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The controversial leader will seek presidency for the fourth time â despite previously vowing to stand asideJean-Luc MĂŠlenchon, Franceâs radical left leader, has confirmed he will run again for president next spring, saying it was urgent for the country to stand up against war being waged by the US and Israel in the Middle East.The 74-year-old veteran leader of La France Insoumise (LFI), announced...
The radical left leader will seek presidency for the fourth time â despite previously vowing to stand aside Jean-Luc MĂŠlenchon, Franceâs radical left leader, has confirmed he will run again for president next spring, saying it was urgent for the country to stand up against war being waged by the US and Israel in the Middle East.The 74-year-old veteran leader of La France Insoumise (LFI), announced...
Authority says workers and councillors âthreatened for explaining the councilâs positionâ as union jack and St Georgeâs flags taken downResidents, council staff and councillors have been subject to rising âabuse, harassment and intimidationâ directly linked to the removal of unauthorised flags, a local authority has said.Shropshire council said it had recorded a rise in reports of abuse with staff...
Sarah Sackman says response to rising antisemitic violence in UK has been âmutedâ after stabbings in her constituencyThere has been a âlack of vocal solidarityâ from parts of the liberal left in the face of rising antisemitism against the Jewish community, the Labour MP for Golders Green has said.Sarah Sackman said the response to antisemitic violence across the UK from parts of the âmoderate majo...
Officials say they will not authorise docking âto protect public healthâ after deaths of three passengers on vesselWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?Officials in Cape Verde have said they will not allow a cruise ship believed to be harbouring an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus to dock in its ports, after the deaths of three passengers onboard.The st...
In Ohio, where Haitians have helped revive the economy, vulnerable Republicans are reluctant to toe the Trump lineFor months Carl Ruby, a pastor at a church in Springfield, Ohio, and a prominent supporter of the cityâs estimated 10,000 Haitian immigrants, had been trying to contact his local congressman, Republican Mike Turner.Ruby had long hoped for an opportunity to explain in person the difficu...
US Central Command denies that a ship has been struck after Iranâs Fars news agency claimed two missiles hit a US navy frigateTrump says US navy will âguideâ trapped ships from strait of Hormuz amid âvery positiveâ talks with IranWe have a bit more of the statement from Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iranâs Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, who said earlier that the US or any other f...
Speaking at meeting of European Political Community, Canadian PM says gathering points to a better path forwardEurope will not submit to a more âbrutal worldâ, and can instead be the base from which a new international order can be rebuilt, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, has said.Carney was speaking as the first non-European leader to attend a meeting of the European Political Community...
Canadian PM says Europe is not destined to submit to a more âtransactional, insular and brutal worldâEurope will not submit to a more âbrutal worldâ, and can instead be the base from which a new international order can be rebuilt, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, has said.Carney was speaking as the first non-European leader to attend a meeting of the European Political Community, which op...
Video game retailerâs CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale siteâs board US video games retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5bn (ÂŁ41bn) in an unsolicited bid that its boss warned could turn hostile if the proposal is rebuffed by eBayâs board.GameStop, which has quietly accumulated a 5% stake in eBay, said it was willing to pay $125 a share, spl...
US Central Command denies that warship has been struck after Iranâs Fars news agency claimed two missiles hit a US navy frigateTrump says US navy will âguideâ trapped ships from strait of Hormuz amid âvery positiveâ talks with IranWe have a bit more of the statement from Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iranâs Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, who said earlier that the US or any other ...
Exclusive: Minister says proposals show governmentâs ambition, as it faces unprecedented pressure from GreensTree nurseries could be built at prisons and military ranges could be turned into heathland or peat bogs as part of an ambitious plan to make government land more nature-friendly, the environment secretary has said.Speaking ahead of elections this week in which Labour is under pressure from...
Shipowners wary as Iran says it will attack any foreign military entering waterway under Trump planMiddle East crisis â live updatesThe US has launched an operation to âguideâ ships trapped in the Gulf by the Iran war through a southern route of the strait of Hormuz, even as Tehran insists that any such transits will have to be coordinated with its armed forces.The scheme was announced as âProject...
US president gave no details on how operation would work as Iran says it will attack any armed force entering waterwayMiddle East crisis â live updatesThe US has launched an operation to âguideâ ships trapped in the Gulf by the Iran war through a southern route of the Strait of Hormuz, even as Tehran insisted that any such transits would have to be coordinated with its armed forces.The scheme was ...
