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Hundreds of people displaced in Bangka Belitung province as shift in wind direction drove blaze towards settlement An forest fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra island fuelled by El Niño has razed nearly 300 homes, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, an official said on Tuesday as the country battles devastating blazes and haze. Residents first spotted the fire approaching their village in Bangka Bel…

High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’ The threat of an AI share price crash rippling out across global markets is putting world financial stability at risk, the International Monetary fund has warned. In its twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report, th…

Move from anti-immigration or anti-Muslim views to violence is ‘most marked trend’ in spy agency’s caseload over last year Extremists holding anti-immigration opinions are becoming increasingly likely to consider carrying out terrorist attacks against immigration centres and asylum hotels in the UK, the head of MI5 has warned. Ken McCallum said a shift from radicalised rightwing sentiment to viol…

Help-to-buy initiative for England could slow market while first-time buyers wait for launch, builder admits Business live – latest updates The new Your First Home programme for first-time buyers could increase the number of houses British builder Bellway produces each year by 10%, its boss has said. Faced with a chronic shortage of homes, the government has made housing one of its top priorities…

Trial could see white supremacist who killed 10 people in New York state store get the death penalty Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial that could see the white supremacist who killed 10 people in a 2022 Buffalo supermarket get the death penalty. The attack is believed to be the deadliest shooting targeting Black people in modern history. Continue reading...

Leo arrived at hospital on Tuesday for the surgery, which is deemed low risk and could take place this afternoon Pope Leo has been admitted to hospital in Rome for an operation to remove a small growth from his lung, a discovery a top Vatican cardinal said had come “like a bolt out of the blue”. In a rare moment of Vatican transparency, Leo, 71, said during his angelus prayer on Sunday that docto…

Exclusive: Caution urged over Javier Milei government’s ‘red notice’ requests for arrest of individuals linked to oil project Britain has appealed to Interpol to reject Argentina’s requests for the arrest of individuals involved in a large oil project off the Falkland Islands. With tensions over the sovereignty of the British overseas territory reaching levels not seen since the war with Argentin…

The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for him There is a manic quality to Donald Trump ’s desperate dash to do something, anything, ahead of November’s midterm elections to convince beleaguered Americans that he can make the pressures his policies have imposed on their livelihoods go away.…

Minnesota congresswoman criticized raid as attempt by Trump administration ‘to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement’. Plus what is to be done about the world record in the women’s marathon? Good morning. Ilhan Omar has said she will not be silenced after federal agents raided her home. In a social media post, the Minnesota congresswoman criticized the raid as an attempt by the T…

Cyber-attack on TFG London comes less than a week after online fashion seller Asos was hit by hackers Business live – latest updates The owner of Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles has warned that its websites and IT systems have been hit by a cyber-attack that may have compromised customers’ personal data. The South-African listed TFG London said that it had identified the “cybersecurity incident” …

The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage Lula Marina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon Thundering to a crowd of thousands of far-right supporters in São Paulo on 7 September, Brazil’s Independence Day, the senator Flávio Bolsonaro focused less on his opponent in t…

Swedish activist stands alongside French teenagers calling for investment to fix teacher shortages and crumbling schools The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined demonstrating high school students in France as the country braced for another day of nationwide protests over chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings . “Young people are not being included in…

President says Somalia, birthplace of the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman, is ‘one of the worst countries on the planet’ Sign up for the US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar said she will “not be silenced” and called a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign. She comes from one o…

Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per month It is a date keeping US healthcare providers up at night: 1 January 2027. As the midterm elections loom, everyone from hospital leaders and to patient advocates are focused on the New Year, when Republicans scheduled the most controversial elements of their healthcare reform law to go in…

After an opposition MP says she should be ‘shamed and stoned’, the federal minister hits back at ‘racist and misogynistic’ language Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Anne Aly has condemned as “racist” and “misogynistic” comments in parliament calling for her to be “stoned in the square” – while revealing she has received 19 death threats in the last week alone. The Gold…