US Senate rejects bid to rein in Trump’s authority over Iran war
Measure fails 49-50 as US launches new retaliatory attacks in Iran and lawmakers question the prolonged conflictUS politics live – latest updatesThe U...
Ex-White House counsel says Epstein accuser’s testimony ‘lacked inherent credibility’
Kathryn Ruemmler was blasted by family of late Virginia Giuffre after House committee transcripts were releasedSign up for the Breaking News US newsle...
Saudi forces planning ‘major offensive against Houthis in central Yemen’
Yemeni sources say Saudi Arabia is preparing sea and possible land attack to break chokehold on oil exports through Red SeaSaudi Arabia is preparing f...
Republican congressman Max Miller faces backlash over domestic abuse allegations
Ohio representative is accused by his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend of abuse as he campaigns for re-electionOhio representative Max Miller is facing growi...
Russian missile destroys US firm’s Kyiv drone factory
Strike on Terminal Autonomy plant appears to be first time in the war that Moscow has targeted a US companyA drone factory in Kyiv destroyed by a Russ...
Fifa could draw US Congress inquiry over ‘smash-and-grab scam’, top Democrat warns
Jamie Raskin targets football body’s proposed commercial sell-off and links to Trump administrationUS politics live – latest updatesFifa could face a ...
American Red Cross declares second-ever national blood supply crisis
Donations to top US provider have dropped to four-year summer low with less than a day’s supply of type O positiveThe American Red Cross has declared ...
More prisoners in England and Wales are recalled than released for first time
In first quarter of 2026 returns for breaches of licence conditions rose 31% creating new pressure on prison placesMore people were recalled to prison...
Trump says he may ‘temporarily’ drop bid to make Blanche attorney general
US president’s former lawyer has been struggling to persuade some Republican senators to back his nominationDonald Trump has threatened to “temporaril...
Iran’s war with the US is not its only conflict as internal crises mount
Government fears social discontent on ‘most important battlefield’ of economy and livelihoods as war takes its toll amid anti-state dissentIran, in th...
Labour asks Electoral Commission to investigate Reform UK over donations
Exclusive: Reform’s Robert Jenrick says party confident it followed all rules at the time, after latest Guardian revelationsThe Electoral Commission h...
Supreme court says Palestine Action co-founder can challenge ban on group
UK’s highest court gives permission for Huda Ammori to challenge court of appeal rulingThe co-founder of Palestine Action has won permission to challe...
Child pedestrian deaths are almost five times higher in England’s worst-off areas
Official figures expose widening gap in road casualty rates between poor and wealthy postcodesThe number of children killed or seriously injured cross...
Governor general warns of ‘growing catastrophe’ that threatens to undermine democracy in Australia
Sam Mostyn says there is a widespread ‘failure to understand and engage with and feel proud of the very civic underpinnings of our democracy’Get our b...
Icac revelations have left Angus Taylor’s colleagues anxious – and his factional enemies angry
The opposition leader is the highest-profile person mentioned so far at the NSW anti-corruption commission – and the political figure with the most to...
Democrats demand answers over treatment of wounded US troops after Iran strike
Lawmakers question delays in medical care, casualty figures and Pentagon’s handling of drone attack in KuwaitUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trum...
Pope Leo invokes immigrant and enslaved roots in call for US to honour founding ideals
First US pope praises principles of freedom and opportunity in implicit critique of Donald Trump’s policiesPope Leo, the first US pontiff, has express...
Three-quarters of Americans think Trump isn’t focusing on top US issues – poll
Trump’s overall approval rating slumps to 34%, according to new CNN poll, as midterms testing Republican power loomThree-quarters of Americans believe...
Father of boy rescued from California surf ‘forever grateful’ to teen lifeguard
Father of 10-year-old rescued in a dramatic scene captured on video says lifeguard saved his son‘Super proud’: father of teen lifeguard recounts drama...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in BrazilA US government map of Africa mi...
New Jersey man who rammed car into Brooklyn synagogue sentenced to time served and a week
US judge says case involved a property crime, not a hate crime, and orders mental health treatmentSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA N...
Crackdown on claims companies sending spam car finance texts
Officials raided homes and businesses and seized laptops, phones and paperwork in clampdown on nuisance firmsLaptops, mobile phones and documents have...
Mayor of St Paul reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment
Democrat Kaohly Her, Minnesota’s city’s first female mayor, allegedly sent inappropriate messages to employeesThe first female mayor of St Paul, Kaohl...
US economy grows sluggish 1.5% in second quarter as inflation tops Fed target
Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on holdThe US economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April throug...
‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow
Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived in 1947 and 1948 as dependents of displaced Polish service members, were told they did not have post-Brexit right...
Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and picturesThe hellish ...
‘Slap in the face’: LA mayor decries bid to rebuild burnt-out warehouse before cleanup is done
Spoilt food smelling like ‘dead body’ plagues residents after weeklong fire, yet company asks permission to rebuildOne month after a huge fire ravaged...
Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning
Analysis of samples collected from carcasses found traces of toxic chemical compound, says Kenya Wildlife ServiceThe recent deaths of 15 elephants nea...
Only the Middle East crisis is preventing a drop in UK interest rates
Bank’s wariness about inflationary pressures from the conflict lie behind decision to hold steady at 3.75%Business live – latest updatesThere is a thr...
Airbus fined £6.4m for breaching rules on export of sensitive technology
Manufacturer self-reported the offences to HMRC in the tax authority’s largest out-of-court settlementAirbus has been fined £6.4m in the UK after the ...
