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Deep-sea search begins for 20 people missing in Cyprus ferry disaster

A deep-sea vessel from Turkiye joined the search on Tuesday for 20 people missing for two days.

US military carries out new strikes on Iranian targets as hostilities flare

US President Donald Trump launched new air strikes on Iran on Tuesday, the latest chapter as the president has swung in recent weeks between economic and military pressure tactics, all the while claiming that Tehran was on its heels. US Military Central Command announced on social media that the attacks were in response to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s recent attempted attacks on commerc...

US and Iran trade fire as hostilities flare again

The US military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday as Tehran reponded with retaliatory strikes as hostilities between the two countries flared once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One US strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing four people and wounding dozens, local officials said. 

Iran targets American bases after U.S. strikes sites near Strait of Hormuz

The strikes were in “retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines” in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said on Truth Social.

Tehran targets U.S. allies in Gulf after U.S. launched ‘large and powerful’ strikes on Iran

The strikes were in “retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines” in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said on Truth Social.

U.S. has launched ‘large and powerful’ strikes on Iran, Trump says

The U.S. has launched “large and powerful” strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said Tuesday in a post on Truth Social.

Trump says new U.S. strikes on Iran in retaliation for sea mines, targeting base

Two oil tankers were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. and Iran returned to hostilities in a six-month war that appears to be locked in a stalemate.

As Michigan Senate race heats up, Vance calls El-Sayed 'evil'

El-Sayed faces Trump ally Mike Rogers in what has quickly become a senate race characterised by personal attacks and insults between the two.

Germany blames Russia for drone attack at Leipzig airport

Government says ‘dangerous behaviour’ is part of effort by Moscow to cause damage with hybrid attacksThe German government has blamed Russia for the drone attack on Leipzig airport last month, calling it “dangerous behaviour” and part of a systematic and concerted effort by Moscow to “cause great damage” through a large number of hybrid attacks.The interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, and the fo...

Carney fires back at Trump as US-Canada trade fight escalates: ‘stop trying to be tough’

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told the Trump administration on Tuesday to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough”, as he pushed back against a fresh wave of attacks from Washington. Carney said US-Canada trade talks could resume if Washington became serious about negotiations, but he also accused the US of pursuing terms that he said could leave Canadian industrie...

Send your questions for Richard Engel on Ukraine and more

Richard Engel is back in Ukraine to report on its intensifying war with Russia, with a strike this weekend on a warehouse west of Kyiv becoming its deadliest attack this year — more than 38 people were killed.

US launches more strikes on Iran as state media reports explosions

US Central Command accused Iran of targeting commercial shipping and American service members deployed in the region.

Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – as it happened

This liveblog is now closed. Read the Guardian’s report of today’s political news hereMy colleague Richard Partington, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as ...

Texas volunteers began a cleanup 40 years ago; now 1.3m plastic bottles are collected

US health authorities dispute Pennsylvania’s measles-related deaths

Clash with Pennsylvania comes as US records highest number of measles cases in decades.

US health authorities contradict state officials on measles-related deaths

Clash with Pennsylvania comes as US records highest number of measles cases in decades.

Five held by police after newborn baby dies from stab wounds in Sheffield

Officers responded to reports concerning safety of baby girl at property in Wincobank area of the cityFive people are being held on suspicion of murder after a newborn baby died from stab wounds in Sheffield on Sunday.Police officers found the girl at a property in Holywell Heights, in the Wincobank area of Sheffield, while responding to reports concerning her safety just before 6am on Sunday. She...

Five held by police after newborn baby dies from stab wounds in South Yorkshire

Officers responded to reports concerning safety of baby girl at property in Wincobank area of SheffieldFive people are being held on suspicion of murder after a newborn baby died from stab wounds in South Yorkshire on Sunday.Police officers found the girl at a property in Holywell Heights, in the Wincobank area of Sheffield, while responding to reports concerning her safety just before 6am on Sund...

US launches new airstrikes on Iranian targets as hostilities flare

Move from Washington quashes hopes that exchange of fire last weekend might not presage ⁠wider renewal of hostilitiesMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last ⁠weekend might not presage a ⁠wider renewal of hostilities.Oil prices had ​already risen after that first exchange of direct attacks si...

One last Starmer U-turn and it’s over to Andy ‘less policy, more vibes’ Burnham | John Crace

What former PM could resist upstaging the new one hours before his first dispatch box appearance in 16 years?UK politics live – latest updatesNo good deed goes unpunished. Or any deed for that matter. It was only a few weeks ago that Keir Starmer was insisting he would remain an MP until the next general election. So we should all probably have guessed that he would be off at the earliest opportun...

UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under former President Assad

Inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August

Guinea-Bissau voters back a sweeping power shift, boosting the president and shrinking parliament

Guinea-Bissau has voted to expand presidential powers and reduce the legislature

US launches new strikes in southern Iran, Tehran responds with attacks across region

The US military launched new waves of strikes on military installations along Iran's southern coast. Tehran responded immediately with missile and drone attacks in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, sparking a new flare-up of hostilities and threats from both sides.

US launches new strikes in southern Iran, Tehran responds with attacks on Jordan and Bahrain

The US military launched new waves of strikes on military installations along Iran's southern coast. Tehran responded immediately with missile and drone attacks in Jordan and Bahrain, sparking a new flare-up of hostilities and threats from both sides.

US launches new strikes in southern Iran, Tehran responds with attacks in Jordan and Bahrain

The US military launched new waves of strikes on military installations along Iran's southern coast. Tehran responded immediately with missile and drone attacks in Jordan and Bahrain, sparking a new flare-up of hostilities and threats from both sides.