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Quentin Deranque, 23, who was on sidelines of a protest, died from a brain injury after attack that has fuelled political tensions French police have launched a murder inquiry after a far-right activist died in hospital having been beaten up in an attack that has fuelled political tensions in France. Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old mathematics student, died from a severe brain injury at the weeke…

Actor playing far-right activist shouted down and pelted with fruit during Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists An actor at a theatre in Germany was at the weekend shouted down, pelted with fruit and subjected to an attempted stage invasion as he delivered a final monologue in character as a far-right activist. The violent scenes came on Saturday during the German premiere of the Portugues…

Yvette Cooper may think so, and use of epibatidine may seem exotic, but experts say situation is more ambiguous It was a very particular choice of weapon, but experts say it remains unclear whether the dart frog toxin used to kill the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was intended to convey a message. Known as epibatidine , the poison is produced by wild dart frogs native to parts of South…

Competing domestic priorities, Treasury borrowing limits and already nervous lenders are among the many obstacles Keir Starmer has few options if he wants to increase annual defence spending by up to £14bn before the end of this parliament. In last summer’s spending review , the government set out plans to increase defence spending from 2.3% of national income, or gross domestic product (GDP), in…

Polls in 30 areas had been due to be postponed as part of the government’s shake-up of English councils UK politics live – latest updates Ministers have dropped plans to delay 30 local elections this May after receiving legal advice that doing so might be unlawful. The government had planned to delay elections in England while local authorities are reorganised, which is likely to lead to some aut…

Property where abuse took place purchased for $13.4m in 2023 by Texas businessman Donald Huffines’ family The family of a self-identified “Trump Republican” running for office in Texas bought Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch where the sex trafficker abused teenage girls and young women, according to new documents. A spokesperson for Donald Huffines, a Texas businessman and former GOP state sena…

Researchers find DMT – used in shamanic rituals – in tandem with psychotherapy has significant effect People with major depressive disorder can see a rapid and lasting improvement after a single dose of the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) when it is combined with psychotherapy, doctors have said. A small clinical trial involving 34 people found that psychedelic-assisted therapy prompted…

Former US president clarifies ‘they’re real’ answer that he gave during quick-fire interview round Hours after Barack Obama caused a frenzy by saying aliens were real on a podcast, the former US president has posted a statement clarifying that he has not seen any evidence of them and that he was merely trying “to stick with the spirit” of an interviewer’s rapid round of questioning. In a conversa…

Instagram post by TV host whose mother disappeared 15 days ago in Arizona says ‘you’re not lost or alone’ The TV news anchor Savannah Guthrie issued a fresh appeal to anyone who knows the whereabouts of her missing mother, saying that “you’re not lost or alone” and “it is never too late to do the right thing”. The Today anchor, who is stepping away from NBC’s morning broadcast, urged “whoever has…

Move could mean fewer free exhibitions and paid-for shows and more expensive tickets The National Gallery is to make significant cuts in the face of an £8.2m deficit in the coming year, which could mean fewer free exhibitions and ticketed shows, less international borrowing of artworks and more expensive tickets. As a result of considerably increased running costs and stagnant income, the gallery…

The group of 34 – families of dead or jailed extremists – were prevented from returning to Australia by ‘poor coordination’ with Damascus Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian women and children held for years without charge were forced to return to a detention camp in northeast Syria on Monday after being released by Kurdish authorities for their expected repatr…

Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July Business live – latest updates A partner at the consultancy KPMG has been fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat during an internal training course on AI. The unnamed partner was fined A$10,000 (£5,200) for using the technology to cheat, one of a number of staff reportedly usi…

Labor chose a day when attention was focused on the opposition to slip out a handful of announcements Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here On Friday, as Angus Taylor ascended to the leadership of a riven and defeated political party , the Albanese government slipped out a handful of announcem…

First-of-its-kind project will see bogong moths tagged in the Australian Alps and monitored as they reach breeding grounds Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Researchers and citizen scientists will, for the first time, tag and track 10,000 bogong moths as they travel hundreds of kilometres, from the Australian Alps to breeding grounds across the country’s south-east. The…

Paul Scarr, the shadow immigration minister under Sussan Ley and South Australian senator Andrew McLachlan expressed concern Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Liberal MPs have warned their new leader, Angus Taylor, against lurching further to the right, and imposing “blanket bans” on immigration after a proposal was leaked to adopt hardline Trump-like policies to ban im…