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The families of victims in two Boeing 737 Max plane crashes have asked for prosecutions and a fine of $24.8bn for “the deadliest corporate crime in US history”. The families’ lawyer Paul Cassell said the amount was “justified and clearly appropriate” given “enormous human costs of Boeing’s crimes”. In a 32-page letter seen by the BBC, Mr Cassell said that the US government should prosecute those leading the company when 346 people were killed in two crashes in 2018 and 2019. The letter cited the apology by Boeing’s chief executive Dave Calhoun on Tuesday while he gave evidence to Congress.…

Just nowBy Aurelia Foster, Health reporter, BBC NewsJoseph KjorstadDylan Kjorstad, 14, has had chemotherapy twice a month to shrink the tumour, ahead of planned surgery this monthA 14-year-old boy with cancer is among hundreds of hospital patients whose medical procedures have been postponed following a cyber-attack on an NHS provider.Dylan Kjorstad was scheduled to have a tumour on his ribs removed on 6 June at London’s Royal Brompton Hospital, but the operation has been put back due to concerns about delays in blood supplies.A ransomware attack on the blood-testing firm Synnovis on 3 June led to disruption to clinical procedures at several…

The BBC has said on-screen presenters are “regularly reminded” of its guidelines relating to clothing, after an incident in which Gary Lineker appeared to breach those rules by wearing outfits from his own fashion range.During England’s opening Euros game on Sunday night, the Match of the Day host wore a green T-shirt and jacket which appeared to be from the Next range he endorses.BBC guidelines say presenters must not appear on-air wearing clothing which they have agreed to promote.Lineker has been approached for a comment, but has yet to respond.The former footballer was fronting the BBC’s coverage of England’s match…

People placed under restraining orders for domestic violence do not have a right to own guns, the Supreme Court has ruled.The 8-1 decision upholds a 30-year-old law that bars those with restraining orders for domestic abuse from owning firearms. At the centre of the case was Zackey Rahimi, a Texas man who was indicted under the 1994 law but filed an appeal after the court significantly expanded gun rights in a 2022 ruling.In that ruling, the court decided the US constitution’s guarantee of the right “to keep and bear arms” protects a broad right to carry a handgun outside the…

About 1,500 Tata Steel workers will begin an indefinite strike next month over the company’s plans to cut thousands of jobs, the trade union Unite has said.The move is the first time in more than 40 years that steel workers in the UK have taken strike action, the union added. About 2,800 Tata Steel workers will lose their jobs when the company closes both blast furnaces in Port Talbot by the end of September.The strike will begin on 8 July at Port Talbot and Tata’s Llanwern site in Newport.Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary, said Tata’s workers were “not just fighting…

Justin Timberlake’s lawyer says he looks forward to “vigorously defending” the singer after he was charged for driving while intoxicated.Timberlake, 43, was arrested just after midnight on Monday for running a stop sign and failing to stay on the right side of the road.The incident occurred in Sag Harbor, in the Hamptons, a popular holiday destination for celebrities in New York.He was released without bail after being formally charged, and is scheduled to appear virtually in court on 26 July, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office confirms.”I look forward to vigorously defending Mr Timberlake on these allegations,” his lawyer Edward Burke…

A tourist has been dragged from a police station and killed by a mob in north-west Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy.The police had been attempting to protect the man from the large group in the town of Madyan, a town in Swat district.The mob had gathered after the man was accused of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on Thursday. Lynchings are not uncommon after an accusation of blasphemy, which is punishable by death in Pakistan.A Christian man was attacked last month after being accused of burning pages of the Quran, dying shortly afterwards.Video of this latest incident has…

2 days agoBy Matthew Wall, Technology reporterGetty ImagesApple is due to rollout its new AI-powered operating systemOur mobile phones are getting a whole lot smarter, but what about the telecoms networks they run on?Last week, Apple became the latest mobile phone firm to announce that it will be adding artificial intelligence (AI) to its handsets’ operating system.Called Apple Intelligence, and also due to be incorporated into the phones’ Siri chatbot, it aims to make them easier and quicker to use. And turn Siri into even more of a personal assistant.It follows after Samsung’s Galaxy AI, and Google’s Gemini AI for its own…

There was a twist to Changing of the Guard on Friday, with guards performing a version of Taylor Swift hit Shake It Off outside Buckingham Palace.The Royal Family posted the video on X, and captioned the video ‘Changing of the Guard (Taylor’s Version)’.The orchestral version of the song was played to mark the first London dates of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour – she will be playing at Wembley stadium on Friday night. Source link

In a landmark ruling for gay rights campaigners, laws banning same-sex acts between men have been ruled unconstitutional in Namibia.Convictions for the colonial-era offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” were rare but fuelled discrimination against gay men who lived in fear of arrest.No laws exist prohibiting sex between between women in Namibia.Marrying someone of the same sex is still illegal in the southern African nation.But if a same-sex couple weds abroad and one of them is not a Namibian citizen, their union is legally recognised.After Friday’s judgement was read out at a high court in the capital, Windhoek, campaigners…