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Australia news live: Asio warns politicians that internet-connected cars could be bugged; flood warnings after wild weather

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Spy agency says politicians and public servants ‘should be conscious of the things that they are discussing’ in internet-connected cars. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere are flood warnings around after some wild weather and downpours in several states.This morning the NSW SES issued a warning for parts of the Upper Hunter, forecasting heavy r...

Guatemala requests US military cooperation against drug trafficking

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Central American country says its president spoke with Pete Hegseth to confirm terms of cooperationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailGuatemala has requested US military cooperation spanning access to equipment, training and experts to assist Guatemalan operations against drug trafficking, the country’s president, Bernardo Arévalo, said on Thursday.The joint plans stopped short of US...

Australia news live: Asio warn politicians that EVs could be bugged; flood warnings after wild weather

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Spy agency says politicians and public servants ‘should be conscious of the things that they are discussing’ in internet-connected cars. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsio has warned politicians and public servants not to discuss sensitive government information in internet-connected cars, due to the risk of electronic eavesdropping.The country’...

Trump’s DoJ sues four states for denying ICE agents undercover license plates

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington state sued as ICE seeks plates in Trump’s immigration crackdownThe Trump administration is suing to challenge the refusal of four US states to issue confidential license plates to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, saying the states have long provided them to other law enforcement agencies conducting undercover operations.The US Departm...

Clashes between armed groups in Colombia kill at least 52

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Rival groups are vying for territorial control of strategic cocaine production and trafficking regionAt least 52 guerrilla fighters have been killed in clashes between two rival armed groups vying for territorial control of a strategic cocaine production and trafficking region in south-east Colombia, a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) involved in the fighting has said.T...

Trump’s Memphis crime taskforce accused of using ‘immense force’ in intimidation campaign

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Exclusive: community observers claim agents have tailed cars, surveilled homes and even ‘falsely arrested’ someoneAn anti-crime taskforce ordered by Donald Trump onto the streets of Memphis has been accused of targeting community observers with widespread intimidation including “immense force”.Agents have been “retaliating against, intimidating, and harassing” observers attempting to monitor the f...

‘Hundreds of job applications’: young people on their struggle to find work

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Job seekers say the lack of opportunities has affected their mental health and left them fearing for the futureWhen Catherina finished her degree in digital film production in London, she thought her prospects of finding work were good, but she has found the jobs market tough. Continue reading...

Alarming surge in suicides among ICE detainees, investigation reveals

The Guardian • 3 months ago

AP review finds unprecedented number of suicide deaths as critics attack failures of Trump’s immigration crackdownBrayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he was on his fourth day of isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers and chills of Covid.His request for mental health treatment had been put off, records show, and staff had forbidde...

Dire strait? Trump’s bid to end Iran war before midterms risks Republican anger

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Trump administration in a bind as it faces mounting economic costs ahead of midterms from Iran warThe terms of a purported 60-day deal to negotiate peace in the Iran war have trapped the Trump administration between mounting economic costs ahead of midterm elections and anger from Republican hawks who accuse the US government of surrendering to Iran.The public rift between Trump and Senate Republi...

Labour poised for fresh welfare changes after scale of youth jobs crisis revealed

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Alan Milburn’s landmark report says unemployment among young costs UK £125bn a year and warns of ‘lost generation’ ‘A record of failure’: what’s in first part of Milburn report?Tell us: we would like to hear from young people in the UK about their job hunting experienceLabour is poised for a fresh attempt at changing the welfare system after a major government-backed report said youth unemployment...

Priest on trial for sexual assault in Texas had child with Louisiana congregant, prosecutors say

The Guardian • 3 months ago

DNA testing proved Anthony Odiong fathered child with woman to whom he had been providing spiritual guidance, authorities saySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailTexas prosecutors on Thursday established that a Roman Catholic priest being tried there on charges that he illegally exploited his status as a priest to pursue sex with three spiritually vulnerable congregants had a child wit...

Priest on trial in Texas for exploiting congregants for sex established as father of New Orleans-area parishioner

The Guardian • 3 months ago

DNA testing proved that Anthony Odiong fathered a child with another woman to whom he had been providing spiritual guidance, authorities saySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailTexas prosecutors on Thursday established that a Roman Catholic priest being tried there on charges that he illegally exploited his status as a priest to pursue sex with three spiritual vulnerable congregants ha...

Happy the elephant dies aged 55 after being euthanized at New York zoo

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Happy was the focus of a high-profile court case launched in 2018 over whether she had the legal rights of a personHappy, an elephant that became embroiled in a high-profile court case over whether she had the legal rights of a person, has died after being euthanized at New York City’s Bronx zoo at the age of 55.The Asian elephant, was euthanized on Tuesday after zoo staff determined that “progres...

