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Police detain 21-year-old carrying backpack including AK-47 pistol, loaded rifle magazine, flashlight and black glovesRepublican national convention — live updatesA man arrested on Monday close to the venue of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee had a concealed AK-47 pistol, a fully loaded rifle magazine, a flashlight and black gloves, and a mask from the slasher movie Scream inside his backpack, a court document has revealed.Donnell Tinsley, 21, was spotted by a special agent for homeland security about two blocks away from the secure outer perimeter of the Republican convention venue, Fiserv Forum, on Monday. That same day Donald Trump

Brazilian Forum on Public Safety finds every indicator of gender-based violence increased in 2023, including murder, harassment and stalkingFor the second year running, Brazil has recorded unprecedented levels of gender-based violence, according to new figures underlining just how unsafe the country is for its women and girls.The data, released on Thursday in the annual report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, showed that reported cases of rape rose by 6.5% from the previous year to a historic high of 83,988 – or one every six minutes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/18/violence-against-women-in-brazil-reaches-highest-levels-on-record Author : Tiago Rogero in Rio de

President will serve another five-year term after 401 MEPs voted in favour, 284 against and 15 abstainedRenew Europe’s leader, Valérie Hayer, has posted a photo with Ursula von der Leyen, ahead of the vote.The Greens group said it will back Ursula von der Leyen, a centre-right politician, for a second term as European Commission president. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/18/europe-live-ursula-von-der-leyen-faces-crunch-vote-european-commission-president Author : Lili Bayer Publish date : 2024-07-18 12:28:45 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Former health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock criticised for their failure to better prepare the UK for the pandemicThe UK was “dangerously mistaken” to believe that it was one of the best prepared countries in the world to respond to a pandemic, Baroness Heather Hallett said.In 2019, it was widely believed in Britain and abroad that the UK was “not only properly prepared but was one of the best-prepared countries in the world to respond to a pandemic,” she said.There will likely be a next time. The expert evidence suggests it is not a question of ‘if’ another pandemic

Health secretaries failed to fix flaws in contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000 in UK, report saysThe former health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock have been criticised for their failure to better prepare the UK for the pandemic in a damning first report from the Covid inquiry that calls for a major overhaul in how the government prepares for civil emergencies.Hunt, who was the health secretary from 2012-18, and Hancock, who took over until 2021, were named by the chair to the inquiry, Lady Hallett, for failing to rectify flaws in contingency planning ahead of the pandemic,

Viktor Orbán and Volodymyr Zelenskiy among arrivals as Keir Starmer hosts meeting of European Political CommunitySome more of the arrivals pictured at Blenheim Palace for a summit for the European Political Community (EPC) today, courtesy of the newswires:Here are some of the discussions that have taken place at previous EPC summits, according to the gov.uk website:At the last meeting in Granada, the UK led discussions on AI and illegal migration. In Moldova, the focus was on supporting the host country in the face of Russian hybrid threats, as well building energy resilience. While at the first EPC meeting in Prague,

Former president to address RNC after his running mate JD Vance gave populist-tinged speech on WednesdayJD Vance formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday with a deliberate, and at times divisive, pitch to re-elect Donald Trump in November.Addressing delegates in Milwaukee on the third night of the convention, Vance, the junior senator of Ohio, presented the Republican party as a champion of working-class Americans while denouncing Democrats as out of touch and ineffective. The populist-tinged rhetoric offered the latest sign of how Trump has reshaped the Republican party and rejected much of the traditional conservatism of its past.From Iraq

UK foreign secretary says he has talked to Trump running mate, who shares working class and Christian background• UK politics live – latest updatesDavid Lammy has said he is already engaging with Donald Trump’s controversial running mate, JD Vance, and can identify with him because of their common working class and Christian backgrounds.The British foreign secretary was speaking just hours after the possible future US vice-president reiterated his “America first” views, pledging to the Republican national convention (RNC) that he would not send US soldiers to war abroad unnecessarily. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/18/david-lammy-says-he-can-find-common-ground-with-jd-vance Author : Lisa O'Carroll and

