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Gli ricorrenti statunitensi affermano che il sito lungomare sia stato trasferito impropriamente per il profitto personale di Trump • Un gruppo di residenti di Miami ha intentato una causa contro Donald Trump e lo stato della Florida per la cessione di un terreno destinato alla sua proposta di biblioteca presidenziale. • Quasi tre acri di pregiato terreno lungomare che un tempo appartenevano al Miami Dade College (MDC) sono stati regalati illegalmente al presidente degli Stati Uniti dal governatore repubblicano della Florida, Ron DeSantis, come dichiarato nella causa. Continua a leggere...

• La mancanza di sfide da parte del segretario alla Salute aveva rassicurato Starmer e i suoi alleati, ma poi sono emersi briefing per un ipotetico lancio di giovedì • Mentre si avvicinava la tregua politica non ufficiale del discorso del re, senza ancora alcun segno di una sfida alla leadership da parte di Wes Streeting, alcuni dei suoi colleghi laburisti hanno ipotizzato che l'opportunità del segretario alla Salute di puntare al ruolo di vertice potesse essere passata per sempre. • “C'è il rischio che diventi il David Miliband di questa generazione se non fa qualcosa”, ha dichiarato un deputato, riferendosi a un altro erede designato di lunga data che non ha mai compiuto l'ultimo passo. Continua a leggere...

Davis è il primo leader del Paese a servire un secondo mandato consecutivo in quasi 30 anni. Il primo ministro delle Bahamas, Philip Davis, e il suo partito di governo, il Progressive Liberal party (PLP), sono stati rieletti, rendendolo il primo leader del Paese a servire un secondo mandato consecutivo in quasi 30 anni. "Il popolo delle Bahamas ha parlato e accolgo il loro verdetto con umiltà e gratitudine", ha dichiarato Davis a Reuters. Continua a leggere...

• I leader tecnologici dell'Asia, tra cui Tencent e Alibaba, stanno diventando centrali per il boom globale dell'IA attraverso massicci investimenti e innovazioni. • Il baricentro dell'industria si sposta verso est mentre le aziende cinesi sviluppano modelli di IA e infrastrutture competitive. • Queste società sfidano il dominio occidentale scalando applicazioni nell'e-commerce, nel cloud e nella tecnologia di consumo.

L'ex leader del partito Liberal ha rassegnato le dimissioni come membro per Farrer dopo essere stata rimossa dal ruolo di leader dell'opposizione. Segui gli aggiornamenti in diretta

Keir Starmer si prepara ad affrontare una sfida, mentre un'ex ministra dichiara che darà il via alla corsa se nessun ministro del gabinetto si farà avanti UK politics live – ultimi aggiornamenti È previsto che i parlamentari della sinistra del Labour esortino Ed Miliband a considerare una candidatura per la leadership nei prossimi giorni, mentre Keir Starmer affronta la prospettiva di una sfida certa da parte dei suoi parlamentari la prossima settimana. In seguito ai pessimi risultati del Labour nelle elezioni di giovedì, l'ex ministra Catherine West ha dichiarato che, se nessun ministro del gabinetto si candidasse pubblicamente entro lunedì, avrebbe lanciato una sfida per porre fine all'impasse. Continua a leggere...

• L'8 maggio 2026, Alibaba Cloud ha introdotto Tongyi AgentStudio, una nuova suite di agenti multimodali che integra capacità di visione, linguaggio parlato ed elaborazione dei documenti in un'unica piattaforma orientata alle imprese. • La suite supporta fino a 128 chiamate agli strumenti simultanee per sessione ed è in grado di gestire autonomamente flussi di lavoro relativi agli acquisti, ai ticket HR e all'ottimizzazione dei costi multi-cloud; i primi progetti pilota presso banche cinesi hanno riportato una riduzione del 32% dei tempi di risposta dei servizi interni. • Alibaba ha dichiarato che Tongyi AgentStudio è ora offerto a 1,20 dollari per milione di token in input per i contratti delle grandi imprese, una tariffa inferiore a quella di agenti occidentali comparabili, rafforzando così la sua strategia di sottostare ai prezzi dei rivali cloud globali.

