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Maine Democratic Party accuses Platner’s team of attempting to ‘put their thumb on the scale’ to select new nominee – live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Graham Platner would need to step down in Senate race by 13 July in order for Maine Democrats to replace him on the ballotHow could Democrats replace Graham Platner?Sign up for the Breaking News US emailDuring a bilateral meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Nato summit in Ankara, Donald Trump was asked about Iran, and he repeated his earlier criticism.On Wednesday, while speaking to reporters ...

Bank of England governor says he is ‘able to spot’ lobbying after Farage crypto meeting

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Exclusive: Andrew Bailey says no policy changes were made as a result of pressure from crypto tycoon-backed Reform leaderUK politics live – latest updatesThe governor of the Bank of England has broken his silence about the pressure Nigel Farage put on him to drop a cryptocurrency policy that could be costly for Reform UK’s billionaire backer, saying he is “able to spot” and resist lobbying.Andrew ...

Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Meta said it was working with officials to be a ‘good neighbor’ and drinking water supplies were not affectedOfficials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter.The incident prompted water authorities in Cheyenne to implement strict safety regulations on how ...

Arizona man pleads guilty after illegally living in forest for years among ‘1,000lbs of trash’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Mark Gatz was arrested at illegal campsite in June and had faced multiple citations for residing in Tonto national forestA man in Arizona has pleaded guilty to violating federal fire restrictions and unlawfully residing in a national forest, after authorities said he spent years living at a makeshift campsite surrounded by what officials described as “approximately 1,000 pounds of trash”.Mark Aaro...

UK judges begin hearing appeal over Trinidad and Tobago anti-gay law

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Activist is challenging ruling last year that restored colonial-era homophobic law against same-sex intimacySome of the UK’s top judges are hearing arguments over whether a Trinidad and Tobago court had the legal right to overturn a 2018 ruling to remove colonial-era homophobic laws that criminalise anal sex between consenting men.The country’s “buggery law”, often referred to as its “sodomy” law,...

Washington sees this Senate race as a key test for Democrats. Michigan voters just want to get by

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Daily realities of healthcare, prices and Gaza driving wave of anti-establishment sentiment among Democratic voters in closely watched contestIn Macomb county, Michigan – a blue-collar Detroit suburb that twice voted for Barack Obama before backing each of Donald Trump’s three runs for the US presidency – residents are exhausted.Time and again, township trustee Shannon King, a Democrat still makin...

Britain’s markets attracting generation of highly educated entrepreneurs

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Nearly a quarter of market traders now hold master’s degree, PhD or medical doctorate, research showsOne in five young market traders now holds a master’s degree, PhD or medical doctorate, according to exclusive figures shared with the Guardian, in a sign of how Britain’s markets are attracting an unexpected new generation of highly educated entrepreneurs.Separate data from Kerb, the street food c...

‘If he wants to spend summer arguing with a bin’: Reeves to approve Farage’s resignation – UK politics live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Chancellor set to ignore Ed Davey’s request to block Reform leader’s resignation until standards inquiry concludesFor anyone involved in British politics, an invitation to be interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme is the ultimate badge of seriousness. There are probably hundreds of MPs who have never made it onto the programme because they have not been deemed important enough.But, as if to prov...

Austrian court rules ski resort hotel’s burkini ban is discriminatory

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Hotel did not allow two Muslim women to wear the full-body bathing suit, which has become bugbear of European far rightAn Austrian court has found an Alpine hotel’s ban on burkinis discriminatory, a politically explosive ruling in a country where the far right is on the rise.The full-body bathing suit worn by some Muslim women has become a bugbear of the European far right, which has campaigned to...

Nato summit: Trump says US could let Ukraine make Patriot missiles after meeting with Zelenskyy – Europe live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

US president says a ‘lot of progress’ has been made on ending war after meeting on sidelines of summit in Ankara Trump renews call for US to take over Greenland as he arrives for Nato summitAnd that ends their short briefing, with Trump saying he will be back later, and Rutte desperately throwing in that he will also do a press conference if anyone is interested in it please.Trump also heaps prais...

Reeves to approve Farage’s resignation, saying ‘if he wants to spend summer arguing with a bin, I won’t stop him’ – UK politics live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Chancellor set to ignore Ed Davey’s request to block Reform leader’s resignation until standards inquiry concludesFor anyone involved in British politics, an invitation to be interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme is the ultimate badge of seriousness. There are probably hundreds of MPs who have never made it onto the programme because they have not been deemed important enough.But, as if to prov...

Nato summit: Trump says US ready to offer security guarantees to Ukraine and claims Russia ‘going to make a deal’ – Europe live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

US president says a ‘lot of progress’ has been made on ending war after meeting with Zelenksyy at summit sidelinesTrump renews call for US to take over Greenland as he arrives for Nato summitAnd that ends their short briefing, with Trump saying he will be back later, and Rutte desperately throwing in that he will also do a press conference if anyone is interested in it please.Trump also heaps prai...