Cole Allen remains in custody after being charged with attempting to assassinate Donald TrumpHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The suspect from the 25 April shooting at the White House Correspondentsâ Association dinner has a hearing covering the conditions of his confinement scheduled for later today.Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, has been hospitalised and is in a âcri...
Agriculture secretary claims without evidence Snap recipients included owners of luxury cars The Trump administrationâs attack on the 87-year-old food aid program that supports tens of millions of low-income Americans escalated last week as the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, claimed that 14,000 Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Snap) recipients included owners of luxury vehicles...
Beef and olive oil costs increase the most as climate and energy shocks drive inflation, research suggestsFood prices are on track to be 50% higher in November than at the start of the cost of living crisis in 2021, new research suggests.Climate and energy shocks have driven an almost quadrupling of the pace of food price growth, according to new research from the thinktank Energy and Climate Inte...
Earlier, the US president said the navy would âguideâ stranded ships out of the waterwayTrump says US navy will âguideâ trapped ships from strait of Hormuz amid âvery positiveâ talks with IranWe have a bit more of the statement from Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iranâs Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, who said earlier that the US or any other foreign armed forces would be attacked ...
Nigel Farageâs party proposed to place detention centres in places that vote for Green council leaders or MPsCommenting on the Reform UK detention centres plan (see 10.48am) on Bluesky, Sunder Katwala, head of the British Future thinktank, says it is not just potentially illegal, but also illogical in its own terms.There is rather inadvertent warped logic that a rival party said to favour âopen bo...
The prime minister is also attempting to join the EUâs âŹ90bn loan for Ukraine, which the Conservatives welcomedMore in Common has published its final MRP poll for the Welsh Senedd election. It suggests that Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are on course to come equal first in terms of numbers of seats, and that Labour is doing significantly worse than when More in Common last ran an MRP poll in April. Mo...
Louisianaâs cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors sayThe process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately as the city has reached a âpoint of no returnâ that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded.Ongoing sea level rise and the rampant erosion of wetland...
Exclusive: A Senate committee considering the illegal tobacco trade in Australia hears closed-session evidence from cigarette manufacturersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnti-smoking campaigners have accused the Coalition of secretly giving tobacco giants access to a parliamentary inquiry, a move they say undermines more than 15 years of precedent to protect public heal...
Phase Space pilot programme with NHS mental health trust used to calm anxiety around exams, ADHD and home troublesSchools have begun deploying virtual reality to help pupils cope with stress caused by impending exams, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or difficult home lives.All 15 secondary schools in the London borough of Sutton are using VR headsets made by tech firm Phase Space in a pil...
The Olympic Games minister, Tim Mander, and the child safety minister, Amanda Camm say they were not in a relationship when they were sworn inFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueenslandâs opposition has accused the LNP government of being in an âintegrity crisisâ over an allegedly undisclosed affair between two ministe...
The prime minister is backing the deal as it would allow British firms to access the contracts funded by the loanGood morning. In the UK many MPs will be spending the bank holiday campaigning for the elections on Thursday, but Keir Starmer is in Armenia, where he has announced that he wants the UK to join the EUâs âŹ90bn (ÂŁ78bn) loan for Ukraine.Starmer is attending a European Political Community s...
This blog is now closed.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers says next Tuesdayâs budget will not extend the 26 cent fuel tax cut beyond June.But with Australia âhostageâ to the wild swings in global oil prices amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, the treasurer said there was âa range of contingenciesâ prepared to help support households and the economy from an...
Follow todayâs news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers says next Tuesdayâs budget will not extend the 26 cent fuel tax cut beyond June.But with Australia âhostageâ to the wild swings in global oil prices amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, the treasurer said there was âa range of contingenciesâ prepared to help support households and the economy from an...
Jimmy Wales remembers a toxic internet even before social media and says AI is ânot a disasterâ for the free â and freely edited - online encyclopaediaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWikipediaâs founder, Jimmy Wales, has branded the Australian social media ban an âunmitigated disasterâ and an âembarrassmentâ that is t...
Jimmy Wales remembers a toxic internet even before social media and says AI is ânot a disasterâ for the free â and freely edited - online encyclopaediaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWikipediaâs founder, Jimmy Wales, has branded the Australian social media ban an âunmitigated disasterâ and an âembarrassmentâ that is t...
Iranian military says it will ârespond harshlyâ to any threat after Trump warns that interference with US operation in Hormuz will be âdealt with forcefullyâTrump says US navy will âguideâ trapped ships from strait of Hormuz amid âvery positiveâ talks with IranThe head of the Iranian militaryâs unified command has said US or any other foreign armed forces will be attacked if they enter the strait ...
