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Bring Me the Horizon and Eric Clapton struck by objects thrown by audience members

The Guardian • 4 months ago

British pop-metallers’ frontman Oli Sykes suffers concussion after phone strikes him on the head, in latest in spate of similar incidents faced by musiciansEric Clapton and Bring Me the Horizon’s frontman Oli Sykes have both been struck by objects thrown at them while performing, the latter incident leaving Skyes with concussion.As Bring Me the Horizon performed in St Louis on Monday, a member of ...

Starmer heads to parliament for king’s speech after less than 20 minute meeting with Streeting in No 10 – UK politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

King will set out the government’s planned new laws in the state opening of parliament this morning Starmer holds 16-minute meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisisLibby Brooks is the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent.An odd dispute of interpretation has emerged overnight between the Scottish and UK governments. Yesterday evening a Scottish government spokesperson announced that, during a cal...

Bodies of three women recovered from sea off Brighton

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Sussex police say officers are working to identify women and understand what had happened to themThe bodies of three women have been recovered from the sea off Brighton, Sussex police said.The force said emergency services were called to concerns for the welfare of three women in the sea off Brighton at around 5.45am on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Starmer holds 16-minute meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Another ally of health secretary renews call for resignation of prime minister, who is due to deliver king’s speech• UK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has held talks with Keir Starmer in Downing Street as an ally of the health secretary renewed calls for the prime minister to resign, saying his authority had “irretrievably ebbed away”.Streeting arrived in No 10 on Wednesday morning am...

Starmer holds brief meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Another ally of health secretary renews call for resignation of prime minister, who is due to deliver king’s speech• UK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has held talks with Keir Starmer in Downing Street as an ally of the health secretary renewed calls for the prime minister to resign, saying his authority had “irretrievably ebbed away”.Streeting arrived in No 10 on Wednesday morning am...

Australian military plane to join efforts to reopen strait of Hormuz as Marles considers ‘how else we can contribute’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Defence minister says E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft deployed to Gulf in March will join UK and France-led defensive effort to calm Iran conflictFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will send a hi-tech military plane to join an international mission to reopen the strait of Hormuz, but the Labor government h...

Australian military plane to join efforts to reopen strait of Hormuz, as Marles leaves door open to sending more assets

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Defence minister says E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft deployed to Gulf in March will join UK and France-led defensive effort to calm Iran conflictFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will send a hi-tech military plane to join an international mission to reopen the strait of Hormuz, but the Labor government h...

PM says opposition ‘reduced to a farce’ as government targeted over CGT – as it happened

The Guardian • 4 months ago

This blog is now closedSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plane to strait of Hormuz reopening missionAustralia will join an international mission to reopen the strait of Hormuz, with plans to contribute a hi-tech surveillance plane to the effort.Our intention is to contribute Australia’s world-leading E-7A...

Wes Streeting leaves No 10 after planned talks with Keir Starmer last less than 20 minutes - UK politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

A number of the health secretary’s allies called for the prime minister’s resignation but Streeting has yet to call for a formal leadership challengeReport: Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialiseKeir Starmer will not lead his party into the next general election, Labour-supporting unions have predicted, in an intervention that threatens to further destabilise the p...

Easy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggests

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Exclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be pickedFancy your chances in politics? Then perhaps you should change your name to Aaron Aaronson or Aaliyah Aardvark, figures from last week’s local elections in England suggest.A Guardian analysis of election results compiled by the website Democracy Club points to a striking alph...

Russian foreign minister says ‘nothing is happening’ in US talks on Ukraine and peace process is stuck – Europe live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Sergei Lavrov comments before leaders of the ‘Bucharest Nine’ meet later today with Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that despite some early positive signs about the US-Russia relations under Donald Trump, “nothing is happening” in reality as the peace process to end the war in Ukraine appears to be stuck.Speaking to Russian media, Lavrov said that “...

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins other US bosses on Trump trip to China

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitionsThe billionaire chief executive of the chipmaker Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has joined Donald Trump’s China delegation after a reported last-minute invitation, highlighting the US’s AI and tech ambitions.Huang will join a roster of US bosses including the Tesla chief executive and X owner, Elon Musk...

Wes Streeting leaves No 10 after planned talks with Keir Starmer - UK politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

A number of the health secretary’s allies called for the prime minister’s resignation but Streeting has yet to call for a formal leadership challengeReport: Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialiseGood morning. There are two main events in the diary today. At this point, it is not entirely clear which will turn out to be more consequential.At 11.15am the king will ar...

