With Possible Iran Strike Looming, U.S. Says Staff Can Leave Israel, and Urges Speed
In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”
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UK withdraws Tehran embassy staff as concern grows over threat of US strikes
The US embassy in Israel has also told some non-emergency staff they can leave the country if they wish.
Greens win Gorton and Denton: is this a turning point for UK politics? – The Latest
The Green Party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gordon and Denton byelection in a major blow to Keir Starmer. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England, with Labour pushed into third place behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK despite having a 13,000-vote majority.Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s north of England correspondent Hannah Al-Othman, who lives in the constituency and was at the count overnight – watch on YouTube Continue reading...
Bill Clinton testifies about ties to Jeffrey Epstein: ‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong’ – live
Former president tells House oversight committee he is cooperating in the Epstein investigation out of love of country and desire for victims to healSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts direct to your inboxJames Comer, the chair of the House oversight committee, said the committee’s list of questions for Bill Clinton grew longer after Hillary Clinton’s deposition yesterday, where she deferred a host of questions to her husband.“So we already had a big portfolio of questions for him, and that increased yesterday,” Comer said at a press conference outside the building where the closed-door deposition was set to begin shortly. Continue reading...
PM vows to ‘keep fighting’ after Greens sweep past Labour and Reform to win byelection – UK politics live
Green party’s Hannah Spencer secures victory in Gorton and Denton as Reform UK finish second and Labour is pushed into thirdAnalysis: Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for StarmerReform activists are “hearing Matt Goodwin has all but conceded defeat to the Greens”, the UK poll aggregator Britain Elects has posted on X.The Green party has predicted a “seismic moment” in UK politics, with a party source telling the Press Association:Things are feeling positive. Not wanting to get ahead of ourselves, but everything that we thought that was going to be happening looks like it’s happening … Whatever happens, I think it’s fair to say that Greens are here to stay now as a progressive voice in British politics. Continue reading...
Labour leadership truce holds for now but clock is ticking for Starmer
Countdown to May has begun and dejected Labour MPs want to see in that time PM is capable of changeUK politics live – latest updatesWhen Labour’s Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, urged Keir Starmer to stand down two weeks ago, the prime minister’s closest advisers presented him with a choice: fight, flight or hand over his destiny to his party by calling a leadership contest.The prime minister chose the first option and his Downing Street team sprung into action to contain the threat. At the moment of greatest peril for Starmer, MPs peered over the precipice and didn’t like what they saw. Continue reading...
Tram derails in Milan, leaving one dead and dozens injured
The crowded tram was travelling in the centre of Milan at rush hour when it appeared to crash into the side of a building.
Venezuela’s Capital, Laid Low by Misrule, Is Stirring Back to Life
New restaurants are popping up in Caracas. Nightclubs are bursting at the seams. The streets are eerily safe — with big exceptions. Could a revival be on the horizon?
Were Duterte’s Speeches Orders to Kill or Hyperbole?
Judges at the International Criminal Court have heard starkly different interpretations this week of the words of former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.
At least 55 Ghanaian men killed after Russia ‘lures’ them to fight Ukraine
Reports of African men being attracted to Russia by promises of jobs and ending up on Ukraine’s frontlines have become more frequentAt least 55 Ghanaians have been killed in Russia’s war with Ukraine after being “lured into battle”, Ghana’s foreign minister has said after a visit to Kyiv in which officials raised the issue of Russian recruitment of African people.Reports of African men being attracted to Russia by promises of jobs and ending up on Ukraine’s frontlines have become more frequent in recent months, creating tensions between Moscow and some of the countries involved. Continue reading...