Officials say the suspect in the shooting, which left another officer in critical condition, has been taken into custodyA shooting at a Chicago hospital on Saturday morning has left a police officer dead and another critically injured, according to NBC 5 Chicago.The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, is in custody, according to Andre Vasquez, alderperson for the cityâs 40th ward. 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...
Exclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police workLaw enforcement and local government officials across the US have over the last year expressed concerns that immigration operations were interfering with police work and leading to threats to officers, according to internal emails and briefings shared with the Guardian.The development comes as the US public has become afraid and distrustful of officers in their communities due to the Trump administrationâs aggressive and at times indiscriminate immigration crackdown. Continue reading...
Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new deal with FrenchUK politics live â latest updatesThe UK will pay for 200 French officers to detain and deport people seeking asylum from some of the worldâs most oppressive and war-ravaged regimes under a new UK-France deal to try to reduce Channel crossings.In what is being billed as the first time the French government has agreed to target those heading to the UK in small boats, a removal site in Dunkirk will be used to hold people from 10 countries: Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Syria, Vietnam and Yemen. The Home Office said they were the top 10 nationalities who crossed the Channel by small boat last year. Continue reading...
Samuel Corner, 23, says he struck Sgt Kate Evans to protect co-defendant amid 2024 Elbit Systems raid near OxfordA Palestine Action activist who struck a police officer with a sledgehammer during a protest at an Israeli-linked arms factory acted to protect a co-defendant he believed was being seriously hurt, a court has heard.Samuel Corner, 23, is accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Sgt Kate Evans during a raid on the Elbit Systems facility, in Filton, near Bristol, on 6 August 2024. Continue reading...
⢠President Donald Trump announced Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas' top public health official and infectious disease physician, as his nominee for CDC chief medical officer on Thursday via Truth Social.
⢠Shuford oversaw the country's largest measles outbreak in 30 years; other nominees include Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, Sean Slovenski as deputy director and COO, and Dr. Sara Brenner as senior counselor to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
⢠The appointments aim to reshape CDC leadership amid ongoing public health challenges in the US.
Charles Adair relatives urge video to be made public after Kansas officer charged with second-degree murderRelatives of a man whom investigators determined died after a Kansas sheriffâs deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed manâs back for a minute and 26 seconds have filed a federal lawsuit.Attorneys for the family of Charles Adair renewed their demand on Friday that video of what happened be released publicly in announcing the wrongful death lawsuit. Continue reading...
New York mayor Mamdani calls footage of arrest of wrongly identified suspect âextremely disturbing and unacceptableâSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe New York police department has launched an internal investigation after videos posted online showed two police officers repeatedly punching and kicking a man they were attempting to arrest on Tuesday.In a statement on Wednesday, the New York City police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, said that âthere are a number of videos circulating online of an incident that occurred yesterday inside a store in Brooklyn involving two members of the NYPD. Continue reading...
First Nations lawyers and politicians warn the change will disproportionately affect Indigenous people, making them feel âless safe, rather than more safeâGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTransit safety and public housing officers in the Northern Territory will soon be armed with guns, in what the territoryâs First Nations legal service has labelled an âinherently dangerous and unnecessaryâ move that would âdisproportionately impact Aboriginal Territoriansâ.The first of a new force of armed Police Public Safety Officers (PPSOs) will begin patrolling Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine and Alice Springs in June, after an 18-week training program. Legislation to create the new PPSOs was introduced by the NT government last year, in response to what they said was an increase in antisocial behaviour on public transport. Continue reading...
Alarm among military observers after president says âwhole civilization will die tonightâ if Iran ignores demandsUS politics live â latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trumpâs Tuesday morning comments threatening that âa whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back againâ in Iran have raised alarms among military observers and retired officers, who called them âlikely war crimesâ.âI have to hope that this is bluster, and a negotiating tactic on his part,â said retired admiral Michael Smith, who commanded a carrier strike group in the US navy. âHe must understand that those types of threats themselves are likely war crimes.â Continue reading...
City released video of January shooting after charges against two Venezuelan men involved were droppedThe city of Minneapolis released a video Monday that undermined the initial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) account of a shooting involving an agency officer and two Venezuelan men in January.The video, from a city-owned security camera, captured federal officers chasing one of the men to his residence. Another Venezuelan man who lives there was shot during the confrontation, which eventually led to the suspensions of two federal officers involved in the Trump administrationâs immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the so-called Operation Metro Surge. Continue reading...
Legal experts say attacking Iranâs infrastructure would constitute a war crime â but would military officers be held responsible?Middle East crisis â live updatesDonald Trumpâs threats to carry out mass bombing of civilian infrastructure in Iran present US military officers with a dilemma: disobey orders or help commit war crimes.It is an urgent matter for the US chain of command. In an explicit-laden threat, he set a Tuesday 8pm Washington time deadline for the Iranian government to open the strait of Hormuz or face âPower Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in oneâ. Continue reading...
