Wilderness Society says changes undermined intent of national standards intended to reverse decline of plants, animals and ecosystemsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreen groups have accused the Albanese government of watering down a proposal to protect threatened species and ecosystems.National environmental standards were the key plank of reforms to Australia’s nature laws, passed by the parliament in November. Continue reading...
• Republikaner nutzen ein parlamentarisches Manöver, das einen Filibuster im Senat umgehen würde, um Milliarden von Dollar an die Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) zu senden, wie POLITICO am 1. Mai 2026 aus Washington berichtet.
• Dieser Schritt soll die Durchsetzungskapazitäten der ICE stärken, vor dem Hintergrund von Präsident Trumps Fixierung auf den Erhalt der republikanischen Mehrheit im Repräsentantenhaus bei den bevorstehenden Midterms, und erfolgt in einer Zeit, in der die Regierung wegen ihrer Grenz- und Abschiebungspolitik in der Kritik steht.
• Kritiker warnen, dass dieser Ansatz eine hochgradig restriktive Einwanderungskontrolle auf Jahre hinaus zementieren könnte, während die GOP argumentiert, dass er die Sicherheit erhöhen und die Regierung an ihre Wahlversprechen binden wird.
Faultiere sollten in einem umstrittenen neuen Themenpark ausgestellt werden, doch ein Bericht enthüllte, dass die Säugetiere in einem Lagerhaus starben. Die Staatsanwaltschaft in Florida gab am Freitag bekannt, dass sie strafrechtliche Ermittlungen zum Tod von Dutzenden Faultieren aus Südamerika eingeleitet hat, die in einem umstrittenen neuen Themenpark ausgestellt werden sollten. Ein Bericht der Florida fish and wildlife commission (FWC) enthüllte letzte Woche, dass 31 Säugetiere, die von den Eigentümern von Sloth World, einer künftigen Touristenattraktion in Orlando, aus Regenwäldern in Peru und Guyana geholt worden waren, zwischen Dezember 2024 und Februar 2025 in einem unbeheizten Lagerhaus verendeten. Weiterlesen...
Scott Jennings wurde von Adam Mockler zu politischen Zugeständnissen befragt, die die USA in ihrem Krieg gegen den Iran erzielt haben. Scott Jennings, der prominenteste Pro-Trump-Kommentator von CNN, ließ sich am Donnerstagabend im Live-Fernsehen dazu hinreißen, einen Mitdiskutanten zu beschimpfen, nachdem er wiederholt bedrängt worden war, ein einziges politisches Zugeständnis zu nennen, das die USA aus ihrem Krieg gegen den Iran erzielt hatten – und keine Antwort lieferte. Der Wutausbruch ereignete sich während NewsNight With Abby Phillip, als Jennings mit Adam Mockler aneinandergeriet, einem 23-jährigen Kommentator des progressiven Media-Outlets MeidasTouch. Als Mockler ihn aufforderte, einen konkreten Gewinn aus dem Konflikt zu nennen, antwortete Jennings mit der Parteilinie, dass der Konflikt einen einzigen, klaren Zweck habe – ein theokratisches Regime am Erwerb von Atomwaffen zu hindern –, doch Mockler konterte, dass die Nicht-Antwort an sich eine Antwort sei. Weiterlesen...
Kritiker sagen, dass Frauen ungleich behandelt werden, während andere der Ansicht sind, dass strengere Kontrollen legitime medizinische Bedenken widerspiegeln. Eine Psychologin, der die Sterilisation durch den NHS verweigert wurde, hat die Entscheidung erfolgreich angefochten, nachdem sie ihren Fall vor den Gesundheitsombudsmann gebracht hatte, was Fragen zur Zugänglichkeit des Verfahrens aufwirft. Leah Spasova verbrachte Jahre damit, eine Operation zur Verhinderung einer Schwangerschaft durch das Blockieren der Eileiter anzustreben. Viele argumentieren, dass die Hürden, mit denen Frauen konfrontiert sind – von der Ablehnung der Finanzierung bis hin zu strengeren Zulassungskriterien –, einer Ungleichbehandlung gegenüber Männern gleichkommen, die eine Vasektomie anstreben, und die körperliche Autonomie einschränken. Weiterlesen...
