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Trump says he called off new Iran attack at request of Gulf statesThe US president says he is holding off on an attack planned for Tuesday as "serious negotiations are now taking place".
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Tuesday briefing: After an historic shift in power, where might Plaid Cymru go next?
In today’s newsletter: Labour has been decimated, Reform has taken up the official opposition, and the Senedd has expanded massively – taking the country’s new leadership into uncharted waters Good morning. While Westminster-watchers were obsessed with Labour’s leadership shenanigans, a new chapter in the relationship between Cardiff and the UK government opened.
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Investor jitters over Starmer uncertainty drive UK borrowing costs to 28-year highBond yields soar and pound falls against dollar as investors brace for potential Labour leadership change Long-term UK borrowing costs soared to the highest level in almost three decades on Tuesday as fears about a change of Labour leadership triggered investor jitters and warnings of further bond market turmoil. With investors worried about potential changes to Labour’s tax and spending plans, the yield – in effect the interest rate – on 30-year government bonds, or gilts, hit a high on Tuesday of 5.
It’s parliament, not Love Island: Queensland’s ministerial affair drama becomes a sordid distraction
Tuesday’s question time seemed more suited to prime time; full of sordid allegations, only the cast seems far less likable Follow our Australia news...
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Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiershipIn today’s newsletter: Our policy editor on what Keir Starmer said, how his leadership challengers have reacted, and what lies ahead Good morning. Yesterday, Keir Starmer gave a speech which he hoped would draw a line under any potential moves within Labour to replace him, after the nation resoundingly punished his party at the ballot box.
Plaid Cymru leader says he hopes to be made first minister as early as Tuesday
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King Charles agrees with me on Iran nuclear weapon ban, claims Trump
<p>Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutral</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/apr/29/pmqs-live-keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-uk-politics-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Donald Trump has claimed King Charles agrees with him that Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons.</p><p>Trump made the remarks at a White House state dinner on Tuesday in honour of the visiting Charles and Camilla, after the two men sat down to bilateral talks earlier that day.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/king-charles-agrees-with-me-on-iran-nuclear-weapon-ban-says-trump">Continue reading...</a>
Article tone: Inspiring
Little sign of breakthrough as Trump's Iran deadline nearsThe US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down.
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Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' if no deal before deadlineThe US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before his Tuesday deadline.
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Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game. Instead of accepting Trump’s trade deal and compromises on saving the planet, Sanders said in Tuesday’s debate, “We need some corporate responsibility here.”Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game. Instead of accepting Trump’s trade deal and compromises on saving the planet,
Volunteer firefighters battling the unprecedented mega blaze across NSW have been forced to turn to crowdfunding to raise money to buy essential safety gear. Their fundraising drive comes as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday dismissed the idea of paying volunteer firefighters.
Volunteer firefighters battling the unprecedented mega blaze across NSW have been forced to turn to crowdfunding to raise
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Donald Trump held a closed-door meeting with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, at the White House on Tuesday, but the two men gave diverging accounts of what was discussed, on a day articles of impeachment were announced against the US president.Donald Trump held a closed-door meeting with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, at the White House on
Palestinians burned effigies of US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, as thousands protested against a shift in US policy on Israeli settlements
Palestinians burned effigies of US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu
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Celebrities call for permanent end to gnome ban at Chelsea flower show
Bill Bailey and Alan Titchmarsh paint gnomes for king’s garden at event, in one-off to raise funds for RHS campaign Garden gnomes should make a permanent return to the Chelsea flower show, say celebrities who have painted the mythical creatures for the king’s garden at this year’s event. At the high-end event, which kicks off on Tuesday in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, south-west London, the “tacky” statues have been frowned upon since 1927.
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Doe d’oh! Wild deer rescued after escalator escapade in Norwich M&SFemale muntjac given nickname of ‘lucky’ Lucy after being freed from department store’s moving staircase “There’s a deer trapped in an escalator” was not a phrase anyone at Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norfolk was expecting to hear when staff at a Marks & Spencer department store in central Norwich called last Tuesday. “In Norfolk, deers often get themselves in trouble,” said the sanctuary’s founder, Wendy Valentine.
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Florida crew recounts ‘miraculous’ Atlantic plane rescue with fuel lowAll 11 onboard survived after the plane made an emergency landing near the Bahamas Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A military rescue crew in Florida has spoken of the “pretty miraculous” survival of all 11 people it saved from a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean, and its own scramble to safety with five minutes of fuel left. Members of the 920th rescue wing, based at Patrick Space Force base, not far from Cape Canaveral, raced on Tuesday to reach the passengers and crew in choppy seas.
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 officials French 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 carrying 1,233 passengers, most of them British or Irish nationals, arrived in Bordeaux on Tuesday.
Epstein abused me while under house arrest, survivor tells US lawmakers
Roza was among several victims who gave testimony to Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday.
