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’...
Reeves cuts VAT on summer days out to 5% as part of cost of living support
Chancellor says she will raise tax on global oil giants to help meet costs of plans and confirms freeze on fuel duty increasesBusiness live – latest u...
Record number of dams dismantled in Europe in effort to help wildlife thrive
Weirs, culverts and sluices among 602 barriers demolished in year in attempt to restore 15,500 miles of rivers by 2030A few miles downstream from a la...
No evidence of formal security vetting when Andrew became UK trade envoy, minister says
Documents released by government also show late queen was ‘very keen’ for her son to have prominent roleUK politics live – latest updatesFormal securi...
UK service sector activity slumps in one of sharpest declines for a decade
Firms hit by ‘perfect storm’ of uncertainty about Labour leadership and impact of Iran warBusiness live – latest updatesCompanies in the UK’s dominant...
Andy Burnham to back electoral reform if he becomes prime minister
Manchester mayor and Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate wants to make politics ‘less point-scoring, more problem-solving’UK politics live – late...
NHS trust sacks staff who illegally accessed records of Nottingham attack victims
Nottingham university hospitals trust says 11 members of staff dismissed and 14 others given written warningsAn NHS trust has sacked 11 staff members ...
