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Strike by Yemen rebel group came hours before security cabinet was due to vote on plans to expand Gaza offensiveBenjamin Netanyahu has promised Israel will strike back against Yemen’s Houthis and “their Iranian terror masters” after a missile launched by the militia movement hit the perimeter of Israel’s main airport.On X, the Israeli prime minister said on Sunday that Israel would respond to the Houthi attack “at a time and place of our choosing”. On Telegram, Netanyahu said Israel had acted against the Houthis in the past and would act again in the future. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/netanyahu-yemen-houthis-attack-israel-ben-gurion-airport

One of US’s biggest airports, in New York area, experiences 210 delays and 88 cancellations amid aviation safety fearsFlight delays continued on Sunday as a major crisis gripped one of the US’s biggest airports amid aviation safety fears.As of Sunday morning, there were 210 delays and 88 cancellations at Newark Liberty international airport (EWR) in New Jersey, according to FlightAware. The large airport is one of the major hubs for New York city and its surrounding area. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/newark-airport-flight-delays-air-traffic-control Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-05-04 16:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocateFrance and the EU are to step up their efforts to attract US-based scientists hit by Donald Trump’s crackdown on academia, as they prepare announcements on incentives for researchers to settle in Europe.The French president, Emmanuel Macron, alongside the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders and researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives and protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe. Continue reading... Source link :

Victims have had fingers chopped off by attackers in crimewave targeting entrepreneurs and their familiesFrench police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurrency after a 60-year-old man had a finger chopped off by attackers who demanded his crypto-millionaire son pay a ransom.In the latest of several kidnappings of cryptocurrency figures in France and western Europe, the man, who owned a cryptocurrency marketing company with his son, was freed from a house south of Paris on Saturday night. He had been held for more than two days. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/french-police-investigate-spate-of-cryptocurrency-millionaire-kidnappings Author : Angelique Chrisafis

Health secretary tells Sky News that the party are ‘definitely a threat’ following byelection and council resultsLabour targets international students claiming asylumThe Conservatives will come back from their poor results in the local elections but it will have to be a “slow and steady” effort, party leader Kemi Badenoch has said, PA reports.She told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I am sorry to all of those councillors who’ve lost their seat”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/04/labour-reform-conservatives-tories-wes-streeting-kemi-badenoch-zia-yusuf-uk-politics-live-updates Author : Hayden Vernon Publish date : 2025-05-04 09:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industriesMinisters are rethinking changes to copyright law before a vote in parliament next week, in a further concession to artists, the Guardian has learned.A source close to Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, said proposals to introduce an opt-out system of copyright rules was no longer his preferred option but one of several being given consideration. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/04/ministers-uk-copyright-artificial-intelligence-parliament-vote Author : Eleni Courea and Dan Milmo Publish date : 2025-05-04 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

George Simion, 38, comfortably ahead in polls as first round of voting begins in presidential electionRomanians are voting in a presidential election rerun that could propel to power an ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has fiercely criticised the EU’s leadership and describes himself as a “natural ally” of Donald Trump.George Simion, 38, is comfortably ahead in the opinion polls before the first-round vote in the EU and Nato member state, nearly six months after the original ballot was cancelled amid evidence of an alleged “massive” Russian influence campaign. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/romania-election-ultranationalist-trump-ally-george-simion Author : Jon Henley

Arrests carried out in London, Swindon and Greater Manchester after discovery of alleged plot targeting ‘specific premises’UK police have arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, police have said.The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area and were related to “a suspected plot to target a specific premises”, London’s Metropolitan police said in a statement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/04/uk-arrests-five-men-including-four-iranians-over-suspected-terrorist-plot Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-05-04 01:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Labor is set to govern with a huge majority after the Coalition vote collapsed and Peter Dutton lost his seat of Dickson. Follow today’s news and the latest resultsElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsAnthony Albanese secures ‘win for the ages’ for Labor at federal electionGlum and glummer: Liberal faithful reel as Peter Dutton loses seat of Dickson after 24 yearsFull coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLittleproud on Labor: ‘They’re a slick machine’Finally, David Littleproud is asked about what impact Donald Trump had on the outcome after

Expert testifying for the defense acknowledged that Memphis officers’ blows were unnecessaryA police training expert testifying on Saturday as a defense witness in the trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols acknowledged that kicks and punches to Nichols’ head were unnecessary and excessive.Don Cameron took the stand on the sixth day of the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who have pleaded not guilty to state charges including second-degree murder. They already face the prospect of years in prison after they were convicted of federal charges last year. Continue reading...

Far-right German party was labeled a ‘confirmed rightwing extremist group’ by country’s domestic intelligence serviceGermany’s foreign ministry has hit back at the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, following his criticism of Germany’s decision to label the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party as a “confirmed rightwing extremist group”.On Thursday, Rubio took to X and wrote: “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy – it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD – which took second in the recent election – but rather the establishment’s deadly open border

Despite predictions of an inevitable slide into minority for Labor, Anthony Albanese’s election victory demonstrated voters aren’t interested in appeals to the fringesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJust as Australians were returning from the calm of summer holidays, Labor and the Coalition both held their breath as Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office in Washington.With a federal election year under way and the Albanese government desperate to restart Labor’s flagging political prospects, Trump’s victory had emboldened

Bureij, Beit Lahiya, Gaza City and Khan Younis hit as Israeli government prepares to expand offensiveIsraeli airstrikes have killed at least 40 people across Gaza during the past 24 hours, civil defence officials in the devastated Palestinian territory said, as Israel’s government prepared to order an expansion of its military offensive.Nine people were killed when a strike hit a home in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza; another six people died in a separate strike targeting a family home in the northern city of Beit Lahiya; six more died in a strike on a community kitchen in Gaza City,

