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Man shot dead after French synagogue set on fire
via bbc.comThe man was armed with a knife and a metallic tool and was shot by an officer after he threatened the police. -
Middle East live: Hamas official says nobody knows how many of the remaining hostages are alive
via theguardian.comSpeaking to CNN, Hamas spokesperson says any deal to release the hostages would need to include a permanent ceasefireSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverage and the wider Middle East crisisFuel shortages are pushing hospitals in Gaza to the “brink of collapse”, with people facing dehydration, disease and starvation, the charity ActionAid has warned.Dr Mohammad Salha, acting director of al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza, said a lot of services at the hospital were affected by the lack of -
‘Laughing at God is not blasphemy’: Pope Francis opens Vatican doors to comedians
via theguardian.comMore than 100 comics from around the world including Jimmy Fallon and Chris Rock visited the pontiff on FridayPope Francis said that laughing at God “is not blasphemy” as he met more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on Friday, encouraging them to use their powerful gift of humour to spread laughter “in the midst of so much gloomy news”.The pontiff, himself prone to the odd quip, invited comedians including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyf -
General election live: Farage claims he is ‘leader of the opposition’ and demands one-to-one debate with Starmer
via theguardian.comReform UK leader says he should also take part in planned leaders’ debate on BBCSign up for Election Edition, our UK election newsletterIntroducing a cap on adult social care costs by October next year is part of Labour’s plan if they win the election, Wes Streeting has insisted, although the pledge did not appear in the party’s manifesto.Asked whether he could make a firm commitment to bringing in the cap in October 2025, PA Media reports he told BBC Radio 4’s Today prog -
‘Absolute outrage’: arts in state schools must be a priority for next government, say theatre leaders
via theguardian.comSir Nicholas Hytner, Nancy Medina and Theresa Heskins stress importance of sidelined drama, dance and music studies and say the arts are a ‘necessity for all’Addressing the erosion and devaluation of the arts in state schools must be a priority for the next government, leading theatre figures in England have urged.Sir Nicholas Hytner, who ran the National Theatre in London for 12 years, said that state schools “have been robbed” and that restoring arts education was a mat -
Portrayal of character in Steve Coogan’s film The Lost King is defamatory, judge rules
via theguardian.comCoogan, production company Baby Cow and Pathe, the distributors of the 2022 film, will now face a full trialThe portrayal of a former university official in Steve Coogan’s film about the discovery of the remains of Richard III is defamatory, a high court judge has ruled.Richard Taylor, a former deputy registrar at the University of Leicester, is suing Coogan, the production company Baby Cow, and the distributors Pathe. Continue reading... -
French leftwing parties form ‘Popular Front’ to contest snap election
via theguardian.comSocialists, Greens, Communists and France Unbowed to have joint platform with a candidate in every constituencyFrance’s four main leftwing parties have agreed to form a “New Popular Front” (NPF) to contest the snap election, as the far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she would seek a “national unity government” if her National Rally (RN) wins.The Socialist party (PS), Greens, Communists and France Unbowed (LFI), led by the hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélench -
Tories face new questions over Sunak aide who placed bet on July election
via theguardian.comLabour has asked what role Craig Williams played in election date discussions and when party knew about betUK general election live – latest updatesThe Conservative party is facing new questions over the role Rishi Sunak’s closest parliamentary aide played in pre-election discussions before he placed a bet on the poll date days before it was announced.Labour has written to Richard Holden, the Tory party chair, demanding more answers on the scandal that has further marred the party&rs -
Runaway horses set to steal show at trooping the colour on Saturday
via theguardian.comCameras expected to be trained on three Household Cavalry steeds that galloped through London in AprilThe bearskins, marching bands and palace balcony appearances that ensure trooping the colour is an annual crowd-puller will face competition when this year’s military spectacle takes place on Saturday.King Charles and Queen Camilla will be there, though in a small concession to his cancer treatment, Charles will review the King’s Birthday Parade from an Ascot landau carriage rather t -
US bank Wells Fargo fires employees for ‘simulating’ being at their keyboards
via theguardian.comWorkers were sacked after review found they were ‘creating impression of active work’, says filingBusiness live – latest updatesThe US bank Wells Fargo has fired more than a dozen workers for alleged “simulation of keyboard activity”, in an apparent attempt to fool their employer into thinking they were working.The employees were “discharged after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work”, accordi -
