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People urged to avoid downtown as man, reportedly with bomb strapped to body, inside bank with number of peopleA man barricaded himself inside a bank in the southern California city of Bakersfield with an unknown number of people, police said on Tuesday.The unidentified man had a bomb strapped to his body, according to Bakersfield Now. Continue reading...
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChaney said: AI companies should be able to unlock the majority of global content with a handful of individual deals – in the same way that every other industry licenses copyrighted content.Government could further work to facilitate this process for the remainder of the copyrighted content, either directly or throu...
The US military said aircraft disabled the engine room of the unladen Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie as it passed through international watersUS forces fired a Hellfire missile to disable a tanker attempting to break through the American blockade and reach Iran, amid an enduring standoff in the strait of Hormuz and stalling efforts by Washington to secure a new ceasefire agreement with Tehran.The US m...
Members of Jalisco New Generation cartel used fake retail store in San Diego as front for trafficking drugs, officials sayFederal prosecutors have charged four suspects with trafficking more than one ton of cocaine for the Jalisco New Generation cartel using a fake retail store in San Diego as a front for a sophisticated tunnel that ran across the border to Tijuana, Mexico.The defendants include t...
Members of Jalisco New Generation cartel used fake retail store in San Diego as a front for trafficking drugsFederal prosecutors have charged four suspects with trafficking more than one ton of cocaine for the Jalisco New Generation cartel using a fake retail store in San Diego as a front for a sophisticated tunnel that ran across the border to Tijuana, Mexico.The defendants include two Mexican na...
All the latest results and updates as New Jersey, South Dakota, New Mexico and Montana also vote in primariesCalifornia elections: governor, LA mayor and Congress at stakeSign up for the Breaking News US emailVoters in Maine won’t head to the polls until next week, but the state’s primary election has been shaken up by recent news about Senate hopeful Graham Platner.According to information his wi...
NHS bosses giving evidence to public accounts committee admit current position is unacceptableGPs in England are so “overloaded” that they cannot help older people who are at risk of falling in what NHS bosses accept is an unacceptable failure of care, the House of Commons’ public accounts committee has said.Pressure on GPs’ time has intensified as a result of the government’s decision to give pat...
Bank of England says updated imagery will celebrate native wildlife while bolstering anti-counterfeit featuresPuffins, dolphins and bumblebees are among the wildlife that could feature on new banknotes in the UK as the Bank of England announces its shortlist.There has been controversy over the decision, with figures including Nigel Farage criticising the Bank for, he claimed, wanting to replace Wi...
Democratic candidate already cites PTSD for racist, sexist, homophobic online posts and has covered up Nazi tattooMidterm primaries – live results and updatesGraham Platner met on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in Washington DC as the embattled Maine Senate candidate contends with yet another revelation threatening his campaign, which is at the center of his party’s hopes of regaining control of ...
Ryan Park says he does not want to see abortion put ‘back into the criminal code’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChaney said: AI companies should be able to unlock the majority of global content with a handful of individual deals – in the same way that every other industry licenses copyrighted content.Government could further work to facilitate ...
Alarm after Elias Irizarry is hired to position in office that manages highly classified military operationsThe Pentagon has appointed a rioter convicted for his role in 6 January, 2021 insurrection to a sensitive national security role dealing with counterterrorism, overriding insiders’ concerns about his past record.Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in connection with th...
Alarm after Elias Irizarry is hired to position in office that manages highly classified military operationsThe Pentagon has appointed a rioter convicted for his role in 6 January, 2021 insurrection to a sensitive national security role dealing with counterterrorism, overriding insiders’ concerns about his past record.Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in connection with th...
Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cutsThe Trump administration plans to dismantle a $368m deep-sea observation system that has for more than a decade provided crucial data on ocean systems and climate change.In a notice, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it had “initiated descoping of the Ocean Observator...
Ryan Park says he does not want to see abortion put ‘back into the criminal code’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChaney said: AI companies should be able to unlock the majority of global content with a handful of individual deals – in the same way that every other industry licenses copyrighted content.Government could further work to facilitate ...
Patients with knee arthritis who took medications for at least three years at reduced risk of needing surgeryTaking weight-loss drugs for at least three years could prevent thousands of knee replacements a year, research suggests.Globally, more than 500 million people have osteoarthritis. Knee arthritis is the most common form, affecting about 14 million people in the US and more than 5 million in...
