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UK government declined to conduct Wales-specific impact assessment for plans, despite calls from first minister Disability benefit cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately impact the lives of people in Wales, campaigners have said. Research released by the data analytics company Policy in Practice last week estimated that 190,000 people – 6% of the population – could have their incomes slashed by up to 60% by the end of this parliament if eligibility for personal independence payments (Pip) is tightened as proposed in a March green paper. Continue reading...

India May, a 33-year-old Democrat from Charles City, is running for the Iowa House after sparking a viral moment at U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's town hall.

The Tech-Trump alliance has always had tensions. But its lucrative nature has outweighed the ideological differences.

Pollster G. Elliott Morris' tracker shows that on the issue of the economy, Trump's approval rating is underwater by 15.75 points.

People at the raided house say they rented it for a birthday party and deny any connection to the gang. One man says law enforcement accused him of being in Tren de Aragua because of his tattoo.

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We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Group says reporters at independent outlets suffer ‘constant harassment, physical attacks and smear campaigns’ Press freedom in Serbia is facing a “dangerous turning point” after mounting pressure on independent outlets from ministers and state-backed media, a group of senior editors has warned. The editors, who are all from publications within the independent United Media group, said their reporters faced “constant harassment, physical attacks and smear campaigns” after their reporting in the country, which has been gripped by protests against its autocratic president, Aleksandar Vučić. Continue reading...

Greenland’s prime minister Múte Egede says the trip by US second lady and national security adviser is a ‘provocation’ Usha Vance, the wife of US vice-president JD Vance, will travel to Greenland this week as President Donald Trump clings to the idea of a US annexation of the strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory. Vance will visit Greenland on Thursday with a US delegation to tour historical sites, learn about the territory’s heritage and attend the national dogsled race, the White House said in a statement. Continue reading...

Wide gulf remains between US and Russian expectations for a ceasefire; US envoy dismisses UK PM’s Ukraine plans as ‘a posture and a pose’. What we know on day 1,125 A US delegation will seek progress toward a Black Sea ceasefire and a broader cessation of violence in the war in Ukraine when it meets for talks with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia on Monday, after discussions with diplomats from Ukraine on Sunday. The White House says the aim of the talks is to reach a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, allowing the free flow of shipping. A wide gulf remains, however, between the US’ and Russia’s expectations, with US envoy Steve Witkoff signalling hope for “real progress” and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov warning that “difficult negotiations” lie ahead. “I think you’re going to see in Saudi Arabia on Monday some real progress, particularly as it affects a Black Sea ceasefire on ships between both countries,” Witkoff told Fox News. “And from that you’ll naturally gravitate to a full-on shooting ceasefire.” Peskov meanwhile told Russian state TV, “We are only at the beginning of this path.” Witkoff dismissed UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to rally peacekeepers in Ukraine as “a posture and a pose.” He said the idea was based on a “simplistic” notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking: “We have all got to be like Winston Churchill.” The US envoy also praised Vladimir Putin, saying he “liked” the Russian president and did not “regard Putin as a bad guy”. “That is a complicated situation, that war, and all the ingredients that led up to it.” He added that Putin was “super smart” and believed he wanted peace. Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration was aiming to secure a broad truce agreement between Russia and Ukraine by Easter. The White House is aiming for a truce agreement by 20 April – Easter Sunday in both the western and orthodox churches this year. But sources told the news organisation that the date was likely to slip. Ukraine’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, said on social media talks with the US delegation were “constructive and meaningful” and focused on key issues, including the energy sector. Trump has previously suggested the US could control Ukraine’s nuclear power facilities. At least seven people were killed in a barrage of strikes from more than 140 drones across Ukraine on Sunday, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services. The sound of explosions were heard in the early hours of the night across the capital, Kyiv, as the air raid continued for more than five hours. Russian drones and debris from shot-down drones, which were flying at lower altitudes to evade air defences, fell on residential buildings across the Ukrainian capital. At least one child was among those killed. Russian troops reportedly seized the small village of Sribne in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, while Ukraine’s army said its troops had recaptured the small village of Nadia in the eastern Luhansk region. Ukraine’s army has said its troops have recaptured a small village called Nadia in the eastern Luhansk region, in a rare battlefield success for Kyiv’s forces in an area that Russia has almost fully captured since invading in 2022. Continue reading...

