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• न्याय विभाग ने डोनाल्ड ट्रंप के 2024 राष्ट्रपति अभियान और संबंधित राजनीतिक कार्रवाई समितियों के चंदा संग्रह और व्यय के तरीकों की विस्तारित आपराधिक जांच की घोषणा की, जिसमें संघीय अभियान वित्त और विदेशी दानदाता कानूनों के अनुपालन पर ध्यान केंद्रित किया गया है। • जांच से अवगत कानून प्रवर्तन अधिकारियों के अनुसार, जांचकर्ता कम से कम एक दर्जन बड़े दान की जांच कर रहे हैं जो संभवतः शेल कॉर्पोरेट खातों या विदेशी-संबंधित संस्थाओं के माध्यम से भेजे गए हों। • व्हाइट हाउस के प्रवक्ताओं ने इस कार्रवाई को “नियमित चुनाव-पश्चात समीक्षा” का हिस्सा बताया, जबकि ट्रंप के सहयोगियों ने न्याय विभाग पर पक्षपातपूर्ण पूर्वाग्रह का आरोप लगाया और चेतावनी दी कि कोई भी आरोप 2026 के मध्यावधि चुनावों से पहले राजनीतिक आग भड़का सकता है।

• Maine Governor Janet Mills ने गुरुवार को घोषणा की कि वह अपनी नियोजित सीनेट बोली वापस ले लेंगी, जिससे वह खुद को डेमोक्रेटिक प्राइमरी से बाहर कर लेंगी और प्रभावी रूप से राज्य के Senator Ben Chipman के लिए एक खुली प्रतियोगिता में प्रवेश करने का रास्ता साफ हो जाएगा। • Mills ने पारिवारिक कारणों और एक हाई-प्रोफाइल सीनेट दौड़ की थकान को मुख्य कारणों के रूप में बताया, और कहा कि Maine के गवर्नर कार्यालय को "स्थिर नेतृत्व की आवश्यकता है" क्योंकि वह अपना दूसरा कार्यकाल जारी रख रही हैं। • उनके बाहर हटने से राज्य के राजनीतिक मानचित्र में बदलाव आया है, जिससे संभवतः डेमोक्रेट्स एक कठिन आंतरिक-पार्टी प्राइमरी से बच जाएंगे, विशेष रूप से एक ऐसे राज्य में जहाँ हाल के राष्ट्रीय चुनावों में मिली-जुली (पर्पल) प्रवृत्तियाँ देखी गई हैं।

घातक आपदा की प्रतिक्रिया की जांच जारी रहने के बीच सांसदों और परिवारों के दबाव के बाद लिया गया निर्णय विवादों से घिरे Camp Mystic संगठन ने गुरुवार को इस गर्मी में फिर से खुलने की योजनाओं को रोक दिया। यह निर्णय Texas के राजनीतिक नेताओं और पिछले जुलाई में मारे गए 27 युवा कैंपर्स के परिवारों के महीनों से बढ़ते आक्रोश के बाद आया है, जब आधी रात को भारी बाढ़ ने इस ऑल-गर्ल्स क्रिश्चियन कैंप को अपनी चपेट में ले लिया था। यह फैसला Texas के सांसदों द्वारा कई दिनों की तीखी पूछताछ के बाद आया है, जो 4 जुलाई को आई विनाशकारी बाढ़ के प्रति कैंप अधिकारियों की प्रतिक्रिया की जांच कर रहे हैं, जिसमें कैंपर्स और दो किशोर काउंसलरों की जान चली गई थी। कैंप के मालिक, Dick Eastland की भी इस बाढ़ में मृत्यु हो गई थी। पढ़ना जारी रखें...

• Electoral Commission इस दावे की जांच कर रहा है कि MP को दिया गया पैसा उस US businessman से आया था जिसे अब wire fraud के लिए दोषी ठहराया गया है • UK politics live – latest updates • Labour ने Robert Jenrick से 2024 में Conservative leader बनने के उनके अभियान के लिए दान किए गए लगभग £40,000 को छोड़ने का आह्वान किया है, क्योंकि ऐसे आरोप लगे हैं कि यह राशि एक वर्जित विदेशी दाता से आई थी जो अब धोखाधड़ी के लिए दोषी ठहराया गया है

