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Crowds gather in DC, New York and beyond to denounce Trump’s Iran strikes as an illegal act of warAs news reports circulated that Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, had been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, anti-war protesters gathered across the United States, including outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square to voice opposition to US military involvement in the region.“It wasn’t sanctioned by Congress, so what Trump is doing is on his own terms, it’s making him a fascist and it’s making the country into a fascist state,” said Sue Johnson, a protester. Continue

Penny Wong due to speak from Adelaide after government declared its support for US action. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning. Welcome to our live news blog this Sunday.The federal government is moving quickly to respond to events in Iran. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/01/australia-news-live-sunday-iran-illegal-war-reaction-labor-coalition Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2026-02-28 21:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Imam Shuaib Din was not hit by multiple shots fired by Abdul Raouf Afridi, who ambushed him outside his homeA man has been arrested for recently shooting a gun at prominent Muslim leader Imam Shuaib Din in Utah, the police department in the city of Sandy said Saturday.Din’s suspected attacker was identified as Abdul Raouf Afridi. Police said the man was arrested on 12 counts of aggravated assault, including felony discharge of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance, dangerous discharge of a weapon from a vehicle and possession of a dangerous weapon as a prohibited person. Continue reading... Source

Tehran carries out extensive retaliatory strikes on Israel and US air bases as region is plunged into new conflictUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran – what we know so farIsrael and the US have launched a war on Iran, unleashing waves of air attacks across the country in an attempt to bring about regime change and plunging the region into a new conflict that could last weeks or months.The sudden offensive triggered Iranian retaliatory strikes throughout the day across a swathe of the Middle East, with explosions reported in Israel, Bahrain, Syria, Iraq, the

Caspar San Giorgio to appear in court after defacing London statue with slogans including ‘Zionist war criminal’A 38-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after Winston Churchill’s statue outside the Houses of Parliament was sprayed with graffiti labelling the former prime minister a “Zionist war criminal”.The Metropolitan police arrested Caspar San Giorgio, of no fixed address, shortly after 4am on Friday. He was charged in the early hours of Saturday morning and is due to appear at Highbury Corner magistrates court in London. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/28/man-charged-winston-churchill-statue-graffiti-london Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2026-02-28 13:48:00 Copyright

Private providers accused of prescribing powerful stimulants without examining young patients properlyChildren with ADHD are being put at risk by poorly regulated private clinics that prescribe powerful stimulants without key physical examinations, doctors have warned.A surge in remote-only assessments has led to what one clinician described as “widespread and unsafe practice”, where children are being diagnosed and medicated via video link. The clinical warnings have now forced health authorities in Greater Manchester to overhaul prescribing rules, mandating face-to-face checks to protect the safety of children. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/28/poorly-regulated-clinics-putting-children-adhd-risk-warn-doctors Author : Sarah Marsh Publish date : 2026-02-28 11:00:00

Israel says Iran has fired missiles in retaliation as Trump tells Iranian troops to lay down arms or ‘face certain death’Full report: US and Israel attack IranWhat we know so farBlasts have been heard in several cities, including the capital, Tehran, and Isfahan in central Iran.Reuters reports there are long queues at petrol stations in the capital, as many people try to leave. An unnamed Iranian official who spoke to the news agency said several ministries in southern Tehran had been targeted. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/feb/28/israel-attacks-iran-as-blasts-heard-in-tehran-live-updates Author : Taz Ali (now) and Rebecca Ratcliffe (earlier) Publish date :

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/28/six-great-reads-gisele-pelicot-olympic-politics-european-dating-tips Author : Guardian Staff Publish date : 2026-02-28 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Riot police use teargas to disperse people gathering around wreckage of plane loaded with money from central bankAt least 15 people have died after a military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed on Friday near Bolivia’s capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles on a highway and scattering bills on the ground, an official has said.Fire chief Pavel Tovar did not specify if those killed were in the plane or on the highway near the airport in La Paz. He said people had been injured. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/at-least-15-killed-as-cash-laden-military-cargo-plane-crashes-in-bolivia Author : Agencies Publish date : 2026-02-28 03:05:00 Copyright for syndicated

Neither president nor anyone in administration has reached out after Good was killed by immigration officer, says familyThe family of Renee Good, an unarmed US citizen and mother who was killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis last month, said in an interview with NBC News that neither Donald Trump nor anyone in his administration has contacted them since her death.“There’s a reason that we hired our own investigators – to make sure that the truth is transparent and available, to make sure that this is really taken seriously, and to make sure that we know what occurred,” Brent

Home secretary will defy ‘plain wrong’ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim votersShabana Mahmood will press on with hardline immigration policies despite calls for a reversal from unions and left-leaning Labour MPs after the Green party’s byelection victory.Senior Labour sources insisted that the home secretary would continue to roll out changes to asylum policy, dismissing as “plain wrong” claims that it would further alienate Muslim voters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/27/shabana-mahmood-stick-hardline-migration-policies-byelection-defeat Author : Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor Publish date : 2026-02-27 22:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

As tensions between two countries reach high amid capture of Venezuela’s Maduro, US president says Cuba is in ‘trouble’Donald Trump has suggested the US could carry out a “friendly takeover” of Cuba as tensions between Washington and Havana reach a new high following the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.As he left the White House for a campaigning event in Texas on Friday, Trump said: “The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-cuba-regime-change Author : Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana Publish date : 2026-02-27 20:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Deposition comes one day after Hillary Clinton testified and called proceedings ‘partisan political theater’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBill Clinton told a congressional committee on Friday that he “had no idea of the crimes” Jeffrey Epstein was committing and insisted he “did nothing wrong” in his relationship with the disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker.The former president’s remarks came in his opening statement in a deposition to the House of Representatives oversight committee a day after his wife, Hillary Clinton, appeared before the same body and called the proceedings “partisan political

