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Today — 5 May 2024Main stream

Braverman tells Sunak to ‘own’ dismal election results and ‘fix it’ but says it’s too late for Tories to change leader– UK politics live

5 May 2024 at 05:42

Former home secretary says Tory voters are ‘on strike’ and are ‘not coming out to support us’ in wake of dire local and mayoral election results

Mark Harper is now being interview by Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC. When it is put to him that people in his party want it to change course, Harper says the government will stick to its plan.

In his interview on Sky News Mark Harper, the transport secretary, ducked a question about whether the party should shift to the right, as Suella Braverman is advocating, or to the centre, as Andy Street proposes. (See 7.55am.)

What he is talking about there is what I just said. He is talking about you focus on the priorities of the British people, that is what you do.

We are going to stick to focusing on the priorities that the prime minister set out, which are the government’s priorities, the prime minister’s priorities but they are also the priorities of the British people.

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Kevin Spacey hits back at fresh allegations in new Channel 4 documentary

5 May 2024 at 05:00

TV head hopes programme will spark ‘a #MeToo moment for men’ ahead of two-part show on the Oscar-winning actor

One of the producers of a Channel 4 documentary that contains fresh claims that Kevin Spacey “behaved inappropriately” with men says it will be broadcast as planned on Monday, despite public denials from the actor this weekend.

Dorothy Byrne, a former head of news and current affairs at the television channel, told the Observer that she hopes the new two-part programme, Spacey Unmasked, will prompt “a #MeToo moment for men” and start a wider discussion about standards of behaviour in working situations.

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UK university courses on race and colonialism facing axe due to cuts

5 May 2024 at 05:00

Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history

Cuts to arts and humanities subjects within higher education will have damaging implications for our understanding of race and colonialism, academics have warned.

Petitions have been launched to save anthropology at Kent University, where the subject has come under threat of closure, while Oxford Brookes confirmed the closure of its music programme earlier this year.

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Free Madonna concert draws crowd of 1.6m to Brazil’s Copacabana beach

5 May 2024 at 04:33

Area around Rio de Janeiro beach filled for several blocks as singer closes her Celebration world tour

More than a million people have thronged Brazil’s Copacabana beach for a free Madonna concert, braving the heat to see the end of her Celebration world tour.

The sand and oceanfront boulevard around Rio de Janeiro’s famed beach were filled for several blocks on Saturday night by a crowd the city estimated at 1.6 million.

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Sometimes our take on human nature trumps our political allegiances. Good | Sonia Sodha

5 May 2024 at 04:30

As I found during last week’s assisted dying debate, it’s not wrong to agree with the other side

It’s not often you find yourself nodding along with those with whom you normally profoundly disagree, and raising an eyebrow at the contributions of those you would count as political allies. But it was the position I found myself in listening to MPs debate assisted dying last week.

What to make of my outbreak of fervent agreement with Conservative Danny Kruger and DUP MP Ian Paisley? Some may see this as the mark of a repressed rightwinger, or a born-again social conservative. If you agree with a member of tribe X, you must de facto be part of that tribe, or so the argument goes.

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So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch| Will Hutton

5 May 2024 at 04:00

The business and trade secretary played into the ideological tosh that the wonders of the Industrial Revolution were funded by beer brewers and sheep farmers

Britain ran an empire for centuries that at its peak 100 years ago occupied just under a quarter of the world’s land area. Yet if you believe “Imperial Measurement”, a report released last week from the rightwing Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the net economic impact of this vast empire on Britain was negligible, even negative.

If you thought the empire profoundly shaped our industry, trade and financial institutions, with slavery an inherent part of the equation, helped turbocharge the Industrial Revolution and underwrote what was the world’s greatest navy for 150 years, think again. The contribution of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people to our economy was trumped by domestic brewing and sheep farming, opines the IEA. The tax “burden” of defending this barely profitable empire was not worth the candle. Instead, it was free-market economics that unleashed British economic growth – a truth that must be restated before Marxists and reparation-seeking ex-colonies start controlling the narrative.

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A picture’s worth a thousand words … but only some of them tell the whole truth

5 May 2024 at 04:00

A new exhibition asks us to look again at classic images of war, protest and revolution, and sheds light on manipulated photographs

A Russian soldier raises a Soviet flag over Berlin’s Reichstag in Yevgeny Khaldei’s well-known 1945 photograph of wartime triumph.

