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Drug lord who was killed by Mexican special forces on Sunday led a cartel known for aggression and military-style arsenal The drug lord “El Mencho”, who was killed on Sunday by Mexican special forces, was the co-founder and leader of a gang that in recent years had become the country’s most powerful criminal organisation : the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). While less internationally famou…

Environment watchdog says water corporation is ‘responsible for ensuring it doesn’t pollute our beautiful beaches’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales environment watchdog has ordered Sydney Water to remove fats from its Malabar wastewater treatment plant, a month after Guardian Australia revealed …

Duterte, 80, is accused of crimes against humanity over an anti-drugs crackdowns in which thousands of people were killed in the South-east Asian nation The pre-trial hearing for former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged role in a deadly “drug war” is set to begin at the international criminal court on Monday, despite his refusal to attend the proceedings. Duterte, 80, who was arre…

Advertised roles dropped 3% last month to 695,000 – first dip below 700,000 since January 2021, job site Adzuna says The number of job vacancies in the UK has tumbled to the lowest level in five years, research suggests, falling to levels not seen since the pandemic. The number of jobs being advertised slid by 3% in January to 695,000, according to the job search site Adzuna, marking the first ti…

Calls mount for Mountbatten-Windsor to be dropped from royal line of succession Police searches of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home on the Windsor estate in Berkshire continued on Sunday as a government minister did not rule out having a judge-led inquiry into the former prince’s links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, repre…

Emboldened by recent wins, elected officials gathered in San Francisco to share strategy for a midterm ‘reckoning’ Fury at Donald Trump was the coin of the realm, as thousands of California delegates, activists and elected officials gathered in San Francisco this weekend, emboldened by a string of victories and confident the Golden State would help deliver a power check on the president in the up…

‘Generational’ reforms are a key moment for Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, and for Keir Starmer Ministers will unveil a “generational” overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities (Send) support, pledging £4bn to transform provision in schools in England and warning councils they could lose control of Send services if they fail to meet their legal duties. The reforms are e…

Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search Reform UK would create an ICE-style agency dedicated to deporting hundreds of thousands of people, as well as terminating the status of those with indefinite leave to remain (ILR), the party will say. It would also ban the conversion of churches into mosques and fund a radical expansi…

Measles transmission has been detected among people with no recent overseas travel or known public exposure. Follow today’s news live Coalition details plan to criminalise any assistance given to those with links to Islamic State Ted O’Brien, the shadow minister for foreign affairs, is speaking this morning about a new opposition plan to make it a criminal offence to help Australians with links t…

Paul Thomas Anderson drama enters final Oscars furlong as firm favourite after scoring six awards, as Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley becomes first Irish woman to win leading actress Bafta, and Chalamet and DiCaprio denied leading actor award Full list of winners How the ceremony unfolded – the action as it happened One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s counterculture comedy about a washed-up …

Fresh Geneva negotiations suggest Trump’s team believes the Iranian government is making serious proposals Iran and the US are expected to meet for a further round of talks in Geneva this week in a sign that Donald Trump’s team believes Tehran is making serious proposals to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and show it is not seeking a nuclear weapon. As fears loomed of renewed conf…

Jamieson Greer also said US won’t pull out of deals with UK, EU and others after court declared Trump tariffs illegal Top US trade negotiator Jamieson Greer insisted on Sunday that US policy on tariffs “hasn’t changed”, two days after the supreme court declared many of Donald Trump ’s tariffs illegal. The ruling issued on Friday by the highest US court was a sharp rebuke to the Republican preside…

DHS official reportedly says Global Entry program would remain halted amid partial government shutdown The Department of Homeland Security partially reversed course Sunday morning on an order that had suspended the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a result of staffing shortages caused by the partial government shutdown. “TSA PreCheck remains operational with no change fo…

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was one of world’s most wanted drug traffickers One of the world’s most wanted drug traffickers – the Mexican cartel boss known as “El Mencho” – has reportedly been killed by his country’s security forces. The drug lord, whose real name is Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes , was killed on Sunday in the western state of Jalisco, Mexican…

East coast scrambles to prepare for storm forecast to bring major disruption to more than 35 million people Blizzard conditions were forecast to bring major disruption across the north-eastern United States on Sunday and well into Monday, with a dangerous combination of heavy, wet snow and ferocious winds gusting up to 70mph. Residents along the east coast scrambled to prepare for the late-winter…