The sale of machetes will be banned in Victoria from Wednesday, after a clash involving the weapon between alleged rival groups forced Northland shopping centre into lockdown at the weekend. The premier, Jacinta Allan, on Monday announced the government will use extraordinary powers to fast-track the machete ban, which will remain in place until a…
Four people who died after a fire in north–west London on Saturday have been named by police. Nusrat Usman, 43, and three of her children, Maryam Mikaiel, 15, Musa Usman, eight, and Raees Usman, four, died at the scene of the fire which gutted two homes in the Stonebridge area of Brent in the early…
Federal officials say agents arrested a man on Sunday accused of attempting to firebomb the Tel Aviv branch office of the US embassy in Israel, a justice department press release said. According to a news release from the US justice department, Joseph Neumayer – a dual US and German citizen – was arrested at John…
Almost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes have made a splash by taking part in a themed charity swim at an Irish beach. Sporting retro swimsuits and blond wigs, swimmers dressed as the film star took the plunge at Balcarrick beach in Donabate, County Dublin, for Marilyn’s Mater Paddle. Sunday’s event, now in its second year, was…
Kemi Badenoch has questions to answer over her use as a minister of a car and driver that were not part of the official government car service (GCS), Labour has said. The Conservative leader denied there were any security concerns on Sunday, saying there was full clearance for the driver and he was recommended by…
Germany’s finance minister has joined a chorus of European politicians in calling for talks with the US after President Donald Trump threatened to impose 50% tariffs on imports from Europe starting next week. Trump made the threat on Friday, saying “discussions [with the EU] are going nowhere”, adding that the tariffs would be applied from…
Tens of thousands of people in Warsaw have taken part in duelling political marches, led by the two men vying for the Polish presidency in a 1 June runoff election, which is expected to be close and consequential. Many of those who joined Sunday’s marches had travelled from across Poland, a country of nearly 38…
Nearly 50 MSPs and their staff have signed a letter to the governing body of the Scottish parliament expressing “deep concern” about its decision to ban trans people from using the toilets of their lived gender in the building. Alison Johnstone, Holyrood’s presiding officer and chair of the Scottish parliament’s corporate body, set out the…
A 13-year-old California girl is reminding the public that knowing self-defense can save one’s life after she reportedly used her martial arts training to fend off a stranger who tried to assault her – breaking the grown man’s ankle in the process. The girl, whose name has not been widely shared, recently had to fight…
The noises in Kyiv in the early hours of Sunday morning went like this. First was the staccato sound of the air defences booming on the edge of the city. As those guns stopped, the sound of drone motors approaching was audible, getting quickly louder before the briefest moment of silence and then a sudden…
