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• Environmental Protection Agency telah mengklasifikasikan mikroplastik dan antidepresan sebagai kontaminan air minum, merespons advokasi dari gerakan MAHA dan kekhawatiran kesehatan masyarakat. • Klasifikasi ini menandai langkah regulasi yang signifikan dalam menangani kontaminan yang baru muncul dalam pasokan air AS yang telah memicu kekhawatiran di kalangan pakar kesehatan dan advokat lingkungan. • Penetapan ini dapat mendorong tindakan regulasi di masa depan untuk menetapkan standar air minum dan persyaratan pengolahan bagi zat-zat tersebut.

• Gaston Browne berada di jalur untuk memenangkan 15 dari 17 kursi di parlemen setelah menyerukan pemilu dipercepat • Gaston Browne, perdana menteri Antigua dan Barbuda, bersiap untuk memenangkan masa jabatan keempat dalam pemilu umum dipercepat di negara tersebut dengan hasil awal menunjukkan partainya berada di jalur untuk memenangkan 15 dari 17 kursi di parlemen. • Saat berbicara kepada para pendukungnya pada Jumat pagi, Browne berkata: “Anda telah berbicara, Anda telah berbicara dengan jelas. Anda telah menunjukkan bahwa Antigua and Barbuda Labour party (ABLP) adalah institusi terbaik untuk memimpin negara ini.”

Dalam buletin hari ini: Peristiwa di Golders Green minggu ini adalah yang terbaru dalam serangkaian serangan terhadap komunitas Yahudi yang telah menyebabkan banyak orang mempertanyakan masa depan mereka di UK. Selamat pagi. Merupakan fakta kehidupan yang mengerikan bagi warga Yahudi Inggris bahwa hanya sedikit yang terkejut oleh serangan pisau pada hari Rabu di Golders Green, London utara, di mana dua pria ditikam di daerah yang menjadi tempat tinggal komunitas Yahudi yang besar. Seorang pria berusia 45 tahun telah didakwa dengan percobaan pembunuhan. Insiden ini adalah yang terbaru dari serangkaian serangan antisemit, baik terhadap orang maupun properti, yang telah menebar ketakutan bagi banyak warga Yahudi Inggris dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. John Mann, penasihat independen pemerintah mengenai antisemitisme, mengatakan banyak orang di komunitas tersebut berada di “titik kritis” dan merasa UK bukan lagi tempat yang aman bagi mereka untuk tinggal. Iran | Pemimpin tertinggi Iran telah memecah kebisuannya baru-baru ini dengan pernyataan menantang yang memuji kendali Iran atas pelayaran di selat Hormuz dan bersumpah untuk menjaga program nuklir dan rudal negara tersebut. Environment | Pemerintah telah diminta untuk menyusun “peta jalan” nasional yang menetapkan bagaimana mereka akan mengakhiri produksi dan penggunaan bahan bakar fosil, menyusul pertemuan iklim penting yang melibatkan hampir 60 negara. UK news | Winston Marshall, mantan anggota band Mumford & Sons dan putra dari salah satu pemilik GB News, Paul Marshall, mengatakan Inggris harus membangun “dinding terapung” yang dipenuhi ranjau untuk menghentikan penyeberangan perahu kecil di Channel. Counter-terrorism | Semakin banyak anak muda yang tertarik ke dalam dunia ekstremisme kekerasan, seorang perwira polisi senior memperingatkan, saat seorang neo-Nazi muda dinyatakan bersalah merencanakan serangan senjata massal setelah tertangkap dalam operasi penyamaran MI5. UK economy | Bank of England membiarkan suku bunga tidak berubah pada 3,75% tetapi mengatakan UK mungkin perlu bersiap menghadapi kenaikan akhir tahun ini, karena “inflasi yang lebih tinggi tidak dapat dihindari” sebagai akibat dari perang di Timur Tengah. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Perusahaan teknologi mata-mata mengatakan bahwa mereka hanyalah ‘perusahaan perangkat lunak’ di tengah tekanan untuk melarang kontrak baru dengan instansi pemerintah • Ikuti blog berita langsung Australia kami untuk pembaruan terkini • Dapatkan email berita terkini, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian kami

