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Delegations from Israel and Hamas began indirect negotiations; Trump press secretary says US president wants hostages to be released ‘as soon as possible’Iran signalled its support for Trump’s Gaza plan, with the country’s foreign ministry saying it supports any initiative that brings an end to the genocide of Palestinian people.Iran’s foreign ministry wrote in a post on X:Taking into account the dangerous dimensions and aspects of this proposal, and while reiterating its warning about the repeated breaches and obstructionism by the Zionist regime in fulfilling its promises, especially in light of its expansionist and racist plans, the Islamic Republic of

Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015A firearms officer used excessive force when he shot dead an unarmed 28-year-old man involved in a foiled attempt to spring a gang leader from prison, a police misconduct hearing has been told.The officer, known only as W80, killed Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, north London, during an operation to interrupt a criminal plot to snatch Izzet Eren, the head of the Tottenham Turks organised crime group, from a van heading towards Wood Green crown court in December 2015. Continue reading... Source link :

Departure after less than a month follows fierce criticism of Macron’s new cabinetJust as most across France were starting their workday, news broke that the country’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, had resigned.The swift, unexpected resignation came after allies and foes alike threatened to topple the new government, leaving Lecornu blaming the “egos” of opposition politicians.Lecornu was President Emmanuel Macron’s fifth prime minister in two years. He stayed in the job for only 27 days and his government lasted 14 hours.The resignation deepens the political crisis that has gripped France for more than a year, after Macron called legislative elections in

African kingdom says migrants will be ‘kept in a secured area’ and returned to countries of origin, despite human rights concernsEswatini will receive 11 people deported by the US later this month, the government has said, the second group of third-country deportees to be sent to the southern African kingdom by the Trump administration in what lawyers and NGOs have described as violations of the migrants’ human rights.A statement by the Eswatini government posted on social media said: “The individuals will be kept in a secured area separate from the public, while arrangements are made for their return to their

Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cutUK politics live – latest updatesOverseas nationals denied benefits under a Conservative plan to limit social security to UK citizens would have the option to return to their own countries, the shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, has said.Before his speech to the Conservative conference on Monday, Stride set out Tory proposals to cut £47bn a year from public spending, with the biggest chunk, £23bn coming from reductions in welfare. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/06/tories-conservatives-benefits-uk-welfare-cuts-public-spending Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-06

People treated for injuries and firearm seized after shooting in Croydon Park in city’s inner west on Sunday nightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere was an exchange of gunfire between New South Wales police and an alleged gunman before the 60-year-old was arrested in Sydney on Sunday night, police claim.The man allegedly shot “about 50” high-powered rifle rounds at pedestrians, cars and buildings in Croydon Park over two hours before he was apprehended by tactical officers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/06/man-arrested-shots-fired-from-unit-croydon-park-ntwnfb Author : Penry Buckley and

Comedian admits to mixed feelings but says event is a ‘positive thing’ despite human rights abuses in Saudi ArabiaLouis CK has defended his decision to perform at the Riyadh comedy festival in Saudi Arabia after fellow comedians criticised the big names taking part as whitewashing a regime guilty of human rights abuses.Speaking on Real Time With Bill Maher, CK, who is co-headlining the festival with the British comedian Jimmy Carr on Monday night local time, said other comedians had been “really surprised” by the response from audiences in Riyadh so far. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/oct/06/louis-ck-defends-riyadh-comedy-festival-performance-good-opportunity Author : Sian

Poll of 2,000 people appears to underline experts’ concerns of growing ‘epidemic’ of addiction to alcohol or drugsOne in four people in the UK fear that a partner, relative or friend drinks too much, while one in six worry that a loved one is taking too many drugs.The findings, from a representative survey of 2,000 adults, appear to underline what some experts say is a growing “epidemic” of addiction to alcohol or drugs such as cocaine and cannabis.10% worry that they drink too much and 5% that they use drugs too often.26% worry that a partner, family member or friend

