West Ham go down as Salah and Guardiola make emotional Premier League exits
Tottenham secure Premier League survival with 1-0 win over Everton as West Ham's 14-year stay in top division ends.
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
Colombia’s pivotal, polarised election could not be tighter – The Economist
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
A hypersonic 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...Iran team trains through World Cup uncertainty
Al Jazeera exclusive footage follows Iran’s national football team as they train for the World Cup in Turkiye.
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.
Turkish police storm main opposition CHP’s party headquarters
Violence erupted after Turkish police stormed the headquarters of the main opposition CHP party in Ankara.
China’s Shenzhou-23 astronauts blast off on space station mission
China’s Shenzhou-23 astronauts blast off on space station mission.
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
Iran recounts historic battles in response to Trump’s talk of agreement
Iran cites battles from history in response to Trump's latest comments on an imminent deal between the US and Iran.
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.
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.