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Donald Trump appeared to be dismissive Thursday night as he said it ‘could have been an mistake’Tusk also says the announcement with BAE Systems is “only a part of our cooperation with the UK.”He says he “received another message from prime minister Starmer about greater UK involvement in military assistance, here in Poland, on an urgent basis,” without offering further details. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/12/poland-russia-drones-ukraine-war-latest-news-europe-live Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-09-12 11:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

‘We cannot do our job without the public’s help,’ Utah’s governor said, adding the FBI had received more than 7,000 leads and tips so farHere are some images coming to us via the wires.Democracy is the way that we have diverse societies that don’t kill each other, largely,” Lilliana Mason, a leading scholar of partisanship, observed recently. She added: “As soon as we stop believing in it, it disappears.” Dr Mason’s own research suggests that there is sharply rising tolerance of political violence. On Wednesday, it claimed one more victim. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/12/charlie-kirk-shooter-suspect-latest-news-updates-donald-trump-utah Author : Jane Clinton

Aftab Malik cites bomb threats and assaults when releasing report containing 54 recommendationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCounter-terrorism laws should be reviewed, and the race discrimination act should be updated to protect religious groups , according to a long-awaited report from the special envoy to combat Islamophobia.The report makes 54 recommendations to parliament and government departments to tackle Islamophobia, improve data collection on hate crimes, and calls on the government to “confront Islamophobia with equivalent urgency to other discriminatory practices, and provide it with the same rights,

Band urges fans to avoid secondary sites, where more than 1,000 potentially fraudulent tickets for their shows have been foundRadiohead have condemned ticket resale sites and “exploitative” touts who use them after more than 1,000 potentially fraudulent tickets for the band’s upcoming tour were advertised online before they had even gone on sale.The rock quintet implemented strict measures designed to limit touts’ ability to buy up tickets for shows in London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Madrid and Bologna, announced to the delight of fans earlier this month. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/12/radiohead-condemn-exploitative-touts-and-resale-sites-ahead-of-tour Author : Rob Davies Publish date : 2025-09-12 04:00:00

Justice department in lawsuit accuses company drivers of routinely refusing to serve people with disabilitiesThe US government sued Uber on Thursday, accusing the ride-sharing company of violating federal law by discriminating against passengers with disabilities.In a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, the US Department of Justice said Uber drivers routinely refuse to serve riders with disabilities, including people who travel with service animals or stowable wheelchairs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/11/us-government-uber-lawsuit Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-09-11 22:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Liberal senator Jane Hume says drama surrounding Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s remarks on Indian migrants mishandled ‘on all sides’. Follow the latest news updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are dying from dementia more than any other disease, as advocates warn the number of people with the disease could exceed 1 million without government intervention, AAP reports.Dementia accounted for almost 17,400 deaths in 2023, equivalent to almost one in 10 of all deaths, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.This has been an entirely unedifying week for the Coalition. Not something that we

Officials say rifle found and are offering compensation for information leading to person’s identification and arrestCharlie Kirk shooting: latest updatesHow the Charlie Kirk shooting unfolded – in maps, videos and imagesThe FBI has released two images of a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk and asked for the public’s help in identifying them.The pictures posted on X show a person in sunglasses, a baseball cap, a long-sleeved black shirt with a US flag on the front and dark jeans. The FBI is offering up to $100,000 for information leading to the identification

Education secretary and Manchester MP are only candidates to clear threshold to enter party members’ ballot No 10’s pick for Labour deputy leader, Bridget Phillipson, will face off against the ousted cabinet minister Lucy Powell in a race widely seen as a referendum for party members on the direction of Keir Starmer’s leadership.With Downing Street in turmoil after the sacking of the US ambassador, Peter Mandelson, Powell clinched enough nominations to take her over the threshold to enter the ballot of Labour members. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the leftwing Labour MP, failed to make the cut-off. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/11/phillipson-and-powell-confirmed-as-final-contenders-in-labour-deputy-race

