The unrest was sparked by the appearance of a Russian MP, who was allowed to chair a session of parliamentPolice in Georgia used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to stop protesters storming the country’s parliament early on Friday, leaving dozens requiring medical treatment. Thirty-nine police officers and 30 Read more
Calls for Mark Field to resign over Mansion House incident while another Tory MP reports abusive messages from party colleagueThe Conservatives have been plunged into controversy after a video showed a minister grab and manhandle a protester who disrupted the chancellor’s Mansion House speech.Police began looking into the incident on Read more
Women and children among dead in mountainous Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh At least 44 people were killed when a bus in India’s mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh plunged into a gorge on Thursday, officials said.Another 28 were undergoing treatment, many of them for critical injuries, after the private vehicle Read more
Legal and General Investment Management cuts companies including ExxonMobilAn ethical investment operation by the UK’s largest asset manager has dumped shares in a string of US companies it has deemed climate crisis laggards, including oil giant ExxonMobil and insurer Metlife.Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) said it had cut five Read more
Government calls for second public consultation to build ‘maximum consensus’ on divisive issue Via: SNP delays plans to make it easier for trans people to change legally recognised gender
Some shops targeted never reopened due to damage, says ATM operator Via: Gang who stole heavy machinery to tear cashpoints out of walls in string of burglaries jailed
Greenpeace demonstrators wanted to raise awareness of ‘climate emergency’, group says Via: Mark Field: Conservative MP seen manhandling female climate change protester at Mansion House event
‘We need to kickstart a green industrial revolution in the UK’ Via: Jeremy Corbyn appoints Labour's first shadow minister for climate justice
Former politician breaks down when describing aftermath of police raid on his home Via: Harvey Proctor: VIP child abuse ring claims 'ravings of a fantasist', ex-Tory MP tells court
Mong Hongwei, ex-Interpol chief who disappeared during a visit to China from his home in Lyon, France, last year before turning up in detention has pleaded guilty to corruption, state media claims. Via: Wife of former Interpol chief says Beijing may have used a BODY DOUBLE at his £1.65m bribery Read more