Sarah Shaweesh says she entered the prime minister’s office as a constituent seeking information about her family’s declined visa applicationA Palestinian-Australian constituent of Anthony Albanese seeking visa help has been arrested and charged with trespassing, after she allegedly refused to leave the prime minister’s electorate office in the Sydney seat of Grayndler.Sarah Shaweesh livestreamed her arrest on social media, saying she was a local constituent who lived in Marrickville, and the police had “threatened to arrest me because I went into the office to ask about my family’s declined visa applications”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/18/palestinian-australian-charged-with-trespass-after-allegedly-refusing-to-leave-albaneses-electorate-office Author : Amy

Strategists view Republican convention address as time to ‘pivot’ ex-president’s image, while critics remain skepticalWith political winds at his back, Donald Trump on Thursday is expected to use his first speech since surviving an assassination attempt to plead for national unity.Strategists view the Republican national convention address, likely to be watched by tens of millions of Americans on prime time television, as a unique opportunity to redefine the former US president as more palatable to moderate voters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/18/trump-republican-convention-speech-national-unity Author : David Smith and Hugo Lowell in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Publish date : 2024-07-18 07:01:27 Copyright for

Crown prosecutor alleges Jason Struhs stopped the eight-year-old’s insulin after converting to the ‘Saints’, causing the death of the type 1 diabeticFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJason Struhs told his wife, Kerrie, he was a “new man” after converting to his wife’s faith and speaking in tongues, just five months before their eight-year-old diabetic daughter, Elizabeth Struhs, died after allegedly being taken off insulin due to their religious beliefs, a Queensland court has heard.Crown prosecutor Caroline Marcos alleges their Toowoomba religious group known as the

In today’s newsletter: President William Ruto’s unpopular finance bill has sparked a wave of protests – that have been met with brutality and yet more discord in the country• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Anti-government protests are expected to escalate in Kenya after a month of demonstrations that erupted again across the country on Tuesday calling for the president, William Ruto, to resign. In response to police hostility, protesters set fires, threw stones and chanted “Ruto must go” and “Stop killing us”. The demonstrations were met with police firing teargas and water cannon at those involved

Two-fifths of infantry graduate officer cadets now come from section of Israeli society aligned with far-right parties and settler movementIsrael’s army, for much of its seven decades the country’s pre-eminent secular institution, is increasingly coming under the sway of a national religious movement that has made bold moves across Israeli society in recent years.About 40% of those graduating from the army’s infantry officer schools now come from a national religious community that accounts for 12 to 14% of Jewish Israeli society and is politically more aligned with Israel’s right and far-right political parties and the settler movement. Critics charge that

Transport Workers Union outraged at conditions on National Jet Express flight to Perth chartered by Fremantle DockersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCabin crew were forced to scoop human waste out of onboard toilets and other passengers were left to urinate directly into basins, a union says, after a charter flight carrying an AFL team ran out of water, making flushing impossible.The National Jet Express (NJE) plane had been chartered by the Fremantle Dockers to fly the team to Perth after their loss to Hawthorn in

Law Enforcement Conduct Commission makes two findings of serious misconduct including for allegedly leaving crash scene in NorthConnex ‘to avoid being breath-tested’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales police watchdog has made two findings of “serious misconduct” against a high-ranking detective who crashed a work car while allegedly drunk in the NorthConnex tunnel in May 2023.The police officer, whose identity is secret due to a 40-year court order, pleaded not guilty in December to charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and

American chefs mourn death of chef and cookbook author, 49, who appeared on Top Chef Masters and Iron ChefDays after award-winning Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy drowned in an accident on the Willamette River, Oregon authorities said they had recovered her body.Other American chefs have mourned the passing of the 49-year-old self-taught chef and cookbook author, with José Andrés calling her “an amazing chef, better person and a great overall talent”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jul/17/naomi-pomeroy-body-found-oregon Author : Lois Banner and agencies Publish date : 2024-07-18 02:29:06 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Vance will give first major address as Trump’s running mate amid day’s theme of ‘Make America Strong Once Again’JD Vance will give his first major address as Donald Trump’s running mate on Wednesday and Republicans will turn their focus to foreign policy during the third day of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Vance will be preceded by Donald Trump Jr and introduced by his wife, Usha. The theme for Wednesday – “Make America Strong Once Again” – comes amid internal divisions on how to handle the war in Ukraine. Earlier this year, the House speaker, Mike Johnson, only narrowly

