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• Besluit genomen om Amerikaans techbedrijf ‘onbeperkte toegang’ te verlenen tot gegevens in project voor de bouw van een geïntegreerd platform, volgens rapporten • UK politics live – laatste updates • Parlementsleden hebben gewaarschuwd dat een besluit van de NHS om Palantir toegang te verlenen tot identificeerbare patiënteninformatie in het plan om AI te gebruiken om de gezondheidszorg te verbeteren, “gevaarlijk” is en de publieke angst zal aanwakkeren dat privacy van gegevens niet prioriteit krijgt.

• De wetgevende macht heeft het enige Democratische congresdistrict van de staat met een Zwarte meerderheid geëlimineerd • Meld u aan voor de Breaking News US-e-mail • Goedemorgen en welkom bij onze live verslaggeving van de Amerikaanse politiek. De door Republikeinen gedomineerde wetgevende macht van Tennessee heeft donderdag kaarten voor de herindeling aangenomen, waarmee het enige Democratische congresdistrict van de staat met een Zwarte meerderheid wordt geschrapt, terwijl Republikeinse wetgevers zich haasten hun positie te verbeteren voor de tussentijdse verkiezingen in november.

• Sommige parlementsleden beschuldigen de burgemeester van Greater Manchester ervan de boodschap van de lokale verkiezingscampagne te ondermijnen tijdens het Change:Now-evenement. • De beslissing van Andy Burnham om op een progressieve rally te verschijnen naast prominente figuren van de Green Party en Liberal Democrats heeft woede opgeroepen bij enkele Labour-MP's, die hem beschuldigen van het ondermijnen van hun lokale verkiezingsboodschap. • De burgemeester van Greater Manchester, die wordt gezien als een van de meest waarschijnlijke uitdagers van Keir Starmer, zal deze maand spreken op het Change:Now-evenement, georganiseerd door de linkse groep Compass.

De Amerikaanse president richt opnieuw kritiek op de pontificus, dagen voordat minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Marco Rubio het Vaticaan bezoekt. Midden-Oosten-crisis – live updates Donald Trump heeft een nieuwe verbale aanval gelanceerd tegen Paus Leo XIV, waarbij hij de pontificus beschuldigde van het “in gevaar brengen van veel katholieken” omdat “hij vindt dat het prima is dat Iran een kernwapen heeft”. De opmerkingen volgen twee dagen voordat Marco Rubio, de Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Leo in het Vaticaan ontmoet in een poging de spanningen te verminderen die zijn opgewekt door Trumps eerdere felle kritiek op de in Chicago geboren pontificus vanwege diens veroordeling van de Amerikaans-Israëlische oorlog tegen Iran. Lees verder...

WhatsApp-groep heeft tienduizenden maaltijden voor mensen gekocht via Facebook-pagina Carl was eigenaar van pubs – meerdere ervan – en een reeks hotels. Toen dwongen stijgende kosten hem twee jaar geleden tot een faillissement. Nu slaapt hij in de zomer op het strand, en zit hij in de winter in een 24-uurs McDonald’s met één kop koffie. Carl's dochters wonen in een ander deel van het land bij zijn ex-vrouw. Om de illusie te wekken dat hij een normaal leven leidt, is Carl voorzichtig en videobelt hij hen alleen vanuit de lokale Wetherspoon, met een maaltijd en een drankje zorgvuldig in beeld geplaatst. Op die manier, redeneert hij, ziet hij eruit als een man die ergens hoort. Lees verder...

• Critici waarschuwen dat plannen om verkeerslichten te installeren bij de Clachan Bridge de toeristische attractie zullen ruïneren en voetgangers in gevaar zullen brengen. • Ondanks vrees dat het een "schennis" zal zijn van een erfgoedlocatie van nationaal belang, zullen er verkeerslichten worden geplaatst bij de schilderachtige Clachan Bridge aan de wilde kust van Argyll in Schotland. • De 233 jaar oude oversteek van het vasteland naar het Isle of Seil, sinds het begin van de 19e eeuw bekend als de "Brug over de Atlantische Oceaan", trekt bezoekers die graag kunnen opscheppen over hun transoceanische reis. Er zijn echter zorgen dat automobilisten met groen licht zich agressief zullen gedragen tegenover voetgangers op dit veelgefotografeerde monument. Lees verder...

