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• 'He is evil': Survivor slams US church shooter as trial opens

  07-12-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A survivor of last year's attack on black parishioners at a historic Charleston church gave emotional testimony about watching her son die as the trial of the self-described white supremacist accused of the crime began Wednesday. Dylann Roof, who prosecutors say gunned down nine people in June last year in a cold-blooded and calculated attack, went on trial on federal hate crimes charges, and could face the death penalty if convicted. Roof turned his gun on a Bible study class at the "Mother Ema
  
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• Man detained by Home Office told he is being sent to Rwanda, says NGO

  01-05-2024 00:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Sudanese man being held in Croydon after arriving for routine sign-in believed to be first potential deportation under new lawAn asylum seeker who turned up for a routine Home Office appointment on Monday was detained and told that he was being sent to Rwanda, an NGO has said.In what is believed to be the first potential deportation case under the Rwanda scheme since Rishi Sunak’s bill received royal assent, the Sudanese man was held in Croydon, south London, the organisation Soas Detainee
  
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• Australia news live: Chalmers touts India ties despite revelations of ‘nest of spies’; NSW police investigate drive-by shooting

  01-05-2024 00:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers were called to Merrylands, in western Sydney, overnight. Follow the today’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we flagged earlier, the treasurer Jim Chalmers will today announce foreign investment changes, with approvals to be made quicker and greater scrutiny to be placed on potential risks.You can read all the details on this from Peter Hannam below:Right now, we treat investments from right around the world more or less the same
  
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• Australia news live: companies bidding for Victoria’s offshore wind zone get green tick from Bowen; NSW police investigate drive-by shooting

  30-04-2024 23:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers were called to Merrylands, in western Sydney, overnight. Follow the today’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we flagged earlier, the treasurer Jim Chalmers will today announce foreign investment changes, with approvals to be made quicker and greater scrutiny to be placed on potential risks.You can read all the details on this from Peter Hannam below:Right now, we treat investments from right around the world more or less the same
  
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• Court issues arrest warrant for Central African Republic’s former president

  30-04-2024 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  François Bozizé is wanted by the special criminal court over possible crimes against humanity, including tortureA UN-backed court has issued an arrest warrant for the Central African Republic’s former president François Bozizé over possible crimes against humanity committed by the military between 2009 and 2013.The alleged crimes include murder, enforced disappearance, torture, rape and other inhumane acts, according to the special criminal court (CPS), a hybrid
  
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• Slow 999 response times forcing many more people to find own way to A&E

  30-04-2024 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Figures for England obtained by Lib Dems show that 500,000 people in ‘very urgent’ need travelled to hospital without ambulance in 2023Growing numbers of seriously ill people are making their own way to A&E in what has been called an “Uber ambulance crisis”, because 999 response times are too slow.A&E doctors said that while they understood that people are acting out of “desperation”, they are taking a serious risk with their health, especially if they
  
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• Ontario: grandparents and infant killed in wrong-way police pursuit crash

  30-04-2024 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Vehicle driving wrong way on highway was being pursued by police after alleged liquor store robbery, causing six-vehicle collisionTwo grandparents and their infant grandchild have been killed on a highway east of Toronto after a van being chased by police crashed while going the wrong way, causing a six-vehicle collision.The chase late on Monday was triggered by an alleged liquor store robbery, and the crash also left the suspect in the chased van dead, police in Canada said on Tuesday. Continue
  
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• Michael Cohen said ‘I’ll just do it myself’ after delay of Stormy Daniels payment, her ex-lawyer tells court – as it happened

  30-04-2024 23:17 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reports from the trial here:Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer tells trial about texts with ex-Enquirer editorTrump fined $9,000 over gag order violationsRight now, prosecutor Rebecca Mangold is continuing to question banker Gary Farro about documents associated with Michael Cohen’s LLC, Essential Consultants, for which he opened a bank account.Remember: prosecutors said that Cohen used Essential Consultants to funnel money to Stormy Danie
  
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• Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer questioned about texts with former Enquirer editor

  30-04-2024 23:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Hush-money trial hears about ex-National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard asking Keith Davidson: ‘Did he cheat on Melania?’Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial heated up on Tuesday afternoon as Keith Davidson, former attorney for both Stormy Daniels, the adult film actor, and Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model, was questioned by prosecutors about texts in which he was asked whether Trump had cheated on his wife.In those texts, former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard as
  
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• Trump reveals plans to surveil pregnant women and deport millions if re-elected