Kandidat Lambeth council Saiqa Ali dan Sabine Mairey dipahami telah ditahan karena unggahan media sosial Dua wanita yang mencalonkan diri sebagai kandidat Green party dalam pemilihan lokal telah ditangkap atas dugaan unggahan media sosial yang antisemit. Para wanita tersebut, yang mencalonkan diri untuk kursi di Lambeth council, London selatan, ditangkap oleh Met police pada Kamis pagi. Continue reading...

Langkah ini dilakukan setelah wali kota Zohran Mamdani berbicara mengenai pengembalian berlian Koh-i-noor setelah kunjungan keluarga kerajaan Inggris ke New York. Ratusan benda antik senilai $14 juta telah dikembalikan ke India oleh otoritas New York, termasuk beberapa yang terkait dengan terduga penyelundup karya seni Subhash Kapoor, dalam sebuah langkah yang kemungkinan akan meningkatkan tekanan pada pihak lain untuk melakukan tindakan serupa. Pengembalian 657 benda antik tersebut diumumkan oleh jaksa wilayah Manhattan, Alvin Bragg Jr, pada hari Selasa, dan bertepatan saat wali kota New York City, Zohran Mamdani, turut menanggapi sengketa sejarah kepemilikan berlian Koh-i-noor seberat 105,6 karat. Teruskan membaca...

Pemerintah telah mengumumkan £25 juta untuk meningkatkan keamanan bagi komunitas Yahudi. Pagi ini, Menteri Dalam Negeri, Shabana Mahmood, mengatakan ia memahami ketakutan yang dihadapi oleh komunitas Yahudi di Inggris saat pemerintah mengumumkan pendanaan tambahan untuk meningkatkan patroli polisi dan perlindungan di sekitar sinagoge, sekolah, dan pusat komunitas. Berbicara di BBC Breakfast, ia ditekan mengenai komentar yang dibuat oleh kepala rabi, Ephraim Mirvis, bahwa orang-orang di Inggris yang secara tampak beridentitas Yahudi tidak lagi aman, setelah dua pria Yahudi ditusuk dalam serangan di Golders Green di London barat laut. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Gubernur Florida Ron DeSantis mengungkap peta distrik kongres baru yang dapat menghilangkan kursi tambahan Demokrat di DPR. • Proposal redistrikasi ini menargetkan area dengan petahana dari Partai Demokrat, yang memperparah persaingan menjelang pemilihan tengah periode (midterms) 2026. • Partai Republik menganggap hal ini sebagai kunci untuk mempertahankan mayoritas di DPR, sementara Partai Demokrat memperingatkan adanya taktik penekanan pemilih.

• Para hakim dalam keputusan bulat menghidupkan kembali gugatan federal yang diajukan oleh 'pusat krisis kehamilan' anti-aborsi di negara bagian tersebut. • Mahkamah Agung AS pada hari Rabu berpihak pada operator "pusat krisis kehamilan" anti-aborsi berbasis iman Kristen di New Jersey yang mencoba menghalangi investigasi negara bagian mengenai apakah fasilitas tersebut melakukan praktik penipuan. • Para hakim, dalam keputusan bulat, menghidupkan kembali gugatan federal yang diajukan oleh First Choice Women’s Resource Centers yang menggugat subpoena tahun 2023 dari jaksa agung negara bagian yang mencari informasi mengenai donor dan dokter organisasi tersebut. Pengadilan rendah sebelumnya telah menolak gugatan tersebut.

• Seorang pria ditangkap setelah dua orang diserang di London Utara, menurut kelompok pengawas lingkungan Yahudi Shomrim • Insiden terbaru ini terjadi setelah serangkaian serangan pembakaran yang menargetkan situs-situs Yahudi di London Utara. • Dalam sebuah unggahan di media sosial, badan amal Yahudi Community Security Trust menyatakan: Terjadi serangan pisau hari ini di Golders Green. Tersangka telah ditangkap. Kami ingin berterima kasih kepada @shomrimlondon, @Hatzola dan @metpoliceuk atas respons cepat mereka.

