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Police working to identify victims but say there is strong evidence to suggest gunman shot himselfEurope live – latest updatesThe gun attack that left 11 people dead in the Swedish city of Örebro was “a one-man operation”, police have said, as they worked to identify the victims of the country’s deadliest mass shooting.The suspected gunman was among the dead and six people were hospitalised after a shooter entered Campus Risbergska, a school specialising in adult education, just after 12.30pm on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/orebro-school-shooting-was-one-man-operation-police-say-sweden Author : Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-05 12:40:00 Copyright for

Albanese government will reverse stance on set tariffs to head off opposition attacks on antisemitism responseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government will attempt to pass minimum jail sentences between one and six years for hate speech crimes in a bid to stave off opposition attacks on its response to antisemitism ahead of the federal election.The move marks a significant departure from Labor’s own national policy platform, which opposes minimum sentencing laws which it says do “not reduce crime”, “lead to unjust outcomes” and are “often discriminatory in practice”. Continue reading... Source link :

Foreign policy set to dominate PMQs amid unease over deal with Mauritius and Trump’s Gaza commentsGood morning. PMQs is normally mostly about domestic politics, but today – despite the government doing its best to promote an announcement about a £2.65bn investment in flood defences – foreign policy may well dominate. That is partly because of President Trump, and his desire to leave office with the US territorially bigger than it was when it arrived (something that went out of fashion in most parts of the respectable world around the end of the 19th century).Last night Keir Starmer had dinner with