Crews worked through the night to contain a bushfire in the popular camping destination. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian reporter Penry Buckley has been down in Croydon Park this morning at the scene of the alleged shooting last night, and has taken some snaps of the damage.Earlier, we brought you the news of the final station in the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, State Library station, being completed. Here’s a peek at what it looks like. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/06/australia-news-live-queensland-bushfire-danger-warnings-moreton-island-croydon-park-shooting-sydney-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-andrew-hastie-labor-liberal-ntwnfb Author : Stephanie Convery Publish date : 2025-10-05 21:39:00 Copyright for

Hundreds of trekkers stranded by blizzard on eastern face of mountain in Tibet already guided to safety by rescuersRescue efforts are under way on Mount Everest after a snowstorm trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media.Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of the mountain in Tibet were guided to safety by rescuers on Sunday, as unusually heavy precipitation including rain pummelled the Himalayas. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/05/mount-everest-rescue-underway-as-snowstorm-traps-nearly-1000-people Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-10-05 18:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Study looks at how workouts can help those with hip, knee and back pain – and benefit UK economy to tune of £34bnPeople with sore joints who exercise for two hours a week have less pain, visit their GP less and take less sick leave, a study has found.The findings are from an analysis of how 40,000 people in Greater Manchester with hip, back or knee pain fared when they did two one-hour exercise classes for 12 weeks.Had on average 35% less pain.Went to see their GP 29% less often.Took almost half as many sick days from work.Needed their family

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferencesTo many observers, both in the US and abroad, Donald Trump has been behaving strangely recently. Especially online.As a government shutdown loomed in the US last week, the president posted an AI video which depicted Hakeem Jeffries, the first Black House minority leader, wearing a sombrero and exaggerated moustache, with mariachi music playing in the background. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/05/trump-behavior-online-posts Author : Adam Gabbatt in New York Publish date : 2025-10-05 14:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content

The communications minister plans to press companies on their legal obligations to protect community safety and procedures to avoid outagesThe federal government will grill the bosses of Australia’s biggest telecommunications companies over the reliability of triple-zero services in the looming summer bushfire season, as Labor fast-tracks laws to protect the emergency call system.On the back foot over Labor’s response to recent Optus triple-zero outages which have been linked to three deaths, the communications minister, Anika Wells, has ordered the chief executive of the company, as well as the chief executives of Telstra and TPG, the owner of Vodafone, to travel

New measures will make it easier for police to stop protests by considering ‘cumulative’ effect of demonstrationsThe polling firm Opinium has released some research this morning suggesting that some Conservative party policies are popular with voters – but that, if people are explicitly told that they are Kemi Badenoch policies, their popularity goes down.There is some evidence that Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has the same effect – and that, once a policy is associated with him, voters are less inclined to back it. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/05/conservative-tory-conference-kemi-badenoch-echr-immigration-uk-politics-live-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-10-05 09:03:00 Copyright for syndicated

Billionaire suing Gambling Commission for up to £1.3bn over licence award, with payout potentially funded by the taxpayerThe media billionaire Richard Desmond will begin a bitter courtroom battle with the Gambling Commission this week that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds in a row over the licence to run the National Lottery.Northern & Shell and The New Lottery Company (TNLC), owned by Desmond, are suing the gambling regulator for up to £1.3bn, alleging “manifest errors” in the labyrinthine competition process for Britain’s largest public sector contract, the lottery licence. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/05/richard-desmond-legal-action-over-national-lottery-award-to-begin-at-high-court Author : Rob

US president says he will push to finalize agreement in the coming days even as scores of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacksDonald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior envoy are heading to Egypt to begin ceasefire negotiations, the White House has said, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he hoped to bring all remaining hostages home in the coming days.A White House official said the US president was sending his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, to Egypt on Saturday to finalise the technical details of a hostage release and discuss a lasting ceasefire deal a day after

US district judge agrees with Oregon assertion that deployment would likely inflame rather than calm protests in cityA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deploying the national guard to Portland, Oregon, according to court documents.Donald Trump had announced on 27 September that he would deploy troops to Portland, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/05/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-deploying-national-guard-to-portland Author : Guardian staff