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Speaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli PM, who is fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’Middle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has said he has given orders to the Israeli army to seize control of 70% of the Gaza Strip in a move that threatens to torpedo an already fragile ceasefire and create catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the alrea...

Enfield council withdraws from government’s new towns programme

The Guardian • 3 months ago

London authority’s new Tory-led administration delivers significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding schemeEnfield council in north London has withdrawn from the government’s new towns programme, in a significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme.The move by the new minority Conservative-led administration could present one of the first tests of Rachel Reeves’s planning reforms...

Olivia Rodrigo responds to babydoll dress criticism: ‘It shows how we normalize pedophilia in our culture’

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The pop singer said that suggestions that a recent outfit was ‘childlike’ were rooted in sexist attitudes toward womenOlivia Rodrigo has responded to controversy over a recent babydoll dress she wore while performing on stage in Spain.The singer faced backlash online after she wore a short puffy dress with a floral pattern while performing her recent single Drop Dead at Barcelona’s Teatre Grec on ...

Carney calls for new US-Canada partnership to ‘help make America great again’

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Canada prime minister urges greater economic cooperation between the two countries in speech delivered in New YorkCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney has called for a new relationship with the United States to “help make America great again”.In a speech delivered in New York on Thursday, Carney said that there should be a “true partnership” that re-imagines cooperation in specific sectors challen...

Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain last year

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Ten people, all of whom were e-scooter riders, were killed in collisions compared with six in 2024Nearly 500 people were seriously injured in collisions involving e-scooters in Great Britain last year, government statistics have shown.The Department for Transport (DfT) said there had been an estimated 1,484 casualties in crashes involving electric scooters, compared with 1,390 in 2024. Continue re...

Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain in 2026

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Ten people, all of whom were e-scooter riders, were killed in collisions compared with six in 2024Nearly 500 people were seriously injured in collisions involving e-scooters in Great Britain last year, government statistics have shown.The Department for Transport (DfT) said there had been an estimated 1,484 casualties in crashes involving electric scooters, compared with 1,390 in 2024. Continue re...

UK recall alert issued for car seat base that poses risk of injuries to children

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Office for Product Safety and Standards advises stopping use of Maxi-Cosi FamilyFix Slide Pro bases immediatelyA baby car seat product that poses a risk of injuries to children because of a malfunctioning safety indicator has been recalled by it manufacturer.Maxi-Cosi is recalling all of its FamilyFix Slide Pro bases from buyers, information on the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) we...

Keir Starmer defends policy choices in rebuttal of Blair’s criticism

The Guardian • 3 months ago

PM says predecessor misunderstands government’s successes and ‘very different’ situation compared with 1997Keir Starmer has dismissed Tony’s Blair’s argument that his government is on the wrong track, saying he is implementing the policies needed for today, not the very different situation faced by Blair in 1997.“You won’t be surprised to know that I don’t agree with much that Tony says about what...

Much of what Blair said in essay criticising Labour was wrong, says Starmer – as it happened

The Guardian • 3 months ago

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story herePat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, is introducing Alan Milburn.He says Milburn’s report is “really important and powerful”.I could see in the first few weeks after being appointed as the secretary of state what was happening, both in human and in financial terms, [in terms of youth unemployment].And I knew that we had to get ...

‘They’re a private company, run for profit!’: fury in Kent at South East Water’s outages

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Water company blames increased demand amid extreme heat, but customers want answers about lack of storage reservoirs“Spitting, fuming, angry and powerless” is how Pat Prestage describes her emotions after a water outage that has affected thousands of homes in Kent during a May heatwave.On Wednesday, 8,000 South East Water customers in Whitstable lost water, with 14,000 more in Tankerton, Ashford, ...

EU to discuss potential restrictions on Chinese imports amid fears of overreliance

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Concerns among commissioners in bloc that surge in imports could lead to decline similar to that of US rust belt townsEU commissioners will meet on Friday for crunch talks aimed at imposing new restrictions on imports from China amid growing concern that Beijing is fuelling conditions for US-style rust belt towns in Europe.The surge in imports of everything from electric cars to key components in ...

JD Vance says Trump ‘pushing forward’ with Golden Dome as he addresses Air Force Academy – US politics live

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Vice president says Donald Trump is ‘improving military quality of life’ and says America’s ‘adversaries are studying this country every day’Sign up to the Breaking News US emailIn one of the opinions shared by the Supreme Court Thursday morning, the Court has ruled in favor of a Black man who claims that there was racial bias in the make up of the jury that convicted him.In Pitchford v Cain, five...