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Police have asked the public not to help in latest search for Ballarat woman allegedly murdered after she disappeared in FebruaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMultiple branches of Australian police are undertaking a targeted search for the body of missing woman Samantha Murphy who disappeared more than seven months ago.The 51-year-old Ballarat mother was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street to go for a run in the Canadian state forest on the morning of 4 February. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/25/samantha-murphy-search-ballarat-woman-victoria-nsw-police-afp-ntwnfb Author

Williams long maintained his innocence and the killing was opposed by victim’s family, jurors and office that tried himMissouri executed a man on death row on Tuesday, despite objections from prosecutors who sought to have his conviction overturned and have supported his claims of innocence.Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, 55, was killed by lethal injection, ending a legal battle that has sparked widespread outrage as the office that originally tried the case suggested he was wrongfully convicted. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams Author : Sam Levin Publish date : 2024-09-24 23:17:06 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ryan Wesley Routh accused of plotting to kill Republican nominee at West Palm Beach golf course earlier this monthA man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted on Tuesday on charges that he attempted to assassinate a major presidential candidate.Ryan Wesley Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offenses. The upgraded charges reflect the justice department’s assessment that he methodically plotted to kill the Republican nominee, aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surrounding Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course

Leading health figures in UK blame misconception that the number one killer of women is a ‘man’s disease’Thousands of women are dying from heart disease worldwide because of the misconception that it is a “man’s disease”, doctors and scientists say.Cardiovascular disease (CVD) was the “number one killer” of women but, despite significant progress in its medical management, many were dying “unnecessarily” because they were underdiagnosed, undertreated and under-represented in clinical trials, the experts said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/24/women-dying-unnecessarily-of-heart-disease-say-experts Author : Andrew Gregory Health editor Publish date : 2024-09-24 22:30:10 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

East coast could see wind, solar and hydro reach 42% of energy supply this year. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWe have more on the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek’s approval of three coalmine expansions on Tuesday from Graham Readfearn here.In a step described by conservationists as reckless and “the opposite of climate action”, at least two of the mines, Narrabri and Mount Pleasant, will target thermal coal for export and burning in power stations.There’s a range of everyday common health conditions that are unnecessarily blocking up our emergency departments and contributing to

Storm developing over Caribbean could become category 4 hurricane by Thursday as evacuations ordered in FloridaJoe Biden declared a state of emergency footing for Florida on Tuesday afternoon as the state braced for the prospect of Tropical Storm Helene swelling into a powerful hurricane heading for the state’s Gulf coast.The US president ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local responses and the action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate hardship and suffering, the White House said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/24/florida-hurricane-watch-cayman-islands Author : Anna

Ukrainian president accuses Putin of violating UN foundations and says war cannot be ended by talks aloneIn a forceful speech to the UN security council, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on a broad alliance of nations to “force Russia into peace”, saying that Vladimir Putin has violated the foundations of the United Nations and that the war “can’t be conquered by talks” alone.Addressing the council, of which Russia is a permanent member, Zelenskyy accused Moscow of committing “international crimes” by targeting Ukrainian civilians and energy infrastructure, and claimed he had proof that Putin is plotting to target three

Democratic nominee focuses campaign on ‘reproductive freedom’ and says 60-vote threshold should be abolishedKamala Harris has called for an end to the Senate filibuster to make good on her pledge to restore the right to abortion through legislation.The US vice-president, herself a former senator, told a radio station in Wisconsin that eliminating the filibuster – which sets a 60-vote threshold in the 100-seat upper chamber of the US Congress – would be necessary to codify the rights that were enshrined in Roe v Wade, the 1973 supreme court ruling that upheld the right to legal abortion throughout the US until

Comedian Joe Lycett declares United States of Birmingham with 10 US towns and cities that share the nameResidents of Birmingham often admit the city is not accustomed to blowing its own trumpet – still maligned and mocked by others, it tends to favour self-deprecating humour.So the launch of the inaugural International Day of Birmingham (IDOB), celebrated with cheerleaders, confetti cannon and actual trumpets, is not what you would expect to see on a walk through the city centre on a Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/24/brummies-celebrate-inaugural-international-day-of-birmingham Author : Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-24 18:33:49 Copyright

