Vine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey backs launch of Vine reboot, Divine, where content must be made by a humanAs a pioneer of the short-form video format, ...
Driver injured after truck was struck by United plane landing at Newark airport
Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on SundayThe driver of a delivery truck em...
Kirsty, 11, seeks more Kirstys to help raise money for brain tumour research
Kent schoolgirl tracks down 10,000 namesakes as part of campaign – but non-Kirstys are welcome to donate tooCalling all Kirstys! A schoolgirl from Tun...
Reform government could cause Truss-style chaos, says renewables industry
Lobbyist Tara Singh says stripping projects of subsidy contracts would undermine investor confidence in UKBritain could be beset by levels of economic...
First Thing: Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ trapped ships through strait of Hormuz
US president’s post follows flurry of mixed signals including concern Tehran had not ‘paid big enough price’. Plus, could Santa Marta climate talks ma...
Europe must face up to ‘tensions’ with Trump, Keir Starmer says
Comments at European Political Community summit come as Britain seeks to join EU’s loan scheme for UkraineUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starme...
At least 13 hurt in shooting at Oklahoma campground party
No arrests made, police say, and site of shooting – a heavily wooded area – is slowing search for evidence and suspectAt least 13 people were hurt in ...
Iran executes three men in relation to January anti-regime protests
Hangings are latest wave of near-daily killings as authorities seek to instil fear in Iranian societyMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran has execute...
Jeremy Bamber banned from communicating with media from prison
Bamber, 65, has long used press interviews to campaign against convictions for murder of five family membersJeremy Bamber, who has served more than 40...
Labor extends EV tax break to encourage cheaper vehicles amid soaring fuel prices
As the cost of the scheme blows out, the government has announced the full discount will be retained for another year, after which it will only apply ...
The radical left leader will seek presidency for the fourth time – despite previously vowing to stand aside Jean-Luc Mélenchon, France’s radical left ...
Shropshire council staff met with rising ‘abuse and intimidation’ over removal of flags
Authority says workers and councillors ‘threatened for explaining the council’s position’ as union jack and St George’s flags taken downResidents, cou...
Golders Green MP decries ‘lack of vocal solidarity’ from liberal left for Jewish community
Sarah Sackman says response to rising antisemitic violence in UK has been ‘muted’ after stabbings in her constituencyThere has been a “lack of vocal s...
Cruise ship at centre of suspected hantavirus outbreak blocked from docking in Cape Verde
Officials say they will not authorise docking ‘to protect public health’ after deaths of three passengers on vesselWhat is hantavirus, the infection t...
Republicans split with Trump and back Haitians – to save their seats
In Ohio, where Haitians have helped revive the economy, vulnerable Republicans are reluctant to toe the Trump lineFor months Carl Ruby, a pastor at a ...
Europe can rebuild rules-based international order, says Mark Carney
Canadian PM says Europe is not destined to submit to a more ‘transactional, insular and brutal world’Europe will not submit to a more “brutal world”, ...
Video game retailer’s CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale site’s board US video games retailer GameStop has ...
Saplings in prisons and bogs on military ranges: Labour’s plans for nature-friendly state land
Exclusive: Minister says proposals show government’s ambition, as it faces unprecedented pressure from GreensTree nurseries could be built at prisons ...
Shipping bosses nervous over Trump plan to guide vessels from strait of Hormuz
US president gave no details on how operation would work as Iran says it will attack any armed force entering waterwayMiddle East crisis – live update...
Hearing for suspect in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting scheduled for today – US politics live
Cole Allen remains in custody after being charged with attempting to assassinate Donald TrumpHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The suspec...
Trump administration claims food aid fraud but critics say ‘there’s no evidence’
Agriculture secretary claims without evidence Snap recipients included owners of luxury cars The Trump administration’s attack on the 87-year-old food...
UK food prices on track to rise by 50% since start of cost of living crisis
Beef and olive oil costs increase the most as climate and energy shocks drive inflation, research suggestsFood prices are on track to be 50% higher in...
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors sayThe process of relocating people from New Or...
Coalition accused of secretly giving big tobacco lobbyists private platform in parliament
Exclusive: A Senate committee considering the illegal tobacco trade in Australia hears closed-session evidence from cigarette manufacturersGet our bre...
London schools trialling VR to relieve pupils’ stress
Phase Space pilot programme with NHS mental health trust used to calm anxiety around exams, ADHD and home troublesSchools have begun deploying virtual...
Queensland government in ‘integrity crisis’ over alleged undisclosed affair between two ministers, opposition says
The Olympic Games minister, Tim Mander, and the child safety minister, Amanda Camm say they were not in a relationship when they were sworn inFollow o...
Starmer says UK opening talks with EU on joining €90bn loan scheme for Ukraine – UK politics live
The prime minister is backing the deal as it would allow British firms to access the contracts funded by the loanGood morning. In the UK many MPs will...
Wikipedia founder brands Australia’s social media ban an ‘unmitigated disaster’ and an ‘embarrassment’
Jimmy Wales remembers a toxic internet even before social media and says AI is ‘not a disaster’ for the free – and freely edited - online encyclopaedi...
Flaws in Kenya’s AI-driven health reforms driving up costs for the poorest
Exclusive: amid unrest, President William Ruto promised to give all Kenyans access to healthcare. But the algorithm favours the rich, an investigation...
Middle East crisis live: tanker hit by ‘projectiles’ in strait of Hormuz after Trump says US will help ‘guide’ stranded ships
Trump warns any interference with US operation in Hormuz will ‘have to be dealt with forcefully’ while providing few details about how the plan will w...
