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US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exportsThe NHS will have to divert £45bn from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal agreed last December, leading to more than 200,000 avoidable deaths of patients, analysis has found.Ministers have defended the deal as a way of helping British drug export...

Authorities arrest 10 people accused of facilitating sex trafficking in Los Angeles

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Prosecutors said members of the Hoovers gang targeted about 51 underage girls and women along Figueroa CorridorTen people accused of facilitating a sex trafficking operation that targeted about 51 underage girls and women have been arrested as California authorities conducted their latest operation to curb trafficking along the Figueroa Corridor in Los Angeles, according to a Wednesday news releas...

Ohio authorities rescue 16 children confined to one room for four years

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Parents and grandparents charged as police say case in Hamden not human trafficking but ‘intra-family situation’ Sixteen children were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio after being confined to just one room in “deplorable conditions” for much of the past four years, authorities said on Wednesday.The children, who officials said are from the same family and were living in squalor with h...

Teenager seriously injured in shooting near Birmingham mosque

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Boy, 16, in hospital with gunshot wounds after incident in Alum Rock areaA teenager has sustained “potentially life-threatening” gunshot wounds after a shooting near a mosque in Birmingham, police have said.Officers were called to reports of an incident on Bowyer Road, near St Saviours Road in the Alum Rock area, shortly before 5.30pm on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Australia politics live: Labor makes partial u-turn on controversial automated aged-care assessment tool

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Meanwhile, Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnika Wells criticises Coalition and Greens for punting social media bill to inquiryAnika Wells is having a crack at the opposition and Greens, accusing them of delaying the social media bill to an inquir...

Maltese businessman paid hitmen €150,000 to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia, jury hears

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Yorgen Fenech, heir to property empire, on trial for alleged involvement in murder of journalist in 2017One of Malta’s wealthiest businessmen plotted to kill the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, paying €150,000 (£130,000) for three hitmen to carry out the murder, a jury has heard.Yorgen Fenech, the 44-year-old heir to a property empire that includes the Hilton Malta hotel and casin...

Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.We’ll wrap up some of the overnight news before Krishani’...

Democratic socialists ride wave of momentum in primaries from New York to Colorado

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Surging membership and pro-Palestinian activism reshape debate on how campaigning movement governs in officeInside a Brooklyn industrial garage turned underground event venue, local leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America urged hundreds of mostly young people last month to avoid complacency. Sure, New York City had a socialist representative in the US Congress, and just elected a socialist...

Trump attorney general plots crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ after supreme court ruling

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Todd Blanche to target tourists and migrants despite such births accounting for less than 1% of US babies born yearlyA day after the supreme court upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, acting attorney general Todd Blanche has said federal prosecutors and law enforcement officers will focus on combating so-called “birth tourism” – the process of tourists, temporary visitors...

Scientists fear seabird die-off as El Niño looms: ‘We don’t know how bad this will get’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler watersWithin minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses – one after another.Some were mixed in with washed up kelp. Others were under rocks. Continue reading...

Scientists fear seabird die-off as El Niño looms: ‘We don’t know how bad this is will get’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler watersWithin minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses – one after another.Some were mixed in with washed up kelp. Others were under rocks. Continue reading...

‘Watching England is emotional’: fans celebrate win over DR Congo

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Hundreds watched England in first round of knockout stages at Prospect Building in BristolWorld Cup live – latest updatesSisters Angela and Christine hugged, danced and shed a tear or two at the final whistle as England squeezed past the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).“That was brilliant,” said Christine, a 51-year-old lifeguard. “Watching England is exhausting, emotional, often heart-brea...

Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only

The Guardian • 2 months ago

With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suiteSony said on Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games for the PlayStation console on disc in January 2028 following a shift in consumer preferences.“Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only,” the company said...

Seven more sentenced to prison over protest outside Texas detention center

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison termSeven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and has left many protesters facing decades behind bars.All but one of the defendants sentenced in Fort Worth courtrooms pleaded guilty to charg...

