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Chair Ellie Reeves says Farage driven by personal ambition as he is expected to label Starmer ‘unpatriotic’ in speechBridget Phillipson has said Reform UK are “just not serious people” when asked about the expected announcement from Nigel Farage later today that it would be their policy to make winter fuel payments universal.She told viewers of Sky News that “I don’t think anybody would seriously believe that millionaires should be getting it.”On the wider question of Reform, look, they’re just not serious. They’re just not serious people. It’s not credible.This is a party, after all, that doesn’t believe in the NHS.

Police say 53-year-old white British man held and incident not being treated as terrorism after car ploughs into crowd at Liverpool FC victory parade, injuring nearly 50Full report: Car ploughs into crowd at Liverpool football paradeDay of joy and celebration for Liverpool turns to horrorWelcome to today’s live coverage of events in Liverpool after a car ploughed into pedestrians at Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade on Monday evening. Nearly 50 people, including children, were injured including 27 taken to hospital.Police said they arrested a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area but have said they did not believe

Former senator Rex Patrick praises ATO whistleblower who exposed heavy-handed debt collection tacticsAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe whistleblower Richard Boyle has been hailed a “superhero” after striking a plea deal under which he may avoid jail.The 49-year-old has admitted to four criminal charges linked to his exposure of unethical debt recovery practices at the Australian Taxation Office.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/27/richard-boyle-tax-whistleblower-ato-australian-tax-office-plea-deal-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-05-27 03:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Australian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder after a mushroom lunch at her house in regional Victoria in 2023. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMandy asks Atkinson about her evidence Patterson told her the dried mushrooms may have been purchased in Oakleigh, Clayton or Mount Waverley. Atkinson agrees Patterson was not sure where she had purchased the death cap mushrooms from.Patterson’s defence lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, is cross-examining Atkinson. Mandy asks about the conversation Atkinson recalled yesterday with Conor McDermott, a doctor

George Brandis and Jason Falinski among party figures speaking out about culture war. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEd Husic calls for government to move beyond words on IsraelFormer Labor minister Ed Husic has called for the government to move beyond words to action, and said sanctions on Israel are “probably under consideration”.We’ve got to the threshold where there’s an expectation we move beyond words … We should be speaking up, but beyond speaking up, I think it’s important that we act, and I certainly think it’s vital our government joins with

Emergency services were called to Water Street in Liverpool city centre at around 6pm after pedestrians were struck by a vehicleSteve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool city region, has thanked first responders for their “swift action” on a “difficult day”.He said: “Our hearts go out to all of those affected, especially those who have been injured. Thank you, as ever, to the first responders for their professionalism and swift action. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/may/26/liverpool-car-collision-pedestrians-premier-league-football-parade Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish date : 2025-05-26 20:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

European leaders call for ‘lowest possible’ border taxes after levies postponed from 1 June to 9 JulyEU leaders have expressed hopes of a quick deal to resolve the trade war with the US after Donald Trump announced he was delaying his threatened 50% tariffs for the bloc until 9 July.The US president said on Sunday that he would pause the border tax due to be imposed on 1 June, which he had announced two days earlier, after what he called a “very nice call” with the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading... Source link :

Strike targeted Fahmi al-Jarjawi school, where families have been sheltering, says Gaza’s civil defence as Israeli military says militants were operating from schoolUS homeland security secretary Kristi Noem has been in Israel in the wake of the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington last week. Today she has visited the Black Arrow memorial site and an overlook on the Israel-Gaza border.Reuters has a quick snap reporting that Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said he is to speak to Benjamin Netanyahu later this week, and will tell him that Israel should not take its attacks on Gaza too far.

