News 14/12/25

Sir Keir Starmer has described an attack targeting the Jewish community at a Hanukkah event in Australia as sickening.

Police say at least eleven people were killed in the shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday, with a further twenty nine taken to hospital. In a statement on X, the prime minister said the United Kingdom will always stand with Australia and the Jewish community. He added the government is working with the Community Security Trust on policing for Hanukkah events in the UK. The Metropolitan Police said it is increasing police presence, carrying out extra patrols and engaging with the Jewish community to understand what more can be done.

A revamp of train timetables has come into effect across the country, bringing some of the most significant changes in more than seven years.

Rail operators say passengers should see more services and faster journeys on some routes, with the East Coast Main Line expected to benefit most. People are being advised to check the new timetables before travelling. The scale of change has not been seen since May twenty eighteen, when an update caused major disruption and cancellations.

Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives will scrap the planned ban on petrol and diesel vehicles if they win the next election.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the party leader said the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate was well meaning but ultimately destructive. From twenty thirty, all new cars must be electric or hybrid to help meet a legally binding aim of achieving net zero by twenty fifty. Her comments follow talks with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, who has lobbied the European Union to water down similar plans.

A manhunt is continuing in the United States after a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island.

The campus in Providence stayed in lockdown for hours after the incident, which happened in a building where students were sitting exams. The city’s mayor says there’s no specific ongoing threat to the public, but around four hundred officers from police and other agencies are still searching the surrounding area as a precaution.

Police in New South Wales have issued an urgent update following a developing incident at Bondi Beach in Australia.

Officers are asking people to avoid the area, with anyone already there being told to take shelter. Police are on scene and say more information will be shared as soon as it becomes available.