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MV Hondius remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected respiratory virus outbreak killed three people and left three more seriously ill. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Stephanie Convery with the main action.Mortgage holders are set to be hundreds of dollars worse off per month than they were at the start of the year as the Reserve Bank prepares to unload a third consecutive interest rate hike on borrowers. More coming up. Continue reading...

• Las autoridades afirman que no autorizarán el atraque 'para proteger la salud pública' tras la muerte de tres pasajeros en el buque • ¿Qué es el hantavirus, la infección que se cree que mató a tres personas en un crucero? • Las autoridades de Cabo Verde han declarado que no permitirán que un crucero, en el que se cree que hay un brote de un raro virus respiratorio, atraque en sus puertos, tras la muerte de tres pasajeros a bordo.

Otras tres personas enfermaron, incluido un británico de 69 años que se informa se encuentra en cuidados intensivos en South Africa.Tres personas han muerto tras un presunto brote de hantavirus en un crucero que navegaba por el Atlántico.Un caso de infección por hantavirus había sido confirmado y había cinco casos sospechosos adicionales, informó la World Health Organization a Agence France-Presse el domingo. Continuar leyendo...

Kepner’s body was found concealed under bed in a room she shared with two teens, including 16-year-old stepbrotherSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in Florida in the 6 November death of his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship, the US justice department said Monday.Timothy Hudson was initially charged in February and subsequently indicted on 10 March. But the breadth of the case was not known until a seal was lifted Friday, weeks after US district judge Beth Bloom in Miami said he would be prosecuted as an adult at the request of the government.Guardian staff contributed Continue reading...

• A norovirus outbreak struck five cruise lines departing from US ports between April 6-7, 2026, sickening 1,237 passengers and 157 crew with vomiting and diarrhea. • Ships including Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas and Carnival's ships reported attack rates up to 12%, with Florida and California ports most impacted. • CDC attributes surges to post-winter travel rebound; experts warn of 20 million annual US cases costing $5.5 billion, urging hand hygiene.