But in the original image, the officer standing below can clearly be seen wearing a watch on both wrists. Khaldei’s shot, first printed in a Moscow magazine, was quickly withdrawn and the extra watch, which might actually have been a military compass, was removed for safety’s sake. Looting was not a good look and was punishable by death.

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‘We’re so much more than that’: Stormzy opens #MerkyFC HQ centre to tackle racial inequality in football jobs

5 May 2024 at 03:00

Rapper says sport, music and gaming venture in south London is aimed at widening opportunities for young black community

Stormzy has won three Brit awards, headlined Glastonbury, persuaded Usain Bolt and José Mourinho to star in a music video, and bought AFC Croydon Athletic with the former Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha.

His skills on the pitch, however, are not up to much. “I’m shit at football. I was never going to be a footballer,” he said. “But maybe if I knew how to be a pundit [I’d have gone down that road]. Maybe if I knew how to be a data analyst or all the intricate jobs behind the scenes that people might not know about.”

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Peruvian steak and Yorkshire pudding with mint? How the British Sunday roast went global

5 May 2024 at 03:00

The traditional British weekend lunch is being revamped with more exotic ingredients by chefs with worldwide influences

The ingredients of a traditional Sunday roast are often passionately debated: does a yorkshire pudding belong if the meat is not beef? Is cauliflower cheese an acceptable side?

Now a growing number of pubs and restaurants are adding even more unusual contenders into the mix, adapting the beloved meal with global additions.

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With a bit of Saudi topspin, tennis fans can overlook its brutal repression of women | Catherine Bennett

5 May 2024 at 02:30

The WTA finals host revealed its commitment to women’s rights by jailing a female activist

If a record of sexual apartheid is not the ideal look for a nation that must still, occasionally, placate progressives, news of an extreme example – the lengthy imprisonment of Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist – has at least arrived too late to tarnish Saudi Arabia’s latest sporting triumph: buying up the Women’s Tennis Association finals.

In fact, given that country’s hectic promotional schedule, there could hardly have been a more convenient time for human rights organisations to report, as they did last week, that al-Otaibi whose circumstances were for months unknown, is serving 11 years in prison for the “terrorist” offences of wearing “indecent clothes” (ie, not an abaya) and supporting women’s rights. Her sister, Fouz al-Otaibi, fled the country in 2022 to avoid similar persecution. Fouz tweeted last week: “Why have my rights become terrorism, and why is the world silent?”

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Horror and fury in Australia as epidemic of violence against women sweeps across the country

5 May 2024 at 02:22

Anger and grief have erupted, with women demanding action from the government on what has become a national emergency

It was the death of Samantha Murphy that prompted a sense that something in Australia was very wrong.

The 51-year-old mother of three left her home in Ballarat in regional Victoria to go for a jog at around 7am on a Sunday morning in early February and did not return.

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Iranian hackers pose as journalists to push backdoor malware – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Bill Toulas The Iranian state-backed threat actor tracked as APT42 is employing social engineering attacks, including posing as journalists, to breach corporate networks and cloud environments of Western and Middle Eastern targets. APT42 was first documented by Mandiant in September 2022, who reported that the threat actors were active since 2015, having carried […]

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Android bug leaks DNS queries even when VPN kill switch is enabled – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com – Author: Sergiu Gatlan Image: Midjourney A Mullvad VPN user has discovered that Android devices leak DNS queries when switching VPN servers even though the “Always-on VPN” feature was enabled with the “Block connections without VPN” option. “Always-on VPN” is designed to start the VPN service when the device boots and keep it running while the […]

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Prisons ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as inmates forced to share single cells

5 May 2024 at 02:00

Longer sentences and court backlogs push 25% of prisoners in England and Wales into shared cells, adding to drug-use and violence

The scale of the prison overcrowding crisis has been laid bare by figures revealing that a quarter of prisoners in England and Wales have been sharing cells designed for one person with at least one other inmate.

According to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), 11,018 cells intended for single use were being shared by two prisoners, with a further 18 such cells shared by three inmates. The overall prison population – which has ballooned over recent decades because of longer sentences and court backlogs – stood at about 88,000 when the statistics were originally compiled in late February.

