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Democrat Andy Kim says he saw ‘chaos’ at the New Jersey ICE facility amid ‘standoff’ between protesters and agents Protests continued on Tuesday outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey where the US senator Andy Kim said he was pepper-sprayed by federal agents the day before during a demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) outside the facility. Video posted…

Officials say still not safe for 16,000 people to return home as crews in Orange county work to neutralize damaged tank A crack that formed by chance in an overheated chemical tank in southern California relieved pressure and helped avert a catastrophic explosion, but officials said on Tuesday it still was not safe enough for 16,000 people living closest to the aerospace plant to return home. The…

Jerome Laxale breaks ranks to publicly back reforms that would also wind back the diesel fuel rebate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Labor MP Jerome Laxale says it’s “reasonable to expect more” from mining giants, breaking ranks to publicly back changes to the generous tax concessions blamed for holding back d…

Panel of three judges says congressional map was drawn to intentionally discriminate against Black voters Alabama cannot use a new Republican-friendly map in this year’s midterm elections because it was drawn to intentionally discriminate against Black voters, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Tuesday . The decision blocks Alabama from using a congressional map lawmakers passed in 2023 but…

Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his party Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and cut benefits Did Tony Blair ever mention he was quite good at winning elections? If you happened to miss it, then his 5,700-word opus on where Labour, Keir Starmer and the UK more generally have gone wrong is here to remind you. Several times. “…

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election Analysis: Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful Tony Blair has accused Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk by abandoning the centre ground, warning that the party’s “almost infinite…

Australia’s foreign affairs minister Penny Wong met with US secretary of state Marco Rubio in New Delhi meeting. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The ‘Quad’ group of countries – Australia, the United States, India and Japan –have announced a new initiative to build surveillance capabilities and critical minerals cooperation, Agence France Press…

Bid to remake maps before midterms and reduce Democratic voters in Jim Clyburn’s district fails in state senate Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have defied Donald Trump and rejected a breakneck bid to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of November’s US midterm elections. In a 26-18 vote, state senators rejected mid-decade redistricting in a special session of the legislature,…

Police officer in charge says budget could reach £19.3m and nearly 100 more investigators are needed The police criminal inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal faces a five-year delay unless it is handed millions in extra funding and nearly 100 more staff, according to the chief officer in charge. The Metropolitan police commander Stephen Clayman said he needed to nearly double the numbe…

Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staff A Reform UK plan to cut the size of the civil service would involve sacking more planning officers than exist and getting rid of at least two-thirds of the psychologists who support prison officers’ welfare, it has emerged. The policy paper , led by the Reform MP Danny Kruger a…

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting outside One Four One in the city centre A woman shot dead outside a bar in Sheffield was an innocent bystander, police say. Officers were called to the scene outside the One Four One bar on West Street in in the city centre at 2.45am on Monday after reports of a shooting. Continue reading...

Water cannon also used at rally addressed by Özgür Özel who has been dismissed from office despite being elected Riot police in Turkey have fired teargas and water cannon to break up a rally called by ousted opposition leader Özgür Özel, days after a court dismissed him from office. The protest in Izmir on Tuesday came two days after riot police battered their way into the main opposition CHP’s h…

Extreme early summer event across western Europe also brings highest temperatures for month in UK and Ireland Seven people have died in France in an extreme early summer heat event that is affecting a swathe of western Europe, with record high temperatures for May recorded in several countries. In France, which logged its hottest ever May day on Monday and again on Tuesday, the weather agency Mét…

Tehran condemns ‘definitive violation’ but announces no specific reprisals as negotiations near decisive stage Middle East crisis – live updates A proposed peace agreement between Iran and the US seemed to still be on the table on Tuesday despite US bombings of Iranian targets – the first military action by Washington since the 8 April ceasefire. The Iranian foreign ministry denounced the US atta…

Fifa approached Mexico after US declined to host Iran squad despite it playing group games in the United States Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum , said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup , adding that the US did not want to host the team. The team will still play its group stage matches in the US but its base has…