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Justice secretary urges overhaul of European convention on human rightsA Brazilian mother and father have been left distraught after being told by the Home Office that their young children have no right to stay in the UK and should return to Brazil alone, Diane Taylor reports.There has been a lot of comment and reporting (including here) on one of the pictures of Keir Starmer that emerged from the G7 summit in Canada. It even provided the Morning Star with its splash. But, in his end of summit analysis, Peter Walker argues that another, more flattering, picture may have provided a

Frustration after US president refuses to make Ukraine a priority at G7 despite appearance of Zelenskyy in CanadaEU’s Kallas continues:On Ukraine, the European Union is doing its part here too, not least because Ukraine is Europe’s first line of defence. We know that Russia responds to strength and nothing else.We have to do more for Ukraine, for our own security too.To quote my friend Nato secretary general Mark Rutte: if we don’t help Ukraine further, we should all start learning Russian.We are living in very dangerous tough times.Russia is already a direct threat to the European Union. Europe’s collective economic

US president Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’, issuing a veiled threat to kill its supreme leader as conflict enters fifth dayAnalysis: Israel’s gamble on force could push Iran to accelerate nuclear plansPosting on X, the IDF says that it has attacked “a centrifuge production site and several weapons manufacturing sites” overnight. The Guardian was unable to verify the claims and the Iranian government has not acknowledged the attacks.The IDF wrote:Over 50 Air Force fighter jets, guided by precise intelligence from the Intelligence Directorate, completed a series of strikes on military targets in the Tehran area in recent hours.”“During the

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveDefence says there is ‘not one scrap of evidence’ Erin Patterson saw iNaturalist death cap postsMandy says the jury has heard there had only been three reported sightings of death cap mushrooms in the Gippsland region. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/18/erin-patterson-australia-mushroom-trial-live-updates-defence-closing-address-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-06-18 02:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.