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Judge to rule on whether accused Charlie Kirk killer will stand trial

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Tony Graf to decide if there is sufficient evidence to try Tyler Robinson and allow prosecutors to seek death penaltySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA Utah judge is expected to rule ⁠on whether the ⁠man accused of ​killing Charlie Kirk should stand trial and whether he should face the death penalty.Arguments were set to begin in Provo, Utah on Tuesday afternoon, after which judge ...

Pentagon official overseeing military AI sold millions worth of stock in AI firm

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Exclusive: financial disclosures from Emil Michael – who also reaped millions from xAI stock earlier this year – show he sold his Perplexity stock for up to $25mThe top Pentagon official overseeing military artificial intelligence policy, who reaped profits earlier this year of up to $24m selling his private investment in Elon Musk’s AI company, has now sold his holdings in another AI company for ...

Republican calls Leon Black and David Copperfield co-conspirators of Epstein

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Outgoing congressman Thomas Massie urges justice department to launch immediate investigationAn outgoing Republican congressman accused billionaire Leon Black and David Copperfield, the illusionist, of being co-conspirators of the accused late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and repeated a call for the Department of Justice to launch an immediate investigation into the men, among others.Thomas Mas...

Farage faces questions over his claim of second standards investigation

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Reform leader said inquiry had been widened but watchdog is not believed to have decided whether to do soNigel Farage is facing questions about why he claimed his finances were the subject of a second standards investigation, as he was sworn in again as Clacton’s MP.The Reform UK leader said when he resigned in July that the standards system had become a “political tool” because “yet another stand...

Farage faces questions over his claim of facing second standards investigation

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Reform leader said inquiry had been widened but watchdog is not believed to have decided whether to do soNigel Farage is facing questions about why he claimed his finances were the subject of a second standards investigation, as he was sworn in again as Clacton’s MP.The Reform UK leader said when he resigned in July that the standards system had become a “political tool” because “yet another stand...

Burnham blames Brexit and Thatcher for ‘wrong turns’ in first Commons speech as PM

The Guardian • 6 days ago

The prime minister said Britain needed to be brutally honest about the mistakes of the last 40 years of UK politicsAndy Burnham has blamed Brexit and Margaret Thatcher for a decade of low growth in the UK, arguing that Britain needs to be brutally honest about having taken “a series of wrong turns” in the last 40 years.In his first Commons appearance since he took over as prime minister around six...

Burnham promises to bring optimism and ‘substantial change’ in first Commons speech as PM

The Guardian • 6 days ago

The prime minister said Britain needed to be brutally honest about the ‘series of wrong turns’ it had taken in the last 40 yearsAndy Burnham has blamed Brexit and Margaret Thatcher for a decade of low growth in the UK, arguing that Britain needs to be brutally honest about having taken “a series of wrong turns” in the last 40 years.In his first Commons appearance since he took over as prime minist...

British aid worker mistakenly identified as a survivor of Nepal-Tibet flood disaster

The Guardian • 6 days ago

More than 1,000 people confirmed dead and more than 4,000, including 36 British nationals, remain missingA British aid worker was mistakenly identified by Nepalese authorities as a rescued survivor after returning to Kathmandu on a humanitarian aid flight.Alastair Chambers, a 45-year-old former Gloucester councillor, said he flew to Nepal last week to distribute sleeping bags, food and essentials ...

Briton among 119 more people rescued in Nepal after flash floods

The Guardian • 6 days ago

More than 1,000 people confirmed dead and more than 4,000 still missing in disaster triggered by glacial collapseA British national was among 119 people rescued in Nepal on Tuesday, an official said almost a week after deadly flash floods on the country’s border with Tibet.An army spokesperson told reporters at a press conference that Tuesday’s rescue efforts had saved 118 Nepali nationals – 44 wo...

Ed Miliband promises ‘comprehensive reset’ of UK policy toward Israel

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Foreign secretary tells MPs he will try to stop illegal settlements carving up the West BankEd Miliband has promised to “reset” Britain’s policy on Israel, saying he will try to stop British companies helping build settlements in the West Bank.Speaking to the Commons for the first time as foreign secretary, Miliband said he would set out measures to prevent UK involvement in projects such as the i...

‘Dangerous power grab’: top Democrats decry USPS system that could thwart mail-in voting – live

The Guardian • 6 days ago

A Democratic senator disclosed a whistleblower statement, which warned of potential chaos as the USPS is set to launch a computer system that could derail mail-in votingSign up for the US Breaking News emailDemocratic senator Chuck Schumer is introducing a bill that would reverse Donald Trump’s most recent tariffs, among them the new 50% duty on Canadian goods, MS Now reported.While the Senate min...

House passes funding bill to avoid shutdown before midterms

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Continuing resolution to approve government spending until 11 December passes 370-48 and will now go to Trump The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to prevent a government shutdown through the midterms, as both parties opted to defuse a volatile dispute ahead of the November elections that will decide the balance of power in Congress for the final two years of Donald Trum...

