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What we know about the abduction of Savannah Guthrie's mother

It's been days since 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie disappeared in the middle of night from her home in Arizona.

Bitter taste: per-unit pricing of Australian supermarket fruit and veg leaving customers out of pocket

Consumer advocates call for more transparency as Woolworths, Coles and Aldi expand use of the practice without displaying per-kilogram pricing Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast If you go into Woolworths to buy a bunch of small “kids’ bananas” you may not realise you’re paying double the price of the larger cavendish bananas right next to them. At one Woolworths store, kids’ bananas have been sold in bunches of five and priced at $3.70 a bunch. At a glance, that seem...

School phone policies in England a ‘huge drain’ on staff resources – study

Teachers and admin teams spend 100 hours a week enforcing rules, Birmingham University research finds Smartphone policies in English secondary schools are a “huge drain” on resources, with staff spending on average more than 100 hours a week enforcing restrictions, according to research. Teachers, teaching assistants, caretakers and receptionists are involved with helping to police pupils’ smartphone use in school, researchers said, with multiple staff recording incidents, overseeing detentio...

Before Trump Blasted U.S.-Canada Bridge, Owner of Competing Span Lobbied Administration

A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.

Mexican Cartel’s Seized Ammunition Is Traced to U.S. Army Plant

About 137,000 .50-caliber rounds have been seized since 2012, and of those, 47 percent came from a plant in Kansas City, Mo., Mexico’s defense secretary said.

Trump to repeal key ruling allowing regulation of planet-heating gases

Climate groups vow to fight rollback of 2009 finding determining CO 2 and other greenhouse gases harm health In what is set to be its most audacious anti-environment move yet, the Trump administration on Thursday will roll back the mechanism allowing the government to regulate planet-heating pollution, the White House press secretary has told reporters . “President Trump will be joined by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to formalize the recession of the 2009 Obama-era endangerment finding,” Karo...

Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show

Elon Musk’s younger brother and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013 Jeffrey Epstein engineered an intimate relationship between a woman in his network and Kimbal Musk, who is the brother of Elon Musk and on the board of directors at Tesla, according to emails from the Department of Justice’s recent release of documents involving the convicted sex offender. The younger Musk and the woman were involved for around six months between 2012 and 2013, with Kimbal Musk ...

Bulgaria Is at the Heart of Europe’s Harsh New Approach to Immigration

This former military barracks in Bulgaria has become a symbol of the E.U.’s increasingly strict policing of its borders — and of what may come next.

Debunked claims from election deniers influenced FBI raid in Georgia, affidavit reveals

The 28 January raid of the Fulton county election office also came after a referral from a White House lawyer The FBI’s rationale behind raiding the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month was based on debunked claims from election deniers and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday reveals. The warrant offers the first insight for the basis for the FBI’s 28 January raid on the Fulton c...

Trump administration removes LGBTQ+ Pride flag from Stonewall national monument

‘They cannot erase our history. Our Pride flag will be raised again,’ says Manhattan borough president The Trump administration has removed a large pride flag from the Stonewall national monument in New York City, marking the latest move by the federal government to end diversity initiatives and sanitize the history shared in national parks. The monument commemorates the June 1969 riots that followed a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The s...

Russia Further Restricts Telegram, Escalating Internet Clampdown

The throttling of the communication app, used by more than 100 million Russians, endangers what remains of the country’s free internet.

A Crucial Step in Trump’s Gaza Plan

Persuading Hamas to give up its weapons is the “linchpin of everything” in the president’s plan.

Australia politics live: man charged after Sydney protest over police tactics; speculation mounts over Taylor resignation

Another night of demonstrations in Sydney after criticism of police actions at Monday’s protest. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended the government’s invitation to Isaac Herzog , and said he should be “respected as a guest” while he visits. Speaking to ABC RN Breakfast this morning, Turnbull said protesters should have demonstrated “peacefully” and heeded the advice of police. But he added tha...

Ex-police chief said Trump told him in 2006 'everyone' knew of Epstein's behaviour

The now-president allegedly called police in Florida who were investigating Epstein and said "thank goodness you're stopping him".

Streeting still ready to challenge Starmer despite show of unity, allies say

Health secretary poised to make leadership bid after May local elections to pre-empt a potential challenge from rival Rayner, MPs close to him say Allies of Wes Streeting expect him to try to depose Keir Starmer within weeks, despite the health secretary insisting he backs the prime minister and is not intending to move against him, the Guardian has been told. Starmer attempted to regain authority over his party on Tuesday after a tumultuous day in Westminster during which he was denounced by...

Former senior aide to Starmer loses whip over friendship with sex offender

Labour peer Matthew Doyle has apologised for links to Sean Morton who was convicted of possession of indecent images of children Keir Starmer’s longstanding communications chief has been suspended from the Labour whip in his new role in the Lords after it emerged that he had campaigned on behalf of a friend who had been charged with possessing indecent images of children. Matthew Doyle, who stepped down as the No 10 head of communications last March and was made a peer in December, said in a ...

Bid launched to extend Zimbabwe president's term in office

President Mnangagwa's term in office is due to end in 2028 but a bill could open the way for him to extend that time.

Under-fire Trump commerce secretary confirms he visited Epstein's island

Howard Lutnick says he had lunch on the island in 2012, contradicting previous claims he had cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2005.

Children in England ‘bombarded’ with online ads for harmful products

Teenagers routinely see content promoting weight-loss drugs, steroids and skin-whitening creams, research finds Children are being “bombarded” with harmful products online, including weight-loss drugs, steroids and skin-whitening chemicals, a study has found. Research conducted for the children’s commissioner for England found that teenagers were routinely exposed to harmful products on social media, video games and apps. Continue reading...

New Orleans archbishop meets with survivors of clergy sexual abuse

Series of meetings is mandated by $305m settlement agreement for 600 survivors of decades-long abuse scandal A small number of victims of New Orleans’ Catholic clergy abuse scandal filed into a local church office recently for the first of 10 group meetings with Archbishop Gregory Aymond. The New Orleans archdiocese agreed to the meetings as part of settling its six-year-old federal bankruptcy protection case in December. Such group and one-on-one meetings are some of the non-monetary terms o...