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Gewinne über den Erwartungen, doch fast die Hälfte der impairment charge von 283 Mio. £ folgt auf eine Neubewertung der Prognosen Business live – latest updates NatWest erklärte, dass die wirtschaftlichen Folgen des Konflikts im Nahen Osten das Unternehmen angesichts des nachlassenden Wachstums und der steigenden Inflation 140 Mio. £ kosten könnten, selbst während Gewinne über den Erwartungen gemeldet wurden. Insgesamt verbuchte der FTSE 100-Kreditgeber eine impairment charge von 283 Mio. £ und teilte mit, dass fast die Hälfte davon auf eine Neubewertung seiner Wirtschaftsprognose zurückzuführen sei, um „erhöhte geopolitische Risiken und schwächere equity markets widerzuspiegeln“. Weiterlesen...

Die Verhaftung eines potenziellen nächsten Anführers, der in einem Abflussrohr versteckt gefunden wurde, verdeutlicht neue Taktiken – und Ängste vor internen Machtkämpfen des Kartells US-Politik live – aktuellste Updates Der goldene Sarg von „El Mencho“, dem verstorbenen Anführer des Kartells Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), war kaum in die Erde gelassen worden, als das mexikanische Militär in dieser Woche einen zweiten Schlag gegen die absolute Führungsspitze der Organisation ausführte. Während Spezialeinheiten eine Ranch im Bundesstaat Nayarit stürmten, zeigten körnige Drohnenaufnahmen, wie El Menchos möglicher Nachfolger, Audias Flores, alias „El Jardinero“, aus einem Abflussrohr gezogen wurde, in dem er versucht hatte sich zu verstecken – und das alles, ohne dass ein Schuss fiel. Weiterlesen...

• Ein Verdächtiger wurde am Montag wegen des versuchten Attentats auf Präsident Trump angeklagt, nachdem er im April 2026 das Dinner der White House Correspondents' Association mit mehreren Waffen gestürmt hatte. • Der Vorfall hat parteipolitische Auseinandersetzungen über politische Rhetorik und Gewalt verschärft, wobei beide Parteien die Sprache der jeweils anderen Seite für die Eskalation verantwortlich machen. • Das mutmaßliche Attentat hat Washington erschüttert und Vergleiche mit historischer politischer Gewalt gezogen, was Diskussionen über die Sicherheit und das aktuelle politische Klima auslöste.

Sophie Corcoran fordert die 10,000 Interns Foundation heraus, die mit Menschen aus unterrepräsentierten Gruppen arbeitet • Eine Influencerin zieht eine Wohltätigkeitsorganisation, die Praktika für schwarze Menschen und ethnische Minderheiten organisiert, vor Gericht, da diese keine Programme für weiße Menschen anbietet. • Sophie Corcoran, eine Kommentatorin von GB News, bewarb sich für ein Programm, das die 10,000 Interns Foundation gemeinsam mit dem Bar Council durchführte. • Sie sagte, sie sei „schockiert gewesen festzustellen, dass das Programm auf Bewerber mit einem bestimmten rassischen Hintergrund beschränkt ist“.

Unter Berufung auf neue Beweise, darunter Selfies, stellten Anwälte einen Antrag, Cole Tomas Allen bis zu seinem Prozess in Haft zu lassen. In einem am Mittwoch eingereichten Schriftsatz legten Bundesstaatsanwälte die bisher detaillierteste Darstellung von Allen's mutmaßlichem, wochenlang geplantem Vorhaben dar, Donald Trump sowie mehrere Mitglieder seines Kabinetts zu töten, die gemeinsam mit über 2.500 Mitgliedern der Washingtoner Pressekorps das jährliche Abendessen der White House Korrespondenten besucht hatten. Der Antrag der US-Staatsanwältin für DC, Jeanine Pirro, der darauf abzielt, Allen in Haft zu halten, enthält zwei Selfies des mutmaßlichen Schützen, der in einem schwarzen Anzug vor einem Spiegel in seinem Hotelzimmer steht, mit einem leichten Grinsen im Gesicht. Er ist mit zwei Schusswaffen und mehreren Messern ausgestattet, die in seinen Gürtel gesteckt sind. Die Staatsanwaltschaft behauptet, dass es sich dabei um dieselben Waffen handelt, die nach dem Angriff von Allen beschlagnahmt wurden.

