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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 856

As the war enters its 856th day, these are the main developments.

2024-06-30T07:25:28Z

Factbox-Key party figures to know in the French election campaign

PARIS (Reuters) -France is the closest it has been to having a far-right government since World War Two, with the anti-immigrant National Rally (RN) riding high in opinion polls ahead of the first round of snap parliamentary elections on Sunday. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called the election after his centrist Together alliance was trounced by the RN in European elections.

2024-06-30T08:01:42Z

Investigation as two people seriously hurt in fire

A man in his 20s and a woman in her 50s are taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

2024-06-30T09:18:12Z

Church scaffolding to stay despite removal claims

The church says a £250k grant means the scaffold could be removed but it still needs £128k more.

2024-06-30T06:17:54Z

Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife cast vote in first round of snap election

Donning chic black suits and shades, Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrived to the Paris polling station holding hands before meeting with other voters and staff inside.

2024-06-30T09:26:43Z

2 more delegations added in 2024 Palarong Pambansa

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education announced Friday that the National Academy for Sports and Philippine schools from overseas will be joining the Palarong Pambansa 2024, adding two new official delegations to the event. Adolf Aguilar, Assistant Superintendent for the Cebu City Division, said in a press conference that with these additions, the total number of participating delegations will rise to 19. Originally, only the 17...

2024-06-30T06:25:52Z

Keir Starmer's Gaza's stance could cost party in the General Election

Tory sources raised hopes that they could deny Labour victory in highly marginal Peterborough - a seat won by Conservative Paul Bristow by just 2,580 at the last General Election.

2024-06-29T22:24:41Z

Comelec: Alice Guo may face election offense case for misrepresentation

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Sunday it may file an election-related offense case against suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo following the findings that she and Chinese passport holder Guo Hua Ping have matching fingerprints. Comelec chairman George Garcia said that the poll body may file charges “motu proprio” or on its own against Guo based on misrepresentation. Based on Guo’s Certificate of Candidacy (COC) when she ran as mayor of...

2024-06-30T03:00:29Z

Explainer-France election 2024: what happens if no one gets an absolute majority?

By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - France voted on Sunday in the first round of a snap parliamentary election which opinion polls forecast the far-right National Rally could win without an absolute majority. What happens then, and can political paralysis be avoided after the election, the second round of which is on July 7? SHORT ANSWER: NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE Article 8 of the constitution

2024-06-30T08:06:41Z

WB approves $1.25-B loans for education, maritime sectors

MANILA, Philippines — The World Bank (WB) on Saturday approved $1.25 billion in loans for the Philippines to build safe and resilient schools and develop infrastructure for the maritime sector. In a statement, the Washington-based multilateral lender said its executive directors greenlighted a $500-million financing for a project called “infrastructure for safer and resilient schools” and a $750-million policy loan for reforms in the domestic...

2024-06-29T21:39:35Z

Bishops hold plenum in Mindanao for 1st time

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) will hold its plenary assembly next week in Cagayan de Oro City, the first time that the high-level meeting will be held in Mindanao. More than 80 bishops from all over the country are expected to attend 128th plenary assembly from July 6 to July 8 at Chali Conference Center, the CBCP said on its news website on Friday. The closed-door meeting will begin with an...

2024-06-29T21:24:29Z

France begins voting in election that could hand power to far right

By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -French voters began voting on Sunday in the first round of a snap parliamentary election that could usher in the country's first far-right government since World War Two, a potential sea change at the heart of the European Union. President Emmanuel Macron stunned the country when he called the vote after his centrist alliance was crushed in European elections

2024-06-30T06:46:25Z

Power station's last coal delivery arrives by rail

The 1,650-tonne load pulls into the Ratcliffe-on-Soar site, bringing an era to an end.

2024-06-30T06:47:47Z

Vice President Sara Duterte's ratings drop

MANILA, Philippines — While the approval rating of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the second quarter of 2024 stabilized, Vice President Sara Duterte's ratings saw another significant drop, down by 20 percentage points compared to two years ago, the latest nationwide survey conducted by Publicus Asia showed. The non-commissioned Pahayag survey taken from June 15 to 19 showed Duterte's performance was negatively impacted by her father's legacy...

2024-06-30T06:17:19Z

When it comes to discussing lockdown, politicians are on mute

Back in June 2021 as the UK began to emerge from the long months of lockdown, I interviewed one of the world’s leading epidemiologists, Jay Bhattacharya, for The Telegraph’s Planet Normal podcast. The Stanford-based professor of medicine told me that lockdowns “will be seen as the single biggest public health mistake in history”. At a time when all...

