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US president publicly warns that his administration will not provide the weapons for an offensive on RafahIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesJoe Biden has issued a blunt warning to Israel that his administration will stop supplying bombs and artillery shells if its military pushes ahead with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in what could mark the start of a turning point...

Far-right congresswoman booed on House floor before chamber votes 359-43 to kill proposal to remove Johnson from postThe House easily quashed Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolution to oust the Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, on Wednesday, as members of both parties came together in a rare moment of bipartisanship to keep the chamber open for business.The vote on the motion to table Greene’s resolution was...

The decision to place a weapons shipment on hold sends a message to Netanyahu that the US dog is beginning to regain control of its tailIn placing a hold on a shipment of US-made bombs to Israel, and warning there could be more restrictions to come, Joe Biden is sending a message to Benjamin Netanyahu that his administration is no longer prepared to be...

Juan Merchan says he will impose jail sanction upon former president if he continues to discuss trial witnesses or jurorsDonald Trump’s criminal hush-money trials enters its 13th day Tuesday, following the judge’s warning that the ex-president could face jail if he kept violating a gag order.The proceedings on Monday – which featured testimony from Deborah Tarasoff, a Trump Organization accounts payable supervisor, and Jeffrey...

University and police denounced as masked group marched on campus and attacked pro-Palestinian demonstrators last weekThe University of California, Los Angeles, said that it would create a new office dedicated to campus safety following mounting criticism of authorities’ slow response to a brutal attack on pro-Palestinian protesters by a mob of “instigators”.The school’s chancellor, Gene Block, said on Sunday that urgent changes were needed...

Officials say Staff Sgt Gordon Black, 34, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to TexasAn American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, according to two US officials.US officials said the soldier, Staff Sgt Gordon Black, 34, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to Fort Cavazos in...

Families of two Australians and American who went missing in Baja California have identified the bodies, officials sayMexican authorities have identified the three dead bodies found in a well in Mexico as Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and their travelling companion, Jack Carter Rhoad.The trio, who went missing in the Pacific coast state of Baja California, were killed with gunshots to the head,...

Largely white, male group taunts pro-Palestinian protesters on campus and one man makes racist gesture towards Black womanDozens of students at the University of Mississippi gathered this week to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza and to call for the state’s flagship university to be transparent in its potential dealings with Israel.There were hundreds of counter-protesters, in contrast to the few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters....

Officers in riot gear raid encampment at dawn as university warns demonstrators that failure to leave could lead to arrestPolice have dismantled the student-led Palestinian solidarity encampment at the University of Southern California.About 4am on Saturday, as many as 100 Los Angeles police officers in riot gear raided the encampment at dawn as anti-war student demonstrators slept in the tents. In a series of...

Yolanda George, mother of Christopher Gilbert, calls on police to make arrest after incident in Louisiana in AprilThe family of a 26-year-old Louisiana man who has brain damage after a friend allegedly pushed him into a lake despite him being unable to swim is calling on authorities to deliver them justice.Christopher Gilbert’s family’s pleas came after he nearly drowned on 14 April while at...

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, read our coverage here. Judge Juan Merchan was referring to a claim Donald Trump made while addressing the media yesterday outside of court.Speaking to reporters after court adjourned for the day on Thursday, the former president said:I’m not allowed to testify. I’m under a gag order. I guess, right?I’m not...

Russians in separate compound and do not have access to US forces or equipment, says defence secretaryUkraine war – live updatesThe US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, has confirmed Russian security forces have been deployed to the same airbase as American troops in the Nigerien capital, Niamey.It remains unclear when the Russian troops, who have been in Niger for weeks, were deployed to Airbase...

Move puts forces in close proximity at a time when military and diplomatic rivalry is increasing over UkraineUkraine will at some point have to enter into talks with Russia to bring an end to their more than two-year-old war, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said in an interview published on Thursday.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly ruled out talks with the Kremlin, and a...

Irakli Kobakhidze tries to draw a parallel between a crackdown on protests in Georgia and police action on US campusesIn a joint statement yesterday, a group of members of the European parliament said they are “deeply worried about the situation in Georgia” and “condemn the violence against peaceful protesters and opposition politicians.”David McAllister, Marina Kaljurand and Sven Mikser said they “have already expressed our...

One tornado in Oklahoma was the first of 2024 to be rated as EF-4, the second most severe categorySevere thunderstorms affected parts of the United States last week, spawning at least 129 tornadoes across midwestern and southern states between 25 and 28 April. The majority occurred on 26 April, with most touching down in Nebraska and Iowa.Two that formed were particularly large and long-lived,...

Court hears that Keith Davidson texted National Enquirer editor on night of Trump’s 2016 victory to say ‘What have we done?’Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial enters its 11th day following raucous testimony about his increasingly unhinged underling and the tawdry business of celebrity sex scandals.Keith Davidson, the attorney representing Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, returned to the witness stand on Thursday. Davidson was grilled...

Move comes after west African country’s military government had told US to withdraw its troopsRussian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger that is hosting American troops, after a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces from the country.The military officers ruling the west African country have told the US to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel, which until a coup last...

College under federal investigation after students with Palestinian and Muslim ancestry allege ‘hostile environment’, Guardian learnsThe US government has opened an investigation into Emory University’s alleged discrimination against students with Palestinian, Muslim or Arab ancestry since 7 October, the Guardian has exclusively learned.The US education department notified the Council on American Islamic Relations, Georgia, or Cair-GA, and Palestine Legal, a national organization, on Tuesday...

Los Angeles mayor calls late-night attack by counter-demonstrators ‘abhorrent’ as footage shows people wielding sticksUS campus protests – live updatesProtests at university campuses across the US – in picturesThe University of California in Los Angeles was reeling on Wednesday following a late-night violent attack by counter-demonstrators on a pro-Palestinian protest encampment, as the state’s governor condemned a slow response from law enforcement to some...

Riyadh seeks more modest agreement with Washington in absence of Gaza ceasefire and Netanyahu resistance to Palestinian stateThe US and Saudi Arabia have drafted a set of agreements on security and technology-sharing which were intended to be linked to a broader Middle East settlement involving Israel and the Palestinians.However, in the absence of a ceasefire in Gaza and in the face of adamant resistance...

The writer of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and 4 3 2 1 – known for his stylised postmodernist fiction – has died from complications of lung cancerPaul Auster, the author of 34 books including the acclaimed New York Trilogy, has died aged 77.The author died on Tuesday due to complications from lung cancer, his friend and fellow author Jacki Lyden confirmed to the...

Police say four officers who died serving warrant over firearms possession were ‘heroes’ as investigation into shooting continuesEight law-enforcement officers were shot, four fatally, during a shootout on Monday outside a home in North Carolina while serving a warrant to someone wanted for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. It was the deadliest attack on US law enforcement since 2016.Three of the four...

US campus protests escalate after students suspended, while dozens arrested in Texas, Utah and VirginiaMiddle East crisis – live updatesDozens of protesters have taken over a building at Columbia University in New York, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses across the US.Video...

Gary Farro, who last week described financial arrangements related to alleged catch-and-kill scheme, to resume testimonyDonald Trump’s New York criminal trial enters its third week on Tuesday morning with additional testimony from a private banker who last week described financial maneuvering related to the ex-president’s alleged catch-and-kill scheme.The trial on Friday adjourned for the week following testimony from Gary Farro. In 2015, Farro became...