Five officers injured as police boat strikes Westminster Bridge 24. July 2026 (19:29) Metropolitan police say officers on marine policing boat are receiving treatment after incident in central LondonFive officers have been injured after a police boat struck Westminster Bridge in central London on Friday afternoon.The Metropolitan police said the incident occurred at about 3.40pm and involved a boat from the marine policing unit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
11 people indicted over deaths of six people in cargo container in Texas 24. July 2026 (19:16) Six migrants from Honduras and Mexico – including 14-year-old boy – were found dead in May near US-Mexico borderSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A US attorney announced a federal indictment on Friday against 11 people in the smuggling deaths of six migrants whose bodies were found in a rail cargo container in Texas in May.The six people were found dead in a rail yard shipping container in Laredo, on the US-Mexico border. They were from Honduras and Mexico and included a 14-year-old boy, all part of a human-smuggling effort on a freight train, authorities said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
How Chinese tech and Russian tactics are aiding Iran’s bombing of US bases 24. July 2026 (19:13) Increasingly accurate and lethal attacks are revealing weaknesses in stretched defences across the GulfAs the crisis in the Middle East escalates, Iran has been bombing US bases and critical infrastructure in the Gulf with increasing accuracy, helped by Chinese satellite imagery and tactics learned by Russia in Ukraine.Three US soldiers were killed last Friday in an attack on the Muwaffaq Salti airbase in Jordan, which was being protected by a Thaad air defence system. Satellite imagery later released by Iranian media showed several buildings had been destroyed. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution 24. July 2026 (19:09) Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can revealWater company bosses’ total pay rose over the past year despite a government bonus ban and public outrage over pollution and bills, the Guardian can reveal.One chief executive, Mark Thurston of Anglian Water, received £1.9m – including a £500,000 “retention payment”, despite the bonus ban. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
From high heels to ‘Zara death pants’: how fashion falls foul of women’s safety 24. July 2026 (17:54) A physio, a tailor and a historian on the style trends that can put women in hospital and how to avoid the dangers“Buyer beware” is one of the oldest principles in English law. Now, a pair of wide legged trousers from Zara is bringing the phrase back to the forefront of shoppers’ minds.On social media the £25.99 wide-legged trousers from the high-street retailer have earned the moniker “Zara death pants” thanks to a slew of videos showing wearers tripping over the leg of the trousers and injuring themselves. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Reform councillors told to describe donations inquiry as establishment stitch-up 24. July 2026 (17:35) ‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election,’ party briefing notes sayReform UK has instructed its councillors to describe a police investigation into donations from the mother of George Cottrell as an establishment stitch-up, as polling showed the party’s popularity plummeting.Internal briefing documents circulated to the party’s councillors included instructions to respond to questions about a Metropolitan police investigation into party donations with: “It is now clear that the establishment will try anything to stop us”, the Times revealed on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force? 24. July 2026 (17:33) A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future Keir Starmer’s leaving party had been planned for some time. But in years to come it might be seen as the birth of a new Labour movement.Dozens of ministers, aides and Starmer himself headed to the Grafton pub in Kentish Town on Monday night to drown their sorrows, hours after the former prime minister left Downing Street for the last time. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Guyanese authorities confirm death of 72 people in sinking of coastal ferry 24. July 2026 (17:28) Of the estimated 179 people aboard, 76 were rescued as efforts continue to salvage the ship and recover all bodiesThe confirmed death toll from the recent capsizing of a state ferry off Guyana’s coast has risen to 72, with more bodies recovered as a multinational team struggle to salvage the partially submerged vessel.Of the estimated 179 people aboard, 76 people were rescued. The government has estimated that 100 may have died in the accident, which would make it the worst marine tragedy on record for the South American nation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Middle East crisis latest: US carries out strikes across Iran as Tehran targets American bases in region 24. July 2026 (17:27) Latest attacks come after Trump vowed ‘major military punishment’ for Tehran and its Houthi alliesAn Omani delegation has arrived in Iran to discuss a framework “to establish appropriate mechanisms for managing ship traffic in the strait of Hormuz,” Iranian state news agency IRNA reports.Tehran has maintained that it’s open to managing the strait in coordination with Oman, though the US and Gulf states have rejected the idea. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US cyclosporiasis outbreak expands to nine states as CDC investigates 7,400 cases 24. July 2026 (17:02) Over 11,500 people this summer are suspected to have been sickened by disease that can cause explosive diarrhea, CDC saysInvestigations into the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record expanded to nine states this week, as more than 11,500 people are suspected to have been sickened this summer, according to reports and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Data released by the CDC this week said the agency is looking into 4,173 laboratory-confirmed domestic cases of the disease and investigating an additional 7,400. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
