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From a shop owner in India to a community worker in New South Wales, rising fuel prices are forcing people to ration oil usage

People evacuated on Oahu and Maui as rains lifted houses and cars, swept through stores and left streets mud-clogged

President claims immigration agents could help manage long lines as TSA agents go unpaid during partial shutdown

Demonstrations to be held across the US against ICE's reign of terror' with flagship event in Minnesota's Twin CitiesMillions of people are expected to protest the Trump administration at more than 3,000 No Kings events in cities and small towns across the country on Saturday. Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, one of the groups coordinating No Kings, said he expected it to be the biggest protest in American history".This will be the third No Kings protest since Trump was re-elected. A flagship event will be held in Minnesota's Twin Cities - Minneapolis and St Paul - after residents stood up to the surge of federal immigration agents the Trump administration sent into the region earlier this year. In January, agents killed two residents, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were observing Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. Continue reading...

Donna Motsinger alleges she was drugged and raped by Cosby in 1972 after he gave her a glass of wine in his limo

Officials say bomb squad called to Fort Washington Park, which has been closed by National Park Service

New online accounts on Polymarket platform betting a total of $70,000 suggest some degree of inside info'Several accounts on the online platform Polymarket laid bets on a US-Iran ceasefire over the weekend that appeared to show signs of insider knowledge, according to experts.Eight accounts, all newly created around 21 March, bet a total of nearly $70,000 (52,000) on there being a ceasefire. They stand to make nearly $820,000 if such a deal is reached before 31 March. Continue reading...

Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf at first dismissed talks took place, insisting Trump's claim was fake news' designed to soothe markets

Trump administration announces deal with TotalEnergies to redirect investment in wind to oil and gas insteadAs a fuel crisis triggered by the war in Iran drives up global fossil fuel prices, the Trump administration has announced it will pay French energy major TotalEnergies $1bn to kill plans to construct wind farms off the US east coast.The deal is the latest blow to the US offshore wind industry, which has faced repeated disruptions to multi-billion-dollar projects under Donald Trump. Continue reading...

Met police say authenticating claim of responsibility by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia is priority'

CCTV showed three people setting light to an ambulance in Golders Green in the early hours of Monday morning

European shares start to rise after US president says talks have been very good and productive'

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launchMinisters have told High Speed Two to consider running its trains at lower speeds, in an attempt to rein in the spiralling budget and begin operations as soon as possible.HS2 Ltd will assess whether limiting the speed to 186mph (300km/h) instead of 224mph could save money - potentially billions of pounds - and bring the railway into being earlier in the 2030s. Continue reading...

Ship arrives three weeks after Iranian-made drone hit British base of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus

Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government's emergency brake' is discriminatory

France's Marine Le Pen and the Netherlands' Geert Wilders among speakers praising prime minister at Budapest eventMarine Le Pen has called Viktor Orban an exceptional leader" and Geert Wilders hailed a lion on a continent led by sheep" as Europe's far-right figureheads rallied round Hungary's prime minister before an election that polls suggest he may lose.Hungary has become a symbol in Europe of a proud and sovereign people's resistance against oppression," Le Pen, the parliamentary leader of France's National Rally (RN), told a gathering of EU-sceptical leaders in Budapest on Monday. Continue reading...

YouTube gamer planned audacious alibi, appeared grief-stricken at wake and apparently spied on victim's family

Belfast court heard how Stephen McCullagh livestreamed recording of himself as part of concocted cover story'

Gavin Burrows said claimants in case against Daily Mail publisher very misled' over his workA private investigator whose disputed confessions of illegal activity form a key part of the case brought by Prince Harry and others against the Daily Mail's publisher has said the admissions were a thing of fiction".Giving highly anticipated evidence at the high court, Gavin Burrows said the claimants in the case, as well as their lawyers, had been very misled" over his work, adding that the supposed admissions in his name were a pack of lies". Continue reading...

Fatih Birol says effects on energy markets from Iran bombings and closure of strait of Hormuz not initially understood by world leaders. Plus, feminist magazine reclaims Charlie Kirk-style campus toursGood morning.The global energy crisis caused by the war in Iran is equivalent to the combined force of the twin oil shocks of the 1970s and the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the head of the International Energy Agency has said.Why is the ex-CIA chief Leon Panetta in the news? He has spoken out about Donald Trump's attack on Iran, telling the Guardian the US president is sending a message of weakness" to the world.What's the latest in Iran? Its government is threatening to lay mines across entire Gulf if its coasts are attacked.This is a developing story. Follow our liveblog here.What happened? The aircraft hit the fire truck while travelling at about 24mph, according to the flight-tracking website Flightradar24. In the moments before the crash, an air traffic controller could be heard giving clearance to a fire vehicle to cross part of the runway, then trying to stop it. The controller can then be heard quickly diverting incoming aircraft from landing. Continue reading...

