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Jul 3, 2025 - World

Amendments to children’s wellbeing and schools bill call for ban on Pfas and synthetic fibres over health concernsThe volume of microplastics and potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in school uniforms should be restricted, experts have said, as they urge peers to back two amendments to a crucial bill.The children’s wellbeing and schools bill, which applies mainly to England and Wales and is at committee stage in the House of Lords, is poised to introduce new regulation on the cost of school uniform items, as well as the number of branded uniform items schools can require pupils to wear. Continue reading...

Jul 3, 2025 - World

FoI requests also reveal that since 2019 less than 3% of those held under law in London were prosecutedPolice in London have been accused of abusing their powers to curb protest after research found that less than 3% of arrests for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance in the past five years resulted in a prosecution.The research also found an almost tenfold rise in the number of arrests in the capital for the offence, most commonly used to target activists, since 2019 when Extinction Rebellion set off a wave of climate activism. Continue reading...

Jul 3, 2025 - World

Wesley Enoch tells ABC RN the artist’s work was not about glorification of terrorism and says Sabsabi is ‘incredibly peace-loving’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe acting chair of Creative Australia has apologised to Khaled Sabsabi and his curator Michael Dagostino for the “hurt and pain” caused by the decision to rescind their Venice Biennale commission, and said their artworks had been “mischaracterised”.Wesley Enoch, who took over from a retiring Robert Morgan three months after the then chair told a Senate estimates hearing he would not be resigning over the controversy, apologised to Sabsabi and Dagostino live on air on Thursday, telling ABC RN the artist’s work was not about the glorification of terrorism, as suggested in parliament in February.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Jul 3, 2025 - World

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the South China Sea was discussed during the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Washington, as it remains an "issue of great concern" for all four member nations.

Jul 3, 2025 - World

Speaker struggles to muster enough Republican votes as lawmakers object to provisions and costUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill is hanging in the balance as Republicans struggle to muster sufficient votes in the US House of Representatives.House speaker Mike Johnson is determined to pass the bill as soon as possible, but has been frustrated by lawmakers who object to its provisions and overall cost. They have blocked House Republicans from approving a rule, which is necessary to begin debate on the measure and set the stage for its passage. Continue reading...