Wildfire leaves Biscarrosse commercial district in ruins
A devastating wildfire in southwestern France has left parts of Biscarrosse's commercial district in ruins
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Operating quietly, a human rights network is racing to document atrocities in Sudan before the evidence is erased.
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Former CHP chair Ozgur Ozel and other MPs form New Party, creating new political challenge for Erdogan's AK Party.
GSK heads to Cambridge with long-awaited positive vibes | Nils Pratley
Pharmaceutical company’s move to new £400m research centre accompanied by encouraging news for shareholders
“A vote of confidence in British business,” trumpeted Andy Burnham, seizing the political gift of GSK splashing out £400m on a shiny new research and development centre in Cambridge.
For positive vibes, it definitely beats the early pharma news his predecessor as prime minister received. That was the painful tale of how AstraZeneca, frustrated by indecision in the Treasury, cancelled its intended £450m expansion of a vaccine plant in Speke in Liverpool.
Continue reading...Tributes paid to Lindsey Graham at US Capitol ceremony
Hundreds of officials gathered in the Capitol Rotunda to honour late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.
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Japan earthquake: What we know so far
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy hails ‘good meeting’ with Trump at White House
Discussions included joint production of Patriot missiles in Ukraine to bolster defence against Russian aerial attacks.
Online scam centres fuelling human trafficking worldwide, warns UN agency
IOM chief says victims from more than 80 countries are lured into scam centres through fake job offers on social media.
UK politics: Tories’ Philp rejects French claim that shots fired from naval boat near him were training exercise – as it happened
Shadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’
It is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Channel monitoring small boat crossings.
In a post on social media, he says:
On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us. There was no notice or training exercise in place. Felt like warning shots or attempted intimidation
On the crisis in prison places, this has been a long time coming. We did some things, as I said [see 10.11am], it wasn’t enough, and I’m sorry about that.
But I can’t fix the past, but what I can do is come up with solutions for now, and for tomorrow.
This was something which we were doing in government. We had plans to rent prison places, just like Sweden has done with Estonia, so that we didn’t have to just release these sorts of violent criminals early. We could have put them in other countries.
If everybody says ‘no prison near me’, we won’t get these [prison places] built, so this is something the public can help with … We cannot say ‘no’ to every potential site for a prison.
Continue reading...‘A control freak’: murderer James Desborough convicted of two further killings
Man already serving life for killing his cellmate while awaiting trial also murdered and dismembered his friends Claudio Aquilino and Daniel Coleman
On a spring day last year, James Desborough marched up to Cornwall’s county hall in Truro and began bombarding the offices with dozens of eggs stolen from a supermarket.
It was a drug- and drink-addled protest at his plight – homeless, jobless and generally angry at the world. He expected to be arrested and messaged a friend: “If I’m going to get nicked, might as well round the charges up.”
Continue reading...‘It’s a hell of a situation’: Spain grapples with devastating wildfires
Three fires in the Madrid region have caused particular concern, with a new heatwave expected to hit Spain from Wednesday.
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Canadians spent $3.3bn less on travel to US in 2025 after Trump’s return to office
Data shows Canadians have replaced US vacations with other international trips in apparent rebuke to Trump
Canadians spent $3.3bn less on travel to the US in 2025 than in the previous year, as Donald Trump’s hostile policies towards his northern neighbour continue to incur an economic cost, new government data shows.
The research also indicates that Canadians are not bucking travel overall and instead have replaced US vacations with other international destinations, in a rebuke to Trump’s tariff regime and the president’s continued musings on annexing Canada.
Continue reading...Pakistan accused of fatally shooting 30 unarmed protesters in Kashmir
Local civil rights group alleges authorities removed evidence of killings amid communications blackout
At least 30 people are alleged to have been killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the past two days as part of what has been claimed is a brutal state crackdown that has engulfed the disputed region for weeks.
According to a local civil society group, Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), the Pakistani security services fired on tens of thousands of peaceful protesters, killing 25 people on Monday and five more on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Amboseli elephant deaths: Kenya Wildlife Service launches urgent inquiry after 14 carcasses found – BBC
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Mysterious deaths of 14 elephants in Kenya prompts urgent inquiry
It is the highest number of elephant deaths to be recorded in this area of southern Kenya in decades.
Tory MP accuses French navy of firing ‘warning’ shots near him in Channel
Chris Philp says shots were ‘deliberate intimidation’ while he filmed interview on small boats crisis but France says it was training exercise
When Chris Philp heard a volley of shots on the high seas and spun round to see a French gunship, he believed he was the victim of naval aggression – and updated his social media feed accordingly.
The reality appears to be more mundane: it was, the French authorities said, a routine Channel training exercise by officers who had no idea that the shadow home affairs spokesperson was present, or who he was in the first place.
Continue reading...Wildfires in south-west France flare up as region braces for new 40C heatwave
Firefighters are braced for a sharp rise in temperatures on Wednesday, which could complicate the containment of wildfires in Gironde.
French Navy carries out ‘shooting drill’ mid interview
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.