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Prime minister says pilot of age assurance technology will be funded in the May budget. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPrime minister says trial ongoing into funding for women escaping violenceThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is speaking to ABC RN about yesterday’s announcements after national cabinet.Well, there is already a trial going ahead. We want to make sure that the processes are in place that they will begin within the next financial year as a permanent program, not just offering financial support, but as well as offering support for

Teenage boy died in attack by man armed with a sword, with two police officers and two others also injuredA man has been charged with murder after a series of stabbings in Hainault on Tuesday that left a teenage boy dead.Marcus Aurelio Arduini Monzo, 36, was charged with the murder of Daniel Anjorin, 14. He will appear at Barkingside magistrates court on Thursday 2 May. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/man-36-charged-with-of-daniel-anjorin-14-after-hainault-stabbings Author : Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Publish date : 2024-05-01 21:17:40 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green said it is in ‘profound shock and sorrow’ after death of Daniel, 14, who it described as a ‘true scholar’The 14-year-old boy killed in the sword attacks in north-east London was praised as a “true scholar” by his school, the same one attended by one of the victims of the 2023 Nottingham stabbings.The teenager named by police as Daniel Anjorin, was a student at the private Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green, which is still reeling from losing former student , Grace O’Malley-Kumar, in the June 2023 Nottingham stabbings. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/hainault-attack-school-praises-daniel-anjorin-positive-and-gentle-character Author

Counter-protesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA; police arrested dozens of demonstrators at Columbia and City College of New YorkViolence erupts at UCLA campus between rival Gaza protest groupsDozens arrested at Columbia University as New York police disperse Gaza protestThe 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 encampment on campus and join them at Hamilton Hall. Those signs of supports surfaced as the UN

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 essential for ensuring privacy and dignity for women. I do recognise, however, that the law in this area is complex, and I know that some organisations are confused and afraid of backlash if they are seen

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 more than 5km (three miles) into the sky and forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for 12,000 people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/01/indonesia-volcano-eruption-tsunami-fears-mount-ruang-vola-malaysia-ash Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2024-05-01 07:51:41 Copyright for syndicated

NYPD enters campus Tuesday evening in reported move to dispel students who took over academic building earlier in the dayUS campus protests - live updatesHundreds of New York City police officers entered Columbia University on Tuesday evening to clear an academic building taken over by pro-Palestinian students the day before, as tensions surrounding the students’ campus encampment for Gaza have roiled the New York school for two weeks.Live video images showed police in riot gear marching onto the upper Manhattan campus, the focal point of nationwide student protests opposing Israel’s war in Gaza. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/new-york-police-columbia-university-student-protests Author

Albanese flags ‘immediate steps’ to be taken on women’s safety as well as a ‘longer-term cultural challenge’. Follow the today’s news liveGet 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 read all the details on this from Peter Hannam below:Right now, we treat investments from right around the world more or less the same. We want to streamline it for the less-risky investments so we can devote

Hush-money trial hears about ex-National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard asking Keith Davidson: ‘Did he cheat on Melania?’Donald Trump trial – live updatesDonald Trump’s New York criminal trial heated up on Tuesday afternoon as Keith Davidson, former attorney for both Stormy Daniels, the adult film actor, and Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model, was questioned by prosecutors about texts in which he was asked whether Trump had cheated on his wife.In those texts, former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard asked Davidson: “Did he cheat on Melania?” and “Do you know if the affair was during his marriage to Melania?” Continue reading...

Republican House speaker denies making deal after top House Democrats say they will oppose Marjorie Taylor Green attempt to depose JohnsonDemocrats vow to block Taylor Greene effort to remove House speakerAt a press conference today, Republican speaker of the House Mike Johnson denied making a deal with Democrats to defeat a far-right attempt to remove him as the chamber’s leader:Rightwing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is behind the attempt to remove Johnson as speaker, accused him of a “slimy back room deal” with House Democrats after their leaders earlier today said they would not support Greene’s motion to vacate. Continue

Judge holds ex-president in contempt for repeatedly violating gag order that prohibits comments about witnesses; testimony resumes with Gary Farro, Michael Cohen’s 2015 contact at First Republic BankRight now, prosecutor Rebecca Mangold is continuing to question banker Gary Farro about documents associated with Michael Cohen’s LLC, Essential Consultants, for which he opened a bank account.Remember: prosecutors said that Cohen used Essential Consultants to funnel money to Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, to bury her account for an extramarital sexual encounter with Donald Trump. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/apr/30/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-michael-cohen-latest-updates Author : Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Chris Michael (earlier) Publish date : 2024-04-30

Israel’s prime minister says forces will enter city in southern Gaza as Hamas says it will consider ceasefire proposalsAl Jazeera is carrying a quote from Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan. It quotes him saying:It’s clear from the Israeli paper that they are still insisting on two major issue: they don’t want a complete ceasefire and they are not talking – in a serious way – about the withdrawal from Gaza. In fact, they are still talking about their presence, which means they will continue to occupy Gaza. We have serious questions for the mediators. If there are positive answers, I think

