- Middle East crisis live: Trump claims ‘I don’t make bad deals’ as questions remain over negotiation progress The Guardian
- What’s in the proposed deal that could end the US-Iran conflict? CNN
- Oil prices fall 5% after Trump says Iran talks proceeding in a 'constructive manner' CNBC
- Trump, after signaling deal was imminent, says he will not ‘rush’ deal with Iran Politico
- Iran: Trump remarks on Strait of Hormuz ‘inconsistent with reality’ The Hill
The Art of the Incomplete Deal: the Hard Issues on Iran Come Later – The New York Times
- The Art of the Incomplete Deal: the Hard Issues on Iran Come Later The New York Times
- Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender The Atlantic
- Three months in, is Trump losing the Iran war? Reuters
- US or Iran: Who will win the Hormuz endurance game? DW.com
- An ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped | Simon Tisdall The Guardian
Russia’s overnight barrage on Ukraine includes use of powerful Oreshnik missile – The Washington Post
- Russia’s overnight barrage on Ukraine includes use of powerful Oreshnik missile The Washington Post
- Russia pounds Kyiv in powerful drone and missile attack NPR
- Kyiv Suffers One of Ukraine War’s Heaviest Russian Barrages WSJ
- Russia Pummels Kyiv in Major Missile and Drone Attack The New York Times
- Russia launches 'severe' and deadly missile attack on Kyiv, Zelenskyy says ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Shark kills spearfisher in front of friends in Australia: “Terrifying thing to see” – CBS News
- Shark kills spearfisher in front of friends in Australia: "Terrifying thing to see" CBS News
- Man killed in shark attack off Australia's north-east coast BBC
- Man, 38, Fatally Attacked by 13-Foot Great White Shark at Tourist Hotspot People.com
- Shark attack: man dies on Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland The Guardian
- Man dies after shark attack in Far North Queensland Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Labour to expand youth work experience and training schemes
Announcement comes after former minister Alan Milburn says Britain has neglected a generation of young people
Ministers are expanding youth work experience and training schemes, after Alan Milburn warned Britain is spending £25 keeping young people on benefits for every £1 spent helping them into work.
Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, will announce plans for 300,000 extra work experience placements over the next three years as the government attempts to tackle what the minister described as a “quiet crisis” in youth employment.
Continue reading...Trump says he does not make bad deals, but even Republican hawks doubt that now
The US has apparently had to agree to unfreeze billions of Iranian assets for a regime more hardline than before the war
On 24 May each year, Iranians celebrate a historic victory in the war with Iraq: the liberation of Khorramshahr in 1982.
This year, some were hoping a peace deal looking likely to be signed with the US might mark a similar turning point in their country’s history.
Continue reading...Riz Ahmed says UK spies tried to recruit him on three occasions
Actor recounts three alleged approaches by intelligence services, including through senior BBC executive
Riz Ahmed, the Oscar-winning actor, has claimed that Britain’s intelligence services tried three times to recruit him, including one occasion involving a senior BBC executive.
Ahmed, 43, said: “Well, it’s happened three different times and they’re all slightly ridiculous, and this is what I mean by it, it’s just like inherently comedic.
Continue reading...White House says Iran deal could take days – Axios
Bridget Phillipson orders review of hidden childcare charges hitting parents
Education secretary asks UK watchdog to look into nursery practices, including non-refundable deposits and add-ons
Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges amid concerns parents are being hit with extra charges, despite the government’s flagship expansion of funded childcare hours.
Phillipson has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) asking it to examine practices including non-refundable deposits, compulsory add-ons and restrictions attached to government-funded childcare places.
Continue reading...Rubio fends off conservative critics of Iran deal as agreement appears imminent – The Washington Post
- Rubio fends off conservative critics of Iran deal as agreement appears imminent The Washington Post
- Chicago rally urges peace, Iran ceasefire as U.S. nears possible deal NBC 5 Chicago
- Rubio Sees Good News Coming on Hormuz as Iran Talks Continue Bloomberg.com
- U.S., Iran signal peace progress — but remain at odds over enriched uranium, Strait of Hormuz tolls CNBC
- Rubio calls GOP criticisms of Iran-Trump emerging deal ‘absurd’ The Hill
Israeli strikes pound Lebanon despite signs US and Iran are close to peace deal
Some casualties after attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday, state media reports
Israeli strikes have hit southern and eastern Lebanon, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace deal.
Saturday’s strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh “resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman,” Lebanon’s health ministry said.
Continue reading...Large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine leaves four dead and dozens injured
The Oreshnik missile, which reportedly travels over 10 times the speed of sound, was used, Russia has confirmed.
Republican hawks warn of ‘disastrous mistake’ as Trump nears deal with Iran
Trump insists US won’t rush talks with Tehran after rebukes from Republicans, including Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham
Republican hawks have issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump over his planned peace deal with Iran, describing it as a “disaster” and questioning why the US president launched the war in the first place.
Allies of Trump who strongly backed his controversial decision to order war on Iran alongside Israel urged him to “hold the line” this weekend, despite mounting economic costs and no sign of progress on many of the the initial objectives set out by his administration.
Continue reading...Gunman who opened fire near White House was known to Secret Service
Suspect who died after exchanging fire with agents had tried to enter the complex last summer, records show
A gunman who opened fire outside the White House on Saturday before he was shot by federal agents was already known to the US Secret Service, court records show.
The man, 21, was taken to a nearby hospital, before he was later pronounced dead. He had previously tried to enter the complex, according to an affidavit filed in DC superior court in 2025, following an arrest nearby.
Continue reading...Turkish riot police storm opposition offices after leaders ousted
Officers forced their way into the building days after the party vowed to defy a court ruling removing its leaders.
China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay – AP News
- China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay AP News
- China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing Reuters
- China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts, including 1 set to remain in space for a year CBS News
- China launches three-crew spaceflight as part of lunar ambitions The Guardian
- China is sending an astronaut to its space station for a full year — a national record — as Beijing races toward a 2030 crewed moon landing, two years behind NASA's target Space Daily
Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack
Assault hits water facility, market, residential buildings and schools, killing at least four and injuring dozens
Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.
Russia hit the city of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region with the missile, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said. He described a heavy Russian assault that also hit a water supply facility, burned down a market and damaged dozens of residential buildings and several schools.
Continue reading...US and Iran inch closer to peace deal as Trump faces criticism from GOP hawks
American president says he is not rushing into a deal after proposed plan to end war prompts Republican backlash
Donald Trump defended himself against criticism from fellow Republicans on Sunday as he appeared on the verge of agreeing a deal with Iran to end the war.
As hawks in his party called the proposed agreement a disaster and questioned why the US president had launched the conflict in the first place, Trump claimed on social media that his deal would be “THE EXACT OPPOSITE” of the one agreed by Barack Obama, which Trump pulled out of in 2018.
Continue reading...Man killed in shark attack off Australia’s north-east coast
The 39-year-old was fatally injured at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland, apparently while spearfishing.
Suspect killed after opening fire on Secret Service near White House
Officials say a suspect approached a checkpoint near the building and opened fire, and that a bystander was wounded.