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PC Christopher Gudgeon charged after a report of sexual assault alleged to have taken place off-dutyA serving Metropolitan police officer has been charged with sexual assault.PC Christopher Gudgeon, who is attached to the Met’s Central South Basic Command Unit, was charged by postal requisition on 9 July, the force said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/serving-met-police-officer-charged-with-sexual-assault Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-07-30 19:47:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Paul Dans ‘will be departing the team’ over potential government staffing if Trump wins in NovemberWhat is Project 2025 and what is Trump’s involvement?The leader of Project 2025 is stepping down from his role amid a power struggle over potential government staffing if Donald Trump wins in November.Paul Dans, the director of the project housed at the Heritage Foundation, “will be departing the team”, according to a statement to the Guardian from Kevin Roberts, the president of Heritage Foundation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/30/project-2025-director-trump Author : Rachel Leingang Publish date : 2024-07-30 19:59:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Loud blast heard in Lebanese capital in attack Israel says was response to killing of 12 children in Golan HeightsIsrael has carried out an airstrike on southern Beirut targeting a senior Hezbollah commander who a military spokesperson said was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend.Fuad Shukur, the reported target, also known as Hajj Mohsin, is the head of the group’s operations centre, with a $5m (£3.9m) bounty on his head in America over his role in the 1983 bombing of a US marine barracks in the Lebanese capital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/30/beirut-suburbs-hit-in-airstrike-targeting-hezbollah-commander-israel-says

The profile made more than 700 ‘extreme’ anti-immigrant and antisemitic comments from 2019 to 2020Though they have not pinpointed a motive behind Donald Trump’s failed assassination attempt, investigators are examining a social media account with antisemitic and anti-immigrant posts that they suspect might be connected to the former US president’s would-be killer, according to the FBI deputy director, Paul Abbate.Abbate on Tuesday appeared alongside the acting US Secret Service director, Ronald Rowe Jr, before a US Senate panel and said: “In about the 2019, 2020 timeframe, there were over 700 comments posted from this account. Some of these comments, if

Police arrested 17-year-old after Monday’s attack on 11 children and two adults in Merseyside townPolice searching for a motive for the mass stabbings in Southport that left three children dead are increasingly focusing on the state of their suspect’s mental health or potential neurodivergence in the years before the attack, the Guardian understands.A British-born 17-year-old was arrested after a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the Merseyside seaside town was plunged into horror, with 11 children and two adults stabbed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/police-searching-for-motive-for-southport-stabbings-focus-on-suspects-mental-health Author : Vikram Dodd, Hannah Al-Othman and Josh Halliday Publish date : 2024-07-30 17:56:40 Copyright

Narinder Kaur claimed refunds on goods stolen in 1,000 raids on high street stores across England and WalesA woman who made more than half a million pounds by travelling throughout England and Wales shoplifting and then claiming refunds on the stolen goods has been jailed for 10 years.Narinder Kaur, 54, made more than 1,000 raids on high street stores over a four-year period. When police searched her home in a Wiltshire village they found £150,000 in cash, as well as stolen goods she had not yet returned. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/wiltshire-serial-fraudster-and-shoplifter-jailed Author : Steven Morris Publish date :

Westmeath fire service says it cannot yet confirm number dead after incident in KillucanA helicopter has crashed into a building in the Irish village of Killucan causing “a number of casualties”, the head of the local fire service has said, as emergency workers rushed to the scene.Irish police said the crash happened at approximately 3.30pm on Tuesday near the Co Westmeath village. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/30/helicopter-crashes-into-building-in-irish-village-casualties Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-07-30 16:30:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Inquiry into 1998 attack will ask whether ‘state authorities’ could have acted to prevent mass killingThe chair of the public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing by the Real IRA, the single worst atrocity in Northern Ireland’s Troubles, has said on its first day that its task would be undertaken “rigorously and fearlessly”.Twenty-nine people including a woman expecting twins were killed in the dissident republican attack and more than 200 were injured. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/chair-of-omagh-bombing-inquiry-pledges-to-work-rigorously-and-fearlessly Author : Shane Harrison Publish date : 2024-07-30 15:41:47 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Roughly 7% of reproductive-aged women have attempted to induce own abortion, up from 5% before fall of RoeRoughly 7% of w​​omen of reproductive age in the US have attempted to induce their own abortions outside the formal healthcare system, a new study has found, up from 5% before Roe v Wade fell in 2022.The study, published on Tuesday in the Jama medical journal, determined how many people reported ever “self-managing” their own abortion in 2021 and again in 2023 – a timeline that allowed researchers to examine how Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the supreme court case that overturned