ATO anticipates majority of people with student debt will have the cut applied to their balance by mid-December. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTown Hall station – first new train station in Melbourne’s CBD in more than 40 years – is complete.The premier, Jacinta Allan, and transport infrastructure minister, Gabrielle Williams, will today visit Town Hall station to announce that construction on the fourth of five Metro Tunnel stations is complete, paving the way for the long-awaited tunnel to open by the end of the year. Anzac, Arden and Parkville were handed

Circumstances surrounding attack remain unclear and suspect has been detained, according to WTHRFormer NFL quarterback and Fox Sports television star Mark Sanchez is in critical condition after being stabbed late Friday night in downtown Indianapolis, reports TMZ.Police were called shortly after midnight to a location near West Washington Street and North Senate Avenue where two people were injured, one of them now identified as Sanchez. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/04/nfl-mark-sanchez-stabbing-fox Author : Marina Dunbar Publish date : 2025-10-04 20:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

With Babiš’s victory the Czech Republic looks set to join Hungary and Slovakia in refusing support for UkrainePopulist billionaire Andrej Babiš has won the Czech parliamentary election in a political comeback that puts the country on a course away from supporting Ukraine and towards Hungary and Slovakia, which have taken a pro-Russian path.With the votes from almost 98% of polling stations counted by the statistics office, Babiš’s ANO (YES) movement captured 35% of the vote followed by the pro-western coalition of the prime minister, Petr Fiala, with 23.0%. The coalition defeated Babiš in the 2021 election. Continue reading... Source link

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cellphone while in MinnesotaA senior White House official accidentally leaked details of plans to send an elite army unit to Portland, in the latest intelligence leak by the Trump administration.Anthony Salisbury, a top deputy to Stephen Miller, the influential White House policy adviser, was observed using Signal in a public place to discuss a plan to deploy the army’s 82nd airborne division to Portland, the Democratic-run Oregon city which Donald Trump has repeatedly castigated as being “war-ravaged”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/04/us-military-portland-oregon-trump-administration Author : Adam Gabbatt Publish date

IDF says it was directed to ready for first part of Donald Trump’s plan to end war in Gaza after Hamas agrees to release hostagesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israeli military has been ordered to halt its campaign on Gaza City by its political leadership, Israeli army radio reported on Saturday, while it was preparing for the first phase of Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and release all hostages.In a statement, the Israeli military said it was directed to “advance readiness” for the first part of the Trump plan. Army radio reported that operations in

Weather and flood warnings are in place across the UK and Ireland, where a man has been killedThe Environment Agency has issued two flood alerts where “flooding is expected” for Keswick Campsite in the Lake District and locations near the River Ure, particularly around Boroughbridge Camping and Caravanning Site in North Yorkshire.“Avoid using low-lying footpaths and any bridges near local watercourses. Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water,” it advises. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/oct/04/storm-amy-live-updates-latest-news-uk-ireland-weather-warnings-met-office Author : Jane Clinton (now) and Hamish Mackay (earlier) Publish date : 2025-10-04 10:24:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Statement from Netanyahu’s office made no mention of US president’s demand that Israel must stop bombing Gaza ‘immediately’Full report: Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostagesReuters provides more detail on Israel striking Gaza overnight.Israeli fire killed six people across the Gaza Strip, according to local authorities. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/04/israel-gaza-hamas-trump-plan-hostages-netanyahu-latest-news-updates Author : Hayden Vernon Publish date : 2025-10-04 07:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Labour colleagues advise chancellor against string of small money-raising measures, as OBR presents forecastSome of Rachel Reeves’s Labour colleagues have urged her to ditch the party’s manifesto promises rather than risk a “pasty tax” budget that raises money through a string of small measures.As the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) presented its first fiscal forecast to the Treasury on Friday, several sources said there was tension within the government over the manifesto pledges. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/04/rachel-reeves-urged-to-break-manifesto-pledges-to-avoid-pasty-tax-budget Author : Heather Stewart and Richard Partington Publish date : 2025-10-04 05:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked