Five arrested after police investigate alleged electoral fraud in Tameside
Greater Manchester police made the arrests after concerns over several independent candidates in May’s local electionFive people have been arrested as...
Nervy time for Havana neighbours of top officials as fears of US attack grow
Cubans express outrage at US charges against Raúl Castro but view military strikes as serious possibilityA new question in being asked in Havana as pe...
US will see below-average 2026 hurricane season with up to 14 named storms, Noaa predicts
Forecast came amid warning that US was unprepared for storms with staffing cuts under Trump administrationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter ...
Oil markets nearing ‘red zone’ as holiday season nears, warns IEA chief
Surging demand, low reserves and reduced Middle East exports predicted to cause global crunch by AugustOil markets will enter “red zone” by July and A...
Music industry risks excluding working-class talent, says Tinie Tempah
Singer Skye Newman also highlights how becoming a performer is becoming inaccessible to those without moneyThe music industry risks becoming a more ho...
Former boss of collapsed investment firm jailed for illegally selling hot tub
Michael Thomson admitted to breaching a restraining order by selling a range of luxury itemsThe former boss of collapsed investment firm London Capita...
DNC chair Ken Martin apologizes for initial bid to block release of report on the party’s disastrous election defeatThe Democrats have belatedly publi...
The far-right Israeli minister taunting detained Gaza activists – The Latest
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has triggered global outrage after sharing footage of himself taunting bound activists...
Senate Republicans expected to ditch $1bn funding plan for Trump’s ballroom
Top Republicans fear diverting taxpayer dollars toward the White House ballroom will alienate voters before midtermsSenate Republican leaders are expe...
Tennessee set to execute first person forced to represent himself at trial in more than a century
Tony Carruthers’s lawyers say no evidence tied him to 1994 crimes he was convicted of and is mentally incompetentSign up for the Breaking News US news...
Macron under pressure over reparatory justice for France’s role in slave trade
Demands grow for launch of formal discussion process on how country should address legacies of enslavementEmmanuel Macron is under pressure to open di...
New Orleans prosecutors file formal battery charges against Shia LaBeouf
Prosecutors opt not to pursue hate-crime charges over February incident despite anti-gay slurs captured on videoNew Orleans state prosecutors on Thurs...
WiseTech begins redundancies – but omits ‘AI’ from emails to Chinese employees, workers say
ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countriesGet our breaking news email, fre...
One Nation’s rapid national expansion in disarray as ‘significant risks’ force dissolution of new branches
Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia also show new branches and members will be subject to strict gag ordersGet our breaking news email, fr...
MPs urged to ignore fearmongering and pass Labor’s ‘long overdue’ negative gearing and CGT changes
Exclusive: Any attempt to use the budget measures as an excuse to raise rent is opportunistic profiteering, housing advocates sayGet our breaking news...
Hungary to limit prime ministers to maximum eight-year terms
Péter Magyar’s draft amendment would prevent Viktor Orbán from returning to the roleEurope live – latest updatesHungary’s new government, led by Péter...
Trump’s EPA to roll back refrigerant rule for grocery stores in push it claims will lower prices
EPA is loosening Biden-era rule that requires US businesses to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipmentThe Trump administration is set to loo...
Queen’s ‘keenness’ for Andrew to be trade envoy was a grave mistake
The monarch may have thought the role would keep her ‘favourite’ second son out of trouble. How wrong she wasThat Queen Elizabeth II was “very keen” f...
Parody Cockroach Janta political party’s rise reflects youth anger in India
Satirical project is viral sensation and outlet for protest on social media as it taps into young people’s frustrationIt began as a satirical online p...
‘It’s put the joy levels up’: the flood-prone London school with a climate-adapted playground
When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside spaceThe p...
San Diego shooting shows disturbing trend of shooters copying acts of violence
Experts say hate-motivated extremists being radicalized online and adopting ideologies of shooters before themThe killing of three men at a San Diego ...
Trump health officials issue advisory on children and teens’ excessive screen time
HHS advisory says high screen time among youths can be linked to poor sleep and weakened in-person relationshipsHealth officials in the Trump administ...
Passenger from Congo boards flight ‘in error’, prompting diversion to Canada amid Ebola outbreak
Air France flight en route to Detroit, Michigan, landed in Montreal after virus-related travel restrictionsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter...
US curbs on travelers exposed to deadly viruses may infringe rights and deter volunteers
Strict restrictions on Americans with exposure to Ebola and hantavirus highlight officials’ previous rhetoric on public health measuresThe US is impos...
More than 100 young care leavers in England died in past year, data shows
Labour has launched an urgent review into the figures as an expert called for a statutory review of every deathMore than 100 young people have died af...
First Thing: US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime
Charges filed against Raúl Castro for allegedly shooting down planes in 1996. Plus, US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unionsGo...
Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash
Verdict is latest legal milestone over France’s worst ever air disasterA Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate mansl...
‘It’s broken English’: MP’s attempt to speak Jamaican in parliament sparks language row
Parliamentary rule that only English is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy and postcolonial identityWhen the Jamaican MP Nekeisha...
Blind UK pop producer to take legal action over alleged lack of support at work after surgery
Disability rights campaigner Robin Millar reveals he is taking owners of music business he founded to a tribunalThe head of one of the UK’s biggest di...
UK summons Israel’s chargé d’affaires after video of Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting activists causes outcry
Israel widely criticised after security minister’s video shows humiliating treatment of people on flotilla headed for Gaza The UK has summoned Israel’...
