Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, bereaved families are understood to have been told by Angela Rayner. Rayner, the deputy prime minister and housing secretary, met relatives and survivors on Wednesday evening and “announced the decision that the tower will have to be carefully deconstructed”, according to a spokesperson for Grenfell Next of Kin. More…
Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh have taken out their anger at exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolise the country’s independence – and now, they say, the authoritarianism they believe she stood for. The attack was sparked by a speech that Hasina gave to supporters from exile…
The Italian founder of the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, who has been a vocal critic of Italy’s alleged complicity in abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, has revealed WhatsApp informed him his mobile phone was targeted by military-grade spyware made by the Israel-based company Paragon Solutions. Luca Casarini, an activist whose organisation is estimated to…
House agrees to mandatory minimum sentences for hate crimes The hate crimes amendment to add mandatory minimum sentencing has now been voted on and agreed to in the house. But neither the government nor Coalition supported amendments from independent MP Allegra Spender to include stronger anti-vilification provisions. Share Updated at 23.55 CET Key events Show key events only…
Rebels of the M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces have launched a new offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a crisis summit. The UN said the battle for the key city of Goma, which M23 and Rwandan troops seized last…
Largest federal union warns Trump is attempting to ‘destroy’ government The leader of the largest union for federal employees has warned a congressional committee that Donald Trump’s campaign to dramatically downsize the government amounts to “the biggest assault” on its workforce in American history. “In just the past week, we have seen the administration issue…