Nato leaders agree not to mention World Cup to Donald Trump to avoid irritating him

The Guardian • 2 months ago

As alliance gathers in Ankara, European leaders have an informal strategy to try to keep US president on sideEurope live – latest updatesNato leaders have informally agreed not to mention the football World Cup to Donald Trump in case they irritate the US president at a crucial time for the military alliance.Officials said European leaders had discussed in the sidelines of the summit in Ankara how...

Nato leaders will not mention World Cup to Donald Trump to avoid irritating him at summit

The Guardian • 2 months ago

As alliance gathers in Ankara, European leaders informally agree strategy to try to keep US president on sideEurope live – latest updatesNato leaders have informally agreed not to mention the football World Cup to Donald Trump in case they irritate the US president at a crucial time for the military alliance.Officials said European leaders had discussed in the sidelines of the summit in Ankara how...

Trump meets with Zelenskyy at Nato summit after making fresh Greenland demand and threatening trade with Spain – Europe live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

US president praises ‘good meetings’ with Nato but tells officials to ‘cut all trade with Spain’Trump renews call for US to take over Greenland as he arrives for Nato summitAnd that ends their short briefing, with Trump saying he will be back later, and Rutte desperately throwing in that he will also do a press conference if anyone is interested in it please.Trump also heaps praise on Turkey’s Rec...

IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish

The Guardian • 2 months ago

July update projects GDP growth of 1% this year, making UK the third fastest-growing economy in the G7The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its growth forecast for the UK, while leaving those for other G7 countries weaker or unchanged, amid hopes the economic impact of the Iran war may be less severe than feared.In a July update of its World Economic Outlook, which was finalised befor...

Marine Le Pen launches France presidential campaign after ban reduced

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Far-right leader plans to take part in 2027 race despite appeal court upholding her conviction for embezzlementThe French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has launched her presidential campaign after a decision by a court of appeal shortened her ban on running for office, allowing her to take part in the 2027 vote.Le Pen said voters would decide her future. “I’m a citizen like anyone else, who is us...

Marine Le Pen launches France presidential campaign after court decision to shorten ban

The Guardian • 2 months ago

France’s far-right leader plans to take part in 2027 vote after court of appeal upholds her conviction for embezzlementThe French far-right leader Marine Le Pen launched her presidential campaign on Wednesday, after a decision by a court of appeal shortened her ban on running for office, allowing her to take part in the 2027 vote.Le Pen said voters would decide her future. Continue reading...

Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Ellis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David BlakelyUK politics live – latest updatesRuth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, has been granted a conditional pardon in light of evidence that she was a victim of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour.Ellis was executed in 1955, aged 28, after she shot and killed her partner, David Blakely,...

Democrats accuse Graham Platner of trying to put ‘thumb on the scale’ of process to replace him

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Maine’s embattled US Senate nominee has faced calls to withdraw after a sexual assault allegation he deniesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailGraham Platner, the embattled Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, has been accused of trying to influence the process of picking his replacement amid a chorus of calls for him to withdraw from the race.Platner has publicly said he is “ta...

Police hunting man after wife and two daughters found dead in Bedfordshire

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, believed to have left UK before bodies of partner and children were discoveredPolice are hunting for a man after the deaths of his wife and two daughters in Bedfordshire.Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead in a detached house in Great Denham, near Bedford, on Monday. Continue reading...

Succession fight under way after Bernie Sanders calls for Graham Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race – live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Vermont senator, who was a staunch ally of the Democratic candidate, called for Platner step down from race amid sexual assault allegationsHow could Democrats replace Graham Platner?Sign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump is due to speak with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Nato summit in Ankara today. The press pool traveling with the president say that meeting is runnin...

First Thing: Trump calls Iran’s leaders ‘scum’ and declares fragile ceasefire over

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Hostilities between US and Iran resume as US president lashes out at ‘vicious, violent people’. Plus the fall out from the USMNT’s exit from the Fifa World CupGood morning. Hostilities have resumed between the US and Iran. Tehran accused the US of violating the agreement intended to end the war, after the US military launched strikes around the strait of Hormuz and revoked a temporary sanctions wa...

Items found behind a Georgia Cracker Barrel lead to charges in 1985 Ohio murder

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Modern forensic analysis leads to arrest in murder of traveling salesman John Warren, authorities sayItems that were found discarded behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia in 1985 have led to charges against a suspect in an Ohio killing committed at about that time, investigators announced recently.As told by authorities, the case centering on killed traveling salesman John Warren is among ...

Modern forensic analysis leads to arrest in Georgia 1985 murder cold case

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Items analyzed were discarded behind a Cracker Barrel and led to charges in the killing of John WarrenItems that were found discarded behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia in 1985 have led to charges against a suspect in an Ohio killing committed at about that time, investigators announced recently.As told by authorities, the case centering on killed traveling salesman John Warren is among...