PM and foreign secretary were nowhere is sight as hapless Stephen Doughty faced the Commons over Peter MandelsonUK politics live – latest updatesIf only there had been some kind of clue. The tiniest of hints that Peter Mandelson might not have been a suitable candidate to act as the UK ambassador in Washington.Like being forced to resign from the cabinet over a failure to disclose a loan from Geoffrey Robertson. Like being forced to resign from the cabinet a second time over allegations of trying to procure a passport for the Hinduja brothers. Like his financial arrangements with the Russian

Belgian organisers are accused of ‘naked antisemitism’ after cancelling performance by Lahav ShaniA Belgian classical music festival has axed a leading German orchestra from its programme over concerns about its Israeli conductor, drawing accusations of antisemitism from Berlin.Flanders Festival Ghent announced it had cancelled a concert by the Munich Philharmonic scheduled for 18 September, citing insufficient clarity over Lahav Shani’s attitude to the Israeli government. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/festival-axes-german-orchestra-over-concerns-about-israeli-conductor Author : Philip Oltermann European culture editor Publish date : 2025-09-11 13:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In an address delivered before the person who killed Kirk had even been identified, Donald Trump blamed ‘the radical left’ for the shooting A UK offshoot of a US conservative group set up by Charlie Kirk is to hold a vigil in London after he was shot dead, reports the PA news agency.Turning Point UK has said its activists will gather on Friday evening by the Montgomery statue in Whitehall and called on others to “join us in remembering Charlie”.It’s absolutely shocking, we’re heartbroken over here in the UK.My thoughts this evening are with the loved ones of Charlie Kirk.It

Andy McDonald, a shadow cabinet minister under Jeremy Corbyn and under Starmer until 2021, said Peter Mandelson ‘should go immediately’Good morning. Keir Starmer knew that Peter Mandelson had had a long and close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein when he appointed him ambassador to Washingon. He also knew that Mandelson has been a scandal magnet for most of his career. But he was not appointing him archbishop of Canterbury. He calculated that Mandelson would be the right person to forge a good relationship with the plutocrat narcissist now running America (also an old friend of Epstein’s), and by all accounts Mandelson

Weather forecasting was still banned under the 1735 Witchcraft Act when the Met Office was founded in 1854Forecasting the weather used to be less scientific and more magical, to the point that practitioners could be accused of witchcraft.The mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy of Alexandria drew up tables of planetary motions in the second century. Ptolemy was a notable pioneer in astronomy, but went too far in his conclusions about planets influencing our atmosphere. He devised a complex set of calculations to determine their supposed effects on the weather, in a branch of astrology known as astrometeorology. Continue reading... Source link

US lawmakers, in bipartisan rebuke, say violence has no place in America as Trump orders flags loweredCharlie Kirk shooting – follow the latest updatesTrump ally Charlie Kirk fatally shot during Utah eventThe killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college on Wednesday afternoon prompted outrage from Democrats and Republicans over the latest act of political violence in the United States, with Donald Trump lamenting the loss of a key ally.“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,”

Rightwing activist shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University and FBI director says suspect in custodyCharlie Kirk shooting – follow the latest updatesExplainer: What we know so farCharlie Kirk, the founder of the powerful rightwing youth activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and a close ally of Donald Trump, was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon while speaking at a university campus event in Utah.His death shocked the country as members of both political parties expressed outrage at the killing, which Utah governor Spencer Cox called a “political assassination”. Trump ordered all American flags to be lowered to half-staff

Heavy rain continues in NSW capital after state hit by thunderstorms and tornado warning. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMarles says Nampijinpa Price’s remarks ‘utterly unacceptable’ Marles, the defence minister, said senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price remarks about Indian migrants were “obviously utterly unacceptable”I really want to say from the perspective of the government that we celebrate the Indian Australian community. They make a wonderful contribution to our nation, and they are part of a multicultural diverse country that we are. We gain a whole lot of strength from that diversity. Continue reading...

