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Police investigate whether London arson attacks were planned for weeks

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T19:28:01+00:00

Criminals paid on behalf of Iran are believed to be behind attacks against Jewish targets, say detectives Detectives are investigating whether the series of arson attacks in London were planned for weeks with suspects carrying out reconnaissance on the Jewish targets to be firebombed.The series of attacks against synagogues and other Jewish targets, as well as one premises linked to Iranian dissidents, are believed to be carried out by criminals paid on behalf of Iran, police said. Continue reading...

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Senate Democrats to force fifth war powers resolution vote on Tuesday – live

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T19:27:57+00:00

The latest effort will come a day before the two-week ceasefire expires; four resolutions have failed in the Senate chamber in recent weeksSign up for the Breaking News US emailMy colleague Jeremy Barr has more on the lawsuit filed by Kash Patel against the Atlantic.Patel’s legal team accused the magazine and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick of publishing “a sweeping, malicious, and defamatory hit piece” on 17 April. Continue reading...

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Climate groups sue US government over approval of new BP project in Gulf of Mexico

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T19:22:29+00:00

Advocates expressed alarm as new project drills deeper into ocean bed, pointing to company’s failures at Deepwater Horizon spillSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxEnvironmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s huge new ultra-deep oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 years to the day since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster caused the worst oil spill in US history. Continue reading...

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Starmer Voices Fury Over Being Kept in the Dark on Mandelson Vetting

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T19:19:29+00:00

During intense grilling in Parliament, Prime Minister Keir Starmer blamed civil servants for not telling him that Peter Mandelson had been rejected for top security clearances.

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Mexico to Investigate Security Role of 2 U.S. Officials Killed in Crash

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T19:12:55+00:00

President Claudia Sheinbaum said the inquiry would focus on whether the involvement of the Americans in a drug-fighting operation violated Mexico’s national security laws and sovereignty.

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Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:52:15+00:00

Government amendment to children’s wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory banA ban on mobile phones in schools in England is to be introduced by the government to ensure that “critical safeguarding legislation” is passed.The government will table an amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill in the House of Lords after the bill was held up by peers on opposition benches. Continue reading...

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Baby was sexually abused before being killed by man adopting him, Preston court told

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:51:38+00:00

Preston Davey died aged 13 months after ‘routine abuse’ by Jamie Varley and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, jury hearsA baby boy was “routinely ill-treated, sexually abused and physically assaulted” before he was killed by a secondary school teacher adopting him, a jury has heard.Jamie Varley, the teacher, 37, and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were in the process of adopting Preston Davey. Continue reading...

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Baby was sexually abused before being killed by man adopting him, court told

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:51:38+00:00

Boy died aged 13 months after ‘routine abuse’ by Jamie Varley and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, jury hearsA baby boy was “routinely ill-treated, sexually abused and physically assaulted” before he was killed by a secondary school teacher adopting him, a jury has heard.Jamie Varley, the teacher, 37, and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were in the process of adopting Preston Davey. Continue reading...

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Starmer’s Fury Over Being Kept in the Dark on Mandelson Vetting

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:47:25+00:00

During intense grilling in Parliament, Prime Minister Keir Starmer blamed civil servants for not telling him that Peter Mandelson had been rejected for top security clearances.

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JD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:36:23+00:00

US vice-president to travel to Islamabad with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as deadline for current ceasefire loomsPakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peaceMiddle East crisis – live updatesJD Vance is expected to fly to Islamabad at the head of a US diplomatic delegation on Tuesday if Iran agrees to further talks in the Pakistani capital as the deadline for the current ceasefire looms.The US vice-president will travel with Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law – though Iran’s president warned there remained

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В ЄС можуть схвалити Україні кредит на суму 90 млрд євро у середу, - Politico

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:34:00+00:00

Чотири дипломати ЄС розповіли виданню на умовах анонімності, що в разі, якщо постачання нафти відновиться до того часу, Угорщина, як очікується, відмовиться від свого спротиву.

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Woman charged with attempted murder after car hit pedestrians in London

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:26:23+00:00

Gabrielle Carrington, 29, faces charges after incident on Argyll Street in the early hours of Sunday morningA woman has been charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London in the early hours of Sunday.A woman in her 30s remains in a life-threatening condition and a man in his 50s suffered life-changing injuries after they were hit by a car in Argyll Street, Westminster, at approximately 4.30am on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said. A second woman in her 30s suffered minor injuries, the force added. Continue reading...

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Woman charged with attempted murder after car hits pedestrians in London

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:26:23+00:00

Gabrielle Carrington, 29, due to appear in court on Tuesday following incident in West End in early hours of Sunday A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London in the early hours of Sunday.A woman in her 30s remains in a life-threatening condition and a man in his 50s suffered life-changing injuries after they were hit by a car in Argyll Street, Westminster, at approximately 4.30am on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said. A second woman in her 30s suffered minor injuries, the force added. Continue reading...

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How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:15:18+00:00

Despite his explanation and the need for political stability, the PM is still unpopular – and Olly Robbins has yet to give his side of the storyLabour MPs frustrated with the lack of a clear mission from Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments, to prosecute his values, to find an enemy to define himself against.The prime minister has found one: Olly Robbins. Starmer prosecuted his case against the former Foreign Office chief on Monday with the vigour of his former life at the bar. Continue reading...

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Ukrainian drone attack hits Russia’s Tuapse port

Fonte: Al Jazeera - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:13:14+00:00

Plumes of black smoke were seen after Ukrainian drones targeted Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse.

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Starmer says it ‘beggars belief’ he wasn’t told about Mandelson vetting failure as he faces down the Commons – UK politics as it happened

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:11:49+00:00

MPs jeered as PM said it is ‘incredible’ he was not told full story and he was wrong to appoint Mandelson as US ambassadorAt his press conference Nigel Farage was asked about reports saying that Keir Starmer knew about the security concerns about Peter Mandelson that led to him failing his security vetting interview. That was a reference to the Telegraph splash, which says:Senior Whitehall sources told The Telegraph that the UKSV [UK Security Vetting] findings largely restated security risks that had already been drawn to Sir Keir’s attention.One senior source with knowledge of the process sai

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What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:06:40+00:00

PM sets out chronology of Mandelson’s vetting failure – and insists he has not misled MPsUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has laid out a detailed timeline of events leading up to Peter Mandelson being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10. Here’s what his statement did tell us – and what it was more vague on. Continue reading...

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« Ils ont dit : “Mettez-vous un par un, on va tuer tout le monde » : le génocide des yézidis raconté par un de ses survivants

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-04-20T18:00:14+00:00

Réfugié en France, Samih Taha est l’un des rares rescapés du massacre de son village, dans le nord de l’Irak, perpétré par l’organisation Etat islamique, le 15 août 2014. Alors âgé de 17 ans, il s’est ensuite endetté pour acheter sa mère et ses sœurs réduites en esclavage sexuel. Il raconte au « Monde » son histoire et la tragédie de sa famille.

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