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US president also backs independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who resigned in disgraceLooking ahead, on Wednesday, the supreme court will hear arguments on whether Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries are legal. It's set to be one of the most consequential rulings on the expanse of Trump's presidential power in his second term.My colleague, Eduardo Porter, has this helpful breakdown on the question at the heart of this case. A dozen states have challenged the president's contention that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 gives him the power to impose tariffs on imports from every country in the world to defend the nation from a several threats" facing the US.Justices will focus much of their attention on whether IEEPA authorizes the president to levy a tariff - a word that is not mentioned in the text of the law and is, moreover, a form of taxation, over which, per the constitution, Congress has exclusive power.IEEPA gives the president authority to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, if the president declares a national emergency with respect to such threat". Continue reading...

Throngs of people took to the streets, and Dodger Stadium, to mark team's nail-biting win against Toronto Blue JaysThe City of Angels erupted in celebration following the Los Angeles Dodgers' nail-biting, seven game World Series win. Angelenos joined fans around the world in jubilation as the Dodgers became the first team in 25 years to secure back-to-back championships.Los Angeles area celebrations included a downtown parade on Monday morning, a ticketed rally at Dodger Stadium and a smattering of spontaneous parties across the city. Continue reading...

Lawyers lodge challenge to conviction of triple murderer who served relatives beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms in regional Australia

Romanian worker taken to hospital in serious condition' after being saved from Torre dei Conti rubbleA Romanian worker who was trapped for hours under rubble in Rome after the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the Colosseum was rescued by emergency services on Monday night, local authorities said.He has been pulled out and taken to hospital by ambulance," Lamberto Giannini, Rome's police chief, told the state broadcaster Rai. He said the man was in a serious condition". Continue reading...

Banks was convicted of killing 13 people, including his own children, in 1982 shooting in Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaGeorge Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the US, has died.Banks, 83, died on Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania, the state department of corrections said. Banks died of complications from renal neoplasm, or kidney cancer, said Montgomery county coroner Dr Janine Darby. Continue reading...

Those among the 42 million enrolled in the program worry that cutoff of the benefit will send their lives into a tailspinAcross the country, Americans who depend on government help to buy groceries are preparing for the worst.As a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown, Donald Trump has threatened to, for the first time in the program's more than 60-year history, cut off benefits provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (Snap). A federal judge last week prevented the US Department of Agriculture from suspending Snap altogether, but the Trump administration now says enrollees will receive only half of their usual benefits. Continue reading...

Legal requirement to be placed on tech platforms to prevent users from seeing such choking' materialPorn featuring strangulation or suffocation - often referred to as choking" - is due to be criminalised, with a legal requirement placed on tech platforms to prevent UK users from seeing such material.Possessing or publishing porn featuring choking will become a criminal offence under amendments to the Crime and Policing bill tabled in parliament on Monday. Continue reading...

The death of the three-time Oscar nominee, whose starred in films including Chinatown, was announced by her daughter Laura DernOscar-nominated actor Diane Ladd has died at the age of 89.The actor, whose credits included Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Chinatown and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, died at her home in Ojai, California. The news was announced in a statement shared by her daughter, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern. Continue reading...

Law aimed at tackling harassment will criminalise protests outside homes of MPs in England and Wales amid rise in complaintsActivists could be jailed for up to six months for protesting outside MPs' homes in England and Wales under a new law aimed at tackling harassment of politicians after a surge of intimidation complaints.The law would criminalise protests outside the homes of MPs, peers and councillors as well as others who have stood for public office - and is likely to draw further criticism that the government is squeezing the right to protest. Continue reading...

Punta Peuco - where military human rights offenders enjoy privileged conditions - set to join public prison networkInmates at an infamous high-security military prison in Chile, which houses the perpetrators of dictatorship-era human rights crimes, are set to lose their privileged conditions under plans to incorporate the prison into the public prison network.President Gabriel Boric announced on Monday that Punta Peuco is being transformed into a regular prison to help deal with overcrowding in the penitentiary system. Continue reading...

Nigel Farage promised to set out his fiscal stall in a major speech in the City of London, but what did he actually say? Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Farage's retreat from its election promise to cut 90bn of taxes, his failure to commit to the pensions triple lock and his desire to woo the wealthy.Meanwhile, Rachel Reeves continues to labour on the autumn budget. What's going on behind the scenes?

Kent county council says union flags and flags of St George must come off street lights because of safety concernsA Reform-led council has ruled that union and St George's flags must come down in order for a village's traditional Christmas lights to go ahead, in a decision described as beyond ironic".Kent county council - whose leader once vowed not to remove flags put up unilaterally by the people of Kent" - told Harrietsham parish council that flags must come down from street lights before festive lights could go up because of safety concerns. Continue reading...

