News 11/06/26

A fourteen-year-old girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder following a knife attack at a Manchester school.

Counter-terror police said two fourteen-year-old pupils and a male member of staff were stabbed at the Co-op Academy on Tuesday. The suspect also faces two counts of possessing a bladed article on school premises and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Officers are leading the investigation, though it has not been declared a terrorist incident.

Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes planned against Iran today due to progress in negotiations.

The US president stated that final points have been approved in concept and detail by all parties. While he has repeatedly claimed over the last three months that the war is nearly at an end, Mr Trump confirmed the naval blockade will remain in full force until the transaction is finalised and signed.

The co-hosts are off to a perfect start in the World Cup, beating South Africa 2-0.

Goals from Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez gave Mexico victory in a game overshadowed by three red cards. South Africa finished with nine players after Yaya Sithole and Themba Zwane were sent off. Mexico had Cesar Montes dismissed in stoppage time, but it could not take the gloss off the win.

SpaceX has raised $75bn from financial firms ahead of becoming a publicly traded company on Friday.

In a regulatory filing, the firm said shares were priced at $135 each, leaving its expected stock market value at nearly $1.8trn. The listing is set to make chief executive Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.

Armed Forces Minister Al Carns has resigned from the government, just hours after Defence Secretary John Healey stepped down.

In a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Carns said serving the country was the privilege of his life. He noted that the department faces complex issues requiring cross-government agreement on the scale of the challenges. Earlier in the evening, Pamela Nash also quit her role as a parliamentary private secretary within the Ministry of Defence.Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned.

In a social media post, Mr Healey shared a letter to Sir Keir Starmer which he said he never expected to write. His departure comes as the government’s defence investment plan has still not materialised.

Iran is considering targeting Elon Musk’s assets in the region, according to state media.

Reports suggest the Iranian military accuses the US and Israeli armed forces of using Musk’s Starlink satellite internet services. Starlink ground stations in Qatar, Jordan, the UAE and Oman, alongside SpaceX shareholders, are under review. A military source stated Iran reserves the right to attack all facilities managed by Musk in the region and occupied territories.

A pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy has been approved for prescription use in the UK.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has cleared the once-a-day tablet, making it the first of its kind. Manufacturer Novo Nordisk says the pills do not need refrigeration and offer a more convenient option than weekly injections. However, the treatment will not be available on the NHS until health experts assess its suitability.

Donald Trump says the US will be hitting Iran very hard tonight and taking total control of the country’s oil and gas markets.

Outlining Washington’s actions, he says that in the not too distant future, American forces will be taking Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points. The US president says it will be similar to what Washington carried out in Venezuela, which he declares is working brilliantly for both countries.

A shop worker who groomed and trafficked seven girls aged between twelve and sixteen for sexual abuse has been jailed.

Bawan Harwe, twenty-eight, messaged his victims under a fake name, offering them money and e-cigarettes before raping and abusing them. His accomplice, Sharam Muhamadi, failed to attend Sheffield Crown Court and will be sentenced later. Harwe was jailed for twenty-nine years, with the judge describing the harm as being of unimaginable proportions.

A nineteen-year-old female police officer has died after being hit by a car while responding to another collision.

PC Jess Turnbull, who joined Northumbria Police in September, died in hospital on Wednesday. Chief Constable Vanessa Jardine said she was surrounded by loved ones. PC Turnbull had been called to a crash on the A189 near Cramlington at around eleven-ten on Monday night. The force said that while she was outside her marked vehicle, she was struck by a black Mercedes unconnected to the original incident.

A man and a teenager have been charged with the murder of a twelve-year-old boy who died after being hit by a vehicle.

Bobby Bloomfield was left with serious injuries after the collision in Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood on Sunday, and died a short time later in hospital. William Lunnon, forty-three, and a fifteen-year-old boy have both been charged with murder. They have been remanded in custody to appear in magistrates court on Thursday.

Nearly three thousand patients a day were cared for in hospital corridors or makeshift treatment areas in England last month.

The newly published figures show the scale of the challenge facing the NHS, which ministers call unsafe and unacceptable. The figures represent three to four per cent of daily emergency admissions.

A Slough man is among five people charged following the seizure of more than thirty million pounds worth of cocaine.

Daniel Ruffell, thirty-five, of Humber Way, is charged with conspiracy to evade importation prohibitions. He was remanded in custody on Wednesday and will appear at Lewes Crown Court on July eighth.

Three Indian seafarers have died following a US strike on a tanker off the coast of Oman, India’s shipping minister has confirmed.

Sarbananda Sonowal announced the deaths this morning. Yesterday, the US military stated an American aircraft fired precise munitions into the engine room of the Palau-flagged vessel Settebello. This happened as it attempted to breach the American naval blockade of Iran’s ports with a shipment of Iranian oil. It is the eighth merchant vessel disabled by US forces in waters off Iran.

The chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board says police officers are stretched.

Brendan Mullan told radio that the service currently has sixty-three hundred officers against a recognised need for seventy-five hundred, meaning it lacks resilience. He confirmed a small number of officers were injured by petrol bombs in Carrickfergus, with briefings happening later to see if any were hurt last night. He added that police have been meeting with ethnic minority community representatives.

Europe’s largest low-cost airline is under investigation by the UK’s competition watchdog over its policy of charging parents to sit next to their children.

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an inquiry into the eight-pound-per-flight charge, examining if it is an unfair contract term under consumer law. Under the airline’s terms, children aged between two and eleven must sit with at least one parent. The CMA understands Ryanair is the only major airline flying out of the UK to impose this levy.

The family of a man seriously injured in a Belfast stabbing have called for an end to violence, describing the sharing of false information on social media as deeply distressing.

In a statement released through police during a second night of disorder in Northern Ireland, Stephen Ogilvie’s relatives said they were left feeling disgusted by the scenes. Protesters set homes, a bus and cars on fire following the stabbing this week. Relatives clarified that Mr Ogilvie, who lost his left eye, is stable, adding that online falsehoods forced them to provide this update.

The Metropolitan Police is calling on tech firms to make stolen mobile phones much harder to reuse and prevent criminals from profiting.

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary for legislation to force phone companies to publish data on stolen devices, and to render handsets completely unusable. The Met revealed on Thursday it has started sharing data with Apple to build a global picture of what happens to stolen devices, including whether they are reconnected. Sir Mark said if phones cannot be reactivated, their value collapses.