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Revealed: key files shredded as UK government panic grew over infected blood deaths lawsuit

5 May 2024 at 02:00

Lost documents prevented victims from finding out the truth, official inquiry told

Disastrous failures that caused the contaminated blood scandal were denied by ministers for decades after officials destroyed, lost and blocked access to key documents, memos submitted to the official inquiry reveal.

Several batches of files involving the work of a blood safety advisory committee were shredded as the government faced the threat of legal action, documents show. Patients who were given contaminated blood when they were children have also told the infected blood inquiry how their hospital medical files were destroyed or initially withheld.

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EU at risk of ‘implosion’ as far-right seeks scapegoats, minister warns

5 May 2024 at 02:00

Centre-right politicians must resist urge to copy or work with far right, Spain’s environment minister says

The future of the EU is being jeopardised by people stirring up social tensions for short-term political gain, Spain’s environment minister has said ahead of next month’s European parliamentary elections.

Teresa Ribera, who is heading the list for the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party in June’s poll, said the European project is at risk of “an implosion”.

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From doomscrolling to sex: being a boy in 2024

5 May 2024 at 02:00

I travelled the UK interviewing teenage boys. I found openness, thoughtfulness, honesty and vulnerability on topics from sex to pornography, feelings and isolation

It was two separate conversations that made me think properly about what life might be like as a boy these days. The first was about a 13-year-old, the son of a friend, who said he had been rounded on for making a small (and, he thought, complimentary) comment about a girl’s haircut.

He told his mother that the girl’s friends were outraged: “Oh my God, you can’t say that about someone’s appearance. That’s so bad. You can’t talk about a girl like that!”

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They wait in the rain to see Warren Buffett. Will they still flock to Omaha when he’s gone?

Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire CEO, 93, steels shareholders for new era at the annual meeting known as ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’

As dawn broke on Saturday, thousands had gathered outside Omaha’s CHI Health Center Arena. Some arrived before 3.30am, standing for hours in the drizzle.

This is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”, said Larry Blivas, 70, near the front of the line. The realtor traveled from Los Angeles to see “an icon”, he explained.

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Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan

5 May 2024 at 02:00

Organisers of this year’s environmental conference hope cooperation on green issues could help ease global tensions

This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation on green issues to help heal existing tensions, according to plans being drawn up by organisers.

Nations may be asked to observe a “Cop truce”, suspending hostilities for the fortnight-long duration of the conference, modelled on the Olympic truce, which is observed by most governments during the summer and winter Olympic Games.

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As police fire teargas in Tbilisi, the EU must show Putin it means business | Observer editorial

5 May 2024 at 01:30

Georgia’s brutal crackdown is aimed at torpedoing the population’s accesssion hopes

The tendency of long-entrenched governments to arrogantly ignore or override the public’s clearly expressed wishes is a familiar democratic flaw, attributable to the arrogance and hubris that stems from continuing, unchecked power. The former Soviet republic of Georgia is a prime example.

Polls consistently show that about 80% of Georgians want their country to join the European Union. The aim of achieving membership is enshrined in the constitution. Yet last week, Georgia’s government, ruling party and thuggish police did their violent best to torpedo hopes of EU accession. That they ultimately fail to do so is of great importance to Georgians and to Europe.

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Navigating the API Security Landscape: A CEO’s Perspective on Embedding Zero Trust Principles – Source: www.cyberdefensemagazine.com

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Source: www.cyberdefensemagazine.com – Author: Stevin By Jyoti Bansal, CEO and Co-Founder, Traceable AI In the dynamic world of digital transformation, I’ve observed a paradigm shift that is reshaping the very fabric of cybersecurity: the monumental rise of APIs. As the CEO of Traceable, I’ve witnessed firsthand how APIs, once merely technical facilitators, have evolved into […]

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Unite warns it will hold back funds if Labour weakens plan on workers’ rights

Union leader Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer risks ‘limping into Downing Street’

Labour’s biggest union backer has warned it may divert election funding earmarked for the party, amid claims that Keir Starmer is diluting plans to overhaul workers’ rights.

In an interview with the Observer, Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, said the Labour leader risked “limping into Downing Street” if he backed down in the face of intense lobbying from businesses.

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Ofcom accused of ‘excluding’ bereaved parents from online safety consultation

The UK regulator has been criticised by grieving families and internet abuse survivors for failing to engage with them

Bereaved parents and abuse survivors who have endured years of “preventable, life-changing harm” linked to social media say they have been denied a voice in official discussions about holding tech firms to account.

