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  • Trump illegally deployed national guard troops to California, judge rules – follow live
    by Robert Mackey (now); Lucy Campbell, Léonie Chao-Fong, Tom Ambrose and Amy Sedghi (earlier) on June 13, 2025 at 1:25 am

    Judge temporarily bars president from deploying troops to LA, an order president has already appealedSenator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem press event in Los AngelesNewsom calls Trump a ‘stone cold liar’ as LA protests against Ice raids continueA woman defiantly dances near police officers as protesters continue to march and chant in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids.Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting immigration enforcement officials after thousands of people hit the streets to protest deportation raids. Continue reading...

  • Australia news live: Wong says Israel strikes on Iran risk further destabilising ‘already volatile’ region
    by Nick Visser on June 13, 2025 at 1:23 am

    Foreign minister says Albanese a ‘very experienced international negotiator’ as prime minister heads to G7. Follow the latest updatesFollow live: Blasts heard in Tehran as Israel defence minister announces strike on IranGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUpdate on apartment building explosionFire and Rescue NSW superintendent Adam Dewberry said there was just one injury after the explosion and all other residents were accounted for.A number of these people will be displaced and will not be able to go back into their accommodation due to the damage to the structure.We are not sure at this stage how this explosion has occurred. There is no fire. Continue reading...

  • Air India confirms 241 people onboard were killed in flight AI171 crash, with British man the sole survivor – latest updates
    by Rebecca Ratcliffe (now); Jonathan Yerushalmy,Léonie Chao-Fong, Tom Ambrose, Amy Sedghi andCaolán Magee (earlier) on June 13, 2025 at 1:22 am

    Vishwash Kumar Ramesh is only person of 242 onboard to survive crash, with further deaths on the groundFull report: Briton is sole survivor of Air India plane crash that killed more than 260What we know so far about the Air India flight 171 crash – a visual guideHere are a couple of images coming in via the newswires:Gatwick airport posted on X that it could confirm the Air India flight AI171, which had been due to arrive at 6.25pm in London, had crashed on departure from Ahmedabad airport. It added that more information would follow. Continue reading...

  • Israeli military says strikes hit dozens of targets in Iran, including nuclear sites – live
    by Jonathan Yerushalmy on June 13, 2025 at 1:21 am

    Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the nation, saying Iran’s main enrichment facility has been targetedIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed the nation, saying the IDF had targted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb.He said that Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz had been targeted.This operation will continue for as many days as it takes … We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history. Continue reading...

  • French court releases New Caledonia independence leader detained over deadly riots
    by Agence France-Presse on June 13, 2025 at 1:19 am

    Christian Tein, who denies accusations of instigating violence in the French territory in 2024, will remain under judicial supervisionA French court freed an independence leader from the overseas territory of New Caledonia who had been detained for a year over deadly riots in 2024.Christian Tein, who is indigenous Kanak , was charged and incarcerated over the rioting on the Pacific archipelago in May last year that left more than a dozen dead. Continue reading...

  • Trump to merge wildland firefighting forces, despite warning of chaos
    by Guardian staff and agencies on June 13, 2025 at 12:20 am

    Order aims to centralize efforts, which are now split among five agencies and two cabinet departmentsDonald Trump has ordered the US government to consolidate its wildland firefighting force into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that it could be costly and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes in the middle of peak wildfire season.The order aims to centralize firefighting efforts, which are now split among five agencies and two cabinet departments. Trump’s proposed budget for next year calls for the creation of a new Federal Wildland Fire Service under the US interior department. Continue reading...

  • Israel carries out strikes targeting Iranian nuclear, military sites
    on June 13, 2025 at 12:16 am

    US officials tell news agencies that Israel has started attacking sites in Iran as blasts reported in Tehran.

  • Explosion in Sydney apartment blows out brick wall and damages adjoining units
    by Rafqa Touma on June 12, 2025 at 11:57 pm

    Cause of blast in Lidcombe unit unknown, with one person taken to hospitalAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOfficials are unsure of the cause of an explosion at an apartment block in western Sydney that saw one person taken to hospital, saying “there is no fire”.Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to reports just before 6.30am on Friday of an explosion at an apartment block in Lidcombe. Continue reading...

  • Judge seems skeptical Trump can call in national guard and will rule ‘very soon’
    by Hugo Lowell in Washington on June 12, 2025 at 11:31 pm

    California governor Gavin Newsom filed suit challenging US president calling up troops to suppress protests against IceLA protests – live updatesA federal judge expressed skepticism on Thursday with the Trump administration’s arguments that the president has the power to federalize national guard troops and deploy them to suppress protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles.The US district judge, Charles Breyer, said he intends to rule on California’s request for an injunction halting the deployment “very soon”, and that he was hopeful his ruling would come by the end of the day. He said he would also decide on whether the justice department could stay the order pending appeal. Continue reading...

  • Senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s LA press conference
    by Jenna Amatulli, Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles, and Chris Stein in Washington on June 12, 2025 at 11:30 pm

    Video shows Padilla being restrained and ejected as he tries to question homeland security secretary at press eventLA protests – live updatesAlex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday.In video taken of the incident that has since gone viral on social media, Padilla is seen being restrained and removed from the room by Secret Service and FBI agents. Continue reading...

  • Sickle cell patients to have quicker and more accessible treatment in England
    by Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent on June 12, 2025 at 11:01 pm

    Government announces £9m funding to make specialist blood machines more widely available across NHSPeople living with sickle cell disease in England are to benefit from quicker and more accessible treatment due to a £9m investment, the government has announced.Apheresis services, which are a type of treatment that removes harmful components from a patient’s blood, are to improve across England through the funding of more specialist treatment centres. The funding will ensure the wider availability of machines that remove a patient’s sickled red blood cells and replace them with healthy donor cells. Continue reading...

  • Michelle O’Neill accuses DUP minister of inflaming racial tensions on social media
    by Shane Harrison on June 12, 2025 at 10:51 pm

    Gordon Lyons rejects calls to resign after posting information about leisure centre hours before it was set on fireNorthern Ireland’s first minister has accused a DUP politician of inflaming tensions after a leisure centre in Larne was set on fire.Gordon Lyons, the communities minister, should “consider his position”, Michelle O’Neill said. Hours before the centre was set on fire by a mob of masked youths on Wednesday, Lyons had posted on social media that the building was being used to accommodate several people who had fled from Ballymena, about 20 miles (32km) away. Continue reading...

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