The UN has condemned what it called “extremely disturbing” reports of entire families being killed in north-west Syria as clashes between security forces and Assad regime loyalists resulted in the country’s highest death toll since the start of its revolution in 2011. The UN commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, called on Sunday for investigations … Read more
Thousands of people living near rivers and creeks in south-east Queensland have been warned to seek shelter or find high ground, amid concern about more flash flooding in the aftermath of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. More than 230,000 households and businesses are still without power, as heavy rain continued on Sunday night and into Monday morning. … Read more
The government has said it will “clean up Windermere” after criticism over the volume of sewage being pumped into England’s largest lake. The environment secretary, Steve Reed, pledged “only rainwater” would enter the famous body of water in the Lake District, putting an end to the situation where it Windermere was being “choked by unacceptable … Read more
Mark Carney, the former central banker who oversaw the response to financial crises in North America and the UK, will become the next prime minister of Canada after winning the race to lead the country’s federal Liberal party. Carney, 59, takes on the role as Canada is locked in a potentially catastrophic trade war with … Read more
A small airplane with five people onboard crashed in a parking lot near Lancaster airport in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the single-engine plane was a Beechcraft Bonanza, and the incident happened around 3pm in Lancaster county. Multiple injuries were reported and authorities could not immediately provide … Read more
Prisons are being prepared to cope with a sudden influx of offenders in case there is a repeat of last summer’s riots, the justice minister, James Timpson, has told the Guardian. Hundreds of extra makeshift cells and newly refurbished cells will be in use by the end of this year, officials have disclosed, as the … Read more
The UK recorded the warmest day of the year twice this weekend, with temperatures reaching almost 20C in parts of the country, the Met Office said. A high of 19.7C was reached in Crosby, Merseyside on Sunday, beating Saturday’s peak of 19.1C in Cumbria. The unseasonably high temperatures meant parts of the UK have been … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Welcome Good morning everyone – this is Cait Kelly, I will be with you until the afternoon. It’s a big morning, so let me catch you up on the headlines quickly. Major flooding has isolated 1,800 people as evacuation routes have … Read more
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday announced new leadership at the agency tasked with immigration enforcement as she also pledged to step up lie detector tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about operations to the media. Noem confirmed, in addition, that the government will expand immigration detention operations further … Read more
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a state department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney. Mahmoud Khalil was at his university-owned apartment, blocks from the private Ivy League university’s main … Read more