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Alexta Francis, 26, was arrested two days ago after MP Asot Michael found dead at his home on Caribbean islandAntigua police have charged a man over the fatal stabbing of a member of parliament in his seaside home.Police on the Caribbean island charged Alexta Francis, 26, two days after the landscaper was arrested and questioned about the killing of Asot Michael. Francis was due...

Billy and the Epic Escape to be withdrawn worldwide after First Nations groups say fantasy novel trivialises complex and painful historiesJamie Oliver has pulled his children’s book from sale after condemnation from First Nations communities that the fantasy novel is offensive and harmful.Penguin Random House UK on Sunday notified the Guardian that Billy and the Epic Escape would be withdrawn from sale in all...

South Australian to debut at top of batting order in first match in PerthIn-form Josh Inglis also picked as batter in 13-player squadAustralia have settled on Nathan McSweeney to be Usman Khawaja’s opening partner for the start of the blockbuster Test series against India. After an outstanding start to the domestic season, McSweeney has beaten Marcus Harris for the vacant spot in the Australian...

Olympians and Paralympians attended a Buckingham Palace reception, but only the former were asked to a following event hosted by the luxury food retailerFortnum & Mason has apologised for a “failure of communication” to Paralympians who were not invited to a party which Olympians attended, after the Paris medallists met the king at Buckingham Palace.Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes were hosted at a reception...

The incident happened in Banstead and was attended by police, the fire brigade and the London ambulance serviceA child has died after being struck by a branch that fell from a tree in Surrey.Emergency services were called to Grove Place near the junction with Carshalton Road, Banstead, shortly after 4pm on Saturday, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...

About 130,000 Spaniards protest against perceived failings by Carlos Mazón’s regional governmentSpaniards have taken to the streets of Valencia to demand the resignation of the regional president who led the emergency response to the recent catastrophic floods that killed more than 200 people.Floods that began on the night of 29 October have left 220 dead and nearly 80 people still missing. Continue reading...

Spokesperson for Trump’s presidential transition effort said Bryan Lanza had not been speaking on behalf of president-electUS elections 2024 – live updatesA senior adviser to Donald Trump said that the incoming US administration’s priority for Ukraine will be achieving peace rather than helping it regain territory captured by Russia in the almost three years of the war.In an interview with the BBC, broadcast on...

Military regime considering move after capital punishment abolished in west African country in 2018Burkina Faso’s military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the west African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told Agence France-Presse on Saturday. The last execution in Burkina Faso was carried out on 19 September 1988, according to Amnesty International. The nation’s final executions killed four leaders...

Mackenzie Michalski, 31, from Portland, Oregon, met 37-year-old man from Ireland at nightclub in BudapestFamily members of a 31-year-old American tourist who was killed while on vacation in Hungary’s capital mourned their loss while a 37-year-old suspect was in custody Saturday.The victim, Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on 5 November after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest....

Shadow cabinet secretary Claire Coutinho accepted donation from Lord Bamford while overseeing millions awarded to his family businesses in green grantsA Conservative former cabinet ­minister who took donations from the billionaire boss of the JCB digger dynasty – including a £7,000 trip on his VIP private helicopter – oversaw decisions to award his family’s business empire millions in taxpayer-funded green energy grants.Claire Coutinho also...

Gulf state’s government is stopping mediation efforts until warring parties show a ‘sincere willingness’ to reach a dealThe Qatari government has informed the US and Israel it will stop mediation efforts to halt the conflict in Gaza because it no longer thinks the parties are negotiating in good faith.The Gulf state has concluded that talks have become a political football, and its efforts to...

Wars in Gaza and Lebanon set to intensify after Israeli PM’s position is reinforced by Trump’s victory and ousting of defence ministerBenjamin Netanyahu is set to stay in power in Israel until elections due in 2026 and possibly longer, analysts and officials now believe, after a tumultuous week in which the 75-year-old veteran politician successfully fired his defence minister and was boosted by the...

Pelosi told the New York Times that had Biden left sooner, the party could have had an open primaryThe US justice department is bringing criminal charges over an Iranian plot to kill the president-elect, Donald Trump, that was thwarted by the FBI, the government said.The federal government has unsealed criminal charges in what the justice department said was a murder-for-hire plan to take out...

Al Jazeera reports that women and children are among the dead after the Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi area near Khan YounisMore on the Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s capital Beirut overnight.The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has said it attacked a Hezbollah headquarters, a weapons production site and other areas used by the terror group. Continue reading...

Gangs use online promotion to follow movements of footballers, striking while they are away from home“The best year of my life in football now doesn’t feel like something I can celebrate,” said Manchester City’s Jack Grealish after burglars raided his Cheshire house while his family was home.The invasion of the England football player’s home was one in a recent string of burglaries targeting the...

The 15-year-old’s body was found in bushland in Wilton early Saturday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is in police custody as detectives continue their inquiries into the death of a teenage boy in Sydney’s south-west.The 15-year-old’s body was found in bushland in Wilton at about 7.25am on Saturday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Charity relaunches advice page recommending volunteering and getting involved in local civic causes during traumatic world eventsAfter Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory this week, a briefing handily re-appeared in the “most popular topics” section of the Mental Health Foundation website: “Tips to look after your mental health during traumatic world events.”The briefing has been well-read before, at times of war, conflict, violence and...

Smoked salmon, artisan cheese and fine wine among food and drink lost by European outlets Small food producers are increasingly being targeted by organised crime gangs and rogue industry insiders looking to exploit national and global supply chain challenges , according to food crime experts.The warning comes after several food businesses in the UK and continental Europe revealed how they had lost hundreds of...

Police say army personnel targeted in possible suicide bombing in country’s south-west and many of more than 40 injured in critical conditionAt least 24 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in south-western Pakistan, police and other officials have said.The target was “army personnel from the Infantry School”, said the inspector general...

Echoes Within These Walls aims to dispel myths about the religion by telling story of temple at St Agnes PlaceThe headquarters of the Rastafarian faith in the UK is being brought back to life with an exhibition its organiser hopes will help to dispel myths about the religion, which continues to be a big influence in popular culture from music and food to fashion.Echoes...

MPs with experience in mental health say lack of statutory regulation leaves people vulnerable to harm‘A therapist shouldn’t be giving you hugs’: readers share bad counselling experiencesMPs with experience in mental health have urged the government to introduce statutory regulation for all psychotherapists and counsellors, warning that the current system is leaving people vulnerable to harm.Unlike most other healthcare roles, “psychotherapist” and “counsellor” are...

Lib Dem leader says government should work with Trump but be prepared for him to act on security and trade threatsEd Davey has urged Keir Starmer to “Trump-proof” the UK by urgently seeking closer European cooperation over military aid for Ukraine and economic ties, after the US president-elect’s threats about security and trade wars.The Liberal Democrat leader, whose party is the third biggest in...

After ‘distressing incidents’, watchdog says content from user-made bots would be covered by UK Online Safety ActOfcom has warned tech firms that content from chatbots impersonating real and fictional people could fall foul of the UK’s new digital laws.The communications regulator issued the guidance after it emerged that users on the Character.AI platform had created avatars mimicking the deceased British teenagers Brianna Ghey and...

‘Looming catastrophe’ will ‘dwarf anything we have seen so far’ in Gaza since 7 October 2023, famine review committee saysThere is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of the northern Gaza Strip, a committee of global food security experts warned on Friday, as Israel claims to be pursuing a military offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in the area.“Immediate action, within...