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Voters have also been casting ballots in Alabama and Washington DC, where for the first time in over 10 years, the city will elect a new mayor in NovemberWith 15% of the vote counted in Georgia, the race for the Republican nomination for the US Senate, to take on incumbent Jon Ossoff, is very close. Trump-endorsed congressman Mike Collins has 51.9% of the vote so far, to 48.1% for former football coach Derek Dooley, who is backed by the Georgia governor Brian Kemp. The current margin in less than 6,000 votes.Polling places closed at 7pm local time across Georgia, where voters cast ballots in several primary runoff races, including Republican contests to be that party's nominee for the US Senate and governor. We will bring you updates on the vote count soon. Continue reading...

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Bomber that crashed during test flight at Edwards air force base in California killed all eight crew membersThe investigation into a US air force bomber's deadly crash during a test flight at a California base on Monday could take up to six months to complete, officials said.The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, carrying eight people, crashed in a fiery explosion that sent up thick plumes of smoke at the Edwards air force base in the Mojave desert, about 100 miles (161km) north-east of Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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Officials decline to specify how many people have been moved from widely criticized Florida facility or where toDetainees from Florida's notorious Alligator Alcatraz" immigration jail have been relocated to other facilities, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).The detention facility in the remote Everglades, celebrated by Donald Trump for its harsh conditions, has been widely expected to close. It quickly attracted headlines for the brutal treatment of detainees after opening last year. Continue reading...

Brazil supreme court finds that Eduardo Bolsonaro - who resides in the US - tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plotBrazil's supreme court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro to four years and two months in prison after finding him guilty of courting US interference in his father's coup plot trial last year.The office of Brazil's prosecutor general had charged Eduardo Bolsonaro - who lives in the US - courting interference from the Trump administration to help Jair Bolsonaro's case, by imposing sanctions on the court's justices and tariffs on Brazilian goods. Continue reading...

Video taken after the shooting shows a woman sobbing over the pet with nearly a dozen officers standing aroundPolice in California shot and killed a family's pet dog wearing a New York Knicks jersey after they were called to a report of a screaming woman who turned out to be celebrating the basketball team's championship win.Video of the aftermath of Saturday's shooting of the two-year-old doodle named Jameson, the sweetest boy in the world", according to the dog's owner, received millions of views on TikTok on Tuesday. Continue reading...

The countries are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday before proceeding to the next stage of talks

Shots fired within 500 metres of vessel near Isle of Wight amid heightened tensions between London and MoscowA Russian warship fired warning shots within a few hundred metres of a British pleasure yacht sailing across the Channel on Tuesday morning amid a period of heightened tensions between London and Moscow.The rare incident took place at 11.40am more than 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight and less than 40 miles north of Normandy, France, when the yacht, identified as the private vessel Bright Future, sailed close to the Admiral Grigorovich and ignored at least one warning. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is consistently undermined'The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is in absolute crisis" with the number of specialist nurses falling by a third across the UK since 2009, leaving many vulnerable adults with inadequate care, according to a report by the largest nursing union.The Royal College of Nursing review revealed that the number of learning-disability nurses employed by the NHS has fallen from 7,083 in 2009 to 4,768 in 2026. As a result of these falling numbers, 1.5 million people with learning disabilities were not being provided with their legal right to equitable access to health and care services. Continue reading...

Value of Elon Musk's firm at one point rose to $2.97tn just days after its IPO following purchase of AI coding startup CursorElon Musk's SpaceX has overtaken Amazon as the world's fifth-most valuable company days after its stock market debut.The jump in value came as it agreed to buy the startup behind the AI-powered coding app Cursor for $60bn (44bn), in an attempt to capitalise on the technology's success as a coding tool. Continue reading...

