- Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to Russia with underwater explosives The Guardian
- Russia’s Crimean Bridge rocked by explosions, Ukraine’s SBU claims responsibility. The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine claims new underwater bomb attack on Russia's Crimean Bridge ABC News
- Crimea bridge reopens after Ukraine says it carried out underwater explosion BBC
- Ukraine Reports Striking Russia-Crimea Bridge With Underwater Explosives The New York Times
Who’s onboard the Madleen Gaza flotilla, and where has it reached so far?
The 12-person crew, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, is expected to reach Gaza on June 7.
Yvette Cooper quizzed over immigration and prisons crisis – UK politics live
Home secretary appears to accept early release proposals will put more pressure on police as she is questioned at select committee
Defence sources believe that Britain will be forced to sign up to a target of lifting defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2035 at this month’s Nato summit after a campaign by the alliance’s secretary general to keep Donald Trump onboard, Dan Sabbagh reports.
Later today the data (use and access) bill will return to the Commons from the Lords in the third round of “ping pong” between the two houses. It is not unusual for “ping pong” to go on for a round or two, as bills which are almost ready for royal assent shuttle between the elected and unelected chamber while they try to resolve matters of dispute. But, in this case, the Lords are digging in a bit more than usual.
The government has been accused of “supporting thieves”, as it suffered a further heavy defeat at the hands of peers pressing their demand for steps to safeguard the creative industries against artificial intelligence.
The fourth and latest setback for the Labour frontbench over the issue in the House of Lords was inflicted despite pleas by a minister for the upper chamber to end its prolonged stand-off over the data (use and access) bill.
Continue reading...Police Renew Searches in Madeleine McCann Investigation in Portugal – The New York Times
- Police Renew Searches in Madeleine McCann Investigation in Portugal The New York Times
- Madeleine search officers dig at abandoned building on day one BBC
- Portuguese and German police renew search for Madeleine McCann The Guardian
- Inside the search for Madeleine McCann on clifftop scrubland near Praia da Luz The Independent
- The Madeleine McCann case is reopened after finding 'something substantial' MARCA
Black schoolgirl Child Q strip-searched by Met officers suffered mental harm, hearing told
Girl’s lawyer tells police misconduct hearing that she felt ‘physically violated’ by incident at her London school
A black schoolgirl suffered mental harm and felt “physically violated” when she was strip-searched at school by police, a misconduct hearing for three officers has been told.
The girl, who was 15 at the time and has been known as Child Q, was strip-searched in December 2020 at her school in Hackney, east London, while menstruating, having been wrongly accused of possessing cannabis.
Continue reading...Four Liverpool parade crash victims named after judge lifts anonymity order
Judge rules continuing reporting restrictions could risk setting precedent contrary to the principle of open justice
A judge has lifted an order preventing four adult victims of bank holiday Monday’s alleged attack at Liverpool FC’s title parade from being named.
Paul Doyle, 53, is accused of the unlawful wounding with intent of Simon Nash, 52; causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent to Susan Passey, 77, and Christine Seeckts, 66; and the attempted GBH of Ethan Gillard, 18.
Continue reading...Keir Starmer facing scrutiny over failure to establish new ethics watchdog
Commons inquiry to examine lack of progress in fulfilling manifesto pledge to set up ethics and integrity body
No 10 is facing scrutiny over its failure to bring in a new ethics watchdog almost a year after the election, as a new inquiry was launched to examine the seeming lack of progress.
Amid signs that the plans have been kicked into the long grass, parliament’s public administration committee said it was launching an inquiry to push the government on what has happened to its ethics commitments.
Continue reading...Five killed in attack on UN aid convoy in Sudan
The UN says it is "devastating" that the aid did not reach civilians in "famine-stricken" el-Fasher.
Millions of legal immigrants’ lives upended after social security freeze
Program halted suddenly, leaving legal immigrants unable to work due to lack of US social security number
Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers.
