Vice President JD Vance holds a White House press briefing, the first since Karoline Leavitt's departure as press secretary.
The EU’s ability to respond to a foreign invasion by 2030 remains in doubt due to a continuing reliance on the US and fragmented national defence systems, according to a report from its official auditor. The European court of auditors (ECA) said the EU was much better prepared than before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022, but achieving its goal of defence readiness by the end of the decade would be difficult. “Achieving defence preparedness in the EU by 2030 remains challenging,”
Ministers are seeking to block intelligence material from being heard at an inquest into the death of two men killed in the 2025 Manchester synagogue attack. Lawyers for Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, told a coroner on Thursday that disclosing the MI5 files would pose a serious risk to national security. Melvin Cravitz, 66, died as a result of multiple knife wounds inflicted by the attacker, Jihad al-Shamie. Adrian Daulby, 53, was killed by a single police gunshot wound as he held the buil
Al-Mughayyir's council says they were trying to stop settlers stealing sheep, but the Israeli military says they threw stones at its troops.
Guardian reporters in Nepal have witnessed first-hand the scenes of destruction and grief after the flash floods. Plus, a not-to-be-missed interview with the legendary Mr T Good morning. Thousands remain missing and the delivery of aid has been hampered by treacherous conditions in communities almost wiped out of existence by the flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet . A week after the disaster, survivors who fled up mountainsides are still being collected by army helicopters and evacuated. The moun
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Bureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six months Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The growing El Niño weather phenomenon to Australia’s east is already breaking heat records, with forecasts showing it will likely easily surpass previous events, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, as seperate re
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American captain speaks out as a pod of killer whales attacked their boat, ripping off the boat's rudder.
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Alanis Morissette claimed to be the victim of a "calculated blackmail campaign" allegedly orchestrated by her "disgruntled former tour manager," according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. The "Ironic" singer accused Keren Urinov of civil extortion in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, and claimed her ex-manager attempted to frame her for drug trafficking at an airport in the United Kingdom. "While temporarily employed to manage a Morissette tour, Urinov admitted to the British Border Force
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The House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at blocking federal funds to colleges that boycott Israel, with the vast majority of Democrats voting against it. All but 33 left-wing lawmakers voted to block the measure, which would "prohibit an institution that participates in a non-expressive commercial boycott of Israel" from getting government funding. It would also force universities that do get federal funds to affirm their students "are not unreasonably obstructed" from studying abroad i
