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PM said the repost was ‘disgraceful’ after Green leader apologised and said he had shared tweet ‘in haste’ Keir Starmer has condemned Zack Polanski as “disgraceful” and unfit to head a political party after the Greens leader shared a social media post critical of the way police tackled the suspect in the Golders Green stabbings. The prime minister said any criticism of the police involved in the …

Greater Manchester mayor’s team have been quietly preparing a manifesto and identifying seats where MPs could step aside to allow a Westminster run Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say When the eyes of Westminster were on the committee rooms and voting lobbies of parliament this week, Keir Starmer’s political future was being decided elsewhere. Wes Streeting a…

All people onboard Cessna 421C dead after crash late at night in city 40 miles south-west of state capital Austin A small plane crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people onboard, officials said on Friday. The crash happened in the dark late on Thursday night in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles south-west of the state capital, Austin, the Hays county judge, Ruben Becerra, …

US president says tariff on cars and lorries will rise to 25% and accuses European Union of non-compliance Donald Trump has said he is tearing up part of the tariff deal he struck with EU leaders at his golf course in Scotland last summer, criticising Brussels for taking so long to ratify the deal. Blindsiding Brussels late on May Day bank holiday on Friday, he announced that he would be increasi…

Company accepts it failed to prevent bribery in public sector contracts in Algeria and Oman, sought through use of agents The British defence company Ultra Electronics has accepted responsibility for failure to prevent bribery and agreed to pay £15m after an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office . The penalties are part of a deferred prosecution approved by the high court on Friday, after an …

Denny Adán González, 33, whose death is being investigated as suicide, is 18th person to die in ICE custody this year A Cuban immigrant died inside an immigration detention center in Georgia earlier this week, according to a congressional notification sent on Friday and reviewed by the Guardian. The Cuban man, identified as 33-year-old Denny Adán González, died inside the privately run Stewart de…

Record-breaker says London Marathon win was ‘a victory for all of us’ as he is greeted by family and friends in Eldoret Hugged, cheered and adorned with garlands, the first man to run an official marathon in under two hours has returned as a hero to his home village in Kenya. Sabastian Sawe, who stunned the world when he clocked 1h 59m 30s in the London Marathon last weekend, flew in a Kenyan mil…

Israeli foreign ministry denounce ‘shameful act’ after footage shows man pushing woman to the ground and kicking her A video of an attack on a French Catholic nun and archeological researcher in Jerusalem has caused widespread revulsion and has been denounced as a “shameful act” by Israel’s foreign ministry. In the video, a man runs up behind the nun as she walks down a street and pushes her over…

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bid Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government. Burnham, who was blocked by Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s G…

Claire Freemantle accused of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving when vehicle hit school in 2023 The driver of a car that crashed into a south London primary school has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after two eight-year-old girls were killed. Claire Freemantle is accused of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing seriou…

Analysts say Americans have now paid $21.7bn more to fill their tanks since the start of the US war on Iran Exxon and Chevron quarterly earnings fall despite soaring oil prices Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The average price for a gallon of gas in California rose to $6 this week as fuel prices across the US reached their highest level in almost four years. The American Automob…

Former One Direction member cancelled US shows after recent hospitalization for an unspecified illness Zayn Malik , the former One Direction musician, has cancelled all US dates for his upcoming tour following hospitalization for an unspecified illness. Malik wrote in an Instagram story: “To my fans: Thank you so much for all the support and love you’ve shown me on the album release and more impo…

Tehran reportedly passed proposal to mediators in Pakistan on Thursday night, though its contents are not yet clear Iran has passed a new proposal to Pakistani mediators to end the war with the United States, in the latest effort to break the deadlock in negotiations. Iranian state media reported that Tehran handed the offer to Pakistan on Thursday night, to pass on to Washington, though its cont…

Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills The boss of the UK’s biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much lower energy bills. A year on from Europe’s largest power outage – which left tens of millions of people in Spain and Portugal without trains, metros…

Global Sumud Flotilla describes interception as ‘violent raid’ while Turkey condemns it as ‘act of piracy’ Israeli forces have intercepted and detained the crews of at least 22 boats near the Greek island of Crete from a flotilla that is attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid. The Global Sumud Flotilla, consisting of about 58 vessels carrying …