Seiring dengan peresmian Mast of Fraternity and Memory di Nantes, desakan semakin kuat bagi Macron untuk mengumumkan kerangka kerja diskusi. Di kota pelabuhan Nantes, Prancis, yang dulunya merupakan titik keberangkatan terbesar bagi kapal-kapal yang memperdagangkan orang Afrika yang diperbudak melintasi Atlantik, sebuah tiang kayu baru setinggi 18 meter menjulang ke langit dari tepi air. Mast of Fraternity and Memory, yang diresmikan bulan ini, menandai titik balik dalam hubungan rumit Prancis dengan warisan sejarah perbudakannya ā tepat saat presiden Prancis, Emmanuel Macron, berada di bawah tekanan untuk memberikan pengumuman penting mengenai proses keadilan reparatif. Lanjutkan membaca...
⢠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.
⢠Opsi kepemimpinan menjadi fokus di tengah kekhawatiran atas kekalahan pemilu, dengan sekutu wali kota Greater Manchester meningkatkan persiapan untuk tampil kembali
⢠Andy Burnham memiliki rencana untuk kembali ke Westminster ādalam hitungan mingguā, kata para sekutu
⢠Saat perhatian Westminster tertuju pada ruang komite dan lobi pemungutan suara parlemen minggu ini, masa depan politik Keir Starmer sedang ditentukan di tempat lain.
⢠Insinyur Google mengembangkan TurboQuant, sebuah metode yang mengompresi data AI sehingga membutuhkan memori kerja hingga enam kali lebih sedikit tanpa penurunan performa.
⢠Sistem ini memungkinkan algoritma AI untuk menyimpan informasi dan melakukan komputasi secara andal dengan kebutuhan perangkat keras yang lebih rendah.
⢠Terobosan ini menurunkan hambatan untuk menerapkan chatbot canggih dan model AI pada perangkat dengan sumber daya terbatas.
Indeks Kebebasan Pers Dunia, yang menilai 180 negara, menemukan bahwa jurnalisme yang mapan āsedang tercekikāKebebasan pers di seluruh dunia berada di titik terendah dalam satu generasi, menurut sebuah indeks tahunan berpengaruh yang menyoroti meningkatnya tekanan otoriter terhadap media.Skor rata-rata untuk 180 negara yang dinilai oleh Indeks Kebebasan Pers Dunia, yang disusun oleh Reporters Without Borders (RSF), adalah yang terendah dalam 25 tahun sejarah indeks tersebut. Lanjutkan 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...
Nuclear submarine mentioned in part of kingās speech that emphasised defence ties. Follow todayās news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. Iām Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then itāll be Nick Visser with the main action.Consumer price data coming out today is expected to show the sharp shock that the US-Iran war has dealt to our economy (and our wallets). Continue reading...
⢠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.
Neither political party is immune to conspiracies in a time of intense distrust in government and media, experts say After an armed man attempted to breach the ballroom where Donald Trump was set to speak to White House journalists on Saturday, conspiracies immediately spread about whether the event was staged.The rhetoric has become a common refrain from both sides of the aisle in an era of deeply fractured politics and intense distrust in political institutions and media, and in the president himself. Continue reading...
Ian Collard tells MPs he had not seen UKSV assessment summary before briefing Olly Robbins on clearanceA top Foreign Office security official who played a key role in the granting of Peter Mandelsonās vetting clearance āfelt pressure to deliver a rapid outcomeā because of contacts from Downing Street, MPs have been told.In testimony relayed to parliament via the Foreign Office (FCDO), Ian Collard said he had not seen the assessment summary produced by the vetting agency when he gave an oral briefing to Olly Robbins, the departmentās former permanent secretary. Instead, Collard had received an oral briefing from a member of the FCDOās personnel security team. 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 Guardianās Washington bureau chief David Smith, who was in attendance. Continue reading...
Michael Glantz, a senior talent agent, says he āwasnāt scaredā and āwanted to watchā as chaos unfolded at the eventUS politics live ā latest updatesA guest at the White House correspondentsā dinner retained his table manners and was spotted calmly tucking into his salad course on Saturday, soon after gunfire rang out and heavily armed Secret Service agents swarmed into the ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel.A video clip captured Michael Glantz, a senior talent agent with the Creative Artists Agency, leisurely forking leaves from his burrata salad into his mouth against a backdrop of a stage just yards away, by then empty of everyone save a rifle-wielding officer in tactical combat gear. Continue reading...
