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Labour MPs urge Starmer to set targets to boost number of male teachers in England

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Men and Boys group of MPs addresses ‘crisis of masculinity’ and joins campaign for longer paternity leaveGovernment ministers have been urged to set targets to boost the number of male teachers in England, as backbench MPs seek to capitalise on turbulence in the Labour party to influence government policy.With the government in disarray after the shock resignation of the defence secretary this wee...

Son of Norway’s crown princess convicted of rape and sentenced to four years in prison

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Marius Borg Høiby found guilty of ⁠two ​counts of rape, one count of domestic violence and other ⁠crimesMarius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s crown princess, has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of several offences, including two counts of rape. He was also sentenced to a two-year restraining order against one of his alleged victims.The verdict was handed down by th...

Australia’s Sigma drops out of talks to buy UK’s Boots

The Guardian • 2 months ago

End of discussions on takeover estimated at $10bn extends uncertainty for 177-year-old British chainBusiness live – latest updatesThe Australian pharmaceutical group Sigma Healthcare has dropped its pursuit of the UK retail chain Boots, abandoning a takeover estimated to be worth $10bn (£7bn).Sigma, a wholesaler and retailer, said on Monday that a deal ​to by the high street pharmacy business – wh...

Keir Starmer set to announce under-16s social media ban – UK politics live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Prime minister expected to unveil ‘Australia plus’ ban for under-16s on apps such as TikTok, Instagram and SnapchatGood morning. In Downing Street officials reportedly refuse to talk about Keir Starmer wanting to establish a legacy. But it is hard for the rest of us to avoid the word, particularly on a morning particularly on a morning when he has summoned reporters to Downing Street for an 8am pr...

Australia news live: Rinehart buys ‘significant’ stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX; family of Sydney shark attack victim say her injuries are ‘severe and life-threatening’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister and foreign minister have issued a lengthier statement welcoming the agreement made by the US and Iran, and called for continued restraint to avoid further escalation.President Donald Trump made the announcement he had signed a deal this morning, saying the strait of Hormuz would be reopened.Conti...

Photographer Don McCullin to focus on Vietnam for his final book

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Exclusive: The work will feature some of the photographer’s most powerful images from his 70-year careerAfter more than seven decades of covering conflicts around the world, Don McCullin will return to Vietnam and his best-known images for his final book.The photographer, who got his start aged 23 when his image of a gang in Finsbury Park was published in the Observer, has decided to revisit the w...

Monday briefing: Trump’s late-night deal with Iran

The Guardian • 2 months ago

In today’s newsletter: A peace deal between the US and Iran has been announced, but what it contains, and what could happen next, remain unclearGood morning. A war which had no clear objectives and no obvious endgame, but unleashed havoc across the globe, looks to be on the brink of coming to a close. As he prepared to mark his 80th birthday with a cage fight on the historic White House lawn, Dona...

Australia news live: Rinehart buys ‘significant’ stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX; John Farnham song not banned under Queensland hate speech laws

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister and foreign minister have issued a lengthier statement welcoming the agreement made by the US and Iran, and called for continued restraint to avoid further escalation.President Donald Trump made the announcement he had signed a deal this morning, saying the strait of Hormuz would be reopened.Conti...

Australian PM calls for inquiry after Hania Ahmed, 9, shot dead by police while visiting Pakistan

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Punjab police said an officer mistakenly opened fire at the Ahmed family, who were victims of a robbery at ChakwalThe Australian prime minister has called for Pakistan to carry out a transparent inquiry into the shooting death of a young Australian girl by a police officer while on holiday with her family.Australian-born Hania Ahmed, 9, and her family were visiting a relative at Chakwal, in Pakist...

Australia news live: John Farnham song not banned under hate speech laws, Queensland confirms; Wong to meet Gaza flotilla activists

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister and foreign minister have issued a lengthier statement welcoming the agreement made by the US and Iran, and called for continued restraint to avoid further escalation.President Donald Trump made the announcement he had signed a deal this morning, saying the strait of Hormuz would be reopened.Conti...

Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments

The Guardian • 2 months ago

‘Pointless’ reviews are wasting public money and ‘significantly harming’ the mental health of claimants, charity says Disabled people with lifelong conditions are repeatedly being put through “pointless” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidance, new analysis suggests.A study by the anti-poverty charity Z2K has found that hundreds of thousands of disabled people are going through “unnec...

GB News critics want to limit free speech to ‘liberal, Islington consensus’, Grade says

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Former Ofcom chair says he welcomed arrival of rightwing news channel five years ago in name of ‘plurality’Critics of GB News are part of a “liberal, Islington consensus” bent on limiting freedom of expression, Michael Grade, the recently departed chair of Britain’s media watchdog, has said.The Conservative peer, whose time at Ofcom has been criticised over the handling of the rightwing news chann...

