Sheinbaum says Mexico City is safer than US capital, but rejects Trump's portrayal of Latin American cities as more dangerousMexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum has affirmed claims made by Donald Trump that Washington DC had a higher murder rate than Mexico City, a statistic used by the US leader to justify his takeover of policing in the US capital.He said something like Washington is more unsafe than Mexico City,' which is true," Sheinbaum said on Tuesday. What we don't agree with is when he said that it's the most unsafe city in Latin America." Continue reading...
Numbers of return road and air trips continue to fall after trade policy row and threats to annex countryTravel to the US by Canadian residents has continued to drop significantly for the seventh month in a row, as new data confirms that Donald Trump's threats have helped upend the summer tourism season.Months of aggressive rhetoric from the White House have prompted widespread boycotts of US products by Canadians, who have also sworn off visits to their southern neighbour amid lingering feelings of betrayal and anger. Continue reading...
Ukrainian leader sees no sign of Russia preparing for ceasefire after reports of frontline breach in DonbasVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine could not agree to a Russian proposal to give up more of his country's territory in exchange for a ceasefire because Moscow would use what it gained as a springboard to start a future war.The Ukrainian president said he did not believe that Donald Trump supported Russia's demands, and he expressed hope the US leader would act as an honest mediator when he meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Continue reading...
Kim Keon Hee in custody on three charges while husband Yoon Suk Yeol detained over attempt to impose martial lawA South Korean court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Kim Keon Hee, the wife of the impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, making her the first former first lady to be arrested in the country's history.The Seoul central district court ruling creates an unprecedented situation in which both members of a former presidential couple are simultaneously in custody. Continue reading...
Number of people who arrived in UK via small boats in first half of 2025 up 48% on same period last yearMore than 50,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since Keir Starmer became prime minister, official figures have confirmed.Home Office data released on Tuesday showed that 50,271 people, most of whom successfully claimed asylum, have arrived in the UK from France since Labour won the general election in July 2024. A total of 474 people arrived on Monday. Continue reading...
Justice department accuses Joshua Schroeder of reckless misrepresentations' and seeks financial penaltiesThe US Department of Justice is seeking sanctions against a lawyer who sought to block the deportation of his client, in another sign the Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to enact mass deportations.Earlier this year, Joshua Schroeder, a California-based attorney, was able to briefly delay the deportation of his client, a Hmong man from Laos, through several court filings. Continue reading...
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Representatives from countries including UK, Australia and France say that humanitarian suffering has reached unimaginable levels'In a post on X, Israel Defense Forces claim to have debunked" what it called Hamas's starvation campaign" in Gaza.The IDF said that reviews of documents showed that most deaths by malnutrition in Gaza were linked to severe pre-existing conditions" and that only a handful of the 133 deaths by malnutrition claimed by Gaza's authorities in July could be verified". The post said that the expert review concluded that there are no signs of a widespread malnutrition phenomenon among the population in Gaza". Continue reading...
Ukrainian president thanks EU leaders for their support and calls for further pressure on RussiaJust days before the Trump-Putin summit, Ukraine's authoritative DeepState war map showed that Russian forces had advanced by at least 10 km (six miles) north in two prongs in recent days, part of their drive to take full control of Ukraine's Donetsk region, Reuters reported.The advance is one of the most dramatic in the last year, it stated.We're waiting for the US to follow through on the on the commitments they've made, the clear political commitments they've made, and, and that's where we are right now as soon as we have any updates, we'd be happy to provide them." Continue reading...
Jessico Bowman on X falsely claimed in 2024 that the January 6 riot was a Democrat plot' and made several sexually graphic posts about Kamala HarrisA newly appointed official at the US Department of Labor hired by the Trump administration has a recent history of racist, sexually graphic, and conspiratorial posts on social media.Jessico Bowman announced last week that she was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the labor department. According to the bureau's website, its job is to lead the US Department of Labor's efforts to ensure that workers around the world are treated fairly and are able to share in the benefits of the global economy". Continue reading...
Fake heiress denies responsibility as social media users accuse her of mistreating the three bunniesAfter years of prison and conniving her way into luxury, Anna Sorokin has New York talking about her again.This time, it is not posing as a German heiress or being jailed for four years, instead the convicted fraudster has been left disturbed" and horrified" after three rabbits used in her photoshoot were found dumped in a nearby park. Continue reading...
