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Republican lawmaker calls for investigation on himself amid domestic abuse allegations: ‘I have absolutely nothing to hide’ – live
Max Miller calls for a House investigation into himself amid domestic abuse allegations made against him by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, daughter of Republican Ohio senator Bernie Moreno
Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz
Masoud Pezeshkian dismisses talk of internal rift as hardline Assembly of Experts call US negotiations futile'
Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations
Miller vows to clear his name as Republican senator Bernie Moreno says former son-in-law unfit to serve in CongressMax Miller, a US Republican representative from Ohio, is facing a rising groundswell of resignation calls from his own party over domestic abuse allegations after his ex-father-in-law, Bernie Moreno, a GOP senator, said he was unfit to serve in Congress.With a deadline looming for party leaders to choose a potential replacement, Miller, a former White House aide, also came under pressure from Donald Trump on Monday after the president reportedly called and told him things aren't looking good" for his re-election campaign against his Democratic opponent, Brian Poindexter. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Rubio hopes US can reach Hormuz deal with Iran ‘very shortly’ as officials say progress has been made
US secretary of state comments come after treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said Washington could reach a deal by tomorrow'
Chipotle removes jalapeños amid US salmonella outbreak investigation
Restaurant chain pulls peppers out of an abundance of caution' as salmonella outbreak sickens 100 peopleChipotle said on Tuesday it had removed jalapenos from some of the chain's restaurants after identifying the peppers as a potential ingredient tied to a salmonella outbreak, replacing them with supplies from different growers.The company said it began tracing ingredients through its supply chain after learning of a potential outbreak and identified jalapenos from a common lot as a possible source. Continue reading...
India’s ruling BJP loses byelection in stronghold after Cockroach student protests
Opposition parties say nationwide protests that forced resignation of education secretary are beginning to dent BJP supportIndia's ruling Bharatiya Janata party has lost a byelection in a seat it had held for three decades, after the Cockroach movement student protests that have shaken Narendra Modi's government.Prashant Kishor, a high-profile electoral strategist turned politician, scored a breakthrough win for his fledgling Jan Suraaj (Good Governance) party in the Bankipur constituency in Patna, the capital of the eastern state of Bihar. Continue reading...
BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas even as firm exits North Sea
Meg O'Neill says where we generate jobs, we generate tax revenue', as company's profits more than double
Dinghy carrying 173 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire
All passengers thought to have been taken to Boulogne after large air and sea rescue operation by France and UKA dinghy carrying 173 people has capsized after its engine caught fire as it attempted to cross the Channel from France.The people onboard were rescued from the water after a large air and sea operation was launched using UK border security and French vessels along with an RNLI boat. Continue reading...
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting
Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people not a good signal' for Europe
Huw Edwards criticised for entering Welsh poetry competition
BBC actor Sera Cracroft says if disgraced former newsreader had won it would be hurtful to abuse survivorsThe disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been criticised after entering a Welsh poetry competition under a pseudonym.Actor Sera Cracroft, best known for her role in the long-running BBC Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm, told the BBC it would have been catastrophic" if Edwards had won the prize, and that the image of him being crowned in front of the nation" would be hurtful to survivors". Continue reading...
US and Qatar report progress on Iran ceasefire and reopening Hormuz strait
Optimism echoes Trump's claims on Monday that deal is close as mediators say they are exchanging proposals
Refuse collectors help Italian woman recover binned €1m lottery ticket
Winner called waste management team after she realised stub showing she had hit the jackpot had been thrown awayA 1m lottery ticket has been recovered from the rubbish in Italy after the frantic winner called on refuse collectors to help her retrieve it, according to the waste management company.The instant win ticket was miraculously still in one piece" after garbage workers combed through mounds of rubbish on their truck, said Roberto Nicola Toscano, the administrator of the SANB company in Italy's southern Puglia region. Continue reading...
Spain says 70,000 out of 72,000 migrants that entered Ceuta in mass border crossing have returned to Morocco – as it happened
Minister tells reporters least 75 people died after EU ministers meet to discuss response to the crisisMeanwhile, the European Commission said it was monitoring very closely" the situation in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania as the region faces an energy crunch caused by the ongoing heatwave and drought.Energy spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen said the low Danube levels will clearly have an impact on nuclear generation along the route," and this concerns several member states." Continue reading...
