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The man, who is on trial after pleading not guilty to 12 charges, now faces nine charges which include five counts of rapeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA high-profile Sydney man has had three charges against him – including one count of rape – withdrawn for an undisclosed reason and the complainant will no longer appear before the court.The complainant who alleged the man had assaulted her three times, which led to the charges, was set to be the sixth and final complainant to appear before the

California governor rejects bill that would’ve helped Black families reclaim or be compensated for land taken unjustlyCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have helped Black families reclaim or be compensated for property that was unjustly taken by the government.The bill would have created a process for families to file a claim with the state if they believe the government seized their property through eminent domain due to discriminatory motives and without providing fair compensation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/gavin-newsom-vetoes-california-reparations-bill Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-09-26 01:54:52 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Once the indictment is released, Adams will become the first sitting mayor of the city to be criminally chargedEric Adams, the New York City mayor, has been indicted following a federal corruption investigation, according to the New York Times.It is still unclear what charges Adams, 64, will face. Once the indictment is released, he will be the first sitting New York City mayor to be criminally charged. Federal prosecutors are expected to layout the details of the charges Thursday, the newspaper reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/eric-adams-indicted-corruption-new-york-city Author : Coral Murphy Marcos and agencies Publish date : 2024-09-26 02:07:28

Inmate jailed in 2017 for 2015 murder and sexual assault of Mahmoud Hrouk, 16, dies in Lithgow correctional centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA notorious murderer who battered a teenage boy to death after raping him has been killed while serving a long jail stint for the “brutal and horrific” attack.Aymen Terkmani has died in the maximum-security Lithgow correctional centre after an assault on Wednesday that left the 31-year-old critically injured.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/26/aymen-terkmani-killed-in-prison-lithgow-nsw Author : Australian

French initiative comes amid tensions between US and Europe on how to press Israel to end offensive on HezbollahSee all our Middle East coverageA 21-day temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is being discussed by the US and France as a way of ending the crisis, French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has told the UN security council.The plan came as the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned that “hell is breaking loose” in the country, and the UK foreign secretary called for an immediate ceasefire, a joint statement on which the US has not endorsed. Continue reading... Source

Police arrest 31-year-old man in Concord after Sitaleki Filihiahekava died on Monday eveningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man will face court over the alleged stabbing death of another man on a busy Sydney street.The 31-year-old was arrested at Concord in the city’s inner-west on Wednesday afternoon and is due to face Burwood local court charged with murder on Thursday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/25/man-arrested-after-allegedly-fatally-stabbing-rugby-league-player-in-sydneys-marrickville-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-09-25 23:58:19 Copyright for syndicated content

Closure of hundreds of outlets hitting rural areas, older people and deprived communities hardest, according to Healthwatch EnglandHigh street pharmacies are closing at such an alarming rate that it threatens the drive to use them instead of GPs to care for millions of people, the NHS’s patient champion warns today.A total of 436 community pharmacies in England shut permanently last year and there were also 13,863 temporary closures, which stopped patients from obtaining health advice and medication.Cheshire and Merseyside ICB saw the most permanent closures last year – 51The North East and North Cumbria ICB had the highest number of

Ralph de la Torre, paid at least $250m by Steward Health Care amid facility issues and closures, ignored subpoenaThe US Senate has voted unanimously to hold the CEO of Steward Health Care in criminal contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena – marking the first time in more than 50 years that the chamber has moved to hold someone in criminal contempt.On Wednesday, the Senate voted to hold Ralph de la Torre in contempt of Congress after the 58-year-old head of the Massachusetts-based for-profit healthcare system – which declared bankruptcy earlier this year – ignored a congressional subpoena

Stephen Schwarzman’s Blackstone Group will fund data centre bringing 4,000 jobs to north-east EnglandKeir Starmer is set to announce the creation of a £10bn AI datacentre, bringing 4,000 jobs to north-east England, which will be funded by a private equity firm run by a big Donald Trump supporter.The prime minister is due to host chief executives in New York on Thursday, where he is trying to drum up interest in foreign investment into the UK. He will hail the investment in an “artificial intelligence datacentre” – due to be built in Blyth in Northumberland by Blackstone – as a “vote

