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Residents hoisted from rooftops amid Spain’s deadly flooding
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Helen Haines: independent MP in critical condition in Melbourne’s Alfred hospital after being struck by car in Wangaratta – follow updates
A joint counter-terrorism taskforce is investigating the incident, which Anthony Albanese alleged ‘wasn’t an accident’ ‘Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines critically injured Helen Haines, the principled MP respected across parliament What we know so far Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast ‘It’s very clear that this was a deliberate act’, PM says The prime minister, Anthony Albanese , said Haines’ alleged attacker “did a U-turn in order to get back to where Helen Haines was” after passing her on the road. It would appear that the driver of the vehicle that inflicted the damage to Helen Haines did a U-turn in order to get back to where Helen Haines was after passing where she was getting things from the boot or putting things into the boot of her car. So it’s clear that there was a deliberate act here, this wasn’t an accident –
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Injured Ukrainian soldier rescued in first-ever drone evacuation mission
The Ukrainian army says it has carried out the world’s first drone evacuation of a wounded soldier from the front line.
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Ukrainians dying because US restricting intelligence sharing, Zelensky adviser tells BBC
Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks. The White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing.
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French authorities announce partial curfews as PM blames ‘ultra-left’ for exploiting protests – Europe live
Curfews to apply to parts of cities including Paris, Nice and Lyon after days of violence on French streets Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across France French PM Lecornu says he has asked prefects to implement “a number of partial curfews” in certain “localised” urban areas to stop further disorder, which he attributes to “the extreme-left” and some criminal elements. We will no doubt hear more on this from local authorities, as in the example of Marseille ( 10:32 ). Continue reading...
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Kenya convicts cult leader over the murder of 190 children
Paul Mackenzie and his church set up sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children, say prosecutors A Kenyan court has found the starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult-related disasters in recent history. Mackenzie was arrested in 2023 after police received a tipoff, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola forest near the coast in south-eastern Kenya. Continue reading...
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Trump signs order launching women’s health division at NIH, White House
First Lady Melania Trump has championed the executive action as a 'transformative moment' for US women's health.