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Lawsuit says rescission of endangerment finding – which ruled greenhouse gases threaten public health – was illegal Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A coalition of 24 states, alongside a dozen cities and counties, has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the bedrock scientific determination underpinning virtually all US climate reg…

Tropical cyclone expected to make landfall in far north Queensland within hours. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The resources minister, Madeleine King, says a new fuel taskforce will prioritise regional areas as petrol and diesel flows from the nation’s stockpile. Yesterday the Albanese government appointed Anthea Harris, the former chief of …

Reform party leader criticised for making comments after event held in London’s Trafalgar Square this week Muslim leaders have condemned Nigel Farage’s call to ban public prayer by Muslims in the UK as bigoted and warned of a “growing tide of hate” after the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, questioned whether the events fitted “within the norms of British culture”. Farage was speaking at the l…

US president was meeting with Japanese PM when he said: ‘Who knows better about surprise than Japan?’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox It would be funny if it wasn’t so Trumpy. Hosting the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi , in the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump could not resist mocking Japan about its 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor during th…

About a quarter of prison places are unsafe, Ministry of Justice admits The government has reneged on a pledge to make all prison cells fire-safe or take them out of use by the end of next year, meaning tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales will remain at risk. The Ministry of Justice has admitted it has known for almost two decades that about a quarter of prison places are unsafe, …

US president says he told Netanyahu ‘don’t do that’ as he distances himself from attack that has angered Gulf allies The US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gas field angered US allies in the Gulf and prompted Donald Trump to say he knew nothing in advance about the attack – a claim that Israeli officials di…

Cryptocurrency’s biggest Pac spent more than $10m for their candidates, only to be defeated by those who are anti-crypto Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The cryptocurrency industry spent big and lost often in this week’s Illinois primaries. As the industry prepares to make massive donations in the 2026 midterm elections to replicate its success in 202…

Foreign minister issues warning after Israeli attack on South Pars gasfield, as Qatar reels from retaliatory strike ‘Doomsday scenario’: a visual guide to the oil and gas site attacks in the Middle East Middle East crisis – live updates Iran said on Thursday it would show “zero restraint” if its energy infrastructure was targeted again, as Qatar revealed that almost one-fifth of its liquefied nat…

Discovery at Monte Verde puts north-to-south expansion theory back at centre of heated debate on continent’s human history A groundbreaking new study may have once again upended our understanding of human prehistory in the Americas. For years, the predominant theory of how humans arrived in the western hemisphere centred around the Clovis culture, which crossed the Beringia land bridge from Asia …

House of Lords decision welcomed as ‘landmark moment’ after attempt to strike out amendment is defeated UK politics live – latest updates Women who have been convicted, and in some cases jailed, over illegal abortions are set to be pardoned after a historic vote in the House of Lords. Last June, the House of Commons voted to end the criminalisation of women who terminate their pregnancies outside…

Daria Boyarskaya coordinating OSCE mission overseeing vote in which pro-Moscow Viktor Orbán could lose power Hungarian rights groups have raised concerns over the appointment of Vladimir Putin’s former interpreter to a key role in an international election monitoring mission, amid fears of Russian interference ahead of Hungary’s crucial vote next month . Daria Boyarskaya, who worked for many year…

Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm India–Israel relations The Indian release of The Voice of Hind Rajab, the Oscar-nominated Tunisian film about the death of a five-year-old girl during the Israel-Gaza war, has been blocked by the country’s ratings body, according to the film’s Indian distributor. In a report by Variety , Ma…

Duggar, 31, was taken into custody in Arkansas and was awaiting extradition to Florida, where he faces the charge Former reality TV star Joseph Duggar is facing a child molestation charge in Florida, almost five years after his brother Josh, who also starred in the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, was convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images. Joseph Duggar, 31, was arrested in Arkansas, w…

Anyone who was at Club Chemistry in Canterbury from 5 March to 15 March advised to get antibiotics and vaccination The government has announced a major expansion in vaccination against meningitis in Kent after seven new cases of the disease were confirmed in the county, taking the total number of cases to 27. On a visit to the University of Kent, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, said anyone w…

Hungarian PM is continuing to block the funding, which the EU says is urgently needed for military aid and support for Ukraine EU leaders have failed to convince Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, to drop his opposition to a vital €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine. They have accused him of betrayal and acting in bad faith but have not persuaded him to budge. In an unusual sign of public anger o…