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Former Trump accountant tells hush-money trial ex-president ‘personally signed’ checks to Cohen – live
Deb Tarasoff, former Trump Organization accounts supervisor, also says payments to Cohen were coming from Trump personally, not from his trust. Trial resumes with judge warning of jail time for more gag order violationsHere’s a look at Juan ...World - Donald Trump -
Xi Jinping arrives in France with Ukraine and EU trade row at top of agenda
On his first visit to Europe since 2019, Xi is set to meet with Emmanuel Macron before heading to Serbia and Hungary. Xi Jinping has lauded China’s ties with France as a model for the international community as he arrived in Paris amid threats of ...World - Ukraine -
Braverman tells Sunak to ‘own’ dismal election results and ‘fix it’ but says it’s too late for Tories to change leader– UK politics live
Former home secretary says Tory voters are ‘on strike’ and are ‘not coming out to support us’ in wake of dire local and mayoral election results. Labour triumphs in London and West MidlandsBraverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this ...World - United Kingdom -
Suella Braverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this and fix it’
Former home secretary says PM’s ‘plan is not working’ and he needs to change course after local elections drubbing. Suella Braverman has said the Conservatives have run out of time to oust Rishi Sunak but he needs to “own this and fix it”, after ...World -
Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – live
Labour has secured mayoral victories in London, Greater Manchester, Salford, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Liverpool today. Local elections 2024: full council results for EnglandRishi Sunak is braced for the result of key mayoral elections ...World -
Sadiq Khan elected London mayor for third term in further boost for Labour
Labour incumbent beat Tory candidate Susan Hall, despite inaccurate claims by ‘excited Tories’ that she might run him close. UK politics – latest updatesSadiq Khan has been elected mayor of London, winning a historic third term after a dramatic ...World -
Israelis voice sadness and defiance over Gaza protests on US campuses
People in Jerusalem express little sympathy with anti-war demonstrators, with some accusing them of hatred for Israel. At the Jerusalem theatre on Thursday night, concertgoers and staff expressed a mixture of anger, sadness and defiance as weeks ...World - Israel -
Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds
Agency pushing to raise funds as research shows 44 years of development in health and education could be erased by the war. Rebuilding homes in Gaza destroyed during Israel’s seven-month military offensive could take until 2040 in the most ...World -
Middle East crisis live: Rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn, UN says as scale of distruction is ‘huge and unprecedented’
UN agency says reconstruction will require effort on a scale unseen since second world war. The EU has offered Lebanon a financial package of €1bn (£855m / $1.07bn), European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in Beirut on Thursday.. ...World -
Israel under pressure to let more aid into Gaza as hostage talks continue
Antony Blinken holds two-hour meeting with Netanyahu while Hamas considers ceasefire proposal. Israel’s leaders were under renewed pressure to allow more aid into Gaza on Wednesday after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told Benjamin ...World - Israel -
‘Enough with the gaslighting’: Harris responds to Trump’s insistence that he doesn’t back national abortion ban – live
Vice-president calls abortion access a ‘fundamental freedom’ in Florida as state’s six-week ban takes effect. Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effectArizona Democrats to make final push to repeal near-total abortion banGreene wrapped up the ...World - Abortion -
Middle East crisis live: Jordan says some Israeli settlers attacked aid convoys on way to Gaza
Two convoys on the way to Gaza attacked by some Israeli settlers, reports Jordan’s state news agency. See all our Middle East crisis coverageReporting for Al Jazeera from Rafah, Tareq Abu Azzoum has said that Israel appears to have “ramped up ...World - Israel -
Netanyahu vows to raid Rafah ‘with or without’ hostage deal
Mediators renew efforts to secure a truce ahead of invasion of city, where more than 1 million people are sheltering. . . Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will proceed with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah even if renewed ...World -
Pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia ignore ultimatum to clear encampment
University begins suspensions early on Monday evening ‘to ensure safety on campus’ after talks to reach compromise fail. Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters ignored an ultimatum on Monday to abandon their encampment or risk ...World -
Middle East crisis live: ‘measurable progress’ in delivering aid to Gaza but ceasefire ‘most effective’ to address humanitarian suffering, says Blinken
US secretary of state says Iran is biggest source of instability in region but adds many nations interested in ‘path of greater peace’. Biden and Netanyahu speak amid pressure over Rafah and ceasefireAntony Blinken has told a meeting of regional ...World -
Middle East crisis live: Hamas ‘reviewing new Israeli ceasefire proposal’
Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya said the Palestinian militant group was evaluating Israel’s proposal. See all our coverage of the Middle East crisisThree people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, including ...World - Israel -
Ukraine war briefing: Hospitals in Kyiv evacuated over fears of Russian strikes
Evacuations come after comments by head of Belarus KGB, who said buildings hosted military personnel. What we know on day 794. Officials in Ukraine’s capital announced the evacuation of two hospitals – including a children’s hospital – that they ...World - Ukraine -
Hush-money trial live: Trump appears to repeat call for lifting of gag order after Pecker testimony ends
Ex-president rails against ban on attacking key people connected to the trial; longtime Trump assistant asked whether boss distracted while signing checks. Trump defense attorney Emil Bove has resumed his cross-examination of Pecker.. “We were ...World - Donald Trump -
Harvey Weinstein: New York court overturns 2020 rape conviction
Court rules judge who oversaw landmark trial was mistaken in allowing women whose accusations were not part of case to testify. The disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on sex crimes was overturned by a New York appeals ...World - New York -
Europe live: Venice residents protest as city begins visitor charging scheme