Blanche confirms fund set up to compensate president’s allies will not go ahead after fierce backlash and court setbacksMidterm primaries 2026 live: results and reaction after six states including California and Iowa cast ballotsActing attorney general says Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund axedSign up for the Breaking News US emailIn six months, Adam Hamawy has gone from a political nobody t...
All the latest results and updates as New Jersey, South Dakota, New Mexico and Montana also vote in primariesCalifornia elections: governor, LA mayor and Congress at stakeSign up for the Breaking News US emailVoters in six states have been casting their ballots in the US midterm election primaries. Here are some of the images from polling stations that have dropped on the news wires today:A wave o...
Experts say deluge of last-minute absentee ballots and notoriously slow system could delay results in tightest racesCalifornia’s primary elections, including its fiercely fought gubernatorial contest, will be at the mercy of a notoriously slow vote-counting system after the polls close on Tuesday, and it could be days or even weeks before the outcomes of the tightest races become clear.Voting expe...
Tommy Robinson attends demonstration outside police station, while others clash with officers near killer’s homeHundreds of people gathered outside a Southampton police station to protest against the murder of Henry Nowak and dozens clashed with police close to the home of his killer, Vickrum Digwa.The far-right activist Tommy Robinson was among speakers who addressed the crowd outside Southampton...
Blanche confirms fund set up to compensate president’s allies will not go ahead after fierce backlash and court setbacksActing attorney general says Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund axedSign up for the Breaking News US emailIn six months, Adam Hamawy has gone from a political nobody to, deemed by most measures, the frontrunner in a crowded race, endorsed by prominent progressive and Democrat...
However, Todd Blanche said the IRS will still be prohibited from auditing Donald Trump, his family and related entities‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fundThe federal government is abandoning an effort to create a $1.8bn secretive fund to compensate Donald Trump’s allies, but is maintaining an agreement that prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from au...
Prime minister echoes family’s plea that case should not be used to target communitiesPoliticians and community leaders have called for calm amid fears that the populist right is using the murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man to whip up racist resentment against minority ethnic Britons.After Nigel Farage called for the public to respond with “pure, cold rage”, Keir Starmer condemned the Reform UK l...
Senate estimates told it was a ‘joint idea’ to rework the nuclear submarine deal. Follow today’s news live Get 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 Krishani Dhanji will be your guide.Australia’s preference was always to receive secondhand nuclear powered submarines under ...
Craig and Lindsay Foreman given 10-year sentences in February for alleged espionage, which they denyA British couple jailed on spying charges in Iran have lost an appeal against their convictions, their family has said.Craig and Lindsay Foreman, both aged 53, were handed 10-year prison sentences in February after being convicted of espionage, which they deny. Continue reading...
Craig and Lindsay Foreman, both aged 53, given 10-year sentences in February after being convicted of espionageA British couple jailed on spying charges in Iran have lost an appeal against their convictions, their family has said.Craig and Lindsay Foreman, both aged 53, were handed 10-year prison sentences in February after being convicted of espionage, which they both deny. Continue reading...
Tom Kean has been out with a health issue since March. Democrats are sharpening their knives for the general electionUS politics live – latest updatesOn the day Donald Trump endorsed him as a tireless advocate for New Jersey’s seventh district, the representative Tom Kean Jr was, as he has been since early March, nowhere to be found.Kean, a New Jersey Republican, was last seen when he cast a House...
US claims world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in ‘unreasonable’ trade practices that ‘restrict US commerce’Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict US commerce”.Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said h...
Politicians who attended march seek to distance themselves from Smotrich, reflecting difficulty facing pro-Israel Democrats as voter support for country fallsUS politics live – latest updatesSeveral prominent New York Democrats who participated in the city’s annual Israel Day parade on Sunday have condemned the participation of Bezalel Smotrich, the far-right Israeli finance minister and a leading...
Republicans – including Thune, Cornyn, Cassidy and Tillis – voice skepticism toward Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chiefSign up for the Breaking News US emailTrump taps ally Bill Pulte to serve as top intelligence chiefIn six months, Adam Hamawy has gone from a political nobody to, deemed by most measures, the frontrunner in a crowded race, endorsed by promin...
Republicans – including John Thune, John Cornyn, Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis – voice skepticism toward Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard as intel chiefSign up for the Breaking News US emailTrump taps ally Bill Pulte to serve as top intelligence chiefIn six months, Adam Hamawy has gone from a political nobody to, deemed by most measures, the frontrunner in a crowded race, endor...
