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SS troops killed inmates for target practice, according to account given in documentary Ghosts of AlderneyGuards at a prison camp on one of the Channel Islands entertained themselves at weekends by using prisoners for target practice, according to new evidence of Nazi atrocities committed there in the second world war.On Sundays, the SS would regularly pick about a dozen men incarcerated in Sylt, the camp they ran on Alderney, transporting them to a nearby light-gauge railway, where they tied them to tipper trucks and amused themselves by shooting them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/10/nazi-guards-shot-prisoners-for-fun-at-channel-islands-camp-research-says Author : Dalya Alberge Publish

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 liveProsecutor Nanette Rogers SC says Erin Patterson’s son gave evidence that she did not tell him she was sick on the day of the lunch.“I don’t know if I did or I didn’t,” Patterson says.The first thing he said to me was something like: I’ve got a sore tummy.How could I? It’s vomit. Unless you can see a bean or a piece of corn. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/10/australian-mushroom-trial-live-cross-examination-of-erin-patterson-to-continue-on-day-30-of-her-triple-trial-ntwnfb Author :

Lawsuit claims administration ‘trampled’ on states sovereignty by bypassing governor Gavin NewsomLA protests – live updatesCalifornia on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing the US president of “unlawfully” federalizing the state’s national guard to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles.Trump’s extraordinary deployment of troops to Los Angeles exceeds federal authority and violates the 10th amendment in an “unprecedented usurpation” of state powers, according to the court filing. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/california-lawsuit-national-guard-trump Author : Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles Publish date : 2025-06-10 00:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In a post on social media Car said she has some news to share ‘that’s not so great’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley to be first opposition leader since 2022 to address National Press Club later this monthThe opposition leader, Sussan Ley, will address the National Press Club later this month in her first major speech this term – and will be the first Liberal leader since early 2022 to front up to the major venue. As Anthony Albanese prepares for his own address to the NPC later today, Ley’s

Conservative channel MeritTV says psychologist and TV host was there to get ‘first-hand look at targeted operations’The television personality Dr Phil was embedded with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers as they carried out controversial raids in Los Angeles that led to days of protests in California, his TV network said.Phil, whose full name is Phil McGraw, was with Ice before and after its agents conducted a series of raids on multiple locations across LA on Friday. Immigration advocates said at least 45 people were arrested, and the action was condemned by California’s governor and LA’s mayor. Continue reading... Source

ACLU says David Huerta ‘was unjustly arrested’ after thousands protested against Ice raids over weekendLA protests – live updatesLos Angeles was waking Monday up to another day of high tensions with Donald Trump’s administration, the fourth since protests began over efforts by federal immigration authorities’ attempts to arrest illegal migrants in the city and a day after the president ordered in the national guard.New rallies against US immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) detentions are planned, with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announcing an event “to demand justice for detained immigrants and an end to the ongoing human rights abuses

Police fire rubber bullets and teargas while protesters block a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fireFull report: Teargas and flash-bangs used on LA protesters as opposition to Trump intensifiesAround 300 Guard troops have been deployed to LA so far.President Donald Trump earlier said he would deploy 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, despite the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/09/los-angeles-protests-live-tensions-flare-trump-deploys-national-guard-troops Author : Joe Coughlan (now) and Kate Lamb (earlier) Publish date : 2025-06-09 11:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chris Bryant acknowledges some budgets will be ‘stretched’ with Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, expected to find cuts elsewhere to boost policeRachel Reeves in standoff over policingAt London Tech Week Keir Starmer also said he wanted parents to know the government would use technology to create a “better future” for their children.He said:By the end of this parliament we should be able to look every parent in the eye in every region in Britain and say ‘look what technology can deliver for you’.We can put money in your pocket, we can create wealth in your community, we can create good

Follow today’s news liveAustralian reporter shot with rubber bullet while covering anti-Ice protests in Los AngelesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMaroons drop captain Daly Cherry-Evans before next State of Origin gameQueensland have made a huge call ahead of game 2 of this year’s State of Origin series, dropping its captain, Daly Cherry-Evans, from the team as the Maroons seek to turn around their fortunes in Perth next week. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/09/australia-news-live-whale-rescue-snow-stranded-pheobe-bishop-murder-body-weather-trade-us-albanese-ntwnfb Author : Natasha May (now) and Nick Visser (earlier) Publish date : 2025-06-09 06:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Exclusive: Common Wealth report argues debt, pollution and underinvestment justify process known as special administrationMinisters could bring water companies into public ownership for minimal cost through a process designed to safeguard vital public services when the companies running them are failing, a thinktank report has argued.According to the report by Common Wealth, ministers could use a process known as special administration to take over a company like Thames Water and, rather than transfer it to another private company, keep it under permanent public ownership. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/09/water-companies-public-ownership-could-cost-close-to-zero-says-common-wealth-thinktank Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish date :

Freedom Flotilla Coalition says ship’s communications were jammed after Israeli defence minister threatened to ‘take all necessary measures’ to prevent the humanitarian ship from reaching GazaIDF ordered to stop Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta ThunbergThe team working for French MEP, Rima Hassan, who is on board the Medleen, say they have lost contact with her.They claim she was “arrested in international waters by the Israeli army.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/09/live-israel-gaza-aid-ship-madleen-freedom-flotilla-coalition-greta-thunberg Author : Jonathan Yerushalmy Publish date : 2025-06-09 01:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more casExplainer: The winners and losers in Labour’s first spending reviewRachel Reeves has been locked in a standoff over the policing and council budgets just days before this week’s spending review, which is set to give billions to the NHS, defence and technology.Yvette Cooper’s Home Office and Angela Rayner’s housing and local government ministry were the two departments still at the negotiating table on Sunday fighting for more cash, after weeks of trying to reach a settlement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/08/rachel-reeves-in-stand-off-over-policing-and-council-budgets-days-before-spending-review Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