No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.

Musk lambastes judges as leftwing activists in more than 20 posts as Trump administration’s judiciary clash intensifies In the days after a federal judge ruled Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID likely violated the constitution, the world’s richest person issued a series of online attacks against the American judiciary, offered money to voters to sign a petition opposing “activist judges”, and called on Congress to remove his newfound legal opponents from office. “This is a judicial coup,” Musk wrote on Wednesday, asking lawmakers to “impeach the judges”. Continue reading...

“The pope will be released tomorrow,” said one of the pope’s attending physicians Saturday, after Francis spent five weeks battling a severe health crisis.

Scientists say widespread damage to both world heritage-listed reefs is ‘heartbreaking’ as WA reef accumulates highest amount of heat stress on record * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s two world heritage-listed reefs – Ningaloo on the west coast and the Great Barrier Reef on the east – have been hit simultaneously by coral bleaching that reef experts have called “heartbreaking” and “a profoundly distressing moment”. Teams of scientists on both coasts have been monitoring and tracking the heat stress and bleaching extending across thousands of kilometres of marine habitat, which is likely to have been driven by global heating. Continue reading...

Government says lessons need to be learned after the substation fire that caused chaos for 300,000 passengers The government has launched an urgent investigation into the power shutdown that crippled Heathrow airport, with experts warning it was a “wake-up call” about vulnerabilities in the nation’s critical infrastructure. The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has commissioned the independent National Energy System Operator (Neso) to investigate the incident and assess the UK’s energy resilience. The regulator Ofgem warned it would “not hesitate” to take action if there were any breaches of standards or licence obligations. Continue reading...

Met Office warns of flooding, as parts of country sees torrential rain after warmest spring equinox in more than 50 years Heavy showers, hail and thunder are forecast to hit the UK days after the warmest spring equinox in more than 50 years. There was torrential rain in some parts on Saturday afternoon and National Highways said parts of the M18 in Yorkshire were closed while specialists worked to clear floodwater. It is expected to be a cloudy start to Sunday with rain in the north and east and sunny spells in the northwest and southeast followed by showers, the Met Office said. There will be above average temperatures for most parts of the UK topping 15C in London, 12C in Birmingham and 11C in Manchester. The Met Office said: “Heavy showers have developed across eastern parts of England this afternoon, with some hail and thunder mixed in. “Heavy, thundery showers continue in parts of London and the East Midlands, with some areas seeing 10-15mm of rain in less than an hour.” The UK saw its warmest spring equinox day since 1972 on Thursday with 21.3C recorded in both Northolt, west London, and Chertsey, Surrey. Jonathan Vautrey, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “For this time in the year, it is rarer to have such intense storms. “This is happening because we have had a lot of warm weather of late and temperatures are notably above average for the time of year. “We’ve had highs reaching over 20C over the last few days, and we were up to 18.5C as the high today as well, where we should be more around 10 or 11C. “That sort of heat that we’ve got around at the moment has really helped to spark off some of these thunderstorms, and a lot of moisture being drawn in with this sort of low-pressure system that’s been arriving across the UK.” Vautrey added that climate change is pushing temperature extremes to new levels. “We’re constantly seeing warmer temperatures at earlier points of the year compared to where they normally are. “These sort of intense summer storms are then increasingly going to happen at more points in the year because we’re getting those temperatures in there to really allow them to start developing.” Flood alerts from the Environment Agency remain in place for 20 parts of the country including Henley, Salisbury and Hertfordshire. The Met Office told travellers to “take care” as “there could be some localised flooding in places.” Continue reading...

Yisroel Liebb of New Jersey claims pilot broke lock and pulled him out with his pants down, leaving him exposed An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation, exposing his genitalia to other flyers during a flight from Tulum, Mexico, to Houston. Yisroel Liebb, of New Jersey, described his trip through allegedly unfriendly skies in a federal lawsuit this week against the airline and the US Department of Homeland Security, whose officers he said boarded the plane upon landing and took him away in handcuffs. Continue reading...

After relentless attacks from the Trump administration on the transgender community, trans Americans and allies from across the country will convene in Washington DC to show we’re not going anywhere. ...