Dianne Thompson and Lois Kirk tell Victoria police in letter âwe did not expect to feel invisibleâ after Neal Thompsonâs deathGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe sisters of Neal Thompson, one of the two police officers shot dead by Dezi Freeman in Porepunkah last August, plan to sue Victoria police for negligence after an inquest into the officersâ deaths, their lawyer says.Police accountability lawyer Jeremy King, who is representing Dianne Thompson and Lois Kirk, confirmed on Sunday that the sisters would bring a negligence claim against Victoria police after the conclusion of a coronial inquest. A date for the inquest has not yet been announced. Continue reading...
Met police investigate incident, removing five officers from frontline duties after member of the public discovers items Armed police officers protecting the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, allegedly left a bag containing guns and a Taser on the street which was discovered by a member of the public.The Metropolitan police said on Friday it was investigating the incident and five officers had been removed from frontline duties while inquiries were being carried out. Continue reading...
Pentagon announces Randy George retiring from role as US army chief of staff, âeffective immediatelyâSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxRandy George, the US armyâs top officer, is stepping down from his role after defense secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly requested that he retire immediately. The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that George, who had been serving as the armyâs 41st chief of staff, is retiring.âGeneral Randy A. George will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately. The Department of War is grateful for General Georgeâs decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement,â Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement shared on social media. Continue reading...
Conviction revealed during questioning of Rob Hastings about a second woman whom he deceived into intimate relationshipAn undercover officer who deceived a woman into an intimate relationship was later convicted and dismissed from the police for assaulting his long-term partner, the public inquiry into undercover policing has heard.Rob Hastings, who infiltrated pro-Palestinian and left wing protest groups for three years during his covert deployment, was convicted of assaulting his now ex-partner and mother of his three children in 2014. He was sacked by the Metropolitan police for gross misconduct as a result. Continue reading...
Mayor of Hartford has fired a white police officer who fatally shot a Black man in a mental health crisis nine timesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA white Connecticut police officer who fatally shot a Black man 30 seconds after arriving at the scene, where three fellow officers had spent several minutes trying to de-escalate the situation, was fired Friday.Arunan Arulampalam, Hartfordâs mayor, said in a statement that he terminated Officer Joseph Magnano effective immediately in connection with the 27 February shooting of Steven Jones, who was on a city street holding a knife. The killing came eight days after a different Hartford officer fatally shot another man in a mental health crisis. Continue reading...
Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany were accused of lying on document used to enter Taylorâs house on night of shootingA federal judge has dismissed charges against two former Louisville police officers accused of falsifying the warrant used to enter Breonna Taylorâs apartment the night police shot her to death.Charles Simpson, a US district judge, issued a one-page ruling on Friday throwing out charges against Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, two former officers involved in crafting the Taylor warrant. Continue reading...
Scotland Yard investigating off-duty officerâs apparent involvement in altercation with journalists covering arson attack in Golders GreenA volunteer police officer is being investigated over claims he sought to intimidate Al Jazeera journalists who were covering a suspected antisemitic hate crime in north-west London on Monday, Scotland Yard has said.David Soffer, who was off-duty at the time of his alleged involvement, has been referred to the Metâs department of professional standards over his apparent involvement in the altercation between Golders Green residents and the journalists. Continue reading...
Park police chief says officer was âambushedâ by two gunmen who fired as officer drove in unmarked vehicleA US park police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington DC in what the park police chief called an ambush.Park police chief Scott Brecht said in a press briefing that the unidentified officer was âambushedâ by two gunmen who fired at the officer as he drove by in an unmarked vehicle. The officer was working on a park police investigation when he was shot. The chief declined to give specifics of the investigation. Continue reading...
Former White House strategist says current situation at airports will help âreally perfect ICEâs involvement in the 2026 midterm electionsâHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The former White House strategist and podcaster Steve Bannon has suggested the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at airports is a âtest runâ for using them at polling stations in the midterms later this year.We can use whatâs happening with these ICE [officers] helping out at the airports, we can use this as a test run, as a test case to really perfect ICEâs involvement in the 2026 midterm elections, sir?Yeah, I think we should have ICE agents at the polling places, because if youâre an illegal alien you canât vote, right? Itâs against the law, itâs a federal crime for you to vote in federal elections.And so, if youâre an American citizen, you should be happy that ICE is there, because youâre not going to have illegal aliens canceling out your vote.The US Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, elevating the Republican senator to a role where he will be among the public faces of Donald Trumpâs crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The Republican controlled chamber confirmed Mullin largely along party lines, with a vote of 54-45. More here.Donald Trump has claimed there have been talks between the US and Iran over the past day in which the two sides had âmajor points of agreementâ, appearing to avert a potentially severe escalation of the conflict. Tehran has denied the claim, in which Trump also speculated that a deal could soon be done to end the war. Iranâs foreign ministry spokesperson said no talks had been held with the US since the bombing campaign began 24 days ago. More here.The US supreme court appeared poised to curtail how mail-in ballots can be counted if they arrive after election day, which would affect laws in more than a dozen states during a midterm election year. The justices are considering Watson v Republican National Committee, a challenge over a Mississippi state law that was brought in 2024 by the Republican party. More here.California attorney general Rob Bonta said he has sued the US energy department to stop it from using a cold-war era law to restart the long-disputed Sable Offshore pipeline system linking the Santa Ynez offshore platform to California refineries. US energy secretary Chris Wright earlier this month restarted the pipelines using powers granted to him by Donald Trump through an executive order that invoked the Defense Production Act to supersede state laws. More here.Prediction markets are facing fresh bipartisan scrutiny in the US Senate as companies such as Kalshi and Polymarket continue to battle state-led efforts to regulate online betting. A bill was introduced in the US Senate on Monday that would ban federally regulated platforms from allowing wagers on sporting events, what would be a huge blow to marketplaces where billions of dollars have been traded on major events like the Super Bowl and the NCAAâs March Madness. More here. Continue reading...