Hamas official says nobody knows how many hostages are still alive | First Thing
via theguardian.comHamas spokesperson says Israeli tanks have advanced on Rafah. Plus: Scotland’s burgeoning seaweed industryGood morning.With the safe return of the hostages crucial to any deal for a ceasefire, a senior Hamas official has said that “no one has an idea” how many of the 120 remaining hostages in Gaza are alive.What is happening in Gaza? Israeli tanks advanced into the western part of Rafah on Thursday as the city came under intense helicopter, drone and artillery fire in what resi -
‘No one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are alive, says Hamas official
via theguardian.comOsama Hamdan’s comments signal group’s position on ceasefire proposalremains largely unchangedIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesA senior Hamas official has said the group does not know how many of the Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza are still alive, as Israeli and Hamas sources set out positions that could undermine the possibility of an imminent ceasefire deal.The Lebanon-based Hamas official Osama Hamdan said in an interview with CNN that “no one has any idea” -
Top CDC officials warns US needs ‘more tests’ in face of bird flu fears
via theguardian.comAgency principal deputy director wants more testing of farm workers who work in proximity to affected animalsThere is not enough testing for bird flu among people and animals in the US, says Dr Nirav Shah, principal deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – but he is wary of pushing the issue and damaging fragile trust among farm workers and owners.“We would like to be doing more tests,” Shah said. “We’d like to be testing particul -
ANC strikes coalition deal with free-market DA, South Africa media reports
via theguardian.comCountry’s second-largest party reportedly agrees to support re-election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is poised to be re-elected after the African National Congress struck a coalition deal with the country’s second largest party, the pro-business Democratic Alliance, local media reported, as MPs were sworn in before parliament votes for the president.Under the agreement, which is not yet public, the DA will support Ramaphosa’s -
Massachusetts allows transport of marijuana to Martha’s Vineyard in a first
via theguardian.comRegulation had barred moving cannabis over state waters which risked running afoul of federal lawsCannabis regulators in Massachusetts have issued an administrative order that will allow marijuana to be transported to the state’s famous islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket for the first time.The order came amid reports Martha’s Vineyard was about to run out of pot, with one dispensary temporarily closing in May and the other saying it would close by September without furt -
Australia’s south-east to endure more wintry weather after Melbourne records coldest day in five years
via theguardian.comBoM says south-east can expect cold days and frosty nights with below-average temperatures continuing into the coming week Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWintry conditions across south eastern Australia will continue into the weekend, with rain expected in parts of Victoria, New South Wales, and Western Australia.Melbourne recovered slightly from a high of only 10.1C on Thursday, its coldest day in fi -
Australian War Memorial allegedly defaced with pro-Palestine graffiti, police say
via theguardian.comACT police say man allegedly graffitied the outside of building and the ground with ‘pro-Palestine slogans’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian War Memorial has been allegedly defaced with pro-Palestine graffiti, ACT police have said.The police said a man allegedly graffitied three areas on the outside of the Canberra building and on the ground in a publicly accessible area about 1am on Friday morning. Police would not say what the g -
Weather tracker: State of emergency in Florida as heavy rain causes flooding
via theguardian.comEmergency services conduct at least 40 rescues and schools, courts and railways closed in some countiesSignificant amounts of rain in the past two days have led the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, to declare a state of emergency for the counties of Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade and Sarasota, while the mayors of Miami-Dade, Miami and Fort Lauderdale also declared a state of emergency.This has resulted in a number of closures for public schools, courts and Dania Beach’s city hall, where -
University of Sydney orders students protesting in support of Gaza to leave after almost two months
via theguardian.comSpokesperson says ‘the encampment has taken over this shared space to the exclusion of others’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe University of Sydney has ordered students protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza to leave a controversial encampment that has been on the campus since April.A university spokesperson said on Friday that it had told the encampment’s leadership “we require them to vacate the encampment to allow othe -
