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More than 3,000 No Kings events scheduled in cities and towns in third set of protests since Trump re-election What to know about the third No Kings protests happening in March Good morning. Today our US politics blog will cover the third No Kings march as millions of people are expected to protest against the Trump administration at more than 3,000 events across the United States. A flagship eve…

Matthew Uthoff and his wife, Amber Dena Snow, allegedly gave oxycodone-laced pasta dish to unknowing victim Two people in Iowa were accused of giving a pregnant woman a lasagna laced with narcotics with the intention of causing a miscarriage, according to law enforcement. Matthew Uthoff, 35, and his wife, 36-year-old Amber Dena Snow, are accused of delivering a lasagna containing oxycodone to the…

Raw Farm was also linked to 2024 salmonella outbreak that sickened 165 people and deaths of two cats from bird flu A California raw milk dairy that was previously linked to a fatal outbreak of bird flu in cats has now been linked to an E coli outbreak involving cheddar cheese, affecting nine people in three states. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an alert that more than half of …

Escalation represents dangerous spread of war and brings threat of even more damage to the global economy Middle East crisis – live updates Parents of Iran school bombing victims describe their worst day The US-Israeli war with Iran has expanded with the entry of Houthi forces in Yemen, representing a dangerous spread of the conflict and bringing with it the threat of more damage to the global ec…

Kristi Noem was replaced by Markwayne Mullin as DHS secretary and Gregory Bovino was demoted, signally a change in tone even as arrests have continued Throughout last year, Donald Trump delivered on his signature campaign promise of mass deportation in draconian and theatrical style. Hardline figures such as Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Gregory Bovino, the border patrol comma…

Murder investigation launched after man, 26, killed in central London on Friday night The Metropolitan police have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed in central London on Friday night. Officers were called to Abbey Orchard Street, Westminster, at 10.17pm after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed. The scene of the incident is near Parliament Square and Westminster Ab…

Secretary of state Marco Rubio repeats administration’s belief that US can achieve its aims without a ground war Amid tentative White House efforts at diplomacy to end the war in Iran, US troops have also been arriving in the region to deliver what Donald Trump has hoped could be a knockout blow if he can’t negotiate a ceasefire with Tehran. Thousands of US marines aboard navy amphibious ships fr…

More use of two-way charging will earn money for owners and could avoid the need to expand North Sea oil drilling The Iran war has sent petrol and diesel prices to their highest levels in years, sparked warnings of fuel rationing across Europe and triggered calls for Britain to drill more North Sea oil and gas . But analysis suggests the UK is looking for solutions in the wrong places – and that …

Survivors tell coastguard smugglers ordered victims to be thrown overboard after running out of food and water 22 people hoping to reach Europe from north Africa have died off the coast of Greece after six days at sea in a rubber boat, survivors told the Greek coastguard. The coastguard said on Friday that 26 people, including a woman and a minor, were rescued by a European border agency vessel o…

AI-generated footage depicts group of men performing a corrido, singing phrases including ‘return to your roots’ An AI-generated video from the US embassy in Mexico encouraging migrants to “self-deport” has sparked disbelief and outrage online. The video posted this week on official embassy social media accounts depicts a group of men wearing black caps and sporting tattoos performing a kind of t…

Prime minister is scrambling to clean up her government after youth vote powered a damaging referendum defeat Filippo Michelini was having a drink at San Calisto, a popular bar in Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood on Wednesday night. As he chatted to his friends, Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government was reeling from a failed referendum , and her beleaguered tourism minister, Daniela Santanchè, had…

Experts say paid participants are using automated tools to generate unreliable survey responses at scale If you had been keeping tabs on the news about church attendance in Britain lately, you would be forgiven for thinking the country was in the midst of a Christian revival . Stories of swelling congregations, filled with young people returning to the flock , spurred on by everything from social…

Bill passes by 213 to 203 votes in move prolonging weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted travel US House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security and instead passed their own funding measure late Friday, extending a weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted travel. The stopgap bill, which proposes funding the DHS in full for…

Together Alliance march begins in central London at midday; a separate event organised by the Palestine Coalition is also taking place Good morning. Hundreds of thousands of people are to turn out in central London to support what is expected to be the biggest multicultural march in UK history on Saturday. Scotland Yard said there will be a significant police presence in the capital on Saturday a…

More than 850 public demonstrations of support held since start of war and at least 1,400 arrests, research reveals Iran’s regime has organised more than 850 public demonstrations of support of the government since the beginning of the war and launched a continuing crackdown on unrest that has led to at least 1,400 detentions, research reveals. The high number of pro-regime gatherings and the inc…