General secretary of TUC calls Reform proposal a smokescreen for slashing women's rights'

Young adults and teens are being recruited through apps like Telegram and paid to carry out attacks, officials sayPolice investigators in Toronto have said that dozens of shootings - including one at the US consulate in March - are linked to a multilayered" gun-for-hire network that is also responsible for attacks on synagogues around Canada's largest city.Toronto's police chief, Myron Demkiw, told reporters on Tuesday that young adults and teenagers are being recruited through encrypted messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp by bad actors" and paid by the networks to carry out the attacks. Shooters are required to film their attacks in order to get paid. Continue reading...

British prime minister was left making small talk unsure if a meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy was going aheadThe wait for Keir Starmer's first session of the G7 gathering in Evian-les-Bains was undoubtedly awkward. A meeting about the future of Ukraine had been due to start at 9am but more than half an hour later, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron were nowhere to be seen.On a live Reuters feed, Starmer could be seen standing next to the leaders of Canada and Japan as they milled about making small talk. Are they, are they having a meeting?" the British prime minister could be heard asking. If he was referring to the missing attenders, and they were indeed having a meeting, it was clear he hadn't been invited. Continue reading...

Helen Cammock says her comments blaming wartime leader for Bengal famine were intended to create dialogue'A Turner prize-winning artist accused of telling a barefaced lie" about Winston Churchill in a video piece installed at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has defended her work, saying it was intended to create a dialogue" about figures in the gallery's collection.Helen Cammock's 40-minute moving image piece called Persistence has been at the centre of a row about the role Churchill played in the Bengal famine of 1943. Continue reading...

Prime minister faces prospect of going it alone against Iran as strategic interests of US and Israel are divergingIt took more than a day after news of Donald Trump's deal with Iran went public for Benjamin Netanyahu to speak out.When he finally appeared at a press conference on Monday evening, the Israeli prime minister skirted a cornerstone of his past public appearances: his excellent relationship with the US president. Continue reading...

Abbas Araghchi says war not fully come to an end' without Israeli forces leaving territories occupied during present conflict

Prosecution alleges Tony Bartlett shook four-week-old Atticus Bartlett so violently he suffered fatal brain damageA mother has described in court the moment she came downstairs to find her four-week-old baby floppy and grey after her partner allegedly shook him so violently he caused brain damage.Atticus Bartlett collapsed at the family home in Chard, Somerset, after the alleged attack by his father, Tony Bartlett, 39, who was a postal worker. He denies murder and manslaughter. Continue reading...

MEPs agree to implement deal almost 12 months after it was proposed and just days before deadline of US threat to raise tariffsThe European parliament has given its final approval to implement last July's tariff agreement with Donald Trump.Facing a threat of increased tariffs if the deal was not sanctioned by 4 July, MEPs agreed to approve the deal, with two main provisos. Continue reading...

James Bond actor, who is only the second non-royal woman to be celebrated in this way, called the honour truly overwhelming'Dame Judi Dench is to have a West End theatre renamed after her, becoming only the second non-royal woman to be honoured in such a way.The Shaftesbury theatre will be known as the Judi Dench theatre from February 2027 in celebration of the actor's unparalleled contribution to British theatre and the performing arts". Continue reading...

Conservatives accused of attack on crucial safeguards' and of fostering climate of hostility' towards judiciary

Any sense of relief is offset by doubts over durability of agreement and feelings of betrayal by Trump administration

Call at G7 summit in France comes as Ukraine president tells US counterpart Kyiv is no longer losing on battlefield

Ridglan Farms facility in Wisconsin was at the center of protests against the practice of using animals for researchA beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin that has been the focus of animal rights protests is shutting down, and a rescue group in Florida is taking in the remaining dogs.Not one dog will remain," Lauree Simmons, founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Florida, said in a press conference announcing the news on Monday. No more breeding, no more testing, no more anything." Continue reading...

Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weatherDonald Trump's $14.2m bid to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US president described as a filthy" and dirty" site into a beautiful" monument has encountered a hitch.The water is green again. Continue reading...

