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Move comes as the Trump administration has increasingly sought to keep Chinese technology out of the US The Federal Communications Commission announced a ban on humanoid robots from China on Tuesday, saying that the technology poses “unacceptable risks” to the country’s national security. The move comes as the Trump administration has increasingly sought to keep Chinese technology out of the US. …

Official declines to say whether Gabriel Perez, who allegedly bet on prediction market Kalshi, resigned or was fired A White House teleprompter operator who reportedly used inside knowledge to make bets about Donald Trump’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi is no longer in his post, according to a White House official. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about t…

Leading thinktank says higher oil prices and inflation will give Andy Burnham a ‘challenging inheritance’ Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of “very difficult trade-offs in the next autumn budget” if the Iran war keeps oil prices and inflation high. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the new prime minister faced a “challenging inheritance” and hi…

At confirmation hearing, Clayton sidestepped questions about 2020 election and declined to say Trump lost Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US Senate voted to confirm Jay Clayton as the director of national intelligence on Tuesday, giving Trump another key ally directing the nation’s intelligence apparatus. The tally, 51-47, fell mostly along party lines. Continue reading...

Tehran has not been bombed into submission, leaving America unable to enforce its demands without a ground war that it does not want Has Iran won a war it didn’t start against the United States? It is not a victory in any conventional military sense: about 3,500 Iranians have been reported killed and the US-led bombing has caused anywhere between $150bn and $270bn of damage . Yet Donald Trump’s d…

Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix decades-old funding crisis Andy Burnham has promised “problem-solving, not point-scoring” before a speech on social care in which he will set out his strategy for resolving one of the most intractable issues in British politics. The prime minister has invited Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, and Ed Davey, th…

Governor Ron DeSantis has made the state’s death chamber the nation’s busiest at the end of his final term A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death on Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man was to become the second-oldest inmate executed in modern US history. It has b…

Former PM says ousted Victorian premier was ‘courageous in combating misogyny’ and was a trailblazer for other women. Follow updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former prime minister Julia Gillard says departing Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has been subjected to “vile sexism” during her term in office . Posting on Instagram yesterday, Gillard said Allan would b…

Pharmaceutical company’s move to new £400m research centre accompanied by encouraging news for shareholders “A vote of confidence in British business,” trumpeted Andy Burnham, seizing the political gift of GSK splashing out £400m on a shiny new research and development centre in Cambridge . For positive vibes, it definitely beats the early pharma news his predecessor as prime minister received. T…

Israeli prime minister meets US president after Trump’s closed-door meeting with Ukrainian president Sign up for the Breaking News US email Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, set for 9:30am ET on Tuesday, will be closed to the media, the New York Times is reporting . The meeting is expected to be much more cordial than the one last year where Trump openly berated Zelens…

Data shows Canadians have replaced US vacations with other international trips in apparent rebuke to Trump Canadians spent $3.3bn less on travel to the US in 2025 than in the previous year, as Donald Trump’s hostile policies towards his northern neighbour continue to incur an economic cost, new government data shows. The research also indicates that Canadians are not bucking travel overall and in…

Local civil rights group alleges authorities removed evidence of killings amid communications blackout At least 30 people are alleged to have been killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the past two days as part of what has been claimed is a brutal state crackdown that has engulfed the disputed region for weeks. According to a local civil society group, Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), th…

Samsung and SK Hynix fall by more than 10% amid renewed fears over AI spending and Chinese competition Business live – latest updates The sell-off in AI stocks has intensified, driving South Korea’s stock market down to its lowest level in three months. Investors continued to ditch chip stocks on Tuesday, amid rising concerns about the huge amount of borrowing among AI companies to fund their dat…

Survey also shows Australians rounding on the government over its handling of inflation and the cost of living crisis Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation’s primary vote has plateaued and Angus Taylor’s approval rating has crashed, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. But it is not all smooth sailing for Labor with Australians rubbishing the governme…

Commission promised by new premier would be an ‘important signal’ for voters that the government was acting on alleged corruption Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victorian voters heading to the polls will probably get a taste of the evidence heard by a royal commission – including how taxpayer funds were used on Big Build projects – but it could actually help Labor’s …