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Billie Jean King graduates from college at age 82 after leaving for tennis: ‘Yeah baby, only 61 years!’

The Guardian • 3 months ago

King distinguished herself as a tennis champ at Cal State Los Angeles, winning Wimbledon doubles while enrolledWhen Billie Jean King left college in 1964, she had a purpose. Within a few years, she had become the top-ranked tennis professional in the world. Over a trailblazing career, she won 39 championships, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a congressional Medal of Honor – all while pushing p...

Donald Trump says he ‘wasn’t involved’ in creation of $1.7bn compensation fund – as it happened

The Guardian • 3 months ago

This live blog is now closed.Trump dismisses $10bn suit against IRS and creates $1.7bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fundSign up for the Breaking News US emailDemocratic reactions to the news about Trump moving to withdraw his lawsuit against the IRS are coming in. Ron Wyden, a top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Trump deserved no credit for dropping the lawsuit, regardless of his reasons.“E...

Tributes paid as ‘outstanding’ soldier who died in fall at Royal Windsor Horse Show is named

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Ministry of Defence names soldier who fell from her horse as Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24, part of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse ArtilleryA soldier who died after falling from her horse at the Royal Windsor Horse Show was named as Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24 – an “exceptional jockey” with an “infectious energy”, her commanding officer said.Sullivan, part of the King’s Troop, Royal H...

Nancy Pelosi breaks silence to endorse San Francisco supervisor as successor

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Former House speaker, who had not yet weighed in, declared Connie Chan ‘best prepared’ to represent cityNancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, in the race to succeed her as the city’s representative in Congress, calling her the candidate who “stands above the rest”.Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, will retire at the end of her term and had...

Trump’s shifting remarks on Taiwan are perfect for China to exploit

The Guardian • 3 months ago

President’s remarks about Taiwan arms deals being a ‘negotiating chip’ with Beijing have been seized on by Chinese state mediaIt has been an unsettling few days for Taiwan’s government. When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, many feared the unpredictable US leader could upend Washington’s longstanding support for Taipei.But beyond a starkly worded statement from Xi stressing Chin...

Liberal senator breaks ranks to take aim at Angus Taylor’s ‘negative’ rhetoric on immigration

The Guardian • 3 months ago

‘We cannot continue to blame migrants for the problems of our economy,’ backbencher Andrew McLachlan says A Liberal senator has broken ranks to criticise Angus Taylor’s plan to bar non-citizens from accessing welfare, warning it will create “two types of members of the community” and is “not the Australian way”.The outspoken backbencher Andrew McLachlan said migrants should not be blamed for econo...

News live: Dfat ‘urgently seeking’ welfare updates for 11 Australians taken from Gaza aid flotilla

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Spokesperson said Dfat encouraged those wishing to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza ‘to do so through established channels’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGlobal Sumud Flotilla participants urge Australian government to intervene and ‘keep us safe’The Australians that the Global Sumud Flotilla allege have been kidnapped by the Israel Defense For...

Mark Fuhrman, LA detective convicted of lying at OJ Simpson trial, dies

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Fuhrman, who found bloody glove at Simpson’s home, charged with perjury after audio revealed use of racial slursFormer Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald...

California island fire linked to sailor’s distress flare scorches 10,000 acres

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plantsA wildfire that broke out on an island in the Channel Islands national park has become California’s largest wildfire so far this year, burning through more than 10,000 acres, destroying historic structures and endangering rare plant communities that conservationists had struggled t...

Racist abuse of NHS nurses rising amid ‘normalisation’ of extreme views, RCN warns

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Figures disclosed by nursing union show big rise on reported incidents which may only be ‘tip of the iceberg’Racist abuse of NHS nurses has jumped by 86% in the last few years, which their union’s boss has blamed on the normalisation of extreme views in politics and the media.One nurse was called a monkey by a colleague, a patient threw a hot drink at a nurse and followed up with racial abuse, and...

Free up fertiliser supplies to avert global food crisis, Yvette Cooper urges

The Guardian • 3 months ago

UK foreign secretary says urgent pressure needed to get strait of Hormuz reopened and fertiliser and fuel movingGlobal fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to avoid disaster, with harvests suffering and food prices rising, the UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.The war in Iran has frozen shipments of fertiliser through the strait of Hormuz, creating a supply crunch that h...

Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid itOne in three university students think AI will wipe out jobs so rapidly it will trigger civil unrest, according to a survey by King’s College London (KCL).Students are among the heaviest users of AI, the poll found, with 77% using it at least a few times a month – compared with 46% of ...

