USA vs Ireland – T20 World Cup 2024: Florida weather, points table, teams
The weather in Florida could decide the fate of four Group A teams as they look to qualify for the Super Eight stage.
AJ 360 premieres unflinching film with al-Shifa Hospital siege survivors
Survivors of the Israeli siege on Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital told their stories to AJ 360 for an exclusive documentary.
UN Security Council demands end to siege of el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur
Resolution calls on Sudanese military and RSF to ensure protection of civilians and seek immediate end to violence.
What will be the fallout from the battle in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher?
Fighting has intensified around the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state.
Rayner, Mordaunt, Farage and others quizzed on NHS in general election debate clash – politics live
Party representatives asked how they would fix a health service that is ‘on its knees’
In more disappointing news for the Tories, the Times is publishing an opinion poll that says that Reform have now overtaken them. Its political editor, Steven Swinford, has recently tweeted the story.
According to Savanta, the Labour manifesto featured 34 pictures of Keir Starmer while the Conservative manifesto had no pictures of Rishi Sunak.
Continue reading...G7 summit live: Biden says lasting peace for Ukraine must be underwritten by Kyiv’s ability to defend itself
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskiy hold a joint press conference just over two hours behind schedule
Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni has just arrived at the venue.
This is the scene at the Borgo Egnazia resort as G7 leaders are scheduled to begin arriving.
Continue reading...ACLU hails supreme court’s mifepristone decision: ‘This fight is far from over’ – live
The supreme court decision marks a victory for reproductive rights activists across the country
The Massachusetts Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren hailed the supreme court’s decision to uphold mifepristone access, calling the challenge to reject it “meritless from the start”.
Warren, an outspoken reproductive rights activist, wrote on X:
This challenge to mifepristone was meritless from the start. Abortion medication is safe and effective. Make no mistake: Donald Trump and Republican politicians will not stop marching us toward a nationwide abortion ban. We must protect reproductive freedom everywhere.
Continue reading...G7 leaders agree to $50bn loan for Ukraine at annual summit
G7 leaders hail 'unity' after reaching deal to fund Ukraine via profits on frozen Russian assets during summit in Italy.
Bookmakers told to find all substantial bets on July poll after Sunak aide’s ‘flutter’
Craig Williams’s £100 bet prompted inquiry by the Gambling Commission and fury within Conservatives
- Rayner, Mordaunt and Farage set for fresh general election debate clash – politics live
- Sunak aide’s bet: what are the rules?
Bookmakers have been asked by the Gambling Commission to trawl through all substantial bets placed on a July election after one of Rishi Sunak’s closest aides put a wager on the poll date just days before it was announced.
The prime minister said he was “disappointed” with the behaviour of Craig Williams, which was revealed in the Guardian, but neither would be drawn on whether they had discussed the date of the election prior to the bet being placed.
Continue reading...Rishi Sunak denies he is being snubbed after awkward start to G7 summit
Giorgia Meloni appears to recoil from UK PM, who has no formal bilateral meetings with other G7 leaders on day one
Rishi Sunak has insisted he was not being snubbed by other leaders after his first day at the G7 summit ended without any bilateral meetings with his counterparts and he had an awkward encounter with Giorgia Meloni.
Meloni, the Italian prime minister who is one of Sunak’s closest international allies, appeared to recoil from him after they embraced on his arrival in Puglia for the G7 leaders’ summit on Thursday.
Continue reading...Bomb squad called to Tory candidate’s West Sussex office
Disposal team attends after former defence minister Jeremy Quin was sent suspicious package
A bomb squad had to be called in to a Conservative candidate’s constituency office after he said he received a suspicious package.
Sir Jeremy Quin, a former defence minister and the Tory candidate for the Horsham constituency, received the package at his West Sussex office. Bomb disposal experts were called in to investigate after a decision by Sussex police.
Continue reading...Brazil seeks pro-Bolsonaro rioters who fled to Argentina
Country asks Argentina to identify rioters’ whereabouts and status before deciding to request extraditions
Brazil has asked Argentina for information about dozens of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro seeking refuge in the neighboring country to avoid legal consequences for rioting in Brasília last year as part of an alleged coup attempt.
Brazilian police officials said the request was a precursor to possible extradition requests.