Four people die in mass fan celebrations in Mexico City after World Cup victory

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Three of the victims died from suffocationMore than a million people gathered in Mexico CityFour people died, three ⁠from suffocation, as thousands of fans crowded Mexico City streets during World Cup celebrations, the capital’s health secretariat ⁠said in the early ⁠hours ​of Wednesday.The deaths occurred near the Angel of Independence landmark, where thousands of fans had gathered to ⁠celebrate ...

Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewalDonald Trump has refused to renew the North American trade pact he once championed as his signature deal, opting instead to keep it alive on a short leash of annual reviews rather than committing to another 16 years.Wednesday was the deadline built into the United States-Mexico-Canada A...

Two people arrested in apparent marriage proposal atop Empire State Building

The Guardian • 2 months ago

The two people also unfurled a large black banner displaying a message of peace atop the New York landmarkTwo people have been arrested following an apparent marriage proposal atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday, after they climbed to the very pinnacle of the New York City landmark – well above the level open to the public.The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeare...

Two people arrested after unfolding banner atop Empire State Building

The Guardian • 2 months ago

In apparent marriage proposal stunt, sign displaying message of peace was seen atop the New York landmarkTwo people have been arrested following an apparent marriage proposal atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday, after they climbed to the very pinnacle of the New York City landmark – well above the level open to the public.The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeared...

Man guilty of attempting to murder three children in attack that triggered Dublin riot

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Jury also finds Riad Bouchaker guilty of assaulting two other children and a childcare worker in 2023 stabbingsA man has been found guilty of attempting to murder three children during a stabbing attack in Dublin in 2023, a crime that horrified Ireland and triggered a riot in the capital.A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday also found Riad Bouchaker, 52, guilty of assault causing seri...

Man who stabbed three children that triggered riots in Dublin found guilty of attempted murder

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Jury also finds Riad Bouchaker guilty of assaulting two other children and a childcare worker in 2023A man has been found guilty of attempting to murder three children during a stabbing attack in Dublin in 2023, a crime that horrified Ireland and triggered a riot in the capital.A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday also found Riad Bouchaker, 52, guilty of assault causing serious harm t...

Albania warned EU accession at risk over Jared Kushner-backed resort plans

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Proposed development of protected shorelines and wildlife zones violates EU environmental policy, says MEPMEPs have warned Albania that EU accession talks are at risk if the government does not “change course” over plans for a luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.Tineke Strik, the Dutch MEP heading a European parliament fact-finding mission to the Balkan nation, said Alb...

The Harvard astronomer dubbed Trump’s chief alien hunter starts by assuming UFOs human-made

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Avi Loeb’s White House panel has asked the Pentagon for videos and files on unexplained aerial sightingsA controversial Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien lifeforms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’s secretive new scientific advisory panel on security risks posed by UFOs.Avi Loeb and his hand-picked committee have a...

Two people who unfold banner atop Empire State Building arrested

The Guardian • 2 months ago

In apparent marriage proposal stunt, sign displaying message of peace was seen atop the New York landmarkTwo people have been arrested following an apparent marriage proposal atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday, after they climbed to the very pinnacle of the iconic New York City landmark – well above the level open to the public.The two people, both wearing black clothing and who a...

Two people unfold banner atop Empire State Building in apparent marriage proposal stunt

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Sign displaying message of peace was seen on the New York landmark after two people climbed to top of the skyscraperAn elaborate apparent marriage proposal unfolded atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday – above the level where the general public are permitted to go – after two people climbed to the pinnacle of the New York City landmark.The two people, both wearing black clothing and...

A storm, overpriced food and a sad ferris wheel: inside Trump’s dreadful state fair

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Attendance at the Great American State Fair is sparse and the heat is extreme, but at least you can pay $25 for a pretzelThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayI have been to some disappointing fairs in my time. There was one, in a small town in north-west England, where the main attraction was a little slide that you rode down o...