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Evening StandardLondon travel news LIVE: Railway track fire sparks 'major disruption' to London Bridge and Overground trains
Meanwhile a train fault at Vauxhall is blocking lines to London Waterloo
- SWNS
Matthew Perry's friend still backs ketamine use - but reveals actor's fatal mistake
A friend of Matthew Perry still backs the controversial use of ketamine by addicts - and revealed the Friends' actors fatal mistake. Asher Gottesman, 50, founder of Transcend Recovery Community, has spent more than a decade working in addiction recovery in the US. Gottesman, also a rabbi, knew Perry socially, and expressed sadness at his death to a fatal ketamine overdose in October 2023. But despite the risks, Gottesman continues to advocate for ketamine - when administered under strict clinical supervision. Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing on Friends, had long struggled with addiction and openly shared his battles. His death highlighted the use of ketamine as a therapeutic tool and its dangers when misused.
- Reuters
Indonesia parliamentary committee approves incoming govt's budget
Indonesia's key parliamentary budget committee on Tuesday approved increased spending for the incoming government of president-elect Prabowo Subianto while maintaining the fiscal deficit at 2.53% of GDP, its chair said. The approved spending of 3,621.31 trillion rupiah ($236.2 billion) for 2025 is around 6% higher than the 2024 spending estimate of 3,412.2 trillion rupiah. The increased spending accommodates key programmes of the new government, including a free school meal policy which will cost 71 trillion rupiah next year.
- Associated Press
A military training camp in Mali's capital has been attacked, the army says
A military training camp in Mali’s capital was attacked early Tuesday, the army said. Col. Marima Sagara, deputy director of the army’s communications service, said it received reports of an attack on the gendarme training school in Bamako but had no further information. Mali, along with its neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, has battled an insurgency by armed groups, including some allied with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.
- Digital Spy
Jamie Theakston steps back from Heart Radio following cancer diagnosis
Radio presenter Jamie Theakston has revealed that he will be stepping away from Heart Radio following his cancer diagnosis.
- Hello!
Nightsleeper viewers defend BBC thriller amid complaints
Viewers who tuned into the BBC's new thriller, Nightsleeper, have defended the drama amid complaints about the series…
- PA Media: UK News
Junior doctors will strike again ‘if we need to’ – BMA
The BMA’s junior doctors committee in England has accepted the Government’s pay offer, with 66% of junior doctors voting in favour of the deal.
- The Independent
Husband on trial over horrifying rapes on wife tells court ‘I am a rapist like everyone else’
One of the worst sexual predators in French history today admitted drugging his wife and allowing multiple strangers to attack her, saying: “I am a rapist, like everyone else in this courtroom.” Dominique Pélicot, 71, spoke for the first time about his crimes on Tuesday morning, saying: “I recognise the facts in their totality.” The white haired grandfather was appearing in the dock at the Vaucluse Criminal Court, in Avignon, following a week of ill health.
- Hello!
Kyle Clifford charged with murder of BBC racing commentator John Hunt's family
Kyle has been charged with the murders of Carol, 61, Hannah, 28 and Louise, 25
- Evening Standard
Negative impacts of Boris Johnson's post-Brexit EU trade deal 'only going to get worse'
The value of UK goods exports to the European Union sank by 27% and imported goods by 32% between 2021 and 2023
- ABC News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Blinken to travel to Egypt for fresh talks
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt on Wednesday for fresh talks on an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, and as tension with Hezbollah persists at the Israel-Lebanon border. The Israel Defense Forces said it "eliminated" the head of the Islamic Jihad militia group's southern rocket and missile unit in a Monday airstrike on a humanitarian zone in southern Gaza.
- BBC
Gunfire heard in Mali's capital
Gunshots have been ringing out in Bamako with reports that a security base has been targeted.
- PA Media: Entertainment
Gemma Collins finds relatives lived on same street as Jack the Ripper victims
Collins also explores the history of her mother who was adopted, and finds out why her grandmother parted with her.
- The Canadian Press
Hard-right Dutch coalition will lay out priorities as leaders bicker
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A speech by the Dutch king on Tuesday is to lay out the new government's plans for the coming year as members of the hard right-led coalition bicker over its plans to drastically slash migration.
- BBC
Secret Service 'aware' of Elon Musk post about Harris, Biden
The tech tycoon has deleted the post about assassination attempts on the president and vice-president, saying it was a joke.
- BBC
Rare 'sweets and beer' tree saved for future
Thousands of trees are being grown at a nursery to give rare and depleted species a helping hand.
- PA Media: UK News
Glasgow hosting Commonwealth Games ‘absolutely’ no-brainer – Lord McConnell
The games were held in Glasgow in 2014.
- Reuters
In India's Kashmir, former separatists take struggle to the ballot box
When former Kashmiri independence advocate Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik filed nomination papers for the Jammu and Kashmir's election starting Wednesday, the first poll since India revoked the region's semi-autonomy, he wore a GPS ankle tracker. The former separatists have vowed if elected to try and force India to reinstate Jammu and Kashmir's semi-autonomy, but New Delhi has rejected these call.
- Evening Standard
Oxford Street: Sadiq Khan to get new powers from Government to force through pedestrianisation plans
Mayor of London wants to ban traffic from capital’s most famous high street to help make it ‘once again the leading retail destination in the world’
- The Independent
India gets only its second female chief minister as Delhi leader Arvind Kejriwal steps down
Atishi, one of the opposition AAP party’s most experienced figures, has served as Delhi’s minister for education, finance, revenues and law