What does Russian president’s fifth term mean for the world?
Vladimir Putin is firmly in power at home while facing a West hostile over Russia's war on Ukraine.
About 270,000 UK forces records exposed to Chinese hackers
Payroll data at risk includes names, bank details and addresses of current and former force members, government sources suggest
An estimated 270,000 payroll records belonging to nearly all members of Britain’s armed forces have been exposed to Chinese hackers in a breach at a third-party contractor that was discovered a few days ago.
The data at risk includes names and bank details for full-time military personnel, part-time reservists, including at least one MP, and veterans who left after January 2018. It was managed by a private contractor, SSCL.
Continue reading...Leeds Green party councillor says sorry for comments about Gaza conflict
Mothin Ali has not been suspended from city council despite proclaiming ‘Allahu Akbar’ and other remarks causing offence
A Green party councillor at the centre of an antisemitism row has apologised “for the upset caused” by his remarks but hit back at “Islamophobic” attacks against him.
The Green party has launched an investigation into Mothin Ali, who was elected to Leeds city council last week, but has declined to suspend him.
Continue reading...John Swinney elected as new Scotland leader
Swinney replaces Humza Yousaf, who formally resigned on Tuesday after just over a year in office.
Stormy Daniels testifies during day 13 of Trump’s New York hush money trial
As Daniels spoke about her alleged affair with Donald Trump, defence lawyers pushed unsuccessfully for a mistrial.
‘Absolutely devastating’: Israel cuts off main entry point for Gaza aid
Israel has closed both the Rafah and Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossings.
Drake’s security guard ‘seriously injured’ in shooting at Toronto mansion
Guard was shot inside Drake’s home and had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, while the assailant fled in a vehicle
A security guard at the mansion of Canadian hip-hop artist Drake has been “seriously injured” in a shooting outside the musician’s Toronto home.
The victim, an adult male, was rushed to a Toronto hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries following the shooting early on Tuesday morning.
Continue reading...Garrick Club votes to accept female members for first time
Members back dropping men-only rule in place for 193 years, after Guardian revealed details of membership list
The men-only Garrick Club has finally voted to allow women to become members, 193 years after the London institution first opened its doors.
The vote was passed with 59.98% of votes in favour at the end of a private meeting where several hundred members spent two hours debating whether to permit women to join.
Continue reading...Australia bans alleged Russian leader of global ransomware group LockBit
Dmitry Khoroshev named as having a ‘senior role’ in group allegedly behind 18% of reported Australian ransomware attacks in 2022-23
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An alleged leader of the international ransomware group LockBit has been hit with financial sanctions and banned from travelling to Australia.
The Australian government named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a Russian citizen, as having a “senior leadership role” in a criminal group that supplied a global network of hackers with the tools and infrastructure to carry out online attacks.
Continue reading...‘No safe place’: people in Rafah describe terror as Israeli assault begins
With fuel dwindling for aid trucks and main entry points to south of Gaza closed, residents wonder how they will survive
Aid agencies in Gaza have less than a day’s fuel for trucks and tankers that deliver vital food, medicine, water and diesel to millions across the territory, threatening an almost complete shutdown of operations including bakeries and hospitals, officials have warned.
All main entry points to the south of Gaza are closed and there has been widespread looting of existing stocks in Rafah after aid agencies were forced to leave warehouses unguarded following warnings to evacuate the area from Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) ahead of the military offensive launched on the city on Tuesday morning.
Continue reading...Israeli offensive on Rafah would break international law, UK minister says
Andrew Mitchell says military action on city will not eradicate Hamas and priority is to secure a permanent ceasefire
An Israeli military offensive on the city of Rafah would break international humanitarian law and not lead to the eradication of Hamas, Andrew Mitchell, the UK’s deputy foreign minister, said on Tuesday, but he held back from spelling out any planned British consequences if a full-scale invasion goes ahead.
