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David Lammy refers himself to watchdog for fishing with JD Vance without a licenceDavid Lammy has referred himself to the environment watchdog because he did not have a rod licence to go fishing with JD Vance.The foreign secretary failed to catch any fish when he hosted the US vice-president at his grace-and-favour retreat at Chevening House, Kent.Anglers in England and Wales aged 13 or over must have a rod licence to fish for freshwater species, such as carp, according to the Environment Agency.Foreign secretary David Lammy, right, and US vice-president JD Vance fish in a lake in the grounds of…

Los Angeles police have formally linked a break-in at Brad Pitt’s home in the city in June to a string of other burglaries at properties belonging to celebrities.Los Angeles police chief Jim McDonnell announced the arrest of four suspects, saying they were a a crew that were committing burglaries at the homes of “various high-profile residents” throughout the city, adding that “some of the burglaries included homes of actors and professional athletes”.McDonnell did not name Pitt but said the case originated from a burglary investigation on 25 June of a resident in the 2300 block of North Edgemont Drive, which…

The United States government announced new sanctions targeting armed groups involved in illegal mining and those profiting from conflict minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The Department of the Treasury designated four entities engaged in the production and trade of conflict minerals in Rubaya, a vast mining area known for its rich deposits of critical minerals. These sanctions aim to punish actors destabilizing the eastern DR Congo, including armed groups using forced labor and violence against civilians in their illegal mining operations. The sanctions also target companies in the DR Congo and China that collaborate with…

The occupied West Bank town’s mayor says Thamin Khalil Reda Dawabsheh killed as Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians.A Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank has been shot dead in an attack instigated by Israeli settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry as cited by the Wafa news agency.Thamin Khalil Reda Dawabsheh, 35, was shot Wednesday morning in the town of Duma, south of Nablus, by an Israeli off-duty soldier who was accompanying “an Israeli civilian” near Duma “during engineering works”, the Israeli army said.Earlier Palestinian reports of the attack had stated that Dawabsheh was killed by an Israeli settler. 35-year-old…

Kelly Cates is about to begin the busiest year of her career. That, to be fair, is an estimate, because the football presenter and broadcaster has always been a grafter. From Setanta Sports to Channel 5 there are few places where she has not applied her blend of deep knowledge and emotional warmth, and as of this weekend she will be the face of the BBC’s and Sky’s coverage of the Premier League.The action gets under way at a second home, Anfield, from where Cates will host Sky’s Friday Night Football coverage of Liverpool v Bournemouth. This follows two preview…

If you put it in a novel – a ham-fisted satire of tech overlord hypocrisy, say – it would look too contrived to fly. But here we are, absorbing a story from the New York Times this week in which Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are discovered to have been running a private school out of their compound in Palo Alto, California, in violation of city zoning laws. More pertinently, the school of 14 kids, which includes two of the couple’s three daughters, is less than a mile from the school for low-income families that the couple founded…

Three soldiers have been killed in a drone attack in south-west Colombia, which authorities have blamed on a dissident rebel group.The devices dropped explosives on members of Colombia’s navy and army, who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya River.Four other members of the security forces were injured in the attack.Drone attacks have become increasingly common in recent years in Colombia: in 2024, 115 such attacks were recorded in the country, most of them carried out by illegal armed groups. In January, the government said it was putting a plan into place to prevent such attacks by beefing up its…

The NHS is over-treating men for prostate cancer, a charity says, with around 5,000 a year undergoing treatment for cancers unlikely ever to cause harm.While most prostate cancer cases need treatment, around one in four are so slow growing men can opt for regular monitoring instead, avoiding the side-effects of surgery and radiotherapy such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction.Of the 56,000 diagnosed in the UK each year, around 6,500 men opt for this, but an analysis by Prostate Cancer UK said another 5,000 could benefit.The charity said outdated guidelines were to blame. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence…

As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares for a summit in Alaska with his United States counterpart Donald Trump, he can draw on his experiences from 48 previous meetings with American presidents.Over 25 years as Russia’s leader, Putin has met and worked with five US presidents: Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Trump and Joe Biden.While some of the earlier meetings were relatively warm, reflecting the hopes of US-Russia friendship between the end of the Cold War and the early 2000s, most of Putin’s more recent interactions — especially with Obama and Biden — have been frostier, as bilateral ties…

The storm weakened after hitting the island’s central mountains, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration.