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Jacob Frey accused the Trump administration of pursuing a ‘might is right’ policy and staging an ‘invasion’ of his city Jacob Frey, the embattled mayor of Minneapolis , has warned fellow mayors that their city will be next in line to be targeted by federal immigration agents unless they speak out against Donald Trump’s aggressive deployments. Addressing the US conference of mayors in Washington D…

Council said Edward Harris’s properties ‘failed to meet even most basic of living standards and legal requirements’ A Reform UK council chair has resigned after it was found he was illegally running two unsafe rental properties, according to a neighbouring local authority. Edward Harris, the chair of Warwickshire county council, owned two unlicensed houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in Staffor…

The former tech entrepreneur joins a sprawling but stagnant field to succeed Gavin Newsom Matt Mahan, the centrist Democrat and mayor of San Jose, announced on Thursday that he would run for governor of California, joining a sprawling but stagnant field to succeed Gavin Newsom. Mahan, 43, is a former tech entrepreneur who was first elected mayor of Silicon Valley’s largest city in 2022. Continue …

Boy’s friend, 17, winched to safety by emergency rescue team after pair were separated in Blue Gum forest Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenage boy has been found dead in a national park creek in the Blue Mountains after he became separated from a friend on a camping trip. Two boys, aged 16 and 17, travelled t…

Met Office issues yellow rain alerts in south-west, with 66 flood warnings – indicating expected flooding – in force Nearly 150 flood alerts remain in place across England as communities continue grappling with the aftermath of Storm Chandra. A yellow rain alert spanning from noon to midnight on Thursday has been issued for parts of south-west England, with the Met Office warning that more floodi…

LAFD’s non-profit, which raised large sums after 2025 fires, hired firm amid growing criticism over handling of disaster The official non-profit for the Los Angeles fire department has acknowledged that it had paid $65,000 to hire a leading communications agency to represent the agency last year. The move came as the department was facing growing criticism over its handling of the Palisades fire.…

PM will also push states and territories to work out details of looming gun buyback program. Follow today’s news updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In 2024-25, there were more than 2.3m incidents of unauthorised use of restrictive practices against NDIS participants, including locking people in rooms, sedated with medicine, or physically holding them down. A…

US president says he made appeal to Russian leader, but no ceasefire has been confirmed by Moscow or Kyiv Donald Trump has claimed Vladimir Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for one week after he issued a personal appeal to the Russian leader due to the extreme cold in Ukraine. The short-term ceasefire, which has not been confirmed by either Ukraine or Russia, was an…

Avaaraq Olsen tells content creators to think before making jokes after German tried to raise Stars and Stripes in Nuuk The mayor of Greenland’s capital has called on media professionals and content creators to act responsibly after a German comedian’s failed attempt to hoist the US flag. Maxi Schafroth, 41, a Bavarian comic, tried to run up the Stars and Stripes on a flagpole near the cultural c…

Order allows direct flights from US to Venezuela, as major oil companies already on ground to assess potential operations Donald Trump has ordered the immediate reopening of commercial airspace over Venezuela , weeks after US military forces toppled the dictator Nicolás Maduro . Speaking at the White House during his cabinet’s first meeting of the year, Trump said he had just concluded a telephon…

Agency updates guidance after increase in reports of condition to the yellow card scheme Patients on weight-loss jabs should be aware there is a small risk of developing severe acute pancreatitis, the UK medicines regulator has said. About 1.6 million adults in England, Wales and Scotland used GLP-1 medication, such as semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro), between early 2024 a…

Vincent Chan, 45, has admitted 30 new offences, including upskirting of children, in addition to 26 against toddlers at nursery A paedophile passed supposedly strict vetting to gain positions of trust in a primary school and then a nursery where he carried out a campaign of sexual offences in broad daylight against toddlers and young girls. The extensive offending history of Vincent Chan, 45, spa…

Alberta activists’ covert meetings with US officials revealed, outlining group’s increasingly emboldened efforts Covert meetings between separatist activists in the Canadian province of Alberta and members of Donald Trump’s administration amount to “treason”, the premier of British Columbia said on Thursday. “To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there’s an o…

Star says seaside town ‘inhabited by creativity’ and shares love for a local restaurant after dropping in on Tracey Emin If you were to guess where Madonna goes on holiday, you might think Mustique or the Maldives – Margate probably wouldn’t make the list. But the pop superstar spent the weekend there and enthused on an Instagram post that “the whole town seems to be inhabited and energised by cr…

Deployment of RAF Typhoon squadron to Qatar signals willingness to help protect country from counterattack Britain is unlikely to assist the US in an attack on Iran but a deployment of RAF Typhoons to Qatar last week signals a willingness to assist regional allies if Tehran tries to widen the conflict in retaliation. A first strike on Iran is unlikely be in line with the UK’s interpretation of in…