PM tells Labour conference he will not con people with false hope but says difficult trade-offs will help bring ‘national renewal’UK politics live – latest updatesBritain can become a country of pride, wealth and stability if the public accepts a series of difficult “trade-offs”, rejects nimbyism and sees through the Conservatives’ populist “lies”, Keir Starmer has said.In his first Labour conference speech as prime minister, he urged the public to keep faith amid difficult and sometimes unpopular choices made by the government, telling them he understood their impatience for real change. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/24/keep-the-faith-starmer-urges-as-he-vows-to-build-a-new-britain Author : Pippa

A further 175,000 pensioners are likely to stop receiving allowance under such plans, official figures showUK politics live – latest updatesA further 175,000 pensioners could lose the winter fuel allowance if the benefit becomes means tested, data suggests.About 11.6 million people in the UK received the benefit last winter, an increase of 214,000 on the previous year, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The overwhelming majority are to have this removed this winter under plans announced by the Labour government to cut spending on the benefit. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/24/winter-fuel-allowance-lose-payment-means-tested

Sunnah Khan, 12, and Joe Abbess, 17, drowned in May 2023 after they were caught in a rip tideThe family of a 12-year-old girl who drowned off Bournemouth beach have told an inquest that they questioned the conduct of the “very young” and “panicked” lifeguards who took 50 minutes to find her in shallow water.Sunnah Khan, 12, and Joe Abbess, 17, drowned last May, and eight other people were treated by paramedics, after they were caught in a rip tide next to the pier at the Dorset seaside resort. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/24/bournemouth-lifeguards-panicked-say-family-of-girl-who-drowned-in-sea Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish

US president assumes mantle of elder statesman, defending his foreign policy record and urging Gaza dealUS politics live – follow updatesJoe Biden has sought to defend his foreign policy achievements on the world stage with an address to the United Nations general assembly against a backdrop of three brutal, intractable wars that have stymied world diplomats seeking an end to the bloodshed.Addressing the assembly hall in New York on Tuesday, Biden took on the mantle of elder statesman as he alternated between a message of hope and a full-throated defense of his record on foreign policy. Continue reading... Source link

Suspects aged 52 and 18 being held after 15-year-old Daejaun Campbell stabbed in Woolwich, south-east LondonTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death a schoolboy with a zombie knife in south-east London, police said.The suspects, aged 52 and 18, are being questioned over the murder of 15-year-old Daejaun Campbell who cried out, “I’m 15, don’t let me die”, as a local woman tried to save his life. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/24/met-arrests-two-men-on-suspicion-of-schoolboy-zombie-knife Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-24 16:18:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Country held chair due to rotating presidency despite Orbán government being under EU sanctions procedureHungary’s government has presided over EU talks on upholding democratic standards across the continent, in a development one prominent MEP described as “outrageous”.Viktor Orbán’s government has been under an EU sanctions procedure since 2018 for posing a “systemic threat” to democracy and the rule of law. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/24/outrage-as-hungary-presides-over-eu-meeting-on-democratic-standards Author : Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Publish date : 2024-09-24 15:52:49 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Tulip Siddiq says she will make a decision after Financial Conduct Authority reports back to her The City minister has asked the financial watchdog to rethink plans to ‘name and shame’ some firms it investigates, suggesting she could overrule it.Speaking at the fringes of the Labour party conference, Tulip Siddiq said she has held several meetings with the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, to question them about their plans before determining if she will allow them to proceed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/24/minister-naming-and-shaming-tulip-siddiq-financial-conduct-authority Author : Anna Isaac Publish date : 2024-09-24 15:16:11 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Firm’s former investigator claims he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns over 2017 attack on Tundu LissuGunmen tried to assassinate a Tanzanian opposition politician after a telecoms company secretly passed his mobile phone data to the government, according to evidence heard in a London tribunal.The mobile phone company Tigo provided 24/7 phone call and location data belonging to Tundu Lissu to Tanzanian authorities in the weeks prior to the attempt on his life in September 2017. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/24/firm-disclosed-phone-data-of-shot-tanzanian-politician-tundu-lissu-uk-tribunal Author : David Pegg Publish date : 2024-09-24 14:58:53 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Biden will make one of the final big speeches of his presidency at 10am ET to the UN general assembly in New YorkJoe Biden is taking the stage now in New York City, where he’ll address heads of state gathered for the United Nations general assembly.This will be Biden’s final address to the global body as president. We’ll let you know what he has to say. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/sep/24/biden-trump-harris-election-updates Author : Chris Stein Publish date : 2024-09-24 14:12:58 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Authorities search for gunman who killed four and wounded 17 on Saturday as manhunt enters third dayAs authorities in Alabama entered a third day searching for those responsible for carrying out a shooting outside a nightclub that killed four people and wounded 17 on Saturday night, they are offering a combined reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to arrests.The mass murder in question occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, just after 11pm on Saturday. Police say that multiple people pulled up outside a nightclub in a vehicle, jumped out of the car, fired guns and then fled the scene. Continue