Arbeitsniederlegungen, Märsche und andere Versammlungen sind für landesweite „May Day Strong“-Demonstrationen geplant. Tausende werden sich am Freitag anlässlich des Internationalen Tags der Arbeit einem wirtschaftlichen Blackout anschließen, im Rahmen von 3.500 „May Day Strong“-Veranstaltungen im ganzen Land. Die Organisatoren rufen zu „keine Schule, keine Arbeit, kein Einkaufen“ auf, wobei Arbeitsniederlegungen, Märsche, Straßenfeste und andere Versammlungen bis in den Abend hinein geplant sind. Der 1. Mai ist seit langem ein jährlicher Protesttag der Arbeiterbewegung, und in diesem Jahr schließen sich viele aktive Bewegungen zusammen, um für „eine Nation, die Arbeiter über Milliardäre stellt“, zu kämpfen. Mit Forderungen nach „no ICE, no war“ und der Besteuerung von Reichen umfasst die Koalition May Day Strong Gewerkschaften, Migrantenrechtsgruppen, politische Organisationen wie die Democratic Socialists of America und die Organisatoren hinter den No Kings-Protesten. Die wirtschaftliche Unterbrechung am Freitag baut auf einer ähnlichen koordinierten Aktion in Minnesota im Januar auf, als Zehntausende Bewohner der Twin Cities der Schule und Arbeit fernblieben, um aus Protest gegen das Eindringen von Bundes-Einwanderungsbeamten in die Stadt die Straßen zu füllen. Weiterlesen...
• Pete Hegseth argumentierte, dass ein Waffenstillstandsabkommen mit dem Iran vor mehr als drei Wochen bedeutet, „dass die 60-Tage-Frist pausiert oder stoppt“
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• Das U.S. House of Representatives hat am Donnerstag ein Homeland Security-Finanzierungsgesetz verabschiedet und damit den Weg zur Beendigung eines zweimonatigen Shutdowns der Behörde geebnet, der Teile der federal Einwanderungs-, Grenz- und Cybersicherheitsoperationen lahmgelegt hatte.
• President Donald Trump unterzeichnete die Maßnahme kurz darauf, stellte die volle Finanzierung für das Department of Homeland Security wieder her und wendete potenzielle Störungen der Flughafensicherheit, der Deportationsoperationen und des Grenzschutzes bis zum Ende des fiscal year ab.
• Der Shutdown-Konflikt führte zu einer Auseinandersetzung zwischen Trump-Verbündeten sowie zentristischen Republikanern und Demokraten über das Ausmaß der Grenzdurchsetzung, doch das endgültige Gesetz bewahrte zentrale Grenzinitiativen der Trump-Ära, während einige hard-line Ausgabenforderungen abgemildert wurden.
• Das Justice Department kündigte eine ausgeweitete strafrechtliche Untersuchung der Fundraising- und Ausgabenmuster der 2024 Trump-Präsidentschaftskampagne und zugehöriger Political Action Committees an, wobei der Fokus auf der Einhaltung von Bundesgesetzen zur Wahlkampffinanzierung und ausländischen Spendern liegt.
• Ermittler untersuchen mindestens ein Dutzend Großspenden, die laut über die Untersuchung informierten Strafverfolgungsbeamten möglicherweise über Scheinfirmenkonten oder Unternehmen mit Auslandsbezug geleitet wurden.
• Sprecher des White House bezeichneten die Maßnahme als Teil einer „routinemäßigen post-election review“, während Trump-Verbündete dem Department parteipolitische Voreingenommenheit vorwerfen und davor warnen, dass etwaige Anklagen vor den 2026 midterms einen politischen Feuersturm entfachen könnten.
• Es gab im Jahr 2025 66 Todesfälle in Gewahrsam und bei Polizeieinsätzen – 18 mehr als im Vorjahr
• Warnung: Dieser Artikel enthält Hinweise auf verstorbene indigene Australier
• Laut einem Bericht des Coroners Court gab es im vergangenen Jahr in New South Wales eine Rekordzahl an Todesfällen in Gewahrsam und bei Polizeieinsätzen, wobei fast ein Viertel der Todesfälle von Häftlingen als Selbstzufügung von Verletzungen verzeichnet wurde
Spekulativen Berichten zufolge erwägt Amazon die Neuauflage der Reality-Show, die einst vom US-Präsidenten moderiert wurde, wobei sein ältester Sohn als möglicher Host im Gespräch ist.