Police investigate after pro-Palestinian slogans graffitied on Canberra war memorial – as it happened
via theguardian.comThis blog is now closedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe education minister, Jason Clare, has said stricter regulations on social media for teenagers had bipartisan support.Speaking to Channel 7’s Sunrise, Clare called social media a “cesspit”, and added that Labor’s age verification trial would be the first step to protecting young people.I think we all agree that social media’s a cesspit. We all agree we don’t want -
Prominent China #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin sentenced to five years in jail, supporters say
via theguardian.comSophia Huang Xueqin, who reported on #MeToo movement and Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, sentenced along with labour activist Wang JianbingA Chinese court has sentenced the prominent #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin to five years in jail and the labour activist Wang Jianbing to three and a half years, almost 1,000 days after they were detained on allegations of inciting state subversion, according to supporters.On Friday, supporters of the pair said the court had found them guilty and giv -
Dozens of hikers report illness on trips to waterfalls by Arizona’s Grand Canyon
via theguardian.comPeople camping on Havasupai reservation say they vomited and had fever as health officers look into source of outbreakDozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon national park.Madelyn Melchiors, a 32-year-old veterinarian from Kingman, Arizona, said she was vomiting severely Monday evening and had a fever that endured for days after camping on the Havasupai reservati -
Police offer $1m reward to solve murder of Maria James inside Melbourne bookshop
via theguardian.comCatholic priest Anthony Bongiorno and Peter Keogh, both dead, previously named as persons of interestGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 44 years after Maria James’s brutal murder in her Melbourne bookshop, her two sons hope a $1m reward will finally unmask her killer.James, whose second-hand bookshop on High Street at Thornbury in Melbourne’s north also functioned as her home, was killed there on 17 June 1980 in what her son Mark described -
Children near Amsterdam airport use inhalers more, study finds
via theguardian.comResults show increase in symptoms such as wheeziness in presence of high aviation-related ultrafine particlesAs the public hearings for London Gatwick airport’s northern runway resume, researchers from the Netherlands have found greater inhaler use in children living near Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.Stand close to a large airport and, if the wind is in the wrong direction, each cubic centimetre of air that you breathe will contain tens of thousands of ultrafine particles (UFP). Cont -
Ukraine-Russia war – live: G7 leaders agree to $50bn loan for Ukraine as drones strike Russian oil refinery
Volodymyr Zekensky hails US-Ukraine agreement as ‘unprecedented’ but deal will not commit US troops directly to Kyiv’s defence -
US and South Korea sound warning amid reports Putin is headed to North Korea
via theguardian.comCivilian aircraft have been cleared from Pyongyang’s airport and there are signs of preparations for a possible parade in Kim Il-sung SquareThe US and South Korea have warned Vladimir Putin against forging closer military ties with North Korea, as speculation grows that the Russian leader will visit the secretive state in the coming days.Putin is planning to meet the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in a reciprocal visit following Kim’s weeklong trip to Russia last September, media -
Independent MP Kylea Tink’s electorate of North Sydney to be abolished under AEC proposal
via theguardian.comNew South Wales draft boundaries would also affect the seats of Bennelong and Bradfield, held by Labor and Liberals respectivelyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Electoral Commission has recommended one of the country’s oldest electorates, North Sydney, be abolished in a boundary shake-up that could have far-reaching consequences for the major parties.After reviewing population chang -
Who is Alex Jones? The conspiracist and dietary supplement salesman built an empire over decades
Alex Jones has pushed many theories over the last three decades, including that the U.S. government was behind or failed to stop the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks -
Neil Jordan claims ex-taoiseach told him of money-for-endorsement agreement
via theguardian.comIrish director says Garret FitzGerald said he was expecting payment from Warner Bros for endorsing Michael Collins biopic – which son refutesWhen the Irish film director and screenwriter Neil Jordan’s biopic of Michael Collins was released in 1996, it unleashed criticism from historians and politicians who contested its depiction of the rebel leader and Ireland’s war of independence.Some disputed Liam Neeson’s portrayal of the doomed, charismatic guerrilla chief and his r -
Twenty-three sets of twins graduate from single Massachusetts middle school
Identical and fraternal twins graduate from Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts
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