Locals say city is against plan and accuse authorities of turning Venice into a ‘theme park’ by charging day trippers for visits. The latest target in Amsterdam’s decade-long battle against overtourism is an unlikely one: river cruises.. City ...World -
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism. Authorities in Venice have been accused of transforming the famous lagoon city into a “theme park” as a long-mooted entrance fee for ...World -
‘Smokescreen’: officials voice concern over US plans for Gaza aid pier
Fears Israel is influencing location of dock away from the north, where famine threat is most severe. A giant floating dock is nearing completion in the eastern Mediterranean from where it will be pushed towards the Gaza shore, but there is ...World -
UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals
Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and stripped. The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has said he was “horrified” by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies at two of Gaza’s largest ...World -
Russia-Ukraine war live: EU ministers fail to pledge Patriot systems to Ukraine at key meeting
Foreign and defence heads stopped short of concrete offers over system that Kyiv values most. A new US package of military aid to Ukraine will not change the situation on the frontlines, where Russia has the upper hand, the Kremlin said.. “The ...World - Ukraine -
Middle East crisis: Iran’s supreme leader calls upon armed forces to ‘learn the enemy’s tactics’
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, thanked the country’s armed forces for their 13 April operation against Israel. At least 34,097 Palestinian people have been killed and 76,980 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ...World -
US House approves $61bn in military aid for Ukraine after months of stalling
Ukrainian president thanks America after Speaker Mike Johnson secures bipartisan support for funding Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. After months of stalling, the US House of Representatives finally approved more than $61bn worth of military ...World - Ukraine -
Taiwan’s new president to take office as China says independence and peace ‘like water and fire’
Lai Ching-te expected to use inauguration speech to call for China and Taiwan to pursue peace. Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te will be sworn into office on Monday, putting him at the helm of the self-ruled island as China ramps up military ...World - China -
Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow says West ‘playing with fire’ over Ukraine
The country’s foreign ministry said the supply of long range weapons to Ukraine by the UK and US had led to an escalation in the conflict. A long-range Ukrainian strike on the Moscow-controlled Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea destroyed three ...World - Ukraine -
French police shoot dead armed man who set fire to Rouen synagogue – Europe live
The attacker was carrying a knife and iron bar, according to local authorities. Chmouel Lubecki, a rabbi in Rouen, said today’s incident was “shocking.”. “It is important to light the candles of Shabbat to exactly show that we are not afraid,” he ...World -
Israel war cabinet split looms as defence minister demands post-war Gaza plan
Yoav Gallant, who Benjamin Netanyahu tried to fire in 2023, says he will not allow Israeli rule of Gaza. A long-festering split at the heart of Israel’s war cabinet has burst into the open with the defence minister, Yoav Gallant, challenging the ...World - Israel -
Nato calls Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill ‘step in wrong direction’ after mass protests in Tbilisi – Europe live
Nato says controversial bill takes Georgia further away from Europe and urges country to change direction and accept peaceful protest. Georgia ‘returning to the past’ with foreign agents law, says presidentSalome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s ...World -
Georgia protests: prime minister hits back at US concerns over ‘foreign agents’ law as thousands close major intersection in Tbilisi – live
Irakli Kobakhidze pushes back against sanctions threat; Heroes Square blocked by demonstrators after controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill passes. Police fire teargas at protesters and MPs brawl as Georgia passes ‘foreign agents’ billPetre ...World -
Russians having ‘tactical success’ in advance on Kharkiv, Ukraine says
Kyiv replaces commander overseeing north-eastern Kharkiv frontline in effort to turn the tide as fighting continues. Ukraine war – live updatesRussian forces continued their advance on Ukraine’s northern Kharkiv region on Monday, achieving ...World - Ukraine -
Ukraine facing ‘difficult’ situation in Kharkiv region, military chief says
Ukrainian commander admits his forces are on the back foot as Russia claims to have taken more villages. Ukraine’s top military commander admitted on Sunday that the situation in the north-eastern Kharkiv region was “difficult” as Russia continued ...World - Ukraine -
Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza
Demonstrators call for deal to bring hostages home as well as elections and PM’s resignation as Israeli troops advance on Rafah. Middle East crisis liveThousands of Israelis joined protests over the weekend calling for a deal to bring home ...World - Israel -
Eurovision 2024 live: Switzerland’s Nemo wins 68th song contest with The Code
25 countries performed in Malmö, amid controversy over Israel’s participation and expulsion of Dutch entry. Want to share thoughts, favourites and the view from where you’re watching? Email us at eurovision@theguardian.comIf you missed the second ...World -
Netherlands’ Eurovision entry disqualified from song contest
Dutch singer and rapper Joost Klein out because of incident involving female member of production crew. Eurovision 2024 – follow it liveThe Netherlands’ entry has been disqualified from the grand final of the Eurovision song contest due to an ...World -
Trump appears frustrated in court while possible Cohen testimony looms
Trump’s demeanor suggests sour mood after Stormy Daniels’s testimony, and news his former lawyer may testify next week promises more angst. Donald Trump arrived at the courtroom for his hush-money criminal trial on Friday, with apparent ...World - Donald Trump -
Ferocious solar storm could give US rare view of northern lights
Large sunspot cluster has produced several moderate to strong solar flares since Wednesday morning, Noaa says. A ferocious solar storm powerful enough to knock out or disrupt satellite and communications systems, the power grid and radio signals ...World -
Number of Palestinians fleeing Rafah rises above 150,000 amid Israeli strikes
People who have already been repeatedly displaced by war describe their plight as they seek safety elsewhere in Gaza. Under a blazing summer sun, tens of thousands of Palestinians fled Israeli bombardment and clashes with Hamas militants in Rafah ...World - Israel