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Russia pounds Kyiv for five hours in one of biggest ever ballistic missile attacks

The Guardian • 1 month ago

At least one person killed after dozens of missiles arrive in less than an hour and three-storey building catches fireRussia has carried out one of its biggest-ever ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, launching a five-hour raid that left at least one person dead and seven injured, with fires and damage across the city.Ukrainian officials said the capital was hit with about 40 Iskander-M and hyperso...

Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification

The Guardian • 1 month ago

New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect childrenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSocial media companies could be forced to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification, under new laws being proposed in Victoria.The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, announced a suite of soci...

Terence Donovan, ‘larger-than-life’ actor and father of Jason, dies aged 90 – as it happened

The Guardian • 1 month ago

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConservatives around world at war against ‘leftwing globalists’, Bridget McKenzie tells CPAC London eventPianist Jayson Gillham peforms joint concert for Palestinian familiesPianist Jayson Gillham has performed a concert for Palestinian families.Healing is a long road. For Palestinians, for Gazans, for the families i...

One week, two killings: Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly – again

The Guardian • 1 month ago

The fatal shootings of two men, both killed in their vehicles by ICE agents, have rekindled anger over the US’s militarized deportation pushLorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving to work with his brother and two other passengers in Houston, Texas, when immigration agents began tailing his car. They pulled him over and fired a fatal shot through the open passenger-side window.Six days later in Bid...

Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Campaigners hope move will force commercial banks to rethink holding assets linked to the fossil fuelClimate campaigners have declared a victory after the Bank of England said it would no longer accept bonds linked to one of the most polluting industries on the planet for key loan arrangements.The ban, which comes into force in October, marks a fresh crackdown on thermal coal, which is burned in p...

Two US troops killed and one missing in Jordan after Iranian attacks

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Sirens sound in Bahrain and Kuwait accuses Tehran of targeting civilian sites and infrastructure as Iran strikes US alliesThe US retaliated against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) after two American troops were killed and one was missing in Jordan when Tehran launched a wave of attacks against US allies in the Middle East.Iran’s attacks came as the renewal of US strikes on Iran entered a second ...

São Tomé and Príncipe heads to polls in tense presidential election

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Incumbent Carlos Vila Nova hopes to defeat his former party and secure second term as independentVoters in São Tomé and Príncipe go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks to burnish its democratic credentials.According to the National Election Commission, about 142,000 people are registered to vote in the tiny African state’s elections,...

Man dies after cross-border police pursuit ends in NSW northern rivers

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Car chase began in Queensland after report of armed man on Gold Coast late on Saturday, police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police have declared a “critical incident” after a man died following a police pursuit in the northern rivers area, hours after the same man allegedly evaded Queensland poli...

Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami on UK charges of rape and sex trafficking

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Britain to seek extradition over alleged sexual exploitation, ‘extreme pornography’, assault and indecent images of a childThe social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami on UK charges by federal authorities, the US Marshals Service has said.The brothers were arrested on Saturday on an extradition request from British authorities, according to a person familiar wit...

Conservatives around world at war against ‘leftwing globalists’, Bridget McKenzie tells CPAC London event

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Nationals senator echoes comments by Pauline Hanson as Labor criticises One Nation leader’s divisive stanceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe National party’s Senate leader, Bridget McKenzie, has used an appearance at a conference of the populist right in London to declare that conservatives are “in a war” against ma...

Pauline Hanson tells London CPAC crowd she is ‘sick of hearing about white privilege’ and ‘fears for England’

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage compares One Nation leader’s polling rise to Donald Trump’s victory in the USFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson has told a political conference in London that Australia is following Britain down a path of cultural decline, blaming mass immigration, multiculturalism, Islam, net...

Hungary’s president agrees to stand down after law change ends his term

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Tamás Sulyok signed the constitutional amendment that cited ‘serious loss of confidence’ in him as leader Hungary’s president, Tamás Sulyok, has agreed to step down after signing a constitutional amendment passed by the ruling Tisza party of the prime minister, Péter Magyar.The amendment will end Sulyok’s term immediately, citing society’s “serious loss of confidence” in a leader elected in early ...

Cyclospora: iceberg lettuce recalled in 27 states and more products may follow

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Taylor Farms does not specify where products were served or sold, as US braces for weeks more of outbreakTaylor Farms recalled potentially contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce in 27 states on Friday, including lettuce distributed as recently as Thursday, as cases of cyclosporiasis continue rising in the US.The US is likely to see at least another two weeks of possible cases, since infections may ...

Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of livingAndy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer’s plans for digital ID cards in a “reset of priorities” when he enters Downing Street on Monday.The new Labour leader plans to redirect the resources earmarked for the scheme towards tackling the cost of living, his team indicated on Saturday. Continue ...

Republican lawmaker Ralph Norman to join race to succeed Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Congressman to run for seat despite Donald Trump backing Graham’s sister, Darline, should she choose to runThe Republican representative Ralph Norman, ⁠of South Carolina, has announced he will join the race to succeed the late senator Lindsey Graham, despite Donald Trump backing Graham’s sister, Darline, should she choose to run.Announcing the launch of his bid on Saturday, Norman wrote on X: “I’m...

Flash flood warnings strike north-east US amid wildfire smoke from Canada

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Poor air quality from wildfires continues to plague New York City as several neighborhoods hit by thunderstormsSaturday is delivering a double dose of dangerous weather across the north-eastern US, with smoky skies from Canadian wildfires giving way to severe thunderstorms that have already triggered a flash flood warning as torrential rain pounds parts of the region.After a brief break on Friday,...

North Dakota men who discover they were switched as newborns sue hospital

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison uncovered the truth after Bylin received an at-home DNA test as a Christmas giftA DNA discovery has led two families to accuse a North Dakota hospital of changing the course of their lives after learning two newborns were allegedly switched at birth nearly four decades ago.Kyle Bylin uncovered the truth after receiving an at-home DNA test during a Christmas gift exch...

Memphis rallies for progressive Democrat after four fatal shootings by taskforce: ‘fight of our lives’

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Summer Lee join rally to support Justin Pearson’s bid for CongressMore than a thousand people rallied for Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative running for Congress, in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of Donald Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force over the last two months.Crowds packed New Direction Christian church in the city’s Hic...

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices

The Guardian • 1 month ago

As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fightCésar Alcaraz had only just become a firefighter in the late 1990s when he found himself ambushed by a fast-moving blaze. Barely able to breathe and with no more water left in his truck, he and his colleagues fled an inferno ravaging S...

Germany’s CDU parliamentary leader resigns after using surrogacy to become parent

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Jens Spahn had criticised ‘rented wombs’ and his party is strongly opposed to surrogacy, which is banned in GermanyA senior German politician and ally of the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has resigned as parliamentary group leader of the Christian Democrat (CDU) party after he and his husband used a surrogate mother to become parents, a practice he has criticised in the past and his party is vehemen...

Dismissal of Ukraine’s defence minister highlights wider issues for Zelenskyy

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Mykhailo Fedorov, celebrated by many for innovative, tech-driven approach, was sidelined for military old guardVolodomyr Zelenskyy’s abrupt dismissal of Ukraine’s youthful and innovative defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, at precisely the moment Kyiv appeared to be gaining advantages in several spheres of its war with Russia has exposed, not for the first time, a troubling flaw in the president’s...

Air quality warnings remain in place across US as wildfire smoke continues to swathe country

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Rain could alleviate conditions in mid-Atlantic and north-east, with World Cup final expected to go ahead on SundayWarnings of dangerous conditions are expected to remain in place on Saturday across swathes of the US, amid uncertainty about where the heavy wildfire smoke swirling from the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of Minnesota will head next.Some parts of the US mid-Atlantic an...

Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink

The Guardian • 1 month ago

As Cuba swelters under six-month oil blockade imposed by US, tempers are fraying and unrest is growingWhen Cuba’s national grid collapses, as it did for the third time in 10 days on Tuesday, a collective groan spreads across its cities and people wonder, again, whether the island’s antiquated electricity system may soon become unrecoverable.The 777-mile Caribbean island of 9.5 million people has b...

White House backs Argentina players over Falklands banner in World Cup semi-final

The Guardian • 1 month ago

White House Fifa taskforce chief defends Argentina footballers, saying US believes in free speechThe White House has backed Argentina’s footballers who displayed a banner supporting their country’s claim to the Falkland Islands after their World Cup semi-final victory against England.After Argentina’s 2-1 win in a fractious match in Atlanta on Wednesday, some players held up a banner that said: “L...

Why is Trump risking midterm disaster by resuming the unpopular Iran war?

The Guardian • 1 month ago

Less than a month after hailing a ceasefire, Trump resumed strikes on Iran, a move experts warn could prolong the war and hurt Republicans before the midtermsFor half a century, Donald Trump has performed a public high-wire act based on high-stakes risks and shattering time-honored norms to get what he wants.The approach has paid off handsomely, helping him survive multiple bankruptcies to reach b...