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People told to stay at home due to unrest in Harehills area of West Yorkshire city A police car was flipped on its side and a bus set alight after unrest broke out in Leeds on Thursday evening and residents were advised to stay at home.Footage appeared to show people throwing objects at the police vehicle before it was pushed over in Harehills, just east of the city centre. The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, condemned the “shocking scenes and attacks”, saying “disorder of this nature has no place in our society.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/18/police-car-turned-over-and-vehicles-set-alight-in-disorder-in-leeds Author : Robyn

Gaza ministry warns thousands of people displaced by the Israel-Gaza war are at risk of contracting the disease which can cause deformities and paralysisThe poliovirus has been found in sewage samples from Gaza putting thousands of people living in crowded displaced persons’ camps at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause deformities and paralysis.The Gaza ministry said tests carried out with the UN children’s agency, Unicef, “showed the presence of poliovirus” in the territory that has endured a devastating Israeli military offensive since the 7 October Hamas attacks. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/19/israel-gaza-war-polio-sewage-samples Author : Agence

Vote for centrist MP Yaël Braun-Pivet marks first step out of governing limbo since snap elections left country dividedFrench lawmakers have re-elected a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc as president of parliament’s lower house, a possible breakthrough in attempts to form a majority amid deadlock.French politics have been in gridlock after a snap election this month left the country without any clear path to forming a new government as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/18/macron-ally-wins-surprise-re-election-as-national-assembly-speaker Author : Agence France-Presse in Paris Publish date : 2024-07-18 22:55:25 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Spokesperson for Graziano Di Prima says he accepts he ‘crossed the line’ in the incident with Zara McDermottGraziano Di Prima was removed from Strictly Come Dancing after he kicked his celebrity partner Zara McDermott during rehearsals, his spokesperson has said.Di Prima, who joined the Strictly lineup in 2018, announced last weekend he was leaving the programme. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jul/18/strictly-dancer-graziano-di-prima-kicking-celebrity-partner-rehearsals Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2024-07-18 20:22:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

High-tops emblazoned with candidate’s bloodied face and ‘Fight fight fight’ offered for sale before webpage disappearsRepublican national convention — live updatesAs surely as Donald Trump sought to cash in on his various criminal indictments, so the former president turned Republican presidential nominee began to sell merchandise commemorating his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last weekend.In Butler county on Saturday, a rooftop gunman wielding an AR-15-style rifle fired shots at the stage. Trump was wounded in one ear. One rally-goer was killed and two injured. The gunman, who was killed by a sniper, was discovered to have had an explosive device in

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

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

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

The Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary says she and the union leadership will ‘do what’s necessary’ with the CFMEU but it could take yearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe union boss Sally McManus says it could take years to restore the CFMEU after allegations of criminal elements within the union’s construction arm.The Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary said they had “no idea” of the union’s alleged infiltration and said she and the union leadership would “do what’s necessary” with the CFMEU. “After an

Ohio senator will take center stage at the Republican national convention around 9.30pm CT; former trade adviser was jailed for contempt of CongressTrump sees former ‘Never Trumper’ Vance as a way to expand baseWho is Usha Vance, wife of Trump’s running mate?In pantomime style, Navarro is delivering lines to the RNC crowd designed to attract lots of boos as well as cheers. No audible hissing yet.Navarro has railed against his conviction and is spinning the line further that the US justice system is “out to get” any and all right-wingers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/17/rnc-jd-vance-speech-trump-day-3-live-updates Author : Chris Stein

The union’s construction division has been under fire over reports of alleged corrupt conduct and organised crime links. Follow the day’s news liveCoalition’s nuclear plan ‘puts farms in radiation alert zone’, government saysThe government says nuclear energy threatens Australia’s food production with more than 11,000 farms near the opposition’s proposed reactor sites, AAP reports.Based on international practice, farmers would need to take expensive steps during a nuclear leak and would need to inform their customers that they operate within the fallout zone.It’s bizarre that the Nationals and Liberals are putting at risk our prime agricultural land like this, especially without