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• Palestijnse activist wacht op een andere juridische beslissing in een aparte procedure in een steeds beperktere poging om in de VS te blijven. • Een advocaat van Mahmoud Khalil, de eerste niet-onderdaan activist die werd gearresteerd tijdens het crackdown van de Trump-administratie op pro-Palestijnse meningsuiting, noemde de immigratieprocedures van zijn cliënt "voorbestemd en een complete sham" nadat bleek dat de zaak prioriteit had gekregen om versneld te worden behandeld. • "Deze onthullingen maken duidelijk dat deze zaak vanaf dag één is gecontroleerd door hogere functionarissen in de regering," aldus Marc Van Der Hout, een advocaat van het juridische team van Khalil, in een verklaring. "De immigratierechter is zorgvuldig geselecteerd en de beslissing van de Board of Immigration Appeals was vooraf bepaald. We zullen blijven vechten voor Mahmoud in elke rechtbank die we kunnen."

Gegevens van missies die een kritiek laag sneeuwpakket op bergen in het westen aantonen, slaan alarm bij experts.

Temperaturen stijgen in Californië en Arizona, terwijl de stortbuien aanhouden in Western Cape en Northern Cape.

• De eerste tellingen tonen David Farley met een duidelijke voorsprong op de onafhankelijke Michelle Milthorpe, terwijl de steun voor de Coalition keldert. • One Nation leek zaterdagavond op weg naar haar eerste overwinning ooit in het lagerhuis, waarbij vroege resultaten laten zien dat de opstandige partij van Pauline Hanson de leiding neemt in de tussentijdse verkiezingen in Farrer. • Irrigatieexpert David Farley leek goed gepositioneerd om de onafhankelijke Michelle Milthorpe te verslaan in deze nauwgevolgde race, wat de dramatische stijging van de publieke steun voor One Nation sinds de federale verkiezingen van vorig jaar bevestigt en de door Angus Taylor geleide, verzwakte Liberal party verder ondermijnt.

Samuel Whitsed, 27 jaar, is vermoedelijk vanuit Victoria gereisd om de Bibbulmun Track nabij de buitenwijken van Perth te bezoeken.Drie maanden nadat een wandelaar voor het laatst is gezien op een populaire wandelroute, maken de politie en hulpdiensten zich steeds grotere zorgen over het welzijn van de vermiste man.De politie heeft dicht struikgewas grondig doorzocht naar de man uit Victoria nadat hij verdween van een populaire wandelroute aan de andere kant van het land. Lees verder...

Moskou versterkt maritieme aanwezigheid in de Noordzee na Britse dreigementen om olietankers van de schaduwvloot in beslag te nemen

Ministers verplichten het gebruik van tools die de cumulatieve blootstelling van individuen aan schokkende incidenten registreren De politie in Engeland en Wales staat voor een belangrijke opdracht met betrekking tot de mate van trauma die agenten en personeel ervaren, aangezien ministers het gebruik van "trauma tracker"-tools zullen verplichten om ervoor te zorgen dat de psychologische tol veroorzaakt door blootstelling aan overlijdens, misbruik en verwaarlozing wordt vastgelegd. Een witboek van het Home Office, gepubliceerd in januari, schetste een wetgevend streven om traumamonitoringsystemen verplicht te stellen voor alle 43 korpsen in Engeland en Wales. Lees verder...

Een krachtig radarsysteem levert nieuwe gegevens over de verzakking van de stad, waar experts hopen dat meer aandacht aan zal worden besteed.

Personeel is opgeroepen om zo snel mogelijk te vervolgen, in plaats van te wachten op alle bewijsstukken, om het 'klimaat van angst' binnen de Joodse gemeenschap aan te pakken.

Marien biologen verscherpen hun kritiek op een privaat gefinancierde operatie om een bultrugwalvis vrij te laten die wekenlang was gestrand voor de Baltische kust van Duitsland, nadat bleek dat een tracker die aan de walvis was bevestigd niet werkte. • De verblijfplaats en gezondheidstoestand van het jonge mannelijke exemplaar – bijgenaamd Timmy naar een van de zandbanken waarop hij strandde – zijn nog onbekend, drie dagen nadat hij in een waterhoudende bakkaai, getrokken door een sleepboot, naar de wateren voor de kust van Denemarken is getransporteerd. Lees verder...