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost
Poetry sales surpassed 8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer's 2,700-year-old poemUK poetry sales are on course to reach a record high this year, buoyed by the success of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey.Poetry sales surpassed 8m during the first 30 weeks of 2026, an increase of 13.3% on the same period last year, according to data from market researchers NielsenIQ. Continue reading...
Reading and writing worsens in Australian schools as one in three students fail to meet Naplan benchmarks
Education minister Jason Clare says the results showed real challenges' but numeracy scores were heartening
‘Did you send that report?’ The Icac bombshell that came late for Damien Tudehope
The former Liberal finance minister was questioned by Icac counsel assisting, Peggy Dwyer, on Tuesday
Mentions of ‘gender’ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to ‘dewokify’
Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap
Melbourne anti-weapons protest being investigated as terrorist act by ‘far-left extremists’
Federal police say those who vandalised a defence manufacturer and torched nearby cars could face life imprisonment
Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – UK politics live
Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset
Jerusalem’s most important religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, warns Jordan
Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could trigger a religious conflict'
About 1,000 fewer prisoners to get early release as Burnham tightens rules
Justice secretary says he could not have gone further without causing system to break' but acknowledges impact on grieving relatives such as those of PC Andrew Harper
UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist amid credible threats to his life
Special rapporteurs say transnational repression by Indian authorities' has put Moninder Singh in dangerUN rights experts have urged Canada to take all feasible measures to protect the Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has been repeatedly warned by the Canadian authorities of credible threats to his life.In a letter to the Canadian government, the five UN experts raised concerning allegations of foreign intimidation and reprisals" against Singh, a Canadian national. Continue reading...
Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails
2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain's second busiest airport
Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity
After a blitz of small wins, PM is finding that like Keir Starmer there is only so much he can control on the big calls
A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train
This evening service from London to Crewe is hot, sweaty and heaving with people, many having to stand or sit in the gangwaysThe 5.46pm train from London Euston to Crewe is the low point of Nikhil Patel's week. I've never gotten a seat. I always stand up even when I get here early," says the 22-year-old, struggling to keep his balance while the gangway underneath sways from side to side.Painfully for Patel, who is commuting back and forth to the capital for a computer science internship, it's the first leg of a three-hour journey home to Walsall. He grabs the back of a chair to remain steady but says he's just thankful that the train has left on time - and that it's even on the move at all. Continue reading...
Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
Levy could raise 19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham's support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners
Michigan votes in key Senate primary as Democrats battle over party’s future
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed leads in polls against centrist Haley Stevens as party looks to regain control of US SenateThe Democratic party faces a crucial test of its direction today as voters in the midwestern swing state of Michigan decide whether to nominate for US Senate a progressive candidate advocating for universal healthcare or an-establishment-backed moderate.The state's Democratic primary is the latest high-profile battle over the party's future, as it seeks to chart a course back to power in Washington following Donald Trump's victory in 2024. Continue reading...
UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland
A Guardian investigation finds irrigation canals polluted with microplastics in Turkey, a major destination for UK waste Nobody cares': Turkish farmers bear the burden of UK's plastic waste problemHigh levels of microplastics and other plastic contamination have been discovered in a waterway close to a major recycling hub in Turkey supplied with plastic waste by British companies.The polluted waterway, which floods into agricultural fields after heavy rain, feeds into a larger canal used for irrigating crops on the Cukurova plain, in the city of Adana, in the south of the country. It is one of the largest and most fertile agricultural basins in Turkey. Continue reading...
Trump accuses oil companies of ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran
US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should give some of that back to the public'
NSW will not implement recommendation of long-awaited hate speech report – as it happened
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NSW Liberal admits to leaking confidential report to young conservative powerbrokers, inquiry hears
NSW shadow attorney general, Damien Tudehope, tells inquiry Jean-Claude Perrottet had a talent for recruitingThe leader of the opposition in the New South Wales upper house has admitted to leaking a confidential draft report from a 2023 parliamentary inquiry to a member of a group of young conservative Liberal powerbrokers now under investigation by the corruption watchdog, an inquiry has heard.On Tuesday, Damien Tudehope, the NSW shadow attorney general and Liberal leader in the upper house, gave evidence as part of the Independent Commission Against Corruption's (Icac) Operation Rosny. Continue reading...
