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Local authorities say a £5bn shortfall in special needs funding could leave dozens effectively insolvent within monthsCouncil leaders in England have warned that a multibillion pound deficit from years of overspending on special educational needs has become a “burning platform” that will push scores of councils into bankruptcy within months.They say time is running out to resolve rapidly growing shortfalls and are concerned the government gave no indication in Wednesday’s spending review how it will deal with Send debts, which are expected to exceed £5bn by next March. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jun/13/councils-in-england-warn-of-mass-bankruptcies-as-send-deficits-soar Author : Patrick Butler, Abby West

Fifty-three Britons were onboard, along with 169 Indians, seven Portuguese nationals and one CanadianAir India crash – latest updatesAll but one passenger is thought to have died on the Air India flight bound for London Gatwick airport that crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India.There were 242 passengers and crew onboard the plane, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/who-were-the-british-victims-of-the-air-india-plane-crash-flight-ai171-ahmedabad-survivor Author : Alexandra Topping and Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2025-06-13 08:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says operation will take ‘many days’ as Tehran threatens swift retaliationLive coverage: nuclear sites targeted in Israel’s attack on IranIsrael has launched an attack on Iran aimed at “dozens” of targets including its nuclear facilities, military commanders and scientists, claiming it took unilateral action because Tehran had begun to build nuclear warheads.As Iranian officials threatened swift retaliation, the Israeli military said on Friday morning that Iran had launched a hundred drones aimed at Israel and that the country’s defences were focused on intercepted them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israel-strikes-iran-nuclear-program-netanyahu Author : Julian Borger in

Anonymous messages questioned judgment of senior managers in dealing with Greensill, says Swiss regulatorBosses at Credit Suisse were warned against dealing with the Australian financier Lex Greensill’s eponymous company three years before the collapse of his Greensill Capital, which once employed the former UK prime minister David Cameron as an adviser.The “character judgment” of senior Credit Suisse managers was challenged in anonymous messages they received as early as 2018, which raised concerns over the Swiss bank’s dealings with Greensill, according to a report by the Swiss regulator Finma, released under a London court order after a request by the Guardian

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the nation, saying Iran’s main enrichment facility has been targetedIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the nation, saying the IDF had targted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb.He said that Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz had been targeted.This operation will continue for as many days as it takes … We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live Author : Jonathan Yerushalmy Publish date : 2025-06-13 01:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Fire and Rescue NSW responded to reports of an explosion at an apartment block in the western Sydney suburb of Lidcombe. Follow the latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUpdate on the apartment building explosionFire and Rescue NSW superintendent Adam Dewberry said there is just one injury after the explosion and all other residents are accounted for. The injured individual has been transported to hospital, but Dewberry said officials have told him “they’ll be OK”. It’s unclear what injuries the person sustained. Dewberry said of the damage:A number of these people will be displaced and

Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesMore than 260 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad, with a British man being the sole survivor.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner heading for Gatwick was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western state of Gujarat. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/12/london-bound-air-india-flight-ai171-plane-crash-people-onboard-ahmedabad Author : Emine Sinmaz in London and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in

Rachel Reeves is increasing overall budgets, but some departments face bigger spending cuts than othersRachel Reeves usually avoids any mention of the word “austerity” in connection with her fiscal policies, but on Wednesday, she decided to tackle the argument head on.“In this spending review, total departmental budgets will grow by 2.3% a year in real terms,” she told MPs as she announced the next stage of her spending review. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/12/rachel-reeves-labour-spending-review-does-it-signal-return-to-austerity Author : Kiran Stacey and Richard Partington Publish date : 2025-06-12 17:58:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

British man reportedly survived the crash of AI171, which had 242 people on board, with further deaths on the groundWhat we know so far about the Air India flight 171 crashHere are a couple of images coming in via the newswires:Gatwick airport posted on X that it could confirm the Air India flight AI171, which had been due to arrive at 6.25pm in London, had crashed on departure from Ahmedabad airport. It added that more information would follow. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/12/air-india-flight-ai171-plane-crash-ahmedabad-india-latest-updates Author : Tom Ambrose (now) and Amy Sedghi (earlier) Publish date : 2025-06-12 15:30:00 Copyright for

California governor has accused Trump of provoking unrest in LA, and a judge will hear arguments Thursday as part of lawsuit against presidentA woman defiantly dances near police officers as protesters continue to march and chant in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids.Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting immigration enforcement officials after thousands of people hit the streets to protest deportation raids. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/12/la-protests-los-angeles-california-curfew-ice-immigration-marines-national-guard-donald-trump-latest-updates Author :

Board of governors formally finds that Iran is not complying with nuclear obligations for first time in 20 yearsThe UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors has formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, AP reports.It’s a decision that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore UN sanctions on Tehran later this year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/12/un-general-assembly-vote-gaza-ceasefire-israel-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates-news Author : Hayden Vernon Publish date : 2025-06-12 10:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chancellor giving interviews as UK economy shrinks by 0.3% as she faces questions over whether taxes might have to rise in the autumnRachel Reeves is now on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. Susannah Reid and Richard Madeley are interviewing her.Q: You must be disappointed about the growth figures? Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jun/12/rachel-reeves-spending-review-labour-uk-politics-latest-updates-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-06-12 07:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

J-15 fighter jet took off from Chinese aircraft carrier off Japanese coast and came within 45 metres of Japanese Self-Defence Force aircraftJapan has voiced “serious concern” over a near miss involving one of its military planes and a Chinese fighter jet in the Pacific, where recent manoeuvres by Chinese aircraft carrier groups have raised tensions across the region.The Chinese aircraft took off from a moving aircraft carrier, the Shandong, and reportedly flew within 45 metres of a Japanese Self-Defence Force (SDF) patrol plane shortly afterwards. On Thursday, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, urged Beijing to prevent a repeat of