High winds have hit the South Aegean and heavy rain has fallen in Turkey, but Central Europe has felt summer heatGreece and Turkey have found themselves in the grip of a late-season cold spell this weekend. Conditions will persist over the next few days as an area of low pressure situated over Turkey is pulling in colder, moisture-laden air from the north-east via the Black Sea; this meteorological set up has suppressed temperatures well below where they should be for the time of year. Away from the Mediterranean coast, much of Turkey struggled to reach double figures, which is around 10C below the average, while Greece saw a similar chill. In Athens, temperatures only crept into the low teens Celsius, a far cry from the mid-20s typically expected in early May.But they haven’t just faced cold. Greece had gale force winds whipping through the islands in the South Aegean – gusting around 60mph on Sunday evening, and the unsettled weather has brought a surge of heavy rain to Turkey. The Central Anatolia region of Turkey would normally see about 50mm of rainfall across the entire month of May, but on Sunday had already seen many areas pick up half that total in just 24 hours. With colder air in place, higher elevations have even seen a return to winter, with up to 30cm of fresh snow forecast across the Anti-Taurus Mountains on Monday and Tuesday. In Ankara, temperatures on Monday 4th are expected to peak at just 7C – nearly 14C below average – before slowly edging back towards normal by the weekend. Continue reading...

Chris Minns says technology has been ‘weaponised against women, and our laws have not kept pace’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter their marriage of 25 years deteriorated and his wife expressed a desire to leave, a man in regional New South Wales bought a GPS tracking device from an auto parts retailer.He used it to monitor her movements for the month, and up to at least the day before he shot and killed her, and then turned the gun on himself. Continue reading...

Beef and olive oil costs increase the most as climate and energy shocks drive inflation, research suggestsFood prices are on track to be 50% higher in November than at the start of the cost of living crisis in 2021, new research suggests.Climate and energy shocks have driven an almost quadrupling of the pace of food price growth, according to new research from the thinktank Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), with costs rising in five years at about the same rate as they had over the previous two decades. Continue reading...

• Dallas Cowboys' first-round draft pick signed his rookie contract on May 3, as tracked in the 2026 NFL free agency updates. • The deal, worth an estimated $35 million over four years, resolves a key holdout amid offseason roster building. • This signing bolsters Dallas' defense, pairing the rookie with stars like Micah Parsons for Super Bowl contention.

Exclusive: Contractor denies allegations including ‘enforced disappearance’ and will help locate unaccompanied minorsUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a contract to a private security company that has faced accusations of “torture” and “enforced disappearance” to assist in tracking down undocumented immigrant children who arrived in the US alone, a contracting document shows.ICE has stepped up its work so much in pursuing these minors in the US that it has contracted out some of its mission to a third party to put “boots on the ground” and locate immigrant children previously released from US government custody. Continue reading...

Strongest tornado hits Mineral Wells, Texas, where disaster was declared. Elsewhere, extreme rain inundates ChinaSpring is the season for severe thunderstorms across the central US, and the start of this week was a particularly active period for the region. A favourable weather pattern fuelled intense thunderstorms on Monday through Wednesday, bringing strong winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes.Eight tornadoes were reported on Monday, including an EF2 tornado that ripped through the town of Sycamore, Kansas. On Tuesday, a more widespread event tore across the mid-west, most notably as a severe hailstorm moved through Springfield, Missouri. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Government should back projects that prioritise renewables to protect consumers from ongoing price shocks, they sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer oil and gas industry leaders, including senior executives from BP and Shell, are warning the Albanese government that Australians risk ongoing price shocks and higher costs if it prioritises fossil fuel development in response to the global energy crisis.Sixteen ex-executives and professionals – who had worked for companies including Woodside, Inpex, Exxon Mobil and Esso – have urged the government to reject calls for fast-tracked gas and coal extraction, arguing it would do nothing to improve the nation’s liquid fuel security. Continue reading...

Wave of measures has helped cut offending in stores by a fifth last year as new retail crime law comes into forceCo-op is secretly marking commonly-stolen items including alcohol and laundry detergents with invisible “forensic spray” to track them, in the latest crackdown on shoplifting as a new law on retail crime kicks in.The grocer is to use the technique, which helps the retailer to identify where stolen items are being resold and report them to the police, across the country after testing it in Manchester and London since last year. Continue reading...

Shareholder agm briefly adjourned after protesters wearing T-shirts labelled ‘No more big oil’ burst into songThe chair of NatWest was forced to defend the bank against accusations of “climate backtracking” at a chaotic annual shareholder meeting, which was temporarily suspended owing to singing protesters.Not long after the meeting began in Edinburgh, it was adjourned for about half an hour after a protester interrupted Rick Haythornthwaite’s opening speech. Continue reading...

Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central CanadaWidespread heavy rain is sweeping over southern China. By Wednesday, rainfall totals are expected to exceed 100mm across many parts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, and in some areas as much as 150-200mm.As a result, the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management have been holding meetings with meteorological and hydrological departments to emphasise the importance of reinforced patrols and emergency responses to mitigate against the probable flooding that the intense rainfall is expected to bring. In particular, reservoirs with known safety concerns must remain empty during the period, as well as through the coming rainy season. Continue reading...

Shareholders including the Church of England back call for protest votes against the bank’s chair NatWest is at risk of an embarrassing showdown at its shareholder meeting this week, as investors and leading scientists call for an urgent reversal of what they describe as “climate backtracking”.Campaigners, including ShareAction, are calling for protest votes against the bank’s chair, Rick Haythornthwaite, at its annual meeting in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Divers are installing waterproof speakers in the ocean to help pull a coral reef near Jamaica back from the brinkThe northern coast of Jamaica once served as the backdrop for scenes in the James Bond thriller No Time to Die. But today, beneath those same turquoise waves, a real-life mission is unfolding: the race to pull a dying coral reef back from the brink.However, the tools a team of divers are carrying to the seafloor are not what you would expect to find in a marine biologist’s kit. They are installing waterproof speakers at the bottom of the ocean, and the man leading the team is not a scientist. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Officials warn department will lose access to database of 26,000 verified cases by cutting fundingThe Foreign Office unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in Gaza and more recently Lebanon has been closed because of cuts within the department, the Guardian can reveal.The decision to shut the international humanitarian law cell follows a review by Olly Robbins, the permanent secretary at the Foreign Office dismissed last week by the prime minister over the Peter Mandelson scandal. Continue reading...

Bristol University project aims to help directors make better movies and take greater risks – with one already onboardAt first glance, it looks like any high-end cinema: booming surround sound, a razor-sharp 4K projector and rows of reclining seats. But instead of clutching popcorn, a headset records my brain activity and a heart rate monitor wraps around my arm while infra-red cameras capture every blink and fidget.I’m sitting in a one-of-a-kind cinema at the University of Bristol where researchers are studying how people respond to what they see on screen. By combining viewers’ physical reactions with verbal feedback on the parts of the film they found most compelling, the team hopes to understand which moments truly grip attention – and whether that insight could help film-makers create better movies and take greater creative risks. Continue reading...

Seville could see 34C this week and parts of Brazil could hit high 30s, while storms forecast in southern AfricaOver the course of this week, temperatures in Spain are expected to soar well above the seasonal average. Daytime temperatures could reach about 30C in Madrid on Tuesday, 10C above the norm, while Seville may see 34C, about 9C above its late April average. An area of low pressure situated out in the Atlantic will allow for a south-westerly flow, introducing warm air from north Africa. In addition to this heat, a notable dust plume is expected to travel northwards from the Sahara, covering the skies above Iberia and south-western France, which may lead to some particularly orange or red skies at sunrise and sunset.In Brazil, high temperatures are forecast for the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina over the next few days, eventually spreading into Minas Gerais. Here, daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach the high 30s Celsius later in the week, about 5-10C above the seasonal average. Continue reading...

• President Trump has moved to fast-track psychedelic research as part of his administration's policy agenda, marking a significant shift in federal drug policy priorities. • Former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema has publicly applauded the initiative as a "bold step forward" in medical research on Fox & Friends Weekend. • The accelerated psychedelic research program represents an innovative approach to mental health treatment and scientific advancement under the Trump administration.

Exclusive: George Robertson calls on officials to identify the ‘fit and willing’ in UK’s 95,000-strong strategic reserveThe Ministry of Defence has lost track of military veterans they intend to recall at a time of national danger, according to a key government adviser.About 95,000 former soldiers and officers are in the strategic reserve but it is claimed that officials have failed to maintain a full record of their contact details. Continue reading...

• The FDA announced the first ibogaine investigational new drug application as part of Trump's mental health executive order accelerating psychedelic drug approvals and research pathways. • HHS will coordinate with the FDA and DEA to expedite research approval and clinical trial access for emerging mental health treatments under strict medical supervision and scientific oversight. • The initiative specifically targets treatment-resistant conditions and addresses mental health needs among veterans and patients who have not responded to conventional therapies.