Während sein Verteidigungsminister vor einem Hausausschuss aussagte, postete Trump ein KI-generiertes Bild von sich selbst mit einer Waffe und der Bildunterschrift „NO MORE MR. NICE GUY“. • Pete Hegseth hat bestritten, dass der US-israelische Krieg gegen den Iran ein „Sumpf“ sei, und behauptete, dass Kritiker der Operation eine größere Bedrohung für die USA darstellten als der Iran selbst, während er unter Druck geriet, Washingtons Strategie für den Konflikt darzulegen. • Bei seinem Auftritt vor dem Bewaffneten Dienste-Ausschuss des Repräsentantenhauses zusammen mit General Dan Caine, dem Vorsitzenden der Joint Chiefs of Staff, bat der US-Verteidigungsminister die Gesetzgeber, ein Budget von 1,5 Billionen USD für Militärausgaben zu genehmigen – und bezeichnete einige von ihnen anschließend als „die größte Herausforderung“ für die Kriegsanstrengungen. Weiterlesen...

Nach einer gefeierten und Olivier-gekrönten Spielzeit im West End wird die Neuinszenierung des Musicals von Tim Rice und Andrew Lloyd Webber nach New York wechseln. • Nach monatelangen Spekulationen wird die preisgekrönte Evita-Wiederaufführung offiziell im Frühjahr 2027 an den Broadway übertragen. • In der West-End-Produktion spielte Rachel Zegler die Hauptrolle, wofür sie einen Olivier Award gewann; sie wird die Inszenierung nach New York begleiten. • Die triumphale Neuinterpretation der musikalischen Erzählung über die Aktivistin und Schauspielerin Eva Perón von Tim Rice und Andrew Lloyd Webber wird von Jamie Lloyd inszeniert, der zuvor einen Tony für die Wiederaufführung von Sunset Boulevard gewonnen hat. Lesen Sie weiter...

• Blockadeandrohung in wichtiger Meerenge und Trumps Haltung lassen Rohölpreis steigen, was Zapfenspreise auf das höchste Niveau seit 2022 treibt • Melden Sie sich für den Breaking News US-E-Mail-Service an, um Newsletter-Benachrichtigungen in Ihrem Posteingang zu erhalten • Die durchschnittlichen US-Benzinpreise haben mit 4,23 $ pro Gallone ein neues Hoch erreicht, laut dem Automobilclub AAA der höchste Wert seit 2022 und ein Rekord seit Beginn des Krieges mit dem Iran

• Die Bank erwartet in ihrem Basisszenario ein BIP-Wachstum von 0,5 % in diesem Jahr, was niedriger ist als die Prognose des IMF von 0,8 % für Großbritannien. • Lloyds hat gewarnt, dass die wirtschaftlichen Folgen des Nahostkonflikts das Institut 151 Mio. £ kosten könnten, inmitten steigender Arbeitslosigkeit und Inflation sowie einer Verlangsamung des Immobilienmarktes. • Die FTSE 100-Gruppe, zu deren Marken Lloyds Bank, Halifax und Bank of Scotland gehören, veröffentlichte eine pessimistische Wirtschaftsprognose, die ihrer Meinung nach die stagflationären Folgen – den doppelten Schlag aus steigender Inflation bei gleichzeitig geringerem Wirtschaftswachstum – für die britische und die globale Wirtschaft widerspiegelt.

• Steigende Ölpreise und die Blockade verhindern laut NGOs die Lieferung von Nahrungsmitteln, Treibstoff und Medikamenten für Millionen von Menschen in verzweifelter Not. • Die Volatilität der weltweiten Ölpreise, verursacht durch den Krieg der USA und Israels gegen den Iran, fordert einen Tribut von den schwächsten Menschen, da Lebensmittel- und medizinische Hilfen verzögert werden oder sie gar nicht erst erreichen. • Angesichts explodierender Transportkosten fordern Hilfsorganisationen nun die Einrichtung eines „humanitären Korridors“ durch die Straße von Hormus. Weiterlesen...

