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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said she is fulfilling her duties as the country’s leader, but has not yet fully recovered after last week’s street attack.”I’m not really myself yet,” Ms Frederiksen said in an interview with Danish broadcaster DR.The prime minister was struck by a man who walked up to her in Copenhagen’s old town on Friday evening.”As a human being, it felt like an attack on me… but I have no doubt it was the prime minister who got hit,” the 46-year-old said.”It was an attack on us all,” she added, as she talked about a perceived…

14 minutes agoBy Harriet Heywood & PA Media, BBC News, Cambridgeshire University of Cambridge/PA MediaRaspberry Pi’s credit-card sized computers have been sold in more than 70 countriesShares in computer firm Raspberry Pi soared as much as 40% after they began trading on the London Stock Exchange.The Cambridge-based business is known for creating affordable credit card-sized computers designed to boost coding skills among children.Shares hit 392p in early trading on Tuesday, above the initial public offering (IPO) price of 280p.Raspberry Pi chief executive Eben Upton said: “The reaction that we have received is a reflection of the world-class team that we have assembled.”He…

Animal rights protesters have attacked a portrait of King Charles, which has been on show in a London art gallery.Two protesters had stuck posters on the glass over the painting.The Philip Mould gallery said that no damage had been done to the portrait.The painting by Jonathan Yeo was the first official painting of the King since his coronation.The Animal Rising group said that two of its supporters had attacked the painting in a way that they claimed was “light-hearted”.They pasted over the royal portrait with a picture of Wallace, a character from the Wallace and Gromit animations.They were criticising the…

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has said that the situation there has been “calmer” since Russian missile launchers shelling it were hit by Ukrainian fire.Ihor Terekhov’s comments came nearly two weeks after the US and other Western nations gave the go-ahead for Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia near Kharkiv. He was speaking at a conference in Germany attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky which is aimed at encouraging European nations to support and invest in Ukraine.Russia says it has captured two Ukrainian villages as it continues its offensive begun in May.The defence ministry said Tymkivka in Kharkiv…

9 hours agoBy Johnny O’Shea, BBC News, in St IvesBBCAbout 540,000 day-trippers visit the town every year, according to the St Ives Tourism AssociationThe Cornish seaside town of St Ives attracts thousands of visitors, drawn each year to its beautiful beaches and thriving art scene. But for those who live and work here, ordinary life in a tourist hotspot brings huge challenges they are demanding politicians address.”It’s a lovely place to be… but I don’t think I will ever be a homeowner.”Ben Hodgkinson is busy scanning the harbour in the midday sun, trying to catch the eye of passers-by and sell them…

Katie Piper was forced to pull out of her ITV breakfast show at the last minute this weekend because of an “unexpected medical procedure”.The presenter and campaigner made the announcement on Saturday morning on Instagram, adding that the host Charlotte Hawkins would be stepping in for her.Piper, 40, was left with serious injuries and permanent scarring after an acid attack in 2008.In her post, she assured fans “all is well”, adding: “I hope after some rest I’ll be back in the hot seat next weekend.”Fellow presenters were quick to offer their support to Piper following her announcement.Hawkins, who is usually…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that if a ceasefire plan backed by the US and UN does not progress, Hamas will be to blame.Mr Blinken reiterated his call for Hamas to accept the plan as outlined by President Biden 11 days ago.He said the onus was on “one guy” hiding “ten storeys underground in Gaza” to make the casting vote, referring to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Mr Blinken said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “reaffirmed his commitment” to the proposal when they held talks in Jerusalem on Monday.Mr Netanyahu has not publicly endorsed what Mr Biden…

3 days agoBy Douglas Fraser, Business and economy editor, ScotlandPATaylor Swift is not just a musical phenomenon, but a business unicorn too. The Eras tour which has arrived in Edinburgh is reckoned to be pushing her wealth well north of $1bn (£785.51m).Forbes, the money magazine, reckons she is worth $600m (£471m) from performance and her back catalogue is worth as much, while she has around $125m (£98.2m) worth of real estate.Other musicians who have reached such heights have done so by investing their musical earnings in other ventures.This daughter of Pennsylvania, and of a financial broker, mints money with astute leverage of…

Under-16s will be banned from buying high-caffeine energy drinks in England, if Labour wins 4 July’s general election.Drinks such as Monster, Prime and Red Bull would be blocked from sale, to protect children’s health – but Coca-Cola and Lucozade would not be covered by the ban.The proposal was welcomed by TV chef Jamie Oliver, who said on X, formerly known as Twitter: “You would be amazed if you saw how many kids have breakfast in the form of an energy drink.”Children were “bouncing off the walls” in the classroom, so teachers had to resort to “plan-B or plan-C” lessons, he…

60 minutes agoBy Ian Youngs, Culture reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesAlexander Morris claims he was put in a straitjacket and subjected to racial discriminationA member of US soul group the Four Tops is suing a hospital, claiming doctors halted emergency treatment and ordered a psychological evaluation because they did not believe him when he told them he was famous.Alexander Morris, who joined the long-running group in 2019, says he went to Ascension Macomb Oakland Hospital, in Detroit, with difficulty breathing and chest pain, in April 2023.Mr Morris’s legal action claims he was racially profiled and doctors assumed he was mentally ill when he…