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Officer shot before 6am on Thursday while searching an apartment allegedly linked to March shooting in Toronto A Toronto police officer has been shot as police raided an apartment allegedly linked to the March attack on the US consulate. Toronto police confirmed an officer was shot before 6am (1000 GMT) while conducting a search warrant in the north-west of the city, and has been rushed to hospit…

Mike Ashley’s retail group has made near-€2bn bid for the German fashion house, in which it holds a 26% stake Business live – latest updates Shares in Hugo Boss jumped nearly 10% on Thursday after the company said it would “thoroughly examine” a near-€2bn takeover approach from the Sports Direct owner Frasers Group . Mike Ashley’s fashion and sportswear business has pounced on the German fashion …

Sources say it would have breached regulations to tell WSL or team details of safeguarding investigation into Sullivan Neither the Women’s Super League nor West Ham United women’s team were aware of the restrictions placed on David Sullivan interaction with the team, the Guardian has learned. Sullivan, who is West Ham’s largest shareholder, has faced restrictions on his contact with the women’s t…

Employees at artificial intelligence companies are coming into gargantuan sums of money amid boom in IPOs Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area’s already expensive market are skyrocketing as employees at leading artificial intelligence companies come into gargantuan sums of money thanks to a boom in initial public offerings . With San Francisco’s OpenAI and Anthropic , as well as SpaceX, whic…

Democrats say they’ll block move to renew Fisa in protest of Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US House of Representatives will attempt on Thursday to pass a short-term extension of a powerful surveillance law amid controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s decision to install an inexperienced loyalist a…

Meteroogists forecast it will rival – or exceed – record El Niño from 1997 and further heat globe El Niño, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Niño, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will probably…

Minister accuses Keir Starmer of putting UK’s security at risk at a time of growing international threats UK politics live – latest updates The defence secretary, John Healey, has resigned over the government’s military spending plans, accusing Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves of putting the country’s security at risk at a time of growing international threats. In a blistering resignation letter th…

Allison Kirkby pocketed the payment after BT’s share price surged nearly 80% The chief executive of BT saw her pay and bonus package more than double last year to £5.6m, the biggest pay award to a boss of the telecoms company in more than a decade. Allison Kirkby, who stepped up from the board to take the helm in February 2024 , received a pay, bonus and share award package of £5.58m for the year…

European Central Bank increases main deposit rate to 2.25%, with two further rises expected by next spring Business live – latest updates The European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 in response to higher inflation caused by the war in Iran. The ECB raised its main deposit rate from 2% to 2.25% and financial markets are pricing in two more rises by next spring…

With some matches being held in nearby Miami, a Cuban response to US military action could mar the tournament As Cuba crumbles under a nearly five-month-long US oil blockade, many on the island hope that the World Cup might save the island from US attack – or at least offer a respite until the competition ends on 19 July. “The beginning of the World Cup will make it more difficult for the United …

Twenty people were killed and 120 injured in the attack at the Erawan Shrine, a popular tourist destination A Thai court has handed out death sentences to two Uyghur men from the north-western Chinese region of Xinjiang for a 2015 bombing in the centre of Bangkok that killed 20 people. The explosion occurred at the Erawan Shrine in the centre of Bangkok, an area popular with foreign tourists. As …

Lawyers ask prosecutors to upgrade charges from manslaughter in light of text messages discussing fire risk Lawyers for victims of the deadly New Year’s Eve fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have formally asked prosecutors to upgrade the charges against the bar’s owners after text messages emerged discussing the danger. Forty-one people were killed and 115 injured in the blaze at Le C…

The Democrats are wargaming messaging strategies over fears that Donald Trump may try to influence the midterm elections As the 2024 election approached, advertisements began popping up in key swing states suggesting local officials had discretion not to certify elections. The advertisements, reported at the time by ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch , were misleading. Certification is not optional, …

Guardian review finds group tied to Cleta Mitchell and Heather Honey funded misleading ads in swing states As the 2024 election approached, advertisements began popping up in key swing states suggesting local officials had discretion not to certify elections. The advertisements, reported at the time by ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch , were misleading. Certification is not optional, and officials …

Police who arrested Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira say she admitted that she had lied to obtain financial support A 38-year-old woman has been arrested in Brazil, accused of pretending to be a 12-year-old girl, allegedly to deceive a couple who took her into their home for more than a year. Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira was charged in the southern state of Santa Catarina with fraud and false ide…