• Niesr gibt an, dass die Wirtschaft selbst im Best-Case-Szenario aufgrund des Konflikts 2026 und 2027 langsamer wachsen würde • Ein führender Thinktank warnt, dass Großbritannien einem wirtschaftlichen Schlag in Höhe von 35 Milliarden Pfund und dem Risiko einer Rezession in diesem Jahr gegenübersteht, da die Auswirkungen des Iran-Kriegs den Druck auf die Regierung von Keir Starmer erhöhen. • Das National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) erklärte, dass die britische Wirtschaft aufgrund des Nahostkonflikts selbst im optimistischsten Szenario in diesem und im nächsten Jahr deutlich langsamer wachsen würde.

Motorists are forced to queue up to six hours for fuel or pay more on the black market, while farmers lack fuel to operate machinery and harvest crops.

A tidal wave of conspiracy theories hit social media as soon as news broke that shots were fired at the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents' dinner Saturday. That was to be expected, but some say the dynamics are shifting, with theories coming from liberals and progressives as well as right-wing accounts that are critical of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Israeli military began carrying out strikes in eastern Lebanon on Monday, expanding the scope of its bombing campaign during a ceasefire that has failed to fully halt hostilities with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

The chief of the ​District of Columbia police department said investigators believe the suspect was a guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, where the annual dinner was ​taking place, but that no motive had been determined.

• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took questions from reporters as Cole Allen, the suspect accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, prepared for his first court appearance on Monday. • Allen is accused of opening fire at the annual dinner while politicians, journalists, and celebrities were in attendance, with Leavitt and other Trump Cabinet members present in the room. • The incident represents a serious security breach at a high-profile event attended by senior government officials and media figures.

Protester says he migrated from Malaysia as a child and describes home secretary’s immigration policies as cruelUK politics live – latest updatesA protester who heckled Shabana Mahmood said he came to the UK as a child from Malaysia, describing the home secretary’s claim that he was a white liberal as “laughable”.Joe, 32, who did not wish to give his last name, migrated from Malaysia at the age of four with his family. He said the home secretary’s proposed immigration reforms would have left him, and thousands of children like him, in limbo. Continue reading...

Alleged shooter, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, faces potential life sentence. Plus: the Americans renouncing their citizenshipGood morning.The suspect accused of trying to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner was charged on Monday with three federal crimes, including attempting to assassinate the president – a charge that carries a potential sentence of up to life in prison.What was his motive? Investigators have yet to release one. However, to establish the charge of attempted assassination, the affidavit quotes from a part of a manifesto Allen allegedly sent to family members that states: “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”Was lax security to blame? While many have praised the actions of law enforcement officers in swiftly stopping the attack, Allen’s alleged manifesto mocked an “insane” lack of security at the Washington dinner.What is the Trump administration saying about the attack? Several officials, including the president, have seized on the incident to advance their case for the completion of Trump’s $40m White House ballroom project, with the justice department pressuring a preservation group to drop a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction.Will there be an Oval Office meeting? Sources told the Guardian that Charles will pose for the cameras at the start of his centerpiece bilateral meeting on Tuesday, but that British officials have pushed for the Oval Office meeting to be held off camera, for fear of a repeat of the scenes when Trump berated the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in front of the world’s press.What challenges does the king face with this visit? Relations between the UK and the US are already tense following Trump’s public criticism of Britain’s refusal to back military action against Iran, but Charles is also meeting Trump under the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein. Charles’s brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his connection with Epstein. Continue reading...

Bank’s chief executive points to rising fraud as it sets aside a further £105m for motor finance compensationBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is pulling back from lending to risky borrowers, as its chief executive warned of increasing numbers of fraud cases and the bank took a £228m hit from the failure of a mortgage lender.The mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) collapsed in February amid allegations of fraud and the UK’s financial regulator has since launched an investigation into the scandal. Continue reading...

Lawyers for Avara Foods and Freemans of Newent say legal claim backed by 1,300 people is ‘entirely inferential’Lawyers for one of the country’s biggest producers of industrially farmed chicken have attacked a claim that they are responsible for pollution in the River Wye and River Usk.More than 1,300 people have signed up to sue Avara Foods, its subsidiary Freemans of Newent and the local sewage company Welsh Water for extensive and widespread pollution in the rivers and their catchment areas. Continue reading...

Severe storms put nearly 50 million at risk and follow a deadly weekend after tornado killed two people in TexasSevere storms are expected to sweep across the mid-Mississippi valley and midwest regions of the US on Monday, putting nearly 50 million people at risk.The storm prediction center has issued a level 4 out of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms across south-west Illinois and south-east Missouri, including major cities such as St Louis. Forecasters warned of “multiple strong to intense tornadoes, widespread severe/damaging wind gusts and scattered large to very large hail”, with some hail potentially reaching baseball size. Continue reading...

