Warlpiri girl went missing on Saturday 25 April from a town camp and was found dead five days laterWarning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have diedNorthern Territory police have charged Jefferson Lewis with murder and two counts of sexual assault over the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.The Warlpiri girl went missing on Saturday, 25 April, from her bed in a town camp near Alice Springs.Indigenous Australians can call 13YARN on 13 92 76 for information and crisis support; or call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Mensline on 1300 789 978 Continue reading...
El abuelo de la niña de cinco años y veterano anciano Warlpiri hace un llamamiento a la calma, diciendo: «Ahora es el momento del "sorry business"»• Advertencia: Este artículo contiene referencias e imágenes de australianos indígenas que han fallecido
La policía del Territorio del Norte dice que una persona se enfrenta a cargos y se esperan más por los disturbios en Alice Springs tras la detención de un hombre en relación con la muerte de una niña de cinco años. El abuelo de Kumanjayi Little Baby, cuyo cuerpo fue hallado el jueves a 5 km del town camp Old Timers donde fue vista con vida por última vez el sábado por la noche, pidió calma en la ciudad del centro de Australia el viernes, afirmando que el violento enfrentamiento entre la policía y otras personas en el hospital de Alice Springs no era «nuestra manera». Continuar leyendo...
Decenas de personas se congregaron frente al hospital donde el hombre de 47 años estaba siendo tratado cinco días después de que la niña de cinco años desapareciera•Advertencia: Este artículo contiene referencias e imágenes de australianos indígenas que han fallecido
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Una multitud enfurecida se ha enfrentado con la policía frente a un hospital en Alice Springs donde estaba siendo tratado un hombre de 47 años arrestado por la policía en relación con la muerte de Kumanjayi Little Baby, de cinco años. El arresto de Jefferson Lewis fue confirmado en un breve comunicado por la policía de Northern Territory poco antes de las 10 p. m. hora local del jueves por la noche. Continuar leyendo...
Article 42.7 había languidecido en la oscuridad durante décadas – hasta que Donald Trump comenzó a sembrar dudas sobre el compromiso de US con Nato
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La mayoría de la gente ha oído hablar del article 5 de Nato. La cláusula de “uno para todos, todos para uno” establece que un ataque armado contra un país miembro debe considerarse un ataque contra todos, lo que requiere que los estados miembros acudan en ayuda de la víctima – incluyendo “el uso de la fuerza armada”. No tantos, hasta esta semana, habían oído hablar de la propia cláusula de defensa mutua de la EU, article 42.7 (pdf), que dice que si un estado miembro es objeto de un ataque armado, los demás “tendrán hacia él una obligación de ayuda y asistencia por todos los medios a su alcance”. Eso se debe quizás a que no había habido, hasta hace poco, mucha necesidad de que los europeos consultaran el article 42.7. Más de 40 bases militares de US y 85,000 soldados en toda la EU (y UK) fueron testimonio del compromiso de defensa de Washington con el viejo continente. Siga leyendo...
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...