Covid jab to be required for England care home staff
Workers are expected be given 16 weeks to have the jab - or risk losing their job, the BBC understands.

Israel strikes in Gaza after incendiary balloons
It is the first major flare-up since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in May.

Daniel Morgan: Met Police accused of 'form of corruption' in report
The Met's top officer Dame Cressida Dick has apologised to the Morgan family in the wake of the report.

Scottish lockdown easing to be delayed until July
The whole country had been due to move to the lowest level zero restrictions on 28 June.

Boris Johnson condemns 'disgraceful hounding' of BBC journalist
A clip shared on social media shows Newsnight's Nick Watt being harassed by anti-lockdown protesters.

Essex World War Two veteran gets medals on 100th birthday
The former Royal Navy Wren "never saw herself as a hero" says her granddaughter.

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Israel carries out Gaza Strip airstrike after militants release incendiary balloons
Strikes come after more than 30 injured after Jewish ultranationalists parade through Arab neighbourhoods in JerusalemAn Israeli aircraft has attacked a Palestinian training camp in the Gaza Strip in response to the launching of incendiary balloons from the territory, the first such strike since a fragile ceasefire was agreed to end 11 days of conflict.The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked Hamas armed compounds in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday. Continue reading...

'Pure insanity': emails reveal Trump push to overturn election defeat

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Donald Trump tried to enlist top US law enforcement officials in a conspiracy-laden and doomed effort to overturn his election defeat, a campaign they described as "pure insanity", newly released emails show. Related: White House unveils first national strategy to fight domestic terrorism Continue reading...

France win heavyweight clash with Germany thanks to Hummels own goal
All that talent, all that expectation, and in the end it came down to a first-half own goal scored by Mats Hummels. An awkward deflection off his shin and into the top corner beyond Manuel Neuer was the only time either goalkeeper was beaten. But do not think that the story of this game between the last two World Cup winners, the opening night that could have been the climax of the entire competition, can be told so easily. Do not believe, either, that France will be removed easily. Continue reading...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives away $2.7bn to hundreds of charities
Ex-wife of Jeff Bezos gives to 286 groups and says she wants to donate 'fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change'The American novelist and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott said on Tuesday she had given a further $2.7bn (£1.9bn) to 286 organisations.Scott, who was formerly married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, issued a statement regarding distribution of the latest tranche of her $57bn fortune. Continue reading...

Outcry as Saudi Arabia executes young Shia man for 'rebellion'
Rights groups say Mustafa bin Hashim bin Isa al-Darwish was a minor when alleged offences committed Saudi Arabia has executed a young man who was convicted on charges stemming from his participation in an anti-government rebellion by minority Shia Muslims. A leading rights group said his trial was "deeply flawed".It was unclear whether Mustafa bin Hashim bin Isa al-Darwish, 26, was executed for crimes committed as a minor, according to Amnesty International. The rights group said he was detained in 2015 for alleged participation in riots between 2011 and 2012. Continue reading...

British nationals in France face losing rights if they miss residency deadline
Call to extend 30 June deadline over fears Britons will lose access to healthcare and pensionsCampaigners have warned that tens of thousands of British nationals living in France and three other countries risk losing local healthcare, employment and other rights if they do not apply to remain resident in the next 14 days.British in Europe, a group set up to protect the post-Brexit rights of about 1.2 million UK nationals living on the continent, have called on France, Latvia, Luxembourg and Malta to extend their 30 June deadline as the Netherlands has done, to 30 October. Continue reading...

Help was requested from DC National Guard 12 times during US Capitol riot, Democrats say
US Capitol Police, Washington Metropolitan Police and local officials requested support from the DC National Guard 12 times on January 6 while the Capitol was under attack, the House Oversight Committee Democrats said Tuesday.

Analysis: Former GOP congressman was part of the crowd outside the US Capitol on January 6
As the FBI has continue to make arrests of those who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, amateur internet sleuths who have helped identify the insurrectionists spotted a familiar face in the crowd: former California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher.

Trump tried to get DOJ to back his election lies, new emails show
New emails from Justice Department and White House officials show how President Donald Trump's allies pressured then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to consider false and outlandish allegations that the 2020 election had been stolen at the same time that Rosen was being elevated to lead the Justice Department in December 2020.

Opinion: New emails reveal a Trump White House gone mad
The newly-revealed series of emails sent by former President Donald Trump's senior advisers after Trump's 2020 election loss to top Justice Department officials are stark evidence of a White House gone mad.

McConnell dismisses Trump DOJ's secret seizure of data
CNN's Chris Cuomo looks at President Biden's performance on the NATO world stage, and goes after Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell's defense of Trump DOJ's secret seizure of data.

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