Rural dwellers reveal failings in backup plans, as campaigners call for deadline to be extended from 2027 to 2030“Every time there is a power failure I lose all means of communication with the outside world,” says Robert Dewar of life in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands since the landlines were transferred from the old copper cable network to broadband connections.Blackouts also knock out the village’s mobile phone signal. “Our most recent power cut lasted for 42 hours,” Dewar says. The interruption outlasted his five-hour emergency backup battery. “If I had had a heart attack there is damn all I could have done about it, except compose myself, say my prayers, and await the outcome.” Continue reading...

Senator Jack Reed says at hearing that defense secretary failed to give Trump accurate picture of war in IranUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailPete Hegseth has failed to give Donald Trump an accurate picture of the war on Iran while resorting to “dangerously exaggerated” statements to create an inaccurate picture of a US military triumph, a senior Democrat told a Capitol Hill hearing on Thursday.Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate armed services committee, told Hegseth, the defense secretary, that far from victory, US citizens were having to bear the cost of a war they did not support in the form of increased fuel prices. Continue reading...

Tech giant accused of ‘cynical attempt to bust the union’ in decision to shutter location in Towson, MarylandWorkers at the first Apple store to unionize in the US are pushing back against the company’s decision to shut down the store by June, alleging the company’s decision is rooted in “a cynical attempt to bust the union”.On Monday, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple, alleging unionized employees at the store in Towson, Maryland, are being denied transfer rights and other rights compared with workers at non-unionized stores. The union is also alleging retaliation for being unionized. Continue reading...

Tees Transporter Bridge and a former working men’s club in Barrow-in-Furness among sites at risk of decay or neglectTeesside’s Transporter Bridge, a disinfecting station in Hackney and a former working men’s club in Barrow-in-Furness have been included on a list ringing alarm bells for Victorian and Edwardian heritage.The Victorian Society has published its annual top 10 endangered buildings list, intended as a way of drawing national attention to at-risk places in England and Wales. Continue reading...

Blazes in US south-east have blown smoke over a wide area, and contributed to at least one death in FloridaTwo wildfires in south-eastern Georgia that have destroyed more than 120 homes continued to threaten property and lives on Saturday as officials warned that strong winds could spread the flames.The Brantley county manager, Joey Cason, called it a “dynamic situation” in a Saturday-morning video posted to social media and begged residents to “please evacuate” if they are ordered to do so. Continue reading...

Foreign ministry says remarks of conservative podcast host Michael Savage that were shared by US president were ‘obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’India on Thursday criticised as inappropriate a post by Donald Trump in which he shared comments that called the South Asian country a “hellhole”.The inflammatory post on Truth Social comes ahead of a planned visit next month to India by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who is seeking to ease recent tensions between the normally friendly powers. Continue reading...

American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump’s expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse.The 27th annual air quality report from the American Lung Association (ALA) released on Wednesday evaluates pollution across the country by grading levels of ground-level ozone – also known as smog – as well as year-round and short-term spikes in particle pollution, commonly referred to as soot. The report analyzed quality-assured data collected between 2022 and 2024. Continue reading...

Keir Starmer’s decision to oust senior official may have knock-on effect for No 10’s relationship with civil serviceFury within Whitehall about the treatment of Olly Robbins remains white hot, several days on from Keir Starmer’s decision to sack the senior Foreign Office civil servant.“It’s just total self-serving, narrow, selfish, political endgame stuff,” said one supporter of Robbins, who was dismissed for failing to tell the prime minister that the now disgraced former US ambassador Peter Mandelson had not passed UK security vetting. Continue reading...

Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programsUS politics – latest updatesVaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee.Kennedy, the controversial health secretary and a longtime vaccine opponent, has overseen sweeping changes to routine vaccination recommendations and has promoted misinformation even amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades. Continue reading...

• Jacob Wilson’s two-run single in the eighth inning lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers, snapping a seven-game losing streak. • The win came on Wednesday night in a tight contest where pitching dominated early. • This victory boosts Oakland's momentum in the AL West race amid a challenging season.

