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Shadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’

• Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in Channel

It is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Channel monitoring small boat crossings.

In a post on social media, he says:

On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us. There was no notice or training exercise in place. Felt like warning shots or attempted intimidation

On the crisis in prison places, this has been a long time coming. We did some things, as I said [see 10.11am], it wasn’t enough, and I’m sorry about that.

But I can’t fix the past, but what I can do is come up with solutions for now, and for tomorrow.

This was something which we were doing in government. We had plans to rent prison places, just like Sweden has done with Estonia, so that we didn’t have to just release these sorts of violent criminals early. We could have put them in other countries.

If everybody says ‘no prison near me’, we won’t get these [prison places] built, so this is something the public can help with … We cannot say ‘no’ to every potential site for a prison.

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• Mancini replaces Gattuso for second spell in charge

• Ranieri takes over from Paolo Maldini in overseeing role

Roberto Mancini has agreed to be Italy head coach for a second time, the president of the Italian Football ​Federation (FIGC), Giovanni Malagò said on Tuesday, also confirming Claudio Ranieri would take over as technical director.

Mancini replaces Gennaro Gattuso, who ⁠left the post in April after Italy failed to qualify for a third World Cup in succession, and returns to a job he held between 2018 and 2023. He led the national team to European Championship glory in 2021 with a penalty shootout victory over England at Wembley but then failed to reach the 2022 World Cup and a slow start to Euro 2024 qualifying. In total, Mancini managed Italy for 58 matches during his first spell and at club level has managed Inter, Fiorentina and Manchester City, where he spent three years and guided them to their first Premier League title in 2011-12.

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Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed

The campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banner it displayed in Parliament Square saying “Yes It’s A Genocide” was seized by Greater London Authority officials and destroyed.

Representatives of the GLA arrived on the scene in central London and confiscated the 40-metre by 40-metre banner after it was unfurled on 4 December 2024, just over a year after Israel began its assault on Gaza after the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas.

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Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Hindley Street, Adelaide CBD

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

The SAHMRI building and Bragg Centre form part of the medical research precinct on North Terrace, Adelaide CBD

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Gray Street, Adelaide CBD

Tussen ons vakantiehuis bij de duinen en het dorp loopt een fietspad in één rechte lijn. Het is de enige weg die ik de hele vakantie neem. Tien minuten ongeveer, van A naar B.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Ondanks de lichte neerslag van afgelopen week en de gebruikelijke temperatuur voor eind juli, is het neerslagtekort in Nederland verder toegenomen. Het tekort ligt ver boven het gemiddelde voor deze periode van het jaar, blijkt uit de nieuwste droogtemonitor van Rijkswaterstaat. Ook zijn de grondwaterstanden op veel plaatsen laag tot zeer laag.

In grote delen van het land hebben de natuur en de landbouw last van de droogte. Gewassen groeien minder goed en er kan schade ontstaan. Vooral in de hogere delen van het land en in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant en Limburg zijn de gevolgen van de droogte groot. Gebieden die niet afhankelijk zijn van grondwater ervaren minder problemen, zoals Flevoland en Friesland.

Ook de scheepvaart ondervindt steeds meer gevolgen. De afvoer van de Rijn daalt verder, waardoor de al geringe vaardiepte op de Rijntakken langzaam verder afneemt. De kwaliteit van het water wordt ook slechter, wat kan leiden tot blauwalg en vissterfte.

Radio antennas for the European Space Agency and NASA appear to have escaped the worst effects of wildfires in Spain, though NASA's site sustained some cable damage. Over the weekend, a NASA spokesperson confirmed there was "no significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings" at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) despite fire ravaging the area. The spokesperson cautioned that "the situation remains dynamic" and additional inspections are required. A source with knowledge of the matter has since told The Register that the cables appear to have been burned, although the antennas had indeed escaped the worst of the inferno. The facility is part of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), which is used to communicate with spacecraft. According to the spokesperson, "NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program has seamlessly transitioned mission support to its other Deep Space Communications Complexes in Goldstone, California, and Canberra, Australia, ensuring continuity of operations and uninterrupted spacecraft communications." Not counting the big dish at Goldstone, of course, on which more below. The European Space Agency (ESA) also has a facility in the area. Its Cebreros antenna, located approximately 77 km west of Madrid, was also at risk from the wildfires but was "declared GREEN for nominal operations" as of yesterday, according to ESA boss Josef Aschbacher. The Cebreros station, also known as Deep Space Antenna 2, marked 20 years since its inauguration in September 2025. It is used for communications with missions including Mars Express and Solar Orbiter. NASA's Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex has several antennas, including DSS-63, an antenna with a diameter of 70 meters. NASA has two other 70-meter antennas, at Goldstone in California and Canberra in Australia. All were originally built as 64-meter-diameter dishes, but were expanded to 70 meters from 1982 to 1988 to increase their sensitivity to support Voyager 2's encounter with Neptune. The 70-meter antenna at Goldstone was damaged last year after it over-rotated while supporting the Juno mission. There were no injuries, but NASA classed it as a "Type A mishap" and noted excessive stress on the structure and the facility's cables, as well as damage to the fire suppression system, which caused "significant flooding." Repairs and upgrades are expected to be completed by October 2028. ®