2024-06-30T06:06:40Z

‘Rust’ armorer says state withheld evidence, requests release from prison

Lawyers for Hannah Gutierrez, the chief weapons handler for the Western movie “Rust,” said in a Thursday court filing that prosecutors withheld evidence that would have favored the defendant during her manslaughter trial. The filing comes as a New Mexico judge is expected to rule on Friday on a request from Alec Baldwin’s legal team […]

2024-06-30T06:56:12Z

How a site on the Mendips helped fool the Nazis

A decoy site on the Mendips - codenamed Starfish - helped to divert bombs meant for Bristol.

2024-06-30T06:48:00Z

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greets attendees during a visit to BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in North West London, while on the General Election campaign trail.

2024-06-30T08:27:57Z

Turkey's Pride Week 'more about resistance than celebration'

For Iris Mozalar, a young transgender woman living in Istanbul, Pride Week is "more about resistance than celebration" under Turkey's conservative government, which is openly hostile towards the LGBTQ community. "Ours is a struggle to survive," the 24-year-old told AFP at her home in Istanbul where she studies urban planning and works as a DJ and model -- on the eve of the annual Pride celebration, which Turkey's government routinely bans.

2024-06-30T08:24:57Z

Rider flees checkpoint, hits police vehicle

A motorcycle rider hit a police officer's vehicle from behind after allegedly attempting to flee a checkpoint in Naga City, Camarines Sur. The incident occurred during a One-Time Big-Time operation conducted by the Naga City Police Office and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Naga. Both the 39-year-old rider and the person riding in pillion sustained minor injuries in the incident. Police said the rider smelled of alcohol. "Si driver po, nung...

2024-06-30T04:07:37Z

Bereaved families call for drug law change

Thousands of flowers are laid in front of a council house to represent lives lost because of drugs.

2024-06-30T06:32:59Z

Future military officers find home, family in Baguio

FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Not many people understood the apprehensions felt by cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) the moment they were cut off from their families when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in early 2020. Quarantined at the country’s premier military training school in Baguio City for more than a year, the cadets thrived on routine—doing physical exercises and attending classroom lessons. Graduates of this...

2024-06-29T21:09:31Z

Hospital workers to strike in row over pay

Recovery theatre practitioners at Arrowe Park Hospital say they have been "wrongly graded".

2024-06-30T06:17:23Z

The Badjao tribe's fight with poverty in Batangas City

Struggling against harsh realities in Batangas City, the Badjao tribe, originally from Sulu, continues to grapple with poverty. Their fervent hope is that, soon, they will trade outstretched hands for fishing rods and other dignified paths to sustain their livelihoods. They dream of a future where begging is a thing of the past. One such individual is Maracani Pusasi, 60, who lost his hands in a battle with pirates while fishing in Sulu decades...

2024-06-30T05:07:48Z

5 killed, 20 hurt in firecracker warehouse explosion

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur –A powerful explosion rocked this city on Saturday afternoon, initially leaving five people dead, and at least 20 wounded. Police Colonel Kimberly Molitas said they initially received reports of two adults killed and a minor when an explosion occurred inside a firecracker warehouse at Marquez Drive in Barangay Tetuan, shortly after 4 p.m. Mayor John Dalipe, who rushed to the blast site, confirmed that five...

2024-06-29T14:16:16Z

Zelensky renews long-range arms call after attack

The Ukrainian president says more missiles and air defences are needed after a Russian strike kills seven.

2024-06-29T22:23:50Z

PAOCC receives death threats amid illegal POGO probe

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said Sunday some of its personnel have received death threats amid its investigation into the illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hubs. “Well opo, kami ay nakakatanggap ng ilang mga pagbabanta. Pero siguro po naman ay 'yun ay mga pananakot lamang,” PAOCC spokesperson Winston John Casio said in a Super Radyo dzBB interview. (Yes, we have been receiving some threats. But maybe...

2024-06-30T09:01:28Z

PNP chief Marbil warns cops working as bodyguards for private individuals

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil has issued a directive reminding officers to focus on public safety and not provide services to private individuals. Marbil made the remark following the arrest and filing of administrative cases against two Special Action Force (SAF) cops who were found to be working as bodyguards for a Chinese citizen living inside an exclusive residential village in Alabang,...

2024-06-30T05:00:47Z

Council warns students over cannabis parties

Neighbours report cannabis use and loud, late night parties as the academic year ends.

2024-06-30T06:32:32Z

Nigel Farage's speech interrupted by banner mocking views on Putin

During a speech by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, an event was interrupted by a banner mocking his views on Vladimir Putin. The unexpected disruption highlighted ongoing controversies surrounding Farage's stance on the Russian leader.

2024-06-30T08:12:53Z

'Conman' shown on video 'tricking pawnbroker into buying fake gold'

A 'gold swap hustler' caught on CCTV tricking a pawnbroker into buying fake gold has been shown striking at a different jewellers 230 miles away in East Sussex using a similar con months earlier.