Mariano Janin, whose ­daughter Mia, 14, killed herself after online bullying, and the parents of Oliver Stephens, 13, who was murdered after a dispute on social media, are among those who have accused Ofcom of excluding them from a ­consultation process for tackling online harms.

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Perth stabbing: police shoot dead boy, 16, after alleged attack that has ‘hallmarks’ of terror incident

4 May 2024 at 22:09

WA premier Roger Cook suggests teenager who allegedly stabbed man in Bunnings car park in Willetton may have been radicalised online

Western Australian police say they have shot and killed a teenager who allegedly attacked a man in a Perth car park on Saturday night.

Detectives on Sunday said there was no ongoing threat to the public and the 16-year-old was believed to have been acting alone in Willetton.

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Student protesters interrupt University of Michigan commencement

By: Maya Yang
4 May 2024 at 16:43

With some demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza and others with Israel, students waved flags and chanted slogans

Students demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza waved Palestinian flags and keffiyehs and chanted anti-war slogans during the University of Michigan’s commencement ceremony on Saturday.

Videos on social media showed students donning their graduation gowns as they appeared to chant: “Israel bombs, UMich pays!” and “How many kids have you killed today?” One photo showed a plane appearing to carry a sky banner over the university with the message: “Divest from Israel now! Free Palestine!”

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‘I’m in awe of our young people’: How Georgia’s Gen Z are taking on teargas, rubber bullets and the threat of arrest

5 May 2024 at 00:00

The Georgian government’s bid to pass Russia-style law has met spirited opposition, mostly from young people keen to lean towards Europe

The finale of Beethoven’s “revolutionary” fifth symphony was met with deafening applause at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tbilisi last Thursday night. The cheers grew into a powerful expression of solidarity with the protests outside on Rustaveli Avenue.

People hung EU flags from the theatre’s balconies and shouted, “No to the Russian Law! Europe! Georgia [Sa-kar-tve-lo]!”

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Frank Stella, influential American artist, dies aged 87

4 May 2024 at 20:45

His constantly evolving works have been hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements

Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87.

Gallery owner Jeffrey Deitch, who spoke with Stella’s family, confirmed his death to the Associated Press. Stella’s wife, Harriet McGurk, told the New York Times that he died of lymphoma.

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Yesterday — 4 May 2024Main stream

Blackbasta gang claimed responsibility for Synlab Italia attack – Source: securityaffairs.com

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Source: securityaffairs.com – Author: Pierluigi Paganini Blackbasta gang claimed responsibility for Synlab Italia attack The Blackbasta extortion group claimed responsibility for the attack that in April severely impacted the operations of Synlab Italia. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack. The […]

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‘A complete 180’: how a trial treatment in Sydney for heroin addiction is changing lives

4 May 2024 at 20:00

Exclusive: Robbie Mason wanted to give up but just didn’t know how. Then he and his partner joined Australia’s first hydromorphone trial

Robbie Mason started using heroin when he was a child.

His hands are dotted with pinprick scars. He used for so long he stopped being able to inject into the veins in his arms, so he turned to his fingers.

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Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies aged 85

4 May 2024 at 19:38

Rutan, known for smooth flying style, survived having to eject twice from planes and being stranded at north pole

Burt Rutan was alarmed to see that the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wingtips dragged along the ground as it taxied down the runway. He grabbed the radio to warn the pilot, his older brother Dick Rutan. But Dick never heard the message.

Nine days and three minutes later, Dick, along with co-pilot Jeana Yeager, completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Purses – Source: www.schneier.com

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Source: www.schneier.com – Author: Bruce Schneier HomeBlog Comments ResearcherZero • May 3, 2024 8:53 PM Journalist killings are at their highest levels in almost a decade. ‘https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/attacks-on-journalists-media-indicates-democratic-erosion-by-jodie-ginsberg-2024-05 Governments are not protecting press freedom. At the international level, this year is notable for a clear lack of political will on the part of the international community […]

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Andy Street’s West Midlands defeat shows the heavy baggage of brand Tory

4 May 2024 at 17:10

Running as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in office

After a nail-biting finale, Andy Street has become the most high-profile victim of tanking Tory support in May’s elections.

With the Conservatives shedding seats across the country on Friday, all eyes were on the West Midlands on Saturday to see if he could cling on by sheer will of personality – or “Brand Andy” as he calls it.