French president says he hopes US president’s anger at Moscow will ‘translate into action’ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has held his regular media briefing with journalists. When asked for reaction to Donald Trump’s criticism of Vladimir Putin (see post at 08.41) by the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, Peskov thanked the US for its role in trying to bring an end to the war through its mediation efforts, which have so far faltered, but suggested Russian strikes against Ukraine are being launched for security and self-defence. He said in the conference call with reporters:It’s a very important achievement. Of course,

President says tariffs will be paused until 9 July after a ‘very nice call’ with European Commission president Ursula von der LeyenThe Kremlin on Monday said that US president Donald Trump’s claim that Vladimir Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” might be due to emotional overload, but thanked the US leader for his assistance in launching Ukraine peace negotiations.Trump said Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine and said he was weighing new sanctions on Moscow, though he also scolded Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/26/donald-trump-eu-tariffs-delay-us-politics-news-latest-updates Author :

Campaigners say homes with RTS meters could be left with heating that is permanently off, or on, from 30 JuneThe adverts featuring Lorraine Kelly paint a worrying picture of people left without heating or hot water or, perhaps worse in mid-summer, their radiators on full blast.Either outcome could be possible when the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS), which controls an old type of electricity meter found in almost 400,000 homes across Great Britain, is switched off from 30 June. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/26/british-electricity-meters-rts-switch-off-heating Author : Zoe Wood Publish date : 2025-05-26 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Exclusive: Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, coming to West End, imagines rival dramatists working togetherA Guardian report on William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe being literary rivals and collaborators has inspired a play that will be staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in London’s West End this summer.The RSC’s co-artistic director Daniel Evans will direct Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, an Irish-American playwright, who has imagined two of the greatest dramatists of all time working together, wrestling creatively, both envious and admiring of each other. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/26/guardian-article-inspires-rsc-play-shakespeare-marlowe Author : Dalya Alberge Publish

Anthony Albanese says Netanyahu government ‘excuses’ for stopping critical food and medical supplies are ‘completely untenable’Australia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIsrael’s blockade of aid into Gaza is “an outrage”, Anthony Albanese has said, calling the Israeli government’s “excuses” for stopping critical food and medical supplies “completely untenable”.Prime minister Albanese says he last week told Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, of Australia’s deep concern over the blocking of aid into the Palestinian territory. The United Nations says the entire population of Gaza is facing famine and that Israel’s 80-day blockade of supplies

State premier Jacinta Allan announces sale of the weapons will be prohibited from Wednesday, ahead of amnesty scheme in SeptemberAustralia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe sale of machetes will be banned in Victoria from Wednesday, after a clash involving the weapon between alleged rival groups forced Northland shopping centre into lockdown at the weekend.The premier, Jacinta Allan, on Monday announced the government will use extraordinary powers to fast-track the machete ban, which will remain in place until a permanent law takes effect on 1 September.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s

Police investigate double shooting on busy suburban street in Parramatta. Follow today’s news liveGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Elias Visontay here bringing you news updates from overnight and this morning.The New South Wales police minister, Yasmin Catley, is “horrified by the level of violence” seen on Sydney streets after a double shooting in the heart of Parramatta on Sunday evening. Officers were called to the incident at about 5.10pm, where they found two men with multiple gunshot wounds, near two others who were uninjured. The injured men were taken to hospital. Continue reading... Source link

Marilyn’s Mater Paddle, now in its second year, held at Balcarrick beach to raise funds for women’s cancer careAlmost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes have made a splash by taking part in a themed charity swim at an Irish beach.Sporting retro swimsuits and blond wigs, swimmers dressed as the film star took the plunge at Balcarrick beach in Donabate, County Dublin, for Marilyn’s Mater Paddle. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/almost-200-marilyn-monroe-lookalikes-join-irish-charity-swim Author : Morgan Ofori Publish date : 2025-05-25 18:25:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Leslie O’Neal of Georgia pulled over college student who then spent more than two weeks in federal immigration jailA Georgia police officer has resigned from his job after erroneously pulling over a teenager, causing her to spend more than two weeks in a federal immigration jail, and leaving her facing deportation.The officer, Leslie O’Neal, was employed at the police department in Dalton, a small city more than an hour north of Atlanta. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/georgia-police-officer-resigns-arrest-undocumented-student Author : José Olivares Publish date : 2025-05-25 16:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

