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Authorities mounted rescue operation after group of five lost control of ice sheet in Stockholm archipelago Five people have been rescued from an ice floe carrying a sauna tent, a motorised saw and an onboard motor after they lost control of their DIY vessel in the Stockholm archipelago. Swedish authorities believe the passengers, who were German tourists, had been attempting to create their own …

Zia Yusuf sets out proposals and calls migration an ‘invasion’, as refugee groups decry ‘grotesque’ measures UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s plan to create an ICE-style deportation agency has been condemned as “sadistic”, after the party’s home affairs spokesperson vowed to face down “progressive outrage”. Zia Yusuf, introduced as “the shadow home secretary” at a press conference in…

Call comes amid fresh scrutiny of Mountbatten-Windsor’s alleged links to Epstein, including claims over security arrangements at his New York home The intense focus on the former Prince Andrew’s association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has centred on the women who were trafficked for sex as young girls by the latter, and the police investigation into claims Mountbatten-Windsor …

Reiner, 32, charged with two counts of first-degree murder after parents were stabbed to death in December Nick Reiner was expected to return to court on Monday for arraignment on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. A judge postponed the legal proceedings last month after his attorney withdrew from the case, and was replaced by a p…

Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria actor died on Thursday less than a year after he publicly revealed ALS diagnosis A GoFundMe campaign meant to provide financial support for the widow and daughters of Eric Dane after the actor’s recent death had raised nearly $350,000 as of Monday. The fundraising platform over the weekend had temporarily paused the “In Honor of Eric Dane” campaign while it underwent a…

PM asks ethics adviser to examine conduct of Cabinet Office minister amid Labour Together scandal fallout UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has opened a formal investigation into a Cabinet Office minister involved in falsely accusing journalists of having links to pro-Russian propaganda. The prime minister’s decision follows revelations in the Guardian that Josh Simons, who was runni…

Novo Nordisk’s shares fall sharply after testing of CagriSema falls short of investors’ expectations Business live – latest updates The owner of Wegovy and Ozempic has suffered a significant setback, as its highly anticipated new weight-loss treatment was labelled “obsolete” after disappointing clinical trials. Novo Nordisk’s shares fell sharply on Monday after the results from testing the Danish…

Austin Tucker Martin, 21, was killed by Secret Service after entering Trump’s Florida resort with a shotgun on Sunday US politics live – latest updates The 21-year-old man who was shot and killed after having entered Donald Trump’s Florida resort on Sunday – while carrying a shotgun – came from a North Carolina family of the president’s supporters and had reportedly become increasingly fixated on…

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, known for lavish lifestyle, also accused of theft and being illegal immigrant after man allegedly shot in back A son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been charged with attempted murder after a 23-year-old man was allegedly shot in the back on 19 February in an upmarket area of Johannesburg. Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 28, appeared in court on Monday f…

Exclusive : Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Requests for assistance to aged care advocacy services have surged since the government introduced a controversial assessment tool for home care support, with one woman in her 80s describing it…

Health secretary likely referred to Harvard psychiatrist who says he’s ‘never used the word “cure” in my work’ Psychiatric researchers are pushing back against Health and Human Services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s claims that a doctor at Harvard “cured schizophrenia using keto diets ”, while also acknowledging that a carefully supervised ketogenic diet shows promise for a variety of mental he…

Schools close and flights suspended after military raid killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes • Who was El Mencho, the former police officer who co-founded an ultraviolent cartel in Mexico? Whole areas of western Mexico have been all but shut down after a surge in cartel violence sparked by a military raid that killed one of the world’s most wanted drug traf…

Finance campaigner marches on to set and tells Tory leader her policy to cut interest rates will only help top earners UK politics live – latest updates Kemi Badenoch has faced what could be described as the stuff of nightmares for a UK politician being interviewed about a personal finance policy: being ambushed and contradicted live on air by Martin Lewis. As the Conservative leader was being in…

As details of the death toll for January’s protests continue to emerge, three students explain why they are resisting a return to normality More than 45 days after a brutal January crackdown that left thousands of Iranian protesters dead, students across several universities are protesting again. As Iran’s new academic term began on Saturday, students in Tehran gathered on campus, chanting anti-g…

Anthony Albanese writes to British PM as UK prepares to consider laws to strip former prince of his right to inherit the throne Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government has confirmed it would support any proposal to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after the former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in pu…