- Putin replaces long-time defense minister Sergei Shoigu as Ukraine war heats up in its 3rd year CBS News
- Putin replaces Russia’s defense minister with a civilian as Ukraine war rages and defense spending spirals CNN
- Angered Putin Sacks Russian Defence Minister Moments After Deadly Belgorod Terror Attacks | Oneindia Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3
- Vladimir Putin proposes moving Russian defense chief in reshuffle USA TODAY
- Russia’s Putin to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister Al Jazeera English
Britain faces its ‘most dangerous’ years in history, PM Rishi Sunak to warn in pre-election bid – CNBC
- Britain faces its 'most dangerous' years in history, PM Rishi Sunak to warn in pre-election bid CNBC
- Rishi Sunak: UK is facing some of the most dangerous years in its history The Guardian
- Politics live: Rishi Sunak to make pre-election bid after local vote losses BBC
- Biggest threat from 'axis of authoritarian states' since Cold War, says Sunak The Times
- Rishi Sunak to declare Britain is 'at a crossroads' as he readies Tories for election Financial Times
Separatist parties set to lose power in Catalan regional election – Europe live
Pro-union Socialist party poised to win the most votes in Sunday’s election, according to near-complete ballot count
The Republican Left’s Pere Aragonès, who has led Catalonia’s regional government for the past three years, has acknowledged last night’s “bad results” but said the project will continue.
There will be huge relief in the People’s party (PP) camp that it managed to take 15 seats to Vox’s 11 - being pipped to fourth place by the far-right outfit would have been a major humiliation for the conservatives.
Continue reading...Israel-Gaza war live: Israel intensifies attacks on Jabaliya refugee camp; Egypt to support South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel
Israeli troops reportedly force Palestinians in shelters to leave refugee camp; Egypt makes move comes in light of ‘severity of Israeli attacks’
Gaza’s health ministry has said the health system across the devastated enclave could collapse in a “few hours” without fuel for hospital generators.
“A few hours separate us from the collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip as a result of the failure to bring in the fuel necessary to operate electricity generators in hospitals, ambulances, and transport employees,” the ministry was quoted by Al Jazeera as saying in a post on social media.
Continue reading...Arm owner SoftBank reports £1.2bn profit as it shifts towards AI
Tech investor led £800m funding round into UK self-driving car software company Wayve
The Japanese tech investor SoftBank made a profit for the second consecutive quarter as it tries to turn its performance around before big planned investments in artificial intelligence.
SoftBank reported net income of 231bn yen (£1.18bn) in the first three months of 2024, compared with a 57.6bn yen loss in the same period last year, according to financial results published on Monday.
Continue reading...Sunak suggests next five years will be ‘some of most dangerous’ in UK history and he’s best leader to keep people safe – politics live
PM to outline what he sees key threats to UK in speech and says there will be more change in next five years than in last 30
Here is my colleague Gaby Hinsliff’s snap reaction to Rishi Sunak’s argument this morning.
I think Sunak’s right these are unusually dangerous times but it begs the question ‘so why did you make Grant Shapps defence sec then’ & that’s been the problem for years now: internal politics trumping operational effectiveness
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine war live: Two people killed in shelling of Russian-controlled Donetsk
Russian-installed mayor Alexei Kulemzin says two people were killed after shelling in eastern Ukraine
Drones launched by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) caused fires at an oil depot and power substation in Russia’s Belgorod and Lipetsk regions, a Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters on Monday.
The attack damaged “Oskolneftesnab” oil depot near the city of Staryi Oskol in Russia’s Belgorod region and “Yeletskaya” power substation in the Lipetsk region.
Russian industry which works to wage war with Ukraine will remain a legitimate target for the SBU. Measures to undermine the enemy’s military potential will continue.
Continue reading...Teenager sentenced to 14 years for ‘atrocious’ murder of Emma Lovell during Queensland home invasion
No sentence could adequately address the ‘devastating effect on the Lovell family’, judge says
A teenager has been sentenced to 14 years’ in jail for the “particularly heinous” murder of Emma Lovell in Brisbane in 2022.
The Queensland supreme court justice Tom Sullivan said the then 17-year-old, who is now 19, hurt more than just the two people he had stabbed – Emma and her husband, Lee Lovell – but had left a “deep impact” on their two daughters as well.
Continue reading...Israeli forces step up attacks on Jabalia camp and Rafah in Gaza – Reuters
- Israeli forces step up attacks on Jabalia camp and Rafah in Gaza Reuters
- Israel’s war on Gaza live: Fierce clashes as Israeli troops invade Jabalia | Israel War on Gaza News Al Jazeera English
- Fierce fighting rocks Gaza after US warning of post-war 'anarchy' Yahoo! Voices
- May 12, 2024 - Israel-Gaza updates CNN
- Palestinian media reports overnight IDF strikes, including on Hamas police in Rafah The Times of Israel
Plane makes successful wheels-up emergency landing in Australia after circling airport for hours – CNN
Scandals fail to knock Germany’s AfD off course before electoral tests
Far-right party’s poll numbers have fallen but analysts say negative headlines unlikely to sway its supporters
Scandals buffeting Germany’s far-right AfD are unlikely to do enough damage to blow the party off course before pivotal elections this year, analysts say, but the votes will offer crucial insights into whether the centre can hold against an anti-democratic onslaught.
