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‘We went under the table screaming’: reactions from the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Lawmakers and reporters in shock after Washington press event abruptly ends following gunshotsTrump evacuated after shots fired at White House correspondents’ dinner – what we knowWhite House correspondents’ dinner – latest updatesLawmakers and journalists were in shock after a Washington media tradition turned violent on Saturday night, halting the White House correspondents’ dinner while the fir...

‘We went under the table screaming’: guests recount commotion from White House correspondents’ dinner

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Lawmakers and reporters in shock after Washington press event abruptly ends following gunshotsTrump evacuated after shots fired at White House correspondents’ dinner – what we knowWhite House correspondents’ dinner – latest updatesLawmakers and journalists were in shock after a Washington media tradition turned violent on Saturday night, halting the White House correspondents’ dinner while the fir...

Donald Trump speaks after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner – live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

President and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after an unspecified threatCNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said he was within a few feet of the shooter, and called into CNN to describe his observations.Blitzer said he saw “a very, very serious weapon. He starts shooting, and I happened to have been a few feet away from him. As he was shooting, of course, the first thing that went through ...

Australia news live: Victoria announces 20% car rego rebate

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Opposition leader says he believes ceremony has been ‘devalued’ by ‘overuse’. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe health and NDIS minister, Mark Butler, says Queensland will be “answerable to their community” if they don’t sign on to NDIS reforms, with billions of dollars of hospital funding on the line.Every state and territory except for the s...

Angus Taylor says higher risk of ‘bad people coming from bad countries’ as he singles out Iran

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Opposition leader also says ‘we have seen terrible acts of atrocity coming from Gaza’ as he doubles down on immigration policyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has said “there is a higher risk that some bad people come from those bad countries”, doubling down on his immigration polic...

Person in custody after Trump evacuated in shooting incident at White House correspondents’ dinner

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Event ended suddenly with loud gunshots and immediate commotion, and will be rescheduledSuspected shooter apprehended after Donald Trump evacuated from White House correspondents’ dinner – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening after the event was interrupted by loud guns...

Suspected shooter apprehended after Donald Trump evacuated from White House correspondents’ dinner – live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

President and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after an unspecified threatCNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said he was within a few feet of the shooter, and called into CNN to describe his observations.Blitzer said he saw “a very, very serious weapon. He starts shooting, and I happened to have been a few feet away from him. As he was shooting, of course, the first thing that went through ...

One person in custody after Trump evacuated in shooting incident at White House correspondents’ dinner

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Event ended suddenly with loud bangs and immediate commotion, and will be rescheduled Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe White House correspondents’ dinner was interrupted by loud bangs on Saturday evening and Donald Trump and Melania Trump were evacuated immediately as many journalists and their guests ducked under tables in the Washington Hilton ball...

Donald and Melania Trump evacuated from White House correspondents’ dinner as loud bangs heard

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The event was interrupted by loud bangs and immediate commotion as the president and first lady were escorted outSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe White House correspondents’ dinner was interrupted by loud bangs on Saturday evening and Donald Trump and Melania Trump were evacuated immediately as many journalists and their guests ducked under tables in...

Police blocked members of anti-immigration group from Perth dawn service after Anzac Day booing in eastern states

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Footage posted online shows police telling people they were being removed due to suspicion they would interrupt ceremonyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWestern Australian police say they proactively blocked 15 members of “issue motivated groups” from attending Anzac Day commemorations, following disruptions that marre...

Police blocked people connected to anti-immigration group from Perth dawn service after Anzac Day booing in eastern states

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Footage posted online shows police telling people they were being removed due to suspicion they would interrupt ceremonyWestern Australian police say they proactively blocked 15 members of “issue motivated groups” from attending Anzac Day commemorations, following disruptions that marred earlier ceremonies in the eastern states.One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where...

US president cancels envoy trip to Pakistan for ceasefire talks – as it happened

The Guardian • 4 months ago

This blog is now closedWe have some images coming through the newswires of Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, speaking with Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, and other officials in Islamabad this morning.Araghchi arrived in Pakistan last night. He wrote on social media that his trip would focus on “bilateral matters and regional developments”. Continue reading...

Donald Trump evacuated from White House correspondents dinner after loud bangs heard – live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

President Donald Trump and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after an unspecified threatThe White House Correspondents’ Dinner was interrupted by loud bangs on Saturday evening, followed by immediate commotion. Donald Trump and Melania Trump were evacuated immediately as many journalists and their guests across the room ducked under tables in the Washington Hilton ballroom.While t...

