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Critics call proposed limits on asylum claims a ‘quick fix that will create long-term chaos’More than half of the people whose asylum and visa claims will be rejected under tightened human rights laws will continue to live in the UK, according to the Home Office’s own assessment.Documents released on Tuesday show that plans to set new limits on article 8 of the European convention on human rights ...
Home Office assessment shows new limits on human rights route based on family ties could result in another 11,700 claims turned downMore than half of the people whose asylum and visa claims will be rejected under tightened human rights laws will continue to live in the UK, according to the Home Office’s own assessment.Documents released on Tuesday show that plans to set new limits on article 8 of ...
Federal government releases options paper to improve regulation of accounting, auditing and consulting firms. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has released an options paper to improve the regulation of accounting, auditing and consulting firms in Australia, the latest move in the wake of the KPMG scandal, in which partners le...
Justices upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, boosting similar restrictions in 25 other statesTransgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the US supreme court ruled in favor of laws banning their participation.The court’s conservative supermajority on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from partici...
Justices upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, boosting similar restrictions in 25 other statesTransgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the US supreme court ruled in favor of laws banning their participation.The court’s conservative supermajority on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from partici...
Grace Riglar fights back tears giving evidenceCusack called Sheffield United omission a ‘personal attack’The girlfriend of the late Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack has told an inquest that Cusack’s former manager Jonathan Morgan called her a “psycho” and that her eating habits changed after he allegedly made a comment referencing her weight.Grace Riglar, who played for Sheffield United for on...
Patient reported to have been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in the early hours of TuesdayA patient is being tested for the Ebola virus at a Glasgow hospital, the Press Association has reported.It is understood the patient was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in the early hours of Tuesday. Continue reading...
Patient reported to have been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in the early hours of TuesdayA patient is being tested for the suspected Ebola virus at a Glasgow hospital, the Press Association has reported.It is understood the patient was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in the early hours of Tuesday. Continue reading...
Ally of PM-in-waiting says four-year boost for the armed forces is an ‘unexploded bomb’Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie aheadAndy Burnham will have to find an extra £4.7bn for defence in his first budget, after Keir Starmer announced a £298bn defence investment plan (Dip) without having fully identified how it will be funded.Sources close to the Makerfield M...
Poll finds use of AI tools for health advice is correlated with belief in vaccine falsehoods, such as shots causing autismAdults in the US who frequently seek out health advice from artificial intelligence chatbots are more likely to believe myths about vaccines, according to a poll released on Tuesday by health research firm KFF.The survey, which was conducted in May and polled a representative s...
Poll finds use of AI tools for health advice is correlated with belief in vaccine falsehoods, such as shots causing autismAdults in the US who frequently seek out health advice from artificial intelligence chatbots are more likely to believe myths about vaccines, according to a poll released on Tuesday by health research firm KFF.The survey, which was conducted in May and polled a representative s...
The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvreKeir Starmer’s defence investment plan leaves behind spending problems that his successor will not be able to avoid.Military budgets will be well short of the UK’s Nato commitments by the end of the decade, and European allies and a combustible White House are likely to notice. Continue ...
Officials say coach bus struck vehicle in Queens, triggering chain collision involving four other vehiclesTwo people were killed and 20 others injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway in Queens, New York, on Monday night.The deadly collision has prompted a federal investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after occurring at about 11.45pm. Continue readi...
Winchester court hears accusations of offences by former petty officer Allan Grimson against males as young as 14A former Royal Navy petty officer, jailed for life 25 years ago for murdering two young men, sexually assaulted four other boys and men in the same era, a jury has been told.Allan Grimson was jailed in 2001 for battering Nicholas Wright, 18, and Sion Jenkins, 20, to death at his flat ab...
Survey shows two-point fall in vote amid concern about Pauline Hanson’s links to Gina Rinehart and ability to run countryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians have emphatically rejected some of One Nation’s key policies, including shutting down SBS and ending multiculturalism, with voters raising concerns about ...
Preliminary analysis of satellite data suggests magnitude of natural disaster could dwarf official estimatesMore than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, according to a preliminary analysis of satellite data that suggests the scale of the destruction could dwarf official estimates.Last Wednesday’s back-to-back quakes – which me...
