One Nation unveils eight Victorian election candidates including former Liberal and anti-woke film animator

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Local councillor who says he used to work on Daniel Andrews’ security team also part of upper house lineup for November’s state poll

A former Liberal party candidate, the animator behind Pauline Hanson’s anti-woke film and a local councillor who says he worked on former premier Daniel Andrews’ personal protection team have been unveiled as One Nation candidates for the Victorian election.

Pauline Hanson held a press conference on Monday to announce the eight candidates who will lead One Nation’s upper house tickets at the November state election.

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UK’s first ‘super-university’, merging Greenwich and Kent, to launch in September

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The new London and South East University Group will be UK’s third largest higher education institution

The UK’s first “super-university”, which will merge the universities of Greenwich and Kent, is set to launch in September.

The new London and South East University Group, to be known as the LASEUG, will have more than 50,000 students on four campuses across London, Medway and Kent, making it the third largest higher education institution in the UK.

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‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature

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Authorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight day

South Korea has registered its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, as authorities warned people to “immediately” stop all outdoor activities in affected areas.

The south-eastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C on Sunday afternoon, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said, the highest temperature reported since modern weather observation began in 1904.

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Eastern Washington fires destroy 600 structures and force 60,000 to evacuate

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Wildfires in and around Spokane have stretched ability of federal and local agencies to fight blazes

Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday.

The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second largest city, burned about 8.2 sq miles (about 21 sq km), but they were among dozens across the western US that stretched the ability of federal, state and local agencies to fight them. A total of about 390 sq miles have burned across the state, and some of the fires, including those in the Spokane area, have not been contained.

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Ariana Grande to take ‘a step back’ from public life due to ‘endless, ongoing scrutiny’

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Singer was due to reunite with Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey in London production of Sunday in the Park With George

Ariana Grande has announced plans to take a break from public-facing work after her tour ends due to “endless, ongoing public scrutiny”. She is pulling out of the upcoming London revival of Sunday in the Park With George.

The pop singer was due to appear opposite her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey in a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s critically acclaimed musical at the Barbican in 2027.

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Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory

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New Order and Simon Armitage among more than 100 signatories to criticise ‘foolish and shortsighted’ cuts

More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest eyes on the sky”, after funding for thenetwork of radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank Observatory was slashed.

New Order, the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and the poet laureate, Simon Armitage, are among those calling on the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to save the deep space observatory which includes the Grade I-listed Lovell telescope, prized by astronomers who study galaxies, star formation and planets beyond the solar system.

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At least five Mohamed Al Fayed abuse survivors confirmed as human-trafficking victims

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Decision comes after group of survivors claimed ex-Harrods owner’s associates must have helped facilitate his crimes

At least five victims of the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have been confirmed by the Home Office as victims of human trafficking.

A group of survivors of abuse by the deceased businessman had called for the Metropolitan police to make trafficking the main focus of its investigation, arguing that Fayed could not have committed his offences without a steady stream of women sent to him by associates.

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Healey’s profiteering warning on food and fuel risks row with retailers

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Chancellor says the government wants to prevent shoppers being ‘taken for a ride’ at the pump or till

The chancellor, John Healey, has said the government is standing by to prevent the public from “being taken for a ride at the pump or the till” as the Iran war continues to hit prices.

While he said there had been “no significant evidence of so-called price gouging” during the crisis, he used a weekend column to tell the big retailers that ministers were “watching closely” for any signs of profiteering.

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Suspect in Idaho restaurant shooting died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say

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Twin Falls police chief believes Chad Williams, 24, was alone in Saturday attack that killed three people

Authorities say the man accused of opening fire at a fast-food restaurant in Idaho is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, as investigators say quick action by an off-duty law enforcement officer and an armed bystander helped prevent even more bloodshed.

Speaking on Sunday, Matthew Hicks, the Twin Falls police chief, said investigators are confident 24-year-old Chad Williams carried out Saturday’s attack alone.

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RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak

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Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, on Sunday told American parents that they should get their children vaccinated against measles, as the surge in infections has reached numbers not seen in the past 35 years.

Kennedy, a leading vaccination skeptic who has spent years amplifying misinformation about vaccines, including the shot that protects against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), made his call in the course of a contentious interview with CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning.

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US representative Marcy Kaptur taken to hospital after car crash

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Toledo police say Ohio Democrat is active and alert after two-vehicle hit-and-run collision on Sunday

Marcy Kaptur is being treated ⁠for non-life-threatening injuries after a car crash in Toledo, ⁠Ohio, on Sunday, ⁠the ​Democratic US representative’s office said.

Kaptur, 80, was a passenger ⁠in the vehicle and on her way to church, her office ⁠said. Toledo police did not ​respond to ‌a request from Reuters for ‌comment.

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Man arrested after Scottish woman found dead inside suitcase in Athens

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Greek police say 26-year-old Afghan national is believed to have left Elisabeth-Jane Ross’s body in derelict building

Greek authorities have arrested an Afghan national in connection with the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in an abandoned building in central Athens.

Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, a charity worker described as an “angel full of innocence and goodness” by friends, had been in Greece for almost three weeks when she is believed to have died.

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Republican calls for Max Miller to resign from Congress amid abuse allegations

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Senator Bernie Moreno says congressman and former son-in-law should step down after ex-wife’s allegations

Republican senator Bernie Moreno on Sunday publicly called for Representative Max Miller, his ex son-in-law, to step down from Congress amid allegations of domestic and child abuse.

As recently as Friday, the Ohio senator had avoided giving his opinion directly on accusations made by his daughter, Emily Moreno, against the congressman.

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Two die as firefighting helicopters collide in Greece, French blaze changes course – Reuters

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  1. Two die as firefighting helicopters collide in Greece, French blaze changes course  Reuters
  2. Two firefighting helicopters collide west of Athens as Greece battles wildfires  NBC News
  3. 2 killed when firefighting helicopters collide near Athens as Europe’s wildfire crisis rages  WFAA
  4. Two helicopters collide outside Athens as Greece battles to control wildfires  theguardian.com
  5. Two dead in firefighting helicopter crash in Greece, Fire Service says  Reuters
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Two helicopters collide outside Athens as Greece battles to control wildfires

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Fire department says two-person crew of one aircraft killed in incident during gale-force winds to west of capital

Two firefighting helicopters have collided west of Athens, killing the two-person crew of one of the aircraft, as efforts to control a massive wildfire barrelling towards the outskirts of the Greek capital intensified.

Footage showed one of the helicopters losing control in the face of gale-force winds that have pushed flames towards settlements on Athens’ western fringes.

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Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory – AP News

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  1. Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory  AP News
  2. After Most Migrants Leave Ceuta, Exhausted Holdouts Find Shelter on Beach  nytimes.com
  3. ‘I just want a chance': Moroccans sought better future in collective crossing to Spain territory  AP News
  4. Schengen’s Greatest Failure  The Atlantic
  5. Morocco counts its dead and missing after mass swim to Ceuta  Financial Times
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Live updates: US-Iran war news; Trump calls off strikes subject to deal being ‘rapidly’ reached – CNN

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  1. Live updates: US-Iran war news; Trump calls off strikes subject to deal being ‘rapidly’ reached  CNN
  2. U.S. agrees to pause attacks on Iran subject to ‘rapidly’ making deal, Trump says  NBC News
  3. Trump says US will hold off on fresh Iran attack in hope of quick deal  Reuters
  4. Fact-checking Trump's claims about how the Iran war is going  PBS
  5. Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war  WANE 15
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