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Mimic Launches With New Ransomware Defense Platform – Source: www.darkreading.com

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Source: www.darkreading.com – Author: Dark Reading Staff 1 Min Read Source: Ihor Sveitukha via Alamy Stock Photo The number of ransomware and associated extortion attacks is growing, with reports nearly every day about damage inflicted on organizations. These attacks disrupt business operations and result in significant downtime. In some cases, data is stolen. Educational institutions, […]

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Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures

4 May 2024 at 16:40

Resounding victory in London mayoral race came despite media reports suggesting it would be a close contest

Sadiq Khan’s election victory as London mayor has “bucked the trend” of Muslim voters turning away from Labour over the party’s stance on the war in Gaza, party figures said.

The 53-year-old won a third term as the capital’s mayor on Saturday, without seeming to have lost the support of large numbers of Muslim voters – unlike Labour candidates elsewhere in England last week.

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Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives

4 May 2024 at 16:11

Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded

The nervous wait for the first result was longer than usual, as counting centres wrestled with multiple ballots for councils, mayors and police and crime commissioners. It was well past midnight on Friday morning when the first ward flashed up, coming as always from Sunderland, which prides itself on its rapid vote counting. A big Tory to Labour swing in Sunderland’s Copt Hill.

As we moved into the small hours of the morning, the flow of data rose from a trickle to a torrent, and an overall picture began to form. Voters clearly wanted the Conservatives out. Who they wanted instead was less clear.

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Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

Rishi Sunak was dealt a series of shattering blows last night as Labour won a knife-edge battle to seize the West Midlands mayoralty from the Conservatives and Sadiq Khan trounced his Tory rival in London to secure a third term.

The results, along with decisive victories for Labour’s Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester, Steve Rotheram in Liverpool and Tracy Brabin in West Yorkshire, left Labour in charge of most of England’s mayoralties.

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It’s time to end the UK’s divisions: Labour is for everyone

4 May 2024 at 15:46

Britain has turned out in force to vote for change. Whenever the Tories go to the country, we will be ready to provide it

Rishi Sunak might have been too scared to put his name on the ballot this week, but voters sent him a clear message in the local elections anyway. Across the country, people turned out to vote for change – from the manufacturing heartlands of Derby to industrial Redditch and Thurrock in Essex. In Aldershot, home of the British army, Labour won Rushmoor borough council, ending 24 years of Tory rule. Ten more police and crime commissioners – which, as a former chief prosecutor, makes me incredibly proud. And in York and North Yorkshire, the first Labour mayor, in the prime minister’s back garden.

Victories in traditional Tory territory across the country are important to me. It’s not just about the numbers, though of course they matter: it’s the choice of the electorate to turn their back on 14 years of decline and division, and embrace national renewal with Labour.

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Lib Dems ‘on course to topple leading Tories’ in general election

Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists

The Liberal Democrats are increasingly confident that they will claim more than one Tory “big beast” at the coming general election, pointing to local election results putting them ahead in a series of true blue constituencies.

Ed Davey’s party has been criticised for failing to improve its polling performance in recent months, while its 17% projected vote share from last week’s local elections was down slightly on last year.

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After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak? | Andrew Rawnsley

4 May 2024 at 15:29

Devastating defeats give Tory MPs more reasons to fear what will befall them when the country delivers its verdict

The mayoral elections demonstrated that there is a way to win for a Conservative. This is to make out that you have nothing to do with the Tories.

Of the metro mayorships that were up for grabs, just one has been bagged for the Conservatives. The re-election of Ben Houchen in Tees Valley is being used as a human shield by Rishi Sunak to fend off any attempt to depose him from Downing Street. He’s relying on this sole glimmer of cheer for his party to convince it that a disastrous general election defeat is not inevitable and to blunt the daggers of those in his own party who want him gone.

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Conservatives need to discover the Houchen touch

4 May 2024 at 15:29

Victory for the Tees Valley mayor should show the way for the Tories to refind their election mojo

Rishi Sunak will have been relieved when Ben Houchen was declared the winner in the Tees Valley mayoral election, but he can’t disguise the fact that these were very bad election results.

Council elections are difficult to interpret – there are a host of local factors at play. The best thing to look at is what is known as national equivalent vote share. The BBC’s estimate at the time of writing is that Labour got 34% and the Conservatives 25%.

