Caulfield’s move comes just a day after Danny Kruger, the Tory MP for East Wiltshire and shadow work and pensions minister, announced his defection.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a public warning that assaulting its officers constitutes a federal crime punishable by felony charges. In a statement posted on X on Tuesday, the agency said: “Anyone,  regardless of immigration status, who assaults an ICE officer WILL face federal felony assault charges and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.” The message was accompanied by an image bearing the words “think…

Eighteen rural communities in Lesotho have lodged a formal complaint with the African Development Bank (AfDB) over its funding of a multibillion-pound water scheme they say has damaged farmland, polluted water sources and caused structural harm to homes. The villages, home to about 1,600 people in Mokhotlong district in the north-east of the country, are demanding full transparency over planned relocations and compensation arrangements, which they claim have been pursued…

Sweden will introduce a nationwide ban on mobile phones in all schools from the start of the 2026 autumn term.

Five members of the Russian feminist protest group Pussy Riot have been sentenced in absentia to lengthy prison terms by a Moscow court over performances critical of Russia’s military actions, according to reports from Rolling Stone and the group-affiliated media outlet Mediazona. The sentences, handed down last week, range from eight to 13 years. The women, Maria Alyokhina, Taso Pletner, Olga Borisova, Diana Burkot and Alina Petrova, were not present…

A man detained moments after the fatal shooting of Turning Point USA executive director Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University (UVU) has been arrested on allegations of attempting to mislead police by falsely confessing to the crime. George Zinn, 71, was taken into custody on Monday and charged with obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony. State authorities said he was also booked on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children,…

Eurovision attracts more than 160 million viewers worldwide. Russia was banned from the competition following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

A New York judge has dismissed the two most serious state charges against Luigi Mangione in connection with the killing of United HealthCare executive Brian Thompson, ruling that prosecutors had failed to present sufficient evidence to support claims the crimes were acts of terrorism. Mangione, who was arrested over Thompson’s death in December last year, had faced counts of first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism and second-degree…

A Kenyan court has issued an arrest warrant for a British national suspected of murdering Agnes Wanjiru, whose body was discovered in the grounds of a hotel near a British army base in 2012. High Court judge Alexander Muteti granted the warrant on Tuesday following an application by prosecutors, who confirmed that the suspect has been charged with murder. The move is intended to facilitate extradition proceedings from the United…

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order authorising the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis, in what he described as a continuation of his administration’s military-led response to crime in Democrat-run cities. The move was welcomed by Tennessee’s Republican governor, Bill Lee, who stood alongside the president in the Oval Office as he signed a memorandum establishing a Memphis Safe Task Force. “We’re going to fix that just…

Maurene Comey, the federal prosecutor who handled high-profile cases against Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell and, most recently, music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, has filed a lawsuit challenging her abrupt dismissal from the US Department of Justice, alleging it was politically motivated retaliation against her father, former FBI director James Comey. According to court filings, Comey was dismissed on 16 July without explanation, receiving only a brief email citing “article…

Luxury fashion conglomerate Kering, owner of brands including Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen, has confirmed that hackers have stolen personal data belonging to potentially millions of its customers. The Paris-based group said the breach occurred in June and involved the theft of names, phone numbers and email addresses. No financial details, such as bank account numbers, credit card information or government-issued identification were taken. The cyber-attack has been attributed to…