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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the BBC understands

@opinion_black @elonmusk What’s up with supporting gay people?

Perhaps 95% of my extended family are Americans, spread across N. Carolina, Chicago, Florida and New York. The mayoral election in New York has them all concerned. I reside in London and I too am concerned. New Yorkers are seemingly about to make a catastrophic mistake by possibly electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor of that great city. Zohran is NOT a ‘democratic socialist’ as he proclaims. He is a Marxist Socialist which is altogether very different. His Marxist agenda will bankrupt New York & drive out the very people who fund it. He has made clear that he ‘dislike billionaires’ and ‘hates capitalism’. Great. They will simply depart to Texas or Florida as @DonaldTrump has done and the tax income of New York will fall through the floor. Free buses, local government owned grocery stores, rent freezes, and massive tax hikes might sound compassionate but they’re economic suicide. Mamdani’s agenda isn’t bold, it’s bullshit. It WILL punish success, kill incentive, and expand bureaucracy in much the same way that his Muslim compatriot has done in the London mayors office. London, for all intense and purpose, has been destroyed by the worst mayor in Londons history. A trans and gay supporting, Israel hating Marxist Sunni Muslim mayor by the way. New York doesn’t need a Marxist Socialist. New York will start an inexorable slide to decay, debt and crime if it does the unthinkable and select this smooth talking oily charlatan as its mayor. When the choice is either ideology or competence then competence must always triumph. Choose wisely or you will pay a high price. My family agree with me. Do not turn New York into London mark two. You really will regret it 🤷🏽‍♂️ #USA #NewYork #UK

Remember to vote tomorrow in New York! Bear in mind that a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is. VOTE CUOMO!

Emergency services have been called after "multiple people" were stabbed on a train. British Transport Police say two people have been arrested and are currently responding to the incident on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. bbc.com/news/articles/…

The 49-year-old, who has been named locally as Wayne Broadhurst, was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.

One man has died and another has been seriously injured after a triple stabbing in #Uxbridge

Arrest made after man dies in triple stabbing bbc.in/3LgIcAW

Dame Patricia Routledge, 1929 - 2025. Now off to the candlelight supper in the sky. Thank you for everything. Hyacinth’s final words in Keeping Up Appearances seem fitting.

A true legend of comedy - rest in peace.

NEW: Angela Rayner has also resigned as deputy leader of the Labour Party

@JoeWilsonwords It’s been a pleasure working with you Joe - all the best for the future!

‘Even the best things come to an end’ Thank you for watching, for listening and for caring.

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Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Jewish museum in Washington DC, say US officials bbc.in/4jhOfkd

Pope Francis dies aged 88, Vatican says bbc.in/3GjIm8f

Enough is enough: Open Letter from Manchester Arena Survivor Martin Hibbert to the Justice Secretary @ShabanaMahmood & @MoJGovUK My name is Martin Hibbert. I am a survivor of the Manchester Arena bombing, the devastating act of terror that changed my life forever on 22nd May 2017. I was 6 meters from the bomb when it exploded. My body was shattered. My life irreversibly altered. I have spent every single day since then trying to rebuild my life — physically, emotionally, and mentally. So you’ll understand why I am absolutely disgusted — beyond words — to learn that Hashem Abedi, a man who was found guilty of playing a key role in that heinous attack, has somehow been given the comfort and privilege of kitchen access in prison. Let’s call this what it is: a catastrophic failure of your duty to protect prison staff and the public from an unrepentant terrorist. Not only was Abedi allowed the freedom to move around and use facilities that should never be available to someone like him — he was able to track and target three prison guards using boiling oil and homemade weapons. Boiling oil. Homemade weapons. Again. This is not the first time he’s attacked guards. How many more times does this need to happen before you take meaningful action? This is a man convicted of being involved in the murder of 22 innocent people, including children. How is it remotely acceptable that he has access to anything that could pose a danger — to staff, to other inmates, or to the principles of justice itself? I was led to believe that people like him — mass murderers, terrorists — would face a regime of strict control and zero comfort. I was told justice would be served. What I see now is not justice. It’s a shameful lack of accountability and basic prison security. I’m not just angry. I’m broken by this. And I am furious that the pain of survivors like me is being so blatantly disrespected by your inaction. This cannot continue. Something drastic needs to be done. Not tomorrow. Not next month. Now. Review his prison privileges. Strip him of any access to areas where he can make or find weapons. Protect your staff. Protect the memory of those we lost. Respect those who survived. Because right now, it feels like you’ve forgotten us. Martin Hibbert Manchester Arena Survivor

1/ Something strange and unsettling is going on in the financial markets. Investors are selling US government bonds - traditionally considered a safe haven investment whose value rises when stock markets are in turmoil. It suggests that the inflationary impact of....

US President Donald Trump tells Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to be "thankful" and accuses Zelensky of "gambling with World War Three" in White House meeting bbc.in/4h8HgJc

Dame Joan Plowright, one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen stars and widow of Laurence Olivier, dies aged 95 bbc.in/4jijOLY