2024-06-30T08:11:30Z

How will Louisiana's new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky. Across the country there have been conservative pushes to incorporate religion into classrooms, from Florida legislation allowing school districts to have volunteer chaplains to counsel students to Oklahoma’s top...

2024-06-30T05:03:47Z

Footage shows migrant who 'suffocated woman on her 21st birthday'

Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis, also 21, can be seen walking into the Airbnb at 916 Hawley Avenue around 4:20 pm on June 18 in the footage, with a still-alive Joselyn Toaquiza.

2024-06-30T03:10:36Z

Unsolved murder of 'poor Michelle' affected expert

Prof Patricia Wiltshire says the case has stayed with her, 22 years on.

2024-06-30T05:17:27Z

How well would YOU do on the UK citizenship test?

It's the general knowledge test that immigrants must take to prove they know about the British way of life. Yet over half of Brits would fail if they had to sit it, a new study has found.

2024-06-30T01:10:09Z

‘Begging Jesus’ statue installed at Baclaran Church

A sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless beggar has been installed in the compound of the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, also known as Baclaran Church. The shrine hopes for the life-size image will encourage charity and “nurture devotion through a genuine concern for the most abandoned and the poor.” “May this […]

2024-06-30T07:56:24Z

North Korea calls South Korea, US and Japan 'Asian version of NATO'

By Hyunsu Yim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea criticised a joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan and the United States held this month, state media said on Sunday, saying such drills show the relationship among three countries has developed into "the Asian version of NATO". On Thursday, the three countries began large-scale joint military drills called "Freedom Edge"

2024-06-30T08:01:42Z

Shopkeepers urge action over 'spiralling' shoplifting

Shopkeepers say thefts occur daily and call on the next government to tackle the issue.

2024-06-30T07:47:56Z

PH a living lab in the quest to breed ‘super corals’

BOLINAO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Three years ago, the emerald waters off Quezon Island—one of the 124 islets that make up the famed Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City—concealed a vast wasteland of dead corals. The seabed was basically all rubble, recalled marine scientist Dexter dela Cruz. Very few coral had survived the combined effects of bleaching and the increase in ocean temperatures induced by climate change. That year, Dela...

2024-06-29T21:39:36Z

The big problem facing whoever wins the election

The BBC's economics editor speaks to Swindon residents as part of the Your Voice, Your Vote project.

2024-06-30T00:16:49Z

Mother-of-three allegedly killed in domestic violence attack

Sarah Miles was found unconscious with head injuries before dying at her Johnston Street home at Casino, in north NSW, at 2.30am on Saturday.

2024-06-30T05:55:59Z

North Korean officials sport Kim Jong Un pins for first time

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong Un in public for the first time in pictures released by state media on Sunday, the latest step in the development of a cult of personality about the leader. The officials, speaking at a key meeting chaired by Kim of the reclusive state's ruling party, wore the typical party logo pin on the right lapel

2024-06-30T05:21:22Z

Pope Francis to priests: May the chapel be the most visited room in your houses

VATICAN— During an audience with Pope Francis on June 27, the priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) received devotional counsel from the Holy Father: They should make frequent visits, in humble silence, to their chapels for quiet prayer. The audience took place on the occasion of the 25th general chapter of the congregation. […]

2024-06-30T04:25:48Z

Myanmar central bank denies UN report on weapons transactions

(Reuters) - Myanmar's central bank denied a U.N. report that the country's military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying financial institutions under the bank's supervision followed prescribed procedures. The Central Bank of Myanmar "expressed our strong objection to the U.N. Special Rapporteur’s report", it said in a statement published in a

2024-06-30T08:01:43Z

Man in critical condition after stabbing

Police say they are treating the attack as an isolated incident but are appealing for witnesses.

2024-06-30T07:47:58Z

Railway locomotive celebrates 30 years of service

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway says the milestone is down to volunteers' hard work.

2024-06-30T06:32:35Z

Israeli tanks advance into areas in north and south Gaza, fighting rages

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Kamel Hamdan CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces advanced further on Sunday into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents said. Israeli tanks, which moved back into Shejaia four days ago, fired shells towards several houses,

2024-06-30T09:08:37Z

Consultation over Christmas star church listing

Hearsall Baptist Church has been put up for sale, but some local people want it locally listed.

2024-06-30T08:02:45Z

North Korea state media says there is an 'important report' amid key party meeting

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea's state news agency said in a one-line dispatch on Sunday there was "important news" but did not provide details. Leader Kim Jong Un is presiding over a key meeting of the ruling party to review the performance of the party in the first half of the year. In a separate report on Sunday morning following the "important news" dispatch, KCNA news agency said that Kim

2024-06-30T00:40:25Z

Building and lorries damaged in industrial estate fire

Twelve engines were sent to deal with a large blaze on a site near Macclesfield, a fire service says.

2024-06-30T07:47:48Z