Australia news live: Liberal senator says ‘we cannot continue to blame migrants’ for economic issues in direct attack on Angus Taylor’s rhetoric

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Opposition leader last week tied migration rates to the ongoing shortage of housing. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland rescue crews helped 42 stranded students near the Gold Coast overnightBrad Moore, coordinator with the Queensland State Fire Control Centre, said officials helped rescue 42 schoolchildren and their teachers trapped by flo...

Middle East crisis live: Trump claims ‘very good chance’ of deal to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapon

The Guardian • 3 months ago

US president says Gulf states asked him to delay planned strikes on Iran because ‘they think they are close to making a deal’UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plantFriedrich Merz has been embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over his war on Iran ever since the German chancellor suggested the Trump team was being outplayed in its negotiations with Tehran and said he ...

President says he’s adding ‘over 600’ prescription drugs to TrumpRx site

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Trump claims number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfoldDonald Trump has announced a major expansion of his prescription drug website, TrumpRx, claiming the number of medications available via the discount program will increase nearly sevenfold.Experts raised questions earlier this year about the limited number of drugs listed on the site, suggesting the...

Donald Trump says he ‘wasn’t involved’ in creation of $1.7bn compensation fund – US politics live

The Guardian • 3 months ago

President says fund as been ‘well received’ and will be administered by ‘committee of very talented people’ as Democrats criticize it as ‘unparalleled corruption’Trump dismisses $10bn suit against IRS and creates $1.7bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fundSign up for the Breaking News US emailDemocratic reactions to the news about Trump moving to withdraw his lawsuit against the IRS are coming in. Ron Wyden,...

Middle East crisis live: Trump says Gulf states asked him to delay planned strikes on Iran because ‘they think they are close to making a deal’

The Guardian • 3 months ago

US president says US will be ‘probably satisfied’ if Iran agrees to not have a nuclear weaponUAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plantFriedrich Merz has been embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over his war on Iran ever since the German chancellor suggested the Trump team was being outplayed in its negotiations with Tehran and said he would not advise his children to...

Five people, including two suspects, killed in shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Suspects, aged 17 and 19, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, officials said, with FBI investigating shooting as a hate crimeThree people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California in what authorities said they were investigating as a hate crime.Two suspects, aged 17 and 19, were also dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, officials said. The Federal B...

Three people, including two suspects, killed in shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The suspects, aged 17 and 19, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, while a security officer was fatally shotThree people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California in what authorities said they were investigating as a hate crime.Two suspects, aged 17 and 19, were dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, officials said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

Australia news live: flash flooding hits Queensland roads; $57bn of Victoria infrastructure threatened by climate hazards

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Flood warning in place on Gold Coast. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRestricting welfare to citizens not ‘punishing’ but ‘incentivising’, shadow minister saysThe shadow immigration minister, Jonno Duniam, has said Angus Taylor’s budget reply proposal to limit welfare payments only to Australian citizens was not a punishment for permanent resident...

‘Dodgy’ shops handling criminal cash targeted by new specialist unit

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Estimated £1bn per year is laundered through vape stores, barbers, mini-marts and sweet shops, officials say“Dodgy” retail outlets such as vape stores, barbers, mini-marts and sweet shops suspected of being used to launder £1bn of criminal money will be targeted by a new specialist unit, the government has said.A £20m National Crime Agency cell will run and coordinate investigations and raids into...

‘Dodgy’ shops handling criminal cash targeted by new unit

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Estimates suggest £1bn a year is laundered through high street businesses, with some connected to tax evasion, drugs and counterfeit goods“Dodgy” retail outlets such as vape stores, barbers, mini-marts and sweet shops suspected of being used to launder £1bn of criminal money will be targeted by a new specialist unit, the government has said.A £20m National Crime Agency cell will run and coordinate...

Trump claims planned attack on Iran postponed after Tehran makes new proposal to end war

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The US president says plans for a US military strike on Iran have been paused because ‘serious negotiations are now taking place’Middle East crisis – live updatesIran has made a new proposal for a deal to definitively end the war in the Middle East, officials in the region said on Monday, with Donald Trump claiming he had postponed new military strikes so talks could continue.But while the US pres...

At least one person killed in shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Police rushed to ‘neutralize’ the shooter and chairman of center confirmed security guard had been fatally shotAt least one person, a security guard, was killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.Police rushed to the center on Monday and “neutralized” the shooter, according to authorities. Authorities had not yet confirmed any fatalities or injuries, but chairman of the mosque that w...

Fast-growing southern California brush fire prompts evacuation orders

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Fire reported in Simi Valley, north-west of Los Angeles, on Monday as footage shows at least one home burningA fast-growing brush fire ignited on Monday morning in southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at least one home.The fire was reported just after 10am in Simi Valley, a city in Ventura county about 30 miles north-west of Los Angeles. Continue reading...