Christa Pike severely unwell, ‘angry and confused’, says lawyer, after judge orders all execution evidence preserved – latest
Lawyer says Pike cannot move her arms or swallow, has a blot clot and pneumonia, adding that a request to unshackle her was refused; judge tells Tennessee officials to preserve all evidence from botched executionChrista …
Canada Halts Plan to Allow Medically Assisted Death for the Mentally Ill
People who have mental illness alone will not qualify for assisted death, but patients who have other conditions and expect to have a cognitive decline can make an advanced request.
Trump to speak to Putin about plague lab worker's death in Russia
Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.
Russia Says It Found No ‘Emergency’ in Plague Lab
New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.
Minister denies police brutality as student protests continue across France – Europe live, as it happened
Nearly 460 schools are affected by continuing protests today, just over a half of those that joined the ‘day of mobilisation’ yesterdayWe are getting reports of a knife attack at a vocational school in Ostrołęka, P…
Children killed while they slept as Russian missile kills 19 in block of flats
Five children are among the victims of a strike that destroyed 30 flats in northern Ukraine as families slept.
French police suspend use of stun grenades at school protests as minister rejects accusations of brutality
Minister says use of grenades has been stopped after a student lost a hand as protests across France continueHow dilapidated are French schools and how bad is inequality in the education system?France’s interior minist…
Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan
Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as leader rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speechKemi Badenoch has announced that the Conservatives would abolish inheritance tax on family homes i…
France halts use of stun grenades after boy's hand blown off in student protests
The step comes after several groups complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers.
British Jewish groups hold London vigil for victims of 7 October attacks
Organisations honour those who died three years ago as Andy Burnham says government stands with British JewsBritish Jewish organisations gathered in central London on Wednesday for a vigil honouring victims of the 7 Octo…