Five people injured in stabbing in Amsterdam, police say
Police say the suspect was arrested after being overpowered with the help of a local resident.
University of Sussex taking legal action over £585,000 free speech fine
Vice-chancellor Sasha Roseneil accuses Office for Students of seeking to ‘persecute’ rather than solve problems
The University of Sussex is taking legal action to overturn a record fine levied by England’s higher education regulator, accusing the regulator of seeking to “persecute” it rather than solve problems.
This week the Office for Students (OfS) said it would fine Sussex £585,000 for two “historic” breaches of its regulations related to freedom of speech and governance. It comes after a three-and-a-half-year investigation into the resignation of Prof Kathleen Stock, who was the target of protests at Sussex over her views on gender identification and transgender rights.
Continue reading...Police use force to break up protests at a university in Turkey’s capital – The Associated Press
- Police use force to break up protests at a university in Turkey’s capital The Associated Press
- Turkish economy takes a battering after Imamoglu arrest DW (English)
- Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America? The New Yorker
- Turkey’s Opposition Calls for Boycott and Mass Protests After Arrest of Istanbul Mayor The New York Times
- Protests are the last thing keeping Turkey’s democracy alive The Economist
End of an era for Canada-US ties, says Carney, as allies worldwide decry Trump’s car tariffs
Canadian PM says Donald Trump has permanently altered relations, as countries around the globe insist import taxes are harmful to all, including Washington
Canada’s prime minister has said the era of deep ties with the US “is over”, as governments from Tokyo to Berlin to Paris sharply criticised Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on car imports, with some threatening retaliatory action.
Mark Carney warned Canadians that Trump had permanently altered relations and that, regardless of any future trade deals, there would be “no turning back”.
Continue reading...Sue Gray warns No 10 to be careful about cuts to civil service
Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff uses maiden Lords speech to emphasise importance of public servants
Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Sue Gray has told No 10 to be “careful” about civil service cuts and derogatory language about the work of Whitehall.
Making her maiden speech in the House of Lords, Gray made the case that civil servants were integral to realising the government’s objectives and would be listening to language that referred to them as “blobs” and “pen-pushers”, and to talk of cuts with “axes” and “chainsaws”.
Continue reading...City trader jailed for Libor rigging says he was convicted in a ‘morality trial’
Tom Hayes tells supreme court hearing that the jury in 2015 was guided by a ‘judge who had made his mind up about me’
The City trader jailed for Libor rigging in 2015 has said he believes he was convicted during a “morality trial” of bankers’ conduct, as he concluded his fight to clear his name at the UK’s highest court.
Speaking after a three-day hearing at the supreme court in London on Thursday, Tom Hayes said his original conviction a decade ago was a reaction to the 2008 financial crisis and a jury guided by a “judge who had made his mind up about me”.
Continue reading...“If You’re Reading This, It Means I Have Been Killed”: Palestinian Journalists in Israel’s Crosshairs – Democracy Now!
- “If You’re Reading This, It Means I Have Been Killed”: Palestinian Journalists in Israel’s Crosshairs Democracy Now!
- Updates: Israel attacks tent camps, aid kitchen in central Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes The Guardian
- Israeli strikes kill two Gaza journalists, including Al Jazeera reporter The Washington Post
- CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of 2 more Gaza journalists in return to war Committee to Protect Journalists
French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison – Al Jazeera English
French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison
Algeria’s jailing of writer for remarks on border with regional rival Morocco inflames tensions with France.
Lancashire prison governor denies alleged relationship with drug gang leader inmate
Kerri Pegg, 42, also accused of accepting gift of Mercedes from man styling himself Jesse Pinkman
A prison governor has denied two counts of misconduct in a public office after she allegedly entered into a relationship with an inmate and drug trafficker who called himself Jesse Pinkman, the name of a meth dealer from the TV show Breaking Bad, a court has heard.
It is alleged Kerri Pegg, 42, became “emotionally and personally involved with a serving prisoner”, Anthony Saunderson, the boss of a drug dealing gang who used the Pinkman name as a handle during secret communications with other criminals. He has since been convicted of drug trafficking.
Continue reading...Israel’s parliament passes law to expand control over judge appointments
Israel’s government reshapes judiciary, triggering renewed protests and amplifying concerns over democratic erosion.
Stereotyping a factor in loss of life in deadliest Channel crossing, inquiry told
Migrant dinghy was also confused with vessel from which 35 people were rescued, so incident was marked ‘resolved’
Survivors and bereaved relatives have told an inquiry into the biggest ever loss of life in a migrant dinghy in the Channel that they believe stereotyping them as “foreigners” contributed to the failure to rescue them before the majority died.
