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US president gave no details on how operation would work as Iran says it will attack any armed force entering waterway Middle East crisis – live updates The US has launched an operation to “guide” ships trapped in the Gulf by the Iran war through a southern route of the Strait of Hormuz, even as Tehran insisted that any such transits would have to be coordinated with its armed forces. The scheme …

Exclusive: Minister says proposals show government’s ambition, as it faces unprecedented pressure from Greens Tree nurseries could be built at prisons and military ranges could be turned into heathland or peat bogs as part of an ambitious plan to make government land more nature-friendly, the environment secretary has said. Speaking ahead of elections this week in which Labour is under pressure f…

Beef and olive oil costs increase the most as climate and energy shocks drive inflation, research suggests Food prices are on track to be 50% higher in November than at the start of the cost of living crisis in 2021, new research suggests. Climate and energy shocks have driven an almost quadrupling of the pace of food price growth, according to new research from the thinktank Energy and Climate I…

Cole Allen remains in custody after being charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. The suspect from the 25 April shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has a hearing covering the conditions of his confinement scheduled for later today. Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, has been hospitalised and is in a …

Agriculture secretary claims without evidence Snap recipients included owners of luxury cars The Trump administration’s attack on the 87-year-old food aid program that supports tens of millions of low-income Americans escalated last week as the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, claimed that 14,000 Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Snap) recipients included owners of luxury vehicle…

Exclusive : A Senate committee considering the illegal tobacco trade in Australia hears closed-session evidence from cigarette manufacturers Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anti-smoking campaigners have accused the Coalition of secretly giving tobacco giants access to a parliamentary inquiry, a move they say undermines more than 15 years of precedent to protect public…

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis , a stark new study has concluded. Ongoing sea level rise and the rampant erosion of wet…

The Olympic Games minister, Tim Mander, and the child safety minister, Amanda Camm say they were not in a relationship when they were sworn in Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s opposition has accused the LNP government of being in an “integrity crisis” over an allegedly undisclosed affair between two mi…

Phase Space pilot programme with NHS mental health trust used to calm anxiety around exams, ADHD and home troubles Schools have begun deploying virtual reality to help pupils cope with stress caused by impending exams, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or difficult home lives. All 15 secondary schools in the London borough of Sutton are using VR headsets made by tech firm Phase Space in a …

The prime minister is backing the deal as it would allow British firms to access the contracts funded by the loan Here are some pictures of Keir Starmer at the European Political Community summit in Armenia. Downing Street says Starmer is only the second British prime minister to visit the country; the first was Margaret Thatcher in 1990. Good morning. In the UK many MPs will be spending the bank…

Jimmy Wales remembers a toxic internet even before social media and says AI is ‘not a disaster’ for the free – and freely edited - online encyclopaedia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, has branded the Australian social media ban an “unmitigated disaster” and an “embarrassment” that…

Exclusive : amid unrest, President William Ruto promised to give all Kenyans access to healthcare. But the algorithm favours the rich, an investigation has found An AI system used to predict how much Kenyans can afford to pay for access to healthcare, has systemically driven up costs for the poor, an investigation has found. The healthcare system being rolled out across the country, a key elector…

Any interference with US operation in Hormuz will be ‘dealt with forcefully’, Trump says; Iran warns US navy against entering strait Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ trapped ships from strait of Hormuz amid ‘very positive’ talks with Iran Iran has warned the US navy against entering the Hormuz strait , according to a statement from the unified command of Iran’s armed forces reported by state media…

International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts say Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from Australian coalmines are more than double official government estimates reported to the UN, according to a new International Ene…

Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi has called for discussions to revise the constitution, saying it should ‘reflect the demands of the times’ Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has called for “advanced discussions” on revising the pacifist constitution, as large demonstrations were held nationwide to oppose any changes to the country’s supreme law. Speaking during an official visit to Vietnam, T…