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Music mogul could face lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of prostitution charges in July; court proceedings to begin at 10am eastern timeSean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentencing: what to knowThe prosecution submitted several victim impact statements to the court ahead of sentencing, including one from Ventura.“While the jury did not seem to understand or believe that I engaged in freak-offs because of the force and coercion the defendant used against me, I know that is the truth, and his sentence should reflect the reality of the evidence and my lived experience as a victim” Ventura wrote. Continue reading... Source link :

Little optimism that deal can be reached as Democrats seek health-focused concessions and White House treats standoff like a political campaignGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics, with the shutdown entering its third day.Although the Senate is scheduled to return today for another vote, there is little optimism that a deal is imminent as Democrats hold out for a series of health-focused concessions. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/03/shutdown-congress-trump-senate-latest-updates Author : Lucy Campbell Publish date : 2025-10-03 11:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Two men were killed when an attacker used a car to ram into the grounds of a synagogue, then stabbed worshippersSix minutes of terror: how the Manchester synagogue attack unfoldedThe home secretary has urged pro-Palestine protesters not to carry out demonstrations in the wake of the terror attack in Greater Manchester.Speaking on GB News, Mahmood said:As far as I am concerned, I would have wanted to see people in this country step back from protesting for at least a few days, just to give the Jewish community here a chance to process what has happened and to begin the grieving

Exclusive: The six Australians received no government assistance in their 500km journey from the violent Al-Hol detention camp to LebanonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo Australian women and four children have escaped a Syrian detention camp and made their own way home to Victoria, as pressure mounts on the Australian government to repatriate its citizens.The two women and four children – the Guardian is not revealing their names or ages – escaped from the notorious Al-Hol detention camp in north-east Syria, travelling more than 500km to cross

The attack forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those producing its signature beerThe Asahi group, Japan’s biggest brewery, is reportedly just days away from running out of its most popular beer, as it struggles to recover from a cyber-attack that caused a system outage.The ransomware attack, reported on Monday, forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those producing it signature mass-market lager Asahi Super Dry. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/03/asahi-super-dry-days-away-from-running-out-in-japan-due-to-cyber-attack Author : Justin McCurry in Tokyo Publish date : 2025-10-03 04:03:00 Copyright for syndicated

President says ‘I want to survive’ when asked about his plans for 2026 in interview with OAN television networkHere’s what the shutdown means for travel, national parks and housingShare your views on the US government shutdownKaroline Leavitt also spoke on Fox News this morning, where she was asked whether Donald Trump’s threats of cuts were just a negotiating tactic. “Oh, it’s very real,” she replied.“The Democrats should know that they put the White House and the president in this position,” she went on. “And if they don’t want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen

Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOpposition leader Sussan Ley has expressed her “grief and shock” after the Manchester synagogue attack. She said in a statement this morning:Our thoughts are with the families of those who have been killed and injured in this cowardly, evil attack.The threat of terrorism requires continual vigilance and courage from our police and first responders. To target worshippers and families as they gather together for the holiest period of the Jewish faith is despicable beyond words. All people, regardless of religion have the right to worship in

Police say they believe they know identity of man behind car and knife attack that left four people seriously injuredManchester synagogue stabbing – latest updatesPolice have shot dead a terrorist who killed two people and seriously injured four others in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.Using a car to ram into the grounds of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, the man then stabbed worshippers in a six-minute rampage that only ended when armed officers shot at him twice, fearing he also had an explosive device tied

Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decadeWildfires tore through central Chile last year, killing 133 people. In California, 18,000 buildings were destroyed in 2018 causing US$16bn (A$24bn, £12bn) in damage. Portugal, Greece, Algeria and Australia have all felt the grief and the economic pain in recent years.As the headlines, the death tolls and the billion dollar losses from wildfires have stacked up around the world, so too have the rising temperatures – fuelled by the climate crisis – that create tinderbox conditions. Continue reading... Source

Ukraine’s president comments come after the seventh summit of the European Political CommunityEuropean Council president António Costa opens his speech with congratulations for Moldova and its president Maia Sandu for the win of pro-European forces in last weekend’s parliamentary elections there.He also congratulates the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for their recent peace deal.“I know that for some of you, the threat from Russia is very clear and very present. For others, it still seems further away, but none of us can no longer be naive. The war was never just about Ukraine. It is about Europe, all our nations,

Tory leader also claims the party was close to bankruptcy when she took over last yearKemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change ActVoters trust the Green party most … on green issues, is the rather unsurprising finding of a poll by YouGov looking at how voters view the party, which starts its autumn conference tomorrow. The Greens are least trusted on the economy and on defence.But there is something remarkable about this. In his write-up for YouGov, Dylan Difford says:Unsurprisingly, Britons have a particular degree of confidence in the Greens when it comes to the environment. What’s notable, though, is

Prime minister Keir Starmer will fly home early from a meeting of European leaders to chair a Cobra meeting following the attack Police have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public at the Heaton Park Hebrew congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Police said.The force posted on X saying police were called to the synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed.Police said four people

Independent Adnan Hussain says the racist and sexist posts expose ‘dark abyss of hatred and despair’ in UK being left to grow uncheckedThe newborn daughter of a British MP was the target of “utterly depraved” and sexist online abuse hours after her birth, her father has told the Guardian.The independent MP Adnan Hussain, who won his Blackburn seat in 2024 running on a pro-Gaza stance, said he and his newborn were subject to “vile” abuse after he posted a pixelated picture of her on X. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/02/blackburn-mp-adnan-hussain-baby-depraved-online-abuse Author : Alexandra Topping Publish date : 2025-10-02 07:53:00

Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beautyRevealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a dayNature and farmland equivalent in size to that of the New Forest – 604 sq km – was lost to concrete and bricks and mortar in the UK between 2018 and 2023, according to an investigation by the Guardian and European partners.In the same period the loss of some of the most protected and special natural areas in England,

Historic US company also offering ‘12-month lease’ – an annual supply – of pre-ground coffee for under $40Housing in the US has become so unaffordable that a coffee company has based a viral marketing campaign on the idea that almost nobody can afford to buy a house.Maxwell House coffee, a 133-year-old brand, recently launched a marketing campaign rebranding themselves as “Maxwell Apartment Coffee”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/maxwell-house-ad-campaign-apartment Author : Lois Beckett Publish date : 2025-10-02 01:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

On a post on social media, the president says guards had been deployed, while no members were presentDonald Trump once again shared misinformation about Portland, Oregon, on social media on Wednesday, when he announced that the national guard troops he called up in response to a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) office in the otherwise tranquil city are “now in place” and have begun restoring “LAW AND ORDER”.However, Portland’s NBC News affiliate KGW reported 90 minutes after Trump’s social media post that no members of the guard were yet in place around the Ice field office

The shadow energy minister claims international ‘renaissance’ in power source. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow energy minister didn’t tour any renewables facilities during US fact-finding tripDan Tehan, the shadow minister for energy and emissions reduction, said he did not tour any renewable energy facilities during his fact-finding trip to the US.Nuclear makes up a bit less than 20% of the US is power generation there. Renewables, slightly more. Did you tour any renewables facilities?It just makes absolute sense for us to enable nuclear to be part of our energy equation going

Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying about 500 activists including Greta Thunberg, says Israeli navy boats approaching; foreign ministry says it asked flotilla to change course A number of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla have posted on social media videos saying they have been captured by Israeli forces.“If you’re watching this video, it means that I have been violently intercepted by Israeli authorities against my will,” said the American activist David Adler, co-general coordinator of Progressive International, in a pre-recorded video posted by the group’s X account. Adler then called on political parties, labor unions and social movements within the group’s

Lobby group says urgent government intervention required as small suppliers on brink of collapse during shutdownSmall suppliers to Jaguar Land Rover have been asked to put up their family homes as personal guarantees in order to access emergency loans, with no direct UK government support on offer for parts makers a month after the carmaker was hit by a crippling cyber-attack.JLR, Britain’s biggest automotive employer, is considering making advance payments to top-tier suppliers as it tries to restart production after the hack, but smaller parts makers warn they are on the brink of collapse without urgent cash injections. Continue reading...

Israeli offensive intensifies amid reports Hamas will seek amendments to Trump’s Gaza planHere are some images coming in via the newswires today:The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that the “intensification of military operations in Gaza City” has forced the humanitarian organisation to temporarily suspend operations at its Gaza City office and relocate its staff to ICRC offices in southern Gaza “to ensure staff safety and operational continuity”.The ICRC will continue to strive to provide support to civilians in Gaza City, whenever circumstances allow, from our offices in Deir al-Balah and Rafah, which remain fully operational. This includes

Mette Frederiksen says she backs the European Commission’s proposal for a reparation loan for Ukraine, secured on frozen Russian assetsSiliņa says the EU should move on drones very quickly, as she rejects some criticism that fully developing the bloc’s “drone wall” could take up to three-four years.“We don’t need three years, and I believe we can do it in a much shorter time.It just depends on the leaders we can agree on a much shorter time, because with drones, how they’re developing so fast, three years is too long.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/01/mette-frederiksen-denmark-europe-russia-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-hybrid-war-security-europe-live-news Author : Tom Bryant (now)

Defend Our Juries has received 1,500 pledges to attend demonstration and expects hundreds more to register by SaturdayA mass protest against the ban on Palestine Action on Saturday could set a record for the number of people arrested at a single event of civil disobedience, the organisers have said.Defend Our Juries said it had received 1,500 pledges to attend the demonstration in London and risk arrest and was expecting hundreds more to register by the weekend. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/01/palestine-action-protest-london-could-set-record-number-arrests-say-organisers Author : Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-01 09:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Competing bills rejected in Senate as Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of partisan politics. Follow the latest news and updates after the US government shut downUS government shuts downTracker: how each US senator votedA deep impasse between Donald Trump and congressional Democrats prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal. So what will take to end the shutdown?What Republicans wantPresident Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising. Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This

As typical annual dual-fuel charge rises to £1,755, charities warn over record £4.4bn owed to suppliersThree and a half years after war plunged Europe into an energy supply crisis, millions of households in Great Britain are braced for another winter of painful gas and electricity bills.On Wednesday, the quarterly cap on charges will increase again. Despite a fall in wholesale gas prices, the ceiling for a typical annual dual-fuel bill will rise by 2% to £1,755 to help cover the costs of energy policies and network upgrades. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/01/homes-in-great-britain-brace-for-winter-with-soaring-energy-debts Author : Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent Publish

The Global Sumud Flotilla is aiming to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and deliver aidFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has said it is “deeply concerned” about the safety of its citizens on board a flotilla to Gaza, with expectations the boats will be intercepted by Israeli forces on Wednesday afternoon Australian time.The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has said they have been in contact with six Australians confirmed to be on flotilla consisting of more than 40 ships. Continue reading... Source link :