Spokesperson denies report top Senate Democrat told Biden it would be best if he ended re-election campaignPressure for Joe Biden to step aside as the Democrats’ presidential pick to face Donald Trump had eased since the Republican survived an assassination attempt last weekend, but began to rise again on Wednesday.Adam Schiff, the influential California representative, said publicly that Biden should quit, becoming the most well-known lawmaker so far to do so openly. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/joe-biden-democrats-candidacy Author : Joan E Greve and David Smith in Milwaukee and Martin Pengelly in Washington Publish date : 2024-07-18 01:18:33 Copyright for

Groups that often support Coalition – including Australian Industry Group and National Farmers’ Federation – call for ‘credible and consistent framework’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMajor business and farming groups say Australia’s existing 2030 climate targets are “critical” and have warned against chopping and changing energy policy, in a shot across the bows of the Coalition.On Thursday 18 organisations – including some closely aligned with the Coalition’s core constituencies – issued a joint statement saying investors required a “certain, credible and consistent policy framework”.Sign up

Ohio senator will take center stage at the Republican national convention around 9.30pm CTTrump sees former ‘Never Trumper’ Vance as a way to expand baseWho is Usha Vance, wife of Trump’s running mate?To massive cheers across the convention floor, Peter Navarro has taken the stage. He just got out of prison.“Yes, this morning I did walk out of a federal prison in Miami. Joe Biden and his department of INjustice put me there,” he said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/17/rnc-jd-vance-speech-trump-day-3-live-updates Author : Joanna Walters (now); Fran Lawther (earlier) Publish date : 2024-07-17 23:44:13 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Trump campaign sees senator’s past criticisms of the ex-president as an asset with voters who once disliked TrumpDonald Trump and his campaign see his running mate, Senator JD Vance, as a way to expand Trump’s voter base, according to sources familiar with the matter, intending to lean into Vance’s previous criticisms of Trump to convince voters who dislike both 2024 candidates to back the former president.In the years before Vance ran for the US Senate, he repeatedly criticized Trump and his presidency in interviews where he made clear he never liked the former president and considered him “cultural heroin” and

NBC News reports New Jersey Democrat, 70, found guilty of 16 federal charges, has told allies he will quitThe Democratic US senator Bob Menendez has reportedly told allies he will resign from Congress after being convicted on corruption charges.Menendez has represented New Jersey in Congress for more than 30 years, as a representative in the House from 1993 to 2006 and since then in the Senate. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/bob-menendez-resignation-senate-bribery Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2024-07-17 22:11:25 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The union’s construction division has been under fire over reports of alleged corrupt conduct and organised crime links. Follow the day’s news liveEnergy, climate groups sign joint letter calling for ‘credible and consistent energy framework’Eighteen organisations have released a joint statement on the need for climate and energy policy certainty.Australia’s existing national emissions and energy targets for 2030 are critical foundations for the investments we need to deliver reliable, affordable and clean energy. Achieving them and the deeper targets that must follow on the road to net zero will take further and sustained effort.Planning for our energy future needs to

Despite criticism, Central Command praises operation and suggests Israeli port of Ashdod will now distribute aidThe US military-built pier for carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians.Vice Adm Brad Cooper, deputy commander at US Central Command, told reporters in a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday that the pier had achieved its intended effect in what he called an “unprecedented operation”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/17/military-dismantle-gaza-aid-pier Author : Associated Press in

New PM promises ‘patient work and serious solutions’ to restore trust in British politicsKeir Starmer has pledged to “fix the foundations” of the country for the long-term by boosting economic growth with reforms to energy and planning in Labour’s first king’s speech in a decade and a half.The new prime minister said the government would require “patient work and serious solutions” to restore trust in British politics and rebuild the country, with 40 bills in the government’s new legislative programme. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/17/starmer-pledges-to-fix-the-foundations-of-the-country-in-labours-kings-speech Author : Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Peter Walker Publish date : 2024-07-17 19:34:30