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Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has been spurned by leaders in Tehran who are standing firm on needing guarantees of no more future attacks Iran has spurned two messages from Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, seeking a ceasefire as its leaders sense it is not losing the war and the US president is at the minimum feeling the political pressure. The foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has furt…

More patients present with urgent conditions. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Around 1.4m students are set to sit down for Naplan tests today, the annual national assessment loved by statisticians and loathed by many education experts Naplan measures how students in years 3, 5, 6 and 9 are progressing in literacy and numeracy, with this year markin…

Safety checks needed after neighbouring building gutted by huge blaze on Sunday night, with only facade remaining Glasgow Central station’s high level will remain closed for the rest of the week, after a fire devastated a neighbouring building on Sunday. Network Rail said it would not be possible to reopen the upper concourse of the station, where trains depart to destinations across the UK, beca…

Destroyer leaves Portsmouth a week after deployment was announced following drone attack on RAF base in Cyprus Middle East crisis – live updates The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon departed Portsmouth on Tuesday afternoon for the eastern Mediterranean after six days of hasty preparation and a week after its deployment was announced by the prime minister. The warship is expected to take between fi…

Kay Ivey commutes sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton, saying death penalty would be unfair as he did not fire the fatal shot Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The governor of Alabama commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week, even though he was not in the building when the victim of the murder he was senten…

Opening statements begin in Miami trial of four men accused in the 2021 killing of Jovenel Moïse Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Greed, arrogance and power were the driving forces behind four men charged in the US for the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s last elected president, Jovenel Moïse , prosecutors told a court on Tuesday during opening statements…

American Express and Blackbird cut ties with restaurant after René Redzepi accused of abusing his staff After allegations emerged this week that René Redzepi had abused his staff at Noma, once considered the world’s best restaurant, sponsors on Tuesday announced they would end their support for the chef’s upcoming events in Los Angeles. The New York Times reported that American Express and the ho…

‘Trailblazer’ rapper returns to Australia for first time in 15 years, with body horror performer and dance biennale also on lineup Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email The pioneering female rapper Lil’ Kim, the vomit-inducing performance artist Florentina Holzinger, and the first ever Australian Dance Biennale are among the lineup for the 2026 Rising festival, which is staged around Melbou…

Darren Jones says £1.8bn project likely to cover only vehicle tax payments and right-to-work checks initially Britain’s £1.8bn digital ID scheme will only be available for a handful of uses by the next election, including paying vehicle tax and right-to-work checks, the minister in charge of the project has said. Darren Jones, the prime minister’s chief secretary, told reporters on Tuesday he eve…

Academic Shereen Daniels says plan by Mark Rowley to absorb police’s race policies into broader anti-discrimination programme is backward step The Metropolitan police has been accused of insulting black people and mocking the pain it has caused them after revealing it wants to absorb its anti-racism strategy into a broader anti-discrimination scheme. The Met said the scheme, also including gender…

Charlotte Nichols speaks out in opposition to bill proposing changes to jury trials in England and Wales An MP has told the House of Commons that she was raped after an event that she attended as a member of parliament, revealing that she waited 1,088 days for her case to get to court. Speaking at a debate on Tuesday to discuss changes to the law under which some jury trials would be limited, Cha…

NYPD officers responded to the alert, days after two men threw homemade explosives at Gracie Mansion Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The New York police department (NYPD) responded to a reported suspicious device near Gracie Mansion on Tuesday afternoon, days after two men threw homemade explosives during protests outside mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home i…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among more than 100 signatories to letter urging PM not to get drawn further into the conflict Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is among three of Iran’s former political prisoners and more than 100 Iranians living in the UK who have urged the British prime minister not to get drawn further into the Iran conflict. They are all signatories in a letter to Keir Starmer saying the w…

Hegseth follows Trump’s suggestion war will soon be over by saying US will not stop until Iran ‘decisively defeated’ Tehran residents say the Iranian capital has endured what they described as its worst night of aerial bombardment, as the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, followed Donald Trump’s suggestion on Monday the war could soon be over with a warning of more strikes to come. “We are unde…

A billionaire is funding a sustainable development project on the west African island that makes the local population stewards of its future At the crumbling colonial farm buildings in Porto Real, agricultural worker Kimilson Lima, 43, has signed the agreement and he’s happy. “With this money we can have a proper floor in the house,” he said. “And an inside toilet.” Lima is part of a ground-break…