With election denialists installed in key positions, officials using series of measures to change voting rulesThe Trump administration is waging war on voting rights using justice department lawsuits, FBI investigations, and an executive order to limit voting by mail, moves mirroring the US president's false claims he lost the 2020 election due to voting fraud, say election experts and ex-officials.Since Donald Trump began his second term, numerous 2020 election denialists have been installed in key agencies such as the DoJ, the FBI and elsewhere to pursue widely discredited claims of fraud, which can intimidate election workers and voters in swing states that Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020. Continue reading...

Country acts amid Iran war inflation pressures, but US Fed and Bank of England expected to hold rates

Hania Ahmed, 9, died after Punjab police opened fire on suspected robbers as well as her family in Chakwal

Former SAS soldier had been invited along with all other living Victoria Cross recipients, judge told

ABF's bakeries arm would be likely to exit the market entirely if the deal did not proceed, CMA finds

Victoria and NSW police search seven properties as they examine where shooter travelled after killing two officers in Porepunkah

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Few analysts believe final settlement can be reached in 60 days - and even if it is, war and instability could soon returnIn much of the Middle East, news that the US and Iran had come to a fragile agreement was greeted with relief tempered with doubt that any deal would resolve the turbulent region's deep problems or even prevent a future return to war.In Kuwait, a frequent target of Iranian drone strikes during the 15-week conflict, Iyad Joumma, a 37-year-old Jordanian engineer, spoke for many. Continue reading...

Reserve Bank of Australia decision on Tuesday comes after three consecutive cash rate hikes this year

El Nino events linked with extreme weather around the world - and can increase risk of bushfires in Australia and coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef

Play at Gillian Lynne theatre in London will cycle through versions with weekend crowds able to pick oneIn keeping with its well-earned reputation for cloak and dagger, the stage adaptation of the hit gameshow Traitors will present audiences with different renditions of the story depending on which night they attend.The Traitors: Acts of Betrayal will take the form of a five-play cycle, with weekend crowds able to determine which version of the BBC show dramatisation they see. Continue reading...

Some titles that once backed the Tories now flirting with Farage' as they try to gauge where readers standIt was a Mail on Sunday headline with all the ferocity usually reserved for general elections, directed squarely at a political opponent. But in this case, the traditionally Conservative-supporting title was not targeting Labour.The party in its crosshairs was Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, the vehemently rightwing outfit that regards Nigel Farage's Reform UK as too weak on deporting migrants. Continue reading...

Emily Lal - paid $6,000 to provide freebirth support package to Stacey Warnecke - tells coroner her role was primarily to be a supportive friend'

In today's newsletter: An argument about money has also spotlighted questions about Britain's place in the world and the changing face of warfareGood morning. What conflict has raged longer than the hundred years war? The fight between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury over defence spending.I'd love to claim this as my own, but avoid patter theft this early in the day. So I'll credit my colleague Dan Sabbagh, the Guardian's defence and security editor, who spoke to me ahead of this week's G7 meeting, in France, where Keir Starmer arrived yesterday for what could be his final international summit. The prime minister can anticipate candid discussions about international partnerships in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, both of which may soon demand increased involvement from the British military.Middle East | Donald Trump has declared that the strait of Hormuz will be completely open" from Friday, as western leaders gathering at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains battled to prevent the fragile US deal with Iran from almost immediately unravelling.UK politics | Political hatred and division in the UK is probably worse now than during the Brexit referendum, when Jo Cox was murdered, says Kim Leadbeater, Cox's sister who is now also a Labour MP.Crime | A schoolteacher described as a serial manipulator and a serial liar" has been found guilty of sexually abusing and murdering a baby he and his partner had adopted.Environment | Half of the world's children are exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards threatening their health, education and survival, according to a Unicef report.US news | Eight people are presumed dead after a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning at a US air force base in California's Mojave Desert, officials said. Continue reading...