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProsecutor Nanette Rogers SC turns to evidence about factory resets performed on the mobile referred to as “Phone B”. The court previously heard four resets – one in February 2023 and three in August 2023 – were performed on the phone that Erin Patterson provided to police during the search

Vice-chair and Parkland survivor, 25, to leave after members voted to hold elections that could have led to his ousterDavid Hogg, the young vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee whose vow to unseat “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democrats roiled his party, said on Wednesday that he would step away from his role.On Wednesday, the committee announced that its members had voted to hold new vice-chair elections that could have led to his ouster. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/david-hogg-dnc-democrats Author : lauren gambino Publish date : 2025-06-12 00:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Danielle Wood doubts AI will eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs in five years but ‘there will be some impacts’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe defence minister, Richard Marles, downplayed the Trump administration’s review into the Aukus program, saying it was “natural” that the US would take a look at the submarines and capabilities sharing program. Despite the review announced overnight, Marles said he had experienced “clear and consistent support” for Aukus from the United States. Marles said in a statement:We are committed to AUKUS and we look forward to working

Hundreds of fathers protest with children to call for two weeks’ statutory paternity leave to be increasedHundreds of fathers took to the streets of London and Edinburgh on Wednesday to demand better paternity leave, in a protest that was billed as the world’s first dad strike.They came with babies in papooses and pushchairs, as they brandished placards and dad jokes to call for an overhaul of the meanest paternity leave system in Europe. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jun/11/dad-strikes-in-london-and-edinburgh-demand-better-paternity-leave Author : Matthew Weaver Publish date : 2025-06-11 19:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Convention resolution also called for defunding Planned Parenthood and criticized ‘willful childlessness’Human rights groups spoke out on Wednesday against an overwhelming vote by Southern Baptists, the US’s largest Protestant denomination, to endorse a resolution that would seek to overturn the legalization of same-marriage by the US supreme court.“Marriage equality is settled law. Love is love, and the right for LGBTQ+ couples to marry is supported by an overwhelming majority of the American public,” said Laurel Powell, communications director of Human Rights Campaign, in a statement to the Guardian. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/southern-baptist-same-sex-marriage-repeal Author : Edward Helmore Publish date

Polish Sejm speaker Szymon Hołownia confirms there is a delay to main vote as Tusk seeks to bounce back from presidential election defeat two weeks agoThere are about 260 questions to Tusk, one minute each, so it may take a while.Hope he is making comprehensive notes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/11/poland-donald-tusk-prime-minister-vote-confidence-parliament-europe-latest-updates-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-06-11 14:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chancellor tells MPs how government plans to spend almost £1.4tn in 2026-27, rising to almost £1.5tn in 2028-9Green party MPs and activists staged a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s co-leader, said:We expect the Chancellor to take another axe to public spending today: decline by design from a govt that refuses to tax wealth to properly fund our overstretched public services & support the most vulnerable. We need to invest in a secure & fairer future. #TaxExtremeWealthSenior SNP figures

Gaza civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on people waiting to enter a US-backed food distribution centreGaza’s civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal has told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that 31 Palestinians were killed and about 200 were injured when Israeli forces opened fire on people waiting to enter a US-backed food distribution centre on Wednesday (see 8.53am BST).“We transported at least 31 martyrs and about 200 wounded as a result of Israeli tank and drone fire on thousands of citizens … on their way to receive food from the American aid centre,” Bassal told AFP. Continue reading... Source

Mayor Karen Bass issues curfew for one square mile area in downtown, beginning at 8pm local time on Tuesday until 6am local time on WednesdayMetro temporarily suspended many of its transport links through downtown Los Angeles as the curfew took effect at 8 pm Tuesday. Trains and bus routes were suspended, leaving many commuters stranded.“I’m a young, able-bodied person, so it’s not a huge impediment for me,” Joseph Cohen May, who was taking the Metro E Line home to downtown from Santa Monica, told the LA Times. “But there are thousands of people who live downtown, there are thousands of

Head of NHS England to say robot-assisted surgery will become ‘the default’ for 90% of keyhole operations by 2035Millions more people will have robotic surgery over the next decade under NHS plans to slash the huge waiting list for hospital treatment.The move will mean a significant expansion in how often surgeons use robots when treating people for cancer, hysterectomies and joint replacements, as well as in medical emergencies. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/11/millions-more-to-have-robotic-surgery-in-nhs-plan-to-cut-waiting-lists Author : Denis Campbell Health policy editor Publish date : 2025-06-11 04:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder after a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow live‘You knew how suspicious it would look’: Erin Patterson makes series of denials in tense cross-examinationRogers shows the court text messages between Patterson and Department of Health official Sally Ann Atkinson in the days after the lunch.Rogers says Atkinson’s evidence was that in a phone call on 1 August 2023 Patterson told her the beef wellington contained dried mushrooms bought from an Asian grocer around April that year. Atkinson said Patterson told

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong says statement behind sanctions just as important as sanctions themselvesWong also appeared on ABC News this morning, adding:The most important thing to note … is that we are acting with others. You’ve heard me speak about the fact that Australia can’t shift the dial on the Middle East by ourselves …It means that they won’t be able to travel to Australia, and if there are any assets held in Australia, they will be frozen, and people won’t be able to provide them with financial support.But obviously