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Grenfell United says voices of bereaved have been ignored and they fear disaster could be ‘put out of mind’The demolition of Grenfell Tower could mean that the injustice of the fatal fire is “put out of sight and out of mind” and forgotten, some survivors have said.The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, told members of the community that the 24-storey block in which 72 people were killed in June 2017 would be dismantled to ground level, during a meeting on Wednesday and in writing. The decision has prompted anger and claims that the government has failed to listen to the

The actor was due to attend the Goya awards on Saturday but has pulled out and has also been dropped by publishersKarla Sofía Gascón will not attend this weekend’s prestigious Goya awards as the fallout from the Spanish actor’s racist and Islamophobic social media posts continues with her being dropped by her publisher and criticised by prominent politicians.Gascón – the star of Emilia Pérez and the first transgender woman to be nominated for a best actress Oscar – is already understood to have been removed from the film’s campaigning materials by its studio, Netflix. Her comments have been described as

Republicans who want Musk and Doge to have ‘a lot’ of influence dropped from 47% post-election to 26%A new poll suggests Republican support for Elon Musk’s upending of US government systems has been shaken, even as the world’s richest man aims a wrecking ball at even more federal agencies including the labor department.The number of Republicans who want Musk and his self-styled “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to have “a lot” of influence in the Trump administration has fallen significantly to 26%, according to the Economist/YouGov poll conducted this week, reported by the Hill. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/trump-musk-support-poll

Syrian embassy says its citizens were among 11 killed in attack by lone gunman in ÖrebroEurope live – latest updatesPeople of several nationalities were among the 11 killed at a school in Sweden’s worst mass shooting, police have said.Anna Bergqvist, who is leading the police investigation, said people of “multiple nationalities, different genders and different ages” were among those killed by a lone gunman at Campus Risbergska, an adult education centre, in the city of Örebro on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/06/sweden-school-shooting-victims-include-several-nationalities-police-say Author : Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-06 14:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs