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Army secretary resigns after clashes with Hegseth as Democrats warn of ‘hollowed out’ leadership

The Guardian • 2 days ago

The sudden departure of Daniel Driscoll comes after Pentagon chief removed senior officers and blocked promotions, prompting warnings of a leadership crisisA senior Senate Democrat accused Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth of having “hollowed out” the Army’s senior ranks after its top civilian leader resigned after months of internal clashes with Hegseth.No official reason was given for army secreta...

Florida executes 74-year-old man, 14th state prisoner put to death this year

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Harold Lucas, sentenced to death over 1976 murder, killed by lethal injection as state continues execution rushA Florida man convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was executed Tuesday evening.Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was pronounced dead at 6.18pm following a three-drug injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison near Starke, ...

News live: Five Australians confirmed safe after Nepal-Tibet flooding; Spender backs Contos’s call for opt-in algorithms

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanavan says young boys turning to social media after getting ‘sick and tired of the feminisation’ in schoolsAhead of Chanel Contos’s address to the National Press Club, Matt Canavan has blamed the “feminisation of our curriculum” for the proliferation of algorithms serving up “manosphere” content.They’re sick and...

US could ask parents to prove citizenship or immigration status to obtain passports for children

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Proposal offers look at how state department could enforce Trump order targeting what it calls ‘birth tourism’The US state department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of Donald Trump’s ⁠latest effort to limit birthright citizenship.The ⁠draft guidance, reviewed by ​Reuters, is the first ...

US may require parents to prove citizenship to get passports for their children

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Proposal is how state department could enforce Trump’s executive order targeting what it calls ‘birth tourism’The US state department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of Donald Trump’s ⁠latest effort to limit birthright citizenship.The ⁠draft guidance, reviewed by ​Reuters, is the first ...

Cleveland police to get £2m extra to tackle serious crime in Middlesbrough

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Cash announced after horror car crash that killed two police officers and house fire in which woman and young girl diedCleveland’s police force is to receive a £2m funding boost to tackle serious crime, after the home secretary said successive high-profile crimes in the Middlesbrough area had led to a “sense of disquiet” in the community.Shabana Mahmood and the prime minister, Andy Burnham, paid t...

Dozens arrested after fatal pre-dawn shootout in Dutch village

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Police urged people in Overasselt to stay indoors after one person died and 34 were arrestedAuthorities have arrested 34 people, including French, Belgian and Algerian nationals, after a person died in a pre-dawn shootout in a Dutch village reportedly linked to a notorious drug lord.Police urged people in Overasselt, near the German border, to stay indoors with doors and windows shut in case furth...

US and Iran exchange more airstrikes, fuelling fears of wider return to hostilities

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Attacks on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and reprisals against US bases in Middle East quash hopes that flare-up last weekend was limited in natureThe US has launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, prompting counter strikes by Tehran targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, fuelling concerns about a ⁠wider renewal of hostilities.US Marine Corps base Camp Titin in Jordan w...

Relief as five Australians missing in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster found alive

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Several missing Australians have been found since Tuesday morning, bringing the total citizens unaccounted for to 38Australians missing in the Nepal floods: what we know so farA total of five Australians missing after devastating floods ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border last week have been found.Of the five Australians confirmed safe, one was found in Nepal, one in Tibet, China and three outside the ...

Relief as Australians missing in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster found alive

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Five missing Australians have been found since Tuesday morning, bringing the total citizens unaccounted for to 38Australians missing in the Nepal floods: what we know so farA total of five Australians missing after devastating floods ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border last week have been found.Of the five Australians confirmed safe, one was found in Nepal, one in Tibet, one in China and three outside ...

News live: Five Australians confirmed safe after Nepal-Tibet flooding; Chanel Contos urges action on ‘manosphere’

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Package steps up support to fight transnational drug trafficking flowing through the Pacific. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFive Australians have been confirmed safe in the devastating Nepal floods, meaning the number of unaccounted-for citizens has been revised from 43 missing on Tuesday morning to 38.Of the five Australians confirmed safe, o...

Bank of America executive identified as victim of stabbing in Times Square

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old vice-president at the bank, was killed in Tuesday stabbing in New York City, officials sayA corporate vice-president at Bank of America was killed in a stabbing in New York City’s Times Square, the second-biggest US lending bank ⁠said on Tuesday about a ⁠random incident that took place ​in broad daylight in the bustling heart of Manhattan.The incident had brought the s...

Florida set to execute 14th person this year with two more execution dates set

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl who rejected his advances and wounding her two friendsA Florida man convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was set to be executed Tuesday evening.Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison near Sta...

