AFP via Getty Images Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied interfering in an investigation into Canada’s worst mass shooting. The head of the RCMP, Canada’s federal police force, has been accused of pressuring local officers to help advance Mr Trudeau’s gun control plans. Commissioner Brenda Lucki has denied any meddling in the investigation. The accusation
Getty Images The rail strikes this week had threatened to bring the country to a halt. But after two days of industrial action – as well as the knock-on impact on services for the rest of the week – there is little evidence this has happened. Empty stations, half-full trains to Glastonbury Festival, and broadly
Getty Images US government lawyers threatened to quit en masse as then-President Donald Trump hounded them almost daily to help overturn his 2020 election defeat, a congressional inquiry has heard. Justice department officials said they told Mr Trump there was zero evidence to his claims of mass voter fraud. The attorneys also testified that the
Conservancy of Southwest Florida Her last meal was an entire white-tailed deer, and she was on her way to a rendezvous with a male snake when the largest python ever found in Florida met her demise. Weighing in at 215lbs (98kg) and nearly 18ft long (5 meters), the female Burmese python was caught after researchers
An upcoming band has landed a headlining spot at Glastonbury festival after Sir Paul McCartney recommended them. Hardwicke Circus, from Carlisle, are set to play the Rabbit Hole stage after the former Beatle personally reached out to organisers to praise their music. The group, who are unaware of how Sir Paul discovered them, say they
Getty Images Hundreds of British Airways workers at Heathrow Airport have voted to go on strike over pay. Unite and GMB union members who are mostly check-in staff backed industrial action on Thursday. A total of 700 workers are set to strike during the summer holidays, when demand from travellers is expected to be near
Getty Images The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun carrying rights. The law required residents who want a licence to prove “proper cause” to carry concealed weapons and that they faced “a special or unique” danger. The 6-3 decision stated the requirement violates the Constitutional right to bear arms.
PA Media Downing Street says it is “unlikely” the UK’s Rwanda asylum policy will come up when Boris Johnson meets the Prince of Wales on Friday. The prime minister had said he would defend the scheme if it was raised, but his spokesman later said it would not be at the forefront of his mind.
Gayan Comprehensive Health Center “Of 500 patients who have come to the clinic since the morning, 200 have died” – that is the blunt assessment of Muhammad Gul, a staff member at a tiny clinic in Gyan, in eastern Afghanistan. The facility has just five beds, but Tuesday’s earthquake left even these meagre resources unusable.
Urban Meyer was the worst head-coaching hire in NFL history. Here’s where some feel the need to point out other bad hires. Yes, Steve Spurrier, Lou Holtz and Bobby Petrino were bad. And none of them, or any other failure you want to name, was worse than Meyer. Meyer was a unique combination: atrocious on
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE A key advisor to Ukraine’s president has said the battle for the eastern cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk has reached a “fearsome climax”. Oleksiy Arestovych said Russian forces could soon encircle the twin cities and cut them off from Ukrainian territory. “The threat of a tactical Russian victory is there, but
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper got emotional in what was a bizarre postgame press conference following Game 4’s overtime thriller. Cooper answered just one question during his availability, meticulously choosing his words before cryptically sharing that Wednesday’s loss to the Colorado Avalanche was tougher than any other his club has dealt with during
Family photos Three fishing crew died off north Wales because their boat was unstable and heavily loaded, a report has found. Ross Ballantine, 39, Alan Minard, 20, and skipper Carl McGrath, 34, all died when their boat, the Nicola Faith, sank off the Conwy coast on 27 January 2021. Investigators believe the boat sank too
Reuters A police chief accused of botching the response to the fatal shooting of 19 school children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, has been put on leave. Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, head of the school district police force, has been blamed for law enforcement delays in confronting the gunman. Defending his actions, the 50-year-old has
Reuters Ukraine is set to be approved as an EU candidate at a Brussels summit on Thursday, after the European Commission gave the green light. Ukraine applied days after the Russian invasion in February, and the process has since moved at a record speed. Its ambassador to the EU told the BBC it would be
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Taliban in Afghanistan have appealed for international support, as the country deals with the aftermath of a devastating 6.1 magnitude earthquake. More than 1,000 people have died and at least 1,500 were injured, a local official