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Officials said to be examining whether Carroll committed perjury in 2022 deposition tied to lawsuits against president The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll, the writer who accused the president of sexual assault, according to news reports . Prosecutors, the New York Times and CNN reported on Wednesday, are looking into whether Carroll, 82, committed per…

State’s governor looks to thwart US president’s plan to divert money to allies, including January 6 rioters California governor Gavin Newsom is looking to thwart Donald Trump ’s $1.776bn “anti-weaponization fund ” by imposing a 100% tax on any payout received by state residents. In May, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced a fund to compensate alleged “victims of lawfare and weaponization”. …

Joanna Howe posts on social media that if purported images of human foetuses are in fact sugar gliders, ‘it doesn’t actually matter’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe has conceded she may have used a “scam” email featuring a picture of sugar glider joeys, referring to them as human foetuses, to promote her views – but it “was an in…

Bundaberg man, 36, allegedly drove into and assaulted multiple people in Childers and North Isis on Wednesday A man has been charged with murder after allegedly beating a 78-year-old pedestrian to death with a metal pole during a violent and random rampage that also injured two other men. A 36-year-old Bundaberg West man was charged with murder and attempted murder after allegedly driving into an…

Exclusive: Robinson, who has been at Reuters for 16 years, will be responsible for about 2,000 staff across the ABC’s news division A top news executive from Reuters, Simon Robinson, is expected to be appointed as news director of the ABC in coming days, Guardian Australia can reveal. He will be the external replacement for Justin Stevens who resigned on Wednesday after four years in the role, ci…

In CBS interview set to air Sunday, former first lady says she was ‘frightened’ during husband’s debate with Trump Jill Biden said she had been “frightened” as she watched Joe Biden ’s faltering performance during his 2024 presidential debate, and thought her husband might have suffered a stroke. “I was frightened, because I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never,” the former f…

Urgent action needed to avoid ‘lost generation’, says the former Labour health secretary’s report, due on Thursday Britain risks a 25% rise in the number of young people not in work or education to 1.25 million by the early 2030s without urgent government action to avoid a “lost generation”, a landmark report has warned. Alan Milburn, the leader of the review into why so many young people are eco…

Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’ The Labour chair has given Nigel Farage 24 hours to report to security services the claim that his phone was hacked by Russia-linked actors or the party will do it for him. In a letter to the Reform UK leader, Anna Turley said it was “in the public and national interest” to ensure that a sus…

Social services minister ‘concerned’ by some providers meant to help welfare recipients find work Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action. The social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, was on 7.30 last night defending …

BMA blames new health secretary for decision to stage 16th strike in long-running jobs and pay dispute Resident doctors in England will next month stage the 16th strike in their long-running jobs and pay dispute, and have blamed the new health secretary for their decision. They will strike for four days from 7am on Monday 15 June until 6.59am on Friday 19 June. Announcing the move, the British Me…

Authorities say no hope for survivors after tank containing a chemical solution ruptured and killed two people The death toll from the tank-rupture incident at a Washington state paper mill on Tuesday rose to two with nine people still missing and presumed dead, authorities said. The Longview fire department said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon that one person who was transported to the hos…

Some experts criticize White House approach and say not allowing Americans to return to US hurts treatment efforts The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing them home. The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the US was setting up a facility in Kenya for Americans to quarantine after Ebola e…

Exclusive: Vetting officials also flagged £1m loan when recommending he should be denied security clearance Key questions: did ‘mitigations’ cover links to China and Russia? Peter Mandelson’s associations with senior figures in China, Russia and Israel were among the concerns raised by the UK’s vetting agency when it concluded he should be denied clearance, multiple sources have told the Guardian…

Ex-MP is charged with 18 sexual offences involving two alleged victims, and his wife with aiding and abetting Jeffrey Donaldson sexually assaulted a child and apologised to her years later at a church-brokered meeting, a court has heard. The former MP and Democratic Unionist party leader allegedly committed the abuse with complicity from his wife, Eleanor Donaldson, a prosecutor told Newry crown …

As government begins restoring connection, population voices dismay over massive price increases and shortages The partial lifting of internet restrictions in Iran has revealed a rising tide of anger about food price inflation as ordinary Iranians voiced anger over annual price increases of 308% for vegetable oil, 190% increases for chicken, and 170% for rice. Iranian authorities on Tuesday began…