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State expected to play major role in deciding whether Republicans maintain control of Congress in his final two yearsVoters in Ohio on Tuesday are selecting candidates ahead of November’s midterm elections. The state is expected to play a major role in deciding whether Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans maintain control of Congress for the final two years of his term.The race with the highest natio...
The launch of ‘Project Freedom’ in the strait of Hormuz has brought the region back to the brink of full-scale war. Plus: The electoral battle for CongressGood morning.Donald Trump has again raised the stakes in the Gulf region with the Monday launch of “Project Freedom” to open a route through the strait of Hormuz. More than 800 ships and roughly 20,000 crew members remain stranded in the region....
In sobering comments, the RBA governor forecasts economic malaise due to the global fuel shock. Not recession but higher prices, lower growth and wages that don’t keep pace with inflationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs far as rallying cries go, Michele Bullock’s “we are poorer, and there is no way out of that” leaves a lot to be desired.It’s not going to win you any a...
Seven Republican state senators battle for re-election against candidates backed by Donald TrumpIndiana voters go to the polls today in a test of the Republican party’s staying power after the party’s state lawmakers resisted Donald Trump’s bruising campaign to pressure them into redrawing the congressional districts.The vote has turned into a statewide referendum on political retribution. Continu...
The prime minister said universities will be held to account on tackling antisemitismIn his speech Keir Starmer also said that, if arts organisations platform antisemitism, the Arts Council “must act using its powers to suspend, withdraw and clawback funding”.And he announced a review into whether this is happening properly. He went on:And today we’re mandating an independent audit of how allegati...
Minor damage to gates is believed to have been caused by fire that CCTV shows was started deliberately, Met saysCounter-terrorism officers are investigating a suspected arson attack at a former synagogue in east London, the Metropolitan police have said.The Jewish security charity Shomrim said fire crews were called out to the building in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, in the early hours of Tuesday. ...
Counter-terrorism officers investigating blaze at former synagogue in Tower HamletsCounter-terrorism police are investigating a fire at a former synagogue in Tower Hamlets, east London, the Metropolitan police have said.More details soon … Continue reading...
WhatsApp group has bought tens of thousands of meals for people via Facebook pageCarl used to own pubs – several of them – and a string of hotels. Then two years ago, rising costs forced him into bankruptcy. Now he sleeps on the beach in summer, and in winter sits in an all-night McDonald’s nursing a single cup of coffee.Carl’s daughters are in a different part of the country with his ex-wife. To ...
Robert Cyr Jr, a US navy airman, had gone missing in 1944 when his seaplane crashed in the Segond channelThe remains of a US military aviator who went missing after his crew crashed during the second world war were recovered and identified through DNA analysis and his family recently laid him to rest in Florida, according to officials.US navy airman Robert Cyr Jr’s burial in Clearwater, Florida, b...
Other fireworks manufacturers in Liuyang, in central Hunan province, ordered to halt production after deadly blastAn explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site.The blast occurred in the city of Changsha in Hunan province on Monday afternoon, China’s official news...
‘Russia could cease fire at any moment, and this would stop the war,’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in sharp criticism of PutinUkraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised Russia’s “utter cynicism” of launching more attacks on Ukraine while also calling for a short ceasefire enabling it to stage its 9 May Victory Parade in Moscow.In a post on X condemning the latest series of attacks, he said...
Communities secretary Steve Reed urges MPs not to move against Keir Starmer and says most people are ‘sick and tired of all this psychodrama’Labour should not be “doomscrolling” through leaders like the Conservatives, the communities secretary, Steve Reed, has said, urging MPs not to move against Keir Starmer after the May elections.MPs who fear Starmer cannot lead the party into the next general ...
Nir Golan told antisemitism royal commission he was told that there was not much police could do and the case would get thrown outGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police encouraged a Jewish man to abandon a case against a man who made antisemitic slurs, death threats, and performed Nazi salutes at him in public because the investigation would be “a lot of ...