Study finds highest yearly number of prosecutions related to pregnancy – and experts say that is likely an undercountIn the year Roe v Wade was overturned, at least 200 people in the US were prosecuted for conduct relating to their pregnancies – the highest number of cases in a single year ever recorded, according to a new report released on Tuesday.The report, compiled by the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice, is the first comprehensive accounting of pregnancy-related criminal charges between June 2022 and June 2023, but researchers warn that it is still likely an undercount. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/abortion-prosecutions-roe-v-wade

One person voted before issue reported and system for overseas and military voters corrected mistakeKamala Harris’s name initially didn’t appear as a candidate for president on Montana’s online absentee voting system for residents who are overseas or serving in the military, the secretary of state’s office there said on Monday.The system went live on Friday morning. One person had voted when another voter reported the name of Harris, the Democratic vice-president, was not displayed on the electronic system, officials said.Guardian staff contributed reporting Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/kamala-harris-montana-absentee-voting Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-09-24 12:26:28 Copyright for

Criminal case opened after use of Sarco capsule – which releases nitrogen gas – near forest cabin in MerishausenPolice in northern Switzerland say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule”.The “Sarco” capsule, which has never been used before, is designed to allow a person inside to push a button that injects nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber. The person is then supposed to fall asleep and die by suffocation in a few minutes.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone

Exclusive: Group says giving votes to children as young as six would push governments to tackle long-term issuesA group of academics and activists have launched a global campaign to enfranchise children, by pledging to give their own votes to a young person until the voting age is significantly lowered or abolished.Some members of the Children’s Voting Colloquium have already voted on behalf of a child even if this has meant opting for a different political party or candidate of their choice. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/24/activists-pledge-to-give-their-votes-away-to-children-in-global-campaign Author : Matthew Weaver Publish date : 2024-09-24 11:01:53 Copyright for syndicated content

Ex-Alameda CEO and ex-girlfriend of fallen crypto mogul pleaded guilty, but prosecutors signalled lenient sentenceCaroline Ellison, the former crypto executive and romantic partner of the disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, is slated to be sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. Ellison was a central figure in the FTX bankruptcy saga and key witness for the prosecution in the $8bn fraud trial that ended with Bankman-Fried’s conviction.Ellison served as the CEO of Alameda Research, which was the trading arm of the now defunct FTX crypto exchange. The collapse of FTX, once valued at $32bn, was directly linked to revelations that

Prosecutors say Iranians hacked SMS operator to send thousands of texts whose ‘aim was to create division’Swedish prosecutors have accused Iran’s intelligence service of hacking an SMS operator in 2023 to send messages encouraging people to take revenge on protesters who had burned copies of the Qur’an.Sweden’s prosecution authority said on Tuesday that 15,000 messages “calling for revenge” were sent in the summer of 2023 after a slew of protests involving desecrations of the Qur’an.“The aim was to create division in Swedish society,” the authority said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/24/sweden-accuses-iran-over-revenge-messages-after-2023-quran-burnings Author : Agence France-Presse in Stockholm Publish date