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Trump team faces mounting pressure as members of Congress allege that the deadly attack was unlawful US Democrats on Sunday pushed the Trump administration to release video of a second strike on an alleged drug boat incapacitated in the Caribbean, continuing to escalate pressure on the Pentagon amid accusations the attack was unlawful. Eleven people died in the 2 September attack , including two …

Jamaican-born US army veteran faces deportation as more non-US citizen military members are swept up by ICE raids The fiancee of a Jamaican-born, decorated US army veteran who is now facing deportation under the Trump administration says she hopes his story might inspire legislative action to restore immigration protections for former military members. “If you served this country, you deserve a c…

Police think incident at airport car park involved theft of a suitcase and ‘people known to each other’ A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after people were allegedly attacked with a “form of pepper spray” at a multistorey car park at Heathrow airport Terminal 3, police have said. The Metropolitan police said armed officers were called to the terminal’s car park at about 8.11am to a …

Open valve in heating system damaged 300-400 works just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concerns A water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre’s Egyptian department, the Paris museum said on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure. “Between 300 and 400 works” were affected by the leak discovered on 26 November, …

Appointment marks a rapid political transformation for a former Tory donor and potential candidate for MP The formerly Conservative-supporting boss of the supermarket Iceland is to be made a Labour peer when the party appoints another 25 representatives to parliament’s upper house later this month. Keir Starmer will appoint Richard Walker to the House of Lords, the Guardian understands, the culmi…

Exclusive: Healthwatch study discovered 14% of cases are not put on hospital waiting lists for treatment GPs requested for them One in seven people in England who need hospital care are not receiving it because the referral by their GP gets lost, rejected or delayed, the NHS’s own patient watchdog has found. Three-quarters (75%) of these patients trapped in this “referrals black hole” suffer harm…

Former Beatle argues use of terms for meat-free products ‘encourages attitudes essential to our health’ Paul McCartney has joined calls for the EU to reject efforts to ban the use of terms such as “sausage” and “burger” for vegetarian foods. The former Beatle has joined eight British MPs who have written to the European Commission arguing that a ban approved in October by the European parliament …

Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase The Kremlin has heaped praise on Donald Trump’s latest national security strategy , calling it an encouraging change of policy that largely aligns with Russian thinking. The remarks follow the publication of a White House document on Friday that criticises the EU and says Europe is at risk of…

Ankara’s foreign minister suggests international partners should start by separating Israeli troops from Hamas The international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza should make its priority the separation of Israeli troops and Hamas rather than the disarmament of the Palestinian group, the Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has said. He also suggested that Indonesia and Azerbaijan, two countrie…

At event in California, US defense secretary says Trump has power to take military action ‘as he sees fit’ Pete Hegseth on Saturday doubled down on his defense of US military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats in the Caribbean, arguing that Donald Trump has the power to take military action “as he sees fit” and dismissing concerns that the strikes violate international law. Hegseth spoke on Sat…

At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has nam…

Henry Cuellar launched House re-election bid as Democrat days after Trump pardoned him over bribery charges Days after issuing him a pardon, Donald Trump criticized US House member Henry Cuellar of Texas for deciding to run for re-election as a Democrat . Trump pardoned Cuellar and the congressman’s wife on Wednesday as they faced bribery charges. They were alleged to have accepted thousands of d…

Israeli PM to discuss next steps with Donald Trump this month but timetable for lasting peace remains unclear Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the first phase of the UN-endorsed Gaza ceasefire plan is close to completion, and that the second phase must involve the disarmament of Hamas. The Israeli prime minister said he would discuss the next steps later this month in Washington with Donald Trump…

Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail More than 50 groups connected to transport and public health have urged the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, to set specific targets for levels of walking and cycling in England, warning that plans as they stand are too vague. A letter from groups including British Cyclin…

Neil Couling said failings by individual claimants ‘at the heart’ of crisis, despite a report finding DWP shortcomings ‘unacceptable’ One of the most senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has placed the blame for the carer’s allowance benefits crisis on victims, many of whom have been left with life-changing debts. In an internal blogpost written for Whitehall collea…