Versailles banquet among lavish spending in 2023 that has plunged president’s office €8m into redThe French president’s office spent nearly €475,000 (£400,100) on a dinner for King Charles last year, the country’s top audit court said in a report cautioning about high spending.In September 2023, King Charles attended a lavish state banquet at the Palace of Versailles attended by more than 150 people, part of a “soft power” visit aimed at improving ties between London and Paris. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/french-audit-cautions-elysee-over-475k-cost-of-king-charles-dinner Author : Lili Bayer Publish date : 2024-07-30 14:07:21 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

US diplomatic efforts to constrain Israel’s reaction continue as Benjamin Netanyahu vows a ‘harsh’ responseMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesTwo barrages of rockets fired from Lebanon have killed one Israeli civilian in a kibbutz and injured another person, in attacks likely to add to political pressure inside Israel for a strong strike against Hezbollah and complicate a US-led push to de-escalate regional tensions.America has been leading a global diplomatic effort to deter Israel from hitting Beirut or Lebanese infrastructure in retaliation for a weekend rocket attack on the occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children as they played football.

Roy Cooper and Gretchen Whitmer rule themselves out as Harris nears decision on running mateThe North Carolina governor, Roy Cooper, was asked last week by the Harris campaign to be vetted for vice-president but declined to participate, according to a report.The Cooper team reached out to the Harris campaign a week ago on Monday – a day after Joe Biden left the race and endorsed Kamala Harris as his successor – to say he did not want to be considered, the New York Times reported, citing a source.As I’ve said from the beginning, she has an outstanding list of people

Angela Rayner announces draft policy billed as first step in Labour’s delivery of 1.5m new homesBusiness live – latest updatesCouncils in England could be forced to build on low-quality green belt sites to meet mandatory housebuilding targets as part of a government shake-up of planning rules.Under the new regime all local authorities will have a duty to deliver more homes, and unless they produce a clear plan for how this will happen ministers could step in and take over the process. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/30/housebuilding-targets-could-force-councils-in-england-to-build-on-grey-belt Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish date : 2024-07-30 12:21:39 Copyright

Barbara Butch has received homophobic abuseLegal complaint is precursor to possible police actionThe ongoing fallout from the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony took a legal turn on Tuesday, with Barbara Butch, a DJ who performed at the show, saying she is filing complaints over a torrent of online threats. In a letter posted to the Butch’s Instagram account, her lawyer wrote that the DJ “has been threatened with death, torture and rape, and has also been the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist and grossophobic insults.”Although the ceremony’s artistic director, Thomas Jolly, has repeatedly said that he wasn’t inspired by The

Watchdog reprimands Electoral Commission for not being up-to-date with security updates before hack in August 2021The UK’s election watchdog has been reprimanded over online security lapses that allowed the personal information of 40 million voters to be hacked.The Information Commissioner’s Office said the Electoral Commission had not kept its servers up-to-date with the latest security updates before the data breach, which occurred in August 2021 but was not identified until October 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/30/online-security-lapses-led-to-data-of-40m-uk-voters-being-hacked-says-ico Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent Publish date : 2024-07-30 11:09:22 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Singer speaks out after two children were killed in attack at workshop in English townSouthport stabbing attack – latest updatesTaylor Swift has said she is “completely in shock” after two children were killed and eight people left in a critical condition after an attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in Southport.In a post on Instagram, the US singer said: “The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously. I’m just completely in shock … The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families, and first

Police question 17-year-old over attack at dance class on Monday in which 11 children and two adults were stabbedEight people remain in a critical condition in hospital after two children were killed and several more injured in an attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.Eleven children and two adults were stabbed in what police described as a “ferocious attack” in a studio on Hart Street on Monday morning, 10 minutes before the class was due to end. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/people-in-critical-condition-southport-attack-stabbings Author : Jessica Murray, Hannah Al-Othman and Josh Halliday Publish date : 2024-07-30 09:38:02 Copyright

Dozens in hospital with injuries as difficult terrain and collapsed bridge hamper rescue efforts in Wayanad districtAt least 44 people have died and dozens more are missing after heavy rains led to a series of landslides in the Indian state of Kerala, with rescue operations hampered by the collapse of a main bridge.Government ministers confirmed that the bodies of 44 people had been uncovered so far and hundreds were feared missing after three massive landslides surged down the hills of the Western Ghats in Wayanad in southern India. About 70 people were being treated in hospital for injuries. Continue reading...

