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Three arrested, including 14-year-old, for planned attack at Vienna Pride parade, Austrian police say Three people, suspected of being Islamic extremists, have been arrested in Austria for allegedly planning an attack on the annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade. The parade, which attracted over 300,000 people, was held in the capital city of Vienna on Saturday. The Austrian security services reported that the young men, aged 14, 17, and 20, were arrested at their residences on Saturday. While they did not disclose specific details, they mentioned that weapons such as knives, an axe, and air guns were seized. Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, the head…

Putin critic Alexei Navalny facing decades in prison as new trial begins Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader, is set to face a new trial on charges of extremism that may see him imprisoned for decades. He is currently serving a nine-year sentence for parole violations, fraud, and contempt of court. Navalny and his supporters maintain that his arrest and imprisonment in 2021 were politically motivated. The trial is scheduled to start on Monday in the penal colony located 250km (150 miles) east of Moscow, where he is currently detained. Navalny is facing multiple accusations, including the establishment of…

MPs to vote on whether they support Boris Johnson Partygate report later today The Metro says MPs will decide later whether to support a report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. A 14-month-long inquiry from the Commons privileges committee said the former prime minister committed repeated offences with his Partygate denials. The long-awaited report concluded Mr Johnson misled the Commons by: – Claiming Covid rules and guidance were followed at all times in Number 10 on four separate occasions; – Failing to tell the House ‘about his own knowledge of the gatherings where…

Dozens of Tory MPs expected to abstain in vote on committee’s Partygate report The Guardian says Dozens of Tory rightwing MPs are preparing to abstain from voting in the Commons on Monday over the parliamentary investigation that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs, in a sign of support for the former prime minister. Between 60 and 70 MPs with constituencies in the “red wall” were said to be feeling “incredibly warm” towards Johnson, after he urged his parliamentary supporters not to vote against the committee’s findings. The senior cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Sunday he disagreed with the outcome…

Rishi Sunak refuses to say if he’ll vote on Boris Johnson Partygate report The i newspaper says Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he will vote in the Commons today on the Privileges Committee report on Boris Johnson. Just hours ahead of the potential vote in the Commons, the Prime Minister said he “would not want to influence anyone in advance of that vote” and that it was “a matter for parliament and members and individuals”. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain on ITV, he said: “This is a matter for the house rather than the government, that’s an…

‘We’re watching you!’ – Grassroot Tories pile pressure on MPs to back Boris in vote Daily Express says Tory MPs are set to be put under huge pressure to vote against the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson thanks to a weekend grassroots campaign set up by his supporters. With MPs set to vote on the Privileges Committee report which claims he deliberately misled Parliament on Monday, many Conservative MPs were planning on staying away. But with supporters agreeing with Mr Johnson’s assessment that the committee was “a kangaroo court”, the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO), a grassroots organisation set up…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Several of Monday’s front pages report on the leaked video showing Conservative Party workers dancing at their own social gathering during the second Covid lockdown at the end of 2020. Banks have been told to do more to help homeowners with the cost of living as an interest rate rise looms. ‘Guilty party’ The front page of the Daily Mirror says “Guilty party” alongside a still image from the “sickening” footage of Tory staff at a lockdown party. The paper quotes a relative of a Covid victim, who accuses the staffers of “dancing on…