Trump wants ‘fair treatment’ in fight over Labor’s levy on tech giants to pay for news, US trade group warns
National Foreign Trade Council disappointed' at move to expand News Bargaining Incentive but Australian experts say government is not going far enough
Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating suspected corruption when killed, jury told
Journalist's son says his mother was examining leak from Electrogas, part owned by Yorgen Fenech who is on trialDaphne Caruana Galizia was investigating suspected corruption by the businessman Yorgen Fenech and members of Malta's government when she was killed, a jury has heard.The heir to one of Malta's biggest fortunes, Fenech is on trial for murder, accused of commissioning and paying for Caruana Galizia's killing in a car bombing in October 2017. Continue reading...
Alan Jones trial live updates: former radio broadcaster in Sydney court for day two of indecent assault case – latest news
PM to tighten early release rules but men jailed over PC Harper’s death can be freed
Rapists, child abusers and groomers will not leave prison early but some of those serving sexual or violent offences will now leave after half their sentenceRapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from early release plans to ease critical prison overcrowding in a major intervention by Andy Burnham.The prime minister said on Tuesday that he would delay the planned early release of thousands of prisoners across England and Wales by a month until October. Continue reading...
Metro Bank customer fights for £14,000 refund after AI-linked fraud
Lender was told money was being taken without authorisation, with cash used to buy credits for Claude chatbotA Metro Bank customer has told of his fight to get more than 14,000 back after its systems failed to stopa fraud involving the AI chatbot Claude.Zoli Rutter, a businessman from Sussex, had a total of 14,244 taken from his bank account. The scam involved fraudsters buying credits to use Claude. Continue reading...
Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters
Most of the zoo's 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summerThree lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are undergoing treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the big cats struggle in Japan's high levels of humidity.Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40C in recent weeks, qualifying for the new cruelly hot day" designation. Continue reading...
Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years
Large tabby cat that wiped out dozens of rare pteke, or brown teal, has been killed after eluding trappers with its very erratic' behaviourA notorious feral cat given the name Nine Lives" because it eluded trappers for three years has been caught and killed in New Zealand, ending its devastating rampage against one of the country's rare duck populations.The cat, a large grey tabby, is estimated to have killed dozens of New Zealand's rarest mainland duck - or 1% of its population - plus a host of kiwi chicks, native geckos and other native wildlife during the three years it was known to be roaming the Purerua peninsula, near the top of the North Island. Continue reading...
Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate
In today's newsletter: A small chorus of right-leaning critics are trying to convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular, downplaying its seriousness in the processGood morning. Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought, wildfires have burned through parts of the Cairngorms, Suffolk and the Isle of Wight, and reservoirs are running low. Farmers have warned that there could soon be food shortages, and the Royal Horticultural Society is considering moving its hydrangeas to cope with the heat. Many people are now asking a question rarely associated with British summertime: when will it rain?The Guardian has been covering how the climate crisis is supercharging wildfires in Europe, the impossible choices firefighters face about which places to save, the number of people who have died in England due to heat, and the air conditioning haves and have-nots. Had you been reading another newspaper, you may have come away with a very different impression of this extreme weather.UK news | Rapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from early release plans to ease critical prison overcrowding in a major intervention by Andy Burnham.UK politics | Nigel Farage has made his clearest admission that he was in talks to return to lead Reform UK months before the 2024 general election, casting fresh doubt on previous claims that he was not involved in politics when he received a 5m gift.Spain | A growing chorus of voices has accused Morocco of helping to fuel the crisis in Ceuta, with the leader of the Spanish enclave describing last week's border crossings as an attack on Spain's territorial integrity that was seen as being if not orchestrated, at least encouraged or permitted by Morocco".Middle East | New talks between Washington and Tehran are the last chance" for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of US strikes on the country, Donald Trump said on Monday.Environment | A plastic manufacturer in the north of England is facing potential legal action over emissions of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical with no safe level, the Guardian can reveal. Continue reading...