The broadcaster’s lawyers say the NSW police should reveal which officers accessed or downloaded material from Jones’ phonePolice stand accused of engaging in impropriety when raiding the home of former shock jock Alan Jones during a sexual assault investigation.Officers searched the 85-year-old’s Sydney home in November 2024 after an eight-month investigation into reports of historical sexual abu...
Lewis, 47, did not appear at first hearing since being charged over death of girl, 5, who was allegedly abducted from an Alice Springs town campWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedJefferson Lewis, the man accused of murdering five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby near a town camp on the outskirts of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory last week, has b...
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers who went to help others are among those who have died in a tragic yacht accident on Monday night.As we reported below, three people died as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales. Continue reading...
Reserve Bank of Australia raises cash rate for third consecutive meeting as governor says increases ‘are not going to do anything for inflation’ in next six monthsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUse our loan calculator to see how rate hikes could affect youThe Reserve Bank governor has said surging oil prices in the w...
The prime minister said the attack in Golders Green is ‘part of a pattern of rising antisemitism’ in the countryGood morning. Keir Starmer has declared antisemitism “a crisis for all of us”. This morning he is hosting an event in Downing Street intended to get leaders across all areas of public life to address the problem and, according to the briefing from No 10, he will say:Last week’s terrorist...
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison agrees to sell 49% stake as it attempts to reshape its portfolioBusiness live – latest updatesVodafone is to take full control of the UK’s biggest mobile operator in a £4.3bn buyout deal with the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison.Billionaire Li Ka-shing’s business said it had agreed to sell its 49% stake in VodafoneThree – a network with more than 27 million s...
London-headquartered bank’s shares slide as it sets aside an extra $300m to cover effects of Middle East conflictBusiness live – latest updatesHSBC has suffered a $1.3bn (£961m) hit to profits, fuelled by the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran and fraud in the troubled private credit sector.The London-headquartered bank said profits fell 4% in the first three months of the year, dropping $100m...
Iranian speaker says ‘new equation of the strait of Hormuz is in the process of being solidified’Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockadeThe Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said in a post on X this morning that a “new equation of the strait of Hormuz is in the process of being solidified” and warned that the continuation of the “status quo” was an...
Plans to install traffic lights on Clachan Bridge will ruin tourist attraction and endanger pedestrians, critics warnTraffic lights are to be installed beside the scenic Clachan Bridge on Scotland’s wild Argyll coast despite fears it will be a “desecration” of a nationally-significant heritage site.Known since the early 19th century as the “Bridge over the Atlantic” the 233-year-old crossing from ...
US says it has destroyed six small Iranian military boats – which Tehran denies – while Iran launched barrage of attacks on US-allied United Arab EmiratesDonald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockadeWe are restarting our live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The US and Iran launched new attacks in the Gulf on Monday as they wrestled for control over the strait of Hor...
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers who went to help others are among those who have died in a tragic yacht accident on Monday night.As we reported below, three people died as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales. Continue reading...
Project to refurbish ‘Angels’ hailed huge success as dean says it will ‘lift spirits and rekindle hope’Sam Kelly admitted there had been some nights of broken sleep as he led a two-year project to restore one of Salisbury Cathedral’s treasures, a stained-glass window by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris.“It would be wrong to say I didn’t lie awake sometimes,” said the head glazier. “You are wo...
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers who went to help others are among those who have died in a tragic yacht accident on Monday night.As we reported below, three people died as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales. Continue reading...
In today’s newsletter: With the use of facial recognition skyrocketing, there are calls for the rapid development of safeguardsGood morning. Over the last couple of days, the Guardian has been reporting that facial recognition technology is being rolled out across the UK at a pace that appears to be outstripping the rules designed to govern it. Police forces are increasingly using live systems to ...
Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreementFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia looks close to signing a landmark security and economic agreement with Fiji, part of the Albanese government’s efforts to contain China’s growing influence across the Pacific.But, ...
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers who went to help others are among those who have died in a tragic yacht accident on Monday night.As we reported below, three people died as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales. Continue reading...
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers who went to help others are among those who have died in a tragic yacht accident on Monday night.As we reported below, three people died as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales. Continue reading...
