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Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’Successive politicians have clawed their way past colleagues over the years to call the residence home. Yet in an offer that probably seemed too good to be true, the property site Booking.com has been accused of “systemic security failures” after it was able to set up and accept payment for a fake listing for 10 Downing Street.A property listed as a “1 bedroom apartment in the heart of London” – with the exact address and a picture of the prime minister’s home – was listed on 18 June by researchers from the consumer watchdog Which?. Continue reading...

Allowing jurors to stay in same hotel as police and prosecution denied Patterson a fair trial, lawyers tell Victorian court of appealLawyers for Erin Patterson argue that allowing jurors to stay in the same hotel as police and the prosecution while they deliberated over their verdicts in the triple murder trial represented a “catastrophic” failure of the justice system.On Wednesday, three judges of Victoria’s highest court started hearing two appeals – by Patterson herself and the state’s director of public prosecutions (DPP) – into the conviction and sentence in the case. Continue reading...

Parliamentary committee continues investigation into KPMG audit leaks. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.KPMG has reached out to apologise to the man who exposed its audit leaks scandal before an inquiry into its failures today, while Labor MPs want the government to do more to protect whistleblowers. More coming up. Continue reading...

• The author argues that current disease burdens are essentially policy failures, suggesting that medical progress is being unnecessarily hindered. • A primary bottleneck identified is the increasing complexity and slowing pace of clinical trials required for drug approval. • The current regulatory process demands successive stages of trials with escalating participant numbers and data collection before medical use is permitted.

• The article examines whether a potential military failure in Iran would fundamentally change U.S. strategic approaches to warfare and foreign intervention. • It notes a historical trend where veterans and voters punished previous administrations for the high costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. • However, the author observes a current shift in public sentiment, suggesting that many Americans may now be less concerned with the long-term costs of conflict.

Analysis finds nearly one in six people leaving jail last year in England and Wales were released into homelessnessAndy Burnham’s pledge to end rough sleeping is under threat from a failure to find accommodation for a growing number of newly released prisoners, a charity has warned.An analysis by the social justice charity Nacro has found that nearly one in six people leaving jail in England and Wales last year were released into homelessness, reaching the highest rate for five years. Continue reading...

• The United States and Europe have reintroduced sanctions against Russia and issued warnings regarding Moscow's perceived threats to NATO. • The article argues that these diplomatic and economic measures are being used as a "smoke screen" to hide significant Western military failures. • Key concerns highlighted include the expenditure of billions of dollars and emerging scandals surrounding the deployment of Western weaponry in Ukraine.