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Australian pop star performs song Eclipse in second semi-final before Sunday’s final. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere was a harp. There was a sparkly dress. A lot of smoke. A crescent moon.Yes, there was a mid-song key change, in the best traditions of Eurovision cheese. Continue reading...
Dana Williamson, who has ties to Gavin Newsom, conspired to steal gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra’s campaign fundsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Dana Williamson, a top California political strategist with ties to the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra, pleaded guilty on Thursday to fraud charges, an admission that is poised to fuel othe...
This liveblog is now closedReport: Andy Burnham has path to challenge PM but must win byelection firstAl Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this last night, Carns told Sky: “I’m just a humble junior minister.”Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotional level as well as on an econ...
Since November, state has seen 47 cases of people accidentally ingesting poisonous wild mushroomsHealth authorities in California’s Napa county reported that three people had been hospitalized after consuming poisonous wild mushrooms as the state continues to grapple with an “unprecedented outbreak” of toxic mushroom illnesses.Since November 2025, California has seen 47 cases of people accidenta...
State-sponsored march through Muslim quarter of Old City saw protesters waving flags and chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ on anniversary of city’s annexationIsraeli nationalist demonstrators chanted “Death to the Arabs”, “May your villages burn” and “Gaza is a graveyard” in a state-sponsored march through Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of the city’s capture and annexation.The annual assertion of Jewis...
Judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely illegal’A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was deported to the African country that had refused to accept her.The deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US distri...
‘Secretary [Howard] Lutnick spent his interview trying to cover up his lie and hide from the truth,’ Robert Garcia, ranking member of the House committee, saysSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump will drive through a Chinese capital that is smoggier than it was on his last visit in 2017, when the authorities launched emergency measures to clear the skies of pollution days before his ...
Gautam Adani, richest man in Asia, was accused of conspiring to pay $250m in bribes to Indian government officialsThe US Department of Justice is dropping its fraud charges against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, the richest man in Asia, after he hired a new legal team led by Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, according to new reports.In an undisclosed April meeting at the justice department, Tr...
The £20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to Joy Is My Middle Name, a collection about navigating race, addiction and womanhoodA debut poetry collection with themes including race, addiction and womanhood has won this year’s Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize.American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney took home the £20,000 prize – awarded to writers aged 39 or under in honour of the Welsh p...
Announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct allegationsUS politics live – latest updatesHouse speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.The “partnership” led by the chairs of the Republican and Democratic women’s caucuses – congresswomen Kat Cam...
Jury set to deliberate and return a verdict on whether they believe AI firm and Altman are liable in caseClosing arguments began on Thursday in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, bringing the weeks-long courtroom battle between the two tech moguls nearer to a decision. A nine person jury is set to deliberate and return a verdict on whether they believe the AI firm and Altman are li...
Groups say supreme court justice, who owns oil stocks, may be violating ethics codes by participating in certain casesSupreme court justice Samuel Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, may be violating court ethics codes by participating in certain cases that could benefit big oil, government watchdog groups say.In a Thursday letter, a coalition of watchdog organizations called on the Senate jud...
Announcing he would step down as an MP, Labour’s Josh Simons said: ‘I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home’Al Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this last night, Carns told Sky: “I’m just a humble junior minister.”Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotion...
Details of case in which group deny abusing girls for several years restricted amid dispute with media over transparencySix men have gone on trial at Bristol crown court accused of grooming and sexually assaulting vulnerable teenage girls in the city.They were allegedly part of a large group of men who abused girls over several years. All six men deny the charges against them, which involved “mult...
Celeste Calocane gives evidence for first time at inquiry into Valdo Calocane’s 2023 attacksThe mother of the man who killed three people in an attack in Nottingham in 2023 has told an inquiry that the mental health system is broken and that until there is a crisis “no one listens to you”.Valdo Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a suspended hospital order in January 2024 af...