Ittai Gradel died of renal cancer days after museum awarded him medal for ‘very significant contribution’The academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum has died aged 61.Dr Ittai Gradel, from Denmark, alerted the British Museum and the police after he was able to buy dozens of museum artefacts on eBay over the course of several years. Continue reading...

The NSW premier, who was unequivocal in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, has now linked the fate of his state’s laws with those of the Queensland legal challengeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has said he will only ban the slogan “globalise the intifada” if a potential constitutional challenge to a similar ban in Queensland is unsuccessful, the strongest indication yet that the state government may not seek to proscribe the contested phrase at all.Minns was unequivocal about his intention to ban what he described as “hateful, violent rhetoric” following the Bondi terror attack in December, but sent the issue to a parliamentary inquiry, which he said would enable legislation to be introduced when parliament returned in February. Continue reading...

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crashClaudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Monday that her government told the United States, in a diplomatic note, that the unauthorized presence of US officials at an anti-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua should not be repeated.The incident came to light after two US officials, along with two Mexican officials, were killed in a car crash on 19 April after the operation. Sheinbaum has said the federal government was not aware of the participation of the US officials, who were widely reported to be CIA officers. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Mayor raises concerns about using public money to support firms ‘who act contrary to London’s values’UK politics live – latest updatesSadiq Khan may oppose Scotland Yard using Palantir’s AI systems to process criminal intelligence because of his “concerns about using public money to support firms who act contrary to London’s values”.The mayor of London’s office made the statement after the Guardian revealed last week that Palantir, whose software has been used in Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and by Israel’s military, has held talks with the Metropolitan police over a wide-ranging contract that could run into tens of millions of pounds. Continue reading...

Booing by right-wing groups of Indigenous leaders giving speeches marred Anzac Day ceremonies for a second year runningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn anti-immigration group asked followers how loud they would be booing welcome to country ceremonies at Anzac Day dawn services before multiple events were disrupted on Saturday. But the group has denied orchestrating a campaign, despite doubling down on its criticism of what it called “woke rituals”.Booing by right-wing groups of Indigenous elders giving welcome to country speeches marred Anzac Day ceremonies for a second year running, and sparked another public debate about their role at public events. Uncle Ray Minniecon, who served in the armed forces nd was booed while giving a welcome at Sydney’s dawn service, said the mocking was “unexpected and unnecessary, but it happens”. Continue reading...

Alleged manifesto reportedly written by the suspect had Trump administration officials at top of listWhite House press dinner shooting aftermath – latest updatesInvestigators were looking into anti-Trump sentiment as being a motive for the attacker who sought to breach the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC where the US president and top members of his administration were present.Officials have said that the shooter likely was targeting Donald Trump and other senior administration officials. “We do believe, based upon just a very preliminary start to understanding what happened, that he was targeting members of the administration,” Blanche said in a TV interview. Continue reading...

Footage posted online shows police telling people they were being removed due to suspicion they would interrupt ceremonyWestern Australian police say they proactively blocked 15 members of “issue motivated groups” from attending Anzac Day commemorations, following disruptions that marred earlier ceremonies in the eastern states.One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgment of country. Booing also marred ceremonies in Melbourne and Perth. Continue reading...

Met says AI software unearthed rule-breaking ranging from work-from-home violations to suspected corruptionThe Metropolitan police have launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool built by the controversial tech company Palantir to root out rogue cops.The software was deployed by the Met over the course of a week, snooping on staff members using data the force has ready access to, unearthing rule-breaking ranging from work-from-home violations to suspected corruption and even criminal allegations such as rape. Continue reading...

Green party leader accuses Keir Starmer of ‘silly games’ in accusing his party of playing down hate crimesZack Polanski has called on politicians to treat antisemitism with “consideration, care and nuance” as he accused Keir Starmer of trying to play political games with the issue.The Green leader’s comments come after the prime minister accused him of playing down recent antisemitic incidents. Polanski’s party is facing increasing scrutiny for recent comments by some candidates and members. Continue reading...

Auditor found Sarah Wedl-Wilson approved payments of public money to groups that had not been fully vettedBerlin’s top culture official, British-born Sarah Wedl-Wilson, has stood down over a funding scandal involving the the irregular distribution of €2.6m in public money for programmes to fight antisemitism.As culture senator for the Berlin regional government, Wedl-Wilson had already sacked a state secretary in her department, Oliver Friederici, over the affair this week, but the opposition called him a mere scapegoat. Continue reading...

More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts, amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifestoOver 200,000 people have called on ministers to break contracts with Palantir in an apparent groundswell of public concern about the US tech company’s role in the NHS, police, military and councils.Two petitions have attracted 229,000 signatures, one calling for the government to end all public contracts with the firm, whose software is used by Donald Trump’s ICE immigration enforcement programme and the Israeli military, and another urging the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to cancel its £330 patient data contract with the NHS. Continue reading...

Independent inquiry into Bristol Brunel Academy found visit by Damien Egan was postponed solely on safeguarding groundsAn independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school, which found itself at the centre of a media storm after postponing a visit by a local Jewish MP, has found no evidence of antisemitism or influence from lobby groups.Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East and vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, was due to visit Bristol Brunel Academy (BBA) last September to talk to students about democracy and his work in parliament. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data The Metropolitan police has held talks with Palantir that could lead to the London force buying the US spy-tech company’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis for criminal investigations, the Guardian has learned.Palantir, whose software is used by Donald Trump’s ICE immigration enforcement programme and the Israeli military, demonstrated its systems to senior officers in the intelligence division at the UK’s largest police force last month. Intelligence staff have been tasked with finding intelligence systems that AI could automate to increase productivity. Continue reading...

• Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reported that Atlantic cod and other commercial fish populations have rebounded 34% over the past four years following strict catch quotas and marine protected areas implemented in 2022. • Population surveys conducted across 850,000 square kilometers of Atlantic waters show biomass increases in previously depleted stocks, with detailed findings presented at the American Fisheries Society conference on April 19. • The recovery demonstrates that science-based fisheries management can restore ecosystems within a decade, providing a model for international ocean conservation efforts.

ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for incoming PMThe EU’s highest court has found Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law to be discriminatory, stigmatising and in breach of basic democratic values, setting up an early test for the incoming prime minister Péter Magyar’s government when it takes power next month.In a wide-ranging judgment, the European court of justice said the 2021 law that bans content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV was at odds with a society based on pluralism and fundamental rights such as prohibition of discrimination and freedom of expression. Continue reading...

Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weaponsThe US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power and implying some cultures are inferior to others – in what MPs have called “a parody of a RoboCop film” and “the ramblings of a supervillain”.“Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive,” wrote Palantir in a 22-point post on X over the weekend, which also called for an end to the “postwar neutering” of Germany and Japan. Continue reading...

• Industry reporting from April 20, 2026 highlights how artificial intelligence is simultaneously accelerating cyberattacks while becoming a core defensive tool in enterprise security strategies. • Key players including Microsoft, Stellantis, and Anthropic are addressing emerging threats as AI enables faster, more scalable attack vectors across the technology sector. • The cybersecurity landscape faces competing pressures: organizations must deploy AI defenses while managing risks from AI-powered threats targeting critical infrastructure and supply chains.

Magazine has stood behind the story, which was written by veteran national security reporter Sarah FitzpatrickKash Patel has followed through on a threat to sue the Atlantic and the author of a story the magazine published that included allegations of “excessive drinking” as well as “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences” while in charge of the law enforcement agency.The US attorney general filed a defamation lawsuit in US district court for the District of Columbia that seeks $250m in damages. Continue reading...