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Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all clear to say the product is safe’Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram in settlementThe star witness in the US government’s landmark trial against Meta believes that a multibillion-dollar settlement reached on Wednesday does not go far enough to stop the social media giant’s harms to yo...

Queensland woman gave birth to twins with different parents after surrogacy coincides with natural pregnancy

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Both children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy lawsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Queensland woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets of biological parents last year, in what is believed to be an Australian first situation so rar...

Australia news live: Victoria scraps secret public transport levy; former Treasury chief says WA GST deal might ‘break’ federal system

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Ben Carroll announces he will ‘abolish the rail improvement charge’. Follow today’s news liveNepal flash flood disaster – live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says Dfat officials are ready to provide consular assistance to Australians in Nepal, after the devastating flooding in the country.A local tourism official said they be...

London neurosurgeons perform first successful AI-assisted operation to remove brain tumour

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Surgeons aided by real-time analysis of camera footage that identified critical anatomy in brain to be avoidedNeurosurgeons in London have performed the world’s first successful AI-assisted operation to remove a brain tumour, saving the sight of a 48-year-old man, health officials have said.The surgery was performed in May at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), part of Uni...

Man in prison in New York advances in primary for Alaska’s US House seat

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Democrat Eric Hafner, to be released in 2036, also ran for seat in 2024, securing spot on that general election ballotA man who is serving time in a federal prison in New York advanced on Wednesday from the primary for Alaska’s lone US House seat.Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat, also ran for the seat in 2024 and secured a spot on the general election ballot that November despite a challenge bro...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a yearAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after not renewing her membership for seven years, amid speculation that she might run for president in 2028.The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renew...

News live: dozens of Australians believed to be among hundreds missing in Nepal flash floods

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridges. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says Dfat officials are ready to provide consular assistance to Australians in Nepal, after the devastating flooding in the country.A local tourism official said they believed 34 Australians were miss...

Plug-in balcony solar panels to go on sale in UK for first time

The Guardian • 1 week ago

DIY system will be stocked by big retailers, starting with Argos, enabling more homes to lower bills by generating own electricityPlug-in solar panels will go on sale in the UK for the first time from Thursday, allowing households unable to use rooftop panels to also generate their own cheap electricity.Households across the country will be able to join the millions across mainland Europe who gene...

‘Work is good for you’: how UK scheme could help tackle youth mental health crisis

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Paid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under wayWork must be “part of the answer” to the mental health crisis among young people, the work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, has said as he met some of the first beneficiaries of Labour’s youth jobs guarantee scheme.He was speaking on a visit to Boots’s headquarters in Nottingham on Wed...

Anthony Albanese says 34 Australians among hundreds of people missing in deadly Nepal flash floods

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridgesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDozens of Australian tourists are reportedly missing in the deadly flash floods that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border, as the Australian government says it is urgently working to confirm their welfare.The A...

Dozens of Australians believed to be among hundreds of people missing in Nepal flash floods

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridgesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDozens of Australian tourists are reportedly missing in the deadly flash floods that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border, as the Australian government says it is urgently working to confirm their welfare.Accor...

Dozens of Australians believed to be among hundreds of foreign tourists missing in Nepal flash floods

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridgesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDozens of Australian tourists are reportedly missing in the deadly flash floods that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border, as the Australian government says it is urgently working to confirm their welfare.Accor...

News live: dozens of Australians believed to be among hundreds of foreign tourists missing in Nepal flash floods

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridges. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDfat aware of a ‘number’ of Australians in flood zoneThe Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) said it is aware of a “number” of Australians in the area affected by the flooding, saying officials stand ready to provide consular a...

Australia news live: dozens of Australians believed to be among hundreds of foreign tourists missing in Nepal flash floods

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridges. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDozens of Australian tourists are reportedly missing in the deadly flash floods that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border.According to the Nepal Tourist Board, as reported by Agence France Presse, at least 291 foreigners were among the mi...

Judge blocks Minnesota bid to extradite Texas ICE agent accused of shooting man

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Christian Castro charged with assault after allegedly shooting Venezuelan man and remains in custody in TexasSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent accused of firing his gun and wounding a Venezuelan man in the leg is caught in an interstate extradition dispute between Texas and Minnesota – and could walk out of a Texas jail as soon as...

Federal judge refuses to intervene in ICE agent’s interstate extradition dispute

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault after allegedly shooting Venezuelan man and falsely reporting a crime by anotherSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent accused of firing his gun and wounding a Venezuelan man in the leg is caught in an interstate extradition dispute between Texas and Minnesota – and could walk out o...

Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

The Guardian • 1 week ago

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to LabourAndy Burnham has dropped his support for capping political donations, causing anger among activists and Labour MPs who have long campaigned for change to the way parties are funded.The prime minister has decided not to back amendments to the elections bill, which would cap the a...

Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings

The Guardian • 1 week ago

FBI psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff says he’s treated only two women with postpartum psychosis, both decades earlierThe Lindsay Clancy trial was heading for closing arguments Wednesday, as a final witness for the prosecution laid out that he believed the Massachusetts mother knew right from wrong when she took the lives of her three young children before attempting to commit suicide in 2023.FBI psyc...

Wes Streeting describes ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse since becoming defence secretary

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Streeting says role is chance to demonstrate strength and challenge stereotype that persists in dark corners of internetWes Streeting has described receiving a mass of homophobic abuse since he was made defence secretary last month, while also saying his appointment had been welcomed by some in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as a sign of change.Until 2000, gay men and lesbian women were banned from...

Trump downplays Moscow visit by CIA director as ‘semi-routine’

The Guardian • 1 week ago

President denies visit was to gain support for Iran sanctions or due to fears that Putin plans to ‘test Nato resolve’Donald Trump has downplayed a visit to Moscow by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, as “semi-routine” after he turned up in the Russian capital unannounced, triggering a wave of speculation about the reasons for his trip.Ratcliffe was reported to have flown to Moscow on a government ...

How to lose Trump’s trade war: test Canada’s resolve with threats to hockey sticks

The Guardian • 1 week ago

The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost AmericansThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayEarlier this year, a survey found that Canada, along with Switzerland, was the best-liked country in the world. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a hig...

How to lose Trump’s trade war: Test Canada’s resolve with threats to hockey sticks

The Guardian • 1 week ago

The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost AmericansThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayEarlier this year a survey found that Canada, along with Switzerland, was the best-liked country in the world. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a high...

Amol Rajan warns BBC destined to shrink at ‘accelerating rate’

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Presenter says he is moving to YouTube to avoid being left ‘behind the curve’ as media landscape changesThe outgoing Today programme presenter Amol Rajan has warned that the BBC is destined to “get smaller at an accelerating rate”, as he prepares to depart for a new project on YouTube.Rajan, who announced earlier this year that he was leaving BBC News to “unleash my inner entrepreneur” in the crea...

Democratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump’s mail-in voting order – US politics live

The Guardian • 1 week ago

Two dozen states file lawsuit days after supreme court lifts one injunction blocking part of president’s orderSign up for the US Breaking News emailA US military strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean on Tuesday killed four people, officials said.US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a post on X that the strike targeted a vessel “operating along established narco-trafficking ...

Girl, 13, among missing British citizens after flash flood in Nepal

The Guardian • 1 week ago

More than 400 travellers are said to be missing after flood on Tibet border, including 33 BritonsFlash floods on Nepal-Tibet border – latest updatesThirty-three British citizens including a 13-year-old girl are among more than 400 travellers missing after a flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, according to Nepal’s tourism board.The sudden flood happened on the Tibetan side of the Bhote Koshi Riv...