Tournament’s serving machine can deliver balls in the style of anyone from John McEnroe to Elina SvitolinaCould you return Emma Raducanu’s 110mph serve, or receive a 145mph stroke from Andy Murray? What about Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard’s 153mph torpedo, which broke Wimbledon records last year?This year’s tournament attenders have had the opportunity to try their luck on court, facing off against a...
‘That’s one way to spend a layover,’ says gambling company after lucky traveler wins big on $10 stakeGenerally people want whatever happens in Vegas to stay there – but this might be an exception!A lucky traveler transiting through Las Vegas’s Harry Reid international airport on Sunday won more than $3.3m from a slot machine there, prompting facility officials to write on X on Tuesday: “Now that’s...
Justices to consider whether bans on AR-15s and similar semi-automatic firearms violate second amendmentThe US supreme court will consider whether bans on semi-automatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the second amendment.The justices said Tuesday they will hear appeals challenging bans on the AR-15 and similar semi-automatic firearms in Connecticut and the Chicago area. Continue re...
Tournament’s serving machine can deliver balls in the style of anyone from John McEnroe to Elina SvitolinaCould you return Emma Raducanu’s 110mph serve, or receive a 145mph stroke from Andy Murray? What about Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard’s 153mph torpedo, which broke Wimbledon records last year?This year’s tournament attendees have had the opportunity to try their luck on the court, facing off again...
Parliamentary inquiry recommends new laws to police behaviour at polling boothsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew laws are needed to police behaviour at polling booths after Australia’s democracy came “under assault” at last year’s federal election – including from third parties such as Plymouth Brethren Christian Ch...
The vessel, thought to have been carrying 10 people, did not issue a mayday call before sinking in the strait of GeorgiaSearch teams in Canada have launched a recovery effort for six people believed to have drowned in a “bizarre” sinking of a fishing charter off the coast of Vancouver.Police and rescue crews praised a couple who were passing in their yacht for making a critical mayday call and sav...
New Jersey’s Tom Kean Jr, who last voted in March, says he was diagnosed with depression after entering hospitalTom Kean Jr, a Republican congressman who disappeared from the Capitol for nearly four months with little explanation, re-emerged on Tuesday and said that he was absent while dealing with depression.“Several months ago, due to health concerns, I entered the hospital for some testing. I d...
New Jersey’s Tom Kean Jr, who last voted in March, says he was diagnosed with depression after entering hospitalTom Kean Jr, a Republican congressman who disappeared from the Capitol for nearly four months with little explanation, re-emerged on Tuesday and said that he was absent while dealing with depression.“Several months ago, due to health concerns, I entered the hospital for some testing. I d...
Parliament comments follow investigation revealing how man was tried at court martial on US airbaseA US military worker killed my son in Britain, and still we fight for justice. I’m angry others are waiting tooDavid Lammy, the deputy prime minister, is raising with the US government the “extremely concerning” case of an American fighter pilot who avoided a trial under English law for strangling a ...
Parliament comments follow investigation revealing how man was tried at court martial on US airbaseDavid Lammy, the deputy prime minister, is raising with the US government the “extremely concerning” case of an American fighter pilot who avoided a trial under English law for strangling a woman at his home in Cambridge.Lammy, who is also the justice secretary, told parliament on Tuesday that he wan...
Keir Starmer earlier unveiled a £15bn plan but said defence spending cannot be ‘bottomless pit’ and MoD has to ‘spend better’Keir Starmer is speaking now.They are at Malloy Aeronautics, a firm that designs heavy-lift drones, and Starmer says this morning they showed him one of the heaviest drones he had ever seen.Last year, I made the decision in the national interest to reprioritise aid spending ...
More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary deadline passes for undocumented migrants to leave the countrySouth Africa was holding its breath on Tuesday as mass anti-immigration protests were held across the country. They come after a weeks-long campaign against foreigners that has seen at least four killed and tens of thousands fleeing for safety.In...
President reacts to ruling to uphold birthright citizenship after justices strike down executive order aimed at ending longstanding principleSupreme court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump agendaJustices allow states to ban trans women from female sports and strike down limits on federal campaign spendingSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe supreme court’s decision to reject Tru...
Four men arrested and charged for allegedly taking part in ‘jackpotting’ scheme targeting ATMs at rest stops along I-95A group of four robbers netted more than $500,000 in an elaborate “jackpotting” scheme targeting ATMs at rest stops along Interstate 95 in Connecticut, federal prosecutors in the state have alleged.The men targeted at least nine cash machines during a 10-day spree in August, accor...
