‘Run it straight’ competition announces event with $200k prize despite warnings about viral challenge’s head trauma risk

09/06/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Liberal MP Moira Deeming and Melbourne Storm forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona reportedly join a concussion expert in expressing concernGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe organisers of a “run it straight” competition, in which men deliberately collide with each other, are planning another match despite a neuroscientist and concussion expert’s warning about the social-media-fuelled contest’s dangers.The RUNIT Championship League promised $200,000 in prize money for the next bout in an Instagram post that was published on its official account on Sunday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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California to sue Trump administration for ‘unlawfully’ deploying state’s national guard – live

California to accuse Trump of deploying troops to quell protests over the objections of governor Newsom; state attorney general says ‘there was no risk of rebellion’LA braces for more protests against immigration raidsTrump’s protest response risks politicizing military, veterans warnAbout 300...

09/06/2025 19:19 The Guardian

Democratic senators call on private firm to reveal how it will profit from Trump’s Medicaid cuts

Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden demand answers from Maximus Inc, largest private contractor to states outsourcing benefitsTwo Democratic senators are demanding to know how a company that administers government benefits could profit from Republican-led cuts to Medicaid, the public health insurance pro...

09/06/2025 18:59 The Guardian

Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims

Exclusive: ex-Doge staffer Justin Fulcher suggested he had evidence of wiretap that would help investigationDays before Pete Hegseth fired three top aides last month over a Pentagon leak investigation into the disclosure of classified materials, according to four people familiar with the episode, a...

09/06/2025 18:41 The Guardian

Russia could be ready to attack Nato within five years, says secretary general

In speech in London Mark Rutte says he expects alliance members to agree to raise military spending to 5% of GDPRussia could be ready to attack Nato within five years and leaders of the western alliance are expected to agree to increase military spending to 5% of GDP this month to contain the threat...

09/06/2025 17:47 The Guardian

Canadian PM vows to boost defence spending and reduce dependency on US

Carney says Canada will hit Nato target of 2% of GDP five years ahead of schedule amid ‘dangerous and divided world’Mark Carney has promised to boost defence spending to its highest level in decades, warning that in a “dangerous and divided world”, Canada must reduce its dependence on the US...

09/06/2025 17:28 The Guardian

Trump LA protest response risks turning US military into political force, veterans warn

Memo authorising the military to be deployed against anticipated protests is pre-emptive act – a first for the USLA protests – live updatesThe Trump administration’s deployment of national guard troops to Los Angeles to intervene in civilian protests in the face of opposition from the Californ...

09/06/2025 17:26 The Guardian

Thousands harmed and 87 dead after NHS equipment failures in England

‘Shocking statistics’ prompt calls for government funding to replace broken and obsolete medical devicesWoman suing NHS trust after blade broke off during surgery and lodged itself in her bodyAlmost 100 people have died and 4,000 have been harmed after equipment malfunctions in the NHS in the pa...

09/06/2025 17:01 The Guardian

World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns

Speaking at France summit, António Guterres called for bold pledges to stop deep sea from becoming ‘wild west’Nations must move from “plunder to protection” in order to save the world’s seas from crisis, the UN chief, António Guterres, told the ocean summit on Monday.All countries must c...

09/06/2025 16:56 The Guardian

Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86

Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellersFrederick Forsyth, the author who turned his adventures as a journalist and work with MI6 into bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illne...

09/06/2025 16:42 The Guardian

Reaction to Trump’s crackdown on LA protests splits sharply on party lines

Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘2,000 National Guard is not enough’ as Democrats warn of ‘path toward tyranny’LA protests – live updatesUnrest in Los Angeles has become a microcosm of US political divisions on immigration enforcement operations, with political leaders offering vastly differen...

09/06/2025 15:09 The Guardian

We asked every Australian state why ligature points in jails had not been removed. Here are their responses

Prison authorities tell Guardian Australia what they are doing to make their inmates safeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia has this week published an investigative series revealing the shocking death toll from inaction on known hanging points in Australian...

09/06/2025 15:00 The Guardian

CNN and HBO owner Warner Bros Discovery announces breakup plan

Shares jump 9% before market open as cable operations to be separated from movie studiosWarner Bros Discovery, the mega media conglomerate behind Hollywood movie studios and a string of TV networks, from HBO to CNN, has announced plans to break into two companies in a bid to revive its fortunes.The...

09/06/2025 14:46 The Guardian

India to send first astronaut on mission to International Space Station

Shubhanshu Shukla is part of four-person mission launching on Tuesday from USThe first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station is due to blast off as part of an effort by the world’s most populous nation to catch up with the US, Russia and China in human space flight missions.Shu...

09/06/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Weather tracker: Storms make way for summer heat in Europe

Florence in Italy could hit 39C as hot weather sweeps continent, while parts of South Africa brace for snowThe severe thunderstorms that have been lashing parts of Europe over recent days are expected to give way to high temperatures this week. Several regions could climb to 10C (50F) above seasonal...