President Lula’s veto of the bill was overturned by Brazil’s congress and senate, meaning it now awaits confirmation by supreme court Brazil’s largely conservative congress has approved a bill reducing the prison sentence of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last year of attempting a coup.The bill had initially been passed by congress in December, but president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed it in January in a symbolic move marking three years since Bolsonaro supporters ransacked the capital, Brasília. Continue reading...
Shayndi Raice to lead CBS’s foreign coverage after Weiss ousts bureau chief over reported tensionsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBari Weiss, the CBS News boss, has ousted a veteran bureau chief following tensions over coverage of the Middle East and brought in a new foreign editor who, according to sources, is more aligned with Weiss’s pro-Israel agenda.Paramount, which owns CBS, announced on Wednesday that it had hired Shayndi Raice, a Wall Street Journal editor who most recently served as the paper’s deputy bureau chief for the Middle East and north Africa, based in Israel. Raice will move to London, where she’ll oversee the network’s international coverage in a newly created position, the company said. In a social media post, Weiss called Raice “a scoophound reporter, a brilliant editor, and a clear-eyed leader”. Continue reading...
Lee Zeldin claims before Senate that Trump administration plan will make Environmental Protection Agency ‘more efficient’Senate Democrats accused the Trump administration of abandoning the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment at a congressional hearing Wednesday, slamming agency leadership over a proposal to cut its budget in half.Lee Zeldin’s appearance before the Senate environment committee was the EPA administrator’s last of three budget hearings this week where he argued for sharply reduced funding for the agency, which already has seen its staffing reduced to its lowest level in decades under his leadership. During much of the week, the former Republican congressman from New York took an aggressive approach, responding to Democrats in the House and Senate with his own questions and at times accusing them of being unprepared or failing to care about the EPA’s record. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Government should back projects that prioritise renewables to protect consumers from ongoing price shocks, they sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer oil and gas industry leaders, including senior executives from BP and Shell, are warning the Albanese government that Australians risk ongoing price shocks and higher costs if it prioritises fossil fuel development in response to the global energy crisis.Sixteen ex-executives and professionals – who had worked for companies including Woodside, Inpex, Exxon Mobil and Esso – have urged the government to reject calls for fast-tracked gas and coal extraction, arguing it would do nothing to improve the nation’s liquid fuel security. Continue reading...
Cryptocurrency ATMs also face ban, after public inquiry found Canada lacked anti-money-laundering strategyCanada is to establish a new and powerful law enforcement agency to investigate financial crime, in stark contrast to the US, where weakened federal investigators have struggled to pursue fraudsters and the White House has pardoned convicted money launderers.A bill to create the Financial Crimes Agency (FCA) completed its first reading in parliament this week. The legislation was introduced by the governing Liberals and with their parliamentary majority, the party is likely to move the it through both levels of government quickly. Continue reading...
Jitu Munda says he was repeatedly refused access to money left in her account in case highlighting ‘lack of humanity’ in Indian bureaucracyThe sight of a man bringing the remains of his dead sister to a bank in India after officials had refused to let him withdraw money without proof of her death has caused shock in India.Jitu Munda, 52, from the Indian state of Odisha, was captured on video carrying the remains of his recently deceased sister through the streets of Keonjhar and placing them outside the local bank. Continue reading...
Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security lawThe jailed media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has been awarded Deutsche Welle’s freedom of speech award for his contribution to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.The German public broadcaster said on Thursday that Lai would be presented in absentia with the 12th iteration of the award on 23 June at the DW Global Media Forum in Bonn. Continue reading...
Treasurer tells Commonwealth Bank podcast that he aims to ‘recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExisting property investors look set to avoid paying more tax under Labor’s mooted changes to CGT in next month’s budget, after Jim Chalmers said he wanted to “make sure that we recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past” and flagged any reforms would not generate “a huge amount of revenue”.The treasurer is widely expected to modify the flat 50% tax discount on profits from the sale of assets held for more than one year, potentially returning to the pre-1999 model where capital gains are adjusted for inflation. Continue reading...
Human rights commissioner says alleged jailing highlights the ‘growing risks of transnational repression’ in AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s human rights commissioner has said the Chinese student who was allegedly jailed for six years by Chinese authorities for joining protests in Sydney underscores the “very real and growing risks of transnational repression affecting people in Australia – including international students”.Commissioner Lorraine Finlay told Guardian Australia that while she couldn’t comment on the circumstances of individual cases, “no one should fear punishment abroad for exercising their lawful rights to free expression and peaceful protest here”. Continue reading...