Trade between the EU and two South American countries may start within two months under a provision application of the dealTrade between the EU and two South American countries may start within two months under a provision application of the Mercosur deal.“The law allows the provisional application of the deal can happen two months after notification has been exchanged between both sides in the form of a ‘note verbale’ that the deal will enter into provision application.”“The president reached out to member states and to MEPS, that’s what it means. She reached out to member states and MEPs, and I

Clinton follows his wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who testified on Thursday calling for Donald Trump to appear before the panelAfter the FBI seized elections materials from Fulton county last month, Donald Trump returned once again to his false claim that he beat Joe Biden in Georgia in the 2020 election. “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” Trump said to Dan Bongino on the former FBI staffer’s podcast earlier this month . “We should take over the voting in at least – many – 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” Later that

Pakistani forces launched airstrikes against military targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as well as other provinces close to the borderThe original Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1994 until the US invaded after the September 11 attacks in 2001. After its rule collapsed, Taliban fighters fled to the border region with Pakistan, where, in 2007, an alliance of formerly disparate militant groups came together and called itself Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), or the Pakistan Taliban.The TTP wants to overthrow the government of Pakistan in order to establish Islamic rule over the country. To that end, the TTP has worked to destabilise Pakistan by

Result gives progressive voters clear signal they have an alternative to beating Reform UK – and shows the task ahead for Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updatesLabour MPs have said for weeks that the outcome they most feared at the Gorton and Denton byelection was a Green party victory.On Friday morning, their worst fears were realised. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-worst-fears-realised-greens-victory-gorton-denton-byelection Author : Kiran StaceyPolicy editor Publish date : 2026-02-27 07:42:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Reform UK finished second and Labour is pushed into third place in bad news for PM Keir Starmer Full story: Resounding victory for Green partyReform activists are “hearing Matt Goodwin has all but conceded defeat to the Greens”, the UK poll aggregator Britain Elects has posted on X.The Green party has predicted a “seismic moment” in UK politics, with a party source telling the Press Association:Things are feeling positive. Not wanting to get ahead of ourselves, but everything that we thought that was going to be happening looks like it’s happening … Whatever happens, I think it’s fair to say

Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shakyPakistan bombed Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul and two other provinces on Friday, hours after a cross-border attack, the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours who last year signed a Qatar-mediated ceasefire.Following months of tit-for-tat clashes, Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for earlier deadly air strikes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/afghanistan-pakistan-strikes-kabul Author : Agencies Publish date : 2026-02-27 02:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Company walks away from planned takeover as co-chiefs say deal ‘no longer financially attractive’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxNetflix has walked away from its planned takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, declining to raise its offer for the media conglomerate’s storied Hollywood studios and streaming business after it determined a sweetened rival offer from Paramount Skydance to be “superior”.In a statement on Thursday evening, Netflix co-chief executives Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said that “at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive”. Continue

Police say they have ‘compelling evidence’ the remains are those of Cremer, who disappeared in June 2023. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictim-survivors need financial support to leaveMore than two in three Australians want women to get direct Centrelink payments for 12 months to get their lives back after fleeing violence, research commissioned by Single Mother Families Australia (Smfa) has found.We must recognise that violence has an immediate and long-term cost for all – therefore reforming the systems that currently harm or inadequately protect women and children must be a priority – and

Acting university president says agents misrepresented themselves to gain entry to the residential buildingSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA Columbia University student was arrested on Thursday by federal immigration officers who apparently misrepresented themselves by posing as New York police officers looking for a missing child in order to to gain entry to a residential building to make the apprehension.The acting president of the elite institution in New York City, Claire Shipman, wrote in a statement sent to the wider Columbia community on Thursday that the university was working to gather

Deposition will be filmed but take place behind closed doors, with former president Bill Clinton scheduled to answer questions tomorrowSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxCindy McCain announced today that she will step down from her role as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme to focus on her health.McCain, the widow of the late US senator John McCain, suffered a mild stroke last October and had returned to Italy to resume her work after that, but the demands of the job were affecting her recovery, the organization said. She

Inmate understood to be Huntley taken to hospital after being assaulted at HMP Frankland in County DurhamThe Soham murderer Ian Huntley has been seriously injured in a prison attack in County Durham.A prisoner, understood to be Huntley, who was convicted of killing the 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, was taken to hospital after being assaulted on Thursday morning at HMP Frankland, Durham constabulary said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/26/ian-huntley-seriously-injured-attack-hospital-hmp-frankland-county-durham Author : Robyn Vinter Publish date : 2026-02-26 14:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Orbán asked that the mission included experts from Hungary and Slovakia, both of which are affected by the disrupted oil transit via the pipelineSeparately, Belgium said it was preparing to deploy an air-defence system at the port of Antwerp to counter the growing drone threat to critical infrastructure, Reuters reported.The moves comes after Belgium last year faced a series of drone incursions that forced temporary shutdowns at Belgian airports and a military airbase. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/feb/26/europe-latest-news-updates-russia-ukraine-war Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2026-02-26 11:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.