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PM congratulates Davy Russell but Reform also performed strongly, gaining third place with 26% of the voteScottish Labour win pivotal Holyrood byelectionHere is an analysis of the significance of the Hamilton byelection result from Severin Carrell, the Guardian’s Scotland editor.And here is an extract.Some voters have been visited four times by Labour canvassers and politicians: Labour MPs and MSPs flooded the constituency – in part because the UK party, from Keir Starmer downwards, knew they could not afford further humiliation at the hands of Reform.It seemed in the final days of the campaign that Reform’s “air war” was seriously wounding

Incident happened as one of the Royal Australian Navy’s largest ships was on its way to Wellington this weekAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian defence force (ADF) has conceded that one of its ships inadvertently blocked wireless internet and radio services across swathes of New Zealand’s North and South islands this week.The incident occurred on Wednesday morning as HMAS Canberra, one of the largest ships in the Royal Australian Navy, was on its way to Wellington, where it ultimately arrived on Thursday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email

The ex-teacher was convicted in 2023 of one count of a historical charge of carnal knowledge as a teacher of a girl over 10 and under 17. Follow today’s news liveHealth minister confirms government reviewing ban on US beef importsThe health minister, Mark Butler, has confirmed the Albanese government is reviewing a ban on imports of American beef into Australia.This is US beef that’s raised in Canada or Mexico, not cattle that are raised in the US itself, but then brought into America, slaughtered there and then proposed for exports.But this will be a decision taken on its merits, not

Queensland police arrested a 34-year-old man and 33-year-old woman in Bundaberg area and charged them with murderAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice allege Pheobe Bishop’s housemates moved her body twice after murdering her, with investigations indicating the missing 17-year-old is in a national park.The housemates allegedly murdered the missing teen before moving her body from a national park, police say.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/05/pheobe-bishop-man-woman-charged-murder-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-06-06 00:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Music mogul warned to desist from looking and nodding at jury during sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trialThe judge in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs threatened to remove the music mogul from court for looking and nodding at the jury during testimony on Thursday.The court also heard from a woman, under the pseudonym “Jane” and who previously dated Combs, as she began testifying about their relationship and the drug-fueled sexual marathons that she said Combs orchestrated. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/05/diddy-trial-jury Author : Anna Betts and agency Publish date : 2025-06-05 22:06:00 Copyright for

Gang reportedly consists of about 100 armed men who operate in eastern Rafah with tacit approval of IDFIsrael’s government has been accused of arming a Palestinian criminal gang whose members have allegedly looted humanitarian aid, in an apparent attempt to counter Hamas in Gaza.Satellite images and videos verified by the Israeli national newspaper Haaretz showed on Thursday that a new Palestinian militia has expanded its presence in southern Gaza, and is operating inside an area under the direct control of the Israel Defense Forces. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/israel-accused-of-arming-palestinian-gang-who-allegedly-looted-aid-in-gaza Author : Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem Publish date : 2025-06-05

Former adviser accuses Trump of being ungrateful in tweet after US president said he was ‘very disappointed’ in Tesla CEOTrump says he is ‘very disappointed’ in Elon Musk after attacks on tax billPresident Vladimir Putin told US president Donald Trump that he was ready to use Russia’s close partnership with Iran to help with negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday.Trump said after a phone call with Putin on Wednesday that time was running out for Iran to make a decision on its nuclear programme and that he believed Putin agreed that the Islamic Republic should not

Catholic Charities had argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxesThe US supreme court has sided with a Catholic charity group in a case that tested whether the charity and other religious groups should be exempt from unemployment taxes.In Catholic Charities Bureau Inc v Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, Catholic Charities argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxes because it is a religious organization. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/supreme-court-decision-ruling-catholic-charity Author : Rachel Leingang Publish date : 2025-06-05 14:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US-backed Israeli logistics group to reopen facilities today after closures following IDF warningsRussian president Vladimir Putin is ready to “help resolve” the standoff between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday.“We have a close partnership with Tehran. And President Putin said that he was ready to use this partnership to help resolve the Iranian nuclear issue,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/05/gaza-israel-war-hostages-hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-aid-latest-live-news Author : Amy Sedghi (now) and Tom Bryant (earlier) Publish date : 2025-06-05 12:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Shortlived PM who has become more extreme since being voted out of parliament accuses Tory shadow cabinet of being ‘creatures of the system’Faro airport in Portugal will start the rollout of e-gate access to UK arrivals this week, MPs were told this morning.Speaking during Cabinet Office questions in the Commons, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister responsible for post-Brexit relations with the EU, said:The historic deal that we signed with the EU on May 19 is in our national interests – good for bills, borders and jobs. It slashes red tape and bureaucracy, boosts British exporters and makes life easier for holidaymakers.Indeed,

US defence secretary says alliance must be combat-ready amid pressure from Trump for other members to increase fundingBoth Sweden and Latvia back raising defence spending to 5% of GDP among the nations in the Nato alliance.Swedish defence minister Pål Jonson said his country, which joined the alliance in 2024 after a nearly two-year wait due to objections from Turkey and Hungary, would like to see Nato budgets at 5% of GDP by 2030. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/05/europe-nato-security-spending-eu-friedrich-merz-donald-trump-live-news-updates Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2025-06-05 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Triple murder accused also tells court she had a ‘stupid kneejerk reaction to just dig deeper, and keep lying’ to police after lunch guests diedErin Patterson trial LIVEWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has denied deliberately foraging death cap mushrooms and weighing them to calculate the fatal dose for a person, but admitted a series of lies to police as homicide detectives investigated the fatal lunch.On her fourth day in the witness box, Patterson’s cross examination started, and the jury was told the estimate for the trial had blown out by at

