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Legislation will more than double current tax incentives under larger bill slated to be signed by Gavin NewsomHollywood’s home state of California will more than double annual tax incentives for film and television production to $750m under a measure passed by the Democratic-led legislature on Friday.The increase from the current $330m was approved as part of a broader tax bill that is expected to be signed into law by California’s governor, Gavin Newsom. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/california-legislature-hollywood-film-tax-bill Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-06-27 22:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

As the supreme court upends precedent again and again, the liberal justices reveal the divisions within the legal bodyOn Friday the conservative-dominated US supreme court handed down a series of important judgments on issues ranging from the power of the judiciary to religious rights in schools. Media attention generally focused on the wording of the rulings and their impact.But the court’s liberal minority of just three justices penned dissenting opinions that were similarly potent, revealing the sharp divisions on America’s top legal body and also showed their deep concern at the declining health of American civic society and the authoritarian

Justice department had been pressuring James Ryan to step down as part of agreement to settle civil rights inquiryUS politics live – latest updatesThe president of the University of Virginia (UVA) has reportedly informed the board that oversees the college that he will resign his position after coming under pressure from the Trump administration over diversity efforts.James Ryan was facing political pressure from Washington to step aside in order to resolve a justice department investigation into UVA’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing three people briefed on the matter. Continue reading... Source link

Médecins Sans Frontières calls on Israeli authorities to end siege on Gaza as Palestinian authorities says Israeli forces have opened fire on people heading towards foodMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said that “the Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza is slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid” as it called on the Israeli authorities to end its siege on the devastated territory.Palestinian witnesses and health officials say Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on crowds heading toward desperately needed food, killing hundreds of Palestinian people in recent weeks.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians

Environmental groups, immigration advocates and Native Americans decry idea to set up the outdoor detention campEnvironmental groups, immigration rights activists and a Native American tribe have decried the construction of a harsh outdoor migrant detention camp in the Florida Everglades billed by state officials as “Alligator Alcatraz”.Crews began preparing the facility at a remote, largely disused training airfield this week in support of the Trump administration’s aggressive goal of arresting and incarcerating 3,000 undocumented migrants every day. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/florida-alligator-alcatraz-migrant-jail-outrage Author : Richard Luscombe in Miami Publish date : 2025-06-27 13:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Elizabeth MacDonough rejects several major provisions, leaving GOP leaders scrambling to try to save legislation before 4 July deadlineThe United States has postponed sanctions against the Russian-owned Serbian oil company NIS for a fourth time until 29 July, Serbia’s mining and energy minister Dubravka Đedović Handanović said on Friday.NIS has so far secured three reprieves, the last of which was due to expire later on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/27/donald-trump-big-beautiful-bill-reworked-senate-us-politics-latest-updates-news Author : Jane Clinton Publish date : 2025-06-27 10:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Owner Comcast had been trying to offload lossmaking Sky Deutschland for number of yearsSky has sold its German pay-TV business to RTL, the former owner of Channel 5, in a deal that could ultimately value the business at almost £500m.Germany’s biggest broadcaster, which is owned by the media conglomerate Bertelsmann, has agreed to buy Sky Deutschland for €150m (£128m), and a further up to €377m depending on the future performance of RTL Group. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/27/sky-sells-german-pay-tv-business-to-rtl Author : Mark Sweney Publish date : 2025-06-27 08:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In today’s newsletter: Once sustained by agriculture and industry, Gaza’s economy has been dismantled​, leaving nearly every resident dependent on aid and the hope of a future that feels increasingly out of reachGood morning. While much of the world’s attention has been focused on Israel’s conflict with Iran, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has worsened by the day. Since March, when Israel broke a ceasefire agreement and imposed a total blockade, very little food or medicine has been allowed in. Though the blockade was partially lifted on 19 May, only a trickle of desperately needed aid has made it through

Boy, 15, charged with one count of murder after alleged stabbing of 58-year-old at Clayfield home on ThursdayAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDistressed teenagers are being spoken to by police after a man’s fatal stabbing at a Brisbane house party packed with dozens of young people.Police have charged a 15-year-old boy with murder after the 58-year-old’s body was found inside a large home in the upmarket inner-city suburb of Clayfield on Thursday night. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/27/teenage-boy-charged-murder-clayfield-home-brisbane-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-06-27 03:12:00 Copyright

LA police say suspects broke in through the front window, ransacked the home and fled with propertyPolice are investigating a break-in at a home reportedly owned by Brad Pitt, who has been on a globe-spanning promo tour for his new movie, F1.The Los Angeles police department confirmed they responded to a break-in Wednesday night at a house on the 2300 block of North Edgemont Street in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/26/brad-pitt-home-break-in Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-06-27 00:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Shadow defence minister says while ‘we absolutely need’ more women in the Liberal party, he does not support quotas. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTaylor repeats claim gender quotas ‘subvert democracy’Angus Taylor says the Labor party “subvert democracy” by having quotas for women.You know what, the Labor party will do things their own way, and they do subvert democracy, and that’s a matter for them.At the end of the day, if you’re going to have quotas, it means you are going to subvert democratic processes.Well, you know, within the Labor Party

Backbenchers feel PM’s chief of staff missed strength of feeling over cuts – and there are deeper tensions at playBeing the prime minister’s right-hand man is a position of extraordinary power and privilege. But when things start to go wrong, you’re directly in the line of fire. So has found Morgan McSweeney, the political mastermind credited with helping Keir Starmer win his election landslide, in recent days as the Labour party has collapsed into moral fury over planned welfare cuts.The softly spoken Irishman, now Starmer’s chief of staff, has become the lightning rod for the frustration of many Labour rebels