Germany blames Russia for drone attack at Leipzig airport

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Government says ‘dangerous behaviour’ is part of effort by Moscow to cause damage with hybrid attacksThe German government has blamed Russia for the drone attack on Leipzig airport last month, calling it “dangerous behaviour” and part of a systematic and concerted effort by Moscow to “cause great damage” through a large number of hybrid attacks.The interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, and the fo...

Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – as it happened

The Guardian • 6 days ago

This liveblog is now closed. Read the Guardian’s report of today’s political news hereMy colleague Richard Partington, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as ...

Five held by police after newborn baby dies from stab wounds in Sheffield

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Officers responded to reports concerning safety of baby girl at property in Wincobank area of the cityFive people are being held on suspicion of murder after a newborn baby died from stab wounds in Sheffield on Sunday.Police officers found the girl at a property in Holywell Heights, in the Wincobank area of Sheffield, while responding to reports concerning her safety just before 6am on Sunday. She...

Five held by police after newborn baby dies from stab wounds in South Yorkshire

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Officers responded to reports concerning safety of baby girl at property in Wincobank area of SheffieldFive people are being held on suspicion of murder after a newborn baby died from stab wounds in South Yorkshire on Sunday.Police officers found the girl at a property in Holywell Heights, in the Wincobank area of Sheffield, while responding to reports concerning her safety just before 6am on Sund...

US launches new airstrikes on Iranian targets as hostilities flare

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Move from Washington quashes hopes that exchange of fire last weekend might not presage ⁠wider renewal of hostilitiesMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last ⁠weekend might not presage a ⁠wider renewal of hostilities.Oil prices had ​already risen after that first exchange of direct attacks si...

One last Starmer U-turn and it’s over to Andy ‘less policy, more vibes’ Burnham | John Crace

The Guardian • 6 days ago

What former PM could resist upstaging the new one hours before his first dispatch box appearance in 16 years?UK politics live – latest updatesNo good deed goes unpunished. Or any deed for that matter. It was only a few weeks ago that Keir Starmer was insisting he would remain an MP until the next general election. So we should all probably have guessed that he would be off at the earliest opportun...

‘I think he’s sensible’: constituents on Keir Starmer stepping down as MP

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Few regrets voiced in Holborn and St Pancras over decision despite former PM having had ‘rough time of it’UK politics live – latest updatesIn Keir Starmer’s north London constituency, full of pretty pubs and elegant townhouses, few tears were being shed at the news of his departure as its MP.One man nursing a pint outside a pub in Kentish Town simply remarked “good” when informed his MP had quit. ...

Russia targets Ukraine’s rail network as war enters deadly new phase

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Six employees killed on Tuesday after Moscow escalates attacks on infrastructure and Ukrainian capitalRussia has opened a deadly new phase in its war against Ukraine by deliberately targeting the country’s railway network, with six employees killed on Tuesday in the latest strikes on Kyiv.Ukraine’s state-owned railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said its workers died when a ballistic missile plunged ...

ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency

The Guardian • 6 days ago

ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visaA 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Tacoma, Washington.Federal immigration officials detained Loreto Javar during his US citizenship interview in...

Private equity keeps picking off London-listed firms – and Westminster barely notices | Nils Pratley

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Bodycote is the latest FTSE 250 industrial company set to fall to an overseas bidder, despite the government’s talk of ‘reindustrialising’The UK is in the business of “reindustrialising”, says the prime minister. If we are, an increasing portion of the activity will be under foreign ownership. Tuesday brought yet another overseas private equity swoop on a FTSE 250 industrial firm.This time it’s th...

Private equity keeps picking off London-listed firms – and Westminster barely notices

The Guardian • 6 days ago

Bodycote is the latest FTSE 250 industrial company set to fall to an overseas bidder, despite the government’s talk of ‘reindustrialising’The UK is in the business of “reindustrialising”, says the prime minister. If we are, an increasing portion of the activity will be under foreign ownership. Tuesday brought yet another overseas private equity swoop on a FTSE 250 industrial firm.This time it’s th...

Private equity’s London takeover spree goes on – and the politicians ignore it

The Guardian • 6 days ago

The latest swoop – for Bodycote, another FTSE 250 industrial firm – has barely raised barely an eyebrow in WestminsterThe UK is the business of “reindustrialising”, says the prime minister. If we are, an increasing portion of the activity will be under foreign ownership. Tuesday brought yet another overseas private equity swoop on a FTSE 250 industrial firm.This time it’s the Macclesfield-based Bo...

Swinney sticks with pledge to cap prices on basic foods in Scotland

The Guardian • 6 days ago

First minister sets out his government’s agenda and defends policy described by industry groups as a ‘potty gimmick’John Swinney insisted on Tuesday he still planned to introduce a legally binding price cap on bread, milk and other essential food items in Scotland despite fierce opposition from farming and business groups.Unveiling the Scottish National party’s programme for government – the equiv...