Britain ‘faces deindustrialisation’ without relief from high energy prices, survey warns

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Make UK says manufacturers’ feedback shows sector at risk of collapse as it calls on Treasury to take actionBritain’s industrial sector is at risk of collapse as thousands of companies warn that they could face bankruptcy within the next year because of high energy prices, according to an industry survey.The manufacturers’ body Make UK said the latest feedback from its members found that many woul...

Australia news live: John Farnham song not banned under hate speech laws, Queensland government confirms

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister and foreign minister have issued a lengthier statement welcoming the agreement made by the US and Iran, and called for continued restraint to avoid further escalation.President Donald Trump made the announcement he had signed a deal this morning, saying the strait of Hormuz would be reopened.Conti...

Fashion goals: Socceroos trade kit bags for it-bags as they level up off-field style

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Australia stepped off the team bus in suits and holding designer pouches, showing they’ve come ‘a long way from a Country Road bag on the side of the field’Video: Is this Australia’s greatest World Cup win in 20 years?As suited and booted Socceroos stepped off the bus in Vancouver and towards a 2-0 victory against Turkey, many dangled designer pouches. Tete Yengi and Mo Touré carried what appeared...

Oil prices tumble amid hopes strait of Hormuz will soon reopen

The Guardian • 2 months ago

US-Iran peace deal sparks immediate drop for Brent crude but analysts warn complex negotiations lie ahead, potentially halting further significant dropsMiddle East crisis: live updatesPeace deal between US and Iran announced, with strait of Hormuz expected to reopenWhat do we know about the US-Iran peace deal – and what questions remain?Global oil prices have tumbled amid fresh hopes that a US-Ira...

Macron frames Évian G7 agenda in hope Trump will stay for whole summit

The Guardian • 2 months ago

US president left last meeting early, but world leaders aim to end Ukraine war and push for resolution in Gaza and IranEmmanuel Macron, the host of the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, has framed an agenda to make it as palatable as possible to his guest of honour, but the French president has no idea if Donald Trump, a haphazard summit attender, will last the full three days – or disrupt the proceed...

Violent attacks on schools, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA saysAttacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted, arrested or otherwise harmed in 2024 and 2025, according to new research.Attacks were reported in 83 countries, with the highest inci...

Attacks on education, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA saysAttacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted, arrested or otherwise harmed in 2024 and 2025, according to new research.Attacks were reported in 83 countries, with the highest inci...

Australia news live: Victoria to require device-free time in schools; experts back Labor’s tax reforms in Senate review

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister and foreign minister have issued a lengthier statement welcoming the agreement made by the US and Iran, and called for continued restraint to avoid further escalation.President Donald Trump made the announcement he had signed a deal this morning, saying the strait of Hormuz would be reopened.Conti...

Pakistan PM says signing of agreement confirmed – as it happened

The Guardian • 2 months ago

This liveblog is closed – follow our new liveblog hereIsrael says it has struck Beirut’s south suburbs, with explosions heard in the city. The Israeli military claimed the attacks on the Lebanese capital were in response to Hezbollah firing into Israeli territory.The military were reportedly targeting Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the group’s stronghold known as Dahiyeh, accordin...

Pakistan PM says signing of agreement – as it happened

The Guardian • 2 months ago

The US president confirmed the agreement as Pakistan’s prime minister said the official signing will be in Geneva on 19 JuneFull report: peace deal between US and Iran, Pakistan says, with strait of Hormuz to reopenIranian hardliners in vociferous push to reject US peace dealIsrael says it has struck Beirut’s south suburbs, with explosions heard in the city. The Israeli military claimed the attack...

Shark expert says Tony Abbott ‘doesn’t understand the science’ after former PM calls for cull

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Another expert says drone technology may have prevented a shark attack at Coogee beach on SaturdayA shark behaviour expert says Tony Abbott “doesn’t understand the science” after the former prime minister called for sharks to be culled in the wake of an attack at a Sydney beach.A woman, aged in her 30s, was in a critical but stable condition on Monday after being bitten on the leg and arm by what ...

Pakistani police officer arrested over shooting death of ‘happy, bubbly, friendly’ Australian girl Hania Ahmed

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Punjab police said an officer mistakenly opened fire at the Ahmed family, who were victims of a robbery at ChakwalA Pakistani police officer has been stood down and arrested after mistakenly shooting dead a young Australian girl while on holiday with her family.Australian-born Hania Ahmed and her family were visiting a relative at Chakwal, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, when they were robbed while...

Father may have thrown daughter into Parramatta River in suspected murder-suicide, police say

The Guardian • 2 months ago

NSW police say suicide note and ‘other evidence’ suggest six-year-old’s death was an act of domestic violenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA suicide note has been located after the bodies of a young girl and her father were pulled from the Parramatta River on Saturday.The six-year-old may have been deliberately thro...