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USA v Bosnia and Herzegovina: World Cup 2026 last 32 – live
⚽️ Kick-off time: 5pm local/10am AEST/1am BST/8pm EDT ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Beau Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s an excerpt from Graham Ruthven’s daily World Cup watch guide about this matchup: Continue reading...
US judge blocks Trump bid to limit mail-in voting in latest setback for president
Ruling marks second time that Trump’s plan to restrict mail ballots across the US has suffered a setback in court A federal judge blocked a proposed restriction on mail-in voting across the US, challenging a crackdown on elections ordered by Donald Trump. Judge Emmet Sullivan of the US district court for the District of Columbia ruled that a US Postal Service (USPS) plan to deny ballots to voters in states that do not turn over their voter rolls to the federal government should not proceed. Continue reading...
Three ways to fix the US supreme court, with Elie Mystal - Stateside with Kai and Carter
This term, the US supreme court handed down decisions on issues ranging from voting rights to immigration and birthright citizenship, reshaping life for millions of people. Kai Wright speaks with Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for the Nation, about how the court got all its power in the first place, and why Mystal thinks court reforms to reign in that power aren’t just constitutional – they’re necessary. Continue reading...
Maltese businessman paid hitmen €150,000 to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia, jury hears
Yorgen Fenech, heir to property empire, on trial for alleged involvement in murder of journalist, which he denies One of Malta’s wealthiest businessmen plotted to kill the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, paying €150,000 (£130,000) for three hitmen to carry out the murder, a jury has heard. Yorgen Fenech, the 44-year-old heir to a property empire that includes the Hilton Malta hotel and casino, is on trial for the 2017 murder. Continue reading...
Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste
Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action. We’ll wrap up some of the overnight news before Krishani’s on deck, and also bring you a preview of today’s press club speech from the defence industry minister, Pat Conroy . Continue reading...
Democratic socialists ride wave of momentum in primaries from New York to Colorado
Surging membership and pro-Palestinian activism reshape debate on how campaigning movement governs in office Inside a Brooklyn industrial garage turned underground event venue, local leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America urged hundreds of mostly young people last month to avoid complacency. Sure, New York City had a socialist representative in the US Congress , and just elected a socialist mayor. But they had so much more to do. “If we only elect Zohran, we only elect AOC, our project will have been a failure,” Gustavo Gordillo, co-chair of the city’s DSA chapter, told the assembled crowd. “Our ambitions are so much higher than just a position in government. We want to transform the world.” Continue reading...
Trump attorney general plots crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ after supreme court ruling
Todd Blanche to target tourists and migrants despite such births accounting for less than 1% of US babies born yearly A day after the supreme court upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, acting attorney general Todd Blanche has said federal prosecutors and law enforcement officers will focus on combating so-called “birth tourism” – the process of tourists, temporary visitors and undocumented immigrants traveling to the US and giving birth. “There’s other things that DHS can do, and the federal government can do in the visa process, and the application process, to try to minimize or limit the opportunity of folks coming here not to visit, and not to do what they’re saying they’re doing on the tourist visa, but just to have a baby that can then be a US citizen,” Blanche told reporters. Continue reading...
Scientists fear seabird die-off as El Niño looms: ‘We don’t know how bad this is will get’
Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters Within minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses – one after another. Some were mixed in with washed up kelp. Others were under rocks. Continue reading...
‘Watching England is emotional’: fans celebrate win over DR Congo
Hundreds watched England in first round of knockout stages at Prospect Building in Bristol World Cup live – latest updates Sisters Angela and Christine hugged, danced and shed a tear or two at the final whistle as England squeezed past the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “That was brilliant,” said Christine, a 51-year-old lifeguard. “Watching England is exhausting, emotional, often heart-breaking but we love it. You’ve got to relish the ups and downs.” Continue reading...
People in the US: share your views on Trump’s earnings in his second term
We’d like to find out how Americans feel about Donald Trump’s $2.2bn earnings since returning to the White House Donald Trump has earned more than $1bn from his crypto businesses since returning to the White House, according to recent financial disclosures. According to a 927-page document released on Tuesday by the US Office of Government Ethics, in all the US president made more than $2.2bn last year, benefiting from a vast global network of businesses and investments. Continue reading...
Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only
With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suite Sony said on Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games for the PlayStation console on disc in January 2028 following a shift in consumer preferences. “Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only,” the company said on its official PlayStation blog. Continue reading...
Seven more sentenced to prison over protest outside Texas detention center
Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison term Seven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and has left many protesters facing decades behind bars. All but one of the defendants sentenced in Fort Worth courtrooms pleaded guilty to charges related to the shooting outside the Prairieland detention center near Dallas last July 4. They each were sentenced to between nearly two and 15 years in prison. Continue reading...
Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed
Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewal Donald Trump has refused to renew the North American trade pact he once championed as his signature deal, opting instead to keep it alive on a short leash of annual reviews rather than committing to another 16 years. Wednesday was the deadline built into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for the three countries to jointly decide its fate, which is set to expire in 2036. Continue reading...