Former PE teacher will serve time for crimes perpetrated at Traralgon high school in Gippsland concurrently with prior 48-year sentence

Exclusive: Carns, who quit last week, says he was angered by unwillingness to confront sunk costs of legacy programmesThere is unbelievable" waste and inefficiency at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the former armed forces minister Al Carns has said, adding that every time he would turn a stone over" he would get another shock.Carns said that during his time as a defence minister he had been angered by the unwillingness to confront the sunk costs of legacy programmes - and suggested mismanaged programmes such as tanks investment should be scrapped in favour of new technology. Continue reading...

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission launches federal court action against restaurant over Tree Day Tuesday campaignThe consumer regulator has sued Grill'd over allegations the burger retailer engaged in greenwashing by dramatically overstating how much money it was donating towards one of its key environmental campaigns.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Tuesday announced it had launched federal court action against Grill'd, alleging it misrepresented its Tree Day Tuesday campaign for more than three years. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Commons motion calls for code of practice to be blocked amid concerns over impact on transgender peopleA number of Labour MPs are increasingly doubtful that the guidance on how organisations should implement the supreme court ruling on sex as it applies in the Equality Act is workable in the real world, with some predicting it will unleash a wave of competing legal claims.A total of 135 MPs, 69 of them from Labour, have signed a Commons motion calling for the code of practice drafted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, approved last month, to be blocked, primarily because of worries about its impact on transgender people. Continue reading...

So-called good behaviour' legislation fiercely criticised by opposition politicians and rights groupsSweden's parliament has voted to escalate the country's crackdown on immigrant rights, backing laws that allow authorities to revoke residency permits based on a vague criteria of bad behaviour and obliging most public sector workers to report anyone suspected of being undocumented.The new legislation comes ahead of parliamentary elections in September, pitting the centre-right government, which currently depends on the support of the far-right Sweden Democrats to govern, against a far right that has said its intent is to create one of Europe's most hostile environments for non-Europeans. Continue reading...

The closures, so employees can watch a recorded lecture, will cost the company an estimated 2.1bn won ($1.4m) in salesStarbucks Korea will simultaneously close all its stores for a mandatory history lesson, after a disastrous promotion that evoked memories of a pro-democracy massacre sparked public and political backlash.More than 2,000 stores will temporarily close at 3pm on 22 June, the company said, so staff can watch recorded lectures on modern Korean history and engage in social sensitivity" training. The half-day closures will cost Starbucks an estimated 2.1bn won ($1.4m) in lost sales, according to data firm IGAWorks. Continue reading...

Experts say criminal networks favour Sri Lanka due to ease of getting tourist visas and limited regulation on sim cards and internet connectionsExperts have warned that Sri Lanka is emerging as a hub for transnational cybercrime, after a crackdown in south-east Asia pushed Chinese-run criminal networks to relocate their vast scam operations.Sri Lankan police spokesperson Fredrick Wootler said the country was witnessing an alarming increase of cybercrimes" perpetrated by people entering the country as tourists, and then illegally setting up scam operations targeting people across the world. Continue reading...

Health advocates criticized Kennedy's move demanding answers from journal that removed flawed' vaccine studyRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is demanding answers from a medical journal that recently removed a paper suggesting a link between vaccines and infant death, saying their decision was of great interest to me".Public health advocates immediately criticized the move, and said Kennedy appeared to be trying to intimidate and influence the journal's editorial process. The journal Toxicology Reports had removed the paper this spring after editors determined it was so seriously flawed it could harm patients and pose a risk to public health. Continue reading...

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Welsh singer, best known for 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, had emergency intestinal surgery in MayWelsh pop star Bonnie Tyler is no longer in a coma but remains very unwell" in intensive care at a hospital near her home in Faro, Portugal.The 75-year-old singer received emergency intestinal surgery in May and was placed in an induced coma to aid her recovery. Continue reading...