In this issue

July 23, 2024

Senior Democrats throw weight behind Harris to take on Trump

Vice-president attracts Pelosi's backing amid flood of endorsements

4 mins

Violence against women a 'national emergency'

About 2 million women are estimated to be victims of violence perpetrated by men each year in an epidemic so grave it amounts to a \"national emergency\", police chiefs warned today.

4 mins

Tories wasted’ 700m on failed Rwanda scheme

The Conservative government spent £700m of taxpayers' money on the failed Rwanda deportation scheme which has proven to be a \"costly con\", the home secretary has said.

3 mins

Physicist, 98, honoured 75 years after groundbreaking discovery

A trailblazing physicist who gave up her PhD 75 years ago to have a family has received an honorary doctorate from her former university.

1 min

"Thank God' Democratic voters' relief at withdrawal

For many Democratic swing state voters, Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election came as a relief.

2 mins

'I'll do everything in my power' Harris shoulders fateful burden of beating Trump

When Joe Biden addressed the NAACP convention in Las Vegas last week, he set off chants of \"Four more years!\" when he praised Kamala Harris as \"not only a great vice-president\" but someone who \"could be president of the United States\".

4 mins

Abortion Support for rights wins backing of campaigners

The biggest abortion rights groups in US politics are lining up behind Kamala Harris's bid for president, a show of faith in a politician who has already become the face of the White House's fight over abortion rights.

3 mins

"This is scary' Democrat delegates face scramble to select Biden's successor

It's been more than 50 years since delegates to a Democratic national convention haven't known their nominee as they walked through the door.

3 mins

The age question Now it is something ex-president will have to worry about

With the 78-year-old Donald Trump now certain to face a Democratic candidate younger than he is, the Republican could have the tables turned on him over the questions of age and mental agility he sidestepped while Joe Biden was his opponent.

2 mins

White House President could still exert power during his final months

When Joe Biden finally ends his self-imposed seclusion at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, this week he will emerge into a very different world than the one from which he isolated when diagnosed with Covid last Wednesday.

3 mins

International stage Biden is a foreign policy expert, but Harris is no novice

Despite his recent memory lapses and malapropisms, Joe Biden has a store of knowledge about foreign policy and foreign leaders no other senior Democrat can match.

3 mins

Secret Service Agency 'failed' over Trump shooting, says director

The US Secret Service \"failed\" when a 20-year-old gunman was able to take a clear shot at Donald Trump earlier this month, the agency director acknowledged yesterday during a grilling from lawmakers in which she was again urged to resign by members of both parties.

1 min

Tributes paid to Trevor Burnard, historian of Atlantic slavery

Tributes have been paid to Prof Trevor Burnard, who died on Friday at 63. He was described as a \"prolific academic\" who would be remembered for his \"brilliance and his compassion\", and his work on Atlantic slavery.

1 min

'It's economic violence' Birmingham residents fight to save homes

When Laura Kudrna bought her home on the Ladywood estate in Birmingham, it brought to an end a 12-year period of renting in which she had moved 20 times.

3 mins

Starmer considers lifting two-child benefit limit amid brewing rebellion

Keir Starmer has indicated for the first time that he will consider scrapping the two-child benefit cap, amid a brewing rebellion by Labour MPs.

2 mins

Reform UK From terraces to Commons, new MP Rupert Lowe divides opinion

Rupert Lowe is used to dividing opinion. During his years as chair of Southampton football club, such was the antipathy among some fans that many would engage in the abusive chant: \"Swing Lowe, Swing Rupert Lowe.\"

3 mins

Universities No plans for bailout, says Phillipson

Universities in England facing severe financial difficulties should not expect a government bailout, the education secretary said yesterday, despite warnings from the sector of thousands of job losses, course closures and even bankruptcies.

1 min

11-year-old girl orphaned after parents and two sisters are killed in Wakefield car crash

An 11-year-old girl has been left orphaned by a car crash that killed four members of her family on Sunday in one of two collisions in 24 hours that left 10 people dead.

3 mins

Plan to save UK's largest lake 'must cut farming pollution'

There will have to be a move away from intensive farming around Lough Neagh if it is to survive, say campaigners, as the noxious algal blooms that devastated the vast body of water last year returned earlier than ever.

1 min

Woman with ME asked doctors to help her 'get enough food to live'

A woman with ME wrote to her GP pleading for help to \"get enough food to live\" and expressing despair at not getting the care she felt she needed when she was admitted to hospital, an inquest heard.

2 mins

New Barbie aims to help blind and low-vision children feel included

Mattel is launching its first blind Barbie doll in an effort to make its range more inclusive.

1 min

'We are swimming in blood': at least 37 killed in strikes on Khan Younis

The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to leave neighbourhoods in Khan Younis, including areas that had been designated by the military as part of a humanitarian zone, as at least 37 people were killed in strikes in the southern city yesterday.

3 mins

Washington Netanyahu heads to US amid fears of growing regional war

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet Joe Biden and address the US Congress today at a moment of historical political tumult, amid fears of a growing regional war in the Middle East.

3 mins

Olympics French MP rebuked for indecent’ Israel remark

An MP for the radical-left France Unbowed party has sparked outrage after saying Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Paris Olympics and calling for protests against their presence.

1 min

Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists being denied access to pension savings

Two exiled Hong Kong prodemocracy activists have been blocked from accessing their pensions, depriving them of tens of thousands of US dollars of their savings and raising questions about the complicity of western financial institutions in the persecution of Chinese government critics.

2 mins

Russian court jails American journalist after secret trial in mockery of justice’

A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty, to six and a half years in prison after a rushed, secret trial.

2 mins

Hammerson sells its stake in Bicester Village owner

The property firm Hammerson has sold its stake in the group that controls Bicester Village, the cut-price designer goods shopping centre in Oxfordshire, to the luxury market investor L Catterton in a £1.5bn deal.

1 min

Vivendi plans to float Canal+ in London as part of break-up drive

Vivendi plans to float its French TV business Canal+ in London, providing a shot in the arm for the capital's stock exchange after a number of high-profile companies opted for rival international financial centres such as New York.

2 mins

Carpetright partially rescued by rival Tapi but 1,500 jobs will go

More than 1,500 jobs are to go at Carpetright as a rescue deal for the retailer by its rival Tapi Carpets & Floors saves only a fifth of its stores and 300 employee roles.

1 min

Bashir repays Stokes' faith by laying down Ashes marker

England's young off-spinner caught his captain's attention on a social media clip but the selection is looking inspired

4 mins

Howe insists Gordon is still committed to Newcastle

Eddie Howe is confident that Anthony Gordon will stay at Newcastle and emphasised that, despite interest from Liverpool, the England winger remained an \"integral\" part of the club's plans.

1 min

Villa set sights on Félix after signing Onana for £50m fee

Aston Villa are targeting a move for João Félix after sanctioning the €60m (£50.5m) sale of their record signing, Moussa Diaby, to Al-Ittihad.

1 min

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