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Mississippi police say more arrests to come in death of woman found hanging from tree
Officials still investigating death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman, a day after man’s arrest in relation to killingMississippi police said on Saturday they were still investigati…
Number of UK anti-migrant vigilante groups surges in last 18 months
Exclusive: Many ‘use community protection as a cover for racist thuggery’, raising concerns about fresh disorderAt least 28 anti-migrant vigilante groups have formed in the UK in …
‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systemsThe CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on…
Burial of King Oyo takes place in Uganda as news anchor prepares for throne
Royal guards carry casket through streets of Fort Portal amid row over appointment of Edward Rukidi KijanangomaUganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, long the world’s y…
Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskier
Party can boost its campaign power with funds from billionaire backers, but it can also lose support from ordinary BritonsAll things being equal, pretty much any political strateg…
Taxes wouldn’t fund $5,000 Trump ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary
Lutnick said $500bn of estimated $1tn needed to fund checks to all US adults could come from new visa programDonald Trump’s controversial proposal to give a $5,000 “dividend” to a…
Six Nigerians extradited to US over $6M online romance scam
Alleged members of Black Axe criminal network that swindled US women out of $6m flown from South AfricaSix Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedl…
Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77
Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David CronenbergJeremy Thomas, the distinguished British producer of films including Sexy Beas…
IDF soldier filmed shooting Palestinian in leg amid West Bank settler standoff
Incident is latest to raise questions over Israel’s ability or willingness to stop violent settlers in occupied territoryAn Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man, wounding him in…
Nashville airport board unanimously approves name change to honor Dolly Parton
The city’s mayor and Tennessee’s governor threw their support behind the name change last monthThe Nashville airport is to be renamed after Dolly Parton, a board of commissioners …
Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united Ireland
US president say on visit to republic that unification will happen eventually so ‘may as well happen now’• Trump’s visit to Ireland – live updatesDonald Trump has said he would “l…
Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention
Crowd member repeatedly said some Democrats ‘should be shot’ during Ted Cruz’s speech, without senator respondingOn the night Republicans gathered to mourn the killing of Charlie …
‘I love the boldness of modernism’: New York fashion week goes highbrow
Georgia O’Keeffe inspires the latest Calvin Klein while Michael Kors feels indebted to Alexander CalderCalvin Klein has taken a highbrow turn in the two years since Veronica Leoni…
Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo
Party leader, Nigel Farage, says he is humbled by the contributions from cryptocurrency billionairesThe cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK…
Calls for investigation after video shows ICE officers using batons on protesters
Residents in Frederick, Maryland, shaken after clashes as activists decry violence from officers as ‘unconscionable’Political leaders in Maryland are calling for investigations in…
Jamaican delegation defends legal route of petition to King Charles for slavery reparations
Petition to king, who remains Jamaica’s head of state, is formally lodged in landmark visit to UK by officialsA palpable surge of emotion swept through Brixton’s New Park Road Bap…
Registered sex offender was allowed to participate at South Carolina church for decades
The Brookwood Church in Simpsonville only just disqualified Jerry Sidell from serving there in any capacityA registered sex offender who was sentenced to prison in the 1980s after…
US scientists turn to chickens to sound the alarm as West Nile cases rise
Chickens – which can test positive for viruses but cannot spread them – an ideal early warning system for mosquito-borne diseaseThe start of West Nile virus transmission began unu…
Heatwaves hit the Sunday roast: why the RHS says cauliflower is off the menu
Charity urges gardeners in England to swap thirsty brassicas for drought-tolerant cropsThey are an integral part of the British Sunday roast – but cauliflowers are now going to be…
Beyond the heatwave: what it really takes for climate warnings to cut through in the UK
As trust in institutions wavers, experts say local, collective action is more effective in driving changeWildfires, excess deaths, hosepipe bans, school closures: this summer many…
Xi Jinping gets red carpet at Brics summit amid thaw in India-China relations
Chinese president’s arrival in Delhi seen as step towards reconciliation after deadly 2020 military clashThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has received a red-carpet welcome in In…
Trump personality cult alive and well in Dallas – will it power Republican midterm success?
President the star of the show at two-day convention, but party’s plan to treat November elections as referendum on Trump himself poses grave risks“We’re going to have a good time…
London Underground workers exposed to asbestos without protective masks, documents reveal
Hundreds of staff may have worked without legally required face-fitted masks over 20 yearsHundreds of London Underground workers could have been exposed to asbestos for almost 20 …
Donald Trump lands in Dublin for two-day Ireland visit – live
US president will hold talks with Ireland’s leftwing president Catherine Connolly, and play golfThe US president arrived in Dublin on the controversially gifted Boeing aircraft gi…
AI may be denting computer science graduates’ job prospects, UK data shows
Economics graduates also appear to be affected as demand for them falls in well-paid roles in financeAI may be warping the job prospects for students in the previously high-demand…
Thousands of ebikes seized by London councils as anger rises over blocked paths
Operators blame lack of parking and councils bemoan lack of central regulation, as more than 3,000 badly parked bikes seizedLondon boroughs have seized at least 3,000 ebikes this …
Saudi Arabia shuts down oil pipeline, blaming drones from Iraq
Riyadh has increased its use of the East-West pipeline since the start of the Middle East war to bypass the closure of the strait of HormuzSaudi authorities said Friday drones lau…
From black-clad agitators to an appeal for ‘Tommo’s Mum’: an unsettling week with the Patriot Platform
A militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in tactics and rhetoricShortly after 7am last Saturday in the Eng…
Sweden’s extremely close election could see far right enter government
Latest poll shows 0.3-point gap between left and right blocs, with country’s reputation as global champion of human rights said to be at stakeSweden goes to the polls on Sunday in…
Artist delights in beautiful ‘mess’ and dead trees of England’s rewilding sites
Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibitionRewilding areas do not usually conform to traditional notions of bea…