Robert Hayward ने भविष्यवाणी की है कि Reform बड़ी विजेता होगी, जो Labour और Conservatives दोनों से सीटें छीनेगी। शुभ प्रभात। अब हम Scottish parliament, Welsh Senedd और English स्थानीय चुनावों के प्रचार के अंतिम सप्ताह में हैं। Keir Starmer आज एक बड़ा भाषण देने की योजना बना रहे थे, लेकिन वे और अन्य राजनीतिक नेता आज Golders Green stabbing और ब्रिटेन के यहूदी समुदाय के सामने मौजूद antisemitism खतरे पर अपनी प्रतिक्रिया पर ध्यान केंद्रित कर रहे हैं – जिसे सरकार के आतंकवाद कानून के स्वतंत्र समीक्षक Jonathan Hall KC ने एक “national security emergency” बताया है। यहाँ हमारी रातों-रात की स्टोरी है। और यहाँ Taz Ali द्वारा हमारा live blog है। Taz उस स्टोरी पर अधिकांश राजनीतिक प्रतिक्रियाओं को कवर करेंगे, इसलिए मैं उसे यहाँ कवर नहीं करूँगा। (और क्योंकि आपराधिक कार्यवाही सक्रिय है, मुझे डर है कि हमले से संबंधित टिप्पणियों की अनुमति नीचे नहीं दी जाएगी।) पढ़ना जारी रखें...

आंसुओं से भरी गवाही में अनदेखी की गई चेतावनियों और योजना की कमी का विवरण दिया गया है क्योंकि परिवार Texas के कैंप को फिर से खोलने का विरोध कर रहे हैं। Camp Mystic, Texas Hill Country में लड़कियों का एक ईसाई कैंप है जहाँ पिछले साल गर्मियों में अचानक आई flash flood में 25 campers और दो counselors मारे गए थे, उसके एक निदेशक ने जान गंवाने वालों के परिवारों से आंसुओं के साथ माफी मांगी है। “हमने उस रात अपनी पूरी कोशिश की। आपकी बेटियों को बचाने के लिए यह काफी नहीं था,” Austin में जानलेवा बाढ़ की जांच कर रही Texas House और Senate की एक संयुक्त समिति के पैनल के सामने Edward Eastland ने कहा। “मुझे बहुत खेद है।” पढ़ना जारी रखें...

प्रधानमंत्री का कहना है कि वैश्विक ईंधन संकट के बीच का समय Asian व्यापारिक भागीदारों के साथ Australia की साझेदारी को ‘खतरे में डालने का सबसे बुरा समय’ है। प्रधानमंत्री, Anthony Albanese, ने पुष्टि की है कि अगले महीने के संघीय बजट में मौजूदा गैस निर्यात अनुबंधों पर कोई नया कर शामिल नहीं होगा, साथ ही उन्होंने उत्पादकों पर लेवी लगाने की मांग करने वाले "लोकलुभावन" अभियान की आलोचना भी की। जैसा कि पिछले सप्ताह रिपोर्ट किया गया था, Albanese गैस निर्यात पर 25% कर लगाने के दबाव को खारिज करने के लिए तैयार थे, क्योंकि उन्हें चिंता थी कि यह हस्तक्षेप उन्हीं Asian व्यापारिक भागीदारों को अलग-थलग कर सकता है जिन पर Australia डीजल और पेट्रोल की आपूर्ति के लिए निर्भर है। Continue reading...

• निवासियों को सुरक्षा गेट पर साइन-इन और साइन-आउट करना पड़ता है, और वाहनों तथा बैगों की नियमित रूप से तलाशी ली जाती है। • Northern Territory के दूरदराज के आदिवासी समुदायों से निकाले गए सैकड़ों लोगों को अस्थायी बाड़ के पीछे रखा गया है और उनसे मुलाकात करने वालों को अनुमति नहीं दी गई है, क्योंकि उन्हें अब तक के सबसे भीषण मानसून के कारण अपने घरों को छोड़ने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ा था। • मार्च में, NT की Daly River 23.93 मीटर के रिकॉर्ड स्तर पर पहुँच गई, जिससे Palumpa और Nauiyu के परिवारों को चार हफ़्तों में दूसरी बार पलायन करना पड़ा।

• Venezuelan security forces restricted opposition parties from entering their campaign headquarters on Monday, raising fresh concerns about democratic conduct ahead of this year's presidential elections. • The blockade prevented opposition candidates and staff from gathering electoral signatures and organizing voter outreach efforts, significantly hampering their campaign infrastructure. • International observers from the Organization of American States expressed alarm over the move, calling it a violation of political freedoms and warning it could undermine the legitimacy of upcoming elections.

