Woman charged with attempted murder after car hit pedestrians in London

Gabrielle Carrington, 29, faces charges after incident on Argyll Street in the early hours of Sunday morning

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London in the early hours of Sunday.

A woman in her 30s remains in a life-threatening condition and a man in his 50s suffered life-changing injuries after they were hit by a car in Argyll Street, Westminster, at approximately 4.30am on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said. A second woman in her 30s suffered minor injuries, the force added.

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Mandelson scandal as it happened: Starmer says ‘deliberate decision’ made to withhold vetting information from him – Financial Times

  1. Mandelson scandal as it happened: Starmer says ‘deliberate decision’ made to withhold vetting information from him  Financial Times
  2. Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says  BBC
  3. U.K. PM admits mistake in appointing Epstein friend as envoy to U.S. but resists calls to resign  NBC News
  4. Starmer the Incurious asks no questions and sees no Mandy-shaped red flags  The Guardian
  5. 'He Cannot Conceivably Continue': U.K. Prime Minister Starmer Faces Growing Calls to Resign  Time Magazine
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How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

Despite his explanation and the need for political stability, the PM is still unpopular – and Olly Robbins has yet to give his side of the story

Labour MPs frustrated with the lack of a clear mission from Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments, to prosecute his values, to find an enemy to define himself against.

The prime minister has found one: Olly Robbins. Starmer prosecuted his case against the former Foreign Office chief on Monday with the vigour of his former life at the bar.

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Whale stranded on German coast swims off and gets stuck again – Euronews.com

  1. Whale stranded on German coast swims off and gets stuck again  Euronews.com
  2. The Long, Slow Race to Save Timmy, Germany’s Favorite Whale  The New York Times
  3. Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants  The Guardian
  4. Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea  AP News
  5. Germany news: Timmy the stranded whale back on the move  DW.com
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Biggest party in Romanian coalition withdraws support for PM, political crisis looms – Reuters

  1. Biggest party in Romanian coalition withdraws support for PM, political crisis looms  Reuters
  2. Romania plunges back into political turmoil as Social Democrats move to topple PM  politico.eu
  3. Romania Faces Fresh Political Crisis With Premier Under Fire  Bloomberg.com
  4. Ilie Bolojan refuses to step down: “I will not resign,” accuses PSD of “simply lying” and fueling instability  spotmedia.ro
  5. Dominic Fritz: We are not deserting, USR ministers will be at work tomorrow  Agerpres
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Elon Musk snubs Paris legal summons over alleged child abuse images on X

Billionaire owner elects not to attend voluntary interview as part of investigation by French cybercrime unit

Elon Musk did not appear on Monday for a voluntary interview with lawyers in Paris, who had summoned the American tech billionaire over an investigation into his social media platform X and AI chatbot Grok.

The prosecutors told AFP that they had “taken note of the absence of the first people summoned”, without mentioning Musk’s name. The billionaire called the French authorities involved “retards” weeks earlier in a French-language post on X.

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Spain’s call to suspend EU-Israel agreement set to fail amid broad opposition – Euronews.com

  1. Spain's call to suspend EU-Israel agreement set to fail amid broad opposition  Euronews.com
  2. Spain, Slovenia, Ireland push EU to debate Israel pact suspension  Al Jazeera
  3. Germany, Italy reject proposal to suspend EU-Israel cooperation deal as ‘inappropriate’  The Times of Israel
  4. Orbán’s exit leaves Israel exposed in Europe  politico.eu
  5. The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation | Editorial  The Guardian
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