Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats

07/06/2025 18:32 The Guardian

US president says he’s ‘too busy doing other things’ to try to reconcile with erstwhile ally and campaign backerDonald Trump warned Elon Musk on Saturday that he faces “very serious consequences” if he funds Democratic candidates following the pair’s epic public bust-up this week.The warning, delivered in an interview with NBC News scheduled to broadcast on Sunday, follows days of feuding and threats after Musk called Republicans’ budget legislation an “abomination”. Continue reading...

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Professor sues University of California for suspension over comments about Israel’s war in Gaza

Rupa Marya, a doctor and professor at the university’s San Francisco campus, says her free speech rights were violatedA professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, says the university violated her freedom of speech rights by suspending her for her online comments about Is...

07/06/2025 15:55 The Guardian

Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event

The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far rightAn international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US and planning a new paramilitary training event without fear of local authorities or the FBI, which once d...

07/06/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns

NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to addressKabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have warned.Water levels within Kabul’s aquifers have dropped by up to 30 metres over the past decade owing to r...

07/06/2025 09:00 The Guardian

As US retreats, is there a ‘soft power’ opportunity for UK?

Ministers see urgency of west’s declining influence, but funding for institutions such as BBC World Service is tightMinisters accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over UK’s soft power around the worldThe US is retreating from international cooperation, cutting support for free media abroad...

07/06/2025 09:00 The Guardian

Federal prosecutor reportedly quit over concern Ábrego García indictment was politically motivated – as it happened

This blog has now closed.Kilmar Ábrego García returned from El Salvador to face criminal charges in USTesla shares rose on Friday as investors took some comfort from White House aides scheduling a call with CEO Elon Musk to broker peace after a public feud with President Donald Trump, reports Reut...

07/06/2025 01:34 The Guardian

Texas measles outbreak ‘on the decline’, officials say

Case count remains at 742 with no new cases but officials warn outbreak that has killed two children could flare againThe measles outbreak that began sweeping across west Texas earlier this year is showing signs of slowing, according to the state’s health services department.For the first time sin...

06/06/2025 20:20 The Guardian

Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says

Government defence expert Fiona Hill warns UK to respond to threats by becoming more cohesive and resilientRussia is at war with Britain, the US is no longer a reliable ally and the UK has to respond by becoming more cohesive and more resilient, according to one of the three authors of the strategic...

06/06/2025 17:32 The Guardian

Thunderstorms and heavy rain warning issued for parts of England and Wales

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06/06/2025 15:36 The Guardian

Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb

Three emergency workers killed and 20 people wounded as missiles and drones strike Ukrainian capitalRussia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at Kyiv overnight after Vladimir Putin vowed to respond to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb attack on some of the Kremlin’s nuclear-capable bomber...

06/06/2025 14:39 The Guardian

US jobs market slows down as businesses cope with Trump trade war uncertainty

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06/06/2025 14:18 The Guardian

Trump and Musk’s very public feud is like Alien v Predator for political nerds

It was always going to end this way for two megalomaniacs devoted to fame, money and the far right“Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy,” Donald Trump observed in the Oval Office on Thursday. “They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a park, and you try and pull them...

06/06/2025 12:45 The Guardian

New UK AI datacentre could cause five times emissions of Birmingham airport

Exclusive: emissions from power-hungry warehouses at Lincolnshire facility expected to be 850,000 tonnes a yearA vast new datacentre to feed Britain’s rising demand for artificial intelligence could cause more greenhouse gas emissions than five international airports.Elsham datacentre in Lincolnsh...

06/06/2025 12:10 The Guardian

Labour warned to keep spending review in line with net zero or face legal action

Exclusive: Friends of the Earth tells Keir Starmer any major green cuts by Rachel Reeves will be challengedUK politics live – latest updatesIf the decisions the UK government makes in its upcoming spending review are not in line with the net zero climate target it risks being taken to court again,...

06/06/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Trump and Musk joust in astonishing social media duel | First Thing

The world’s richest man called for the US president’s impeachment, and in return Trump threatened to scrap subsidies for Musk’s companies. Plus, a university paid private investigators to snoop on campus activistsDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Elon Musk...

06/06/2025 10:57 The Guardian

Hedge fund orders London-based analysts back to office five days a week

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06/06/2025 09:47 The Guardian

News live: Australian navy ship accidentally blocks wifi across parts of New Zealand; Sunday forecast to be ‘coldest day of the year’ for some areas

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06/06/2025 07:03 The Guardian

Russia attacks Ukraine with missiles and drones – as it happened

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06/06/2025 02:32 The Guardian

Endangered sharks being killed at alarming levels in Pacific, Greenpeace claims, after cutting 20km of vessel’s longline

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06/06/2025 02:28 The Guardian

War of words between president and former adviser escalates – as it happened

This blog is closed. Musk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalatesTesla share plunge amid Trump feud wipes $152bn off companyMusk says SpaceX will retire Dragon spacecraftPresident Vladimir Putin told US president Donald Trump that he was ready to use Russia’s close partners...

06/06/2025 02:14 The Guardian

Australians may soon be able to download iPhone apps from outside Apple App Store under federal proposal

Tech company warns government not to follow EU in forcing platform to allow third-party payments and app downloadsAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians could soon be able to download apps outside the Apple App Store and avo...

06/06/2025 02:00 The Guardian

Record number of ebike fires in UK prompts renewed risk warnings

Fire services responded to 211 ebike and e-scooter fires in 2024 as London film brigade warns of growing riskA record number of fires involving ebikes and e-scooters were reported in the UK last year, prompting renewed warnings over the dangers posed by lithium-ion batteries.New government figures s...

05/06/2025 22:43 The Guardian

Judge threatens to remove Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs from court for nodding at jury

Music mogul warned to desist from looking and nodding at jury during sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trialThe judge in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs threatened to remove the music mogul from court for looking and nodding at the ju...

05/06/2025 22:06 The Guardian

Rubio imposes sanctions on four ICC judges for ‘targeting’ US and Israel

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05/06/2025 21:37 The Guardian

Brittany Higgins warns of #MeToo backlash and urges Labor to ‘transform’ how Australia handles sexual assault

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05/06/2025 21:14 The Guardian

Israel hits south Beirut after targeting ‘underground Hezbollah drone sites’

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05/06/2025 18:47 The Guardian

Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine like ‘children fighting in a park’ in White House meeting with Friedrich Merz – as it happened

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05/06/2025 18:43 The Guardian

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia ‘fight for a while’

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05/06/2025 17:52 The Guardian

Norway to set up compensation scheme for 1980 oil rig disaster victims’ families

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05/06/2025 16:50 The Guardian

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