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More than 1,700 confined on cruise ship in Bordeaux after suspected norovirus death – Europe live
Operator says majority of passengers on board of cruise ship stuck are British, while about 50 people are showing symptomsResponding to the Guardian’s questions, the operator also confirmed that the vast majority of the 1,187 guests on board are British. There are also 514 crew members.Ambassador Cr...
Marine Le Pen’s party hits back at Kylian Mbappé comments
Captain of French football team expressed concerns about far-right National Rally party gaining powerThe French football captain, Kylian Mbappé, has angered Marine Le Pen’s far-right party after expressing concerns about it winning next year’s presidential election.Mbappé, 27, who grew up in Paris’s...
Marine Le Pen’s party hits back at Kylian Mbappé criticism
Captain of French football team expressed concerns about far-right National Rally party gaining powerThe French football captain, Kylian Mbappé, has angered Marine Le Pen’s far-right party after expressing concerns about it winning next year’s presidential election.Mbappé, 27, who grew up in Paris’s...
Trump Is in China as Iran War Continues With No End in Sight
Before leaving Washington on Tuesday, the president reiterated threats to decimate Iran if it doesn’t agree to a deal to resolve the conflict.
Has Labor’s tax reform killed ‘rent-vesting’ for young Australians seeking a foothold in the housing market?
Changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing will make the strategy of renting in a preferred area while buying a cheaper property elsewhere less attractive, experts sayExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breakin...
Man dies in Sydney prison unit that watchdog wanted shut down because it ‘cannot provide a safe environment’
Exclusive: Young inmate took own life in Long Bay prison five months after independent inspector warned of ‘ligature points in cells across all areas’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 19-year-old man has died in a Sydne...
Palestinian peak body refused leave to appear at royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion
Australia Palestine Advocacy Network says criticism of Israel is routinely misrepresented as antisemitic – and that Palestinian voices are being excluded from debateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPalestinian voices are...
Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds
Researchers say rise not inevitable and it is important to unpick what is behind differences in obesity trendsA continuing rise in obesity around the world is not inevitable, research suggests, with rates in some countries levelling off or potentially in decline.Researchers say focusing on what has ...
Why budget rhetoric won’t match reality for many younger Australians
Figures show the treasurer’s reforms will make the tax system fairer but some will not have the advantages enjoyed by their parents As Jim Chalmers was doing the round of the parliamentary press gallery on Tuesday, he was encouraging journalists to see the tax reforms in the budget as the most ambit...
Shots fired in Philippine senate where senator accused of crimes against humanity was hiding
Gunfire broke out in the Philippine senate where a senator is holed up trying to avoid arrest over claims of crimes against humanity.
Gunshots fired in Philippines senate in standoff with senator wanted by ICC
Ronald dela Rosa, accused of crimes against humanity by international criminal court, has holed up in building to evade arrestGunshots have been fired in the Philippines senate as a senator who is wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) remained holed up in the building to evade arrest.Rona...
Gunshots fired in Philippines senate in standoff with senator Ronald dela Rosa
Senator accused of crimes against humanity by international criminal court has holed up in building to evade arrestGunshots have been fired in the Philippines senate as a senator who is wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) remained holed up in the building to evade arrest.Ronald dela Ros...
Russian drone attacks kill 13 in Ukraine after ceasefire expires
Attacks are continuing after Ukraine's president warned of "more waves" of Russian strikes throughout Wednesday.
Trump urged to rule out ‘unlawful’ Cuba takeover and stop using Guantánamo Bay for migrant detention
Exclusive: In letter seen by the Guardian, 30 members of Congress warn US president’s Cuba military operation would worsen ‘mass suffering’More than 30 members of Congress have urged Donald Trump’s top officials to end the use of the Guantánamo Bay naval base for immigrant detention and rule out any...
Thousands of Waymos recalled after robotaxi swept into a creek
The voluntary recall follows an incident on 20 April where an empty Waymo car entered a flooded road in San Antonio, Texas.
‘Failed experiment in human suffering’: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close
State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next monthSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailAn alliance of environmental groups and immigration advocates has welcomed what looks to be the imminent closure of Alligator Alcatraz, the ...
Can Hungary’s Magyar deliver on his promises of reform and restore a relationship to the EU?
The country’s new leadership has pledged to reverse years of democratic backsliding, but they must act quickly• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereUnder blue skies on Saturday, crowds cheered as the EU flag was raised on the facade of the Hungarian parliament after a long ...
Woman isolating on British island in South Pacific after hantavirus contact
The woman who was on a virus-hit ship shows "no signs of illness", the government of Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory, says.
Why A.I. is the Hidden Minefield of Trump’s China Visit
The leaders of both countries are expected to discuss the risks from artificial intelligence, but neither country is willing to be the first to slow down.
Starmer has ‘full confidence’ in Streeting despite allies saying he is planning to resign – UK politics live
No 10 confirms Streeting is still health secretary despite reports he could launch a leadership bid as early as tomorrowStreeting to resign and challenge Starmer, allies sayFarage faces inquiry over £5m gift from crypto billionaireLibby Brooks is the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent.An odd dispute ...
France confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus outbreak
About 50 people on vessel carrying mostly British and Irish passengers have symptoms, say officialsFrench authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a suspected norovirus outbreak, officials have said.The vessel, Ambition, which is...
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge
In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.
Pete Hegseth to headline DC faith rally with far-right and Christian nationalist speakers
Lineup to include pastor who called Democratic platform ‘demonic’, Christian author who said he would die in fight to overturn 2020 election and rabbi who has defended tortureThe defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, will this weekend headline a faith rally on the National Mall in Washington DC hosted by...
‘The guards could not speak without yelling’: life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee
US authorities arrested French citizen Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé after she missed an immigration appointmentThe wailing at the Louisiana immigration detention facility began at night, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé remembered, back at home in France. “Children crying, and even babies.”The 85-year-old’s deten...