Price of olive oil expected to rise again as European crops feel the heat
Farmers warn impact of high temperatures, drought and wildfires on range of foodstuffs means costs will increaseFarmers across Europe are warning of a slump in food production and rising prices as crops from maize to salads suffer as a result of extreme heat, drought and wildfires.Olive groves have also been hit as the climate crisis drives temperatures across the continent to fresh record highs, meaning the cost of olive oil - already at elevated levels - is expected to start rising again. Continue reading...
Sportsbet and Tabcorp deny allegations they sourced drugs and sex workers to encourage VIP clients to bet more
Betting firms respond to claims made by anti-gambling campaigners Tim Costello and Luke Bateman at parliamentary inquiry
Japan’s prime minister tours earthquake-hit sites as recovery efforts hampered by soaring temperatures
Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 peopleJapan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has visited the south-western prefecture of Kumamoto, where recovery efforts are being hampered by heat and a lack of water supplies, almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed dozens and caused widespread damage.Thirty-eight people died during the quake, including one person who died of apparent heatstroke while taking shelter in a car in hot weather, officials said on Monday. Continue reading...
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
Survey reveals medics were called monkeys' and dirty foreigners', and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staffNHS radiographers are experiencing racist abuse by patients, who have called them monkeys" and refused to be seen by black and Asian staff, according to a report.A survey of 381 members of the Society of Radiographers revealed a noticeable" rise in instances of overt racism experienced and witnessed by radiographers across the health service over the past 18 months. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Trump claims strait of Hormuz could open ‘by tomorrow’ as Iran denies any talks taking place
US president claims talks are not very complex' as he speaks at White House as Iran's foreign ministry says there are no talks taking place with US
Greek authorities investigate motive behind murder of Scottish woman found inside suitcase
Inquiries have focused on Elisabeth-Jane Ross's last few hours alive and police believe they hold the key to why 38-year-old was targetedGreek authorities are investigating what may have motivated a 26-year-old Afghan man to kill a Scottish charity worker found dead in a suitcase in an abandoned building in Athens last month.Inquiries have focused increasingly on Elisabeth-Jane Ross's last few hours alive and police believe they hold the key to revealing why the 38-year-old was targeted. Continue reading...
Fresh US-Iran talks are ‘last chance’ for Tehran to avoid war escalating, Trump says
US president expects negotiations to begin in next day or two but Iran says it is not reviving talks with Washington
ICE detainee reveals video of drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures
Disturbing' footage shared by California detainee surfaces amid wider complaints about conditions in ICE detentionAttorneys for a man detained in a California immigration detention center have released footage showing him holding up a bottle of water from inside the facility that appeared to be contaminated with worm-like creatures.The footage came from a video call with Carlitos Ricardo Parias, a Los Angeles man who has been detained for months at the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, north-east of LA. Continue reading...
Man who returned fire at In-N-Out gunman had done firearm training after 2021 mass shooting
Police credited Jordan Salinas with limiting number of victims in attack on restaurant in Twin Falls, IdahoA healthcare worker returning fire on a 24-year-old gunman who killed three people and wounded several others an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, has said his impulse to confront the attacker was automatic" and mechanical".That description from 35-year-old Jordan Salinas came in an interview with the Idaho Statesman that was published on Sunday, providing a detailed account of actions that police credited with limiting the number of victims in the attack a day earlier. Continue reading...
US cyclosporiasis outbreak kills two people in Michigan, officials say
US sees first fatalities due to intestinal illness, though both had significant underlying health conditionsTwo people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, the state's health department said on Monday, marking the first fatalities in the largest US outbreak of the intestinal illness.According to medical records, both individuals had significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis and dehydration," a spokesperson for the Michigan health and human service department told the Guardian in a statement. Continue reading...
Judge orders return of alleged victim of trafficking sent to France under ‘one in one out’ scheme
Ruling quashes Home Office policy to refuse asylum seekers' right to have trafficking claims reconsidered after initial rejectionA high court judge has ordered the Home Office to bring an alleged victim of trafficking forcibly removed to France under the one in one out" scheme back to the UK.It is the first ruling of its kind and could lead to more people affected by the one in one out" policy being brought back to the UK. Continue reading...
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