Shadow chief treasury secretary Richard Fuller says Nigel Farage’s party must do more than just ‘point at problems’‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?Headteachers are taking legal action against Ofsted, England’s schools watchdog, over fears that its new inspection regime is “even worse than before” and likely to harm the mental health of school leaders.The National Association of Head Teachers said it had lodged a claim for a judicial review against Ofsted “over the potential impact of their inspection proposals” and for inadequate consultation over its new system of grading schools.Somehow the focus on school

Charlie Taylor says old, overcrowded jails in England and Wales were never designed for education and trainingThe cramped conditions of Victorian prisons in England and Wales are limiting the rehabilitation opportunities for thousands of offenders, an official watchdog has said.As the Guardian launches a visual investigation into the state of Victorian prisons in inner cities and towns, the chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, said 19th century jails could also be “incredibly noisy and distressing” for autistic people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/03/cramped-victorian-prisons-england-wales-limiting-rehabilitation-chief-inspector-says Author : Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor Publish date : 2025-05-03 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Point Blank, a collection of 97 paintings of ‘emotional resonance’ by the singer-songwriter, will open at the Halcyon Gallery in MayAfter the success of this year’s biopic A Complete Unknown, a whole new generation has learned about the lyricism, nasal vocal style and often-frustrating nature of Bob Dylan.And this month they will get the chance to discover he is also a painter, as the songwriter exhibits a series of original artworks – created with “emotional resonance” – in London. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/03/exhibition-of-original-bob-dylan-paintings-to-open-in-london Author : Olivia Lee Publish date : 2025-05-03 05:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

As some colleges, including Yale and Tulane, revive protests this spring, campuses respond with disciplinary actionOver the first two days of May, a total of six Swarthmore College students were interim suspended for the creation of a campus encampment earlier in the week. The students in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, were suspended without due process and were told to evacuate from campus, said Swarthmore’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in a 2 May statement.Of the six students who were temporarily suspended, four were people of color and three were first-generation, low-income students, the statement continued: “This is part of a disturbing

Voting booths open across Australia as last polls suggest Albanese set to be re-elected as Australian prime minister. Follow today’s news livePolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverageListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUnder a perfect blue sky perhaps more reminiscent of home than the customary grey of London, ex-pats in Britain have been queueing up to vote at Australia House.The wait to cast a ballot has been up to 30 minutes with the line snaking out of

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) are assisting with the inquiry, the company saidThe Co-op has apologised after hackers accessed and extracted customer data in one of its systems.The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) are assisting with the investigation, the company said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/02/co-op-apologises-after-hackers-extract-significant-amount-of-customer-data Author : Press Association Publish date : 2025-05-02 19:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rubio calls Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif ‘threat to US national security’ and says support for groups could lead to chargesThe United States has designated a powerful Haitian gang alliance, whose members have taken control of almost all the capital city as a “transnational terrorist group”.The criminal coalition known as Viv Ansanm (Live Together), and another faction, the Gran Grif gang, which in October took responsibility for a shocking massacre of at least 115 people in the agricultural town of Pont-Sondé, were both covered by the move on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/02/haiti-gangs-terrorist-groups-us Author : Guardian staff and

Duke of Sussex says he does not know how long King Charles has left to live and has ‘forgiven’ himPrince Harry has said he wants “reconciliation” with the rest of the royal family after a legal challenge over his security that has left him “devastated”.The Duke of Sussex told the BBC his father, King Charles, “won’t speak to me because of this security stuff”. He said he did not know how long his father had left to live. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/02/prince-harry-wants-reconciliation-royal-family Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2025-05-02 16:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Government says the measures are too legally complex to deliver before the next Holyrood electionThe Scottish government has dropped plans to outlaw misogyny and conversion practices before the next Holyrood election, arguing they are too legally complex to deliver in time.Ministers had long promised a bill to criminalise misogyny after Nicola Sturgeon, the then first minister, accepted recommendations from a working group led by the lawyer and human rights expert Helena Kennedy in 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/02/scottish-ministers-drop-plans-outlaw-misogyny-conversion-practices Author : Severin Carrell Scotland editor Publish date : 2025-05-02 14:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President accuses radio and TV channel of bias and pulls taxpayer fundingWhen Donald Trump chose a Project 2025 author to lead a key federal agency that would carry out the underpinnings of the conservative manifesto’s aims, he solidified the project’s role in his second term.Shortly after he won re-election, the US president nominated Russ Vought to lead the office of management and budget. Vought wrote a chapter for Project 2025 about consolidating power in the executive branch and advances a theory that allows the president to withhold funds from agencies, even if Congress has allocated them. Consolidating power, in part

Reform score victories including their first mayoral race and taking Runcorn with six votes in byelectionLocal elections 2025: full mayoral and council results for EnglandReform win Runcorn with just six votes in blow to LabourIs Farage’s quest to rid Reform of ‘amateurism’ paying off?Reform UK has won three of the first five wards declared at Northumberland County Council, with Labour and the Conservatives picking up one each, PA reports.There are 67 seats on the council, with the Conservatives defending 33, Labour 18, the Liberal Democrats four and Greens two, while there were 10 independent councillors. Continue reading... Source link :

Runcorn win was much bigger than polls implied suggesting overall effectiveness of ground campaignResults come in from across England – follow it liveFor the last few months, Nigel Farage has been promising to professionalise his Reform UK party, saying its general election result of five seats had been hampered by the party’s “amateurism”.Friday’s narrow victory in the Runcorn and Helsby byelection suggests his strategy is starting to bear fruit. Not only did the party win a seat in which it came a distant third less than a year ago, but it did so with a much bigger swing than implied