Exclusive: Some donations to 2024 Tory leadership campaign allegedly originated from US businessman in breach of electoral rulesPolice are assessing evidence about donations to Robert Jenrick’s campaign to become Conservative leader in 2024 after a referral from the elections watchdog, the Guardian can reveal.The information was passed on by the Electoral Commission, which the Guardian understands has been investigating allegations that almost £40,000 of donations to Jenrick’s leadership campaign before he defected to Reform UK, were from a foreign source in breach of electoral rules. Continue reading...

Critics hit out at ‘dire’ situation in the country which has the strictest laws around abortion in western EuropeRights campaigners have affixed lockboxes containing abortion pills to sites across Malta, in a campaign designed to highlight the country’s near-total ban on abortion.The 15 black boxes aim to provide practical help to women grappling with the EU’s strictest abortion laws; anyone who is less than nine weeks pregnant and in need of an abortion is invited to send an email to obtain the location and codes to access the pills. Continue reading...

Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flamesThe US military said on Sunday three men were killed when it struck a boat it claimed was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.This latest strike – which follows dozens of similar attacks on alleged drug boats in recent months – brings the US campaign’s death toll to at least 185, according to a tally compiled by Agence France-Presse. Continue reading...

Camp Mystic must make changes to its emergency notification processes to receive its operating licenseThe Texas Christian summer camp where 27 girls and counselors died in a catastrophic flood in July 2025 may not be allowed to open again this upcoming summer after state officials found it has not met health and safety requirements.Camp Mystic must make several changes, including to its emergency and parent-notification processes, in order to receive its license to operate, according to a letter from the Texas department of state health services. Continue reading...

Former Liberal party senator, who was elected to state upper house in March, says flights ‘worth every cent’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s South Australian leader has paid back Australia’s richest person for private flights he took while campaigning in the state’s recent election.Cory Bernardi confirmed on Saturday that he had reimbursed a “substantial” sum of money to Gina Rinehart’s company S Kidman & Co, to comply with new state laws that prohibit political parties and candidates from receiving electoral donations or gifts from individuals, businesses or unions. Continue reading...

Repatriation attempt comes after group was turned around when leaving camp in February. Albanese government says it’s not assisting cohortGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour Australian women and nine of their children and grandchildren have left al-Roj camp in north-east Syria, seeking to return to Australia.The group is reportedly travelling across Syria by road to the capital Damascus, under the control of the Syrian government. Continue reading...

• A multiyear international campaign is underway to repair damage to childhood immunization efforts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. • The initiative focuses on restoring vaccination rates that declined during the pandemic period across multiple countries. • Public health experts view this effort as critical to preventing resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in vulnerable pediatric populations.

Officials assessing route after serac between base camp and camp one deemed unstable and too risky for climbers A large ice block on the route just above the Mount Everest base camp has forced hundreds of climbers and local guides to delay their attempt to scale the world’s highest peak.The serac between base camp and camp one is unstable and is risky for climbers, said Himal Gautam of Nepal’s department of mountaineering on Friday. Continue reading...

HMRC is contacting 21-year-olds as part of a new awareness drive around lost child trust funds, with an average balance of £2,200Rather than demanding money, HMRC is giving it away for once with a new campaign to reunite thousands of young Britons with forgotten savings accounts typically containing £2,200.HM Revenue and Customs is contacting 21-year-olds as part of a new awareness drive around lost child trust funds (CTF) – the tax-free savings accounts set up for children born between September 2002 and January 2011. Continue reading...

The campaign, fronted by a CGI squirrel, is part of government initiative to boost financial risk taking, amid fears UK growth is being stymiedNils Pratley: the ‘Savvy Squirrel looks a hit too tame’City firms are pinning their hopes on a government-endorsed advertising blitz fronted by a finance “savvy” CGI squirrel to encourage cautious British savers to shift out of cash and start investing.The long-awaited retail investment campaign, which will cost up to £50m, is part of the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ nationwide push to encourage more financial risk taking, amid fears risk-averse consumers are losing out and ultimately stymying UK growth. Continue reading...

Former MP Tom Hunt has been working for Pauline Hanson’s party in the seat of Farrer, where One Nation hopes for a game-changing breakthroughOne Nation has recruited a former UK Tory MP who is now a member of Nigel Farage’s populist right-wing party Reform to help its campaign in the upcoming Farrer byelection.Tom Hunt, the Conservative MP for the UK seat of Ipswich for five years until 2024, has been advising on the rightwing party’s social media strategy for the byelection after a stint in the South Australian state election. Continue reading...

Pillars at Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, and Thorny Gale, Cumbria, bookended the project that modernised mappingHeritage campaigners are bidding for listing status for two concrete pillars hailed as “modest obelisks of modernity in the countryside”.These functional 120cm (4ft) stone or concrete “trig points” formed part of a 6,500-strong network of surveying posts that were vital for the development of modern mapping. Continue reading...