Trump forwarded a false narrative around DC crime stats to justify the move. Plus, funeral held in Gaza for five journalists killed by Israeli attackGood morning.Donald Trump has ordered the national guard to Washington DC and seized control of the city's police force, describing a lawless" city in ways that are sharply at odds with official crime statistics.What do the crime figures tell us? That Trump is spreading a false narrative about DC crime - just as he did with LA. Violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. In January, the Metropolitan police department and US attorney's office released a report indicating that total violent crime in DC in 2024 was down 35% from the prior year, marking the lowest rate in over 30 years.How are Democrats responding? Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the House, described Trump as a wannabe king" and said: We stand with the residents of the District of Columbia and reject this unjustified power grab as illegitimate."How deadly has the war been for journalists? Before Sunday's airstrike, the Committee to Protect Journalists recorded at least 186 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon since the war began, making it the deadliest period for journalists since it began gathering data in 1992. The CPJ accuses Israel of directly targeting and killing 20 journalists and media workers. Any deliberate attack on a civilian could constitute a war crime, experts say. Israel, which has refused to let international media into Gaza, denies the accusation. Continue reading...
Visitor to museum and two eminent historians say wording of information board on Nuremberg race laws is incorrectThe Imperial War Museum has declined to change an information board in its Holocaust Galleries that two eminent historians say is incorrect.The information board refers to the Nuremberg race laws passed by the Nazi regime in Germany in 1935, which included a definition of who was Jewish. The laws said anyone with three or four Jewish grandparents was a Jew and anyone with one or two Jewish grandparents was Mischlinge, or mixed race. Continue reading...
Seven children reach shore as dozens of people intercepted on risky route, which authorities say is now used more oftenAbout 100 people, including several children, risked their lives by trying to swim from Morocco into Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta early on Saturday morning, as the territory's authorities warned that its overwhelmed reception system was close to collapse.Recent weeks have seen a rise in the number of people trying to reach Ceuta, with more than 50 children swimming across from Morocco on 26 July alone. Continue reading...
Campaigners say placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influenceDavid Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.A pre-action letter seen by the Guardian warns the foreign secretary that the scheme leaves the government open to allegations of a conflict of interest and creates the potential for improper influence".An alleged lack of transparency as to how the proposed scheme will operate.The potential for improper influence by representatives of Shell and BAE Systems on UK government practices, including in relation to foreign policy.The potential for conflicts of interest. Continue reading...
Jumilla's ban on gatherings in public sports centres breaches right to religious freedom, says MadridSpain's central government has ordered officials in a Spanish town to scrap a ban on religious gatherings in public sports centres, describing it as a discriminatory" measure that breaches the right to religious freedom as it will mainly impact Muslims.There can be no half-measures when it comes to intolerance," Angel Victor Torres, the minister for territorial policy, wrote on social media on Monday. Rightwing opposition parties, he added, cannot decide who has freedom of worship and who does not". Continue reading...
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become more common and more serious' as the planet warmsThe climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say, as infections hit their highest level in a decade and several countries declare emergencies.Pacific Island countries and territories have reported 16,502 confirmed cases and 17 deaths since the start of 2025, according to the Pacific Syndromic Surveillance System (PSSS), which collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies. Infections across the region are at the highest level since 2016, the WHO said. Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are among the worst affected. Continue reading...
Footage shows Chinese coast guard vessel with its entire bow caved in after colliding with Chinese warship near contested Scarborough ShoalA Chinese warship collided with a vessel from its own coast guard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday, Manila said, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation.The incident occurred near the contested Scarborough Shoal as the Philippine Coast Guard escorted vessels distributing aid to fishers in the area, said coast guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela in a statement. Continue reading...
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NHS figures show rise in violence against nurses to 4,054 incidents last year, with long waits for care often a factorAttacks on A&E nurses have almost doubled over the last six years, with incidents often involving patients frustrated at waiting so long for care.Nurses have been punched, spat at, pinned up against a wall, had a gun pointed at them and been threatened with having acid thrown at them, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Continue reading...
Georgia man who blamed Covid vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal shot and killed a police officerThe man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing blast-resistant" windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms, according to information circulated internally at the agency.It may take weeks or even months to replace windows and clean up the damage, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention personnel said. Continue reading...
On the streets of Washington, people were concerned by the president's plans - but others said it would improve safetyAs Donald Trump convened reporters at the White House on Monday morning to announce his plans for sending the national guard on to Washington DC streets and taking over the police department, protesters gathered a block away to denounce what they saw as his plans to put the federal district under his thumb.Nothing Trump is doing right now is about our safety," Keya Chatterjee, executive director of Free DC, a group advocating for the city's autonomy, told the 200 or so people gathered on a block of 16th Street Northwest that had once been called Black Lives Matter Plaza, before the city government ordered the name stripped shortly after Trump's inauguration this year. Continue reading...
More than 470 Canadian fires classified as out of control' as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burningWith hundreds of wildfires burning out of control, Canada's 2025 fire season is already the second-worst on record, as scientists report climate change is prolonging and exacerbating the burning, leading to more destruction, evacuations and smoke-filled skies.More than 470 fires across the country are currently classified as out of control", according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC). Continue reading...
