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Penangkapan calon pemimpin berikutnya yang ditemukan bersembunyi di pipa drainase menyoroti taktik baru – serta kekhawatiran akan pertikaian internal kartel Politik AS secara langsung – pembaruan terkini Peti mati emas “El Mencho”, mendiang pemimpin kartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), baru saja diturunkan ke liang lahat ketika militer Meksiko memberikan pukulan kedua terhadap jajaran petinggi organisasi tersebut minggu ini. Saat pasukan khusus mendatangi sebuah peternakan di negara bagian Nayarit, rekaman drone yang samar menunjukkan calon penerus El Mencho, Audias Flores, alias “El Jardinero”, ditarik dari pipa drainase tempat ia mencoba bersembunyi, semuanya dilakukan tanpa ada satu pun tembakan yang dilepaskan. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Seorang tersangka didakwa pada hari Senin atas upaya pembunuhan Presiden Trump setelah menerobos jamuan makan White House Correspondents' Association dengan membawa berbagai senjata pada April 2026. • Insiden ini telah memperkuat perselisihan partisan terkait retorika politik dan kekerasan, dengan kedua belah pihak saling menyalahkan bahasa yang digunakan masing-masing dalam berkontribusi terhadap eskalasi tersebut. • Dugaan percobaan pembunuhan ini telah mengejutkan Washington dan memicu perbandingan dengan kekerasan politik bersejarah, yang mendorong diskusi mengenai keamanan dan iklim politik saat ini.

• Sophie Corcoran menggugat 10,000 Interns Foundation, lembaga yang bekerja membantu orang-orang dari kelompok yang kurang terwakili. • Seorang influencer membawa ke pengadilan sebuah lembaga amal yang menyelenggarakan program magang bagi orang kulit hitam dan etnis minoritas karena mereka tidak menyelenggarakan program tersebut untuk orang kulit putih. • Sophie Corcoran, seorang komentator GB News, melamar ke program yang dijalankan oleh 10,000 Interns Foundation bersama Bar Council. Ia menyatakan bahwa ia "terkejut saat mengetahui bahwa program tersebut terbatas bagi pelamar dari latar belakang ras tertentu".

• Jaksa, dengan mengutip bukti baru termasuk swafoto, mengajukan mosi untuk menahan Cole Tomas Allen hingga persidangannya. • Jaksa federal dalam sebuah dokumen pada hari Rabu memberikan laporan paling mendetail sejauh ini mengenai dugaan rencana berminggu-minggu Cole Tomas Allen untuk membunuh Donald Trump dan beberapa anggota kabinetnya yang bergabung dengan lebih dari 2.500 anggota korps pers Washington dalam acara makan malam tahunan koresponden Gedung Putih. • Mosi tersebut, yang bertujuan untuk menjaga Allen tetap ditahan dan diajukan oleh jaksa AS untuk DC, Jeanine Pirro, mencakup dua swafoto terduga pelaku yang berdiri di depan cermin di kamar hotelnya dengan mengenakan setelan hitam dan sedikit senyum di wajahnya.

Saat menteri pertahanannya memberikan kesaksian di hadapan komite DPR, Trump mengunggah gambar buatan AI dirinya dengan senjata dan takarir yang berbunyi ‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY’. Pete Hegseth telah membantah bahwa perang AS-Israel melawan Iran adalah “sebuah kubangan” dan mengklaim bahwa para kritikus operasi tersebut memberikan ancaman yang lebih besar bagi AS daripada Iran itu sendiri, saat ia berada di bawah tekanan untuk memaparkan strategi Washington dalam konflik tersebut. Tampil di hadapan komite layanan bersenjata DPR bersama Jenderal Dan Caine, ketua joint chiefs of staff, menteri pertahanan AS meminta anggota parlemen untuk menyetujui anggaran belanja militer sebesar $1,5 triliun – dan kemudian menggambarkan beberapa dari mereka sebagai “tantangan terbesar” bagi upaya perang tersebut. Baca selengkapnya...

Setelah penayangan yang mendapat pujian dan memenangkan Olivier di West End, kebangkitan musikal karya Tim Rice dan Andrew Lloyd Webber ini akan dipindahkan ke New York Setelah berbulan-bulan spekulasi, kebangkitan Evita yang memenangkan penghargaan ini secara resmi akan pindah ke Broadway pada musim semi 2027. Penayangan di West End menampilkan Rachel Zegler dalam peran utama, yang membawa aktor tersebut memenangkan penghargaan Olivier, dan ia akan mengikuti kebangkitan ini ke New York. Versi baru yang sukses dari kisah musikal Tim Rice dan Andrew Lloyd Webber tentang aktivis dan aktris Eva Perón ini disutradarai oleh Jamie Lloyd, yang sebelumnya memenangkan Tony karena menghidupkan kembali Sunset Boulevard. Baca selengkapnya...

• Ancaman blokade di selat vital dan sikap Trump mengangkat harga minyak mentah, mendorong harga pompa ke level tertinggi sejak 2022 • Daftar email Breaking News US untuk mendapatkan pemberitahuan buletin di kotak masuk Anda • Rata-rata harga gas AS telah mencapai titik tertinggi baru sebesar $4,23 per galon, yang tertinggi sejak 2022 dan merupakan rekor sejak dimulainya perang dengan Iran, menurut klub otomotif AAA.

• Bank memperkirakan kasus dasar pertumbuhan PDB akan berada di angka 0,5% tahun ini, lebih rendah dari prediksi IMF sebesar 0,8% untuk Inggris. • Business live – pembaruan terbaru. • Lloyds telah memperingatkan bahwa dampak ekonomi dari konflik Timur Tengah dapat merugikannya sebesar £151 juta di tengah meningkatnya pengangguran dan inflasi serta perlambatan pasar perumahan.

Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of people in desperate need, say NGOsThe volatility of global oil prices caused by the US and Israel’s war on Iran is taking a toll on the most vulnerable people, by slowing or blocking food and medical aid from reaching them.Now aid organisations are calling for a “humanitarian corridor” to be opened through the strait of Hormuz amid rocketing transportation costs. Continue reading...

Niesr says even under best-case scenario, economy would grow at slower pace in 2026 and 2027 because of conflictBritain is facing a £35bn economic hit and the risk of a recession this year as the fallout from the Iran war adds to the pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, a leading thinktank has warned.The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said that even under a best-case scenario the UK economy would grow at a much slower pace this year and next because of the Middle East conflict. Continue reading...

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.

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.

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.

• 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.