Paris Saint-Germain returns to Champions League final after beating Bayern Munich
The French league leader will face Arsenal in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30, after the Gunners defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Tuesday to progress 2-1 on aggregate.
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NI police handling of Katie Simpson case ‘reflected institutional misogyny’Review finds force missed clear signs 21-year-old’s death was result of violent predator’s grooming and degradation A catalogue of police failures in handling the suspected murder of a young woman in Northern Ireland reflected institutional misogyny, a report has found. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) missed clear warning signs that Katie Simpson’s death in August 2020 was not suicide but the result of abuse and control, an independent review said on Tuesday.
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Jefferson Lewis excused from appearing in court over alleged murder of Kumanjayi Little BabyLewis, 47, did not appear at first hearing since being charged over death of girl, 5, who was allegedly abducted from an Alice Springs town camp Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died Jefferson Lewis, the man accused of murdering five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby near a town camp on the outskirts of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory last week, has been excused from his first court appearance. Lewis, 47, was expected to appear in the Alice Springs local court via video link on Tuesday morning, charged with murder and two other charges that cannot be published for legal reasons.
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Tuesday briefing: How AI facial recognition in policing works – and how it can go wrongIn today’s newsletter: With the use of facial recognition skyrocketing, there are calls for the rapid development of safeguards Good morning. Over the last couple of days, the Guardian has been reporting that facial recognition technology is being rolled out across the UK at a pace that appears to be outstripping the rules designed to govern it.
Australia and Japan commit to ‘support the flow’ of energy – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jim Chalmers says next Tuesday’s budget will not extend the 26 cent fuel tax cut beyond June.
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The Hormuz hike: why the RBA is predicted to deliver a third straight interest rate rise this weekWhile interest rate rises can’t affect the surging price of oil caused by Middle East turmoil, they are still the Reserve Bank’s best – and only – tool to fight inflation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One economist is calling it the “Hormuz hike”. There’s a nearly 80% chance that the Reserve Bank will deliver a third straight interest rate rise on Tuesday, according to financial markets.
Article tone: Tragic
Turkish police detain 162 people over online posts about school shootingsAt least 16 people were injured in a shooting at a high school on Tuesday, before another nine were killed in a separate school shooting on Wednesday.
Article tone: Tense
Lebanon and Israel officials to meet in US on TuesdayA senior Lebanese official earlier told the BBC that Lebanon would only take part in talks if a ceasefire was in place.
Article tone: Inspiring
A woman rescued a koala caught in the middle of a fire in New South Wales, Australia on Tuesday. The woman took off her top and used the shirt to wrap the badly burned animal. She also offered it water from a bottle. The woman said she was going to bring the koala to a hospitalA woman rescued a koala caught in the middle of a fire in New South Wales, Australia on
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Health officials are raising alarm about a rise in STDs across the US. For the fifth consecutive year, combined cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis have risen, according to a Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report from the CDC published on Tuesday.Health officials are raising alarm about a rise in STDs across the US. For the fifth consecutive year,
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Israeli forces board Gaza-bound flotilla near Cyprus, activists sayThe Global Sumud Flotilla says commandos have intercepted more than 40 boats trying to breach the Gaza maritime blockade since Tuesday.
Article tone: Tragic
Zelenskyy condemns Russian ‘cynicism’ over parade truce as 23 killed in attacksKyiv berates Moscow’s request for ceasefire while launching ‘missile and drone strikes every single day leading up to it’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the Kremlin of “utter cynicism” for seeking a truce so it can stage a military parade in Moscow as 23 people were killed in attacks on Ukraine. At least 12 people were killed on Tuesday in a strike on southern city of Zaporizhzhia, the regional governor said.
Article tone: Tragic
Israeli 'double-tap' strike kills three rescue workers in Lebanon, officials sayThey are among nine people killed in successive attacks on Tuesday, which Israel's military says targeted a Hezbollah commander.
Article tone: Alarming
Hezbollah drone strikes target Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon<p>Ceasefire frays further as Israel also carries out airstrikes and issues new displacement orders for south Lebanon </p><p>Hezbollah launched several drones at Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, while Israel issued new displacement orders for south Lebanon and carried out airstrikes, as the fraying ceasefire failed to stop fighting between the two sides.</p><p>Hezbollah claimed Tuesday’s attack injured several Israeli soldiers, but no confirmation was given from the Israeli military, apart from a statement saying interceptor missiles had been fired at incoming Hezbollah drones.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/hezbollah-drone-strikes-target-israeli-soldiers-in-southern-lebanon">Continue reading...</a>
Article tone: Alarming
Hong Kong to close all schools amid escalating protests. About 142 people arrested since Tuesday, raising total number to more than 4,000 since unrest started in June. Images on Wednesday showed students and demonstrators, some armed with petrol bombs or other weapons including bows and arrows.Hong Kong to close all schools amid escalating protests. About 142 people arrested since Tuesday, raising total number
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