The Enumeration Beyond Entry program is an agreement between the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, where US Citizenship and Immigration Services would provide social security with information from applicants for work authorization or naturalization.
Continue reading...FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Full list of qualified clubs
The 32 teams are confirmed before June 14 tournament start with Real Madrid, PSG and Inter Miami among the big names.
More than four million people have fled Sudan amid war, UN says
UN official says the 'devastating milestone' shows the damage of the displacement crisis after two years of fighting.
Rome’s taxi drivers outraged at claim they drive like F1’s Max Verstappen
Mercedes chief Wolff made comparison after Spanish GP
‘It would be better if Wolff focused on his own team’
Rome taxi drivers are in uproar at the suggestion they drive as badly as mad Max Verstappen, with some challenging Formula One drivers to navigate the traffic and potholes of the Italian capital as skilfully as they do.
Verstappen, a four-time F1 champion, was issued with a penalty on Sunday after crashing into George Russell’s Mercedes in the Spanish Grand Prix.
Continue reading...Over 200 inmates escape Pakistani prison after earthquake
Over 200 inmates escaped from a prison in Karachi, Pakistan, after being removed from their cells during earthquake.
‘Multiple casualties’ reported after attack on UN aid convoy in Darfur
Trucks carrying food for 2m people in famine-threatened El Fasher targeted in RSF-controlled Al Koma, western Sudan
A UN aid convoy carrying critical food supplies to a famine-threatened city in western Sudan has been targeted in an attack that killed five people and injured several others.
Trucks belonging to the UN’s food and children’s agencies were struck as they headed towards El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, which has been besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year.
Continue reading...The Rwanda-DRC peace deal must include the voices of the voiceless
Refugees, exiles, and opposition groups hold the key to lasting peace and regional stability.
De-escalating to escalate: Ceasefire is no longer on the horizon in Ukraine
Despite pressure from Donald Trump and meetings in Istanbul, Kyiv and Moscow seem far from committed to ending the war.
‘Five years from now, these readers will be soldiers’: The Russian literature encouraging teens to enlist
Master-race stories of heroic characters battling against zombie Nazis and western spies to recover imperial grandeur are a bleak new spin on an old propaganda tradition
‘Z literature”, a subgenre of Russian fantasy fiction characterised by nationalistic, pro-war storylines, has been on the rise since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began three years ago and may be pushing young readers towards enlisting in combat.
Z literature – named after the “Z” symbol of support for the invasion – often features popadantsy, or “accidental travel” narratives, involving a protagonist being transported to pivotal moments in Russia’s past and using modern knowledge to intervene and alter history in Russia’s favour.
Continue reading...Meta signs deal with nuclear plant to power AI and datacenters for 20 years
Facebook and Instagram parent’s deal follows other big tech companies signing agreements with power companies
Meta on Tuesday said it had struck an agreement to keep one nuclear reactor of a US utility company in Illinois operating for 20 years.
Meta’s deal with Constellation Energy is the social networking company’s first with a nuclear power plant. Other large tech companies are looking to secure electricity as US power demand rises significantly in part due to the needs of artificial intelligence and datacenters. Google has reached agreements to supply its datacenters with nuclear power via a half-dozen small reactors built by a California utility company. Microsoft’s similar contract will restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, the site of the most serious nuclear accident and radiation leak in US history.
Continue reading...Satellite imagery shows Ukraine attack destroyed and damaged Russian bombers – Reuters
- Satellite imagery shows Ukraine attack destroyed and damaged Russian bombers Reuters
- Ukraine’s Stunning Assault Roils Russia’s Global Military Strategy WSJ
- Satellite Pics Show How Russia Tried To Avert Ukraine Drone Strikes, But Failed NDTV
- Ukraine’s Warning to the World’s Other Military Forces The Atlantic
- After Ukraine’s surprise drone assault on Russia, new attention drawn to sensitive sites stateside Fox News
At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near aid centre, Gaza authorities say
Civilians were fired at by tanks, drones and helicopters, civil defence officials say, while Israel says only that troops fired towards several suspects.