A top UN official has criticised lack of global urgency as reports confirm the world’s largest humanitarian crisis is worseningEfforts to end Sudan’s catastrophic war have been criticised as “unacceptable” by the country’s top UN official as a series of new reports confirm that the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis is worsening.Speaking to the Guardian on the eve of the third anniversary of the war, Denise Brown expressed her concern over the apparent lack of political urgency to end a conflict that has forced 14 million Sudanese to flee their homes. Tens of thousands of people are missing. Continue reading...

• Cole Reinhardt scored his second goal with 1:50 left to lead the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night. • Reinhardt and Mackie Samoskevich scored in the first period for a 2-0 lead, with Quick making 14 saves in his retirement finale after 19 seasons and three Stanley Cups. • The win spoils Jonathan Quick's last NHL appearance as the three-time champion announced his retirement beforehand.

Typhoon expected to make landfall Tuesday in Northern Mariana Islands and bring heavy winds, rain and floodingA dangerous super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is barreling toward a group of remote US islands.Super Typhoon Sinlaku is expected to make landfall Tuesday in the Northern Mariana Islands and bring destructive winds, widespread heavy rain and flooding, the National Weather Service said Monday. Continue reading...

Unite Here co-president demands improvement in working conditions and urges Fifa to keep ICE away from matchesA hospitality union that represents about 2,000 workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles has threatened to strike during the World Cup if Fifa leaders do not heed their concerns about working conditions and the presence of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).This summer, SoFi Stadium will be thrust into the national spotlight as it hosts eight World Cup matches. Between June and July, Los Angeles is estimated to see 150,000 more out-of-town visitors than typical for the time period. Continue reading...

• The Texas Rangers signed future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer to a four-year, $80 million contract to bolster their 2026 rotation. • Scherzer, 41, posted a 3.28 ERA across 28 starts last season with the New York Mets, demonstrating continued durability. • The Rangers project as World Series contenders with the addition of Scherzer joining Corey Seager and Kyle Schwarber in their lineup.

Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishmentSome swifts returning to Britain to breed will be unable to access their ancestral nesting holes after they were blocked in a £7.5m refurbishment of a Derbyshire railway viaduct, campaigners say.Nature lovers had appealed to Network Rail to unblock three holes which were among at least nine swift nesting sites on the twin viaducts at Chapel Milton, on the edge of the Peak District. Continue reading...

First Nations lawyers and politicians warn the change will disproportionately affect Indigenous people, making them feel ‘less safe, rather than more safe’Get 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 territory’s First Nations legal service has labelled an “inherently dangerous and unnecessary” move that would “disproportionately impact Aboriginal Territorians”.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...

• Capitals riding wave of positive outcomes, including Rangers' 4-1 win over Detroit aiding their climb. • New York Rangers score 19 goals in last five games, fueled by rookies like Gabe. • Matchup tests Capitals' momentum against hot Rangers squad.

Critics say exemption exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whaleSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA US government panel on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a move which critics say could doom a rare whale species and harm other marine life.The Endangered Species Committee – which had not convened in more than three decades – voted to approve the request for the ESA exemption at the request of the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. Continue reading...

Critics say president is locking into 20th century energy systems even as his ‘bet’ on oil and gas ‘isn’t going so well’By attacking Iran and threatening to seize its oil while taking extraordinary measures to block clean energy back in the US, Donald Trump has inadvertently highlighted the dangerous volatility of the fossil fuel era, critics say.The US and Israel’s bombardment of Iran and southern Lebanon has caused a humanitarian and environmental toll, with threats of further escalation set to add to these casualties as well as add more planet-heating emissions and destroy drinking water supplies. Continue reading...

President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, purportedly to protect national security by expanding oil and gas industry operations.If successful, the administration may kill off dozens of protected species – from Rice’s whales and whooping cranes to sea turtles. Continue reading...

Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’NHS to miss targets for cutting A&E wait times and performance in EnglandIn the Great Hall at the University of East London last Wednesday, the perennially upbeat Wes Streeting was exuding even greater positivity than usual. After years of neglect under the Conservatives, he said, the NHS was starting to revive thanks to Labour’s medicine.In a bravura performance in front of an audience of health service bosses, policy experts and student nurses in their blue and green uniforms, Streeting reeled off a long list of improvements in his 20-month tenure as health secretary. Continue reading...