California governor made threat amid reports Trump is weighing huge federal funding cuts targeting stateThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has warned California governor Gavin Newsom that he would be guilty of “criminal tax evasion” if he withholds his state’s tax payments to the federal government amid threats of a funding cut by Donald Trump.Newsom had threatened to cut tax payments to the federal government two days ago after reports that Trump was preparing huge federal funding cuts targeting Democrat-dominated California, including its state university system. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/newsom-warned-tax-evasion Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2025-06-08

Order to deploy troops came from Trump on Saturday night in stunning escalation in crackdown on immigrantsUS politics live – latest updatesUS national guard troops began to deploy in downtown Los Angeles after an immigration crackdown saw police use teargas on protesters in a move that has sent shockwaves though American politics.Local television station ABC7 reported that national guard troops had started to arrive in downtown Los Angeles. It broadcast video of military trucks and troops with the helmeted soldiers wearing green camouflage uniforms, carrying assault rifles and handing out riot shields. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/los-angeles-protests-immigration-ice Author :

President had earlier praised national guard for ‘great job’, even though they were not yet in the cityHere are a selection of photographs from protests in the early hours of Sunday morning.Immigration officers could be in California for a month, a Democrat congresswoman has been told. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/08/trump-national-guard-la-protests-immigration-ice-us-politics-live-news Author : Maya Yang (now) and Harry Taylor (earlier) Publish date : 2025-06-08 15:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Launch comes as charities call on UK government to ban ‘destructive’ fishing industry practice in protected areasStephen Fry and Theo James are to star in a darkly satirical short film about bottom trawling, a controversial industrial process that drags heavy fishing nets across the seabed, killing everything in its path.Bottom Line, launching on World Ocean Day (Sunday), is by the ocean conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation. Before the United Nations Ocean Conference, Blue Marine Foundation, Only One and Oceana UK are calling on the UK government to impose an immediate ban on bottom trawling in all UK marine-protected areas. Continue

Peter Kyle, understood to be considering two-hour curfews, says he wants to foster healthy relationships with techMinisters are looking at giving children an “app cap” or curfew to prevent them becoming addicted to social media, the technology secretary has indicated.Peter Kyle, whose department is responsible for online safety, said he wanted to do more to protect children from excessive use of smartphones, and help them have a healthy relationship with technology. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/08/uk-government-looking-at-social-media-app-caps-children-peter-kyle Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Publish date : 2025-06-08 10:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Family reported man fell into silo of urea on Sunday afternoonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSpecialist fire crews were working on Sunday to rescue a man in his 80s trapped in a silo filled with urea in regional Queensland.A Queensland fire department spokesperson said a family member of the man reported just after 1.30pm he had fallen into a silo on the property near Eurombah, north of Roma. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/08/queensland-fire-crews-work-to-rescue-man-in-his-80s-stuck-up-to-his-neck-in-silo-of-fertiliser Author : Josh Taylor Publish date : 2025-06-08 07:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The US president says he’s deploying 2,000 troops to Los Angeles amid immigration protests. Here’s what to knowDonald Trump said on Saturday he’s deploying 2,000 California national guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of the California governor, Gavin Newsom.Here are some things to know about when and how the president can deploy troops on US soil. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/trump-national-guard Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-06-08 05:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

39-year-old opposition senator reportedly hospitalised in serious condition after being shot in the back, with one suspect arrestedThe Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has been shot in Bogotá, with reports he was taken to hospital in a serious condition.The 39-year-old senator, who is running for the presidency in 2026, is a member of the opposition conservative Democratic Centre party founded by the former president Alvaro Uribe. The two men are not related. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/colombian-presidential-candidate-miguel-uribe-shot-at-campaign-event Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-06-08 02:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith the count in the seat of Bradfield finalised, where the difference in the result came down to 26 votes, Paterson says he can’t confirm whether the Coalition will seek to challenge the result.I understand that the New South Wales Liberal party is reviewing our legal options, and I really hope that we can find a way to have Gisele Kapterian in the parliament, because she’s exactly the type of person to make the Liberal party better and the parliament better. She has great insights and

Women recount alleged behavior, including flirting with teenagers, as ‘predatory, terrifying and unacceptable’Multiple women have accused Jared Leto of impropriety, with some calling the 53-year-old actor and musician’s behavior “predatory, terrifying and unacceptable”.In a new report by Air Mail on Saturday, nine women have come forward to accuse Leto of engaging in inappropriate behavior over the years, including flirting with teenagers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/07/jared-leto-accused-sexual-impropriety Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-06-07 21:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Lambeth country show in Brockwell Park also includes sheep-shearing, livestock competitions, food and musicVegetable likenesses of Donald Trump and Dolly Parton and a papal “Cornclave” went on display on Saturday at the Lambeth country show, an urban take on a country fair held annually in London’s Brockwell Park.The two-day show features sheep-shearing, livestock competitions, food, music and a vegetable sculpture contest that has attracted national renown for its quirky creativity. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/07/lambeth-county-show-cornclave-squash-trump-cauli-parton-vegetable-sculptures Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-06-07 19:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The demonstration, organised by the People’s Assembly, called on Keir Starmer’s government to tax the rich to pay for servicesThousands of people marched through central London on Saturday calling for an end to public service and welfare cuts, in the first big anti-austerity march under Keir Starmer’s Labour government.The campaign group People’s Assembly, which organised the demonstration, called on the government to “tax the rich and their hidden wealth to fund public services”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/07/anti-austerity-march-london-labour-starmer-cuts Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish date : 2025-06-07 17:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.