NGO shelters along US-Mexico border, which have long provided aid, rattled by letter from FemaThe Trump administration has continued releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to non-governmental shelters along the US-Mexico border after previously telling those same organizations that providing immigrants with temporary housing and other aid may violate a law used to prosecute smugglers.Border shelters, which have long provided lodging and meals before offering transportation to the nearest bus station or airport, were rattled by a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) that raised “significant concerns” about potentially illegal activity and demanded detailed information

It grew out of a Google Doc, and now has millions of US members – what’s the secret of Indivisible’s success?After the biggest day of protest of the second Trump presidency, when millions of people rallied in more than 1,300 cities and towns across the country, Ezra Levin addressed thousands of faithful progressive activists.For the previous few months, as Trump reclaimed the White House and Democrats struggled to oppose him, the drumbeat of opposition had steadily grown. Protest was back in the air. Democrats were finding their way. And it was because of activists like them, Levin told the crew

At least 12 people killed in strikes involving nearly 300 drones and almost 70 missilesDeadly missile and drone attacks batter KyivUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged international leaders to increase their pressure on Russia, after Moscow’s forces intensified strikes on Ukraine overnight.The Ukrainian leader said rescuers are working in over 30 Ukrainian cities and villages after nearly 300 attack drones and almost 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, were launched by Russia overnight.Each such terrorist Russian strike is a sufficient reason for new sanctions against Russia. Russia is dragging out this war and continues to kill every day. The world may

Other Ukrainian cities and regions also hit with nine people reported killed at the same time as Russia and Ukraine are conducting a major prisoner exchange Russia has launched a second straight night of massive drone and ballistic missile strikes against Ukraine, with the capital city, Kyiv, once again the focus of heavy attack.Across the country nine people were killed, including three children in the Kyiv region, and dozens more injured, according to reports on Sunday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/deadly-missile-and-drone-strikes-batter-kyiv-for-second-night Author : Peter Beaumont in Kyiv Publish date : 2025-05-25 06:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

US coast guard says accident occurred while employees were doing work involving a flame or sparksAn explosion on a boat carrying raw sewage that was docked on the Hudson River in New York City killed a longtime city employee, authorities said.Another worker on the city-owned Hunts Point vessel was injured and taken to the hospital after the blast about 10.30am Saturday near the North River wastewater treatment plant, according to city deputy assistant chief David Simms of the fire department. A third worker refused medical treatment. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/sewage-boat-explosion-kills-new-york-city-worker Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-05-25

Kevin Hogan defended the ‘principled’ decision to cut ties with the Liberal party. Follow the day’s news liveNSW floods map: record-breaking rain in charts and mapsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHogan also backed Littleproud, saying he should “absolutely” should remain leader.Asked about whether someone like Michael McCormack returning as leader would be a good idea, he said:I think this is a hypothetical that is not on the cards.… David Littleproud very strong support in the national party room. And I would say even more support after the process he followed, how transparent he was.What about

Campaigner calls compensation schemes ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’ after final offer made in response to his appealSir Alan Bates, who led the 20-year campaign for justice for post office operators over the Horizon scandal, has revealed he has been handed a “take it or leave it” compensation offer of less than half his original claim.The 70-year-old, who was knighted last year, has accused the government of presiding over a “quasi kangaroo court” system for the compensation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/24/sir-alan-bates-given-take-it-or-leave-it-offer-of-less-than-half-his-post-office-horizon-claim Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-05-24 22:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

David Crisafulli’s small-target election campaign has created problems for how the LNP governs that are already beginning to show throughGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOnly four years ago, some Queensland Liberal National party figures were contemplating the breakup of a political party that couldn’t work out what it stood for.“What is our raison d’etre?” the former party president, Cynthia Hardy, asked senior members in an email. Back then the LNP had lost 11 of 12 state elections. One senior party figure said at the time: “One more loss and the party will surely have to