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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.

Police accuse four males – aged 14, 16, 18 and 19 – of attacking a 17-year-old in her car in Liverpool in city’s south-westAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour teenagers who allegedly lured a girl into a car in Sydney and sexually assaulted her for six hours have been charged.A 14-year-old boy was the youngest of the group who allegedly took part in the sexual assault.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/18/four-teenagers-charged-alleged-six-hour-sexual-assault-teenage-girl-liverpool-sydney-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-06-17 23:53:00 Copyright

PM intervenes to tell summit no one country should control critical mineral supply. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMost Australians support under-16s social media ban, but many have concerns about privacyThe federal government is forging ahead with its age assurance trial for its under-16s social media ban, releasing survey results from late last year showing nearly 90% of Australians at the time backed the ban. But a survey of nearly 4,000 adults and children found a huge number of people concerned about privacy and security issues related to the new regime.This research

Lander, also the city’s comptroller, was ‘arrested for assaulting law enforcement’, says DHSBrad Lander, New York City’s comptroller and a mayoral candidate, was arrested by masked federal agents while visiting an immigration court and accompanying a person out of a courtroom.In a statement to the Guardian, assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin from the Department of Homeland Security said Lander “was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/brad-lander-arrested-new-york-city-comptroller Author : Jenna Amatulli Publish date : 2025-06-17 18:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rachel Zegler sings Don’t Cry for Me Argentina on the balcony to passersby with a video feed to the theatreJamie Lloyd’s production of Evita has been referred to as the hottest ticket in the West End right now, with audiences paying as much as £250 for a seat.But theatregoers keen to watch one of the biggest showstoppers in musical history – Eva Perón’s performance of Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – were left bitterly disappointed when they learned the scene would not actually take place on stage. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jun/17/evita-rachel-zegler-west-end-balcony-scene-dont-cry-for-me-argentina Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture

US president to break with traditional response to tragedies by not calling Minnesota governor Tim Walz in the wake of ‘politically motivated assassination’A memorial outside the Minnesota house chambers displays a photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman behind a table where people are dropping off flowers, notes, a hard hat, a plaid shirt. Signs in front of it read “in honor of our beloved Melissa”. On her desk, a photo and a bouquet of roses.On Monday afternoon, the skies darkened, spilling sheets of rain across the Minneapolis suburbs Melissa Hortman represented. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/17/donald-trump-g7-iran-israel-ceasefire-us-politics-live-updates Author : Lucy

Casey tells MPs she was surprised to be asked to re-engage with issue 10 years after her Rotherham report but says it was right decisionGrooming gangs in UK ‘thrived in culture of ignorance’Casey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data sharing between departments.But she says there is a need to consider making this mandatory.I was there when the tragedy of Soham happened. We knew at that point that if we had had better data sharing there’s a possibility that we might have saved those girls’ lives. There’s certaintly an absolute clarity that intelligence

Starmer should secure deal as soon as possible to exempt UK steel from US levies, says Community unionBusiness live – latest updatesSteel trade unions have said it is “absolutely vital” that the UK rapidly secures a deal to protect the sector from Donald Trump’s tariffs, after the industry was excluded from an initial UK-US pact signed last night.Keir Starmer and Trump signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs “because I like them”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/17/uk-steel-trump-tariff-deal-uk-us-trade-pact-starmer Author : Julia Kollewe and

Follow today’s news liveDonald Trump leaving G7 summit early, snubbing planned meeting with Anthony AlbaneseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSouth Australia says support for Santos takeover bid will be contingent on ‘the state’s best interest’Santos, Australia’s second-largest gas producer, has early backing from its board for a $30bn takeover bid by a consortium led by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Shares in the oil and gas giant have soared on the news, but the deal may depend on winning over a state government, AAP reports.Any judgments we make regarding this process will be made

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 liveRogers says what Patterson “outwardly” portrayed did not always align with her “true feelings”.She says Simon gave evidence that when he told her his parents were in hospital the day after the lunch Patterson never asked about them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/17/australia-mushroom-trial-live-erin-patterson-triple-murder-closing-arguments-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-06-17 03:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president will leave G7 summit in Canada early due to situation in the Middle East, White House says; French president says ‘an offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions’Israel issues Tehran evacuation order as Iran threatens to leave nuclear weapons treatyEarlier on Monday an Iranian newsreader was showered with rubble and her studio filled with dust live on air after an Israeli strike hit the national broadcaster.Footage showed the newsreader fleeing from her desk at the offices of IRIB late on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/17/israel-iran-conflict-live-updates-tehran-trump-evacuation-middle-east Author : Helen Livingstone

