections are expected in October. Until then ministers will remain in place in a caretaker capacity.
US news | Donald Trump has signed a sweeping order banning travel from 12 countries and restricting travel from seven others, reviving and expanding the travel bans from his first term. Security concerns and visa overstays, the US president said, justified the move.
Fuel poverty | Bereaved families of tens of thousands of dead pensioners could be pursued by tax officials to recoup winter fuel payments under a new system being explored by the Treasury, the Guardian has learned.
Israel-Gaza war | The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has detailed the harrowing account of one of its paramedics, Asaad al-Nasasra, 47, who told the organisation he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders. The attack on a convoy of emergency vehicles killed 15 others.
UK economy | Keir Starmer has said he hopes a trade deal struck last month with the US can come into effect “in just a couple of weeks”, as the White House has signalled that the UK will be spared the 50% steel and aluminium tariffs that came into force on Wednesday.
Global health | A cure for HIV may be closer after researchers discovered a new way to force the virus out of hiding in human cells. This “overwhelming” breakthrough could help overcome one of the biggest obstacles to a cure: the virus’s ability to lie dormant in certain white blood cells.
Continue reading...Trump suspends foreign student visas at Harvard
US president says the move to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard is to safeguard national security.
Vanuatu not planning to revoke Andrew Tate’s citizenship, government spokesperson says
Exclusive: Government review into how the influencer obtained citizenship found no fault with his documents and Tate will remain a citizen
Vanuatu is not planning to revoke the citizenship of Andrew Tate, with a government spokesperson confirming that the influencer remains a Vanuatu citizen, and the government is not taking any steps to reverse that.
This week investigative outlet, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) revealed that Tate obtained Vanuatu citizenship around the time of his 2022 arrest by Romanian authorities on charges including rape and human trafficking.
Continue reading...Trump signs proclamation to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard
US president says it would jeopardize national security to allow university to keep hosting international students
Donald Trump signed a proclamation to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard University, the White House said on Wednesday.
The order would suspend for an initial six months the entry into the US of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard. Trump declared that it would jeopardize national security to allow Harvard to continue hosting foreign students.
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