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Dating apps kiss’n’tell all sorts of sensitive personal info – Source: go.theregister.com

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Source: go.theregister.com – Author: Team Register Dating apps ask people to disclose all kinds of personal information in the hope of them finding love, or at least a hook-up. What many may not know is that the majority of these lonely-hearts corners vacuum up way more user info than they need to, and they also […]

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Kaspersky hits back at claims its AI helped Russia develop military drone systems – Source: go.theregister.com

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Source: go.theregister.com – Author: Team Register AI built by Russian infosec firm Kaspersky was used in Russian drones for its war on Ukraine, volunteer intelligence gatherers claim. The OSINT analysts at InformNapalm, which sprung up in the wake of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, made those allegations after poring over 100 GB of data stolen […]

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Microsoft Outlook Flaw Exploited by Russia’s APT28 to Hack Czech, German Entities – Source:thehackernews.com

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Source: thehackernews.com – Author: . Czechia and Germany on Friday revealed that they were the target of a long-term cyber espionage campaign conducted by the Russia-linked nation-state actor known as APT28, drawing condemnation from the European Union (E.U.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.K., and the U.S. The Czech Republic’s Ministry of Foreign […]

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Germany vows to fight violence against politicians after MEP seriously hurt

4 May 2024 at 14:33

Interior minister Nancy Faeser promises ‘tough action’ to protect democracy as political assaults rise

The German interior minister Nancy Faeser has vowed to fight a surge in violence against politicians after a German member of the European parliament had to be taken to hospital following an attack while he was campaigning for re-election.

Matthias Ecke, 41, a member of Faeser’s Social Democrats (SPD), was hit and kicked by a group of four people while putting up posters in Dresden, capital of the eastern state of Saxony, police said. An SPD source said his injuries would require an operation.

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Police seize 22 XL bullies in raid on suspected Sheffield breeding farm

By: PA Media
4 May 2024 at 14:05

Banned dogs found on allotment where officers described conditions as ‘appalling’

More than 20 dogs have been seized after police raided a suspected illegal XL bully breeding farm in Sheffield.

Twenty-two animals were seized from an allotment on Thursday, including mothers and puppies, which were being kept in what officers described as “appalling conditions”.

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Will the US campus protests harm Biden – and benefit Trump?

4 May 2024 at 14:00

Rightwing media have seized on campus protests to portray the president as weak. Will it have an impact in November?

At the height of the tensions on US campuses this week, with Republicans gleefully seizing on student unrest as an election issue that could propel Donald Trump back into the White House, Joe Biden tried to steer a middle path.

Weighing the democratic right to peaceful protest and the political necessity to stem disruption, Biden declared that “order must prevail”.

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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil rises to 57

By: Reuters
4 May 2024 at 13:42

Hundreds of cities across Rio Grande so Sul hit by floods with thousands displaced and infrastructure destroyed

The death toll from rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 57, local authorities said on Saturday afternoon, while dozens still have not been accounted for.

The state’s civil defence authority said 67 people were still missing and more than 69,000 had been displaced as storms affected nearly two-thirds of the 497 cities in the state.

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Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne left in ruins after Russian barrage

4 May 2024 at 13:01

Kyiv says Moscow forces have gained ‘foothold’ in area north of Donetsk city after pounding depleted defenders

The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained by the Associated Press shows. The village has been a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

Russian troops have been advancing in the area, pounding Kyiv’s depleted, ammunition-deprived forces with artillery, drones and bombs. Ukraine’s military has acknowledged that Russia has gained a “foothold” in Ocheretyne, which had a population of about 3,000 before the war, but says the fighting there is continuing.

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‘They hear a bang at the door and it’s the Home Office’: threat of being ‘disappeared’ haunts asylum seekers amid Rwanda crackdown

The Home Office last week launched a nationwide operation to round up asylum seekers, leaving many fearful and confused

At 2.37pm on Thursday, news that a man had “disappeared” rippled through London’s raid-resistance WhatsApp groups. The asylum seeker had walked into the Home Office immigration reporting centre in Hounslow, west London, for a routine appointment, as many people seeking refuge in Britain are required to do. His brother waited outside.

But the man did not come out. Ten minutes passed, then 20, then an hour, then three. The brother waiting outside went in, and came out with bad news: his sibling had been detained and told he faced being deported to Rwanda.

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