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• A EPA classificou microplásticos e antidepressivos como contaminantes da água potável, respondendo à mobilização do movimento MAHA e às preocupações de saúde pública. • A classificação marca um passo regulatório significativo na abordagem de contaminantes emergentes nos suprimentos de água dos EUA que têm gerado preocupação entre especialistas em saúde e defensores ambientais. • A designação pode impulsionar futuras ações regulatórias para estabelecer padrões de água potável e requisitos de tratamento para essas substâncias.

• King apela habilmente aos Republicans entusiastas de Britain e Democrats ansiosos com a ordem baseada em regras em visita de Estado

Philip Young muda todas as declarações para culpado após negar inicialmente as acusações de produzir imagens indecentes de crianças. Um ex-vereador conservador que admitiu quase 50 crimes de dopar, estuprar e agredir sexualmente sua ex-esposa declarou-se culpado de crimes adicionais de produção de imagens indecentes de crianças. Philip Young, 49, declarou-se culpado em janeiro no Winchester crown court de 11 acusações de estupro e 11 acusações de administrar uma substância com a intenção de dopar sua ex-esposa Joanne Young, 48, que renunciou ao seu direito ao anonimato. Continue lendo...

Enquanto Charles e Camilla estavam sob uma convocação rigorosa, os parlamentares observaram o desconforto excruciante dos funcionários públicos. Não costumamos ver altos funcionários públicos circulando livremente por aí. Eles são mantidos longe do olhar do público, sentados atrás de uma mesa tentando persuadir seus ministros a não fazerem nada de muito catastrófico em seus departamentos governamentais. O porquê exatamente de terem sido nomeados cavaleiros ou damas apenas por cumprirem seus deveres é um dos mistérios da vida. O resto de nós tem que se contentar com um e-mail ocasional do chefe. Mas, na última semana, dois altos funcionários públicos foram forçados, a contragosto, a prestar depoimento perante o comitê selecionado de assuntos estrangeiros sobre a decisão de Keir Starmer de nomear Peter Mandelson como embaixador nos EUA — e tem sido algo muito instrutivo também. Especialmente para ver o quanto eles detestam qualquer atenção extra do público. O desconforto óbvio deles ao serem responsabilizados foi angustiante de assistir. Continue lendo...

No boletim de hoje: Os eventos em Golders Green esta semana são os mais recentes de uma série de ataques à comunidade judaica que levaram muitos a questionar seu futuro no Reino Unido. Bom dia. É um fato terrível da vida para os judeus britânicos que poucos tenham se surpreendido com o ataque de faca de quarta-feira em Golders Green, no norte de Londres, no qual dois homens foram esfaqueados em uma área que abriga uma grande comunidade judaica. Um homem de 45 anos foi acusado de tentativa de homicídio. O incidente é o mais recente de uma série de ataques antissemitas, contra pessoas e propriedades, que geraram medo em muitos judeus britânicos nos últimos anos. John Mann, o conselheiro independente do governo sobre antissemitismo, disse que muitos na comunidade estão no “ponto de ruptura” e sentem que o Reino Unido não é mais um lugar seguro para viverem. Iran | O líder supremo do Iran quebrou seu silêncio recente com uma declaração desafiadora saudando o controle do Iran sobre a navegação no strait of Hormuz e prometendo proteger os programas nuclear e de mísseis do país. Environment | Governos foram solicitados a desenvolver “roadmaps” nacionais estabelecendo como acabarão com a produção e o uso de combustíveis fósseis, após uma reunião climática histórica envolvendo quase 60 países. UK news | Winston Marshall, ex-membro da banda Mumford & Sons e filho do coproprietário da GB News, Paul Marshall, disse que a Grã-Bretanha deveria construir uma “floating wall” repleta de minas para impedir as travessias de pequenos barcos no Channel. Counter-terrorism | Mais e mais jovens estão sendo atraídos para o mundo do extremismo violento, alertou um oficial de polícia sênior, enquanto um jovem neo-Nazi foi condenado por planejar um ataque armado em massa após ser pego em uma operação secreta do MI5. UK economy | O Bank of England manteve as taxas de juros inalteradas em 3,75%, mas disse que o Reino Unido pode precisar se preparar para aumentos ainda este ano, já que uma “inflação mais alta é inevitável” como resultado da guerra no Oriente Médio. Continue lendo...

