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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.

Leaders gathering for summit in Canada intend to pin US president down on his whole Iran strategyMiddle East crisis – live updatesEuropean leaders gathering for a G7 summit with Donald Trump in the Canadian Rockies plan to spend the opening day asking Trump to justify his confidence that Israel and Iran will make a deal that will mean “peace soon”.As the military exchanges worsen and the death toll mounts on both sides, European leaders are intending to pin the US president down on his whole Iran strategy, including getting a definitive response on whether he will use his influence over

French president is first foreign head of state to visit Arctic territory since US president made commentsEmmanuel Macron has criticised Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland as he became the first foreign head of state to visit the vast, mineral-rich Arctic territory since the US president began making explicit threats to annex it.“I don’t think that’s what allies do,” Macron said as he arrived in the Danish autonomous territory for a highly symbolic visit aimed at conveying “France’s and the EU’s solidarity” with Greenland on his way to a summit of G7 leaders in Canada. Continue reading... Source link

Gunman believed to have left Minneapolis region after killing one legislator and her husband and wounding another legislator and his wifeThe hunt for the man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses while impersonating a police officer, killing one legislator and her husband, continued on Sunday more than 24 hours after the killings.Vance Boelter, 57, now on the FBI’s most wanted list, is believed to have left the Minneapolis region after allegedly gunning down Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their home, according to CNN. Boelter is also suspected of shooting Democratic state senator

Chancellor says PM ‘not grandstanding’ and wanted to ‘assure himself’ that national public inquiry was necessaryRachel Reeves has defended Keir Starmer’s decision to launch a national inquiry into historic child sexual exploitation after months of pressure, saying that victims of grooming gangs have always been the government’s priority.The chancellor said the prime minister was not concerned with “grandstanding” and had instead wanted to “assure himself” that a full public inquiry was necessary. She insisted that ministers had “never dismissed the concerns of victims”, even as Labour previously resisted calls for a wide-ranging investigation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/15/rachel-reeves-defends-starmers-delay-in-launching-inquiry-into-grooming-gangs Author

Surging demand for looser styles with high necklines comes amid politicians’ criticism of burqa and the hijabFashion influenced by Islam and other religions is expected to become “mainstream” globally, in spite of politicians singling out the burqa and the hijab, as the rise of “modest fashion” is powered by influencers, luxury brands and big tech.The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has said employers should be able to ban staff from wearing face coverings, before adding that she was not in favour of a government ban. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/jun/15/modest-fashion-headed-for-mainstream-despite-political-hostility-say-experts Author : Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent Publish date :

Critics question speed and scale of embedding AI into public sector when debate rages about use of copyrighted materialThe government’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool known as Humphrey is based on models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, it can be revealed, raising questions about Whitehall’s increasing reliance on big tech.Ministers have staked the future of civil service reform on rolling out AI across the public sector to improve efficiency, with all officials in England and Wales to receive training in the toolkit. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/15/government-roll-out-humphrey-ai-tool-reliance-big-tech Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Publish date : 2025-06-15 06:01:00 Copyright for

Thousands of soldiers, along with tanks and helicopters, march through National Mall on day president turned 79Donald Trump finally got his wish to hold a military parade in Washington DC on Saturday, after thousands of soldiers accompanied by tanks, aircraft and helicopters marched through the National Mall in a celebration of the army’s 250th birthday, while across the country, millions of people protested against his administration.It was the first military parade in the nation’s capital since 1991 – which celebrated the end of the Gulf war – and took place on the day Trump turned 79. The president had tried

Melissa Hortman killed and John Hoffman wounded in two separate attacks carried out, police say, by same suspectEarly Saturday morning, Minnesota woke to the news of two targeted attacks on its lawmakers. A gunman killed the top Democratic state legislator, Melissa Hortman, and her husband, Mark, and injured another state legislator, John Hoffman, and his wife Yvette in the Minneapolis area.The suspect, Vance Boelter, remains at large. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/minnesota-lawmakers-shooting-explainer Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2025-06-15 01:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Albanese says he will meet with US president Donald Trump to discuss tariffs. Follow today’s news liveHere’s some cheer! Jo Khan caught up with Henry Young, the 101-year-old who is still playing tennis. He’s preparing for the ITF Masters Championships in Croatia. He’s had two new knees, a new hip, a pacemaker and more (so I guess I should quit whinging about my creaky bones):Our man Tom McIlroy is travelling with prime minister Anthony Albanese (Seattle now, Canada shortly). He writes that in talks with US president Donald Trump, Albanese will push for a tariff exemption for Australia, and flagged

Among the dead in the internationally significant wetland are estuarine snails, shore crabs, baby flounder and ‘a thick stew of polychaete worms’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen South Australia’s algal bloom arrived in the Coorong, it stained the water like strong tea before turning it into a slurry of dead worms.Many had hoped the storm in late May would break up the bloom of Karenia mikimotoi algae, which has killed more than 200 different marine species. Instead, high tides swept the algae into the Coorong, an internationally significant Ramsar wetland at the mouth of the

Defence minister Israel Katz says Iranian capital ‘will burn’ if more missiles are fired at his countryIsrael has claimed to have gained control of the skies over the Iranian capital and warned that “Tehran will burn” if more missiles are fired at its territory, but the Iranian leadership remained defiant, vowing a “more severe and powerful response” and threatened to widen the war by striking ships and bases of Israeli allies.The mutual threats reflected the risks of a dramatic escalation in the conflict, as US-Iranian negotiations planned before the war in Oman were abandoned after Tehran said they would be

Telecoms group says it strongly refutes claim by 62 franchisees that it ‘unjustly enriched’ itself at their expenseVodafone has terminated the contracts of 12 franchisees who have continued running the brand’s high street stores while also being part of a £120m high court claim against the telecoms group.The legal case was launched in December, when 62 franchisees claimed Vodafone had “unjustly enriched” itself at the expense of scores of vulnerable small business owners by slashing commissions to franchisees operating the mobile phone company’s retail outlets. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/14/vodafone-terminates-contracts-of-12-franchisees-who-joined-120m-lawsuit Author : Simon Goodley Publish date : 2025-06-14 15:00:00