Washington says Israel has legitimate security problem and more complex diplomatic agreement is requiredMiddle East crisis – live news updatesAn effort led by France and Britain to secure a joint statement by the UN security council calling for a ceasefire in Lebanon has stalled in the face of US objections.Washington is eager to avoid any suggestion there is any equivalence of blame for the eruption of the crisis that has led to the loss of life of hundreds of people in Lebanon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/us-thwarts-french-and-british-push-for-lebanon-ceasefire-call-at-un Author : Patrick Wintour in New York Publish date : 2024-09-25 21:45:03

Those onboard the bus had alleged they were ‘terrorised’ for over 90 minutes and calling 911 also did not yield any helpA federal jury in Texas on Monday cleared five supporters of Donald Trump but found one driver liable in a civil trial over a so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a busy highway days before the 2020 election.The two-week trial in a federal courthouse in Austin centered on whether the actions of the “Trump Train” participants amounted to political intimidation. Among those onboard the bus was Wendy Davis, the former Democratic lawmaker, who testified she

An alliance of unions is beginning two weeks of action at Melbourne airport this morning. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer and I’m going to run through some of the best overnight stories before Rafqa Touma comes along.Some Labor MPs say the government should not be afraid of considering reforms to negative gearing, with several caucus members saying they were “open” to fresh and bolder responses to the housing crisis. The debate over the possible reform of negative gearing – a

Employee is on leave as agency, under fire for lapses before assassination attempt on Trump, investigates accusationsThe US Secret Service has confirmed it is investigating accusations of sexual assault against one its agents, reportedly with the alleged victim being a female staff member of US vice president Kamala Harris’s election campaign team.The federal agency, already under fire over operational lapses that preceded the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July, confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday: “The employee has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/secret-service-harris-aide-assault Author : Edward Helmore

American envoy to UN urges humanitarian pause and says international community ‘cannot simply look away’What caused the civil war in Sudan?The United States has announced $424m in new aid for displaced and starving Sudanese, with the US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield saying all options for civilian protection must now be considered by the international community.Describing the war in Sudan as horrific and shaming for the whole world, she said it was now necessary “to compel, insist and demand that the warring parties agree a humanitarian pause to allow aid to flow and for citizens to flee”. Continue reading...

Storm forecasted to hit Florida’s Gulf coast on Thursday as 40 million people under severe weather warningsTropical Storm Helene strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday morning.The tempest was labeled a category 1 hurricane and the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it was packing maximum sustained winds of 80mph (128km/h) as it churned in the eastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/tropical-storm-helene-florida-hurricane Author : Edward Helmore and agency Publish date : 2024-09-25 18:48:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Santa Barbara county authorities tell people to avoid area amid reports suspect had thrown bag into courtroomAuthorities responded to a report of a small explosion at the courthouse in Santa Maria, California, on Wednesday.“Santa Maria courthouse: report of an explosion. Please avoid the area. Scene has not been deemed safe. More info to follow,” the Santa Barbara county sheriff’s office said in a post on X. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/california-santa-maria-courthouse-explosion-report Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2024-09-25 17:59:33 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

After Ukrainian president’s appeal to world leaders in general assembly speech, Putin escalates nuclear rhetoricVolodymyr Zelenskyy has told the United Nations that Russia is planning to attack Ukrainian nuclear power plants as he repeated his calls for unity from world leaders in order to force Russia to the negotiating table to conclude a “just peace”.His comments came as Vladimir Putin on Wednesday escalated his nuclear rhetoric, telling a group of senior officials that Russia would consider using nuclear weapons if it was attacked by any state with conventional weapons. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/russia-ukraine-zelensky-un-speech Author : Andrew Roth in

