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Powerful cyclone kills at least 20 as it tears through Madagascar port

Madagascar's disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.

Support for Trump’s immigration efforts drops sharply after Minnesota shootings

Nearly half (49%) of all American adults disapprove of handling of immigration, NBC poll finds, versus 34% in April Support for Donald Trump’s immigration efforts has dropped dramatically following a wave of public revulsion over violent scenes in Minneapolis involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, new poll figures show. The figures arrive as administration officials continue to double down on ICE enforcement, which has been getting increasingly more dangerous. Continue re...

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Iran’s president denies it seeks nuclear weapon and admits ‘shame’ after mass protests

Masoud Pezeshkian tries to convey message of national unity as negotiations with US hang in balance US politics live – latest updates Iran’s president insisted his country was not seeking a nuclear weapon as he acknowledged “great sorrow” after the authorities’ recent crackdown on protesters. Speaking to crowds gathered across Iran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, Masoud Pezeshkian sought to claim a message of national unity after demonstrations that roiled the country and trig...

Nigel Farage heckled at launch of Reform Jewish group

Jewish activists interrupt speech at synagogue and accuse party of paving way for persecution of other minorities Jewish activists have heckled Nigel Farage at the launch of a Jewish members’ organisation for Reform UK and accused the party of planning to use the new group as cover for persecuting other minorities. Farage spoke at the inaugural event on Tuesday night of the Reform Jewish Alliance (RJA), which he said would help the party target up to 15 parliamentary seats. Continue reading...

Prosecutors ‘in close contact’ with police investigating Andrew and Mandelson links to Epstein

Head of Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales says he is working with Thames Valley and Met forces Prosecutors are “in close contact” with police over investigations into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson’s links with Jeffrey Epstein, England and Wales’s most senior criminal prosecutor has said. Thames Valley police has said it is reviewing allegations that the child sex offender Epstein provided Mountbatten-Windsor with a woman to have sex with at Royal Lodge in 2010, ...

‘A world in disarray’: Europe’s moment of awakening

Facing existential challenges on trade and security, the bloc has finally realised it has to grow up and go it alone – but the path ahead is a rocky one • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Emmanuel Macron put it simply – and starkly. Confronted with “a world in disarray” and a double, potentially existential challenge from the US and China, he said: “Europe must become a power.” The bloc is facing “a Chinese tsunami” on trade, Macron told several European newspape...

White House deletes JD Vance’s social media post referring to Armenian genocide

US vice-president’s post marks first time Trump administration used the word to describe the massacres The White House has deleted a social media post in which the vice-president, JD Vance , referred to the Armenian genocide , prompting anger from members of the Armenian diaspora as well as opposition politicians across the US. The post was made during Vance’s two-day trip to Armenia to mark a visit by Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, to a memorial for the up to 1.5 million Armenians killed by...

Briton shot by father in Texas after row about Trump was unlawfully killed, coroner rules

Lucy Harrison died after being shot in chest by alcoholic Kris Harrison while staying at his home in US last year A Cheshire woman who was shot dead by her “reckless” father while visiting him in the US after a row about Donald Trump was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Lucy Harrison, 23, who lived in Warrington and worked as a fashion buyer for Boohoo, was shot in the chest with a semi-automatic handgun by Kris Harrison, while staying at his home in Prosper, Texas, on 10 January last ...

Pope Leo accepts resignation of embattled New Orleans archbishop, Gregory Aymond

The archdiocese agreed to pay 600 abuse survivors a $305m settlement before the Vatican confirmed Aymond’s exit Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond , on Wednesday – one day after the archbishop concluded a series of meetings with survivors of a clergy molestation scandal that has embroiled the city’s church leadership for years. Aymond had submitted his resignation to global Catholic church leaders at the Vatican as he was requ...

Don Lemon hires federal attorney who quit over handling of inquiry into Renee Good’s killing

Ex-CNN anchor brings on Joseph H Thompson to defend him from charges related to coverage of a church protest Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has hired a federal prosecutor, who quit amid the White House’s immigration blitz on Minneapolis, to defend him from charges related to his coverage of a church protest. Lemon officially brought Joseph H Thompson on to his legal team, according to a Tuesday court filing. Thompson, who Donald Trump had appointed acting US attorney for Minnesota in June, repor...

Gisèle Pelicot describes shock of seeing herself like ‘a rag doll’ in memoir

Pelicot writes of ‘brain stopping working’ when police told her of crimes of man she shared her life with for 50 years Gisèle Pelicot , who became a global symbol of courage during the trial of her ex-husband and the dozens of men who raped her while she was unconscious, has described her shock when police first showed her images of the crimes, likening herself to a “rag doll”. In extracts from her forthcoming memoir, A Hymn to Life, Pelicot, 73, describes her shock when police told her of th...

Furious female Labour MPs urge Starmer to make a woman his de facto deputy

Harriet Harman leads calls for an appointment that would ‘turbocharge’ a ‘complete culture change’ at No 10 Furious female Labour MPs have told Keir Starmer to appoint a woman as his de facto deputy to oversee a “complete culture change” in Downing Street after a series of scandals they say have exposed a No 10 “boy’s club”. Harriet Harman, one of the party’s most senior figures, urged Starmer to revive the role of first secretary of state, a post previously occupied by Peter Mandelson under ...

Swiss bar owners face questions from victims' lawyers over fire disaster

Jacques Moretti is questioned by lawyers over the New Year's Day fire disaster in Crans-Montana that left 41 people dead.

Rejecting Muslim hostility definition sends message ‘your safety doesn’t matter’, peer says

Shaista Gohir says every group has right to be protected after critics warn proposed definition risks breaking law Failing to adopt a definition of anti-Muslim hostility would signal to British Muslims that their safety does not matter, a charity’s head has warned, as critics argue that adopting a definition risks breaking the law. Shaista Gohir, a cross-bench peer and head of the Muslim Women’s Network, was part of a working group on anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia launched by the govern...

What to Know About the Mass Shooting in Canada

The attack at a school and a residence in the small, remote town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, has shocked a country where such acts of violence are rare.

Iran Commemorates Revolution, With U.S. Warships Lurking Off the Coast

The authoritarian clerical regime in Tehran came to power in 1979. Today, it presides over a country that is deeply polarized and under threat of an American attack.

US added 130,000 jobs in January, surpassing expectations as 2025 growth is slashed

Unemployment rate was 4.3% in January with gains 13,000 less than the 143,000 jobs added a year ago, report shows The US jobs market added 130,000 jobs in January, according to a highly anticipated labor market report released on Wednesday, a surge of job growth after months of fatigue in the labor market. The unemployment rate was 4.3% in January, a slight cooling since the fall. Economists predicted 70,000 in job gains and an unchanged unemployment rate for January. Continue reading...

Man detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance reportedly released

Carlos Palazuelos told reporters he was held at a traffic stop Tuesday and claimed to not have heard about the case A man detained by authorities in Arizona investigating the disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother was released early on Wednesday after several hours of questioning, according to reports. An individual who identified himself to reporters as Carlos Palazuelos said he was the person held after a traffic stop on Tuesday in Rio Rico, about an hour’s drive from th...

9 Killed and 25 Injured in Shootings in Tumbler Ridge, Canada

The police said the suspect died of a self-inflicted injury after the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community in British Columbia.