‘The rug pulled out from everyone’: the chaos of Trump’s new green card rules
The policy memo issued last week requires many foreigners to obtain green cards through their home countriesA new policy memo issued last week by US C...
Texas jury deliberates fate of Catholic priest charged with sexual assault after Guardian reporting
Anthony Odiong is charged with exploiting his status as clergyman to pursue sex with female parishioners to whom he was providing spiritual directionA...
Trump administration extends deportation protections for Lebanese people
Rare reprieve for people protected by temporary protected status granted after administration misses deadlineThe Trump administration has extended pro...
‘Thanked him for his courage’: Chicago mayor hails Pope Leo as powerful ally
Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, applauded the pope for pushing back against Trump’s policies in meetingBrandon Johnson, the Chicago mayor, ca...
Louisiana Republicans pass new electoral map that guts majority-Black district
The GOP-friendly map approved by state lawmakers now goes to Republican governor who is expected to sign itSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter...
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I should not be held responsible for the wrongdoing of men’
Ex-SNP leader says she appeared on more front pages than her husband this week, adding: ‘I don’t think that’s right’Nicola Sturgeon said she “should n...
UK government divided over minimum wage increase in face of youth jobs crisis
Exclusive: Some fear raising rate for people aged 18-20 will exacerbate unemployment while others point to lack of evidenceRising rates of youth unemp...
ICE agent arrested over shooting of Venezuelan man in Minnesota
Christian Castro was charged with assault and falsely reporting a crime after video emerged of nonfatal shooting in JanuarySign up for the Breaking Ne...
Utah releases state voter roll audit amid Trump administration lawsuit
Audit finds 99.7% of those registered to vote are US citizens as DoJ presses for access to information citing low removalsUtah released the results of...
UN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for sexual violence in conflict
Organisation cites abuse by security forces, including rape of male detaineesThe UN has added Israel and Russia to a blacklist for sexual violence in ...
Trump claims to be on verge of approving peace deal with major Iranian concessions
Tehran denies deal has been reached that would open strait of Hormuz and eliminate country’s nuclear programme Donald Trump has claimed he could appro...
Dartford warbler stages a comeback 60 years after almost vanishing
Survey shows 44% increase on RSPB reserves of bird that almost became extinct in England in the 60sMore than half a century after the Dartford warbler...
Suspect in killings of three elderly men arrested in cave on Hawaii’s Big Island
Police conducted manhunt for Jacob Daniel Baker after bodies of men were discovered separately earlier this weekSign up for the Breaking News US newsl...
Jeffrey Donaldson’s letter to alleged victim had ‘nothing to do’ with abuse claims, trial hears
Former DUP leader’s barrister said the woman was mistaken in linking the letter to his alleged sex offencesJeffrey Donaldson told a woman who has accu...
Mexico’s senate passes constitutional amendment to safeguard elections. Critics call it ‘alarming’
Opposition says bill to prevent ‘foreign influence’ in elections gives ruling party carte blanche to annul will of votersSign up for the Breaking News...
Caroline Marland, trailblazing Guardian executive, dies aged 80
Fleet Street’s first female advertising director rose to the top of a male-dominated industry and championed other women throughout her careerCaroline...
Brothers accused of assaulting officer at Manchester airport will not face third trial
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad denied assaulting PC Zachary Marsden in 2024 incidentTwo brothers who were accused of assaulting a police offi...
Huge haul of weight-loss drugs seized in Northampton country estate
Two men arrested in raid in which 12,000 doses of unlicensed weight-loss medicines recoveredA country estate near Northampton has become the centre of...
Canadian man admits sending ‘suicide packets’ to hundreds of people around world
Kenneth Law, who sold lethal chemicals online with instructions on how to use them, admits counselling or aiding suicide ‘It was too easy’: families a...
UK influencer met senior officials on state-sponsored tours of Iran, fact-checking body finds
Bushra Shaikh, from Surrey, who appeared in The Apprentice, ‘ highly active’ in spreading regime messageA UK television personality went on two state-...
Royal boost for Derby as king and queen set to revive Epsom tradition
Charles and Camilla to attend the Classic on 6 JuneRace attendance has suffered major recent declineThe king and queen will attend the 247th running o...
Lone children held at UK-run detention centres in France 284 times last year
Refugee charities say the numbers revealed in Freedom of Information data are ‘shocking’Lone children were held at UK-run detention centres in France ...
Senior CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars from agency
David Rush’s trial for allegedly taking 303 gold bars and $2m in foreign currency from agency was pushed to next weekUS politics live – latest updates...
Can the second coming of Tony Abbott resurrect the Liberal party? Or is it another step towards ‘self-destruction’
Angus Taylor believes the former PM is uniquely placed to help the party as its new president, but some fear he will render it even more unelectableGe...
First of trapped men rescued from flooded Laos cave
Man is ‘safe and sound’ after perilous operation, leaving four inside a small chamber and two still to be locatedThe first of seven men who have been ...
Nationwide customer seeking election to board hits out at lender for ‘unfair’ treatment
James Sherwin-Smith says field tilted against him after building society said it would give members ‘quick vote’ against his candidacyBusiness live – ...
Eight students rescued after being stuck at top of rollercoaster for hours in Texas
Group was unharmed after dangling for almost four hours on ride that malfunctioned at Pleasure Pier in GalvestonEight students were rescued unharmed a...
London tube strikes to go ahead on Tuesday and Thursday, RMT says
Two 24-hour stoppages by drivers to take place next week as part of action over proposals for four-day weekStrikes by drivers on London Underground ne...
Conservationists alarmed by drastic cuts to key UK fund for global nature protection
Conservation groups warn slashing Darwin Initiative will put species and habitats in jeopardy, and set back efforts to halt decline in natureOne of th...
Labour seeks inquiry into Farage’s claim of Russia-linked phone hack
Request follows claims actors linked to Moscow accessed Reform UK leader’s data and leaked information over £5m donationUK politics live – latest upda...
