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This blog is now closed. Read more from our politics coverage hereDuring an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Arizona senator Mark Kelly criticized Elon Musk for supporting Donald Trump.On Saturday, Musk joined Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and made the baseless claim that if Trump’s supporters fail to turn out, “this will be the last election”. Continue reading...

Baloch Liberation Army claims it carried out the vehicle-borne attack in the southern Pakistani cityAn explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi has killed two Chinese nationals and injured several others, officials from both countries said.Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the airport, which is Pakistan’s biggest, on Sunday night. The nature of the blast...

Dancer and designer who wrote autobiography about strained relationship with sister died of cancer in MichiganChristopher Ciccone, a multihyphenate artist, dancer, designer and younger brother of Madonna, has died aged 63.Ciccone died Friday in Michigan, his representative Brad Taylor told the Associated Press Sunday. He had cancer. Continue reading...

The author, who lost an eye as a result of the attack, tells Lviv BookForum he is working on a trilogy of novellasSalman Rushdie, who survived a stabbing attack in 2022 that cost him an eye, is writing a new work of fiction, he has told the audience at Lviv BookForum.The author’s new work will comprise three novellas, each of about 70 pages, and...

Israeli prime minister turns on French counterpart’s continuing efforts towards a ceasefire and end to violence in LebanonA call by Emmanuel Macron for a halt in arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza has been met with an angry rebuttal from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.The French president’s comments were directed mainly at the US and were part of continuing French efforts...

Teenager alleged to have been recruited by prisoner who later called police to report him over killing of taxi driverMarseille’s long-running drug turf wars are under a renewed spotlight after a 14-year-old boy was allegedly hired as a hitman via social media and promised €50,000 (£42,000) by a prisoner to carry out a revenge killing.The teenager is alleged to have been recruited by the...

Strikes in Lebanese capital described as the most severe of conflict so far; at least 24 reported killed in mosque attack, say Gaza authoritiesSee all our Middle East crisis coverageThe death toll from the Israeli strike on the Gaza mosque has risen to 24, according to local authorities. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said 93 people were also wounded in the strikes on...

She was all but forgotten. Now the 18th-century author’s republished novels reveal why she made such an extraordinary contribution to literatureShe was a proto-feminist author whose phenomenally popular novels commanded unprecedented fees and influenced the work of Jane Austen, Lord Byron, John Keats, Mary Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry James, the Brontë sisters and Charles Dickens.Yet for centuries, Ann Radcliffe has been neglected by...

Protesters call for end to bloodshed at marches in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane a day before anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFeelings of frustration and anger were palpable among the thousands of people who attended pro-Palestine rallies around Australia on Sunday, decrying the rising number of...

Explosions heard across Lebanese capital; dozens reported killed with more wounded in hit on central Gaza mosque that Israel says was Hamas baseMiddle East crisis – latest updatesHeavy consecutive strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, witnesses said, while Gaza’s civil defence agency said 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque in central Gaza...

Follow the day’s news liveAustralians arrive in Cyprus after being evacuated from LebanonSome images are coming through of Australian citizens, residents and their families arriving at Larnaca airport in Cyprus after being evacuated from Beirut yesterday.This is a tragedy that has been playing out in the Middle East. It is obviously difficult. It is obviously complex.That is a patent lie, and it’s an intentional...

Health secretary Wes Streeting told to speed up changes as inability to free up hospital bed linked to deaths of patientsHealth secretary Wes Streeting has been urged to speed up reforms to the adult care system in the wake of patient deaths after two coroners warned him of the impact insufficient care beds and service provision are having on the NHS.Last month, coroners sent...

Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profitAlmost all the care homes shut down for endangering children or vulnerable adults were run to make a profit, according to a landmark study examining the long-term impact of outsourcing care to the private sector.Research published last week by Oxford University reveals...

Lai Ching-te argues the reverse may be true because the Republic of China – the mantle that nationalists carried with them to Taiwan – predates the communist People’s RepublicIt is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become Taiwan’s motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island’s president has said.Lai Ching-te, who took office in May, is condemned by Beijing as a...

Police believe woman may have not survived Sunday morning blaze at home in Thorneside, south of BrisbaneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn eight-year-old girl has died and a woman is missing after a townhouse caught fire at Thorneside, south of Brisbane on Sunday.Queensland police told ABC reporters at the scene that...

Thousands attend Pennsylvania rally to see Republican candidate, while Elon Musk warns of ‘last election’ if supporters don’t turn out to voteDonald Trump has returned to the site where he narrowly escaped assassination in July, pushing the emotional buttons of his supporters and suggesting that his political opponents “maybe even tried to kill me” to stop him regaining the White House.The Republican presidential nominee...

Opposition leader’s claim Labor is ‘at odds with our allies’ an attempt to sow division, deputy prime minister saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has hit back at Peter Dutton’s claims that Australia is at odds with its allies over the conflict in the Middle East, characterising this as...

Vice-president pledges ongoing support during second trip in four days to North Carolina disaster zoneKamala Harris pledged ongoing federal support and praised the “heroes among us” during a swing through hurricane-hit North Carolina on Saturday, her second trip in four days to the disaster zone.The vice-president began her visit by attending a briefing with state and local officials in Charlotte, where she thanked “those...

Large-scale clinical project could give real-time view of how well treatments are working and lead to earlier diagnosesScientists are embarking on a large-scale clinical study of new personalised cancer therapies which could give clinicians are real-time view of how well treatments are working.The £9m partnership between the Francis Crick Institute, five NHS trusts, charities and bioscience companies will spend four years examining the effectiveness...

Statement comes as president urges Congress to pass disaster-relief package as costs soar amid devastationThe White House moved Saturday to quash claims that government officials control the weather, including a far-fetched rumor circulating on social media that Hurricane Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits.“We have seen a large increase in false information circulating online related to the...

Latest system forms in Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, with forecasters expecting upgrade to hurricane in a few daysFlorida is expected to get walloped by another hurricane next week, just 10 days after it was hit by Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread storm surge and wind damage before it moved inland to cause devastating flooding.The latest system, Tropical Storm Milton, formed in the Gulf...

The event, which is celebrating its anniversary, has grown into a global phenomenon – and made us feel a whole lot betterTwenty years ago, on a windy, autumnal Saturday morning, 13 runners showed up to a park in south-west London for an event called the Bushy Park Time Trial. A 5km course was plotted and the organiser, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, a computer programmer who grew...

The Treasury refuses to confirm 1 January start date as unions, tax experts and school leaders say it is unworkableGovernment plans to impose VAT on private schools from 1 January next year may have to be delayed because of warnings from unions, tax experts and school leaders that meeting the deadline will cause administrative chaos and teacher job losses, and put pressure on the...

Vegemite sells for 30 cents more per 100g in Australia, a salty byproduct of lower supermarket competition sure to leave a bad tasteFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShoppers in the UK are paying less for Australian brands including Vegemite and Tim Tams than customers in Australia, despite the classic products being...