~theguardian-world | Bookmarks (3713)

Protesters have clashed on the University of California campus in Los Angeles hours after New York police cleared out Columbia encampmentThe occupation of Hamilton Hall came after protesters’ defied a 2pm Monday deadline to abandon their camp at Columbia or face suspension. The university promptly began suspending participating students.Posts on an Instagram page for protest organisers shortly after midnight urged people to protect the...

Masked police also used water cannon and stun grenades against rally protesting over legislation viewed as authoritarian and Russian-inspiredMichael Roth, chairman of the German Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has called on Georgia’s leadership to stop the violence and withdraw the foreign agents bill.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said today that he “strongly” condemns violence against protesters and said use of force is...

Egyptian official says group wants clear terms allowing displaced people to return to the north of GazaSee all our Middle East crisis coverageReporting for Al Jazeera from Rafah, Tareq Abu Azzoum has said that Israel appears to have “ramped up airstrikes and land bombardment”. He writes for the news network:Israeli artillery units have been relentlessly pounding the Nuseirat refugee camp – in the northern...

Justice Michael Lee labels Ten lawyer’s comments outside court following judgment ‘discourteous’ and ‘misleading’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann has been granted an extension of time to consider an appeal at a federal court hearing which saw Network Ten’s conduct outside the court, after the judgment, described by Justice Michael Lee as “discourteous” and “misleading”.Lee said...

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu says its volume and quality of weapons should be stepped up The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is carrying out planned counter-intelligence exercises in Kyiv, the SBU press service reported.The SBU said the main purpose of the measures is to check and strengthen “counter-sabotage protection” of important state facilities and places where large numbers of people gather. Continue reading...

Business secretary defends move, saying it ‘puts to bed myth that Rwanda is not a safe place’Kemi Badenoch, who is minister for women and equalities as well as business and trade secretary, is launching a move to root out “bad guidance” on access to single-sex spaces. The initiative seems intended to restrict the extent to which trans women use these facilities.She said:Single-sex spaces are...

Susan Hall became member a day after an exposé about its contents – much of which is directed at Sadiq KhanTory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuseSusan Hall, the Tory candidate for London mayor, has joined a Facebook group which contains Islamophobic hate speech and abusive comments about her opponent Sadiq Khan, the day after an exposé about...

Accused were arrested in Lesbos and accused of facilitating illegal entry of migrants into the country A Greek court’s decision to drop criminal charges against dozens of international aid workers accused of espionage and facilitating the illegal entry of migrants into the country has been met with jubilation.A three-member judicial council convening on the north Aegean isle of Lesbos ruled there was insufficient proof...

Asio director general Mike Burgess had referred to expulsion of foreign operatives in 2021 speech but did not name country behind threat Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has vowed to guard against foreign interference after reports that two Indian intelligence officers were forced to leave the...

Hansons’s legal team played video of her telling then senator to ‘go back to New Zealand’ as defence in racial discrimination caseGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation senator Pauline Hanson told a white senator to “go back to New Zealand” years before she tweeted that Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, a Muslim, should “piss off back to...

Timeline for scheme comes after government accused of trying to ‘wriggle out’ of move to speed up payouts to victimsUK politics – latest updatesMinisters in the UK have agreed to a three-month deadline to establish a compensation scheme for victims of the infected blood scandal but warned it could be “unavoidably” delayed if parliament was not sitting.While making no mention of an election, the...

Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Church representatives tell Yoorrook Justice Commission of efforts to repent for ‘terrible legacy’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA commissioner at Victoria’s Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry has accused representatives from Australian churches of a “shattering silence” on steps towards redress for its past injustices.Representatives from the Catholic, Anglican and Uniting churches appeared on Wednesday at...

Nationwide blames April slowdown on ‘affordability pressures’ on back of high mortgage ratesBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices have fallen unexpectedly in April for a second consecutive month, according to the building society Nationwide, which blamed the slowdown on “affordability pressures” amid high mortgage rates.The average house price in April was £261,962, down 0.4% compared with March’s reading on the lender’s monthly index,...

This blog is now closed.Faruqi v Hanson: Pauline Hanson told ‘white’ Derryn Hinch to go back to where he came from, court toldGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we flagged earlier, the treasurer Jim Chalmers will today announce foreign investment changes, with approvals to be made quicker and greater scrutiny to be placed on potential risks.You can...

Met chief says one officer sustained hand injuries and another had surgery for ‘horrifically serious’ wounds to her armA police officer came close to losing her hand in the sword attack in Hainault, north-east London, the Metropolitan police commissioner, Mark Rowley, has said.A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured during the incident on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Interim role will include overseeing compensation payments as result of Horizon IT scandalBusiness live – latest updatesThe ex-chief executive of the former national lottery operator Camelot has been named as the new interim chair of the Post Office.The government said on Wednesday that the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, had appointed Nigel Railton to the role, replacing Henry Staunton, who was sacked in January. Continue...

Steven Miles’ government claims to have legal advice from Crown Law and solicitor general that amendments will not violate Human Rights Act or international lawFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe community sector has criticised new youth justice legislation introduced by the Queensland Labor government as part of an “irresponsible”...

Ships evacuating 12,000 islanders over fears that side of Mount Ruang might slide into sea and cause tsunami Eruptions at a remote Indonesian volcano have forced more than half a dozen airports to close with ash spreading as far as Malaysia, according to officials, while authorities rushed to evacuate thousands due to tsunami fears.Mount Ruang erupted three times on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash...

NYPD officers move on to campus on Tuesday evening to clear out Hamilton Hall building taken over by protesters, with reports of more arrests at City College of New YorkUS campus protests – live updatesDozens of students have been arrested after hundreds of New York City police officers entered Columbia University on Tuesday night to clear out an academic building that had been taken...

The writer of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and 4 3 2 1 – known for his stylised postmodernist fiction – has died from complications of lung cancerPaul Auster, the author of 34 books including the acclaimed New York Trilogy, has died aged 77.The author died on Tuesday due to complications from lung cancer, his friend and fellow author Jacki Lyden confirmed to the...

Euphoria is the latest in the hip-hop heavyweights’ fight via songs, which has now drawn in some of the biggest names in rapKendrick Lamar has released a new diss track against Drake titled Euphoria – the latest in a long-running feud between the two hip-hop heavyweights which was reignited earlier this year and has since ballooned into a “civil war” among rap’s upper echelons.The...

Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to passGeorgian security forces used water cannon, teargas and stun grenades against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a “foreign agents” bill that is viewed by the opposition and western nations as authoritarian and Russian-inspired.Reuters witnesses saw some police officers physically attack protesters –...

Time magazine called the ex-president’s plans ‘an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world’Donald Trump has warned that Joe Biden and his family could face multiple criminal prosecutions once he leaves office unless the US supreme court awards Trump immunity in his own legal battles with the criminal justice system.In a sweeping interview with Time magazine, Trump painted a...

Manahel al-Otaibi, who promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror lawsA young women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia was secretly sentenced to 11 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court after being arrested for “her choice of clothing and support for women’s rights”.Saudi officials confirmed in a statement to the United Nations high commissioner for human rights that Manahel al-Otaibi was...