09/06/2025 10:59 The Guardian

Minister says spending review will mark ‘end to austerity’, as Home Office yet to agree deal – UK politics live

Chris Bryant acknowledges some budgets will be ‘stretched’ with Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, expected to find cuts elsewhere to boost policeRachel Reeves in standoff over policingGood morning. In theory spending review negotiations can go up to the wire, with the final talks to resolve sti...

09/06/2025 08:45 The Guardian

‘It will lift the spirits’: Kyiv to stage ‘most English of ballets’ after Russian repertoire boycott

Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée to be performed for first time, replacing classics by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky after fundraising in LondonOne of the “most English of ballets” will be performed for the first time at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv after a boycott of the classic...

09/06/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Los Angeles responds with roaring backlash to Trump’s dramatic escalation

The president vowed to crush opposition to his immigration raids – but his attempted show of force may have awoken something else Donald Trump’s administration promised to crush opposition in Los Angeles.Late on Saturday night, the US president deployed national guard soldiers in LA following pr...

09/06/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Miscarriages of justice more likely due to forensic science crisis, report finds

Inquiry warns of rising risk in England and Wales of biased investigations, wrongful convictions and cases collapsing due to missing evidenceThe forensic science sector is in a “graveyard spiral”, according to a parliamentary inquiry that has warned of biased criminal investigations, a rising ri...

09/06/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: whale rescuers try to help humpback entangled in buoy; drivers trapped in heavy snow near Mount Hotham

Humpback whale travelling south off NSW coast trailing rope with coloured buoy from its fin. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria SES confirmed this morning rescues are ongoing after dozens of motorists were trapped in heavy snow near Hotham H...

08/06/2025 22:01 The Guardian

Cuts to UK’s global vaccination funding would risk avoidable child deaths, experts warn

Exclusive: Scientists also say any reduction in Foreign Office funding for vaccine alliance Gavi would harm UK’s soft powerAny cut in UK funding to a global vaccination group would damage soft power and could make British less resilient to infectious diseases, as well as causing avoidable deaths a...

08/06/2025 21:39 The Guardian

Newsom is warned of ‘criminal tax evasion’ if he withholds federal taxes

California governor made threat amid reports Trump is weighing huge federal funding cuts targeting stateThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has warned California governor Gavin Newsom that he would be guilty of “criminal tax evasion” if he withholds his state’s tax payments to the federa...

08/06/2025 19:59 The Guardian

Sanders warns of authoritarianism after Trump deploys national guard to LA

Senator says the future of the US ‘rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better’Bernie Sanders warned of the US’s slide into authoritarianism following Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard to Los Angeles over the city’s protests against f...

08/06/2025 15:41 The Guardian

US attacks on science and research a ‘great gift’ to China on artificial intelligence, former OpenAI board member says

Influential researcher claims disruption in jobs market from generative AI has already begun and warns of possibility of ‘gradual disempowerment to AI’Australia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe US administration’s targeting of aca...

08/06/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Farage is like a tribune for the working class, says former Bank of England economist

Exclusive: Andy Haldane says Labour ‘sloganeering’ will not empower regions where Reform is making headwayNigel Farage is the closest to a “tribune for the working class”, the former Bank of England chief economist has said, in a stark warning for Keir Starmer’s Labour party.Andy Haldane s...

08/06/2025 14:48 The Guardian

Trump tariffs could wipe out European steel sector, senior industry figure says

ThyssenKrupp executive warns of ‘collateral damage’ to supply chains and urges protective action on energy pricingEurope’s steel industry faces being wiped out in the face of Donald Trump’s prohibitive 50% tariffs, high energy costs and a mountain of cheaper Chinese steel, one of Germany’s...

08/06/2025 14:11 The Guardian

Tropical storm Barbara off south-west Mexico coast could become hurricane

US and other nations in the region are expecting active season for potentially ruinous storms in 2025Tropical storm Barbara has formed off the south-west coast of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center said early on Sunday, and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Monday.No coastal watche...

08/06/2025 13:51 The Guardian

Russian forces closing in on Sumy city three years after Ukraine forced them out of region

Independent monitors confirm Kremlin claims of new and symbolically important advances in east of UkraineRussian military units appear to be within 18 miles (29km) of the city of Sumy, three years after Ukraine forced them out of the northern region, while also making new and symbolically important...

08/06/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Booming US gambling industry a ‘highway without speed limits’, top regulator warns

John Maynard tells Guardian the US must consider new rules on betting ads as operators lobby against federal crackdownThe US gambling industry has become a “highway without speed limits”, according to a top state regulator, as the nationwide gambling boom continues at pace.Jordan Maynard, chair...

08/06/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Cuts to BBC World Service funding would ‘make us less safe’, MPs tell ministers

Reducing budget would involve closing parts of institution promoting UK soft power abroad, leaving gap for Russia to push propagandaHours before Rachel Reeves stood up to deliver her budget last year, government officials were still in tense negotiations with bosses at the BBC over how much the Worl...

08/06/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests

California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown• Explainer: How can Trump use the national guard on US soil?Donald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an...

08/06/2025 04:14 The Guardian

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