Bill by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government comes down hard on climate activists and migrantsDemonstrations are being held across Italy on Wednesday evening against a new security bill described as “repressive” and “dangerous for the country’s democracy”.The raft of 24 laws contained in the bill, which passed its first hurdle in the lower house of parliament last week and now needs approval in the senate, is the latest attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to get tough on law and order. It comes down especially hard on climate activists and migrants. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/demonstrations-being-held-in-italy-against-repressive-security-bill Author : Angela Giuffrida

Senate inquiry finds there was no clear security decision-making at rally and general communications chaosThe breadth of known Secret Service errors that led up to Donald Trump’s first near-assassination in July widened on Wednesday with the release of a report by the US Senate that found there was no one clearly in charge of decision-making for security at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that day – causing “foreseeable, preventable” failings prior to the former president being shot.The catalogue of security errors that allowed a would-be assassin to fire seven rounds at Trump at the election rally include failing to set

US intelligence officials warn Republican nominee of ‘specific threats’ unrelated to two recent attemptsUS intelligence officials have briefed Donald Trump about a suspected Iranian plot to kill him, his campaign has said.The briefing, from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is believed to have focused on a scheme unrelated to two failed domestic assassination attempts against the Republican nominee for president, and came amid reports suggesting that Iran is conducting an ongoing hack against Trump’s campaign. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/trump-iran-assassination-plot Author : Robert Tait in Washington Publish date : 2024-09-25 15:48:02 Copyright for syndicated content

Ballot backs rise of 4.5% this year from train companies and from Network Rail, reducing chance of more strikesBusiness live – latest updatesRail workers have voted to accept pay offers by train companies and Network Rail, reducing the prospect of a repeat of the national strikes that have caused misery for passengers over the last two years.Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) voted overwhelmingly to support the pay offers that will result in pay increases of more than 4%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/25/rmt-rail-workers-vote-to-accept-pay-deal-train-strikes Author : Jack Simpson Publish date : 2024-09-25 15:02:15

In the graveyard slot is Wes Streeting, giving it his best shot with a greatest hits compilation to a half-empty hall• UK politics live – latest updatesEver get the feeling you’ve woken up to the zombie apocalypse? When you left the conference on Tuesday afternoon, the place was buzzing. Delegates talking about Keir Starmer’s speech. Trying to get on the guest list to the hottest parties that night.Then on Wednesday morning, you find that half the conference has disappeared. Just vanished. And those that remain appear to be wandering round in circles. Hungover, trying to work out what’s going on.

Figures give EU diplomats more hope of reaching a post-Brexit deal to allow young holiday workers into UK Just 23,000 people came to the UK last year to work as part of the British youth mobility scheme, a fraction of the overall net migration and one that may allay fears in the Labour government as it comes under pressure to let in young EU holiday workers.Most of the people on the youth mobility scheme (YMS) visa programme in 2023 were from Australia, with 9,900 workers, and New Zealand, with 5,300. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/25/23000-people-came-uk-youth-mobility-visas-brexit-deal Author : Lisa O'Carroll

Former Tory minister to take reins at magazine bought recently by Paul Marshall, with Charles Moore as chairThe former cabinet minister Michael Gove has been named as the new editor of the Spectator magazine, weeks after the GB News backer Sir Paul Marshall completed a £100m takeover of the politically right-leaning magazine.Gove, who will take over from Fraser Nelson on 4 October, will be joined by the former Daily Telegraph and Spectator editor Charles Moore who has been named as chair. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/25/michael-gove-named-as-spectator-editor-after-gb-news-backers-takeover Author : Mark Sweney Publish date : 2024-09-25 13:20:09 Copyright for syndicated content

Prosecutors say Moroccan suspect had previously been convicted of rape and ordered to leave FranceFrance’s new rightwing interior minister has said there will be consequences after a Moroccan man suspected of murdering a 19-year-old university student and leaving her body in a forest was arrested in Switzerland.A source close to the case said the alleged attacker was a 22-year-old man of Moroccan nationality. Prosecutors have said the suspect had been previously convicted of rape and had been the subject of an order to leave France. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/french-minister-vows-to-change-immigration-rules-after-student-murder Author : Agence France-Presse in Paris Publish date :