12 h. ago Nick Reiner seen in court as he makes first public appearance since parents' murder and lawyer breaks silence: Live updates

Nick Reiner made his first court appearance today after he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the stabbing deaths of his parents.

Society

24 h. ago Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr

The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair I once spent an exasperating week showing a Russian friend around London. He insisted on seeing everything and admiring nothing. Museums, monuments, shops – all compared unfavourably with St Petersburg and Moscow. This got tiresome after a few days, so I asked my friend if there was anything at all about Britain that impressed him. “The stability,” he said without hesitation. “You can feel the stability.”That was a different world; the late 1990s. I don’t remember the year, but I remember knowing what my friend was talking about because I had felt the same culture shock in reverse when first visiting Russia.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Politics

33 h. ago Illinois law generates $1.5B to save public transit from fiscal calamity

Public transit in the Chicago metropolitan area will get a $1.5 billion infusion to save it from financial disaster under a law that will take effect next summer

Politics

34 h. ago Stephen Lawrence's mother says her son's killer is still a 'dangerous racist' after he is denied release from prison

Members of the panel said they denied release after considering a series of racist offences committed by the 49-year-old while in prison.

Events

62 h. ago Professors, students appeal ruling on Alabama law banning DEI initiatives at public universities

A group of students and professors in Alabama is appealing a state law that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in public schools

Society

63 h. ago Save London's car clubs, Sadiq Khan told, amid Zipcar's 'deeply concerning' departure

Politicians and environmental campaigners among signatories of letter to London mayor demanding intervention to safeguard car clubs in the capital

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Law is the only weapon I have’: a Ukrainian lawyer’s campaign to rescue the children stolen by Russia

Though once so despairing she thought of giving up the law for art, Kateryna Rashevska is still pushing for the return of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by the invadersAt only 28, the human rights lawyer Kateryna Rashevska has become the public face of Ukraine’s campaign to repatriate children forcibly deported to Russia. She knows this means she is being watched.The past two years have seen the Ukrainian addressing the UN security council, the US Senate and writing submissions to the international criminal court (ICC), which then issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for the “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago RFK Jr is a danger to public health – but local Maha laws could be a bigger threat | Katrina vanden Heuvel

An array of under-the-radar initiatives are taking hold across the US, often tied to immunization, fluoridation and raw milkEven within the freak show that is Donald Trump’s cabinet, the health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has a singular knack for dominating the headlines with the most disturbing sort of carnivalesque spectacle.In recent months, he’s amplified harmful misinformation linking Tylenol and autism and dismissed the entire CDC vaccine advisory committee, replacing them with skeptics and conspiracy theorists. And even as that agency debated and ultimately scrapped its hepatitis B vaccination recommendation for many newborns, Kennedy courted further controversy for his alleged involvement in a tabloid-fodder love triangle.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of the Nation, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a contributor to the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Continue reading...

Society

7 d. ago Irish minister criticises EU for failing to act on child safety online

Patrick O’Donovan said that allowing children to view ‘heinous’ material online was the public health issue of our generation.

Politics

7 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council leader calls for Scottish Government to provide additional funding to plug £34.639m budget gap

Councillor Jim Logue responded to COSLA’s budget campaign by calling for increased financing to address escalating demand pressures.

Economics

8 d. ago MPs back EU customs union demand in surprise vote as Brexit campaign dubbed 'dishonest'

A Bill put forward by the Lib Dems demanding the UK forms a customs union with the EU passed a Commons hurdle in a surprise vote - but No10 has ruled out backing it

Politics

9 d. ago Full footage captured of Afghan asylum seeker attackers by schoolgirl rape victim 'would start a riot' if the public saw it, lawyers admit

Afghans Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, had arrived only months earlier in small boats before assaulting the 15-year-old in a park on May 10.

Events

9 d. ago Footage captured of Afghan asylum seeker attackers by schoolgirl rape victim 'would start a riot' if the public saw it, lawyers admit

Afghans Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, had arrived only months earlier in small boats before assaulting the 15-year-old in a park on May 10.

Events

9 d. ago Tory shadow minister praises Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown – and says it could work in UK

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the British public expects immigration laws to be properly enforced

Politics

9 d. ago Tory shadow minister praises Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the British public expects immigration laws to be properly enforced

Politics

9 d. ago Authorities monitor online criticism of New Orleans immigration crackdown

Officials track public sentiment, noting negative impact of ‘videos with sounds of children crying’ as parents arrestedState and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agents while compiling regular updates on public “sentiment” surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by the Associated Press.The intelligence gathering comes even as officials have released few details about the first arrests made last week as part of “Catahoula Crunch”, prompting calls for greater transparency from local officials who say they have been kept in the dark about virtually every aspect of the operation. Continue reading...

Culture

9 d. ago Brendon McCullum demands strong response from England to rescue Ashes campaign

England are on the brink of another Ashes series defeat in Australia after losing the first two Tests

Events

1 week ago Father facing attempted murder charge for attacking alleged sex offender who made remark about his minor daughter

Police urged the public not to take the law into their own hands

Events

1 week ago Activists attack Crown Jewels with apple crumble and custard at the Tower of London demanding more tax on higher earners

Activists from civil-resistance group Take Back Power smothered apple crumble and custard over a glass case containing the Crown Jewels inside the Tower of London, this morning.

Events

1 week ago Rachel Reeves escapes ministerial ethics probe over Budget lies as standards tsar rejects Farage's demand for Chancellor to be investigated

Reform leader Nigel Farage had demanded the Chancellor be investigated for saying there was a black hole in the public finances of more than £20billion, which it later emerged did not exist.

Politics