Officials claim FBI director said he had been instructed by White House to fire any agent who worked on an investigation of TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesThree former senior FBI officials sued its director, Kash Patel, and the federal government on Wednesday for wrongful termination, saying there had been widespread unlawful political influence at the bureau.The three officials, Brian Driscoll Jr, Steven Jensen and Spencer Evans, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington DC, asking a judge to declare their firings were illegal, reinstate them, and award them backpay. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/fbi-kash-patel-lawsuit Author : Sam

Defence minister Katz says ‘there is no place they can hide’ after attack condemned as violation of Qatar’s sovereigntyIsrael has reacted with defiance and further threats in response to international outrage at its strikes targeting a meeting of Hamas’s leaders in Qatar on Tuesday.Amid continuing doubt over whether the missiles fired by Israeli air force planes had killed any of their primary targets, the country’s defence minister, Israel Katz, warned its “long arm will act against its enemies anywhere”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/israel-threats-outrage-qatar-strike-hamas Author : Jason Burke International security correspondent Publish date : 2025-09-10 16:59:00 Copyright for syndicated

PM was grilled by Kemi Badenoch on suitability of Mandelson for job as US ambassadorHelena Horton is a Guardian environment reporter.Emma Reynolds, the new environment secretary, had a difficult job this morning: meeting a group of farmers after Labour caused fury in the rural community by introducing a new inheritance tax.The Treasury reserve, designed to be used for “genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures” has recently been used to fund higher public sector pay and compensation payouts.In a letter to ministers, the chancellor said Treasury would only consider providing reserve funds to departments that have already maximised their savings …

Trump officials continue to insist that suggestive note and drawing were not work of the president Trump calls release of suggestive note ‘a dead issue’A jump in greenhouse gas pollution in the US helped push global emissions higher in the first half of this year. This could be an omen of what’s to come, with Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel agenda set to significantly slow down the emissions cuts required to avoid disastrous climate impacts, a new forecast has found.The “most abrupt shift in energy and climate policy in recent memory” that has occurred since Trump re-entered the White House will

Sebastien Lecornu appointment comes as France prepares for protests and strikes over the prospect of spending cuts Emmanuel Macron appoints his third prime minister in a yearIn Paris, firefighters removed burnt objects from a barricade set up by students to block traffic near a high school. Paris police said 132 people had been arrested in the demonstrations there so far – an increase on the 75 reported earlier (see opening summary).“It’s the same shit, it’s the same, it’s Macron who’s the problem, not the ministers,” Fred, a representative for the RATP public transport branch of the CGT union said at

US president says fifth-grade student forced to read aloud My Shadow Is Pink, a book about a boy who loves ‘things not for boys’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian children’s author has fired back after Donald Trump singled out his book as promoting “radical gender ideology”.The US president appeared onstage with a school student, who said he was forced to read My Shadow is Pink by the Australian author and illustrator Scott Stuart. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/sep/10/donald-trump-targets-australian-author-scott-stuart-childrens-book-my-shadow-is-pink Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date

The announcement came after Poland closed airports and launched an operation “to neutralise” objects that crossed over its borderFull report: Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, says militaryLubelskie region governor Krzysztof Komorski is leading an emergency meeting with the police this morning. In a post on X, he urged residents to follow the guidance from the relevant authorities.Prime minister Donald Tusk meanwhile said in his latest update that he is in “constant contact” with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/10/poland-pm-condemns-repeated-violation-of-airspace-amid-russian-attack-on-ukraine-follow-live Author : Helen Livingstone Publish date : 2025-09-10 04:20:00

Charge for Decarlos B Jr, accused of killing Iryna Zarutska in apparent random attack on train, could carry death penaltyThe justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty.The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/north-carolina-ukraine-woman-stabbing

More than 1,000 patients to take part in trial to see if the approach leads to faster and more reliable diagnosesDoctors have launched a clinical trial of a £100 blood test for Alzheimer’s disease in the hope of transforming diagnosis of the devastating condition in the NHS.More than 1,000 patients with suspected dementia are being recruited from memory clinics across the UK to see whether the test leads to faster and more reliable diagnoses and better care for those found to have the disease. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/10/doctors-trial-blood-test-could-transform-nhs-alzheimers-diagnoses Author : Ian Sample Science editor Publish date : 2025-09-09