Officers arrest people at swap meet in Santa Fe and detain people in Montebello as curfew in LA remains in placeUS immigration raids continued to target southern California communities in recent days, including at a popular flea market and in a Los Angeles suburb where US citizens were detained.On Saturday, as mass protests swept the nation, including tens of thousands demonstrating in LA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents descended on a swap meet in Santa Fe Springs in southeast LA county. Video showed dozens of heavily armed, masked officers carrying out the raid before a scheduled concert at the

Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, admitted seven counts of cruelty and was convicted of another 14 offences A 22-year-old nursery worker has been convicted of abusing 21 babies, including kicking one little boy in the face and stepping on his shoulder during a harrowing campaign of abuse.Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, admitted seven counts of cruelty to a person under the age of 16 and was convicted of another 14 counts by a jury at Kingston crown court. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/16/woman-22-convicted-of-abusing-21-babies-at-nursery-where-she-worked Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-06-16 20:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Prosecutors said suspect Vance Boelter also visited the homes of two other lawmakers on Saturday while disguised as a police officerA federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the United States to study at Harvard University.US District Judge Allison Burroughs during a hearing in Boston will weigh whether to issue an injunction barring Trump’s administration from implementing his latest bid to curtail Harvard’s ability to host international students while the university’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions plays out. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/16/g7-summit-donald-trump-trade-tariffs-iran-israel-crisis-us-politics-live-news-updates

Home secretary says report found ‘deep-rooted failure to treat children as children’ as she addresses parliament on abuse inquiry findingsStarmer launches new grooming gangs investigationIn his interview on the Sky News this morning Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said that Keir Starmer should apologise for saying in January that those calling for a national inquiry into grooming gangs were jumping on a far-right bandwagon. Kemi Badenoch, his party leader, is also quoted today in an Daily Express splash story saying Starmer should apologise, but she is saying he should apologise for not agreeing to hold a national inquiry earlier.At

Up to eight reportedly killed and more than 90 injured in Israel as strike damages hospital in the west of IranIran strikes Tel Aviv and Haifa as conflict enters fourth dayLiving in Israel: how have you been affected?Living in Iran: how have you been affected?If you are just tuning in to the latest developments in the escalating conflict in the Middle East, here is our new wrap on the strikes between Israel and Iran.Iran has executed a man who was found guilty of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday, as reported by

Lawyers for the music mogul deny allegations of sex trafficking or coercion, asserting that all sexual encounters were consensual and part of a ‘swingers lifestyle’The high-profile federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs is entering its sixth week in federal court in Manhattan on Monday as the government continues presenting its case against the 55-year-old music mogul.Combs, who was arrested in September, faces charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/16/sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-trial-sixth-week Author : Anna Betts in New York Publish date : 2025-06-16 10:00:00

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe FTSE 250 index of medium-sized companies is also rising this morning, up 38 points (+0.2%) at 21,212 points.Lender Metro Bank are the top riser, up 8.5%, after the Sunday Times reported that it had received a takeover approach from Pollen Street Capital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/jun/16/oil-price-rise-adverse-shock-global-economy-israel-iran-inflation-petrol-business-live-news-updates Author : Graeme Wearden Publish date : 2025-06-16 07:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Officer was attending the property as part of ‘routine duties’ and was shot as they approached the house, police allegeAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Tasmanian police officer has been killed after a shooting in the state’s north-west.Police said officers attended a residential property on Allison Road in North Motton at about 11am on Monday in relation to “routine duties”. They alleged a member of the public shot an officer as they approached the house. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/16/tasmanian-police-officer-shot-dead-at-rural-property-in-states-north-west-ntwnfb Author : Caitlin Cassidy Publish date : 2025-06-16 05:04:00

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 liveTears, disagreements and dried mushrooms: how Erin Patterson responded over eight days in the witness boxWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEarlier, Rogers told the jury that there were “four calculated deceptions” made by Patterson that were “at the heart of the case”:1. That Patterson “fabricated” a cancer claim as the reason for the lunch. Continue

PM is speaking in Canada ahead of the G7 after an official meeting with the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney. Follow today’s news liveCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, praised Australian firefighters who assisted the country during recent wildfires.At the opening of a face-to-face meeting with Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in Calgary in the past few minutes, Carney thanked emergency crews who travelled to help out during the blazes in British Columbia and in northern parts of Alberta. Carney said:Australia has been very helpful to Canada through the years, and most recently, with the terrible wildfires that have been raging

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence service, is to be led by a woman for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer who joined the service in 1999, will take over from Sir Richard Moore in the autumn, becoming its 18th chief. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/15/blaise-metreweli-named-as-first-woman-to-lead-uk-intelligence-service-mi6 Author : Peter Walker in Banff and Dan Sabbagh Publish date : 2025-06-15 21:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.