The Guardian

Senate blocks surveillance bill in dispute over Trump’s intelligence pick

Seven Republican senators joined Democrats to block Fisa extension amid disquiet over nomination of Bill PulteUS politics live – latest updatesSeven Republican senators joined Democrats early on Friday to block the extension of a powerful government surveillance program, a rebuke to Donald Trump for choosing an inexperienced ally as the country’s top intelligence official.The renewal had been in question amid bipartisan concern over the US president’s appointment of Bill Pulte, a major Republica

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BBC World

Singer Fally Ipupa's pride at being given major DR Congo honour

He follows the late great Papa Wemba in becoming a knight of the National Order of the Leopard.

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

Quarter of UK musicians have lost all EU work since 2021, report finds

Average tour earnings down 45%, with nearly three-fifths of musicians saying touring in Europe is no longer viableMore than a quarter of British musicians have lost all their EU work since 2021, according to new research.The report by European Movement UK, a cross-party campaign group advocating closer UK-EU relations, found that nearly half of UK musicians have seen their EU work reduced since 2021, while more than a quarter have lost it entirely. Continue reading...

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

Trump lawyers refuse to reveal financial information to BBC in defamation case

Request for evidence to support claims of reputational and financial harm from Panorama documentary dismissed as ‘fishing expedition’Donald Trump’s legal team has rejected a request by the BBC to hand over financial information as part of his $10bn defamation case against the broadcaster.The US president’s lawyers accused the BBC of a “fishing expedition”, according to court filings, after the broadcaster’s representatives asked for details to get evidence on Trump’s claims he suffered reputatio

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The Guardian

Man jailed over 2003 Salford rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly imprisoned

Paul Quinn, 52, to serve 24 years for attack that led to one of worst miscarriages of justice in modern British historyA man who evaded justice for nearly two decades has been jailed for 24 years for a “savage” rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly imprisoned.Paul Quinn, 52, was found guilty of the 2003 attack in Salford after a fresh forensic analysis found traces of his DNA on the victim’s clothing. Continue reading...

general  Jun 5, 2026

BBC World

Ireland issues travel bans for two Israeli ministers

The bans for Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are confirmed by the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin.

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

UK-EU ‘reset’ summit may still happen next month despite delay speculation

EU’s Maroš Šefčovič says summit will ‘probably’ be in July but sources say it could be put back as talks deadlockedUK politics live – latest updatesThe EU has said Keir Starmer’s upcoming summit “resetting” the UK-Europe relationship may still happen in July, amid growing fears it could be postponed to the autumn as talks over youth mobility remain deadlocked.“The summit is supposed to be mid-July but at the moment it could be put back to after the summer,” said one EU diplomat. Continue reading

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

Red states push conservative rebrands of Pride month in backlash to LGBTQ+ celebrations

Republican states rebrand June as ‘nuclear family month’ or ‘fidelity month’ in latest attack on LGBTQ+ communitiesJune is widely marked as gay Pride month – when LGBTQ+ communities march to protest discrimination and celebrate their identities in the month that the modern US gay liberation movement was born out of the 1969 uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn – although not so much in certain Republican-led states this year.Some Republican governors have suddenly come up with alternative labels

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WSJ World News

American Pleads Guilty to Working as Chinese Agent in U.S.

Thomas Pauken II is the latest in a series of prosecutions of Americans accused of secretly working for Beijing.

