Mother and six children killed in explosion and fire at Pennsylvania home
Firefighters confirmed that seven people were trapped, but they could not search the building engulfed in flamesSign up for the Breaking News US email...
RFK Jr’s podcast has glimmers of his old show – will he address health issues differently?
Secretary Kennedy Podcast so far seems designed to promote Trump administration talking points over any specific public health messageRobert F Kennedy...
Louisiana authorities identify eight children killed in ‘domestic incident’
Gunman, identified as Shamar Elkins, fatally shot the children – including seven of his own – at two separate housesMass shooting rampage in Louisiana...
Democrats urged to link clean energy to affordability as Iran war hikes up prices
Climate leaders say Democrats need to extol clean energy as a way to cut costs for Americans as war roils oil marketsDemocrats should get louder in ch...
Pakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peace
Islamabad has seized chance to act as mediator in Iran war and hopes to reap diplomatic and economic benefitsMiddle East crisis – live updatesAs Pakis...
Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims
Housing secretary also targets Reform as May elections loom, saying Farage more interested in Trump than own constituencyThe Greens have welcomed acti...
Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez blocked from entering UK for far-right rally
Exclusive: Home secretary understood to have withdrawn authorisation for speaker at Unite the Kingdom rally in MayA US-based anti-Islam influencer who...
Carney says Canada’s strong economic ties to US are ‘weakness’ to be corrected
Prime minister details efforts to attract investment and sign trade deals with other countries in 10-minute video addressCanada’s strong economic ties...
Starmer to admit he inadvertently gave MPs misleading information on Mandelson
PM to tell Commons he was himself misled and would ‘never knowingly mislead parliament or the public’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer is ...
US and Mexican officials assigned to cartel case killed in car accident
Director of state investigation agency among those killed in Chihuahua in operation to destroy clandestine drug labsTwo United States officials and an...
Charlize Theron joins chorus of disapproval over Timothée Chalamet’s ballet comments
The former ballet dancer said Chalamet’s comments were ‘reckless’ in an interview with the New York Times in which she also discussed her violent chil...
Trump tariff refund system set to launch in first step towards paying back $166bn in extra levies – US politics live
Trump administration to launch online portal on Monday after supreme court struck down tariff policy earlier this yearDonald Trump said US negotiators...
First Thing: US military seizes Iran-flagged ship trying to pass strait of Hormuz blockade
Iran decried the seizure as an act of piracy, saying it has no plans to participate in talks with the US. Plus, how Maui residents are rebuilding Laha...
Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson
Documents also show PM’s choice for US ambassador was offered ‘higher tiers’ briefing before vetting was finalisedUK politics live – latest updatesThe...
Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch loses high court battle against her friends
Judge throws out claim by the singer’s father over the sale of items she once ownedAmy Winehouse’s father has lost a high court claim against two of h...
Electric car sales soar 51% in mainland Europe as Iran war drives up fuel prices
Norway leads the way in terms of switching as data shows 224,000 new EVs were registered in MarchBusiness live – latest updatesSales of electric cars ...
Quarter of a million people could lose job by middle of 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’, analysis says
Twin reports from top accounting firms underline scale of economic threat as Iran war shatters business confidenceA quarter of a million people could ...
US urges contractor to evacuate workers from Kuwait and Iraq over worries of Iran-backed attacks
After Guardian reports about danger to V2X employees, sources say state department raised concerns with defense contractorSign up for the Breaking New...
Trump DoJ’s mixed messages bode ill for Epstein victims, experts fear
Non-appearance of Pam Bondi and remarks from Todd Blanche suggest full accounting may never be revealedIn the days since Pam Bondi’s exit from Donald ...
Home Office could face hundreds of claims over asylum families in single rooms
Judge in case of two families housed for years in single hotel rooms says they should have been moved within three monthsThe Home Office could face le...
Daughter calls for investigation into death of man after police contact at Bristol protest
Exclusive: Retired NHS worker Nicholas Stone, 65, died after becoming unwell at protest against far-right group Bristol PatriotsThe daughter of a reti...
Former footballer Barry Cable cleared of historic child sex abuse charges
The 82-year-old was accused of abusing girls in the 1960s but was acquitted in Perth despite judge finding the alleged victim was telling the truthGet...
Weather tracker: temperatures in Spain and Brazil well above late April norm
Seville could see 34C this week and parts of Brazil could hit high 30s, while storms forecast in southern AfricaOver the course of this week, temperat...
‘We wasted a lot of lives’: CIA spymaster’s caution over past Iran intervention resurfaces from beyond the grave
A documentary about Peter Sichel – the ‘Jewish James Bond’ who died in 2025 – includes striking mea culpas about the cost and efficacy of US involveme...
Minns doubles down on ‘rational’ anti-protest law despite NSW’s highest court ruling it unconstitutional
Greens criticise premier’s ‘extraordinary attack’ on judiciary and urge him to accept he ‘got it wrong’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily ...
Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid
Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rightsMyanmar’s military regime is expanding it...
French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over alleged child abuse images on X
Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unitBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest upda...
Japan tsunami alert issued following powerful earthquake off northern coast – follow latest
People in affected areas urged to evacuate as quake registering 7.5 magniture occurred off the coast of SanrikuThe strength of the earthquake has been...
Israeli army investigates soldier seen striking Jesus statue in Lebanon
IDF says sledgehammer photo circulating online is authentic and is being viewed with ‘great severity’The Israeli army has said it is investigating a s...
Oil prices rise and markets fall after US ship seizure hits Iran peace deal hopes
FTSE 100 slides and UK gas prices up amid fears strait of Hormuz will be closed for extended periodBusiness live – latest updatesOil prices rose sharp...
