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Dutzende Menschen versammelten sich vor dem Krankenhaus, in dem der 47-Jährige behandelt wurde, fünf Tage nach dem Verschwinden des fünfjährigen Mädchens • Warnung: Dieser Artikel enthält Hinweise auf und Bilder von verstorbenen indigenen Australiern Erhalten Sie unsere E-Mail mit Eilmeldungen, die kostenlose App oder unseren täglichen Nachrichten-Podcast Eine wütende Menschenmenge ist vor einem Krankenhaus in Alice Springs mit der Polizei aneinandergeraten, in dem ein 47-jähriger Mann behandelt wurde, der von der Polizei im Zusammenhang mit dem Tod der fünfjährigen Kumanjayi Little Baby festgenommen worden war. Die Festnahme von Jefferson Lewis wurde in einer kurzen Erklärung der Polizei des Northern Territory kurz vor 22:00 Uhr Ortszeit am Donnerstagabend bestätigt. Weiterlesen...

Artikel 42.7 war jahrzehntelang in Vergessenheit geraten – bis Donald Trump begann, die Verpflichtung der USA gegenüber der Nato infrage zu stellen• Sie möchten „This Is Europe“ in Ihrem Postfach erhalten? Melden Sie sich hier anDie meisten Menschen haben von Artikel 5 der Nato gehört. Die Klausel nach dem Motto „einer für alle, alle für einen“ besagt, dass ein bewaffneter Angriff auf ein Mitgliedsland als Angriff auf alle gewertet werden sollte, was die Mitgliedstaaten dazu verpflichtet, dem Opfer beizustehen – einschließlich durch den „Einsatz bewaffneter Gewalt“.Nicht so viele hatten bis diese Woche von der eigenen gegenseitigen Verteidigungsklausel der EU, Artikel 42.7 (pdf), gehört, in der es heißt, dass die anderen Mitgliedstaaten verpflichtet sind, einem Mitgliedsstaat, der angegriffen wird, „mit allen in ihrer Macht stehenden Mitteln Beistand und Hilfe zu leisten“. Das liegt vielleicht daran, dass es bis vor kurzem für Europäer kaum notwendig war, Artikel 42.7 zu konsultieren. Mehr als 40 US-Militärstützpunkte und 85.000 Soldaten in der EU (und im Vereinigten Königreich) waren ein Zeugnis für die Verteidigungszusage Washingtons gegenüber dem alten Kontinent. Weiterlesen...

Where Olly Robbins relied on recollections, Cabinet Office’s top civil servant was at pains to link her account to paper trail Seen through the Westminster bubble, the Peter Mandelson vetting affair looks like an age-old conflict pitting ministers against mandarins. Yet the latest top civil servant to testify to parliament over what some are now calling “Mandygate” gave an intriguing account that suggested it has never been as simple as that.Cat Little, the top civil servant at the Cabinet Office, did not put it in these terms, but what she revealed was an extraordinary dispute between the country’s most senior civil servants. Continue reading...

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of Mandelson’s appointment UK politics live – latest updatesIn more than 90 minutes of evidence to the foreign affairs select committee about the Peter Mandelson scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious.But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information different to that given to the same committee by Olly Robbins, the former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office. Continue reading...

In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office’s top civil servant disputes claim her department suggested vetting might not be neededUK politics live – latest updatesOlly Robbins refused to hand Peter Mandelson’s vetting summary to the Cabinet Office, the civil servant who leads the department has said.The summary – which would have revealed that Robbins, the now-sacked Foreign Office head, had granted Mandelson clearance against the advice of security officials – was instead provided to Cat Little by UK Security Vetting, she said. Continue reading...

Republicans had hoped that Trump’s 2025 tax cuts would be at the forefront of voters’ minds, but many have reportedly not noticed a differenceSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.It is Tax Day and Republicans are ramping up their efforts to highlight last year’s sweeping tax cuts and turn them into political capital.Eric Swalwell officially resigned from Congress amid the threat of an expulsion vote and other misconduct allegations he has denied. A special election to fill his vacant seat will be held 18 August. At a Los Angeles press conference this morning, Lonna Drewes accused Swalwell of drugging and raping her in 2018, telling reporters she “did not consent to any sexual activity.”The House still needs to pass a bill to fund several Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subagencies, like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Coast Guard, amid a record-breaking partial government shutdown. The Senate advanced measure that remedies this funding lapse, but doesn’t include money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol, has stalled in the lower chamber.Meanwhile, House Democrats on Tuesday proposed creating a commission that would work with JD Vance to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th amendment, should they determine he is no longer fit to serve. The measure, introduced by Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, follows a series of statements from Trump, including his recent warning that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” if it did not capitulate to his demands, and a social media post that depicted him as Jesus Christ.Donald Trump has said that talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan over next two days, according to an interview with the New York Post. “You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there,” Trump was quoted as saying.The US state department said Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to launch direct negotiations at a mutually agreed-upon time and place. The state department “expressed hope” that the meeting between Israel and Lebanon would “lead to peace agreement”.The Senate will hold its confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, the president’s pick to fill the vacant seat of Federal Reserve chair, next week, on 21 April. Both Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are expected to probe Warsh about his wealth and ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as his views on the Fed’s independence.The justice department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of several leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, who were involved in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. In a court filing today, the department asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to vacate the convictions – a step further than moves Donald Trump made to commute the leaders’ prison sentences last January when he granted clemency to all defendants charged in the attack. Continue reading...

Chancellor faced with fund’s forecast that impact of Iran war will leave Britain as G7’s biggest loserIran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warnsThe Iran war is bad news for the global economy. But for some countries, the unfolding conflict is having a bigger impact than for others. The International Monetary Fund’s verdict is that Britain is the G7’s biggest loser.Amid the rising damage from the Middle East war, the Washington-based fund warned UK economic growth rate would be 0.5 percentage points lower this year than it had predicted back in January – the biggest downgrade among the club of wealthy nations. Continue reading...

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in ‘precarious state’ more than year after urgent notificationThe Prison Service has made “very little progress” in enforcing a formal demand to stop drones from delivering drugs into one of its worst performing jails, a watchdog has concluded.Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons for England and Wales, said HMP Manchester remained in a “precarious state” after a failure to fix broken windows and install security to stop contraband being delivered to gangs. Continue reading...