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Voters across parties believe UK net migration is rising despite sharp drop

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Study, published as latest migration figures are released, shows incorrect perceptions driving immigration debatePeople mistakenly believe net migration is rising in Britain despite figures dropping to their lowest level in years, a leading thinktank has found.New research from British Future, published ahead of latest government figures on migration, has revealed a chasm between reality and publi...

Nvidia’s revenue blows past Wall Street expectations as AI boom accelerates

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Many analysts view company’s financial performance as a broader referendum on AI buildoutNvidia continued its years-long streak of beating Wall Street’s expectations for growth on Wednesday, reassuring most investors that the AI boom, particularly the global explosion of datacenters, will continue apace.“The buildout of AI factories – the largest infrastructure expansion in human history – is acce...

‘We will not go back to Jim Crow’: thousand of Mississippians rally for voting rights

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Demonstration, held at historic location where the ‘Mississippi Plan’ was enacted, comes as southern states race to dilute Black voting powerThousands of Mississippians, along with allies from other southern states, gathered at the state’s War Memorial Building auditorium on Wednesday in support of voting rights. It was the latest in a series of actions protesting the supreme court’s recent decisi...

Australia news live: Penny Wong rebukes Israel over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Australia’s foreign minister condemns video posted by Israel’s national security minister taunting detained activists. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has condemned the actions of Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who posted a video of himself abusing bound activists captured ...

Reeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Chancellor launches ‘Great British summer savings scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increasePlanned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir StarmerRachel Reeves is to promise free summer bus rides for children and cut tariffs on some food imports, as part of a package of measures aimed at easing the costs of the Iran conflict.The chancellor will give a statement in the House of Commo...

Australia news live: Penny Wong rebukes Israel over “shocking and unacceptable” treatment of flotilla activists

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Australia’s foreign minister condemns video posted by Israel’s national security minister taunting detained activists. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHello everyone, it’s Nick Visser here once again to hand down the day’s news. Here’s what’s on deck:The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has issued a sharp rebuke to Israel over footage of the ...

Trump says ‘there won’t be escalation’ with Cuba after US indictment of former president Raúl Castro – US politics live

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Cuba’s government has also accused US of hypocrisy after acting US attorney general announced indictment of former Cuban president over downed planesUS indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regimeSign up for the Breaking News US emailIn response to a question on Wednesday morning about how long Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, will hold on before re-starti...

Man charged with stealing camera equipment from Bondi shooting victim in aftermath of terror attack

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Police allege an attender at the Hanukah event before the shooting stole a deceased 61-year-old’s camera equipment then pawned itGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW police have charged a man for allegedly stealing camera equipment from one of the victims of the Bondi beach terror attack, in the aftermath of the shooting.In a statement, police allege that the man had been...

Tennessee man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Larry Bushart was jailed for 37 days over a Facebook post after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie KirkTennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.While many people across the US lost their jobs over social media comments about...

Murder inquiry launched after fatal assault on London bus driver

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Police say 64-year-old was attacked after confrontation near Battersea BridgeA murder investigation has been launched after a bus driver died after an assault on Battersea Bridge in London, police said. Sergei Krajev, 64, died in hospital on Tuesday after the incident in the early hours of Monday morning. Police believe he was attacked following a confrontation on the pavement near the bus, whic...

Young Americans demand court halt Trump’s biggest rollbacks of pollution protections

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Suit says administration is impinging on rights to life and liberty by worsening planet-warming and toxic pollutionEighteen American youth are demanding that a court immediately halt the Trump administration’s repeal of the scientific finding underpinning virtually all US climate regulations.The plaintiffs sued the Trump administration in February days after officials revoked the 2009 endangerment...

Sinkhole shuts down runway at New York LaGuardia airport

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Officials say sinkhole discovered at about 11am as emergency crews rush to complete repairsA sinkhole was discovered at New York’s LaGuardia airport on Wednesday, shutting down a runway while emergency crews sought to determine its cause and how to fix it.In a post on X, LaGuardia, which handles domestic travel, said the sinkhole had been discovered at about 11am “near runway 4/22” while the airpo...

Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The director of Armageddon and Transformers is teaming up with Universal Pictures for a military drama based on recent eventsMichael Bay is set to direct a military drama based on the recent rescue of two US crew members who crashed in Iran.According to Deadline, the director of action films such as Armageddon and Transformers, will work with Universal Pictures to bring the story to screen. In Apr...

Canada faces calls for investigation into death of woman after plasma donation

The Guardian • 3 months ago

International student Rodiyat Alabede, 22, died due to a ‘perfect storm’ of lax safety protocols, advocates sayPatient advocates in Canada have called for a new investigation into the death of a young woman who was donating blood plasma, describing a “perfect storm” of lax safety protocols and poorly trained staff and warning of “systemic issues” at plasma donation sites across the country.Rodiyat...

UK radio station apologises for accidentally announcing death of King Charles

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Announcement made due to computer error at Radio Caroline’s main studio in EssexA radio station has apologised for “any distress caused” after accidentally announcing that King Charles had died.The erroneous announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon due to a computer error at Radio Caroline’s main studio in Essex. Continue reading...

UK radio station apologises for accidentally announcing king’s death

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Announcement made due to computer error at Radio Caroline’s main studio in EssexA radio station has apologised for “any distress caused” after accidentally announcing that King Charles had died.The erroneous announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon due to a computer error at Radio Caroline’s main studio in Essex. Continue reading...

Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Exclusive: Greater Manchester understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migrationAndy Burnham is backing Shabana Mahmood’s controversial changes to the immigration system, his allies have said, in a blow to those in Labour who hope to soften them.The Greater Manchester mayor is understood to be keen to reframe the changes but supportive of the home secretary’s attempts...

Outrage grows over treatment of Gaza flotilla activists; US boards Iranian oil tanker – Middle East crisis as it happened

The Guardian • 3 months ago

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest full report here:Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse videoThe Jordanian military announced it had shot down a drone of unknown origin in its airspace on Wednesday, AFP reports.No casualties were reported. Continue reading...

Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detaineesIsrael’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked a diplomatic crisis by publishing footage of Israeli security forces abusing international activists who were detained as they tried to sail to Gaza with aid.There was a rapid and furious response from countries whose citizens ...

Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Starmer has a reasonable list of achievements in power but has undermined himself with a lack of political storytellingNet migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years, knife crime cut by 10%, the economy growing the fastest in the G7, rising wages, energy bills and petrol prices held down, the biggest sustained rise in defence spending since the cold war, a...

Barney Frank, one of first out gay members of US Congress, dies aged 86

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Obama hails Frank as a ‘one of a kind’ LGBTQ+ advocate and key architect of ‘sweeping financial reforms’US politics live – latest updatesBarney Frank, the former US representative who made history as one of the first out gay members of Congress, died on Tuesday night. He was 86.“He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister,” Doris Breay, Frank’s sister, told NBC10 in B...

Barney Frank, one of first openly gay members of US Congress, dies aged 86

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Obama hails Frank as a ‘one of a kind’ LGBTQ+ advocate and key architect of ‘sweeping financial reforms’US politics live – latest updatesBarney Frank, the former US representative who made history as one of the first openly gay members of Congress, died on Tuesday night. He was 86.“He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister,” Doris Breay, Frank’s sister, told NBC10 i...

Trump may see himself in Ahmadinejad but having him lead Iran was a perplexing idea

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Former Iranian president has a populist, headline-grabbing communication style but is an avowed anti-Zionist. How could Israel see him as a man to do business with?US and Israel hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leaderFor all their outward differences, there always seemed to be things that linked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Donald Trump.A visit to the then Iranian president’s rather humble Tehran...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the US and Israel’s unlikely choice to lead Iran

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Populist former president’s falling-out with the Tehran regime allegedly drew him into a takeover plotUS and Israel hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leaderFor all their outward differences, there always seemed to be things that linked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Donald Trump.A visit to the then Iranian president’s rather humble Tehran neighbourhood nearly 20 years ago highlighted cost of living ...

Starmer’s top advisers knew about ‘indefensible’ journalists probe, documents reveal

The Guardian • 3 months ago

PM’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, among aides who were briefed on investigation into journalists writing about Labour TogetherKeir Starmer’s most senior advisers were briefed about an “indefensible” investigation into journalists writing critical pieces about the Labour Together thinktank, according to a newly released document.Among the aides who received updates on the probe, commiss...