• Plaid Cymru si appresta a prendere il potere in Galles e l'SNP a mantenerlo in Scozia, ma Reform ha ottenuto grandi guadagni in entrambe le nazioni • Elezioni 2026 live: ultimi aggiornamenti • Risultati completi dall'Inghilterra, Scozia e Galles

• Il partito ottiene guadagni a Portsmouth e Richmond upon Thames nelle elezioni locali, ma perde un bastione in Scozia • Elezioni 2026 – aggiornamenti in diretta • Risultati completi da Inghilterra, Scozia e Galles

Party leader says vote for Labour or Greens in closely run seats will result in Reform victory at local electionsVoters in the home counties will “regret it for a long time” if they do not back the Liberal Democrats and wake up to a Reform-led council, Ed Davey has said.The Lib Dems leader has identified five councils – East Surrey, West Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex and Huntingdonshire – where his party could win overall control, as well as swathes of the former “blue wall” where Davey said it was a “straight fight” between his party and Reform at the English local elections. Continue reading...

• Las Vegas Aces top preseason power rankings as defending champions, with Indiana Fever hosting Dallas Wings featuring past four No. 1 picks: Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd. • Aces chase franchise record of 35 wins, tied for league history most at 34 by 2023 Aces and 2025 Lynx. • Angel Reese joins Atlanta Dream as top rebounder (13.1 RPG in 2024), replacing Brittney Griner amid league's rebounding leaders.

Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates between the project and one of its most prominent backers.World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign”. It alleged that Sun had improperly transferred some of his WLFI tokens that come with voting and governance rights to crypto exchange Binance and, separately, that he had placed bets that WLFI would decline in market value, known as short selling. That was part of a coordinated effort to push the token’s market price down as public trading began in September, the lawsuit alleged. Continue reading...

This year’s winners also include Jill Lepore’s book on the constitution and Brian Goldstone’s on housing insecuritySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Pulitzer prize officials awarded the fiction award to an author with a long history in fantasy, horror and young adult novels: Daniel Kraus, cited for Angel Down, a first world war narrative that unfolds in one long sentence. Liberation, Bess Wohl’s look back at the feminist consciousness-raising groups of the 1970s, received the drama prize.Winners announced on Monday included two books rooted in the founding of the US. Jill Lepore’s We the People: A History of the US Constitution won for history, and Amanda Vaill’s Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution was the winner for biography. Continue reading...

Sarah Sackman says response to rising antisemitic violence in UK has been ‘muted’ after stabbings in her constituencyThere has been a “lack of vocal solidarity” from parts of the liberal left in the face of rising antisemitism against the Jewish community, the Labour MP for Golders Green has said.Sarah Sackman said the response to antisemitic violence across the UK from parts of the “moderate majority”, including some anti-racist organisations, had been “muted”. Her comments follow a terrorist attack against the Jewish community in her constituency last week. Continue reading...

• During a heated Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand directly challenged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over rising Iran war costs, specifically questioning reports of a potential $200 billion additional spending request. • Gillibrand pressed Hegseth on the lack of evidence that military operations have made Americans safer, arguing the massive spending burden conflicts with domestic economic pressures and inflation affecting citizens. • Hegseth defended the campaign as a necessary and "defined mission" with strategic objectives, comparing it to long-term conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan, highlighting growing Washington tension over war costs and direction.

Man, 32, arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after incident in Rosemeadow. Follow updates liveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA third victim has died and a man is in police custody following an incident at a home in Sydney’s southwest, AAP reports.NSW police arrived at the house in Rosemeadow on Sunday at 1.30am after reports of a disturbance. Continue reading...

Anthony Marsh appears to be in commanding position in significant boost to opposition leader Jess WilsonThe Liberals have claimed victory in a key Victorian byelection seen as a preview of what to expect when the rest of the state hits the polls in November.As counting continued in the Mornington peninsula seat of Nepean, the Liberal candidate, Anthony Marsh, appeared to be in a commanding position in a significant boost to opposition leader Jess Wilson. Continue reading...

