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Israel’s Haredim have escalated their protests against military service in recent weeks, underscoring growing divisions ahead of national elections.
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US president alleges there is ‘big cheating’ in elections for governor and Los Angeles mayor as results are pendingDonald Trump has alleged without evidence that Democrats are cheating in California’s primaries and claimed in a late-night social media post that the US attorney’s office in Los Angeles was investigating.As counting continues in the most populous state in the US, the president’s unfounded remarks are likely to further alarm election observers, who have warned of the risk of escalat
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Justices uphold FCC authority to impose in-house penalties, rejecting AT&T and Verizon jury trial claimsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe US supreme court backed the Federal Communications Commission’s system for levying fines, ruling on Thursday against wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon in their challenge to the agency and handing a win to Donald Trump’s administration.The ruling was 8-1. At issue in the legal dispute was whether the agency’s in-house proceedings for
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Nauran government says its citizens are ‘friendly’ after MP spoke of serious threats allegedly made against former Australian detaineesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nauruan government has issued a rare statement insisting it is a “friendly” and “welcoming” country after a whistleblower alleged “serious threats of physical violence” were made against a group of non-citizens removed there by the Albanese government.The unexpected defence, sent shortly after midday
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Snow arrives in time for the start of ski season, but climate change and El Niño mean it may not stick around for long, experts sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere was optimism across Australian alpine resorts this week as their social media channels filled with footage of snow flurries that arrived just in time for the opening of the ski season this weekend.“We couldn’t be more excited,” said the Instagram account of Perisher, the southern hemisphere’s biggest sk
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Deletion of the bureau’s website content is just the most recent part of a larger plan to ‘undermine an agency that’s helped people’The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deleted at least 2,200 webpages from its website last month, a move advocates say is part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to dismantle the federal consumer finance watchdog.The removed content was all published before Trump’s second term, and includes press releases, consumer advisories, congressional testimonies,
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Justice department filed charges against Trump’s former adviser in 2025 as part of onslaught against president’s criticsUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailJohn Bolton, the former US national security adviser who left Donald Trump’s first administration and became a staunch critic of the US president, will reportedly plead guilty over mishandling classified documents.The US Department of Justice filed federal charges against Bolton in October 2025, o
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The lower chamber of Congress passed a measure that seeks to halt further military action, in a vote seen as largely symbolic.
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Demonstrators say the project backed by Donald Trump's son-in-law would harm a protected environment.
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The deal is contingent on Hezbollah halting attacks on Israeli forces and withdrawing fighters from southern Lebanon, the U.S. State Department said.
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The United States announced the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday night following a fresh round of talks.
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IPO could raise up to $75bn, giving SpaceX market value of $1.77tn as it sets up Musk for extraordinary wealthElon Musk’s SpaceX is looking to raise $75bn (£55bn) from its blockbuster stock market listing next week as the rocket company aims for the largest initial public offering ever.If the stock market launch – primed for 12 June – goes as planned, founder Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, could make history as the first trillionaire. Continue reading...
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The third strike on the tiny Gulf state in about a week escalated the standoff in the Strait of Hormuz to more sensitive targets.
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Budapest's liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony had been charged with helping to organise the banned 2025 march.
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‘Retail theft ring’ stole goods from logistics sites in Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey and sold them in New York, officials sayEight people were indicted this week in New York in connection with what prosecutors describe as a “wide-ranging retail theft ring” that stole nearly $5m worth of goods – from steaks to cheeses to copper wiring and cigarettes.The Manhattan district attorney’s office announced charges against the eight individuals on Wednesday, accusing them of “conspiring to imper
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Prosecutors say they intend to try all five killings together next year after brief arraignment in PortlandSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailAn accused serial killer in Oregon was arraigned on Wednesday for the murder of a fifth woman.A lawyer for Jesse Calhoun, who was already facing charges in the deaths of four women whose bodies were discovered in 2022 and 2023, entered a not guilty plea for the second-degree murder of Ashley Real, a 22-year-old who previously alleged he had c
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The New York Times has been investigation the number of boat strikes and the death toll in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific carried out by the Trump administration. Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The Times, explains what those numbers mean.
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The French-Iranian author and illustrator was known for her graphic novel series and Oscar-nominated film.
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Shares in London-listed financial groups with a large presence in Asia fell on fears that new rules would curtail mainland Chinese investors’ use of Hong Kong bank accounts.
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Criticism comes from across political spectrum after decision regarded as blow to Friedrich Merz’s governmentGermany’s unprecedented failure to win one of the rotating seats on the UN security council has sparked an intense round of soul searching in Berlin, and raised questions about its claims to international leadership under Friedrich Merz.The council vote on Wednesday, which elected Austria and Portugal to a two-year term along with Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe, marked a blow to Merz’s