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

What National Audit Office report reveals about royals’ property affairs

King footing bill for Beatrice and Eugenie, and Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh subletting among findingsA report that revealed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received undisclosed private income from subletting three cottages on his Royal Lodge estate in Windsor while paying a peppercorn rent to the crown estate also shines a spotlight on the property arrangements of other members of the royal family.The National Audit Office findings include the revelation that King Charles foots the bill for Princes

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

Ruling removes ‘vital’ UK safeguards for severely disabled people, charities warn

Campaigners say supreme court judgment on deprivation of liberty safeguards introduces ‘regressive legal standard’Severely disabled people will be at heightened risk of abuse in care homes and hospitals after the biggest upheaval in disability law in a generation overturned “vital” legal safeguards, campaigners have warned.They said a supreme court judgment that potentially strips the right of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people to independent checks on the safety and appropriateness of t

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

Unseen Edith Wharton short story is published more than a century later

The Men Who Saved the World, the Pulitzer winner’s lost manuscript found in Yale archives, appears in Strand magazineA never-before-published short story by Edith Wharton, the first female Pulitzer prize winner, who encapsulated the so-called gilded age of US society in bestselling novels including The Age of Innocence, received a first public airing on Friday.The Men Who Saved the World, discovered in the author’s archives at Yale University, appears in the Strand, a quarterly magazine that has

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

Man who stabbed ex-partner 17 times at office in Hampshire jailed for 26 years

Anwar Ashraf, 39, forced his way into building in Whiteley, where Carla Skeites was workingA man has been jailed for 26 years for attempted murder after he stormed into his ex-partner’s office building and stabbed her 17 times in front of colleagues.Anwar Ashraf, 39, forced his way into the office in Whiteley, Hampshire, where Carla Skeites was working, having bombarded her with messages demanding her to go outside to speak to him. Continue reading...

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

British Heart Foundation to close 150 charity shops as costs rise

Shoppers turning to online options also affects BHF, which has carried out review of retail armThe British Heart Foundation is to close about 150 shops and cut jobs, as rising costs and the shift to online shopping makes about a quarter of the charity’s high street locations commercially unsustainable.The charity carried out a review of its retail arm, which employs almost 3,700 staff, after net profit across its 640 UK stores plunged from £18.8m in 2024 to £3.6m in the year to 31 March 2025. Co

general  Jun 5, 2026

BBC World

Is there an AI stock market bubble, and is it ready to burst?

Despite the Iran war, inflation and debt fears, US markets keep hitting record highs, fueled largely by AI. BBC's Samira Hussain looks into whether that bubble will burst.

general  Jun 5, 2026

BBC World

Ukraine strikes cargo ships and admits Romania drone blast as Putin prepares for key speech

Ukraine says it struck five ships carrying illegal cargo in the Sea of Azov and in coastal waters of Russian-occupied territories.

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

US added 172,000 jobs in May as labor market shows signs of resilience

Government figures show unemployment rate at 4.3% amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty from Iran warUS employers added 172,000 jobs in May while the country’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, a sign of a resilient labor market despite rising inflation and economic uncertainty brought on by continued conflict in the Middle East.Economists initially predicted there would be about 80,000 new jobs and a steady unemployment rate of 4.3%. Job figures for March and April were also revis

general  Jun 5, 2026

WSJ World News

With Ukraine Stronger on the Battlefield, Zelensky Offers to Meet Putin

The Ukrainian president, writing his first letter to his Russian counterpart since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion, aims to unfreeze peace talks.

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

‘Oyster card for the north’ could save commuters £276 a year, thinktank says

Proponents say scheme could generate up to £2.7bn in five years by making travel around north of England easier A proposed travel card for northern England modelled on London’s Oyster system could save commuters up to £276 a year, data shows.Users would tap in and out across different transport networks and fares would be automatically capped at the cheapest available rate. Continue reading...

general  Jun 5, 2026

The Guardian

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner wedding divides Palermo: ‘I could understand if it was for the pope’

While some residents are proud to host celebrations, others lament road closures and city’s transformation into a ‘theme park’Concetta Chillemi was chatting to friends outside her shop next to Palermo’s gallery for modern art housed in a sublime baroque church in the city’s historic centre. A few metres away, an Italian TV crew had its camera trained on the tiny square in front of the church where event staff in black T-shirts scurried around in the heat.They were preparing for the arrival of th

general  Jun 5, 2026