Questions mount for officers as Anthony Williams, 32, appears in court on charges of attempted murderPolice investigating the mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire are examining four other knife incidents, alleged to have taken place hours before passengers fled in terror on Saturday evening.Questions mounted for police as Anthony Williams, 32, appeared in court on Monday charged with a series of attempted murder charges, related to two stabbing incidents. Continue reading...

Nassim Mimun, who left with Lammy's and his wife's bags after tone escalated', acquitted due to lack of evidenceA French taxi driver accused of stealing money and luggage from David Lammy has been acquitted due to lack of evidence, a prosecutor said.Nassim Mimun, 40, drove the deputy prime minister and his wife, Nicola Green, more than 600km (370 miles) from Forli, near Bologna in northern Italy, to the ski resort of Flaine in the French Alps on 11 April. Continue reading...

Former footballer on trial over social media posts about pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko and broadcaster Jeremy VineThe former footballer Joey Barton crossed the line between free speech and a crime" with social media posts aimed at female pundits, a jury has been told.Barton, 43, is accused of 12 counts of sending a grossly offensive electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety, related to posts he made between January and March in 2024 on X that targeted Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko as well as the broadcaster Jeremy Vine. Continue reading...

Resolution may be delayed without agreement over the force's mandate and a timetable for Israeli withdrawalA UN security council resolution mandating the introduction of an international stabilisation force into Gaza is likely to be ready within two weeks, but may be delayed if disputes cannot be resolved over the force's mandate, including the question of US military leadership, its relationship with the Palestinian civil police force and a timetable for Israeli military withdrawal.At a meeting in Istanbul of Muslim countries considering offering troops on Monday, the Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said: The countries will shape their decisions based on the mission and authority of the International Stabilization Force. I believe that if the mission conflicts with the principles and policies of the countries that will send troops, it will be difficult for these countries to send troops." Continue reading...

PM had been given summary of reputational risks' but did not know about contents of emails before PMQs, MPs toldKeir Starmer was briefed on details of Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein before he decided to make him US ambassador, senior civil servants have said.The prime minister received a Cabinet Office report that contained a summary of reputational risks" associated with appointing Lord Mandelson, including his prior relationship with Jeffrey Epstein" and past resignations as a Labour minister. Continue reading...

Panorama spliced together clips to make it appear clearer US president encouraged January 6 attack, former external adviser saysThe BBC has been accused of selectively editing a Donald Trump speech to make it appear clearer that he encouraged the US Capitol attack, according to a former external adviser to the corporation.An edition of Panorama, broadcast a week before the US election, spliced together clips of a Trump speech made on January 6. The spliced clip suggested that Trump told the crowd: We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell." Continue reading...

Shabana Mahmood says crew member remains in critical but stable conditionFarage is speaking now. He says another depressing budget hoves into view". It will be a budget that doesn't have the guts to cut public spending".He says Britain has been living under an illusion.I think for some years we've actually been living under an illusion. We've not been prepared to face up to just how much of an economic mess we genuinely in.As we slipped down the global league tables, we kid ourselves that it's OK, we've got GDP growth. Continue reading...

UK government alerted after RedBird Capital's boss allegedly threatened to go to war' with the title's newsroomThe boss of the US private equity group bidding for the Daily Telegraph has been reported to the UK government for potentially breaching rules protecting the newspaper's editorial independence, after allegedly threatening to go to war" with the title's newsroom.The Guardian understands that the independent directors of Telegraph Media Group (TMG) have alerted the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) about supposed comments made by RedBird Capital's Gerry Cardinale to the Telegraph's editor, Chris Evans. The government department is thought to be considering if there has been a breach of the legislation. Continue reading...

International Organization for Migration says displaced are heading to Tawila, which is already sheltering 652,000 displaced peopleMore than 36,000 people have fled Sudan's Kordofan region since Saturday amid a surge in fighting, the UN's migration agency has said, after the capture last week of the city of El Fasher in neighbouring Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than a year under siege.The strategic central area between the country's Darfur provinces and the Khartoum-Riverine region that includes the capital, Khartoum, to the east, has in recent weeks become the latest battleground in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the paramilitary group. Continue reading...

Pair were thrown to the ground after the bucket in which they were seated flipped overTwo girls were injured in a fall from a ferris wheel at a Louisiana fairground on Saturday, the latest in a series of similar episodes calling to question the safety of carnival and amusement park rides.The pair were thrown to the ground after the bucket in which they were seated flipped over during the Harvest Festival event at New Roads, 30 miles north-west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital. Continue reading...

Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee heroes' and military investigators traitorsPolice in Israel have arrested and detained the military's top legal officer after she admitted leaking footage of soldiers allegedly attacking a Palestinian detainee and then in effect lying about her actions to Israel's high court.The military advocate general, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, said in a resignation letter last week that she had authorised publication of the video to defuse attacks on military investigators and prosecutors working on the case. Continue reading...

