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Trump-backed Byron Donalds wins Republican primary in race to succeed Florida governor DeSantis

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Congressman had pledged to implement president’s agenda if he gained governor’s seatPrimary voters in Florida backed a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump to stand as the party’s candidate in the race to succeed Ron DeSantis as the state’s governor.Byron Donalds, a congressman representing south-west Florida since 2021, won the nomination by trouncing three reasonably prominent Republican rivals, ...

Ten-year-old girl found three days after she was reported missing in Perth suburbs

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

The young Indigenous girl was found on Tuesday after she was last seen leaving home in Butler on Saturday evening Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA ten-year-old First Nations girl, reported missing from Perth’s outer northern suburbs on Saturday, has been found.Western Australia police said the girl was found at 7pm on Tuesday, five hours after a press conference appeal...

Erin Patterson appeal live: mushroom murderer to challenge convictions over fatal beef wellington lunch

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Victorian court of appeal to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder guilty verdicts should be quashedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWelcome to our live coverage of Erin Patterson’s appeals.It’s been more than a year since a Victorian jury found Patterson guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives and attempting to murder a fourth...

Australia politics live: Plibersek calls for Swans and Scots College to ‘show leadership’ in responses to alleged sexual assault incidents

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile, NDIS reforms are due to pass parliament today. Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Collapsing confidence’ in housing market, Wilson saysTim Wilson has jumped on that reporting around rent increases and says there has been a collapse in confidence since the budget which is hurting renters.We’ve had, since the budget, collapsing confidenc...

US senator Jon Ossoff condemns Trump as ‘draft-dodging, crook president’

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Potential presidential hopeful running for re-election in Georgia intensifies White House feud after remarks about ‘Natalie’ drew ire of president and alliesThe Democratic senator Jon Ossoff called Donald Trump a “draft-dodging, crook president” while defending the senator Mark Kelly as a hero during a Tuesday campaign appearance in Georgia, escalating his public feud with the US president.“I don’...

Jon Ossoff condemns Trump as ‘draft-dodging, crook president’

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Democratic senator intensifies White House feud after remarks about ‘Natalie’ drew ire of president and alliesDemocratic senator Jon Ossoff called Donald Trump a “draft-dodging, crook president” while defending senator Mark Kelly as a hero during a Tuesday campaign appearance in Georgia, escalating his public feud with the US president.“I don’t think anything illustrates the times more aptly than ...

Boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere was at apartment when actor died

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Police report shows Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at Greenville, South Carolina, residenceHayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released Tuesday.A Greenville police officer who responded to the residence Sunday afterno...

Florida, Wyoming and Alaska hold primary elections; California voters to select successor for Eric Swalwell’s seat – live

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Polls begin to close in Florida; Alaska voters decide among crowded Senate primary; California holds special election for US House seat held by disgraced Eric SwalwellSign up for the US Breaking News emailPresident Donald Trump posted an image of a map of the strait of Hormuz on his social media platform Truth Social, with a circle around the strait and the words “New US Territory” as the title on...

Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

More than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rulesMore than 40 of the UK’s leading charities have warned ministers against imposing tougher benefit sanctions or cuts on disabled young people, as the government considers how to encourage more young people into work.The charities raised concerns that an imminent review of young people a...

Florida carries out its 13th execution this year in US’s busiest death chamber

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

US supreme court declined to halt execution of William Frances Silvia, and state has two executions next monthA Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law was executed on Tuesday, continuing the state’s aggressive use of the death penalty in the final term of the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.William Frances Silvia, 61, was pronounced dead at 6....

Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zoneChildren’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found.Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity that had ...

Poor sleep can cost over-50s nine months of career, study finds

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Findings highlight importance of sleep health during middle age, particularly for those with lower socioeconomic statusSleep that is extremely disrupted or that goes on too long could mean a loss of nine months from working life after the age of 50, a study has found.It also found that women with no sleep disturbances had a longer working life from 50 to 68 than their male equivalents. Continue re...