Donald and Melania Trump evacuated from White House Correspondents’ Dinner as loud bangs heard

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The event was interrupted by loud bangs and immediate commotion as the president and first lady were escorted outThe White House Correspondents’ Dinner was interrupted by loud bangs on Saturday evening, followed by immediate commotion. Donald Trump and Melania Trump were evacuated immediately as many journalists and their guests across the room ducked under tables in the Washington Hilton ballroom...

Australia news live: Angus Taylor says booing on Anzac Day ‘shouldn’t happen’ but welcome to country ‘overused’; Victoria announces 20% car rego rebate

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Opposition leader says he believes ceremony has been ‘devalued’ by ‘overuse’. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal leader pushes tax cuts on housing: ‘If you want more of something, take taxes off’Labor is readying to reform taxes on property investors, and the Coalition still hasn’t taken a firm stand.What I want to see is more homes built i...

Australia news live: Taylor says Coalition preferencing One Nation in Farrer to stop ‘teal policies’; Victoria announces one-off car rego rebate

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor says welcome to countries should be used lessThe opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has called for welcome to country remarks to be delivered less often, saying he is frustrated they have been “devalued” by “overuse”.Can I say, booing, whatever the cause, on Anzac Day, Anzac Day ceremonies, is absolutel...

Australia news live: Victoria announces one-off car rego rebate; hecklers ‘unworthy of Anzac legend’, Tim Wilson says

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has condemned the booing of welcome of country remarks at Anzac Day events on Saturday.Wilson offered some of the strongest criticism of the hecklers to be delivered by a Coalition frontbencher. In a post on X yesterday, he wrote:Thank you to all our veterans who fought for our co...

Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Chief property and security officer Ian Collard set to submit written answers to foreign affairs committee questionsA key figure in the row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington will not appear before a parliamentary committee of MPs to give evidence.Dame Emily Thornberry had requested that Ian Collard speak to the foreign affairs committee (FAC) on Tuesday, but confirm...

Militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Al-Qaida-linked group JNIM claims responsibility for strikes on airport in capital, Bamako, and four other citiesIslamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years.The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks on Bamako’s international a...

It costs $230 out-of-pocket to see a dermatologist. Many Australians go without – despite soaring skin cancer rates

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Exclusive: Report shows cost of first appointment rose $20 in one year, with steeper rises in Western Australia, South Australia and TasmaniaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPatients are increasingly going without medically necessary dermatological care, the head of the Consumers Health Forum said, as new report reveals the rising cost of the specialty in Australia.Dermat...

Woman and child die after getting into ‘difficulty’ in water in west London

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Pair, believed to be mother and son, recovered from water but died at scene in Elthorne Park, Ealing A woman and her young child have died after getting into “difficulty” in the water at a west London park, police said.Police were called to Elthorne Park in Ealing just before 4.30pm on Saturday, where a woman and child were recovered from the water, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading.....

One police officer dead after Chicago hospital shooting

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Officials say the suspect in the shooting, which left another officer in critical condition, has been taken into custodyA shooting at a Chicago hospital on Saturday morning has left a police officer dead and another critically injured, according to NBC 5 Chicago.The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, is in custody, according to Andre Vasquez, alderperson for the city’s 40th ward. Conti...

After destroying more than 120 homes, wildfires still a danger, Georgia officials say

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Blazes in US south-east have blown smoke over a wide area, and contributed to at least one death in FloridaTwo wildfires in south-eastern Georgia that have destroyed more than 120 homes continued to threaten property and lives on Saturday as officials warned that strong winds could spread the flames.The Brantley county manager, Joey Cason, called it a “dynamic situation” in a Saturday-morning vide...

Macron says EU’s mutual defence clause ‘not just words’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

French president cites joint military aid to Cyprus as proof of Europe’s ability to defend itself during trip to AthensEmmanuel Macron has spoken up for Europe’s ability to defend itself, saying a mutual assistance clause, enshrined in the EU treaty, was unambiguous and “not just words”.The French president said the pact had already been proved in action when several member states sent military ai...

Egyptian family of six taken back into ICE custody days after being released

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Hayam El Gamal and five children were held for 10 months after husband allegedly threw molotov cocktails at crowdAn Egyptian family of six has been taken back into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, days after they were released from a detention facility in Texas on Thursday, according to their attorney Eric Lee.Lee said Saturday morning that Hayam El Gamal and her five children were on ...