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White House press dinner shooting suspect appears in federal court

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Alleged shooter faces criminal charges, including an attempt to assassinate Trump The suspected gunman who tried to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner appeared in federal court to face criminal charges on Monday.The alleged shooter, identified by law enforcement agencies as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrance in southern California, was charged with attempting to assassinat...

Call for UK gambling reform after ‘generous and caring’ woman takes her own life

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ellen Mulvey ran up huge betting losses online and wrote ‘addiction is the worst disease’ before she diedA family is calling for wholesale reform of the gambling industry after an inquest heard details of the life and death of Ellen Mulvey, a “generous and caring” woman with a high-flying City job who also had a secret addiction.Mulvey’s family believe she lost hundreds of thousands of pounds gamb...

Suspect in White House correspondents’ dinner attack charged with attempted assassination of Trump – US politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Cole Tomas Allen formally charged in court; White House blames Democrats and journalists for attackTrump said he ‘wasn’t worried’ during shootingSign up for the Breaking News US emailHere’s more about the timing of King Charles’s visit today with Donald Trump at the White House.According to Trump’s official schedule, the president will greet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House at 4.1...

Birmingham council leader says end of city’s bin strike ‘within sight’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Long-running dispute could be resolved as improved offer is made to workers, who first began strike in January 2025The end of the year-long Birmingham bin strike is now “within sight”, the city council leader has said after committing to an improved offer for refuse workers.On Monday, John Cotton, the Labour leader of Birmingham city council, said a new, improved offer could be made to workers tha...

Rachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war fallout

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Exclusive: Sources say chancellor is examining exceptional measures to protect household budgetsRachel Reeves is considering imposing a one-year rent freeze on private sector homes amid growing alarm in government about the impact of the Iran war on voters’ budgets.Landlords in England would be banned from raising rents for a limited period of time under the proposals, which are being debated with...

Mexico warns US involvement in anti-drug operation should not be repeated

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crashClaudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Monday that her government told the United States, in a diplomatic note, that the unauthorized presence of US officials at an anti-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua should not be repeated.The incident came to light after tw...

Mexico warns US involvement in anti-drug operation should not to be repeated

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crashClaudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Monday that her government told the United States, in a diplomatic note, that the unauthorized presence of US officials at an anti-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua should not be repeated.The incident came to light after tw...

UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation

The Guardian • 4 months ago

John Edwards, the data privacy watchdog, says he is fully cooperating with ICO’s independent report into ‘HR matters’The UK’s information commissioner has stepped back from his job after the data protection regulator launched an independent workplace investigation into unspecified “HR matters”.John Edwards, the national watchdog for information rights, data privacy and transparency among public bo...

Industrial chicken producer hits out over Wye and Usk river pollution claim

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Lawyers for Avara Foods and Freemans of Newent say legal claim backed by 1,300 people is ‘entirely inferential’Lawyers for one of the country’s biggest producers of industrially farmed chicken have attacked a claim that they are responsible for pollution in the River Wye and River Usk.More than 1,300 people have signed up to sue Avara Foods, its subsidiary Freemans of Newent and the local sewage c...

White House blames Democrats and journalists for attack at Correspondents’ Dinner as suspect to be charged – US politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Karoline Leavitt says ‘political violence stems from demonization of president’ as Cole Tomas Allen, suspect in Saturday’s shooting, expected to be formally charged in court todayTrump said he ‘wasn’t worried’ during shootingSign up for the Breaking News US emailHere’s more about the timing of King Charles’s visit today with Donald Trump at the White House.According to Trump’s official schedule, t...

A Tennessee woman needed an abortion to save her life. She then joined a lawsuit against the state’s ban

The Guardian • 4 months ago

After she had to travel out of state to access care, Rachel Fulton joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ suit, which an appeal has now halted indefinitelyIt was the worst day of Rachel Fulton’s life. She stood outside her doctor’s office, reeling with the news that her dearly wanted pregnancy needed to end. But her day would, somehow, become even worse: Fulton lives in Tennessee, where aborti...

German tourist dies after being bitten at snake show on family holiday in Egypt

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Man, 57, was watching snake-charming show when reptile crawled into his trousers, say German policeA German tourist has died after a snake crawled into his trousers and bit him as he watched a show in Egypt on a family holiday, police in Germany have said.The 57-year-old man was watching the snake-charming show at a hotel in Hurghada, a popular beach holiday destination on the Red Sea, in early Ap...

Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves 21 dead amid pre-election violence

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Cocaine-trafficking rebels blamed for worst attack on civilians in decades that also left 56 people injuredThe death toll in a Colombian highway bombing blamed on cocaine-trafficking rebels has risen to 21, the government said on Monday, in the country’s worst attack on civilians in decades and just ahead of elections.The attack on Saturday left 56 injured and buses and vans mangled on the Pan-Ame...

Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves at least 21 dead ahead of May elections

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Dissident Farc faction blamed for attack on Pan-American Highway that also injured 36 people in south-western regionThe death toll in a Colombian highway bombing blamed on cocaine-trafficking rebels has risen to 21, the government said on Monday, in the country’s worst attack on civilians in decades and just ahead of elections.The attack on Saturday left 56 injured and buses and vans mangled on th...

Florida’s Republican governor unveils plan for redrawn congressional maps

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Proposal from Ron DeSantis would net Republicans up to four additional US House seats ahead of midterm electionsRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, on Monday unveiled his proposal for redistricting his state’s congressional maps, a move he hopes will net his party up to four additional House seats in November’s midterm elections.The long-awaited reveal, which will be debated during a spec...

No 10 publishes previously confidential memo to refute claim that Starmer misled MPs over Mandelson appointment – as it happened

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle earlier confirmed that MPs will decide whether to let inquiry into Keir Starmer’s statements over Peter Mandelson proceedDowning Street has said that the UK is “in a good position” to handle the global supply problems caused by the Iran war not being resolved.Speaking at the morning lobby briefing, the PM’s spokesperson said:We remain focused on a long-term, permanent sol...

Heavy rain not ‘nearly enough’ to tame two wildfires in drought-stricken Georgia

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Pineland Road fire and Highway 82 fire have destroyed over 100 homes, and are part of large number of wildfires this spring in the US southSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHeavy rain slowed the progress of two sprawling southern Georgia wildfires over the weekend, allowing crews to make some progress in containing the blazes that have destroyed more than...

Pro-Palestine activists appear in court over attack on Israeli arms factory in Germany

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Families say ‘Ulm 5’ have been detained under extreme prison conditions since arrest last SeptemberFive pro-Palestinian activists have appeared in court over an attack on an Israeli arms company in Germany, charged with causing around €1m of damage.Prosecutors say the defendants, aged 25 to 40, trespassed and yelled pro-Palestinian statements as they destroyed office equipment, sensitive measuring...

King Charles to meet Trump off camera over fears of Zelenskyy-style clash

The Guardian • 4 months ago

British officials push for White House meeting to be held privately, wary of repeat of scenes involving Ukraine leaderUS politics live – latest updatesKing Charles will be spared the potential humiliation of being upbraided in public by Donald Trump this week after the White House agreed that any meeting between the two men should be held off camera.British officials have pushed for the Oval Offic...

King Charles to meet Donald Trump off camera to avoid awkwardness

The Guardian • 4 months ago

British officials pushed for White House meeting to be held privately fearing repeat of scenes when Trump berated Volodymyr Zelenskyy in front of world’s pressUS politics live – latest updatesKing Charles will be spared the potential humiliation of being upbraided in public by Donald Trump this week after the White House agreed that any meeting between the two men should be held off camera.British...

Tornadoes, hail and high winds forecast to hit midwest and Mississippi valley

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Severe storms put nearly 50 million at risk and follow a deadly weekend after tornado killed two people in TexasSevere storms are expected to sweep across the mid-Mississippi valley and midwest regions of the US on Monday, putting nearly 50 million people at risk.The storm prediction center has issued a level 4 out of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms across south-west Illinois and south-east Missou...

Taylor Swift files trademarks for voice and image amid concern over AI misuse

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The singer’s company filed three applications on Friday after Matthew McConaughey launched similar strategyTaylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and image in a move seemingly designed to protect against AI misuse.On 24 April, Swift’s company TAS Rights Management filed three trademark applications, Variety reports. Two of these are sound trademarks which cover Swift saying the...

Melania Trump urges ABC to ‘take a stand’ against Jimmy Kimmel over monologue

The Guardian • 4 months ago

First lady accuses the comedian of ‘hateful and violent rhetoric’ in aftermath of White House press dinner shootingIn the aftermath of the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting, Melania Trump accused Jimmy Kimmel of “hateful and violent rhetoric” and said it was “time for ABC to take a stand” against the comedian who has long been critical of Donald Trump and his policies.The first lady appe...

Melania Trump accuses Jimmy Kimmel of ‘hateful and violent rhetoric’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

First lady calls for ABC to ‘take a stand’ against comedian in aftermath of White House press dinner shootingIn the aftermath of the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting, Melania Trump accused Jimmy Kimmel of “hateful and violent rhetoric” and said it was “time for ABC to take a stand” against the comedian who has long been critical of Donald Trump and his policies.The first lady appeared t...

‘Sense of disbelief’: how White House press dinner attack unfolded – The Latest

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Details about the shooting at the White House correspondents gala have started to surface as the alleged shooter is set to be charged.The suspect was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior officials were gathered, before law enforcement stopped him. It happened less than two years since Trump was the target of an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a subsequen...