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New supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei remained absent from public view as three of his brothers stood beside their father’s coffinCalls for the killing of Donald Trump were made beside the coffin of the assassinated former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei at a packed prayer hall in Tehran on Sunday.Iran is staging a week of mass funeral processions ⁠for Khamenei, who was killed along with other members of his family on the first day of the US and Israeli war on 28 February. The funeral was delayed due to the war. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/05/iran-ali-khamenei-funeral-supreme-leader-mojtaba-absent Author : Patrick Wintour

A parish entry reveals an argument that proved pivotal to the abolitionist cause, at a time when an estimated 20,000 Black people were living in the countryWhen the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson gave a sermon in 1787 at Manchester Cathedral – during the city’s first mass meeting against the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans – he saw a “great crowd of black people standing round the pulpit”.However, little is known about Black Mancunians in the Georgian era, which makes one recently rediscovered entry in parish records at Manchester Cathedral particularly significant. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jul/05/baptism-record-at-manchester-cathedral-offers-insight-into-black-mancunian-life-in-georgian-era-england Author : Chris Osuh

State Labor conference passes motion which would commit to 50% of machines being removed from operation in next 10 yearsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, will take a tougher stance on poker machines to the next election after being pushed to adopt the approach by the party’s left.A motion which passed the NSW Labor conference with unanimous support on Sunday afternoon has added a plan to take “decisive action” on problem gambling and the growing use of poker machines to its policy platform, amid surging profits for operators and

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Space Agency has confirmed that “suspected space debris” thought to contain hazardous chemicals has been located north of Townsville.Queensland police said four objects were located on Friday and Saturday in the Forrest beach area and 50-metre exclusion zones had been enforced around each object. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/05/australia-news-live-albanese-labor-nsw-h5-bird-flu-angus-taylor-liberal-coalition-pauline-hanson-ntwnfb Author : Graham Readfearn Publish date : 2026-07-05 02:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.