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Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms Iran is ⁠awaiting an official US response to its proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, as Donald Trump was reported to have rejected the deal. Although Iran is yet to receive his official response, the US president is said to be privately sceptical Iran would meet his demands to dismantle its nuclear programme, according to unnamed US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading...

Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president.

The Pacific Ocean has had an unusual number of storms this year, while the Atlantic hasn't recorded a single full-blown hurricane. Scientists point to an exceptionally strong El Niño.

Tens of thousands of police deployed and roads barricaded as PTI party demands release of jailed former PM Leaders from Imran Khan’s party have vowed to go ahead with a nationwide demonstration in Pakistan to demand the former prime minister’s release, even as the government deployed tens of thousands of police to Islamabad, barricaded highways and issued arrest warrants to try to stop the march. The state has taken extreme measures to prevent Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party from proceeding with the march. It was announced after mounting concerns of the treatment of Khan, who has been in jail since 2023 on corruption charges. Continue reading...

Saturday marks exactly 25 years since the first CIA officers entered Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11. Olivia Gazis got a rare look inside the mission to shore up the Northern Alliance as America prepared to go to war.

Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules Angela Rayner has stood by her criticism of Home Office reforms that would make it harder for foreign care workers to claim permanent residence in the UK, describing them as “disruptive”. Last year, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, announced that low paid migrants on jobs below graduate level would have to be in the country for 15 years before applying for settlement. Rayner previously attacked the plans as being “un-British” . Continue reading...

As she mulls another presidential run, the former VP is building bridges with progressive and Arab American leaders Does Donald Trump secretly want Republicans to get annihilated in the midterms? Because he’s certainly acting that way . He continues to brush off concerns about the cost of living, saying last week that high gas prices are a very “inexpensive price to pay ” for the war on Iran. And, of course, the president seems to have no plans to end that disastrous war, apart from making vague threats about blowing the entire country up. Trust me, he keeps saying, everything will get better after the midterms . But by the looks of his dismal polling numbers, not many people are swallowing his empty promises anymore. Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Minutes into a run, Caroline McCaffrey was struck with a massive headache. The resulting medical journey would reveal a family risk for a dangerous condition.

In mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's crystal meth epidemic is a strong contributing factor.

Ministers have been speaking to farming activists to try to build bridges after tax changes introduced under Starmer soured relations As an arable farmer, Olly Harrison’s WhatsApp messages are normally concerned with the more mundane matters of working the land: logistics, supplies and the occasional chat about the weather. So when a recent message came through from Andy Burnham, it was more than a little unexpected. Continue reading...

The party’s spirits have been transformed since Burnham became PM, but what's coming down the tracks, asks Laura Kuenssberg.

Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoing The UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The vast majority of the total 214 companies, which are based in 11 countries, are Israeli. Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update. Continue reading...

In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Iranian president says Qatar and Pakistan are relaying Tehran's messages to the US.

President’s tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will voters show their displeasure in the midterms? It was an ideal summer to cut trees. The weather in Maine’s Penobscot county – one of the most heavily forested counties in a state dense with trees – was warm and dry. Yet even as the county’s wood had grown to an ideal size to harvest, the machines Molly London typically uses sat idle. Continue reading...

Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resales The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans , as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one of his favourite bands. Keir Starmer said last year that the government would “stop fans from being ripped off” by outlawing the for-profit resale of tickets on sites such as Viagogo and StubHub, a pledge Labour first made in its 2024 election manifesto. Continue reading...

Third US president wrote in 1787 about importance of peace, paying off debt and supporting agriculture A remarkably prescient letter written by Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, advising how the newly created country could prosper, has been put up for sale by a private collector. The handwritten document from 1787 warns specifically against many of the missteps Donald Trump has taken to drag down his own second term of office. Written in Paris, where Jefferson was the fledgling government’s minister to France , the note to David Rittenhouse , a friend and fellow member of the American Philosophical Society, muses on the priorities and principles he believed future presidents should follow. Continue reading...

Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hear What does it take to make a morning cup of tea in Gaza? For Alaa Hessi , in her final month of pregnancy, this small ritual begins with a calculation of gas rations. Her family gets a ration of 6kg of gas every three months – enough to heat a pot for 18 precious minutes a day. That’s needed for cooking – so for tea, a fire must be built instead. Continue reading...

Debates over AI development, regulation and datacenters have become buzzy topics for US presidential candidates The debate over artificial intelligence development, how to regulate it and the construction of datacenters that power the technology has become a buzzy topic for potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates. Already, concerns were mounting over the environmental and energy impact of datacenters, which consume vast amounts of resources to power AI. But worries about the rapid development of AI came to a head in mid-September when tech executives issued a flurry of dire warnings that the technology could harm humans. Continue reading...

The housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts".

Israeli politicians subject to ICC arrest warrants or international sanctions remain eligible to run.

Employees and recruiters weigh into the online debate around interview etiquette.

The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented Donald Trump has long coveted the oilfields of other nations and declared an agreement with Venezuela to be “the biggest oil deal in world history”. But the deal, reached after the US seized Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, is almost certainly doomed to collapse amid a wide array of legal and logistical issues, a Guardian investigation has found. The US president first mused about taking oil from Iran in 1987, when he told ABC’s Barbara Walters that Iranian attacks on American shipping during the Iran-Iraq war required an extreme response. “Why couldn’t we go in and take over some of their oil, which is along the sea?” he asked. Over the ensuing years, he has returned frequently to the idea that America should seize oil from other countries after military conflict, from Libya to Iraq. Continue reading...

World champions Spain meet heavyweights England in a rematch of the UEFA Euro 2024 final.

During the 1970s and 1980s pupils received medical treatments using contaminated blood products.

Analysts say Trump may opt to resume attacks on Iran after November midterm elections.

As the president extolled the strength of the economy on the global stage, Americans continued to feel the sting of rising prices stemming from the war in Iran.

We want to hear from borrowers who have taken out installment, payday or title loans, and those who work for companies that offer them.

As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.

Restructurings and AI are making entry-level work more efficient. But managers realize a lot is lost when people don’t get practice.

Golden Corral scrutinizes buffet waste, marries costly shrimp with cheaper hush puppies and mines data to make money off bottomless offerings.

The museum restituted two of Drake’s stoneware jars to his heirs, but has found a way to keep both on display. It joins a growing number of institutions that are returning his work to his heirs.

It’s a milestone year for the annual food festival, but its shrinking size and the absence of some of the feast’s mainstays are weighing heavy on the community.

Two years after Hurricane Helene, tourists and business are back—largely thanks to the persistence of local residents and merchants.

After visiting Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day trip to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds.

The jelly candies were a staple at bar and bat mitzvahs and other Jewish celebrations for generations.

“Patient zero” has long been associated with virus outbreaks and fictional health investigations. It was coined in the 1980s, by accident.

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) reached a $2.25 million settlement agreement with the state over notices provided to patients about hospital fees, Attorney General Anthony Brown said.