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Hopes that pause to the killing may be agreed were boosted despite 24 Palestinians being killed including 10 seeking aid Israel has continued to launch waves of airstrikes in Gaza, hours after Hamas said it was ready to start talks “immediately” on a US-sponsored proposal for a 60-day ceasefire. The announcement by the militant Islamist organisation increased hopes that a deal may be done within …

Steve Rotheram and Tracy Brabin urge PM to listen more, with one saying his government is ‘disjointed’ from the rest of Labour Keir Starmer’s government appears “disjointed” from the rest of the Labour party just a year after taking power, regional mayors have said, with one blaming No 10 for overseeing “a mess of our own making”. Steve Rotheram, the Labour mayor of Liverpool city region, said Do…

Previously apolitical Social Security Administration lauded Trump’s debt-expanding bill after its passage An email sent by the US Social Security Administration (SSA) that claims Donald Trump ’s major new spending bill has eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients is misleading, critics have said. The reconciliation bill – which the president called the “one big, beautiful bill” before sig…

The Birmingham band are back together for one last concert at Villa Park, entitled Back to the Beginning – joined by the cream of heavy metal, from Mastodon to Anthrax – plus a host of special guests. Follow every song here You’ll be thinking: show me photos of all these starry metal shenanigans! I’m really sorry but Live Nation have told me there won’t be any photos available until the end of th…

More than 200 people had been rescued by Saturday, yet scores remain missing with families asking for information Reports are beginning to emerge of extraordinary stories of survival from the Texas Hill Country floods , even as the official death toll continued mounting, reaching at least 24 on Saturday. A young woman was dramatically rescued after she was carried 12 miles down the Guadalupe Rive…

At least 24 girls are still missing after summer camps were swept away as Guadalupe River rose 26ft in 45 minutes Rescuers by Saturday had begun the grim task of recovering the bodies of children who were swept away in a deadly flash flood in Texas , caused by a powerful storm that killed dozens of people. The exact number of missing people was not immediately known – but 24 of them were girls wh…

Billionaire said his ‘America party’ would try to turn attainable House and Senate seats to decide major issues The new US political party that Elon Musk has boasted about possibly bankrolling could initially focus on a handful of attainable House and Senate seats while striving to be the decisive vote on major issues amid the thin margins in Congress . Tesla and SpaceX’s multibillionaire CEO mus…

Pressure grows on Pedro Sánchez to call snap election as latest resignation adds to corruption allegations Pedro Sánchez’s efforts to reset Spain’s ruling socialist party after damaging corruption allegations that threatened to topple his coalition government have suffered a severe setback after a party official resigned over accusations of sexual harassment. The prime minister had hoped this wee…

Fiona Eastwood says real-life experiences that bring people together are vital amid a battle for attention in the digital era Artificial intelligence is in the process of upending the business models of companies all over the world, but when it comes to the $100bn (£73bn) global theme park business the thrill of “big metal” rollercoasters is still the biggest draw. Fiona Eastwood, the boss of the…

Met officers arrest protesters day after direct action group banned as terrorist organisation People holding signs referencing Palestine Action have been arrested by police a day after the group was banned as a terrorist organisation. More than two dozen people gathered close to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square in London on Saturday, holding signs that appeared to express support…

Almost 300 researchers have applied for for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed about whether he would be stopped at security, that the American historian knew the time had come for him to leave his home country. For months, he had watched Donald Trump’s administration unleash a multipr…

Allegations relating to conduct during pandemic due to be published by national newspaper, Lee Anderson says A Reform MP, James McMurdock, has given up the party whip while he is investigated over allegations about his business conduct during the coronavirus pandemic. Lee Anderson, the party’s chief whip, made the announcement on Saturday, saying it related to accusations due to be made public in…

Longstanding tradition set to resume as new pontiff opts to spend summer holiday in Castel Gandolfo When, soon after being elected in 2013, Pope Francis broke from longstanding Vatican tradition by choosing not to spend his summer holiday in the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo, a sleepy hilltop town overlooking a lake about an hour south of Rome, residents were taken aback. One shopkeeper, Anna,…

Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson among mourners Portugal forward Jota and his brother died in car crash Liverpool players and staff have joined family and friends in Gondomar to pay their final respects to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva on Saturday. The funeral is taking place in the brothers’ hometown in Portugal where they were revered with mourners travelling from over the globe to s…

At least 24 people have died amid torrential rains and dozens of people at an all-girls summer camp are among those still missing Here are some images coming to us over the wires: Dalton Rice, city manager for Kerrville , the county seat, told reporters the extreme flooding struck with little to no advance warning, precluding authorities from issuing any evacuation orders. Continue reading...