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Huda Ammori says No 10's allegations go against its own intelligence assessments, as pressure grows over mass arrestsThe co-founder of Palestine Action has accused ministers of making false and defamatory allegations about the banned group, and of contradicting their own intelligence assessments in an attempt to justify recent mass arrests.The government has come under pressure to justify the detention of 532 people arrested over the weekend under the Terrorism Act - half of whom were 60 or older - on suspicion of showing support for Palestine Action. Continue reading...
CJP says the period since 7 October 2023 has been the most deadly for journalists since it began gathering data in 1992Journalists have been prominent among casualties since the war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas's incursion into Israel in October 2023.Some were working for well-known international media, others were employed by local news organisations. Several were high-profile veterans, but many were newcomers to the profession. Continue reading...
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US president gives details on Alaska meeting and expresses frustration with Zelenskyy's insistence on referendum on any peace dealDonald Trump has confirmed that he and Vladimir Putin will discuss land swapping" when they meet on Friday in Alaska for a high-stakes summit on the Ukraine war. But the US president expressed frustration with Volodymyr Zelenskyy for putting conditions on such a potential agreement.During a news conference at the White House on Monday, Trump said he was frustrated with Zelenskyy's insistence that Ukraine would need to hold a national referendum on any peace deal that stipulated recognising Russian control over territory that it has occupied during the war. Continue reading...
Judge cites attacks on children among grounds for ruling but animal protection groups say decision is inhumaneIndia's supreme court has ordered the immediate removal of thousands of stray dogs from the Delhi capital region, citing canine attacks and the country's alarming rabies toll.The sweeping move has set up a clash between public safety advocates and those who see the animals as beloved fixtures of their neighbourhoods. Continue reading...
Some higher-earning couples with smaller deposits could borrow extra 130,000 as a result of overnight changesSome couples applying for a Santander mortgage will see the maximum they can borrow increase by 130,000 overnight after the bank loosened its lending rules.Santander is the latest in a line of lenders to allow some borrowers to access bigger mortgages after intervention by the City regulator and new guidelines from the Bank of England designed to help more people on to the housing ladder. Continue reading...
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UN condemns killing of Anas al-Sharif and colleagues, calling it a grave breach of international humanitarian law'Anas al-Sharif among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrikeReporters Without Borders has condemned the acknowledged murder by the Israeli army" of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza, who the armed forces admitted they had targeted, along with several of his colleagues.The press freedom campaign group told news agency AFP it strongly and angrily condemns the acknowledged murder by the Israeli army" of al-Sharif and other journalists. Continue reading...
Rightwing presidential hopeful, who had been in hospital in Bogota since shooting, has died aged 39Miguel Uribe, the Colombian senator and presidential hopeful who was shot in the head at a campaign event in June, has died, his wife has confirmed.Uribe, an opposition candidate with the rightwing Centro Democratico party, was shot twice in the head and once in the leg during a campaign stop two months ago while vying for his party's nomination for the 2026 elections. Continue reading...
Pilot reportedly removed all his clothes and walked into reception area of Cape Verde hotel after drinking sessionAn easyJet flight captain has been suspended pending an investigation after claims that he wandered naked around a luxury hotel at the end of an all-night drinking session.The pilot, who has not been named, was seen without any clothes in the reception of a five-star hotel on the Atlantic resort island of Cape Verde early last Tuesday. Continue reading...
Abortion pill provision rates were also more than three times higher in states that ban abortion compared with those that do notAn abortion provider shipped almost 120,000 packs of abortion pills to US residents between July 2023 and August 2024 - nearly 100,000 of whom lived in states that outlaw the procedure or have laws on the books that ban the mailing of abortion pills, according to a new study published in the prestigious medical journal Jama on Monday.To the shock of experts, the number of abortions performed in the US has risen in the three years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade and paved the way for more than a dozen states to ban virtually all abortions. Much of that rise has been driven by the use of abortion pills, or medication abortion, and providers' ability to supply the pills through telehealth. Continue reading...
German chancellor Friedrich Merz to host talks between Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK, joined by Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte, says Merz's officeOn France, AP noted that the red alert has been issued only eight times since it was created in 2004 after a deadly summer the year before.It is reserved for extreme, prolonged heat with major health risks and the potential to disrupt daily life. Continue reading...
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Anyone showing support for Palestine Action will feel full force of the law', says justice minister as government defends decision to proscribe protest groupRichard Adams is the Guardian's education editorStudents in England are expected to receive A-level grades that are closer to normal for the first time since the Covid pandemic triggered school closures and exam cancellations.If the student, for instance, needed three As [and] gets AAB, as long as the B is not in something that's absolutely crucial for the course, I think there's a very strong possibility the student would find they'd be getting a place. Continue reading...
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