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Tributes paid as ‘outstanding’ soldier who died in fall at Royal Windsor Horse Show is named3:55 Ministry of Defence names soldier who fell from her horse as Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24, part of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery A soldier who died after falling from her horse at the Royal Windsor Horse Show was named as Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24 – an “exceptional jockey” with an “infectious energy”, her commanding officer said. Sullivan, part of the King’s Troop, Roya… Trump dismisses $10bn suit against IRS and creates $1.7bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund3:22 Democrats criticize deal as a slush fund that ‘funnels taxpayer dollars’ to president’s political allies Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The justice department announced on Monday it was creating a loosely controlled and secretive $1.776bn fund to compensate Donald Trump allies as part of an agreement in which Trump and his sons dropped a $10bn longshot lawsuit against the IRS. The money, which critics said was essentially a slush fund , will be overseen by five commissioners … Nancy Pelosi breaks silence to endorse San Francisco supervisor as successor3:22 Former House speaker, who had not yet weighed in, declared Connie Chan ‘best prepared’ to represent city Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed Connie Chan , a San Francisco supervisor, in the race to succeed her as the city’s representative in Congress, calling her the candidate who “stands above the rest”. Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, will retire at the end of her term and… Trump’s shifting remarks on Taiwan are perfect for China to exploit2:48 President’s remarks about Taiwan arms deals being a ‘negotiating chip’ with Beijing have been seized on by Chinese state media It has been an unsettling few days for Taiwan’s government. When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, many feared the unpredictable US leader could upend Washington’s longstanding support for Taipei. But beyond a starkly worded statement from Xi stressing C… Liberal senator breaks ranks to take aim at Angus Taylor’s ‘negative’ rhetoric on immigration2:48 ‘We cannot continue to blame migrants for the problems of our economy,’ backbencher Andrew McLachlan says A Liberal senator has broken ranks to criticise Angus Taylor’s plan to bar non-citizens from accessing welfare, warning it will create “two types of members of the community” and is “not the Australian way”. The outspoken backbencher Andrew McLachlan said migrants should not be blamed for eco… Mark Fuhrman, LA detective convicted of lying at OJ Simpson trial, dies2:15 Fuhrman, who found bloody glove at Simpson’s home, charged with perjury after audio revealed use of racial slurs Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died. Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron… California island fire linked to sailor’s distress flare scorches 10,000 acres2:15 Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plants A wildfire that broke out on an island in the Channel Islands national park has become California’s largest wildfire so far this year, burning through more than 10,000 acres, destroying historic structures and endangering rare plant communities that conservationists had struggled… Racist abuse of NHS nurses rising amid ‘normalisation’ of extreme views, RCN warns1:41 Figures disclosed by nursing union show big rise on reported incidents which may only be ‘tip of the iceberg’ Racist abuse of NHS nurses has jumped by 86% in the last few years, which their union’s boss has blamed on the normalisation of extreme views in politics and the media. One nurse was called a monkey by a colleague, a patient threw a hot drink at a nurse and followed up with racial abuse, … Free up fertiliser supplies to avert global food crisis, Yvette Cooper urges1:41 UK foreign secretary says urgent pressure needed to get strait of Hormuz reopened and fertiliser and fuel moving Global fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to avoid disaster, with harvests suffering and food prices rising, the UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said. The war in Iran has frozen shipments of fertiliser through the strait of Hormuz, creating a supply crunch tha… Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds1:41 Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid it One in three university students think AI will wipe out jobs so rapidly it will trigger civil unrest, according to a survey by King’s College London (KCL). Students are among the heaviest users of AI, the poll found, with 77% using it at least a few times a month – compared with 46% … Australia news live: flash flooding hits Queensland roads; $57bn of Victoria infrastructure threatened by climate hazards0:01 Flood warning in place on Gold Coast. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Restricting welfare to citizens not ‘punishing’ but ‘incentivising’, shadow minister says The shadow immigration minister, Jonno Duniam , has said Angus Taylor ’s budget reply proposal to limit welfare payments only to Australian citizens was not a punishment for permanent r… ‘Dodgy’ shops handling criminal cash targeted by new unit0:01 Estimates suggest £1bn a year is laundered through high street businesses, with some connected to tax evasion, drugs and counterfeit goods “Dodgy” retail outlets such as vape stores, barbers, mini-marts and sweet shops suspected of being used to launder £1bn of criminal money will be targeted by a new specialist unit, the government has said. A £20m National Crime Agency cell will run and coordin… ‘It is heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola21:08 Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last “On public transport, in bars and at mass gatherings, everyone is talking about Ebola,” said Gloire Mumbesa, 38, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said cases of the disease had been reported locally and panic was engulfing the area because of… No ‘tailor-made’ deal for UK if it wants to rejoin bloc, say former EU Brexit officials21:08 Britain likely to face ‘warm, welcoming stance’ if it seeks re-entry but also a ‘hard-headed one’ – with no special deals Britain would not be able to rejoin the EU on the special terms it enjoyed in the past, veterans of the Brexit negotiations have said. According to former officials from around Europe, the UK should not expect to achieve as beneficial a deal as it once had if it decided to beg… ‘Disposable’ operatives for hire are a new menace for western countries19:58 A court case in New York has highlighted how Iran is using technology to recruit agents who may not even be regime supporters When on Friday a 32-year-old Iraqi was brought before a court in New York to be charged with planning to attack Jewish community sites in the US, a curtain was suddenly lifted on a corner of a shadowy world. The detention of Mohammed Saad Baqer al-Saadi in Turkey last week… |
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