Exclusive: John Sidoti wins cheers and applause at re-election fundraiser for his successorFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former New South Wales minister found by Icac to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct has been feted as one of the “esteemed luminaries of the Liberal party” at an election fundraiser headlined by the state opposition leader, Kellie Sloane.John Sidoti, a former Liberal minister and state member for Drummoyne who left the party in 2021 amid an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, attended a re-election campaign launch event last week for his successor as MP and former staffer, Stephanie Di Pasqua. Continue reading...

US president says he has ‘held back’ on firing the head of the Federal Reserve leading up to end of Powell’s term in MaySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDonald Trump threatened to fire Jerome Powell if he stays on as US Federal Reserve chair past the end of his tenure and doubled down on a criminal investigation into renovations of the central bank’s headquarters.As the White House pushes Trump’s new nominee to take charge of the Fed, Kevin Warsh, Powell has a month left in the role. The possibility of Powell staying on as chair past 15 May, the official end of his term, has grown amid mounting scrutiny of Trump’s approach to the Fed in the Senate, which is required to approve Warsh’s nomination. Continue reading...

Camp’s medical officer testified at a hearing as state health agency reviews camp’s application to reopen this summerSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe medical officer for Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 27 girls and counselors were killed in a catastrophic flood last year, testified this week she has still not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency reviewing the camp’s application to reopen.Mary Liz Eastland, a member of the family that owns and operates the camp, appeared in court this week as part of a hearing tied to a lawsuit brought by the family of eight-year-old camper Cecilia “Cile” Steward, whose body has not been found. The family is seeking to temporarily close off the camp’s flooded areas to preserve the damage as evidence while their lawsuit proceeds. Continue reading...

Detainees tell of abuse at sprawling Texas facility whose giant generators gobble energy and fuel climate crisisDust was everywhere, covering people’s blankets and clogging their airways inside Camp East Montana, the huge tent facility for immigration detention in west Texas, said D, a young Venezuelan man who was held there.The air conditioning blasted constantly, keeping the living areas inside tents the length of two football fields at what felt like near-freezing temperatures despite the balmy weather outside, and rain leaked through the tarps, so people awoke on wet mattresses, he recalled. Continue reading...

Octogenarian incumbent contrasts his health with challenger Flávio Bolsonaro, who fainted during a TV debate The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seeking to lunge and leg press his way to a historic fourth term, as the octogenarian politician uses a flurry of workout videos to convince voters he is fighting fit ahead of October’s crunch election.Lula looks set to face off against a senator almost half his age in what will be the leftist’s seventh presidential campaign since he first sought Brazil’s top job in 1989, when he was 44. Continue reading...

Follow the day’s news liveAlbanese didn’t return with shiploads of diesel. That doesn’t mean his Singapore visit wasn’t a successGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is launching a new advertising campaign to encourage the public to minimise their use of fuel amid the global crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran.The TV, digital and billboard campaign, which will begin rolling out on Monday, is called “Every little bit helps” and is part of the second level of the government’s four-tier fuel security plan.…lays the groundwork for Australians to understand what to do now as fuel supplies hold up. It also signals that instructions will be communicated if and when we move to future levels.This campaign will help communicate the Government’s plan to the public and outline what actions they can take to help.The global fuel shortage is affecting us all and every little bit helps. From running errands in fewer trips to only filling up with the fuel you need, this will help us keep essential services moving. Continue reading...

• President Donald Trump and his administration actively promoted Hungary's far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during his reelection campaign through social media and an election-eve trip to Budapest. • Trump demonstrated his willingness to publicly intervene in foreign elections, marking a significant exercise of political influence abroad. • The move reflects Trump's pattern of backing allied leaders globally and raises questions about U.S. diplomatic norms regarding foreign electoral involvement.

Polls suggest lead for opposition candidate before vote on Sunday as both allege enlistment of foreign interferenceEurope live – latest updatesHungary elections: what is at stake and who is likely to win?Viktor Orbán and his centre-right rival, Péter Magyar, have traded accusations of enlisting foreign interference in a high-stakes election that polls suggest could mark the end of the nationalist Hungarian prime minister’s 16 years in power.As the two leaders’ campaigns entered their final stages before this weekend’s vote, which is being watched as keenly in Brussels, Moscow and Washington as in Budapest, Orbán said on social media on Friday that his opponent would “stop at nothing to seize power”. Continue reading...