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Police said group breached HMP Wormwood Scrubs grounds where Umer Khalid is being held A group of protesters supporting a Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike have been arrested after they breached prison grounds, the Metropolitan police has said. The force said on Saturday evening that it had detained a group of protesters outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs, in west London, and was in the process…

National Police Service will investigate organised crime, terrorism, fraud and online child abuse The government is setting up a National Police Service – dubbed the “British FBI” – to deal with organised crime, terrorism, fraud and online child abuse in a major change to policing in England and Wales. The new organisation, which will be announced by the Home Office in a white paper on Monday, me…

A 37-year-old nurse was shot and killed on Saturday. Much remains unknown, unclear or unconfirmed Minneapolis shooting – latest updates 37-year-old US citizen shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis ‘You’re terrorizing us’: Protesters take to Minneapolis streets after federal agents kill second US citizen Continue reading...

Dangerous weather engulfing large area of country as 16 states plus DC declare states of emergency Winter Storm Fern - live updates A powerful winter storm with more than 150 million Americans in its crosshairs started sweeping across much of the US on Saturday, packing heavy snow and sleet as well as freezing rain, and the risk of widespread power outages. Snowfall was already being reported on …

Smoke hangs over Victoria as out-of-control fire at Carlisle river in state’s south-west continues. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast As residents in Gellibrand in Victoria’s south-west have been told it is too late to leave with a bushfire at Carlisle River just one kilometre from the town, forest fire management Victoria chief fire officer Chris Ha…

Yellow warnings for heavy rain remain in place across parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and south-west England and Wales Downpours and high winds are likely to continue after Storm Ingrid wreaked havoc in the south-west and washed away part of a historic pier in Devon, the Met Office said on Saturday. It has been a wet weekend for many, with yellow weather warnings for heavy rain in place acros…

Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research Minneapolis shooting – latest updates The occupation of Minneapolis: resisting Trump’s ICE ‘invasion’ ‘You’re terrorizing us’: Protesters take to Minneapolis streets after federal agents kill second US citizen The Minnesota man who was killed by federal agents on Saturday has been i…

Starmerites argue Burnham’s return to Westminster would undermine the government, but he has the support of powerful party figures When Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader and a close ally of Andy Burnham, took to the stage at the Fabian conference in London on Saturday, she had a blunt message for her party. “I want to make sure that we’re putting out the best team on the pitch, week after week,…

Teachers who attended ‘compulsory’ creationist conference run by US-based fundamentalist group told radiometric dating techniques were flawed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Teachers employed by a large group of Queensland Christian schools were told to teach creationism in science classes, including that vegetarian baby dinosaurs would have been taken aboard Noah’s A…

Exclusive: Experts say AI is likely to create more news deserts, fewer independent voices and threaten the viability of Australian journalism Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian journalism is largely “invisible” in AI-generated news summaries from Microsoft Copilot, which overwhelmingly favour US or European media, research by the University of Sydney has found…

Greater Manchester mayor’s application will need approval from party’s ruling body, which is dominated by Starmer allies Andy Burnham has formally put himself forward to stand for parliament in the Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton in what could be the first move in a campaign to replace Keir Starmer. The Greater Manchester mayor has announced that he has applied to be a candidate in t…

Shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer in the city Minnesota’s governor Tim Walz has called for Donald Trump to end his administration’s aggressive federal immigration enforcement operations in the state the began a few weeks ago and has caused chaos, injury and death. “I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federa…

Winter storm system brings emergency declarations and flight cancellations throughout large swath of country Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage of the winter storm system currently moving across much of the midwest and southern US. My name is Marina Dunbar and I will be bringing you the latest news lines. Over 220 million people are likely to be affected by the huge winter weather system…

President also claimed US refineries will process seized Venezuelan oil, saying ‘we take the oil’ Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if the North American country makes a trade deal with China . Beside that tariff threat, another Trump foreign policy maneuver to make news on Saturday involved the president announcing the US had taken the oil that w…

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language “Sweden did this for us,” said Sofiye*, making a supportive scooping up gesture with her hands. “And then, bam.” She dropped them to the ground. Sofiye, who has three children, arrived in Sweden from Uzbekistan as an asylum seeker in 2008, and for much of that time she was able to build a life in …