Details about the shooting at the White House correspondents gala have started to surface as the alleged shooter is set to be charged.The suspect was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior officials were gathered, before law enforcement stopped him. It happened less than two years since Trump was the target of an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a subsequent attempt at a golf course in Florida.Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief David Smith, who was in attendance. Continue reading...

Manifesto reportedly written by suspect had Trump administration officials at top of list. Plus, the world’s first marathon run in under two hoursGood morning.The suspected gunman in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, is due to appear in court later today.What will he be charged with? He faces charges of assault of a federal officer, discharging a firearm and attempting to kill a federal officer, but Blanche said depending on how the investigation went, he might also be charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.What’s the mood like in Washington? A stunned Washington is soul-searching about political violence, while questions are also being asked about security.Follow the latest updates in our liveblog here.What has Donald Trump said about it? Trump has said Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace talks between Washington and Tehran. Continue reading...

Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices, while Malcolm Turnbull points to some progress in USGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKevin Rudd has described Donald Trump’s cuts to support for green industries as “unfortunate”, warning that Australians would conclude the clean transition was “bullshit” if it did not offer tangible benefits to their lives.But – in some of his first comments since finishing his term as Australia’s ambassador to the US – the former prime minister said climate policies would have staying power if they delivered affordable prices, a reliable energy supply and new job opportunities. Continue reading...

Secret Service director says security succeeded in stopping shooter before he could do further harm but others disagreeThe shooting in the White House correspondents’ gala has prompted questions over security with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior administration officials were gathered and many others praising the actions of law enforcement that swiftly stopped the attack.As details about the shooting at the Washington Hilton continued to surface, the alleged shooter Cole Tomas Allen, 31, mocked an “insane” lack of security at the Washington dinner in a manifesto reportedly send to his family 10 minutes before his assault started. Continue reading...

Alleged shooter expected to appear in federal court and could be charged with trying to assassinate TrumpThe suspected gunman who tried to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner was expected to appear in federal court to face criminal charges on Monday.The alleged shooter, identified by law enforcement agencies as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrance in southern California, faces charges including assault of a federal officer, discharging a firearm and attempting to kill a federal officer. Continue reading...

Suspect in Saturday evening’s shooting – Cole Tomas Allen – expected to be formally charged in court todayGood morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics.The suspected gunman in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, is due to appear in court later today.He is expected to be formally charged with using a firearm during a violent crime and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon. Continue reading...

In today’s newsletter: After the dramatic events of Saturday night, White House security arrangements are under scrutiny and political violence is once again in the spotlightGood morning. On Saturday night the annual Washington ritual of the White House correspondents’ dinner descended into chaos as the US president and first lady were evacuated after the event was interrupted by gunfire.Journalists ducked under tables as authorities rushed Donald Trump and members of his cabinet out of the room. The president and his wife were unharmed, and a suspect is in custody – identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from southern California. In today’s newsletter, I will bring you the latest updates on what we know about the incident. First, the headlines.UK politics | Labour figures from across rival factions have begun circulating informal proposals for an “orderly transition” of power away from Keir Starmer, the Guardian understands, shifting their discussions from whether the prime minister could be removed to how.Europe news | Private jets laden with the spoils of those whose wealth swelled during Viktor Orbán’s years in power have been taking off from Vienna, while other individuals are racing to invest their assets abroad.Trade | UK business leaders have called on the government to build an EU-style “trade bazooka” to protect Britain’s economic interests in response to the latest tariff threats from Donald Trump.Middle East | Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US faded further on Sunday, amid a deepening sense of a deadlock in the nearly two-month-long conflict.Science | Simultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate change’s impacts likely contributes to the broad global drop in fertility. Continue reading...

• Following an incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner where shots were fired, President Trump called for national unity and extended overtures to the press corps he had previously criticized as enemies of the people. • The shooting occurred at the Washington Hilton, a venue that has hosted the black-tie event for over 50 years, with suspect Cole Thomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California, taken into custody. • Trump appeared calm following his evacuation and held a press briefing expressing dismay at the violent disruption, signaling a temporary thaw in his combative relationship with the mainstream media.