Australia politics live: Hastie says fight for his seat against One Nation is already ‘dirty and nasty’; NDIS reforms to pass parliament today

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Bill passed Senate on Wednesday evening and is due back in lower house today. Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Collapsing confidence’ in housing market, Wilson saysTim Wilson has jumped on that reporting around rent increases and says there has been a collapse in confidence since the budget which is hurting renters.We’ve had, since the budget, ...

Ukraine’s dismissed defence minister calls for wartime presidential election

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Mykhailo Fedorov’s appeal is most direct challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russian invasion in 2022Ukraine’s recently dismissed former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for a wartime presidential election in the most direct political challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.The politician, whose abrupt sacking last month triggered a w...

Preservation group urges supreme court to suspend Trump White House ballroom project

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

National Trust for Historic Preservation filing comes after president made emergency bid for construction to continueA historic preservation group that sued to block construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom urged the US supreme court on Tuesday to suspend the project while it considers whether the work can continue.The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed its request less than...

GPs’ advice service is causing cancer diagnoses to be missed, inquiry finds

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Advice and guidance services for doctors in England found to be creating risk of missed or late detection of illnessCancer diagnoses have been missed or delayed because of a system designed for GPs to seek specialist advice before referring patients to hospital, according to an investigation.The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) identified patient risks linked to how advice and gu...

Tupac Shakur murder trial: ‘You better treat me as a hostile witness,’ Suge Knight associate testifies – latest updates

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

‘Me or anybody else bringing up the dead is wrong,’ James McDonald tells Las Vegas courtroomWhat we know about Tupac Shakur’s death and what to expect from murder trialDistrict Court Judge Carli Kierney relayed a few questions directly from the jury to medical examiner Dr. Lisa Gavin.“Where there any wounds to the head that you or Dr. Jordan observed or noted?” Continue reading...

Australia politics live: Labor ‘very confident’ that tax changes won’t lift rents by 30%; NDIS reforms to pass parliament today

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Bill passed Senate on Wednesday evening and is due back in lower house today. Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Collapsing confidence’ in housing market, Wilson saysTim Wilson has jumped on that reporting around rent increases and says there has been a collapse in confidence since the budget which is hurting renters.We’ve had, since the budget, ...

Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Cedric Lodge, 58, sentenced in December to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts in national schemeHarvard University has agreed to pay a $53m settlement to resolve civil lawsuits stemming from the illegal theft and sale of human remains that had been donated to its medical school for scientific research.A former Harvard medical school morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, 58, was sent...

Second major fire at south London recycling centre in under three months

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Fifteen fire engines tackling blaze at Landmann Way in Deptford involving 50 tonnes of household wasteFifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a south-east London recycling plant for the second time this summer.London fire brigade said the blaze on Landmann Way in Deptford involves about 50 tonnes of household waste stored at a recycling facility. Continue reading...

Burnham launches ‘national drive’ to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Prime minister urges local leaders to act as homelessness campaigners welcome move but say more needs to be doneI won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promiseAndy Burnham has urged local leaders to offer all rough sleepers in England a route off the streets by Christmas, as he pledges another £100m to end street homelessness.Arguing in the Guardian that rough sleepin...

Jon Ossoff blasts ‘draft-dodging, crook president’ in latest war of words with Trump – US politics live

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

The Democratic senator, who is currently running for re-election in Georgia, says Trump ‘has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailPresident Donald Trump posted an image of a map of the strait of Hormuz on his social media platform Truth Social, with a circle around the strait and the words “New US Territory” as the title o...

Three dead after family get into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

A man, woman and teenage girl have died, while a younger girl is in a critical condition, say Sussex policeA couple and their teenage daughter have died after getting into difficulty in the sea off the West Sussex coast, police said on Tuesday.A man, a woman and a teenage girl died after the incident in Shoreham-by-Sea, the chief superintendent of Sussex police, James Collis, said. Continue readin...

Australia politcs live: NDIS reforms to pass parliament today after 63 amendments get Coalition on side

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Bill passed Senate on Wednesday evening and is due back in lower house today. Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.The government’s controversial NDIS bill will pass the lower house today after it we...

Australia politics live: NDIS reforms to pass parliament today after 63 amendments get Coalition on side

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Bill passed Senate on Wednesday evening and is due back in lower house today. Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.The government’s controversial NDIS bill will pass the lower house today after it we...