O presidente afirma que a decisão foi tomada ‘em homenagem ao rei e à rainha’, enquanto representantes da indústria classificam o acordo como um ‘impulso significativo’. Em um gesto de cortesia diplomática após a visita de King Charles à White House, Donald Trump disse que os US removerão todas as tarifas sobre as importações de whisky. “Em homenagem ao Rei e à Rainha do United Kingdom, que acabaram de deixar a White House, logo retornando ao seu maravilhoso país, estarei removendo as Tarifas e Restrições sobre o Whiskey relacionadas à capacidade de Scotland trabalhar com a Commonwealth of Kentucky em Whiskey e Bourbon”, afirmou Trump em uma publicação nas redes sociais. Continue lendo...

• O governo Trump entrou com um recurso na noite de quarta-feira contra a decisão de 16 de março de um juiz federal de Massachusetts que bloqueou a reforma do calendário de vacinação infantil do país, proposta pelo Secretário de Saúde Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • O juiz Brian Murphy decidiu que Kennedy substituiu o comitê consultivo de vacinas do CDC de forma "ilegal" e suspendeu quaisquer decisões tomadas pelo comitê. • O recurso sinaliza a intenção do governo de prosseguir com a reestruturação do processo consultivo de vacinas, apesar das contestações judiciais à sua autoridade.

• A pintura do artista autodidata Sean Layh foi escolhida pela equipe da Art Gallery of NSW responsável por pendurar as obras finalistas, antes do anúncio principal em 8 de maio • Finalistas do Archibald prize 2026: Virginia Trioli, Jan Fran, Ahmed al-Ahmed e mais – em fotos • Um retrato do ator Jacob Collins feito por Sean Layh conquistou a preferência da equipe da Art Gallery of NSW, que lhe concedeu o Packing Room prize na quinta-feira, antes do anúncio principal do Archibald prize em 8 de maio.

A acusação indicia autoridades de alto escalão em Sinaloa por crimes como tráfico de drogas, crimes de armas e sequestro. O Departamento de Justiça dos EUA acusou o governador de Sinaloa e outras nove autoridades e ex-autoridades por supostas ligações com o cartel de Sinaloa, acusando-os de ajudar na importação em massa de narcóticos ilícitos para os Estados Unidos. Algumas autoridades eram membros do partido governista progressista do México, o Morena, o que cria um dilema político para a presidente mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum enquanto ela busca neutralizar as pressões crescentes do governo Trump. Continue lendo...

Os astronautas se juntaram ao presidente no Oval Office para uma coletiva de imprensa, e não demorou muito para que ele elogiasse a si mesmo. Donald Trump recebeu a tripulação da histórica missão de sobrevoo lunar Artemis II na White House na quarta-feira. Os quatro astronautas – o comandante Reid Wiseman, o piloto Victor Glover e os especialistas de missão Christina Koch e Jeremy Hansen – se juntaram ao presidente no Oval Office para uma reunião comemorativa e coletiva de imprensa. Continue lendo...

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...

Monarch’s meeting with president and speech to Congress features on front pages in UK and USKing Charles’s address to the US Congress features on the front pages and websites of many publications on both sides of the Atlantic today. We take a look at how the king’s speech has been interpreted by the UK and US media. Continue reading...

Nancy Pexton, 70, stabbed sister Jennifer Abbott, 69, and left her body to decompose in Camden flat for three daysA woman has been found guilty of murdering her sister by slashing her neck before making off with her diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch.Nancy Pexton stabbed her sibling Jennifer Abbott 10 times and then left her body for three days in her flat in Camden, north London, a court heard. 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...