Man guilty of attempting to murder three children in attack that triggered Dublin riot
Jury also finds Riad Bouchaker guilty of assaulting two other children and a childcare worker in 2023 stabbings A man has been found guilty of attempting to murder three children during a stabbing attack in Dublin in 2023, a crime that horrified Ireland and triggered a riot in the capital. A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday also found Riad Bouchaker, 52, guilty of assault causing serious harm to a childcare worker, Leanne Flynn, and of assaulting two other children and a teenager. Continue reading...
Albania warned EU accession at risk over Jared Kushner-backed resort plans
Proposed development of protected shorelines and wildlife zones violates EU environmental policy, says MEP MEPs have warned Albania that EU accession talks are at risk if the government does not “change course” over plans for a luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Tineke Strik, the Dutch MEP heading a European parliament fact-finding mission to the Balkan nation, said Albania’s leadership was “playing with fire” by pursuing the €1.4bn (£1.2bn) real-estate venture that would, she said, wreak havoc on virgin coastline. Continue reading...
The Harvard astronomer dubbed Trump’s chief alien hunter starts by assuming UFOs human-made
Avi Loeb’s White House panel has asked the Pentagon for videos and files on unexplained aerial sightings A controversial Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien lifeforms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’s secretive new scientific advisory panel on security risks posed by UFOs. Avi Loeb and his hand-picked committee have already begun looking into the origins of mysterious flying craft, now known as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and last month asked the Pentagon for dozens of videos, images and documents of reported encounters and incidents, the Associated Press reports . Continue reading...
The Guardian view on Trump’s wealth and power: a medieval court wreaks havoc in the 21st century | Editorial
Supreme court rulings, and revelations of the president’s enrichment since his return to office, show that he has turned back the clock Donald Trump is not known for his reverence for the US constitution. But in his second term, he is doubling down on his claim from the first: that the text grants him “the right to do whatever I want as president”. This is, to put it mildly, an extremely unusual interpretation of article 2. But it is the thread that draws together the headlines dominating recent days: a spate of supreme court rulings, mostly to his benefit, and the revelation that he has raked in $2bn since returning to office, half of it from cryptocurrencies. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...
The Guardian view on yet another immigration bill: law as performance is a failing model | Editorial
Legislation drafted around an agenda of proving ‘toughness’ is a method that was tested to destruction by the Tories An act of parliament changing the UK’s immigration and asylum system has been passed every year since 2022. This activity has not increased public confidence that the nation’s borders are well managed, nor has it stopped the rise of radical rightwing parties running anti-immigrant campaigns. There is no reason to expect yet another law to buck that trend, but the Home Office is giving it a try. Measures contained in a bill published this week include a new body to handle asylum decision appeals outside the existing court system; a means-tested scheme to charge asylum seekers for state-provided support they receive; narrowing the terms under which claims can be made under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which guarantees the right to private and family life. Continue reading...
Firing squad executions are making a comeback in the US – video
Trump and Republican states are reviving this archaic death penalty method, and lawyers say for one man killed by gunfire, the process went very wrong. Guardian US reporter Sam Levin breaks down how we got here and speaks to advocates raising alarms Death by firing squad: archaic method on the rise in US as Idaho opens new execution chamber Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution Continue reading...
Two people unfold banner atop Empire State Building in apparent marriage proposal stunt
Sign displaying message of peace was seen on the New York landmark after two people climbed to top of the skyscraper An elaborate apparent marriage proposal unfolded atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday – above the level where the general public are permitted to go – after two people climbed to the pinnacle of the New York City landmark. The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeared to be masked, also unfurled a large black banner at the top of the iconic skyscraper with the words: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.” Continue reading...
Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s defence investment plan – cartoon
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There is no immediate military threat to Britain. We should spend less on defence | Simon Jenkins
Parliament, media and thinktanks are united in their view that more military spending is still not enough. But sacrificing domestic projects to pay for it is indefensible Britain should spend less on defence. It is a waste of money and should be reduced so more could be spent on supporting employment, welfare and growth. Why is there no such debate? Why should “defence” be awarded an almost religious invulnerability? At present, parliament, broadcasters, print and social media, thinktanks and pundits all admit to only two points of view. One is that Britain should spend more on defence, the other is that it should spend far more. Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...
A storm, overpriced food and a sad ferris wheel: inside Trump’s dreadful state fair
Attendance at the Great American State Fair is sparse and the heat is extreme, but at least you can pay $25 for a pretzel This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday I have been to some disappointing fairs in my time. There was one, in a small town in north-west England, where the main attraction was a little slide that you rode down on a burlap sack: except the guy who owned the slide had forgotten to bring the sacks, so me and my sister slid down on a T-shirt. Another time, at a village fete in a place called Longton, I won the main prize at the bingo. It was a whisky decanter with a bottle of whiskey. I was 11 years old, the decanter was broken and some bigger boys took the whiskey. More recently, I looked on as two farmers engaged in a shouting match over whose pumpkin was larger at a fair in Iowa. Continue reading...
Crypto, bibles and watches: how Trump made over $2bn last year - The Latest
President Trump cashed in on more than $2bn from crypto and other businesses ventures last year. As the US races to become the self‑declared ‘crypto capital of the world’, the president and his family have turned digital tokens, meme coins and merchandise into an unprecedented revenue stream. But just how rich can a sitting US president get? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian reporter Aisha Down Continue reading...