The lineup has been announced for one of the largest-scale benefit concerts for Palestine since the intensification of conflict after 7 October 2023. It takes place at Wembley Arena in London on 17 September. Brian Eno is overseeing Together for Palestine, which brings together British and Palestinian artists at the 12,500-capacity venue to raise funds…
The independent MP Rupert Lowe has agreed to donate £1,000 to a charity after mistaking its rowing crew, including a former Royal Marine, for “illegal migrants”. Lowe, who was elected as a Reform MP but now sits as an independent for Great Yarmouth, said he had shopped the crew to the authorities and vowed to…
Emergency care at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked is falling far short of legal standards, the healthcare watchdog has found, with routine corridor care and “critical gaps” in sepsis treatment. The Countess of Chester hospital, in north-west England, was issued with an urgent warning notice after inspectors found “repeated breaches” of regulations in its…
A bush pilot has told a court he ditched reality TV star Chris “Willow” Wilson’s mobile phone after a fatal helicopter crash, but can’t recall unscrewing the chopper’s console with Outback Wrangler’s Matt Wright. Michael Burbidge, pilot and director of Remote Helicopters, gave evidence at Wright’s trial in the Supreme Court in Darwin on Friday….
Indonesia will convert a medical facility on an uninhabited island to treat about 2,000 wounded residents of Gaza, according to a spokesperson for the president. “Indonesia will give medical help for about 2,000 Gaza residents who became victims of war, those who are wounded, buried under debris,” the spokesperson, Hasan Nasbi, told reporters in Jakarta…
The Trump administration is doubling to $50m a reward for the arrest of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world’s largest narcotraffickers and working with cartels to flood the US with fentanyl-laced cocaine. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held accountable for his…
Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate a top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors for four months, temporarily filling a vacancy while continuing his search for a longer-term appointment. Trump said he has named Stephen Miran, the chair of the White House’s council of economic advisers, to fill a seat vacated…
Simmering tensions within New South Wales Labor over the premier’s handling of last weekend’s protest over the killing in Gaza have erupted into the public domain, with a member of the left faction delivering a fiery speech in parliament accusing his own party of trying to shut down debate on the Middle East. Anthony D’Adam,…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Erin Patterson due back before court today, with more dates to be set Erin Patterson is due back before court today for a mention hearing, AAP reports. The 50-year-old mother is scheduled to appear remotely via video at the supreme court…
Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has stated in the media that the agency supports the health and well-being of minority groups—but the NIH has terminated many grants funding health disparities research, contradicting his words, experts say. According to an August 1 STAT News article, Bhattacharya—himself a former racial health disparities…