Vote comes on same day the US supreme court rolls back a key provision of the Voting Rights ActThe Florida legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that Donald Trump launched before this year’s midterms.The vote came just two days after the governor, Ron DeSantis, unveiled his proposal and the same day the US supreme court rolled back a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The decision could make it harder for Democrats to challenge Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts in ways that limit the influence of voters of color. Continue reading...
• Gas prices have surged above $4 per gallon and flights skyrocketed as the Strait of Hormuz blockade impacts energy markets amid the US-Israel war with Iran, eroding Trump's key political advantage.
• More than three-quarters of registered voters—including over half of Republicans and 82% of independents—now blame Trump for the cost-of-living crisis affecting fuel, groceries, housing, and healthcare.
• Trump's second-term approval ratings have fallen far faster than previous presidents after a government shutdown, tariffs, and the joint US-Israel attack on Iran, with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warning the war is fueling inflation.
New court document made public in case of singer charged with murder and sexual abuse of Celeste Rivas HernandezProsecutors described in a new court document how D4vd, who has been charged with the murder and sexual abuse of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, allegedly fatally stabbed her to prevent the teen from speaking out about the abuse.The singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, killed Celeste to protect his music career, prosecutors said in a brief. He met Celeste when she was 11 and began a “sexual relationship” with her when she was 13 and he was 18, according to the document. Continue reading...
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled new congressional district maps that could eliminate additional Democratic seats in the House.
• The redistricting proposal targets areas with Democratic incumbents, intensifying battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
• Republicans see this as key to maintaining House majority, while Democrats warn of voter suppression tactics.
• Virginia voters narrowly approved a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting plan that endangers several Republican incumbents.
• The measure redraws lines to favor Democrats in key districts, shifting the balance for 2026 midterm races.
• This coastal redistricting battle highlights national tensions over fair maps and partisan advantage.
• The Pentagon launched GenAI.mil in December 2025 as part of Project Maven, providing secure generative AI access to approximately 3 million Department of Defense staff members.
• The platform embeds multiple leading AI models including Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini, xAI's Grok, and OpenAI's ChatGPT, enabling widespread AI adoption across military operations.
• The initiative reflects the U.S. military's strategic priority to integrate advanced AI capabilities into defense operations and demonstrates significant government investment in dual-use AI technology.
Attorneys, citing new evidence including selfies, filed a motion to detain Cole Tomas Allen until his trial Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFederal prosecutors provided in a filing Wednesday the most detailed account to date of Cole Tomas Allen’s alleged weeks-long plan to kill Donald Trump and several members of his cabinet who had joined more than 2,500 members of the Washington press corps for their annual White House correspondents’ dinner.The motion, aimed at keeping Allen detained and filed by the US attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, includes two selfies of the alleged shooter standing in front of a mirror in his hotel room in a black suit, a slight smirk crossing his face. He is kitted out with two firearms and multiple knives tucked into his belt. Prosecutors allege they are the same weapons that were confiscated from Allen after the attack. Continue reading...
Three defendants deny plotting arson attack on two homes and a car connected to prime minister in London last yearA series of arson attacks on property linked to Keir Starmer was masterminded by a Russian-speaking contact using the pseudonym “El Money”, a court has heard.Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Petro Pochynok, 35, both from Ukraine, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, a Romanian national, sat with their heads bent towards interpreters as Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting, opened the trial over the arson attacks in May last year. Continue reading...
Four years after president’s pledge, his would-be successors are divided on how to tackle rising guerrilla attacksThe landmark 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the largest insurgent army in Latin America succeeded in some ways: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) agreed to lay down their weapons, and the violence that had racked the country was substantially reduced.But the deal alone could not end the decades-long armed conflict for good. Subsequent administrations slow-walked the implementation of the settlement, which was rejected by Farc dissidents and other rebel factions. Continue reading...
Government request follows contingency to stop planes being grounded if Iran war supply shocks continueBusiness live – latest updatesBritish refineries have been asked to maximise jet fuel supply as part of government contingency planning, amid growing fears the Iran war will force planes to be grounded.Energy minister Michael Shanks said the government is closely monitoring UK jet fuel stocks and working with airlines, airports, fuel suppliers and other governments, as carriers face rocketing fuel costs as a result of the conflict. Continue reading...