Australia news live: PM announces $600m package against drug-smuggling; Chanel Contos urges action on ‘manosphere’

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will step up its support to fight trans-national drug trafficking flowing through the Pacific, with a $600m package.Anthony Albanese announced the new investment at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, which aims to stop the contraband arriving in Australia.This is crucial, and the detail in any reform wi...

Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump

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British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right commentator who was arrested last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Louisiana and deported to the United Kingdom, has broken his silence about the experience, saying that “for the first time I know what it feels like to...

Democratic contender Abdul El-Sayed hits back at JD Vance over ‘evil’ taunt

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Michigan Senate candidate accuses vice-president of ‘dog whistle’ and says Republican policies are true evilAbdul El-Sayed, the Democratic US Senate candidate in Michigan, has hit back at Republican vice-president JD Vance’s onslaught against him, saying it is “evil” to deprive people of healthcare and affordable groceries.Vance, in a Monday speech that railed against undocumented immigrants, cast...

Tucson police investigate deadly shooting outside gay bar as hate crime

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Two people shot dead and suspect later died in hospital after shooting in parking lot of Venture-N barAuthorities in Tucson, Arizona, are investigating a shooting outside a gay bar that left three people dead as a possible hate crime.The shooting occurred shortly after midnight on Monday in the parking lot of Venture-N, according to Tucson police. The suspect, identified by police as 44-year old O...

Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Lizzo brought by former wardrobe stylist

The Guardian • 2 days ago

The star has denied allegations of bullying and harassment in the workplace in a suit that has now been thrown out of courtA federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the remaining claims in a well-publicized lawsuit against Lizzo’s production company, declaring that the case brought by her former wardrobe stylist could not proceed.The ruling by US district judge Fernando L Aenlle-Rocha comes nearly two ...

Judge to rule on whether accused Charlie Kirk killer will stand trial

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Tony Graf to decide if there is sufficient evidence to try Tyler Robinson and allow prosecutors to seek death penaltySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA Utah judge is expected to rule ⁠on whether the ⁠man accused of ​killing Charlie Kirk should stand trial and whether he should face the death penalty.Arguments were set to begin in Provo, Utah on Tuesday afternoon, after which judge ...

Pentagon official overseeing military AI sold millions worth of stock in AI firm

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Exclusive: financial disclosures from Emil Michael – who also reaped millions from xAI stock earlier this year – show he sold his Perplexity stock for up to $25mThe top Pentagon official overseeing military artificial intelligence policy, who reaped profits earlier this year of up to $24m selling his private investment in Elon Musk’s AI company, has now sold his holdings in another AI company for ...

Republican calls Leon Black and David Copperfield co-conspirators of Epstein

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Outgoing congressman Thomas Massie urges justice department to launch immediate investigationAn outgoing Republican congressman accused billionaire Leon Black and David Copperfield, the illusionist, of being co-conspirators of the accused late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and repeated a call for the Department of Justice to launch an immediate investigation into the men, among others.Thomas Mas...

Farage faces questions over his claim of second standards investigation

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Reform leader said inquiry had been widened but watchdog is not believed to have decided whether to do soNigel Farage is facing questions about why he claimed his finances were the subject of a second standards investigation, as he was sworn in again as Clacton’s MP.The Reform UK leader said when he resigned in July that the standards system had become a “political tool” because “yet another stand...

Farage faces questions over his claim of facing second standards investigation

The Guardian • 2 days ago

Reform leader said inquiry had been widened but watchdog is not believed to have decided whether to do soNigel Farage is facing questions about why he claimed his finances were the subject of a second standards investigation, as he was sworn in again as Clacton’s MP.The Reform UK leader said when he resigned in July that the standards system had become a “political tool” because “yet another stand...

Burnham blames Brexit and Thatcher for ‘wrong turns’ in first Commons speech as PM

The Guardian • 2 days ago

The prime minister said Britain needed to be brutally honest about the mistakes of the last 40 years of UK politicsAndy Burnham has blamed Brexit and Margaret Thatcher for a decade of low growth in the UK, arguing that Britain needs to be brutally honest about having taken “a series of wrong turns” in the last 40 years.In his first Commons appearance since he took over as prime minister around six...

Burnham promises to bring optimism and ‘substantial change’ in first Commons speech as PM

The Guardian • 2 days ago

The prime minister said Britain needed to be brutally honest about the ‘series of wrong turns’ it had taken in the last 40 yearsAndy Burnham has blamed Brexit and Margaret Thatcher for a decade of low growth in the UK, arguing that Britain needs to be brutally honest about having taken “a series of wrong turns” in the last 40 years.In his first Commons appearance since he took over as prime minist...