Mazon faced daily calls for his resignation after flooding in October 2024 killed 229 peoplein BerlinElsewhere, Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadephul of the co-ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), made waves with comments signalling a softer position on returns of Syrians who arrived during the 2015-16 influx than espoused by much of the government Continue reading...

Jonathan Gjoshe sustained non-life-threatening injuries in Saturday's incident and remains in hospital, club saysOne of the people attacked during a mass stabbing on a busy train in Cambridgeshire has been named as the Scunthorpe United footballer Jonathan Gjoshe.Gjoshe sustained non-life-threatening injuries and remains in hospital, the club said. Continue reading...

Michael O'Leary says Rachel Reeves needs tax cuts to create growth, as airline's profits jump 42% in first half

Wayne Hunt was kept in detention after a seizure instead of being taken to hospital, coroner hears

Hamas hands remains of three soldiers to Israel and bodies of 45 Palestinians are returned to Gaza amid fragile ceasefireIsrael has announced that the remains of three soldiers killed by Hamas during its raid into Israel on 7 October 2023 have been handed over by the militant group.The transfer is the latest since the precarious ceasefire in Gaza came into effect just over three weeks ago. Continue reading...

Suspect charged with attempted murder in relation to two attacks, on Doncaster to London service and on a train at a DLR stationA man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with attempted murder after a mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire, in which 10 people were injured, and a separate incident on London's public transport network that left another person hurt.Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough, has been charged with 11 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article in relation to the two incidents, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Continue reading...

Author was injured in multiple places and lost use of his right eye after assassination attempt during a lectureSalman Rushdie says he has been free of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder despite almost dying from being stabbed during an attempted assassination in 2022, prompting his therapist to humorously conclude that it's because the famed novelist is a badass".Rushdie shared the lighthearted anecdote during an interview aired Sunday morning by CBS News in which he discussed his new fictional story collection titled The Eleventh Hour - while also revisiting the attack at a literary gathering in western New York state that left him blind in his right eye. Continue reading...

Storm locally known as Kalmaegi expected to make landfall by Tuesday, while a supercell rocks QueenslandTropical Cyclone Tino formed to the east of the Philippines at the weekend, prompting a nationwide alert. Locally known as Kalmaegi, the storm is strengthening quickly and could reach typhoon status before making landfall early this week, which would make it the 20th tropical cyclone to hit the country this year.The weather system entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, with sustained winds of 52mph (84km/h) and 65mph gusts. The storm is tracking westward and is expected to intensify into a typhoon within the next 24 hours, before making landfall over Caraga or Eastern Visayas by Tuesday morning. Continue reading...

Leader of Spanish region's People's party had clung to power despite calls for him to stand down over 2024 disasterMud on our hands; blood on his': fury lingers one year after deadly floodsCarlos Mazon, the embattled president of the eastern Spanish region of Valencia, has bowed to public fury and political pressure by resigning over his botched handling of the deadly floods that killed 229 people in the area just over a year ago.Mazon, a member of the conservative People's party (PP), had hung on despite calls for him to stand down after it emerged that he spent more than three hours having lunch with a journalist as the floods hit and people were drowning in their homes, garages and cars. Continue reading...

Heidi Alexander says security review after Cambridgeshire train stabbings will consider all other options

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Northern provinces of Balkh and Samangan worst hit by magnitude 6.3 quake with hundreds injured, while Mazar-i-Sharif's Blue Mosque reportedly affectedA powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan overnight has killed more than 20 people and injured about 320, the health ministry said on Monday.The preliminary tolls of deaths and injuries were recorded in the Balkh and Samangan provinces, which have suffered most of the damage, a ministry spokesperson, Sharafat Zaman, said in a video message shared with journalists. Continue reading...

In today's newsletter: The attack left nine in life-threatening condition but the police have ruled out any suggestion that it was a terrorist incidentGood morning. After Saturday night's shocking knife attack on a train bound for King's Cross from Doncaster, yesterday eyewitnesses started to tell their stories. They described a horrifying 15 minutes, in which a man armed with a knife made his way through the train as passengers tried to run away, blockaded themselves in toilets, and huddled at the end of the train without knowing where they would be able to get off.One victim, a member of staff whose bravery is said to have saved lives, remained in a very serious condition at last report. With initial suspicions of a terror motive later ruled out by police, a single suspect is now in custody. Today's newsletter explains what we know so far. Here are the headlines.UK-China relations | A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.Budget | Proposals being considered by Rachel Reeves to cut tax on electricity bills will backfire, experts have warned, resulting in a giveaway to richer homeowners and undermining the UK's climate commitments. The chancellor is understood to be looking at plans to eliminate the 5% VAT charge on electricity bills as a fast and simple way to reduce bills for consumers.France | The brazen daytime heist at the Louvre was carried out by petty criminals rather than professionals from the world of organised crime, the Paris prosecutor has said, describing two of the suspects as a couple with children. Four people have been charged over the robbery, with the jewels yet to be recovered.Reform UK | Nigel Farage will promise a bonfire of business regulation as he spells out his party's economic policies in more detail than ever in an attempt to bolster its reputation for fiscal credibility. Farage is also dropping a commitment made at the last election to deliver 90bn of tax cuts.UK news | High street clinics offering pregnancy scans could be putting unborn babies and their mothers in danger through a lack of properly trained staff, UK experts have warned. Continue reading...

