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Details of 14-point agreement revealed as senior US officials claim ‘major win’ despite significant concessions to Tehran Middle East crisis – live updates The Trump administration has released the text of its 14-point agreement with Iran, claiming it delivered a “major win” for the United States – even as it made significant political and financial concessions to Iran to reopen the strait of Hor…

Senate intelligence committee chair Tom Cotton says hearing postponed after Trump ordered Jay Clayton to not appear; delay extends lapse of powerful US surveillance tool Trump derails confirmation process for Jay Clayton Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump also denied (again) that the memorandum of understanding includes a $300bn fund for Iran , and denied that he had asked the Gu…

Qantas now says first Project Sunrise flight due to take off in November 2027. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The first bill to re-criminalise abortion in the nation’s history passed South Australia’s upper house last night – but failed in the lower house despite the support of the premier and opposition leader. Abortion was decriminalised in…

New York judge imposes life without parole after emotional statements at Rex Heuermann’s sentencing Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The families of eight women killed by Rex Heuermann spoke at the Gilgo Beach killer’s sentencing in Riverhead, New York , on Wednesday, more than three decades after the 62-year-old Manhattan architect began his killing spree. Heuermann pleaded guil…

Officers responding to call about ‘screaming woman’, who was celebrating Knicks win, shot dog named Jameson As the Los Angeles police department faces mounting scrutiny after officers shot and killed a two-year-old golden Saint Bernard doodle, the city’s political leaders have backed calls for an investigation into the incident. On Saturday, LA police officers responded to a radio call about a “s…

Four states file alongside FTC, claiming WPath made deceptive claims about gender-affirming care for minors The Federal Trade Commission and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, in the latest push by Donald Trump’s administration and others to limit gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The suit alleges the group, known widely as WPath, …

Lawmakers cite rushed timeline and public input despite pressure to redraw districts after supreme court opinion Georgia Republicans declined to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session, defying calls from Donald Trump for widespread redistricting in the wake of a recent US supreme court decision that effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act. “We believe th…

Rouser Lab says the steel structure will record ‘every step’ humanity takes towards climate catastrophe Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It was designed to survive the apocalypse, as humanity’s last testament to its failure. But for a while it seemed the “Earth’s Black Box” hadn’t even survived its own planning process. Now, five years after it was announced to much fa…

Exclusive: Allies of Labour’s Makerfield candidate concerned rapid collapse of Starmer government would increase instability Andy Burnham’s campaign has been forced to talk ministers out of resigning as early as this weekend to avoid Keir Starmer’s government descending into chaos amid fallout from the Makerfield byelection, the Guardian can reveal. As they prepare for a potential change of leade…

Jane and Alan Kelvey’s holiday yacht met a warship in the Channel – at a tense time for Anglo-Russian relations “We actually had right of way,” said Jane Kelvey, a little crossly, though keeping it civil. “But we weren’t going to argue with a warship.” The dramatic standoff in the Channel on Tuesday morning between Admiral Grigorovich, a 125-metre (409ft) battle-hardened Russian frigate, and Brig…

No formal warning issued to captains or ship owners, but industry body says they are exercising greater vigilance British officials believe Russia will try to retaliate for the Royal Marines’ seizure of the oil tanker Smyrtos, prompting UK ship owners to exercise greater vigilance until tensions with Moscow ease. Military sources said the UK had considered possible responses to the seizure of the…

Canadian officials find structural defects in material used for hull and say firm failed to fully test ‘novel’ design Canadian safety officials have issued a damning report on the catastrophic final voyage of the Titan submersible, finding that the US company behind the expedition was overcome by “groupthink” and “confirmation bias” and failed to understand the profound risks confronting their la…

Focus on business dealings with mining company Guadalajara rally to highlight fate of ‘disappeared’ Hyundai will be targeted by protesters at a rally before the Group A game between Mexico and South Korea in Guadalajara on Thursday, due to the World Cup sponsor’s business dealings with the South American mining company Ternium. A 2025 report from the environmental group Mighty Earth criticised Hy…

The US president’s opulent tastes will be well served in a palace that has hosted Putin, King Charles and JFK For a US president who has likened himself to a king and redecorated the Oval Office with golden paint and gold ornaments , it feels like the perfect dinner venue. Donald Trump said one of the deciding factors in accepting an invitation to dine with Emmanuel Macron at the spectacular, 2,3…

Refugee charity says decision to let officers request the devices as part of public order powers is ‘sickening’ French riot police deployed in northern France under a £660m deal with the UK are authorised to use water cannon against asylum seekers, the Guardian has been told. Two specialist policing units, including a 50-officer riot squad, have begun working to prevent asylum seekers and people …