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Residents observe day of prayer after 69 people killed and 11 girls and one camp counsellor still unaccounted forResidents in central Texas were observing a day of prayer on Sunday for at least 69 people killed and others missing in Friday’s devastating flash flooding, as a search and rescue operation for survivors began to morph into a grim exercise of recovering bodies.Relatives continued an anxious wait for news of 11 girls and one camp counsellor still unaccounted for from a riverside summer camp that was overwhelmed by flash flooding from the Guadalupe River, which rose 26ft (8 meters) in 45

Exclusive: PM lacks ambition and vision, says Ed Davey in damning assessment of first 12 months in powerKeir Starmer risks becoming little more than “continuity Rishi Sunak” because of his lack of vision and ambition, Ed Davey has said in a damning assessment of the prime minister’s first year in power.The Liberal Democrats leader, whose party recorded its best result in a century at the last general election, said believed Starmer was a decent and principled man, but that it was unclear what he stood for. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/06/keir-starmer-is-turning-into-continuity-rishi-sunak-says-liberal-democrats-leader-ed-davey Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish

Hundreds of rescuers searching for those missing in devastating floods including girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryPope Leo has sent condolences to the families of devastating floods in Texas which killed at least 51 people and left nearly 30 others missing, many of them children.Following Angelus prayers, the pontiff said:I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters who were in a summer camp in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas. We pray for them. Continue reading... Source

Former Labour leader says government needs a better narrative and risks being bogged down by ‘imposed limitations’ Keir Starmer’s government is suffering from a “lack of narrative” about what it is trying to achieve and should be more fiscally bold and consider a tax on wealth, Neil Kinnock has said.The former Labour leader said too many of the government’s achievements were being overshadowed. A year after a landslide election win, the party is struggling in the polls and has U-turned on policies including cuts to winter fuel payments and welfare. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/06/neil-kinnock-keir-starmer-wealth-tax Author : Peter Walker