US is leading efforts to contain escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel after deadly Golan Heights strikeDruze leaders in the annexed Golan Heights have distanced themselves from Israeli threats to retaliate against Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, who Israel blamed for a deadly rocket strike on a Druze Arab town in the territory, the AFP reports.Most of Majdal Shams’s around 11,000 mainly Druze residents still identify as Syrian more than half a century after Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria and later annexed it in a move not recognised by the international community. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/30/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-lebanon-gaza-war-hamas-hezbollah Author

Follow the day’s news liveRex airlines ‘will have a future’: federal government suggests it will step in to save troubled companyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBurke blasts James Paterson’s ‘idiotic’ comment on security checks for PalestiniansTony Burke also swatted away assertions that he could not be trusted to ensure proper security checks for Palestinians hoping to flee to Australia from Gaza.Can I just say, what an idiotic comment from somebody who has clearly never been a minister.If that’s the character of my shadow, then yeah, we’ll just deal with what comes at us.Their

The chancellor and shadow chancellor are both on this morning’s media roundHusain asks about Hunt’s point about the estimates presented to parliament last week having different spending figures. (See 8.10am.)Reeves says the estimates presented to parliament last week were the ones from the last government. MPs needed to vote on them to give the government authority to spend money, she says. She says updated estimates will be published later this year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/30/rachel-reeves-uk-economy-labour-tories-jeremy-hunt-uk-politics Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2024-07-30 07:30:03 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Two children were killed and nine others were injured in the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance classKing Charles sent his “most heartfelt condolences” to the families and loved ones of the victims.He said: “My wife and I have been profoundly shocked to hear of the utterly horrific incident in Southport today. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2024/jul/30/southport-stabbing-latest-knife-attack-children-hospital-merseyside Author : Hamish Mackay Publish date : 2024-07-30 06:56:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chancellor will announce pause in work on a number of infrastructure projects, saying Conservatives ‘covered up’ true state of financesWhich UK infrastructure projects is Rachel Reeves likely to axe?Rachel Reeves will lay the ground for cuts to public spending, tax rises and delays to some infrastructure projects as she sets out the dire economic situation the Labour government inherited from the Conservative party.She is expected to pause work on a string of infrastructure projects on Monday, including Boris Johnson’s plan to build 40 hospitals and the proposed two-mile road tunnel bypassing Stonehenge. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/rachel-reeves-to-set-out-plans-to-fill-the-shortfall-in-public-finances-left-by-tories Author :

Use of the motorised luggage which is popular in parts of Asia, require safety equipment and a driver’s licence, according to Japanese lawAs record numbers of tourists flock to Japan to take advantage of the weakness of the Japanese yen, some are running into trouble with authorities thanks to the growing popularity of motorised, rideable suitcases.Two major Japanese airports have already asked travellers not to ride motorised suitcases within their facilities, according to Kyodo news agency, while police are urging domestic retailers to warn customers of the strict laws concerning their use. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/29/japan-rideable-luggage-suitcases-ban-crack-down-tourism Author :

Opinion polls suggest president Nicolás Maduro is facing possible defeat against little-known ex-diplomat Edmundo González UrrutiaVenezuela’s future was on a knife-edge on Sunday night after millions of voters headed to the polls to choose a new president and potentially end 25 years of socialist rule amid a historic economic and humanitarian meltdown.A quarter of a century after the paratrooper turned left-wing icon Hugo Chávez was democratically elected in 1998, opinion polls suggested the comandante’s strongman successor, Nicolás Maduro, was facing possible defeat after presiding over one of the worst peacetime economic collapses in modern history. Continue reading... Source link :