US president said UK monarch agreed Tehran should not be allowed nuclear weaponsA flick of Oscar Wilde here, a nod to Henry Kissinger there, a sprinkling of Charles Dickens here, a dollop of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt there. Job done!The British monarch mobilised an elite squad of dead white men, leavened with humour and subliminal politicking, on Tuesday in a charm offensive aimed over Donald Trump’s head and squarely at the US Congress. Judging by the cheers and minute-long applause he received at the end, the soft power flex worked a treat and the special relationship lives to fight another day.We’re doing a little Middle East work right now … and we’re doing very well. We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we’re never going to let that opponent ever, Charles agrees with me even more than I do, we’re never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon.They know that, and they’ve known it right now, very powerfully.The king is naturally mindful of his government’s longstanding and well-known position on the prevention of nuclear proliferation.Todd Blanche, the former defense lawyer for Donald Trump now serving as acting US attorney general, announced two charges against James Comey, the former FBI director and deputy attorney general for allegedly “knowing and willfully making a threat to kill” the president of the United States in a social media post.Patrick Fitzgerald, a former US attorney for the northern district of Illinois who now represents James Comey, said that his client, “vigorously denies the charges” filed against him.US defense secretary Pete Hegseth will face tough questions from lawmakers about the Iran war on Wednesday during his first testimony to Congress since the start of the conflict.President Trump will welcomes the Artemis II astronauts to the White House later today. The capsule returned to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, almost a month after blasting off on humanity’s first lunar trip in more than a half century.The supreme court will hear arguments Wednesday over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster, one in a series of immigration cases the high court is considering against the backdrop of the president’s far-reaching immigration crackdown.The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a key policy meeting, likely the last chaired by central bank chief Jerome Powell. Policymakers will weigh the risks of surging energy prices and snarled supply chains due to the US-Israel war on Iran, with analysts widely expecting a third pause in a row. Continue reading...

Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutralDonald Trump has insisted King Charles agrees with him that Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons.Trump made the remarks at a White House state dinner on Tuesday in honour of the visiting Charles and Camilla, after the two men sat down to bilateral talks earlier that day. Continue reading...

• President Donald Trump and King Charles delivered joint remarks on the historic 'special relationship' between the US and UK. • The discussion occurred amid preparations for the United States' 250th anniversary celebrations. • King's address to US Congress included politically charged messages, prompting analysis on their implications for Trump.

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Remarks marking 250th anniversary of American independence tell US lawmakers: ‘The actions of this great nation matter’King Charles has extolled the importance of Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States in a speech to US Congress that made pointed reference to the importance of Nato, the defence of Ukraine and the climate crisis.In a speech that will be read as a veiled plea to Donald Trump to return to the United States’ traditional European alliances and restore his country’s role as a defender of liberal values, Charles said: “America’s words carry weight and meaning, as they have since independence. The actions of this great nation matter even more.” Continue reading...

Nuclear submarine mentioned in part of king’s speech that emphasised defence ties. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll 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...

US president says Americans ‘have had no closer friends than the British’ amid recent tensions between both nationsDonald Trump has praised the “special relationship” between the US and the UK, as he hosted a ceremonial military welcome for Charles and Camilla at the White House.Against a backdrop of recent tensions between London and Washington, the US president, speaking on the second day of King Charles’s state visit, said: “In the centuries since we won our independence, Americans have had no closer friends than the British.” Continue reading...

King will probably press his passion for nature during US state visit, but his advocacy will fall on deaf earsOf the many clashes in worldview between King Charles III and Donald Trump, the greatest is on an issue the White House has sought to silence: the future of the planet.For more than 50 years, as the Prince of Wales, the environmentally minded Charles spoke out frequently, addressing UN summits and closed gatherings alike, to urge better guardianship of nature and strong action on the climate. Continue reading...

Sky Roberts said survivors ‘still fighting to be heard’ after king, whose brother Andrew was accused of assault by Giuffre, did not meet with themThe brother of the late Virginia Giuffre criticized King Charles III for not meeting with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse during his visit to the United States this week.“Survivors are here sitting with members of Congress, still fighting to be heard, still pushing for real accountability, while many of the powerful figures connected to these systems remain just out of reach, unable to acknowledge survivors face to face,” Giuffre’s brother Sky Roberts said. “You would expect this to be a moment for the king to give a message to the world that he stands with survivors.” Continue reading...

A new Chinese outpost at Antelope Reef won’t create legal rights but will shape control over disputed waters, says a maritime law professor from Western Sydney University.

King Charles's state visit to the United States includes high-profile formal events such as a state dinner and a speech to the U.S. Congress. There are also events in New York City and Virginia, where he and Queen Camilla will have a chance to focus on interests and causes they often devote time to — even as the trip garners attention for the broader circumstances surrounding it.

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday afternoon for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed royal fan U.S. President Donald Trump even as the U.S. president ‌has ‌differed with the British government over the Iran war.

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...