Singer D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old girl found in car

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Musician has been charged after the dismembered and decomposing body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in abandoned Tesla

The singer D4vd has been charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teenage girl whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in the artist’s apparently abandoned Tesla in September.

The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said the 21-year-old, whose legal name is David Burke, was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Rivas Hernandez, who was reported missing by her family in 2024, when she was 13. Authorities say she was 14 when she died.

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Viktor Orbán’s Defeat Showed Democrats How to End Trump’s Rule – Slate

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  1. Viktor Orbán’s Defeat Showed Democrats How to End Trump’s Rule  Slate
  2. Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth  The Guardian
  3. The End of the Argument ad Orbánum  The Atlantic
  4. What Orban's ouster in Hungary means for Europe  Peterson Institute for International Economics
  5. Opinion | The Four Lessons Liberals Should Consider After Orban’s Defeat  The New York Times
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Outrage over Israeli soldier’s vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon – BBC

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  1. Outrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon  BBC
  2. Over 150 Jewish leaders sign letter decrying desecration of Jesus statue in Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  3. Israeli Soldier in Lebanon Sledgehammered a Statue of Jesus  The New York Times
  4. Outcry grows over Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  5. Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon  Sky News
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Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans

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Government amendment to children’s wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory ban

A ban on mobile phones in schools in England is to be introduced by the government to ensure that “critical safeguarding legislation” is passed.

The government will table an amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill in the House of Lords after the bill was held up by peers on opposition benches.

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Baby was sexually abused before being killed by man adopting him, court told

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Boy died aged 13 months after ‘routine abuse’ by Jamie Varley and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, jury hears

A baby boy was “routinely ill-treated, sexually abused and physically assaulted” before he was killed by a secondary school teacher adopting him, a jury has heard.

Jamie Varley, the teacher, 37, and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were in the process of adopting Preston Davey.

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EU eyes approval for €90B Ukraine loan on Wednesday – politico.eu

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  1. EU eyes approval for €90B Ukraine loan on Wednesday  politico.eu
  2. EU optimistic over approval of €90bn loan for Ukraine following Orbán defeat – Europe live  The Guardian
  3. EU eyes Ukraine loan, Israeli settler sanctions, after Hungarian election  Al Jazeera
  4. EU expects first loan tranche to Ukraine end-May/early June - Dombrovskis  Reuters
  5. EU Poised to Clinch €90 Billion Loan for Ukraine  Bloomberg
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Woman charged with attempted murder after car hit pedestrians in London

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Gabrielle Carrington, 29, faces charges after incident on Argyll Street in the early hours of Sunday morning

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London in the early hours of Sunday.

A woman in her 30s remains in a life-threatening condition and a man in his 50s suffered life-changing injuries after they were hit by a car in Argyll Street, Westminster, at approximately 4.30am on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said. A second woman in her 30s suffered minor injuries, the force added.

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Mandelson scandal as it happened: Starmer says ‘deliberate decision’ made to withhold vetting information from him – Financial Times

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  1. Mandelson scandal as it happened: Starmer says ‘deliberate decision’ made to withhold vetting information from him  Financial Times
  2. Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says  BBC
  3. U.K. PM admits mistake in appointing Epstein friend as envoy to U.S. but resists calls to resign  NBC News
  4. Starmer the Incurious asks no questions and sees no Mandy-shaped red flags  The Guardian
  5. 'He Cannot Conceivably Continue': U.K. Prime Minister Starmer Faces Growing Calls to Resign  Time Magazine
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How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

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Despite his explanation and the need for political stability, the PM is still unpopular – and Olly Robbins has yet to give his side of the story

Labour MPs frustrated with the lack of a clear mission from Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments, to prosecute his values, to find an enemy to define himself against.

The prime minister has found one: Olly Robbins. Starmer prosecuted his case against the former Foreign Office chief on Monday with the vigour of his former life at the bar.

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Whale stranded on German coast swims off and gets stuck again – Euronews.com

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  1. Whale stranded on German coast swims off and gets stuck again  Euronews.com
  2. The Long, Slow Race to Save Timmy, Germany’s Favorite Whale  The New York Times
  3. Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants  The Guardian
  4. Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea  AP News
  5. Germany news: Timmy the stranded whale back on the move  DW.com
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