Celeste Calocane gives evidence for first time at inquiry into Valdo Calocane’s 2023 attacksThe mother of the man who killed three people in an attack in Nottingham in 2023 has told an inquiry that the mental health “system is broken” and until there is a crisis “no one listens to you”.Valdo Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a suspended hospital order in January 2024 after...
A judge set a $500,000 bond in the 1997 murder case headed for retrial after a supreme court decisionSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailAn Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed Richard Glossip, a former death row prisoner, to be released on bond after almost 30 years behind bars, as he now awaits a retrial over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of execution three separate times.T...
Cases follow a recent outbreak in Kent that killed two and left more than a dozen others in hospital in MarchOne person has died and two more are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis in Berkshire, health officials have said.It follows a major outbreak in Kent, linked to a Canterbury nightclub, that killed two people and left more than a dozen others needing hospital treatment in March. On...
Media law experts cast doubt on viability of a defamation lawsuit promised by Netanyahu over Nicholas Kristof essayIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Nethanyahu, and foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, have threatened to sue the New York Times for defamation over the publication of an essay by Nicholas Kristof detailing allegations that Palestinian women, men and children have been raped and sexually a...
Mike Banks, who led Trump’s border crackdown, resigned weeks after reports of prostitution allegationsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailMike Banks, the border patrol chief who oversaw the most aggressive militarization of the US southern border in recent history, has resigned with immediate effect.“It’s just time,” Banks told Fox News in an interview. “I feel like I got the ship bac...
An investigation into how the women came to be in the water is ongoing, but there is no evidence to suggest criminalityPolice believe they have identified three women whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton beach.Sussex police said next of kin have been informed, but it would not be appropriate to publicly name them until the process of formally identifying them is complete. Continue...
A return to Westminster for Andy Burnham is far from guaranteed, while Starmer could fight a leadership challenge and winWhile Keir Starmer’s authority as prime minister feels terminally undermined after calls from MPs and departing ministers to step down, he remains inside No 10 – for now. So how, and when, might he be removed? Here are some possible scenarios. Continue reading...
Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court rulingUS southern states are rushing to redraw congressional maps to eliminate Democratic districts and dilute the influence of Black voters in electing candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where voting in congressional primaries has begun, and prompted by the US supr...
Announcing he would step down as MP, Labour’s Josh Simons said: ‘I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home’Al Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this last night, Carns told Sky: “I’m just a humble junior minister.”Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotional...
Mike Banks, who led Trump’s border crackdown, resigned weeks after reports of prostitution allegationsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailMike Banks, the border patrol chief who oversaw the most aggressive militarization of the US southern border in recent history, has resigned with immediate effect.“It’s just time,” Banks told Fox News in an interview. “I feel like I got the ship bac...
NHS experts and MPs say he ‘told a good story’ as health secretary while kicking the difficult cans down the roadUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting’s 22 months in office was characterised by relentless media interviews, newspaper editorials and Department of Health and Social Care press releases. They portrayed a dynamic health secretary who was clearing up the mess he inherited in the...
Announcing he would step down as an MP, Labour’s Josh Simons said: ‘I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home’Al Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this last night, Carns told Sky: “I’m just a humble junior minister.”Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotion...
Singer-songwriter, and former husband of Candi Staton, was blind from birth and had further hits including Slip Away and Back Door SantaClarence Carter, the US soul singer who had numerous hits including the transatlantic 1970 smash Patches, has died aged 90.His management company confirmed his death to the Guardian, saying he died on Wednesday following complications with pneumonia. Continue read...
Simons says: ‘I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home’Al Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this last night, Carns told Sky: “I’m just a humble junior minister.”Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotional level as well as on an economic one, we will contin...
Greater Manchester mayor would need to win byelection to launch leadership challenge against Starmer• UK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham now has a route back to parliament after a Greater Manchester MP announced he would stand down, triggering a byelection, and putting Burnham in contention to become the next Labour leader.The Greater Manchester mayor has been seeking to return to parli...
