Middle East crisis live: Iran says Israeli strike on Beirut ‘changes the rules of the game’ as Israel braces for potential retaliation
Israel says it carried out multiple strikes on Hezbollah’s main military HQ in Beirut suburbs; Nasrallah’s condition is unclearThe Israeli military said drones and rockets crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Friday, as Lebanon’s Hezbollah claimed a rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tiberias (see 9am BST).The drones infiltrated the coastal area of Rosh HaNikra and were intercepted by the military’s defences, the Israeli military said, adding several rockets were also intercepted. Continue reading...
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Read moreChappell Roan cancels US festival appearance: ‘Things have gotten really overwhelming’
Rising star pulls out of All Things Go festival in DC and New York City this weekend citing need to prioritise her healthSinger Chappell Roan has pulled out of an appearance at this weekend’s All Things Go festival, claiming that her situation has become “overwhelming”.The rising star, who currently has seven songs in the Billboard Top 100, released a statement on her Instagram stories, announcing that she won’t appear at either the DC or New York City stages this weekend. Continue reading...
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Read moreZelenskyy says he and Trump share ‘common view’ that Ukraine war must end – US politics live
Ukrainian president says talk with former US president ‘very productive’ but it is unclear if he and Trump reached genuine consensus behind closed doorsAppearing with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in New York on Friday, former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump said that he and Zelenskyy have a “very good relationship” before going on to say: “I also have a very good relationship with President Putin.”“I think if we win, we’re going to get it resolved very quickly,” Trump said, referring to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Continue reading...
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Read moreVance to talk at tour hosted by ‘prophet’ who thinks Harris practices witchcraft
Trump’s running mate will speak at Lance Wallnau’s event in campaign’s latest link to extremist Christian rightJD Vance will speak at an event on Saturday hosted by the self-styled prophet and political extremist Lance Wallnau, who has claimed Kamala Harris practices witchcraft and has written that the US is headed toward bloody internal conflict.The campaign announced earlier this week that the Republican vice-presidential candidate will participate in a “town hall” as part of the Courage tour, a traveling pro-Trump tent revival, during a stop in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Continue reading...
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Read morePoverty in Argentina soars to over 50% as Milei’s austerity measures hit hard
Far-right president has been battling inflation by imposing steep cuts in spending, resulting in widespread povertyArgentina’s poverty rate has soared to almost 53% in the first six months of Javier Milei’s presidency, offering the first hard evidence of the far-right libertarian’s tough austerity measures are hitting the population.The new poverty rate, reported by the government’s statistics agency on Thursday, is the highest level for two decades, when the country reeled from a catastrophic economic crisis, and means 3.4 million Argentinians have been pushed into poverty this year. Continue reading...
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Read moreMaggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89
In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagallPeter Bradshaw: Maggie Smith, the grandest of grandes damesObituary: A distinguished, double Oscar-winning actor‘Every day she and Judi would swim and laugh’: Smith rememberedMaggie Smith – a life in picturesMaggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor described by peers as being “one of a kind” and possessed of a “sharp eye, sharp wit and formidable talent”, has died aged 89.Her work, which ranged from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to Harry Potter to Downton Abbey, brought her global recognition, as well as two Oscars and eight Baftas. Continue reading...
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Read moreJustice department charges Iranian operatives in Trump campaign hack
Hackers were trying to undermine Trump’s campaign as Republican nominee for president, says Merrick GarlandThe US justice department unsealed criminal charges on Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations.The US attorney general, Merrick Garland, said on Friday afternoon that hackers were trying to undermine Trump’s campaign, as the Republican nominee for president. Continue reading...
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Read moreEric Adams pleads not guilty to federal corruption charges
New York City mayor appears in court as prosecutors allege that he ‘sought and accepted improper valuable benefits’US politics live – latest updatesEric Adams, the embattled Democratic mayor of New York City, who was indicted on federal criminal charges in an unprecedented scene for a sitting mayor of the city, pleaded not guilty in court in Manhattan early on Friday afternoon.The mayor arrived at court on Friday morning hours ahead of a scheduled arraignment, accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions and free overseas trips from foreign actors seeking influence. Continue reading...
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Read moreJudge who sentenced Evan Gershkovich says trial did not look at evidence
Neither prosecution nor defence asked for material evidence to be examined in case of US journalist, judge saysThe Russian judge who convicted the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has said the trial was short because it did not examine any “material evidence” and the verdict did not take long because he could “type quickly”.“The case itself was small. I don’t remember how many folders there were – three or five,” said Andrei Mineyev, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Continue reading...
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Read moreHurricane Helene blows climate deniers Trump and Vance off course again
JD Vance had to cancel two events in Georgia on Thursday after the category 4 storm surged across the regionJD Vance has been forced to cancel two campaign events in Georgia due to the threat posed by Hurricane Helene, in the latest instance of Donald Trump’s presidential bid being affected by extreme weather worsened by a climate crisis that both Trump and Vance have routinely mocked.Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, scrapped plans to make a speech in Macon, Georgia, and then hold a rally in Flowery Branch, Georgia, on Thursday due to the hurricane, which has surged across the Gulf of Mexico and hit Florida’s west coast as a category 4 storm. Continue reading...
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