The Cranston inquiry into how at least 27 people drowned on 24 November 2021 heard that survivors believed many on board could have been saved if rescue had been sent more quickly.
Continue reading...Reeves may have to find further cuts and tax hikes amid economic gloom
Rising costs and global uncertainty may force chancellor to turn to pensioners and wealthier taxpayers
Ministers may have to target pensioners and wealthier taxpayers at the autumn budget, as senior government figures voiced fears brutal welfare reforms would still not go far enough to tackle rising costs.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned the chancellor may be forced to consider a freeze on tax thresholds, hikes to capital gains and potentially pension taxes.
Continue reading...Colombia and the US agree to collect and share biometric data for migrants
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem touted the memorandum as a step towards cracking down on undocumented migration.
Turkey Deports BBC Reporter Who Covered Mass Protests – The New York Times
- Turkey Deports BBC Reporter Who Covered Mass Protests The New York Times
- BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey BBC.com
- BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests The Guardian
- Turkish court frees AFP journalist held while covering protests, agency says Reuters
- Turkey criticized for detaining journalists amid protests over arrest of Istanbul's mayor, a key Erdogan rival CBS News
Mbappe, Vinicius among four Real Madrid players being investigated by UEFA
European football's governing body is investigating four Real Madrid players for 'indecent conduct' after Atletico game.
Las Vegas police arrest suspect in Tesla arson attack
Paul Hyon Kim allegedly set vehicles ablaze in latest attack on Tesla amid protests over Elon Musk-led budget cuts
Las Vegas police have arrested a man suspected of attacking a Tesla service center earlier this month with molotov cocktails that he allegedly used to set several vehicles on fire.
Paul Hyon Kim, 36, who is in custody at the Clark county detention center, faces multiple felony counts, including suspicion of arson and destroying or injuring real or personal property, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Continue reading...Bar managers investigated over sexual assault of 41 women in Belgium
Prosecutors allege suspects spiked victims’ drinks with drugs at venues in Kortrijk between 2021 and 2024
Belgian authorities are investigating the alleged rape and sexual assault of at least 41 women whose drinks are thought to have been spiked, with three bar managers identified as prime suspects, prosecutors have said.
Officials believe drugs were mixed into the women’s drinks, including ketamine, a general anaesthetic used for recreational purposes because of its hallucinogenic effects.
Continue reading...Zelenskyy employs strategic optimism to highlight Russia’s abundant bad faith
Ukrainian president has learned Trump’s team demand positivity and there is little point in trying to ‘inject reality’
At a press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, explaining where initial US-brokered peace negotiations had got to, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, struck a notably different tone. Long gone is the tetchiness on display in London in the aftermath of the Ukrainian leader’s catastrophic trip to the White House. In its place was a degree of optimism so high that it could only be interpreted as political positioning.
Though he complained about comments made by Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, that four Ukrainian regions wholly or partly occupied by Russia consisted of people who wanted Moscow’s rule in an “overwhelming majority” – these were “in line with the messages of the Kremlin”, Zelenskyy said – he insisted that had advantages too.
Continue reading...Men more ready to sacrifice family life for career than women, Farage says
Reform leader also says Andrew Tate has so many young male followers because society ‘feminises’ them too much
Nigel Farage has said men will more readily sacrifice their family lives to be successful in their business careers than women, and that young men are being too “feminised” by modern society.
The Reform UK leader set out his view on gender balance in the workplace in a conversation with journalists in Westminster, saying women made “different life choices” when it came to work. He went on to suggest that Reform attracts men because they are more impulsive than their female counterparts.
Lifted the lid further on his row with Elon Musk, saying the billionaire adviser to Donald Trump had tried to push him too much on supporting the far-right activist Tommy Robinson. “You can’t bully me,” he said. “I’ve got my principles, I stand by them good or bad.”
Said the idea of a $100m (£77m) donation from Musk had been “massively overexaggerated”, but insisted they were now on “perfectly reasonable terms” by text message.
Dismissed the idea of a pact with the Tories, saying Reform “despises” the party. He suggested its leader, Kemi Badenoch, was lazy and referred to her leadership rival Robert Jenrick as Robert “Generic”. Of Tory MPs, he said: “I’ve never met a more stuck up, arrogant, out of touch group of people. At least half of the Conservative MPs are stuffy, boring old bastards.”
Blamed net zero policies rather than the threat of Trump tariffs for the planned closure of Scunthorpe’s steel plant, and claimed the US president had wanted to do a trade deal during his previous term, but that the Tories had “blown it” by delaying Brexit.
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