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The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said the under-16s should be banned from social media, describing it as “an absolute cesspit”. Esther Ghey was speaking at a screening of an ITV documentary that explores the murder of her 16-year-old daughter by two schoolchildren. In the programme, which is to be broadcast on … Read more
Pocock says power bill rebate a ‘Band-Aid’, not a cost-of-living cure A little earlier, the independent senator David Pocock was on ABC News Breakfast, calling for gas to be diverted to the domestic market to keep energy prices from soaring. He said there was a “gas export problem” in Australia that was driving up prices, … Read more
The South African ambassador who was expelled from the US and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was welcomed home on Sunday by hundreds of supporters who sang songs praising him. Crowds at Cape Town International airport surrounded Ebrahim Rasool and his wife Rosieda as they emerged in the arrivals terminal in their … Read more
Fraud experts will investigate the university loans system amid concerns that students are falsely claiming millions of pounds without intending to study, the education secretary has announced. Bridget Phillipson has instructed the Public Sector Fraud Authority to coordinate the response to allegations that individuals with no genuine academic intent are enrolling in degree courses to … Read more
Heathrow airport returned to normal business on Sunday, two days after it was forced to close when a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut. Europe’s busiest airport had more than 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday after the fire at the substation in Hayes, west London. Flights restarted on Saturday, with the airport … Read more
An Istanbul court has formally arrested the city’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on corruption charges, sending him to pre-trial detention on the day he is expected to receive his party’s nomination to run for president. The mayor of Turkey’s largest city and a rival of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was jailed on charges of leading … Read more
Missouri lost an ambassador, role model and community pillar in the violent storms that swept the country on 15 March: a 33-year-old bald eagle named Murphy. Murphy captivated hearts far beyond the midwest and gained national attention in 2023 when he incubated a rock, attempting to hatch it, in a stunt the internet loved. The … Read more
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has called a snap election on 28 April, firing the starting gun on a contest that is widely expected to focus on the strained relationship with the US amid threats to Canada’s economic and political future. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetime because of President Trump’s … Read more
Chuck Schumer defied calls to give up the top Democratic position in the Senate after he voted for Republicans’ funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, saying on Sunday: “I’m not stepping down.” Schumer has faced a wave of backlash from Democrats over his decision to support the Republican-led bill, with many Democrats alleging that … Read more
Labour’s missions are at risk of failing unless the government does more to involve the whole country from businesses to the wider public, as the age of “command and control” is over, a report from Demos has warned. The thinktank called on the government to embrace “mass mobilisation” for businesses, charities, unions and the wider … Read more