Live Updates: Trump “not satisfied” with new peace deal offered by Iran as standoff’s costs multiply – CBS News

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  1. Live Updates: Trump "not satisfied" with new peace deal offered by Iran as standoff's costs multiply  CBS News
  2. Iran Softens Conditions for Resuming Peace Talks With the U.S.  WSJ
  3. Iranian proposal rejected by Trump would open strait before nuclear talks, Iran official says  NBC News
  4. Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’ with Iran’s proposal to end the war  AP News
  5. Oil prices fall after Iran sends updated peace proposal to mediators in Pakistan  CNBC
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Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Nobel Laureate, Is Hospitalized – The New York Times

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  1. Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Nobel Laureate, Is Hospitalized  The New York Times
  2. Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says  Reuters
  3. Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised as health deteriorates  Al Jazeera
  4. Iran tortures dad to death for using internet, executes karate champ in regime’s latest bloody crackowns  New York Post
  5. Family of ailing Iranian Nobel laureate say keeping her in jail is a death sentence  The Guardian
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Kumanjayi Little Baby’s relatives share grief at ‘child ripped away’ as NT chief minister foreshadows charges

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Gurindji families mourn ‘a life so precious, gone far too soon’

  • Warning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have died

Kumanjayi Little Baby’s relatives have released a statement saying they felt “helpless” when they heard she was missing, and hope their community can unite in grief.

“A life so precious, so full of innocence, gone far too soon,” the Gurindji families said of the five-year-old Warlpiri girl, who was found dead in Alice Springs on Thursday evening – five days after she had gone missing from her bed in the Old Timers town camp.

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Cuba says Trump’s fresh sanctions on its economy amount to ‘collective punishment’

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The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and mining

Cuba’s government has said new sanctions imposed on the island by Donald Trump amounted to “collective punishment”, as an enormous 1 May procession outside the American embassy in Havana vowed to “defend the homeland”.

In an executive order on Friday, the US president said he would impose sanctions on people involved in broad sections of the Cuban economy, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this year.

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Gerry Conway, creator of the Punisher in Spider-Man comics, dies at 73

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Marvel praises ‘undeniable and indelible impact’ of celebrated comic book writer who also worked for DC

Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73.

In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as a legendary comic book writer with a prolific career. He died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday in Thousand Oaks, California, his wife, Laura Conway, told the Associated Press.

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Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems

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Wilderness Society says changes undermined intent of national standards intended to reverse decline of plants, animals and ecosystems

Green groups have accused the Albanese government of watering down a proposal to protect threatened species and ecosystems.

National environmental standards were the key plank of reforms to Australia’s nature laws, passed by the parliament in November.

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Trump claims hostilities have ended in Iran in letter to congressional leaders

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President seemed to suggest that legislative deadline to approve war no longer applies as Democrats push back

Donald Trump said in a letter sent to congressional leaders on Friday that hostilities with Iran have “terminated”, suggesting that the 60-day deadline to seek approval from the legislative branch no longer applied.

Friday marks 60 days since the US president notified members of Congress that the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on 28 February. Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president can deploy troops to respond to an “imminent threat” but must receive congressional approval within 60 days to continue military operations.

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Peter Kay show stopped and 19-year-old in custody after ‘suspicious bag’ found

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Comedian pulled from stage in Birmingham about 45 minutes into performance and audience told to leave

A live show by comedian Peter Kay in Birmingham has been stopped after a “potential suspicious bag” was found around the venue.

The Utilita Arena Birmingham was evacuated and a 19-year-old man was taken into custody, West Midlands police said on Friday evening.

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