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Vancouver street festival: 11 people killed in car-ramming attack, as PM says Canada is ‘heartbroken’ – latest updates
saying: “We’ve been making sure our family, friends, volunteers, and community partners who helped make the event a success are accounted for and are OK. [more…]
Eleven people killed as car ploughs into Vancouver festival crowd
Eleven people were killed and dozens of others injured when a driver ploughed a car into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver on [more…]
Teaching union reverses Matt Wrack appointment ahead of legal challenge
The NASUWT teaching union has been forced to backpedal on its controversial appointment of Matt Wrack as general secretary and will instead reopen nominations for [more…]
US treasury secretary says ‘there is a path’ with China over tariff negotiations
The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said “there is a path” to an agreement with China over tariffs after he had interactions with his Chinese [more…]
Private landlords and hotels ‘cashing in’ on England’s hidden homelessness crisis
Private landlords and hotel owners are charging councils far in excess of market rent to house people who would otherwise end up on the street, [more…]
Trans people banned from toilets of gender they identify with, says UK minister
A UK government minister has said trans people are now banned from using toilets of the gender they identify as, amid warnings about the “incredibly [more…]
Grenfell fire fridge maker accused of safety test failings in council lawsuit
The company that made the fridge-freezer blamed for starting the Grenfell Tower fire has been accused in a lawsuit lodged by the local council of [more…]
Shabana Mahmood warned of risk to pregnant women in halting Sentencing Council guidelines
Shabana Mahmood risks putting more pregnant women behind bars through her bill to prevent new guidelines which highlighted the need for pre-sentencing reports based on [more…]
Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators
Meta is facing a second set of lawsuits in Africa over the psychological distress experienced by content moderators employed to take down disturbing social media [more…]
Trump says US ships should have free use of Panama and Suez canals
Donald Trump has demanded free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making [more…]
