The Guardian

Family visitation partly restored at New Jersey ICE facility after week of protests

Visits were canceled after detainees began hunger strike, which prompted heated protests outside detention centerFamily visitation at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center is being restored to at least part of the facility, New Jersey’s governor and US homeland security officials confirmed on Sunday morning, after a week during which heated demonstrations at the site were met with aggressive policing tactics.Meanwhile, families of detained immigrants grappled with conflicting information

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BBC World

Dead whale towed ashore in Denmark ahead of autopsy

"Timmy" was found dead off the coast of Anholt despite multiple attempts to rescue it.

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BBC World

Brazil monitors two patients for possible Ebola infection

If confirmed, they would be the first infection cases outside Africa, since the outbreak began in DR Congo.

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The Guardian

Cory Booker has ‘concerns’ with Graham Platner’s Senate bid after leaked texts

US senator says Platner, whose wife says he sent sexually explicit messages to other women, has ‘questions to answer’A high-profile Democrat has expressed concerns with party candidate Graham Platner’s Maine US Senate campaign amid revelations that Platner reportedly sent a number of sexually explicit messages to other women while married.“Yes, I have concerns,” Cory Booker, the US senator from New Jersey, said Sunday on ABC’s This Week when host Jonathan Karl when asked about the Platner revela

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The Guardian

Mandelson files show no mitigation of security concerns over US appointment

Exclusive: Papers to be published on Monday cast doubt on assurances provided by senior Whitehall officialsEmbarrassing WhatsApps, but no vetting report: what will be in the new release of Mandelson files?A trove of government documents about Peter Mandelson contains no record of any measures taken to mitigate serious security concerns over his appointment as Washington ambassador, the Guardian has learned.Multiple sources who have seen or been briefed on the files, which will be published on Mo

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BBC World

'Cancel it', Trump says after artists drop out of US Freedom 250 festival

Trump suggests holding a "Make America Great Again" rally instead after most headliners drop out of White-House-linked event.

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The Guardian

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to stay silent at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak on stage on her lawyer’s advice amid tech firm’s sanctionFacebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in silence on stage at an event at Hay festival, after lawyers advised her not to speak because of ongoing legal action brought by Meta.Wynn-Williams, whose bestselling memoir, Careless People, details her years working at Facebook, was due to appear in conversation with the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and academic Tim Wu. Continue

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NY Times World

The Wars, Raids and Airstrikes Under Trump

The United States has been involved in many military operations around the world since President Trump returned to office.

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The Guardian

Man, 27, arrested after PSNI officer hit by stolen police vehicle

Attempted murder investigation launched after police officer struck by vehicle in DownpatrickPolice have launched an attempted murder investigation after an officer was hit by a stolen police vehicle in Northern Ireland.The officer, who fired his gun during the incident at 4.45am on Sunday, had been chasing a suspect on foot after another vehicle had earlier failed to stop for police in the Fountain Street area in Downpatrick, County Down. Continue reading...

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BBC World

Blast kills dozens in rebel-held village in Myanmar

Insurgents say it was caused by explosives being used for mining close to the Chinese border.

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The Guardian

Trump’s interior secretary dismisses calls to identify donors for ‘nonpartisan’ concert series

Doug Burgum complains some musicians ‘segmented their audiences’ after artists back out of 250th anniversary eventThe Trump administration’s interior secretary, Doug Burgum, complained on Sunday that some musicians “seem to have segmented their audiences” after artists bailed on participating in a concert series planned for the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence.In the interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Burgum also dismissed calls to publicly identified who had made donations for the

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The Guardian

WHO calls for community cooperation to contain DRC Ebola outbreak

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling bodies in Ituri province Containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is “everybody’s business”, the World Health Organization has said.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organisation’s director general, made the plea on Sunday during a visit to eastern Congo where some residents have protested against stringent medical protocols for handling victims’ bodies.

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The Guardian

US strike on alleged drug boat kills three in eastern Pacific

Attack comes after Friday’s strike that killed three men as well, pushing death toll to more than 200 since last yearThe US military said on Saturday it had carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific killing three men, the second strike in as many days.Officials with the US Southern Command said in a post on X that intelligence had confirmed that the vessel was transiting along “narco-trafficking” routes in the eastern Pacific and engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations. Continue

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The Guardian

Students would save $3bn over a decade if Labor changed Hecs indexation date by five months

Exclusive: Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan show possible savings for university graduates, as Hecs debts increase by $1bn on Monday Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUniversity graduates would save more than $3bn over a decade if the government changed the date of indexation on Hecs debts, dubbed a “broken system” in its current form by independent MP Monique Ryan.About 3 million students and graduates will see their Hecs debts increase by $1bn on Mo

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The Guardian

Australian home prices fall as experts predict slump could last a year and cut values by 10%

Buyers abandon auctions and Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra median house prices end May lower than they were at the end of 2025Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHome prices in Australia’s capital cities have begun to fall, with experts predicting the decline could last at least a year and wipe as much as 10% from values.The median capital city home price fell in May, the first decline since January 2025, as high interest rates and inflation stretched buyer budgets, Cotali

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NY Times World

Israel Captures Crusader Castle That Symbolized Its Long Lebanon Occupation

The seizure of Beaufort in southern Lebanon called up bitter memories in both countries amid a widening Israeli conflict with Hezbollah that seems far from over.

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The Guardian

Arm boss in line for billion-dollar payday if chipmaker hits targets

Proposal requires Rene Haas to steer US-listed British company to ‘exceptional growth metrics’ The chief executive of Arm is in line for a pay package that would make him a billionaire if he hits targets to turn the British microchip giant into the UK’s first trillion-dollar company.Arm, which is listed in New York but retains its global headquarters in Cambridge, has proposed a pay scheme for Rene Haas in which he will receive generous annual share awards plus a maximum bonus of $800m if he ca

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The Guardian

Indian man awarded almost £30,000 after UK employer failed to provide work

Tribunal orders company to pay Shabin Shaji for care work he was not given after coming to UK, in landmark caseAn Indian citizen who came to the UK to work as a care worker through the post-Brexit visa scheme has been awarded nearly £30,000 in a landmark case, because his employer failed to give him a single day of work for a year.An employment tribunal ordered the care company Swan Care Solutions Ltd to pay Shabin Shaji wages for the work he was “ready, able and willing to do”. Continue reading

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The Guardian

Death of Congolese man renews scrutiny of race relations in Ireland

Yves Sakila died after being restrained by security guards ‘in broad daylight’Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on the body of a Congolese man who died after being restrained by shop security guards on a Dublin street, prompting an outcry and comparisons to the death of George Floyd.A forensic pathologist from England is to conduct an independent postmortem this week on Yves Sakila, 35, an alleged shoplifter who was pursued and pinned to the ground in the city centre on 15 May

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The Guardian

Bus driver charged in Virginia crash that killed five people

Driver faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter in Friday crash that killed five and injured more than 40 othersThe driver of a motor coach bus that killed five people and injured more than 40 others after crashing in Virginia on Friday morning has been criminally charged.Jing S Dong, 48, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter, with additional charges likely, according to Virginia state police.The AP contributed reporting Continue reading...

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