Continue reading...Keir Starmer faces questions over cost of Labour manifesto
Leader accused of being part of a ‘conspiracy of silence’ over economic challenges ahead as he launches wealth creation plan for government
Keir Starmer faced new questions over how Labour would pay to fix Britain’s broken public services as he vowed to “turn the page for ever” on held-back potential and to end political “pantomime” during the party’s manifesto launch.
The Labour leader said he saw “potential held back” everywhere he went as a result of a lack of housing, the cost of living crisis, low wages and inadequate healthcare for children.
Continue reading...Native American tribe wins right to hunt gray whales off Washington coast
Makah people, whose right to hunt whales is noted in treaty, granted waiver by US government to kill two or three a year
After facing decades of legal and bureaucratic hurdles, the Makah Tribe in Washington has won approval from the US to resume whale hunting for the first time in 25 years.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) Fisheries announced on Wednesday that it would grant the tribe a waiver, allowing the Makah “a limited subsistence and ceremonial hunt” under an 1855 treaty. The Makah will be permitted to hunt up to 25 eastern North Pacific gray whales over 10 years.
Continue reading...US woman faces up to 30 years in prison over bong water: ‘It’s just so wrong’
Minnesota police charge Jessica Beske, 43, after traces of methamphetamine found in drug paraphernalia in her car
A woman who was pulled over by Minnesota police officers faces up to 30 years in prison after a bong containing water that tested positive for methamphetamine was discovered in her car, despite Minnesota decriminalizing drug paraphernalia last year.
The case shows how some are still affected by harsher laws from the “war on drugs” era.
Continue reading...Visitors to Greece appear ill informed about heatwave risk, warn rescuers
Call for better trail signage and backing for walking clubs as concerns grow over tourists encountering searing heat
With Greece gripped by unusually high temperatures, fears are growing that foreign visitors are not aware or being properly informed of the risks posed by overexertion in the searing heat.
Over the past week, three search and rescue operations have been started for tourists who have gone missing during treks on far-flung islands, including one for the popular TV presenter Michael Mosley, who was found dead on the island of Symi.
Continue reading...Woman stalked by ex-partner loses bid to have restraining order extended
Exclusive: Rhianon Bragg, of north Wales, says judge’s refusal leaves her facing ‘ticking clock’
A woman who was stalked and held hostage at gunpoint by her ex-partner has warned that she and her family are in danger after a judge refused to strengthen a restraining order against her abuser, despite hearing evidence that her life was under threat.
Rhianon Bragg had asked for the restraining order on Gareth Wyn Jones, who was freed from prison earlier this year, to be extended to cover the whole of Gwynedd in north Wales rather than a limited area around her remote smallholding in the foothills of Eryri (Snowdonia).
Continue reading...‘Pervasive failings’: Phoenix police kill civilians without justification, US says
Sweeping report says officers in Arizona city routinely violate rights of Black, Hispanic and Native American people
The Phoenix police department routinely discriminates against people of color and kills civilians without justification, the US Department of Justice announced in an investigative report on Thursday.
The government found a “pattern or practice” of the police department using excessive force and violating the civil rights of Black, Hispanic and Native American people. In a first finding of its kind against any US police department, the justice department also concluded that Phoenix police unlawfully detain unhoused people and dispose of their belongings. The justice department further uncovered police discrimination against people with behavioral health disabilities when officers are dispatched to help with people in crisis, and found that police had violated the rights of people engaged in protected speech.
Continue reading...Trump serenaded by Republicans on first visit to Capitol since January 6
Lawmakers sing happy birthday to ex-president, 78 on Friday, who reportedly called convention host Milwaukee ‘horrible’
Donald Trump went to the US Capitol to rally congressional Republicans in his first visit since 6 January 2021, when his supporters descended on the building in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Trump’s favour.
A packed room full of House Republicans sang Happy Birthday to Trump, who turns 78 on Friday.
Continue reading...Woman arrested on suspicion of 1982 baby murder in Northampton
Arrest of 57-year-old follows new evidence surfacing during cold case review by Northamptonshire police
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a newborn baby girl who was found in Northampton more than 40 years ago, police said.
The 57-year-old suspect was arrested in Northampton on Tuesday morning and taken to a location in the county for questioning by detectives.
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