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch. Follow live updatesPatterson is shown a photo of the dehydrator at the tip and asked if this is the one she owned.“I presume so,” Patterson says. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/05/erin-patterson-trial-live-updates-australia-mushroom-case-day-27-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-06-05 02:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Climate Change Authority chair aims jibe at MPs ‘still providing a cover for vested interests’. Follow today’s news liveMore from Climate Change Authority chief Matt Kean yesterdayIn his speech at the Australian Museum, Matt Kean also briefly referred to the Climate Change Authority’s work advising the Albanese government on a 2035 emissions reduction target.Some political or business leaders have suggested if a target appears beyond reach, we should throw in the towel.In fact, there are many ways we can do more, mostly by going with the electron flow. The pace of electrification will determine whether we succeed. Continue reading... Source

Trump administration says project – originally from San Francisco to LA – has no ‘viable path’ to move aheadCalifornia’s years-long effort to construct a high-speed rail faces yet another hurdle as the Trump administration said the project has no “viable path” to move ahead and threatened to pull billions of dollars in federal funding.Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, released a compliance review report that said the project is in default of the terms of its federal grant awards, and said it has been beset by mismanagement, waste and ever-growing costs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/trump-administration-california-high-speed-train Author : Dani

Björn Ulvaeus tells audience at SXSW London the technology is ‘very bad at lyrics’ but has helped him break through creative impassesAfter bringing a blockbuster hologram version of Abba to a purpose-built venue in east London, Björn Ulvaeus’s next technological exploration is a musical that he’s written with the help of artificial intelligence.Ulvaeus, 80, told an audience at SXSW London that he was “three-quarters” of the way through writing a new musical which he has created with assistance from AI songwriting tools. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/04/abba-bjorn-ulvaeus-ai-musical-london Author : Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent Publish date : 2025-06-04

Congressional Budget Office assessment comes as Musk is among prominent critics of the bill; Mexico says it will act over tariffs if no trade deal agreedThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended

Media corporations call for opt-in rule and say companies must set up licensing deals before accessing creative worksThe BBC director general and the boss of Sky have criticised proposals to let tech firms use copyright-protected work without permission, as the government promised that artificial intelligence legislation will not destroy the £125bn creative sector.The creative industry has said that original proposals published in a consultation in February to give AI companies access to creative works unless the copyright holder opts out would “scrape the value” out of the sector. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/04/bbc-sky-government-uk-ai-technology-copyright Author : Mark Sweney Publish date

Chancellor says details of winter fuel payments policy will be announced soon, amid questions over police funding in spending reviewReeves says her changes to the fiscal rules last year will make more investment possible.The decisions that we made in October mean that, for the first time, the Treasury actually takes account of the benefits and not just the costs of investment, and together, the fiscal rules mean that, unlike our predecessors, we will not be balancing the books by cutting investment.And that is why we can increase investment by over £113bn more than the last government plans, meaning public investment

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation halts limited supply of food distribution after at least 27 killed by Israeli fire as they waited for food The civil defence agency in Gaza said an Israeli strike on a tent housing displaced Palestinians near the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday killed at least 12 people. Earlier reports had put the death toll at 10 (see 7.47am BST).“At least 12 people were killed, including several children and women, in a strike by an Israeli drone this morning on a tent for displaced persons” near Khan Younis, the agency’s spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told Agence France-Presse

Exclusive: Government-ordered review concludes term in NHS should be changed because of risks to patients’ safetyPhysician associates in the NHS will be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors after a review found that their title caused widespread confusion.Thousands of physician associates who work in hospitals and GP surgeries across the UK take medical histories, examine patients and diagnose illnesses but are not doctors. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/04/physician-associates-to-be-renamed-to-stop-them-being-mistaken-for-doctors Author : Denis Campbell Health policy editor Publish date : 2025-06-04 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Triple murder accused also tells court she may have unintentionally added foraged mushrooms to beef wellington dishWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court she believes she unintentionally added foraged mushrooms to her beef wellington mix while trying to improve its “bland” flavour, and lied to her lunch guests about having cancer because she was embarrassed about upcoming weight loss surgery.In her third day in the witness box, Patterson also admitted lying on multiple occasions to her mother-in-law about medical appointments, in part because she wanted her to keep showing

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch. Follow liveWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Patterson has placed her glasses on as she looks at the photos on the screen in front of her in the witness box.Mandy asks his client about the photo showing mushrooms on pages of newspapers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/04/erin-patterson-trial-live-updates-australia-mushroom-case-day-26-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-06-04 00:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Nationals senator says there’s ‘no way in hell’ Nationals will support super tax changes. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanavan adds the Nationals will fight the super tax changes “to the death”.Labor has suggested the party could shun the Greens and work with the Coalition to increase those taxes. The plan would double the earnings tax on superannuation balances above $3m from 15% to 30%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/04/australia-news-live-union-chief-minimum-victorian-police-dancing-burglar-dorinda-cox-anthony-albanese-sally-mcmanus-cost-of-living Author : Nick Visser Publish date : 2025-06-03 22:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The former head of Doge said the ‘outrageous’ tax bill will cause the deficit to grow to $2.5tnUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”.Musk’s online outburst could embolden fiscally conservative Republican senators – some of whom have already spoken out – to defy Trump as they continue crucial negotiations on Capitol Hill over the so-called “one big, beautiful bill”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/elon-musk-trump-tax-bill-disgusting-abomination Author : David Smith in Washington Publish date : 2025-06-03