Barrister who represented Indigenous Palm Island community says appointing Darren Robinson to the Legal Aid board is a âslap in the face to the family of Mulrunji DoomadgeeâGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA barrister who acted for Mulrunji Doomadgeeâs family says it is âunacceptableâ for a former police officer criticised for his conduct in investigating the 2004 death in custody to serve on the stateâs Legal Aid board.Andrew Boe represented Doomadgeeâs family and the Palm Island community council at an aborted coronial inquest in 2005 and then in subsequent inquests in 2006 and 2010. Continue reading...
⢠President Trump directed federal immigration agents to assist TSA at US airports during a partial shutdown over Department of Homeland Security funding, with agents guarding exit lanes and checking passenger IDs unless Democrats agree to fund the agency.
⢠White House border czar Tom Homan is leading the airport security effort and has been meeting with bipartisan senators, though negotiations have not yet reached total agreement on resolving the shutdown.
⢠Democrats are demanding major changes to federal immigration operations and have stated willingness to fund TSA and most DHS components, citing concerns about escalated tensions among frustrated travelers and unpaid screeners.
Exclusive: Townsville lawyer and former detective Darren Robinsonâs appointment by attorney general Deb Frecklington has âbrought back a lot of traumaâ for Indigenous communityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government has âopened old woundsâ by appointing a former police detective who was heavily criticised for his role in events surrounding the 2004 riots on Palm Island to the stateâs Legal Aid board, say First Nations community leaders and members of the legal fraternity.The Liberal National party government sacked and replaced all Labor-appointed members of the Legal Aid Queensland board last month. Continue reading...
Officer said he held himself responsible for accidentally phoning activist while in secret special branch meetingAn undercover police officer has admitted he was exposed as an infiltrator by his own blunder, which has been described by activists as worthy of Inspector Clouseau, the spycops public inquiry has heard.The officer, who used the fake name Simon Wellings, jeopardised his own covert deployment by mistakenly recording himself discussing individual campaigners with other special branch officers. Continue reading...
Gwyn Samuels, who committed crimes as James Bubb, befriended both victims online befriended both victims onlineA Metropolitan police officer who raped a girl and a woman after âsystematicallyâ grooming them both online has been jailed for 24 years.James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, first sexually assaulted the girl when she was just 12 years old after befriending her online in 2018, the trial at Aylesbury crown court was told last year. Continue reading...
Jesus Javier Gomez Islas, 23, says in filing against LAPD he has permanently lost vision in one eye due to unjustified munition fired at his faceA 23-year-old Los Angeles man who attended a recent immigration protest outside a federal building says he was blinded in one eye by a law enforcement projectile.Jesus Javier Gomez Islas filed a claim against the LA police department (LAPD) on Thursday stemming from permanent injuries he says he suffered at a 31 January demonstration outside the Metropolitan Detention Center. The federal facility has been the site of frequent protests against Donald Trumpâs immigration crackdown and was the site of âICE Outâ rallies that week. Continue reading...
Angelo Rodriguez accused of hitting car and leaving scene, leading to deaths of quartet in second crash moments laterSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA California highway patrol officer has been charged with second-degree murder for his role in a fatal crash last summer, prosecutors announced on Monday.Angelo Rodriguez, 24, was charged with second-degree murder after crashing into a civilian vehicle while driving at high speeds in Norwalk, said Los Angeles county district attorney Nathan Hochman at a press conference. Continue reading...
Nearly month-long funding lapse has disrupted US air travel and caused long wait times amid security officersâ absencesThe CEOs of major US airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to work without pay, warning it could further disrupt US air travel.Absences by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers had already disrupted travel at some major airports over the previous week, raising alarm as the busy spring break travel season continues. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Racial discrimination alleged after police withdrew indecent act charge a year after officer was recorded talking about âfucking IndiansâWARNING: this article contains offensive languageQueensland police investigated a Punjabi man for a year â over charges that were eventually withdrawn â despite knowing one of the arresting officers had been caught on camera describing Indians as a âbunch of fucking pervertsâ.The rideshare driver named Singh, who asked that his first name not be used because of the distress caused by the case, has now launched legal action against the force due to the alleged racial discrimination he suffered during the investigation that led to him being charged with committing an indecent act, according to his statement of claim. Continue reading...