Met Police say incident does not appear to be terror-related after reports of vehicle being driven into house in Thurlow Gardens areaTell us: how have you been affected by the incident in Hainault?The home secretary, James Cleverly, said he is being regularly updated about the incident in Hainault and thanked emergency responders for responding to the attack.“I would urge people not to speculate or share footage online and provide relevant information to the police,” he wrote on X. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2024/apr/30/hainault-london-sword-attack-stabbing-latest-new-updates Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2024-04-30 11:34:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Cheng ‘Charlie’ Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated in 1994, wants to provide for his family and ‘find a good doctor’It was about eight years after a cancer diagnosis when Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, his wife and their friends bought a batch of lottery tickets at a north-east Oregon convenience store in early April.They ended up winning the eighth-largest jackpot in US lottery history, officials revealed Monday, when Saephan appeared at a news conference and wondered how much time he had left to enjoy the windfall he is splitting with two of his loved ones. Continue reading... Source link

Passengers left stranded as services suspended amid speculation budget carrier’s aircraft have been repossessedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe low-cost airline Bonza has abruptly cancelled all its flights across Australia, with speculation its aircraft have been repossessed, as its owners consider the viability of the carrier’s future.Passengers were left stranded at a handful of airports when Bonza “temporarily suspended” all services due to be operated on Tuesday with no notice.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup

T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T say they will appeal against ‘excessive’ fines meted out by US regulatorThe Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest US wireless carriers nearly $200m for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information.The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020, including $80m for T-Mobile; $12m for Sprint, which T-Mobile has since acquired; $57m for AT&T, and nearly $47m for Verizon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/29/fcc-fines-wireless-carriers-t-mobile-verizon Author : Reuters Publish date : 2024-04-30 02:09:23 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Mining company hopes to agree huge payout over Samarco disaster. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice in Western Australia are investigating after a woman was found dead in her home south of Perth.At about 7:15am on Monday, police responded to a call at an address in Yangebup, a suburb about 25km south of central Perth, where they “located the woman deceased”.We founded this company on our shared conviction that quantum computing is the most profoundly world-changing technology that humans have discovered, and that to deliver on the promise of

Ursula von der Leyen takes part alongside representatives from seven other parties as EU gears up for European parliament electionsThe far-right Identity and Democracy’s representative, Anders Vistisen, wrote on social media ahead of the debate:“The entire EU system has tried to prevent me and the right wing from participating in the EU top candidate debate tonight. They want to exclude right wing votes! They didn’t succeed - so tonight I will tell the truth about the EU’s disaster course directly to Ursula and the rest of the EU!” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/29/europe-live-european-commission-presidential-candidates-battle-it-out-in-maastricht-debate Author : Lili Bayer Publish date

RRC appears to defy neutrality principle, as Ukrainian officials criticise ‘weak response’ and accuse Red Cross of being advocate for Russian aggressionThe International Red Cross movement has decided not to suspend membership of the Russian Red Cross (RRC), despite potential breaches of neutrality regulations brought to light by an investigation by a group of international media outlets, including the Guardian.Research showed what appeared to be numerous violations of the Red Cross charter by the Russian organisation since the launch of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/29/red-cross-decides-against-suspending-russian-branch-despite-links-to-kremlin-war-machine Author : Shaun Walker in Warsaw

US secretary of state says Iran is biggest source of instability in region but adds many nations interested in ‘path of greater peace’Biden and Netanyahu speak amid pressure over Rafah and ceasefireAntony Blinken has told a meeting of regional leaders in Riyadh that the most effective way to alleviate humanitarian suffering in Gaza is to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.Speaking in Saudi Arabia, the US secretary of state said that there had been “measurable progress” in delivering aid to Gaza, which Israel has beseiged for six months, but more is needed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/29/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-hamas-netanyahu-rafah-latest-news-updates Author

Moscow claims another eastern village as struggling Ukrainian forces await the arrival of crucial weapons from the USPolish protesters unblocked all border crossing points with Ukraine on Monday morning, a Ukraine border guard spokesperson said on a Ukrainian TV broadcast, reports Reuters news agency.“Fortunately, we have unblocked all directions on the border with Poland,” the border guard spokesperson Andriy Demchenko said of Polish farmers ending the blockade.We are preparing for the first, inaugural peace summit in June. Our team works with the teams of our key partners to ensure that the summit is truly global.We can certainly say that countries

Rescuers on Italian island say European governments must open more safe routes to claim refugeAid workers on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is one of Europe’s busiest landing points for asylum seekers, have condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan as they prepare for another busy summer of bedraggled arrivals and deaths at sea.They have called on European governments to open more safe routes to claim refuge if they wish to “stop the boats”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/29/lampedusa-aid-workers-condemn-uk-rwanda-plan-james-cleverly-visit Author : Rajeev Syal in Lampedusa Publish date : 2024-04-29 07:00:27 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Craig McPherson says he has been considering the decision for a while and believes ‘now is a good time for all to have a fresh start’. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has been making the rounds on breakfast television this morning, currently speaking on ABC News Breakfast.He is asked why the government won’t declare violence against women as a national emergency?When we declare a national emergency, things kick in one-off payments for people – for a bushfire, for a flood, for something like that.

Makers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells legally required to protect devices against access by cybercriminalsTech that comes with weak passwords such as “admin” or “12345” will be banned in the UK under new laws dictating that all smart devices must meet minimum security standards.Measures to protect consumers from hacking and cyber-attacks come into effect on Monday, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/29/devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-uk Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2024-04-29 01:01:17 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president and Israeli PM talk as Israel vows to invade Gaza city despite global concern for 1 million Palestinians sheltering thereThe White House on Sunday said Joe Biden had again spoken with Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a ceasefire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.There were no immediate details of the conversation, which took place as Israel vows to invade Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah despite global concern for more than 1 million Palestinians sheltering there. The US secretary of state is