The Guardian1 hour agoThursday briefing: What new data on deaths reveals about private care in the NHSverified_publisherThe Guardian - Archie BlandGood morning. When the government set about instituting a set of major NHS reforms a decade ago, one senior adviser said they would be a “big opportunity” for the private sector. For years before that, for-profit companies had been allowed to bid to provide services, but under the new rules, NHS …
The Guardian5 hours agoFerdinand Marcos Jnr to be sworn in as Philippines presidentverified_publisherThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseThe son of the Philippines’ late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be sworn in as president on Thursday, completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country’s highest office. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, 64, won last month’s elections by a landslide, securing the biggest victory …
The Guardian6 hours agoKilling of Hindu tailor prompts internet shutdown in Indian state over unrest fearsverified_publisherThe Guardian - ReutersFearing outbreaks of religious violence, police in the Indian state of Rajasthan banned public gatherings and suspended internet services a day after two Muslims posted a video claiming responsibility for killing a Hindu tailor in the city of Udaipur. Two suspects were being interrogated by federal …
The Guardian8 hours agoPutin issues fresh warning to Finland and Sweden on installing Nato infrastructureverified_publisherThe Guardian - Andrew RothVladimir Putin has issued fresh warnings that Russia would respond in kind if Nato set up military infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after they joined the US-led alliance. Putin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying he could not rule out that tensions would emerge in Moscow’s relations …
The Guardian1 hour agoNorth Korean hackers thought to be behind $100m cryptocurrency heistverified_publisherThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesNorth Korean hackers are thought to be behind last week’s theft of as much as $100m in cryptocurrency from a US company, as the regime steps up attempts to secure funding for its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. The assets were stolen on 23 June from Horizon Bridge, a service operated by …
The Guardian1 hour agoThe Pride I’ll never forget: ‘There were only thousands of us there. But we felt like millions’verified_publisherThe Guardian - Yas Necati, Damian Barr and Ella BraidwoodDamian Barr: ‘We were marching for the people we had lost, marching with ghosts’ I lost my Pride virginity the same day Scotland did: Saturday 17 June 1995. The sun shone proudly as we marched loudly through Edinburgh, a city that generally limits shows of emotion to a vigorous twitch of a net …
