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Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly in, amid intensifying conflict Burkina Faso’s military summarily executed 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in a single day in late February, according to an investigation into one of the worst abuses by the country’s armed forces for years. The mass killings have been linked to…

NSW Health investigating after powerful drugs detected in samples related to overdoses in Nepean Blue Mountains local health district Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A cluster of 20 drug overdoses in New South Wales has prompted the state’s health department to issue a public warning about the danger…

Lavinia Alison Murray’s few minutes of inattention while bathing seven-month-old Trinity have resulted in ‘devastating consequences’, court hears Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A mother’s few minutes of inattention while giving her baby daughter a bath have resulted in “devastating consequences”, a …

Torney, 39, is due to face the Shepparton magistrates court on Friday after woman found dead Cobram man John Torney has been charged with assault and causing injury by police investigating the death of a 49-year-old woman in the northern Victorian town. Torney, 39, was on Wednesday evening charged with intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, common law assault, aggravated assault…

All were refused bail and due to appear in children’s court on Thursday on charges including possessing or controlling violent extremist material Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Five of the seven teenagers arrested on Wednesday as part of counter-terrorism raids in Sydney have been charged with a ran…

The March-quarter figure makes a cut less likely. Still, the Reserve Bank will probably give more weight to how quickly it can get to its target range Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A higher-than-forecast inflation result for the March quarter (and March itself) wasn’t the news Australian borrowers or the Albanese government had been wishing for. Disapp…

Journalist and at least 10 protesters arrested as Texas governor Greg Abbot says arrests to continue until ‘the crowd disperses’ Speaker jeered at Columbia as tensions rise over protests Mike Johnson , the Republican House speaker, will visit Columbia University today to speak to Jewish students and hold a press conference “regarding the troubling rise of virulent antisemitism on America’s colleg…

Cambridge study finds those from poorest areas have 35% higher risk of second non-breast cancer Female survivors of breast cancer living in the most deprived areas have a 35% higher risk of developing second, unrelated cancers, compared with those from the most affluent areas, research shows. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, with about 56,000 people being told they h…

Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030 Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda “indefinitely”, the home secretary has said, as he argued that the £1.8m a person cost of the scheme was justified. James Cleverly, in his first interview since the government’s plan was approved by parliament on Monday, said he had…

A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell it The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later…

Celebrating advertisers with scale, influence and integrity, the ceremony recognised brands including Nurofen and Google Pixel The inaugural Guardian Advertising Awards, launched to celebrate scale, influence and integrity across the publisher’s platforms, have recognised brands including Nurofen, Google Pixel and Charlie Bigham’s. The Grand Prix award was given to Nurofen for its See My Pain cam…

Teaching unions share family’s disappointment after government says system has ‘significant benefits’ Ofsted’s controversial single-word judgments are here to stay, the government has ruled, in a blow to campaigners who hoped they would be scrapped after the suicide of the primary school headteacher Ruth Perry. Perry’s sister, Prof Julia Waters, reacted with fury to the government’s statement, pu…

The 81-year-old conductor makes a rare UK visit with his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, while Yo-Yo Ma, Doctor Who, Florence Welch, Sam Smith and Rule, Britannia! all feature The BBC today announces details of this summer’s Proms festival of 90 concerts over eight weeks. Daniel Barenboim will be making a rare visit, conducting the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra that he and the Palestinian-American a…

Temperatures could hit -3C in northern England and Scotland, but Met Office says conditions are ‘nothing exceptional’ Freezing overnight temperatures will hit parts of the UK on Wednesday and Thursday, with experts warning some areas could see snow. The cold Arctic air is expected to cause frosts across parts of northern England and Scotland, with temperatures going as low as -3C. Continue readin…

Berlin restores ties with UN agency after review says Israel has provided no evidence of terrorist links Middle East crisis – live updates Germany has said it will restore cooperation and funding to Unrwa operations in the Gaza Strip after an independent review said Israel had not provided evidence to back up claims that hundreds of employees of the UN agency for Palestinians were members of terr…