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Whether in streets draped in anti-drone nets or deep in urban basements, Kherson residents go about their everyday activities with the constant threat of Russian bombing Galyna Lutsenko, a crisis psychologist, is moving busily among a small group of children seated around a table in a basement in Kherson, unique in being Ukraine’s only leading city almost directly on the frontline with Russian fo…

Plaintiffs in case say they were lured from Japan, exploited for labour and cut off from families for generations It has been more than six decades since Eiko Kawasaki left Japan to begin a new life in North Korea . Then 17, she was among tens of thousands of people with Korean heritage who had been lured to the communist state by the promise of a “paradise on Earth”. Instead, they encountered so…

‘I quite frankly believe entirely that Sussan Ley has the support of the party room,’ shadow health minister Anne Ruston says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Senior Liberal figures have downplayed the prospect of Sussan Ley losing a potential looming leadership spill, saying she enjoys support from most of the opp…

Latest Epstein file release shows 2003 emails between Casey Wasserman and the convicted sex trafficker Casey Wasserman, the head of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, said on Saturday that he “deeply regrets” emails from 2003 between him and Ghislaine Maxwell that appeared in the latest collection of government files released Friday on Jeffrey Epstein . Among the exchanges included on…

Brandon Johnson gives police ‘clear procedure’ to follow if they witness or get reports of agents involved in illegal activity Chicago’s mayor Brandon Johnson has ordered Chicago police to investigate and document alleged illegal activity by federal immigration (ICE) agents in the city, a move that will escalate tensions over jurisdiction between local and federal authorities. The executive order…

US president says Iran ‘negotiating’ as US naval battle group approaches, and says regional allies cannot be told plan Donald Trump has said Iran is “talking to” the US and hinted at a deal to avoid the use of military strikes. “[Iran is] talking to us, and we’ll see if we can do something, otherwise we’ll see what happens … We have a big fleet heading out there,” he told Fox News. “They are nego…

Foreign ministers of 11 nations including UK, Canada and France strongly condemned demolition of the site in East Jerusalem in January. Follow live updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Liberal party is capable of winning a federal election without its junior coalition partner, Senator Anne Ruston says. Speaking to Sky News on Sunday morning, Ruston described he…

One person taken into custody after a mass shooting in Clinton leaves six injured, including a child Six people – including a child – were shot during a carnival parade in Louisiana on Saturday, leading authorities to take one person into custody, according to multiple reports. The mass shooting occurred near a courthouse in Clinton, Louisiana, during the town’s “Mardi Gras in the Country” event,…

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles last year, features heavily in the latest tranche of the Epstein files Keir Starmer has said Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor should testify before the US Congress about his links to the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The prime minister, who is in Japan for a meeting with its premier, Sanae Takaichi, was asked by journalists if t…

Former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Triesman as a ‘vital part of the New Labour movement’ Lord Triesman, a former Labour minister and chair of the Football Association, has died at the age of 82. The Labour party said the peer died on Friday night “peacefully and at home”. The former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Triesman as a “vital part of the New Labour movement”. Labo…

One dead and six missing as body and life boat from Lily Jean found after its disappearance from Gloucester port The search for survivors of a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Massachusetts with seven aboard has been suspended, the US Coast Guard said Saturday. The coast guard had launched a search-and-rescue mission early Friday after receiving an alert from the 72ft Lily Jea…

Justice department on Friday released 3m pages and lawmakers accuse it of not releasing roughly 50% of records Epstein files latest – follow live Survivors, lawmakers and watchdog groups accused Donald Trump’s justice department of withholding records it is legally required to release following the disclosure of millions of files from the investigation into the disgraced financier and sex offende…

Survivors of sexual abuse welcome the ‘monumental shift’ in how courts approach sentencing, while others say it could limit defendants’ rights Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Offenders convicted of any crime will no longer be able to rely on glowing character references during sentencing under changes being introduced in New South Wales, in a move supported by survivo…

Residents and local authorities are worried about environmental hazards and land devaluation as minister says excess regulations may hinder modern farming practices Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Cate Faehrmann, a Greens member of the New South Wales legislative council, will move a private member’s bill next week to give councils more power to regulate blueberry and…

The veteran activist called his arrest at Palestine solidarity rally in London an ‘attack on free speech’ Peter Tatchell, the activist and campaigner, has been arrested for holding a placard which displayed the phrase “globalise the intifada” at a pro-Palestine march in London. Tatchell, who attended a Palestine solidarity march in London on Saturday afternoon, held a sign that read: “Globalise t…