The line, agreed with the US, is aimed at limiting the options of the Israeli government so that it will accept a version of the three-stage peace deal adopted by Hamas. The UK said its aim was to secure a permanent and sustained ceasefire, and the removal of Hamas from the future governance of Gaza.
Continue reading...Colonialism is challenged but also reinforced on university campuses
The campus protests and the crackdown on them reflect the dual role universities have played in colonial history.
‘Magical moment’ as fire-ravaged Brazil museum receives big fossil donation
Collection of more than 1,000 fossils including rare dinosaurs given to National Museum in Rio six years after devastating blaze
Nearly six years after it was engulfed by a devastating fire that inflicted incalculable damage on Brazil’s cultural heritage, the country’s national museum has received an important donation of more than a thousand fossils as part of a campaign to help rebuild the collection lost to the flames.
The fire, caused by an electrical short-circuit on the night of 2 September 2018, consumed the former imperial palace which housed the 200-year-old museum in a park just north of Rio de Janeiro’s city centre and destroyed about 85% of its archive of 20m artefacts.
Continue reading...UN, aid urgencies urge Israel to halt Rafah assault after crossing seized
UN and aid agencies urge Israel to halt a Rafah incursion with Gaza in the midst of famine, needing urgent aid.
Bullfighting firm in Seville to give free tickets to under-eights
Company says move is best way to introduce tradition but critic claims it could psychologically damage young children
A firm managing bullfights at Seville’s bullring is to give free tickets to children under eight, adding to a national debate about the controversial Spanish tradition.
The company, Pages, said adult spectators with a ticket for the “novilladas” – practice bullfights involving younger bulls – at Seville’s Maestranza may be accompanied by a child free of charge, which it said was “the best way to introduce the little ones” to the world of bullfighting.
Continue reading...Serbia prepares warm welcome for Xi in contrast to China-EU tensions
Chinese president hails two countries’ friendship before his arrival, after visiting Pyrenees with Macron
Chinese flags adorned highways as Serbia got ready to give a home-from-home welcome to Xi Jinping, contrasting tensions on the first leg of the Chinese president’s six-day European tour over a potential trade war with the EU.
Xi prepared for his arrival in Belgrade on Tuesday night by hitting out against Nato for its 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in the Serbian capital, in which three Chinese journalists were killed.
Continue reading...Police break up pro-Palestine protests at Berlin, Amsterdam campuses
Police dismantle encampment at Berlin's Free University and more than 100 activists arrested at University of Amsterdam.
Israeli forces say they have control of Gaza side of Rafah crossing
Israel says it is beginning mission to ‘take out’ Hamas brigades in city, as aid officials say flow of supplies through crossing has halted
Israeli military forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Israeli officials have said, in the first stage of what appears to be a wider offensive targeting Hamas in the southernmost parts of Gaza.
“This is the beginning of our mission to take out the last four Hamas brigades in Rafah. You should be in no doubt about that whatsoever,” an Israeli government spokesperson said.
Continue reading...Israeli forces take control of Gaza side of Rafah border as cease-fire hangs in balance – The Associated Press
- Israeli forces take control of Gaza side of Rafah border as cease-fire hangs in balance The Associated Press
- Israeli troops gain operational control of Gazan side of Rafah Crossing, IDF says Fox News
- Video Netanyahu vows to go into Rafah despite opposition from Biden ABC News
- Israeli military captures Palestinian side of Rafah crossing: Live updates CNN
- Live Updates: Israeli Tanks Enter Rafah and Take Control of Border Crossing The New York Times
Putin starts new six-year term with challenge to the West – Reuters.com
- Putin starts new six-year term with challenge to the West Reuters.com
- Putin starts fifth term as Russian president with gilded ceremony The Telegraph
- Isolated From West, Putin Projects Domestic Power at Inauguration The New York Times
- Putin's big day, Swiss guards and garbage-eating pigs: photos of the day – Tuesday The Guardian
- 'Tsar' Putin tells the West: Russia will talk only on equal terms Reuters.com