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh describes his survival as miracle' but says his sibling's death in disaster has left him brokenThe sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed 241 people in June has said it is a miracle he is still alive, but the death of his brother took all my happiness".Almost four months on from the crash in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said the incident had left him with constant flashbacks. Continue reading...

Hospital specialists report cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and women erroneously told their babies had diedHigh street clinics offering pregnancy scans could be putting unborn babies and their mothers in danger through a lack of properly trained staff, UK experts have warned.According to the Society for Radiographers (SoR), high street clinics have seen a huge growth in numbers. However, hospital specialists say they have seen cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and situations in which women were erroneously told their babies were malformed or had died. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authoritiesA British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.In February, Sheffield Hallam University, home to the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (HKC), a leading research institution focused on human rights, ordered one of its best-known professors, Laura Murphy, to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China. Continue reading...

Big bank also reveals it has ceased corporate lending to thermal coalmines, but it still funds oil and gas extraction businesses

Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, who was under police protection, was shot dead in front of dozens of peopleA mayor in Mexico's western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities have said.The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, was gunned down Saturday night in the town's historic centre. He was rushed to a hospital where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Pina. Continue reading...

Teenagers had gathered at the house for a birthday party and the motive for the shooting was unclearNine people were injured by gunfire early Sunday at a large rental home where teenagers had gathered for a birthday party that was promoted on social media. The scene in north-eastern Ohio was chaotic as some people fled and first responders performed life-saving measures, police said.The shooting happened at about 12.15am local time in Bath Township, about 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Akron. Continue reading...

Thousands throw bottles and flares as tensions soar after huge rally to mark anniversary of train station disasterHundreds of riot police separated opponents and loyalists of Serbia's autocratic president, Aleksandar Vui, in central Belgrade on Sunday as political tensions boiled after a year of anti-government protests.Several thousand people faced off on both sides of the police cordons, with officers in riot gear standing in rows between shouting crowds who threw bottles and flares at each other. Continue reading...

A 32-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the Huntingdon train knife attack is now being treated as the only suspect, according to transport police

Former president also praises Mamdani's campaign against rivals Andrew Cuomo and Curtis SliwaZohran Mamdani, who holds a lead in polling ahead of New York City's mayoral election on Tuesday, reportedly received a call Saturday from his fellow Democrat Barack Obama - and the former president offered to be a sounding board" if his advantage turns into victory.Obama also praised the campaign Mamdani had run against his main independent rival, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.Reuters contributed to this report Continue reading...

British Transport Police say LNER worker undoubtedly saved lives' as suspect remains in custodyA heroic" rail staff member who intervened in a mass stabbing to save the lives of high-speed train passengers suffered life-threatening injuries, police said on Sunday, as a suspect remains in custody.The member of LNER staff was recorded on CCTV attempting to stop the attacker as the train travelled between Peterborough and Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, British Transport Police said.Additional reporting: Harry Taylor and Vikram Dodd Continue reading...

Reform UK leader to set out pro-entrepreneurship' agenda while rowing back on tax cuts pledgeNigel Farage will promise a bonfire of business regulation as he spells out his party's economic policies in more detail than ever in an attempt to bolster its reputation for fiscal credibility.The Reform leader will give a speech in London putting deregulation at the heart of his economic agenda, while also dropping a commitment made at the last election to deliver 90bn of tax cuts. Continue reading...

Guidance to combat misinformation puts pressure on police to release details, says former senior Met officerPolice are being forced to disclose the ethnicity of suspects in response to a rise in far-right speculation on social media, a former senior officer in the Metropolitan police force has warned.On Sunday morning at 10.30am, British Transport Police said two men had been arrested after multiple stabbings on a train in Cambridgeshire: a 32-year-old black British national and a 35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent. The 35-year-old was released with no further action, and was not involved" in the attack, BTP said in a statement later on Sunday evening. Continue reading...

Onboard staff praised for limiting the casualty numbers but transport safety is in the spotlight after budget cutsRail unions have called for more protection for staff and passengers after the mass stabbings attack on an LNER train in Cambridgeshire.The incident has cast a fresh spotlight on transport safety, after budget cuts affecting police numbers and rail staffing. Continue reading...