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Licensed school teacher and one-time police officer among those participating in riot-style gatherings as experts warn of threat to public safety A network of militant neo-Nazi active clubs from around the US has been participating in riot-style combat events with other white nationalist groups in Virginia as part of what their founder called a “tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution”. S…

The US president has threatened to bomb power plants and bridges unless Iran reopens the strait of Hormuz. Plus, the US origins of Mexico’s toxic waste problem Good morning. Israel has told Iranians their lives will be at risk if they use the country’s railways on Tuesday, after Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants unless a deal is reached by Tuesday evening. How are …

Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulate Mexico is facing a “toxic crisis” and has become a “garbage sink” for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned. In an interview with the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative outlet, Marcos Orellana, an environmental…

Lord Richard Walker, Iceland’s chair, says Walker Smith is ‘welcome to a job with us’ as public fundraiser hits £7,500 Keir Starmer’s cost of living tsar, who is the chair of Iceland, has offered a job to a worker who was sacked from Waitrose after trying to stop a shoplifter. Waitrose faced public outcry over its treatment of Walker Smith , who was fired two days after he stopped the shoplifter …

The partial government shutdown has now lasted eight weeks with Congress on recess until 13 April Meanwhile, Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will select a state supreme court judge to replace an outgoing conservative in a race that could further solidify the liberal majority on the bench ahead of the midterms, when Trump and his allies could try to overturn election results again. Justice Rebecca Bra…

Liberals see chance to strengthen majority in state where Trump and allies could try to overturn election results Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will select a state supreme court judge to replace an outgoing conservative in a race that could further solidify the liberal majority on the bench ahead of the midterms, when Trump and his allies could try to overturn election results again. Justice Rebecc…

Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will ‘protect borrowers’ from impact of global conflict UK politics live – latest updates The interest rate on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6%, the Department for Education has announced. Graduates with plan 2 loans currently pay interest rates based on the retail price index (RPI) measure of inflation, plus up …

Petrol prices have stopped falling, despite the federal government’s cut to the fuel excise last week Track Australia’s fuel prices, service station outages and shipments in charts Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese will fly to Singapore this week – Australia’s biggest source of petrol – as the gover…

Threat comes after US president said he would bomb power plants and bridges if Iran did not reopen strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates Israel warned Iranians this morning that their lives would be at risk if they use the country’s railways on Tuesday before the end of a negotiating deadline imposed by Donald Trump with a threat to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants. Israel’s m…

The actor whose husband is charged with child sexual abuse says she believes ‘his side of the story’ is ‘the truth’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Melissa Gilbert contends she is “neither naive nor … complicit” having married and deciding to stand by her fellow actor Timothy Busfield amid numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, saying she exclusiv…

Queensland senator ‘steadfast’ in her support of former Australian soldier as police charge him with five counts of war crime – murder Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, says she will not “abandon” Ben Roberts-Smith despite his arrest over war crimes, as the Greens declare “no o…

Mixed stock market reaction to president’s comments, while IMF chief warns of inflation and slower growth Business live – latest updates Oil traded at more than $110 a barrel on Tuesday after Donald Trump said all of Iran could be “taken out” in one night . Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by 1% to $111 a barrel. New York light crude rose 2.6% to $115.3 a barrel. Cont…

The US vice-president and Hungary’s prime minister will hold a joint press conference later today JD Vance’s Air Force Two is currently flying over southern Germany and nearing the Czech airspace. He is expected in Budapest in just over an hour. You can track the flight here . Continue reading...

The health secretary and the BMA trade accusations over who bears responsibility for the collapse of talks Good morning. Resident doctors in English hospitals started a six-day strike at 7am this morning. Many of them will continue to work, but there will be enough of them joining the strike to have a significant impact on the care hospitals can deliver. It is the 15th resident doctors (who used …

The ‘bank is closed and the door is locked’, says Zia Yusuf as calls grow for compensation to remedy historical wrongs Reform UK has said it would stop issuing visas to any person from a country which continues to demand compensation from the UK for its role in the transatlanctic trade in enslaved people. Zia Yusuf, the party’s home affairs spokesperson, told the Daily Telegraph that the call for…