PM will chair Cobra meeting with key ministers and Bank of England on Monday, as experts warn of economic shock

Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoffDonald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have followed through on promises from the president's administration to send in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning on Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines - and to help airport security agents who have been working without pay since 14 February because of a partial government shutdown.ICE agents were seen at airports such as Atlanta, Newark, New Orleans and New York's John F Kennedy. CNN reported nine other airports where ICE agents were seen. Continue reading...

Co-founder Julian Hearn and actor likely to get big payday after takeover by French group

Pet owners fear there is no viable alternative service after Great Western Exotics owner deems business unviableOn a nondescript industrial estate on the outskirts of Swindon, a faint squawking was heard in the distance, as bird lovers from Exeter to Edinburgh brought their brightly coloured budgies and macaws to an exotic animal hospital.But now, the UK's premier parrot surgery, which treats all kinds of creatures, will be shut down after it was bought out by a conglomerate that has decided the business is not viable. Continue reading...

Democratic Senate hopeful says experience of being key witness in Trump's first impeachment makes him right choice for FloridaAlex Vindman is not a man to hold a grudge. Ask him about the bullying, intimidation and retribution meted out by Donald Trump and Maga acolytes following his appearance as a key witness in the first of the president's two first-term impeachments, and he almost shrugs it off.For people that know anything about me, I basically smile all the time," he says. Continue reading...

Investors believe Bank of England is likely to act amid sustained rise in inflation from Iran war

Union says belowinflation pay rises and insecure work threaten the future of Australia's publicinterest journalism

More than 30 people face charges after collision between two trains that killed 57 people in February 2023A long-awaited trial has begun into Greece's worst train tragedy, which killed 57 people in 2023, leaving the entire country in shock.Thirty-six people face charges and more than 350 witnesses are due to be heard at the trial that opened in the central city of Larissa, near where a freight train and a passenger train collided on 28 February 2023. Continue reading...

Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is ferret-free after 4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NIPredatory feral ferrets have been removed from an island for the first time ever, in a boost for Northern Ireland's largest seabird colony.Rathlin Island is ferret-free after a 4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI involving islanders, charities, volunteers and a red labrador called Woody. Continue reading...

In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequencesCabinet reshuffles, party infighting, policy reversals, byelections, defections and apparently huge swings in support - the UK's political news cycle feels especially relentless at the moment.But if you look closely at the polls since last year's local elections, remarkably little has changed. Continue reading...

While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectationsLocal elections are often regarded as a referendum on the sitting government, with many previous administrations taking a bloody nose from the electorate but successfully fighting back by the next general election.Senior Labour figures have taken to reeling off a list of midterm results - 1999, 2003, 2012 - to prove that point. As we get closer to the general election, it will be less about people's view of the parties generally and more about the actual choice in front of them," one said. Continue reading...

In today's newsletter: Off Duty revisits the conviction of Alexander Villa, raising troubling questions about how it was builtGood morning. On the evening of 29 December 2011, Clifton Lewis - an off-duty Chicago police officer working as a security guard at a minimart on the city's west side - was shot dead during a robbery. The killing prompted a huge manhunt and an intensive investigation by the Chicago police department. Years later, prosecutors said they had their man, and in 2019 Alexander Villa was convicted of Lewis's murder and sentenced to life in prison.But the case against Lewis has long been contested - and as the Guardian's new investigative podcast series, Off Duty, explores, there are troubling questions about how that conviction was secured, from confessions that were later recanted to evidence that appears shaky or missing. And it revolves around a justice system that, once it settled on a suspect, seemed unwilling to reconsider.Iran | The global energy crisis caused by the war in Iran is equivalent to the combined force of the twin oil shocks of the 1970s and the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the head of the International Energy Agency has warned.UK news | Four ambulances belonging to the Jewish community ambulance service have been set on fire in Golders Green, with police saying they were treating the incident as an antisemitic hate crime".Technology | Palantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about the US AI company's deepening reach into the British state, the Guardian can reveal.UK news | An undercover police officer has admitted he was exposed as an infiltrator by his own blunder, which has been described by activists as worthy of Inspector Clouseau, the spycops public inquiry has heard.Business | Several porridge products in the UK have been recalled over a possible mice contamination at their manufacturing site. Continue reading...

Federal Coalition tells Pauline Hanson's party to expect more policy scrutiny after historic result in South Australia election

Energy minister, Chris Bowen, says we're a long way' from further action like fuel rationing despite shortages

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Narelle weakens to a tropical low after bringing heavy rain to already-saturated parts of the Northern Territory

Fatih Birol says effect on energy markets of Iran bombings and closure of Hormuz strait not initially understood by world leaders

Doubling tariffs on imported steel will raise cost of the metal when Iran war is already inflating steel and concrete pricesOne of HS2's biggest contractors has warned the government that raising tariffs on foreign steel imports will exacerbate" cost pressures for the UK construction industry, amid growing concern over the 100bn railway's rising budget.Ministers said last week they would double the tariffs on imported steel and slash the amount that can be bought from overseas, in an attempt to save Britain's struggling steelmakers. Continue reading...

From steel to screen, podcasts to defence, Sheffield's economy is diversifying amid a wave of new investmentIt has seen its fair share of Hollywood parties - albeit with a twist. Instead of champagne and caviar it is usually Guinness and scampi fries. Red carpet? There aren't even cushions on the seats.The tiny Sheffield pub, Fagan's, has raised more than a few toasts in the last year as Adolescence, the Netflix hit made by two of its owners, scooped multiple awards at the Emmys and Golden Globes and became one of the world's most-watched dramas. Continue reading...

City hall veteran beats rightwinger Rachida Dati in French capital, while far-right RN fails to win Marseille and Toulon in French local electionsThe Socialist Emmanuel Gregoire has been elected mayor of Paris, beating the former rightwing minister Rachida Dati, with Marine Le Pen's far-right, anti-immigration National Rally (RN) failing to take key cities targeted in Sunday's second round of local elections.Gregoire took a victory bike ride with future councillors in Paris on Sunday night to show that the French capital would continue its pro-cycling and environmental policies. Continue reading...

National leader Christopher Luxon drops in preferred PM stakes with rise in people saying country heading in wrong directionThe personal ratings of New Zealand's prime minister, Christopher Luxon, have dipped, polling shows, as his government's handling of the economy fails to impress voters ahead of the November election.The RNZ-Reid Research poll, released on Monday, also found a growing number of people felt that New Zealand was heading in the wrong direction. Continue reading...

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Cause of the fire that killed Pierce, who had covered the Minnesota hockey team for a decade, is under investigationNHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed on Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota, the league announced on its sports website Sunday.Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade. Continue reading...

PM's cost of living champion' calls for consideration of temporary measure to prevent profiteering from Iran warThe government's top cost of living adviser has called on ministers to explore a temporary cap on the profits of energy and petrol companies to prevent them from cashing in excessively on the war in the Middle East.Richard Walker - a Labour peer, the chair of Iceland supermarkets and the prime minister's cost of living champion" - said he had asked the government to examine limiting how much businesses were able to benefit from higher energy prices after Iran's blockade of the strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route for Europe's oil and gas, and the wider conflict in the region. Continue reading...

Researchers say lack of sleep could be a factor among young people interacting online for more than three hours a dayChildren who are on social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to develop depression and anxiety as teenagers, according to research.Experts said the impact was likely to be linked to a lack of sleep caused by using social media late at night, and that the link to depression was more pronounced in girls. Continue reading...

Repayments also affect financial stability of nearly half of graduates, according to report by UK bankPeople with student loans who are working towards a home deposit save almost 2,000 less per year than those without the debt, according to a new report by Barclays.The bank also found that 44% of student loan holders claim that repayments limit their ability to build long-term financial stability, while 41% say it prevents them from entering the housing market. Continue reading...

Survey suggests companies willing to hire care-experienced young people but few have changed recruitment processesThousands of young people leaving care in England are being left locked out" of work by employers who say they are open to hiring but make few changes to adapt, a charity has warned.Calling on employers to act on their promises, the Drive Forward Foundation said care leavers were almost three times more likely to be out of work than their peers. Continue reading...

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Programme is being billed as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a centuryMinisters have confirmed the locations for seven new towns, which include under-developed inner-city land, a historic village and an existing new town.The programme is being billed by the housing and communities department as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century, with the planned construction of between 15,000 and 40,000 homes in each new town. Continue reading...

Centre-left Robert Golob and rightwing populist Janez Jana are frontrunners in contest after polarised campaignCampaigners in Slovenia warned of a surge in anti-Romany rhetoric as the country headed to the polls on Sunday, leaving many bracing for the outcome of a vote that has become, in part, a referendum on how the country treats its most marginalised.In Sunday's vote, the prime minister, Robert Golob, of the centre-left Freedom Movement party, faced off against the rightwing populist and Donald Trump ally Janez Jana. Continue reading...