  30-04-2024 22:58 via theguardian.com
  
  In sweeping interview with Time, ex-president says he would prosecute Bidens and fire any US attorney who disobeyed himDonald Trump has warned that Joe Biden and his family could face multiple criminal prosecutions once he leaves office unless the US supreme court awards Trump immunity in his own legal battles with the criminal justice system.In a sweeping interview with Time magazine, Trump painted a startling picture of his second term, from how he would wield the justice department to how he
  
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• Mike Johnson denies collaborating with Democrats to defeat attempt to remove him – as it happened

  30-04-2024 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest report on this topic here:Democrats vow to block Taylor Greene effort to remove House speakerAt a press conference today, Republican speaker of the House Mike Johnson denied making a deal with Democrats to defeat a far-right attempt to remove him as the chamber’s leader:Rightwing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is behind the attempt to remove Johnson as speaker, accused him of a “slimy back room deal” with House De
  
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• Democrats vow to block Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove House speaker

  30-04-2024 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries says far-right Georgia congresswoman’s motion to oust Mike Johnson ‘will not succeed’Democratic leaders in the US House of Representatives vowed that the Georgia extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene “will not succeed” if she triggers an attempt to remove the Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, from his role.In response, Greene promised to press on in her quest to show Johnson the door. Continue reading...
  
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• New Orleans archdiocese is target of child sex-trafficking inquiry, officials say

  30-04-2024 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Louisiana state police recently served sweeping and unprecedented search warrant The Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans is the target of an active child sex-trafficking investigation, according to a sweeping and unprecedented search warrant Louisiana state police recently served on an organization that for decades has been submerged in the global church’s clergy molestation scandal.The clerk at the state criminal courthouse where the warrant was signed released the 11-page document
  
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• String of killings have put spotlight on adequacy of mental health care in UK

  30-04-2024 21:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Hainault attack may be latest incident linked to mental ill-health, at a time when NHS services are strugglingWhile the full picture of the Hainault attack is yet to emerge, the early briefings from the Metropolitan police were clear: a key line of inquiry, in terms of possible motive, was whether the suspect has a history of mental ill-health.If the police hunches are correct, the tragedy may turn out to be the latest in a series of high-profile killings that have focused public attention on th
  
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• Hainault: man arrested on suspicion of murder after 14-year-old boy dies in east London sword attack – as it happened

  30-04-2024 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers say 36-year-old suspect is in hospital and they can find no evidence of prior involvement with police Tell us: how have you been affected by the incident in Hainault?The home secretary, James Cleverly, said he is being regularly updated about the incident in Hainault and thanked emergency responders for responding to the attack.“I would urge people not to speculate or share footage online and provide relevant information to the police,” he wrote on X. Continue reading...
  
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• Dutch woman arrested over shooting of Spanish former politician

  30-04-2024 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Woman detained in Netherlands for alleged role in non-fatal shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last yearA Dutch woman has been arrested in the Netherlands in relation to the shooting of a Spanish former politician in Madrid last year.Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a founder of Spain’s far-right Vox party, was shot in the face near his home in the wealthy Salamanca neighbourhood on 9 November by a motorcycle passenger. Continue reading...
  
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• Detectives urgently investigating what led to man’s fatal sword rampage

  30-04-2024 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Police ask for time to find answers about apparently random attack that left boy, 14, dead and four people woundedDetectives are urgently investigating why a man armed with a sword went on a 22-minute rampage in east London, killing a 14-year-old boy and wounding four other people in an apparently random attack.The teenager was fatally injured when the suspect swung at him with the weapon on Tuesday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• Man detained by Home Office told he is being sent to Rwanda, says charity

  30-04-2024 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Sudanese man being held in Croydon after arriving for routine sign-in believed to be first potential deportation under new lawAn asylum seeker who turned up for a routine Home Office appointment on Monday was detained and told that he was being sent to Rwanda, a charity has said.In what is believed to be the first potential deportation case under the Rwanda scheme since Rishi Sunak’s bill received royal assent, the Sudanese man was held in Croydon, south London, the charity Soas Detainee S
  
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• New Haiti PM named but powerful gangs demand seat at the table

  30-04-2024 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Little-known former sports minister Fritz Bélizaire appointed as 90,000 flee capital in a monthHaiti’s newly installed transitional council has chosen a little-known former sports minister as the country’s prime minister, as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid raging violence.Fritz Bélizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance who was the interim prime minister. His appoin
  
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• Columbia students who took over school building now face expulsion