Trump officials use incident at correspondentsā dinner to pitch case for $400m project, arguing it will be āsafe spaceāUS politics live ā latest updatesThe US Department of J (DoJ) has used the weekend shooting in Washington DC to pressure a preservation group to drop a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction of Donald Trumpās White House ballroom.Several Trump administration officials, including the president, seized on the incident at the White House Correspondentsā Association dinner to advance their case for the completion of the controversial $400m project, for which the White Houseās East Wing was suddenly demolished, arguing the new ballroom was needed as a āsafe spaceā. 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 correspondentsā 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 āinsaneā 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 correspondentsā 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...
Alleged manifesto reportedly written by the suspect had Trump administration officials at top of listWhite House press dinner shooting aftermath ā latest updatesInvestigators were looking into anti-Trump sentiment as being a motive for the attacker who sought to breach the White House Correspondentsā 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. āWe do believe, based upon just a very preliminary start to understanding what happened, that he was targeting members of the administration,ā Blanche said in a TV interview. Continue reading...
Questions raised about political violence, security and gun control after brazen attack at event attended by top officialsWhite House press dinner shooting aftermath ā latest updatesA stunned Washington faced searching questions about political violence and gun control on Sunday after shots were fired at a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior White House officials.A man targeted a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel the previous night before being tackled and arrested. Trump and Melania Trump were rushed out of the annual White House Correspondentsā Association (WHCA) dinner as guests dived for cover under tables. Continue reading...
Trump and first lady were safely evacuated and police arrested Cole Tomas Allen of southern California at eventThe gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondentsā Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration, the acting US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Sunday morning.Blanche also said officials believe that the suspect traveled by train from California to Chicago and then on to Washington, where he checked in as a guest at the hotel where one of the capitalās glitziest annual events was being held, the Washington Hilton. Continue reading...
Law enforcement agencies name Cole Tomas Allen as Trump posts video of man sprinting through checkpoint at hotelUS politics live ā latest updatesLaw enforcement agencies have identified Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles, as the suspected gunman arrested at the White House correspondentsā dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night.Allen, 31, has no record of criminal charges or a civil court history in Los Angeles county, according to a records search. Continue reading...
⢠INDYCAR series leader Alex Palou maintains his position atop the standings as competitors intensify their pursuit and grapple with mounting pressure.
⢠Other drivers face critical decisions regarding their approach to closing the gap with Palou in the championship race.
⢠The competitive environment reflects the high stakes of the INDYCAR season as it progresses into its middle stages.
⢠The White House is ramping up pressure on Cuba for political change following Operation Absolute Resolve, which successfully extracted Venezuelan President NicolÔs Maduro.
⢠US military presence is expanding across Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on combating drug-trafficking by transnational criminal organizations like Mexican Cartels, MS-13, Tren de Aragua, and Haitian gangs, topping the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment.
⢠Ecuadorās President Daniel Noboa seeks stronger US military ties after a failed 2025 referendum on foreign bases, while Paraguay ratified a State of Forces Agreement allowing temporary US troop deployments for training.
Committee to Protect Journalists says Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was found innocent after 52 days in detentionMiddle East crisis ā live updatesA Kuwaiti-American journalist, who had been detained in Kuwait, has been acquitted, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has previously worked for PBS, HuffPost, the New York Times, the BBC and Al Jazeera, was arrested on 3 March during a brief visit to Kuwait. Continue reading...
Authors including Evelyn Araluen and Melissa Lucashenko say they wonāt work with publisher after it dumps Jazz Moneyās book illustrated by Matt Chun, who called Bondi victims āaffluent beneficiaries of imperialismāFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian publishing house has cancelled the publication of a childrenās book by an award-winning Indigenous poet over comments the bookās illustrator made about the victims of the Bondi beach terror attack, whom he called āaffluent beneficiaries of imperialismā.University of Queensland said on Wednesday its publishing house would not proceed with the publication of Bila, A River Cycle, written by Jazz Money and illustrated by Matt Chun, and was considering ārecycling optionsā for already printed copies. Continue reading...
Sacked civil servant tells select committee of āpressureā to give clearance and ādismissiveā attitude to vettingThe civil servant sacked by Keir Starmer has given a devastating account of his government, saying Downing Street put huge pressure on the civil service to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador despite the concerns of vetting officials.Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, said No 10 took a ādismissiveā attitude to vetting, and Mandelson was given access to the Foreign Office building and to āhigher-classification briefingsā before he was granted security clearance. Continue reading...
Sacked Foreign Office permanent secretary says he was under pressure from Downing Street over appointment of US ambassadorUK politics live ā latest updatesThe sacked senior civil servant Oliver Robbins has said he was subject to āconstant pressureā when he arrived in the Foreign Office to get Peter Mandelson in post as soon as possible.He said the Cabinet Office urged the Foreign Office to allow Mandelsonās appointment as the UKās ambassador to the US without the usual vetting process but the Foreign Office pushed back and the vetting eventually went ahead. Continue reading...
Newspaper broke embargo on confidential briefing note about the royal coupleās movements five days before they arrived in Melbourne for their Australia visitThe Daily Mailās āaggressiveā approach to reporting on Prince Harry and Meghanās Australian visit has āirreparably damagedā the Sussexesā ability to brief press ahead of trips, Guardian Australia has been told.The Daily Mail broke the embargo by publishing the royal coupleās movements five days before they landed in Melbourne, despite that information being strictly non-publishable until they arrived. Continue reading...
Donald Trump said on Sunday that US marines had taken custody of a vessel that tried to get past the American blockade on Iranian portsTehran has āno plans to participateā in new talks, state media reports, as it accuses US of violating ceasefireJust to recap the latest peace talks news, and whether or not Iran will attend negotiations in Pakistan.State broadcaster IRIB on Sunday cited Iranian sources as saying āthere are currently no plans to participate in the next round of Iran-US talksā.Iran has reportedly rejected participation in a second round of peace talks with the US in Pakistan, citing āWashingtonās excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions, and the ongoing naval blockade, which it considers a breach of the ceasefireā, according to the official IRNA news agency.Hours before Iranās statement, Trump said his negotiators would arrive in Islamabad on Monday evening. A White House official said the delegation would be led by vice-president JD Vance and include Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trumpās son-in-law Jared Kushner.Donald Trump said in a post on Sunday that the US marines have taken custody of a vessel that tried to get past the American blockade on Iranian ports, adding that US forces stopped the ship by blowing a hole in its engine room.The US military confirmed that the US destroyer fired āseveral roundsā towards an Iranian-flagged ship that was attempting to pass through its naval blockade. In a statement released on Sunday, US Central Command said the USS Spruance intercepted the Iranian-flagged Touska ship as it travelled towards an Iranian port āin violation of the US blockade.āThe US blockade of Iranās ports is a violation of the ceasefire agreement and is āboth unlawful and criminalā, Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesperson for Iranās foreign ministry, said on Sunday.Oil prices jumped, the US dollar rose and stock futures fell on Monday as investors dealt with conflicting messages about the Iran war and news that the strait of Hormuz was closed again. In early Asian trading Brent crude futures jumped about 7% to $96.85 a barrel and S+P 500 futures fell about 0.9%. The euro was down 0.3% at $1.1735 and the yen eased about 0.2% to 158.95 per dollar. Continue reading...
ACT independent David Pocock is calling for a 25% tax on gas exports to fund welfare and housing. Follow todayās news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor should use the proceeds of limiting tax concessions for property investors and a crackdown on gas export profits to fund welfare increases and build housing, charities and social service groups say.Ahead of next monthās federal budget, the Albanese government is under pressure to wind back negative gearing rules and the 50% capital gains tax discount for property investments, and to tax more of the profits from soaring commodity exports, pushed up by the global energy shock.People on the lowest incomes are skipping meals, delaying medical care and rationing energy just to get by.Frontline services are operating at capacity, facing growing demand and increasingly complex needs. Current policy settings are not meeting the needs of our communities ā itās clear that significant and sustained public investment is essential. Continue reading...
⢠Myanmar's military junta arrested 156 pro-democracy activists over the past week during coordinated raids across Yangon, Mandalay, and other major cities, escalating a campaign that has imprisoned over 3,000 political prisoners since the 2021 coup.
⢠The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) issued a statement expressing "serious concern" about the arrests and called for dialogue; however, the statement stopped short of threatening sanctions or diplomatic consequences.
⢠Activist networks report torture allegations in detention facilities and restricted access to legal representation, prompting calls from international human rights organizations for an independent UN investigation.
PM said he was āstaggeredā not to have been told that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting before becoming ambassador to the USHello and welcome to the Guardianās live coverage of UK politics on Saturday 18 April.Keir Starmer is facing ājudgment dayā according to senior government figures over the failure in Peter Mandelsonās vetting process. Continue reading...