Embarrassing allegations of spying for China and collusion with Russia, after the bombshell revelation in January of a mass “remigration masterplan” for foreigners and German nationals alike backed by several party members, have sent the AfD’s poll numbers plunging to as low as 15% nationwide. That is its worst score since April 2023.
Continue reading...ACT watchdog to investigate if Walter Sofronoff acted corruptly by leaking Lehrmann trial report
The former Queensland judge leaked his own report to an ABC journalist and The Australian newspaper’s Janet Albrechtsen
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The ACT’s integrity watchdog will investigate whether Walter Sofronoff acted corruptly by leaking his final report on the Bruce Lehrmann trial to select journalists ahead of its official release.
On Monday, a statement confirmed the ACT integrity commissioner, Michael Adams, would launch an investigation “into the impugned conduct as [the commissioner] suspects, on reasonable grounds, that Mr Sofronoff’s conduct may constitute corrupt conduct”.
Continue reading...Four Vietnamese people found near Broome as Australia’s asylum boat policy under strain
Exclusive: ‘Unauthorised maritime arrivals’ arrive near WA town after two other boat arrivals in last week
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Australia’s policy of deterrence against asylum seeker boats is under strain, with three boat arrivals in the last week including four people found near Broome.
In addition to five Rwandans who arrived on Saibai Island and 33 people who landed on Christmas Island, Guardian Australia can reveal that four Vietnamese “unauthorised maritime arrivals” arrived near Broome on Friday morning. The group was intercepted just offshore.
Continue reading...Three men charged with aiding Hong Kong intelligence service, says Met
Men also charged with foreign interference under National Security Act, police say
Three men have been charged under the National Security Act with allegedly assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference, the Metropolitan police said.
Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 38, of Staines-upon-Thames, Matthew Trickett, 37, of Maidenhead, and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, of Hackney, east London have each been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service, contrary to section 3(1) and (9) of the National Security Act 2023.
Continue reading...PM promises ‘Labor party budget through and through’ – as it happened
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More details on government’s plan to cap international student numbers
The government has released a little more information on its plan to cap international students in a bid to ease housing shortages and clamp down on sub-standard education providers and agents. It will introduce legislation next week which will:
Prevent education providers from owning education agent businesses.
Pause applications for registration from new international education providers and of new courses from existing providers for periods of up to 12 months.
Require new providers seeking registration to demonstrate a track record of quality education delivery to domestic students before they are allowed to recruit international students.
Cancel dormant provider registrations to prevent them being used as a market entry tool by unscrupulous actors.
Prevent providers under serious regulatory investigation from recruiting new international students.
Improve the sharing of data relating to education agents.
[The Coalition will announce its] energy policy not at the time of the media’s choosing or at a time of the government’s choosing but a time of the Coalition’s choosing.
But it will be very clear in advance of the next election the way we want to go about opening up a new energy source for Australia. That will deliver emissions free energy and lower energy prices by increasing the mix of types of energy over the long term.
Continue reading...Minister apologises to women affected by birth trauma after UK inquiry
Inquiry hears ‘harrowing’ testimonies and finds postcode lottery for quality of maternity care
A health minister has apologised to women affected by birth trauma after a parliamentary inquiry that heard “harrowing” testimonies from more than 1,300 women about giving birth found a “postcode lottery” for maternity care.
The birth trauma inquiry, led by the Conservative MP Theo Clarke and Labour MP Rosie Duffield, will call for an overhaul of the UK’s maternity and postnatal care.
Continue reading...Charlise Mutten murder trial: accused killer claims nine-year-old was shot dead by her mother, not him
Alleged murderer Justin Stein claims nine-year-old schoolgirl was shot dead by her mother, Kallista Mutten, not by him, jury told
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A man on trial for murdering Charlise Mutten claims it was the nine-year-old’s mother who shot the schoolgirl rather than him, a court has been told.
Justin Laurens Stein, 33, is accused of murdering Charlise on or around 12 January 2022, at Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
Continue reading...Indonesia: Floods and cold lava from Marapi volcano kill 41 – BBC.com
- Indonesia: Floods and cold lava from Marapi volcano kill 41 BBC.com
- Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra The Guardian
- Death toll in Indonesian floods, volcanic mud flows rises to 41 Al Jazeera English
- Indonesia: Rescue underway after flash floods kill dozens The Associated Press
- Cold Lava and Floods Kill 37 on Indonesian Island of Sumatra The New York Times
Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen expected to testify in hush-money trial
Key prosecution witness set to take the stand after tough week for Trump in which court heard vivid testimony from Stormy Daniels
Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial enters its 16th day on Monday in New York with the potential for bombshell testimony as his former fixer turned prosecution witness, Michael Cohen, is expected to take the stand.
Cohen is core to the case against Trump, as he is accused of shuttling $130,000 to the adult film actor Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election – in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump 10 years prior.
Continue reading...Prunella Scales returns to role of Queen Victoria for Edinburgh fringe show
The Fawlty Towers actor has often played the monarch in the past and has now recorded audio for a new production at the festival
At the age of 91, Prunella Scales has reprised one of her favourite roles. The actor, who was diagnosed with vascular dementia 10 years ago, has recorded the part of Queen Victoria for a production at the Edinburgh fringe this summer.
She played the character more than 400 times in An Evening With Queen Victoria, a play written for her by Katrina Hendrey in 1979. She returned to the show on and off in performances around the world until 2007 and brought it to an end only because she was finding it hard to remember the lines.
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