  30-04-2024 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Pro-Palestinian protesters took over Hamilton Hall on university’s Manhattan campus to protest school’s financial ties to IsraelColumbia University students who took over an academic building early on Tuesday now face expulsion, a spokesperson for the university said, as tensions surrounding the students’ pro-Palestinian demonstration escalated.The specter of expulsion came after dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall, an academic building on the New York campus, barricad
  
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• Ukrainian woman, 98, walks six miles alone to escape Russian-held territory

  30-04-2024 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska reunited with family days after fleeing frontline town in her slippers and using a caneA 98-year-old woman who escaped Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine by using a cane to walk six miles in a pair of slippers has been reunited with her family, days after they were separated while escaping to safety.Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the frontline town of Ocheretyne, in the eastern Donetsk region, after Russian troops entered it last week a
  
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• How the fatal Hainault stabbing attack unfolded

  30-04-2024 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Residents recount harrowing 22 minutes between first emergency call and suspect’s arrest in east London• Hainault attack – live updatesIt only took about 22 minutes between police receiving the first 999 call about a man wielding a sword in a quiet suburb of east London and him being fired at with a Taser and arrested.But in that brief period, a 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed, and four other people, including two police officers, were injured. Continue reading...
  
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• Stop children using smartphones until they are 13, says French report

  30-04-2024 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Children should be banned from most social media until 18 amid attempts to ‘monetise’ them, says Macron-commissioned studyChildren should not be allowed to use smartphones until they are 13 and should be banned from accessing conventional social media such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat until they are 18, according to a report by experts commissioned by Emmanuel Macron.The French president had asked scientists and experts to suggest screen use guidelines for children with a view t
  
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• Paris regional leader suspends Sciences Po funding over Gaza protests

  30-04-2024 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  French left denounces rightwinger Valérie Pécresse’s move against prestigious university The Paris regional authority has temporarily suspending funding for Sciences Po, one of France’s most prestigious universities, after it was rocked by pro-Palestinian demonstrations.“I have decided to suspend all regional funding for Sciences Po until calm and security have been restored at the school,” Valérie Pécresse, the rightwing head of the greater Pa
  
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• Food importers in UK say new Brexit checks could add 60% to costs

  30-04-2024 18:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Businesses say fees for Dover inspections are much higher than first thought and will push up shop pricesImporters of food from the EU into Britain have said newly introduced post-Brexit checks could increase their costs by up to 60%, pushing up prices for customers and driving some shops out of business.After five previous delays, the UK government on Tuesday introduced the physical checks on animal and plant products entering from the EU, having revealed at the start of this month that it woul
  
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• ICJ rejects request to order Germany to stop selling arms to Israel

  30-04-2024 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicaragua brought plea to court, arguing sales of weapons make Berlin complicit in alleged war crimesThe International court of justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to issue Germany emergency orders to desist selling arms to Israel, by 15 votes to one.The decision, according to the judgment read in court in The Hague, is largely based on a significant decrease in recent German arms sales to Israel, the largely defensive nature of arms recently sold, and the extensive internal German gover
  
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• Grounded: Bonza set to join long list of failed Australian airlines

  30-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Australia’s aviation industry, dominated by the Qantas-Virgin duopoly, may have claimed another victim – but it’s far from the first to fallFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe future of Bonza is in limbo as the fledgling budget airline enters voluntary administration – a well-trodden path in Australian aviation.While Tuesday’s developments may come as a blow to competition
  
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• Albanese calls for debate on blocking online misogynistic content at snap national cabinet meeting

  30-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Labor to focus on online harms at national cabinet meeting on women’s safety as others call for further needs-based funding and bail reformFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has called for a debate on the blocking of misogynistic content online ahead of a snap national cabinet focused on women’s safety.In addition to information sharing on high-risk perpetrators and serial off
  
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• AGL’s use of Centrepay not audited for two years despite allegations it wrongly took $700,000 from vulnerable Australians

  30-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Services Australia says it is also working to retrieve overpayments from Queensland’s Ergon EnergyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has not audited AGL’s use of Centrepay in two years despite revelations that the energy giant wrongly received more than $700,000 in welfare money from its former customers through the government-run debit system.A Guardian Australia invest
  
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• IS commander wanted for deaths of US forces in Niger killed in operation

  30-04-2024 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Malian state forces confirm death of Abu Huzeifa, who was believed to have helped carry out 2017 attackA senior Islamic State group commander, wanted in connection with the deaths of US forces in Niger, has been killed in an operation by Malian state forces, the country’s army said.Abu Huzeifa, known by the alias Higgo, was a commander in the group known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. The state department had announced a reward of up to $5m for information about him. Continue
  
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