With voter loyalty a distant memory, the Lib Dems’ cost of living policies and criticism of Trump could gain them ground It has been an election buildup dominated by the rise of Reform UK and the Greens, and the contrasting woes of Labour and the Tories. But there is a chance that on 8 May the Liberal Democrats, largely ignored in recent weeks, could wake up as the biggest party in English local government.This is just one of several paradoxes for the party’s leader, Ed Davey, and his team. They are fifth in many national polls, with a rating barely changed from 2024. But Lib Dem bosses are sanguine, convinced that UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. Continue reading...

Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via XUK politics live – latest updatesThe Liberal Democrats are pushing for a ban on MPs accepting payments from X as part of a proposed wider crackdown on what Ed Davey will call a “serious threat” to UK democracy from Donald Trump’s US and other countries.Announcing the plan on Tuesday, the Lib Dem leader renewed his attacks on Reform UK – a series of whose MPs have taken money from X – calling it “a franchise of Maga politics” rather than a British political entity. Continue reading...

Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herderA lost copy of a poem composed in the seventh century by a Northumbrian cattle herder – the earliest surviving poem in the English language – has been discovered in Rome.Scholars from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) uncovered the manuscript that contains Caedmon’s Hymn at the National Central Library of Rome. Continue reading...

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...

• The Taliban government announced restrictions on international health NGOs operating in Afghanistan on Monday, citing concerns over 'political interference' and threatening revocation of licenses for non-compliant organizations. • Medical organizations warned that the restrictions would devastate maternal and pediatric health services, particularly in rural areas where international agencies provide 70 percent of healthcare capacity. • The U.S. State Department condemned the move as undermining humanitarian efforts and expressed concern for vulnerable populations, with officials exploring alternative delivery mechanisms for critical medical assistance.

Adam Hall, of Tyne and Wear, will serve at least 23 years in prison, with victims describing lasting traumaA “callous, calculating sexual predator” who raped and deliberately infected young, vulnerable men with HIV has been jailed for life and told he must serve at least 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is the second man in the UK ever to be found guilty of intentionally setting out to spread the virus. Continue reading...

Most-banned book was Sold, a 2006 novel by Patricia McCormick about sex trafficking in IndiaSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe American Library Association (ALA) has reported a record high in the number of books banned in US libraries.In 2025, 5,668 books were banned – representing 66% of the total number challenged – with an additional 920 censored through access restriction, such as relocation on the library shelves. Continue reading...

Independent candidate and One Nation’s David Farley are viewed as the frontrunners in the four cornered-contest for the 9 May pollGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberals and Nationals will preference One Nation ahead of Michelle Milthorpe in the Farrer byelection in a potential blow to the independent’s hopes of winning the 9 May race.Milthorpe and One Nation’s David Farley are viewed as the frontrunners in the four cornered-contest, meaning the flow of preferences from the Liberals and Nationals could be crucial in deciding the final outcome in the southern New South Wales seat. Continue reading...

Energy secretary says both he and the then foreign secretary were worried making Mandelson US envoy was riskyUK politics live – latest updatesEd Miliband and David Lammy discussed concerns about the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington which they feared could “blow up”, the energy secretary has revealed.Miliband said he had spoken to Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time Mandelson was given the Washington post, with both expressing reservations. Continue reading...

As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will sayEd Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict this week, insisting that as fossil fuel prices soar “the era of clean energy security must come of age”.The energy secretary is set to announce a package of new policies in a speech on Tuesday in response to an expected energy crisis prompted by Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Continue reading...

The spytech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs during impassioned Westminster debateMPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spytech company Palantir, calling it “dreadful” and “shameful” in a debate on Thursday, after which the government said it was “no fan” of the US company’s politics.Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs led the calls for Palantir, which also works for Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and the Israeli military, to be removed as a supplier to the NHS federated data platform (FDP), with one Labour backbencher, Samantha Niblett, questioning whether it could be “trusted as a custodian of the intimate health records of tens of millions of British citizens”. Continue reading...