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Received yesterday — 22 October 2026 ⏭ The Guardian - World news

Woman charged over shooting of police officer in Nottingham

22 October 2026 at 22:31

Aisha Zaman, 27, charged with two firearms offences after incident in city centre on Sunday

A 27-year-old woman has been charged after a police officer was shot while attending an incident in Nottingham.

Aisha Zaman, from the Hyson Green area of the city, has been charged with possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of that firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.

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© Photograph: Ben Booth/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Ben Booth/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Received — 19 October 2026 ⏭ The Guardian - World news

French authorities announce partial curfews as PM blames ‘ultra-left’ for exploiting protests – as it happened

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French PM Lecornu says he has asked prefects to implement “a number of partial curfews” in certain “localised” urban areas to stop further disorder, which he attributes to “the extreme-left” and some criminal elements.

We will no doubt hear more on this from local authorities, as in the example of Marseille (10:32).

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Received — 17 October 2026 ⏭ The Guardian - World news

No action to be taken against wife of PM’s aide over Palestine Action post

17 October 2026 at 20:47

Tweet by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, ‘does not meet criminal threshold’

No further action will be taken against Sarah Helm, the wife of the prime minister’s national security adviser, after she was accused of supporting the banned protest group Palestine Action.

Helm, a journalist and author who is married to Jonathan Powell, posted on X on Thursday: “God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action.”

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© Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

Reform candidate filmed saying asylum seekers should be put in ‘concentration camps’

Would-be MP recorded telling undercover reporter in ITV investigation that Muslims could not be British

A would-be Reform UK MP told an undercover reporter that Muslims could not be British and asylum seekers should be put in “concentration camps”.

The comments were recorded as part of the undercover investigation by ITV that has already seen Reform accused of “appalling behaviour” and “extreme racism”.

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