Liberal Democrats say Conservative leader focused on ‘cheap point scoring’ and her MPs are in ‘open revolt’In his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jun/26/labour-rebellion-welfare-disability-cuts-bill-keir-starmer-latest-uk-politics-live-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-06-26 17:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

High-profile case enters its final stage after more than a month of testimony from 34 witnessesClosing arguments began on Thursday morning in the federal sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, signaling the final stage of the high-profile case.Assistant US attorney Christy Slavik began her closing argument by describing Combs as the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who “doesn’t take no for an answer”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/26/sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-trial Author : Anna Betts in New York Publish date : 2025-06-26 14:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director have said Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, citing new evidence that appears to contradict a leaked report. Plus, nearly a third of Tuvaluans attempt to get Australian climate visaGood morning.The Trump administration has ramped up its defense of the US strikes on Iran at the weekend, saying new intelligence supports its initial claim of total success – despite a leaked intelligence report that found the development of Tehran’s nuclear program had been delayed by only a few months.Where has this information come from? All we know is that Ratcliffe said it came from a

European Council will also discuss broader enlargement policy of European Union towards the western Balkans Ireland’s Martin also continues on the US trade situation:“I do genuinely detect an atmosphere that’s focused on getting a deal, both on the US side and on the European Union side, and that’s where our focus in Ireland is.Actually getting a deal is important for certainty so that we know the landscape out ahead of us and that industry knows the landscape ahead of it, so that we can protect jobs, which is our number one priority.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/26/european-council-brussels-meeting-ukraine-middle-east-defence-migration-eu-enlargement-europe-latest-updates-news Author :

Goal of reconciliation has become ‘undisguised unionist veto’, some argue amid dwindling momentum for voteIn Northern Ireland, it used to be the one goal that everyone could agree on: reconciliation. Whether the region stayed in the UK or united with Ireland, all sides acknowledged the need to heal wounds from the Troubles and to bridge differences between Catholics and Protestants.Even those who riled the other side invoked reconciliation. How could they not? It was self-evidently a good thing. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/26/northern-ireland-nationalists-reconciliation-unity-referendum Author : Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent Publish date : 2025-06-26 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Heinous and ‘racially motivated’ attack on Indigenous teenager left mother and community traumatised, court hearsAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA murdered Indigenous teenager who was chased into bushland and beaten with a metal pole was the victim of a heinous racial attack that has torn at the fabric of society, his mother says.Cassius Turvey, a Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after he was deliberately struck to the head in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to the evidence of Victorian health department official Sally Ann Atkinson. She testified that Patterson told her on 2 August 2023 she could not remember the Asian grocer she bought the dried mushrooms from. But she pointed to possible suburbs – Oakleigh, Clayton or Mount Waverley.She said she originally purchased them for a pasta dish but when she opened them she noticed a funny smell and opted to not use them. Continue reading...

UK health officials launch study into side-effects of weight loss drugs after increased reports of acute pancreatitisHundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weight loss and diabetes injections, prompting health officials to launch a study into side-effects.Some cases of pancreatitis reported to be linked to GLP-1 medicines (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists) have been fatal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/26/weight-loss-diabetes-jab-users-report-pancreas-problems Author : Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent Publish date : 2025-06-25 23:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Charity says minimum wage doesn’t allow for higher bills. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories and then Rafqa Touma will take the helm.Half of Australia’s big four banks are predicting a cut in interest rates when the Reserve Bank meets a week from Tuesday, following better-than-expected inflation numbers yesterday. It would ease pressure on household budgets and comes as Anglicare calls for action to stop the poorest slipping into more debt. More coming

Dr Michael Ross was involved in multiple private healthcare firms and withdrew after a review of financial holdingsA member of the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s newly overhauled federal vaccine advisory panel withdrew after a conflict of interest review, a spokesperson has told the Guardian.Dr Michael Ross, who was involved in multiple private healthcare companies, withdrew after review of his financial holdings. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/rfk-vaccine-advisory-panel Author : Jessica Glenza Publish date : 2025-06-25 18:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Stephen Miller blames Zohran Mamdani’s projected win in New York mayoral primary on immigration policy as result shakes Maga worldMamdani declares victory in New York mayoral primary after Cuomo concedesAs the Democratic party fights to rebuild from a devastating election defeat, the abrupt exit of the presidents of two of the nation’s largest labor unions from its top leadership board has exposed simmering tensions over the party’s direction.Randi Weingarten and Lee Saunders quit the Democratic National Committee, saying it isn’t doing enough to “open the gates” and win back the support of working-class voters. Ken Martin, the new DNC chair,

Attraction at site of former brickworks in Bedford expected to bring £50bn boost to Britain’s economy and create jobsThe deal to build Universal’s new theme park in Bedford was secured with a package of support that included £500m of public investment in rail and road infrastructure, it has emerged.Comcast, the parent company of Universal, is in negotiations over the final scale of the overall government assistance, which could be expanded beyond infrastructure investment. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jun/25/universal-theme-park-bedford-public-investment-transport Author : Mark Sweney Publish date : 2025-06-25 13:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president dismisses speculation about his commitment to Article 5 and celebrates defence spending pledges in EUAsked about his commitment to Nato’s Article 5, Trump says:We are with them all the way. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/25/nato-donald-trump-mark-rutte-europe-latest-live-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-06-25 10:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.