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump as tech dominates China trip

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitionsThe billionaire chief executive of the chipmaker Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has joined Donald Trump’s China delegation after a reported last-minute invitation, highlighting the US’s AI and tech ambitions.Huang will join a roster of US bosses including the Tesla chief executive and X owner, Elon Musk...

Paramedic felt ‘shock and disbelief’ when Clare Nowland shot by NSW police Taser, inquest hears

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Coroner is examining 95-year-old’s death and looking at dementia training for aged care staff, police and ambulance officersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA paramedic has relived her disbelief while watching a police officer fatally taser a 95-year-old woman with dementia.Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his weapon at Clare Nowland after being cal...

London prisoner with muscle-wasting condition claims he has to crawl on floor

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Umer Khalid, accused of role in Palestine Action break-in, alleges he has not received proper treatment or wheelchairA prisoner with a muscle-wasting condition accused of taking part in a Palestine Action protest claims he has been forced to crawl around the jail – including to get medicine – because of lack of treatment and a wheelchair.Umer Khalid, who is being held at Wormwood Scrubs in west Lo...

Budget 2026 live updates: PM says opposition ‘reduced to a farce’ as government targeted over CGT; CBA shares fall 10% as bank stocks slide

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plane to strait of Hormuz reopening missionAustralia will join an international mission to reopen the strait of Hormuz, with plans to contribute a hi-tech surveillance plane to the effort.Our intention is to contribute Australia’s world-leading E-7...

Police drop charges against Palestinian Australian protester arrested at Isaac Herzog rally as more set to be withdrawn

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Move comes as police review charges against protesters from Sydney rally made under now-defunct public assembly lawFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have withdrawn their first charges against a protester from Sydney’s anti-Isaac Herzog rally just hours after confirming any charges laid under a now-defunct law wou...

Budget 2026 live updates: PM says opposition ‘reduced to a farce’ as government targeted over CGT; three Coalition MPs booted from question time

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Albanese defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plane to strait of Hormuz reopening missionAustralia will join an international mission to reopen the strait of ...

Experts believe breakthrough in US fentanyl crisis may have started in China

The Guardian • 4 months ago

US overdose deaths have plunged, but experts warn the ‘supply shock’ from Chinese precursors may only be a temporary fixAs Donald Trump travels to Beijing this week, fentanyl – and China’s role in its supply chain – remains an enduring point of acrimony in bilateral relations.At a UN meeting in March, the US again accused China of failing to stop its chemical industry selling the precursors requir...

Targeted promotions ‘influential’ in luring Melbourne man who gambled $895,000 back to betting apps, inquest hears

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Inquest hears Kyle Hudson, who died aged 22, withdrew from betting accounts multiple times but received more than 300 inducementsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA young Melbourne man who took his own life after gambling more than $895,000 over four years was repeatedly drawn back to online betting platforms by targete...

Rush hour on Air Force one as Melania director Brett Ratner joins Trump China trip

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Filmmaker who was long on the outer in Hollywood over #MeToo allegations will scout locations for Rush Hour 4, according to spokeswomanBrett Ratner, the director behind the Rush Hour movies and a documentary on Melania Trump, is accompanying Donald Trump to China for his summit with Xi Jinping.Trump is due to hold talks with the Chinese leader on Thursday and Friday over pressing economic and geop...

Wednesday briefing: How much longer can Keir Starmer cling to power?

The Guardian • 4 months ago

In today’s newsletter: A leadership crisis once again grips Westminster, with the Labour party currently split, the prime minister may not last the weekGood morning. First as tragedy, then as farce. Once again, the UK is shrouded in political uncertainty as a deeply unpopular prime minister clings to power. It has become a familiar cycle in recent years: the wait to find out which perishable good ...

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts again fails to rule out Bondi beach terror attack being ‘false flag’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Queenslander under pressure after YouTube interview where he said he was ‘not ruling it out’ but ‘I don’t have the facts yet’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation senator Malcolm Roberts has caused further confusion in comments about the Bondi beach antisemitic terror attack, clarifying that he thought it was an ...

Budget 2026 live updates: PM says opposition ‘reduced to a farce’ as Coalition targets Labor over CGT; two Liberal MPs booted during question time

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Albanese defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plane to strait of Hormuz reopening missionAustralia will join an international mission to reopen the strait of ...