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• What Biden says about potential running mate

  26-05-2020 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he was considering choosing a woman of color as his running mate, but was also considering other candidates.
  
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• Minneapolis Hilton cancels ICE agents’ hotel reservations

  05-01-2026 22:34 via theguardian.com
  Move sparks praise but chain says hotel independently operated and cancellations ‘not reflective of Hilton values’The Department of Homeland Security on Monday said a Hilton hotel canceled reservations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota, where the Trump administration has deployed officers after allegations of fraud against Somali immigrants.After ICE officers booked rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton canceled their reservations, the dep
  
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• Arizona supreme court evacuated after package tests positive for explosives

  05-01-2026 22:16 via theguardian.com
  Department of education, across the street from the supreme court, also evacuatedLaw enforcement, including the US Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco are investigating a “suspicious package” that was found in the Arizona supreme court building on Monday morning, the agency’s Phoenix division posted to X.At around 10.30am Monday, staff at the Arizona supreme court building were sent home and the building was evacuated after a package in the building’s mailroom tested
  
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• Australia news live: NSW police to decide whether to extend post-Bondi shooting protest ban; PM to visit flood-hit Queensland

  05-01-2026 22:13 via theguardian.com
  Police commissioner Mal Lanyon’s current declaration restricts public assemblies in Sydney’s south-west, north-west and central metropolitan areas. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent senator David Pocock said he believes the prime minister should have already announced plans to bring federal parliament back early to address the Bondi beach terror attack.Pocock spoke to RN Breakfast this morning, saying:I take the point
  
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• Protesters celebrate and denounce US capture of Maduro outside New York court

  05-01-2026 22:08 via theguardian.com
  Some demonstrators celebrated the Venezuelan president’s detention while others spoke out against US imperialismDozens of demonstrators of various stripes gathered outside the federal courthouse in freezing temperatures in New York on Monday to express their views on the US criminal charges against Venezuela’s forcibly removed president, Nicolás Maduro.As Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges related to international drug trafficking and weapons charges inside the heavily secur
  
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• Trump administration to reportedly meet with US oil executives as Maduro claims he is ‘still president’ of Venezuela – live

  05-01-2026 22:05 via theguardian.com
  Lawyers for both Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, said that their clients won’t seek bail at this time; the next hearing will take place on 17 MarchDeposed Maduro pleads not guilty after capture in shock US attack on VenezuelaDelcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warningA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves.Asked on S
  
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• Deposed Maduro pleads not guilty after capture in shock US attack on Venezuela

  05-01-2026 21:53 via theguardian.com
  President protests innocence in US court as countries at UN meeting condemn Donald Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’Venezuela crisis – latest updatesThe deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to drugs, weapons and narco-terrorism charges on Monday, two days after his capture by US special forces in an operation ordered by Donald Trump that sent shockwaves around the world.The brevity and formality of the arraignment hearing in federal court in M
  
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• Corporation For Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts

  05-01-2026 21:42 via theguardian.com
  Board of directors vote to dissolve organization after nearly 60 years in operation after funding cuts under TrumpThe nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations announced is dissolving after massive federal funding cuts under Donald Trump.The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 60 years in operation. Continue reading...
  
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• MPs across UK parties criticise ministers over cautious stance on Venezuela attack

  05-01-2026 21:34 via theguardian.com
  Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper challenged for refusing to criticise Trump’s raid despite widespread doubts about legalityMPs have attacked UK ministers over their refusal to criticise Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, as Keir Starmer attempts to walk a fine line between defending international law and keeping the US president on side.Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs rounded on the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, on Monday night as frustration grew over the government
  
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• ‘Soy inocente’: Maduro defiant in surreal New York courtroom spectacle

  05-01-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  The Venezuelan leader entered a heartfelt not guilty plea – and told a member of the gallery he was a prisoner of warVenezuela crisis – latest updatesAt noon on Monday, Nicolás Maduro was escorted into a Manhattan federal courtroom following his capture early on Saturday in Caracas, completing the seized Venezuelan leader’s stunning journey from his capital city to a US courtroom.It was a surreal display amid the fallout of a brazen US military operation to grab Maduro t
  
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• Maduro declares 'I am innocent' and 'still president' in Manhattan court appearance

  05-01-2026 20:47 via abcnews.go.com
  Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are scheduled to make their initial appearances in Manhattan federal court on Monday.
  
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• US to slash routine vaccine recommendations for children in major change experts say creates doubt

  05-01-2026 20:45 via theguardian.com
  Jabs to prevent influenza, rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other vaccines are no longer fully recommendedThe Trump administration will slash routine vaccine recommendations during childhood from 17 to 11 jabs – the biggest change to vaccines yet under the purview of longtime vaccine critic Robert F Kennedy Jr.The changes, which US health officials announced on Monday afternoon and are effective immediately, will erode trust and reduce access to vaccines while allowing infe
  
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• Starmer delivers masterclass in hedging his bets after Venezuela raid

  05-01-2026 20:41 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister assures colleagues he may one day stand up to Donald Trump – but not yetKeir Starmer has got used to walking a diplomatic tightrope with Donald Trump. But the US president’s Venezuelan adventure, whisking its leader out of the country after a late-night raid, has pushed that cautious approach to its limits.The clues were all there. Ever since Trump confirmed that he had authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela against drug traffickers – and bl
  
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• ‘A warning not an insult’: US doubles down on criticism of Europe

  05-01-2026 20:35 via theguardian.com
  Forecast of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ was part of call for pro-growth reform, says Trump officialDonald Trump’s administration has doubled down on its recent criticism of Europe, saying last month’s US national security strategy was an attempt to “jolt” an ally back to economic life.The document was widely condemned in Europe as representing a seismic shift in the 70-year transatlantic alliance with its dark references to a purported threat of &l
  
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• Iran to try risky economic concessions as it attempts to quell protesters’ anger

  05-01-2026 20:20 via theguardian.com
  President wants to placate demonstrators calling for political change, action on corruption and help with cost of livingThe Iranian government is attempting risky economic concessions as it tries to meet the escalating demands of protesters seeking fundamental political change, a clampdown on corruption and an easing of the squeeze on living standards of the poor.Now entering their ninth day, the protests have spread to 26 of Iran’s 31 provinces, with a US-based human rights group claiming
  
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• Claire's and The Original Factory Shop enter administration

  05-01-2026 20:02 via bbc.com
  The firms' owner said "alarming" low Christmas trading left both in a "vulnerable" position
  
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• New federal screening guidance expands cervical cancer testing with at-home option

  05-01-2026 20:01 via abcnews.go.com
  The new option will be covered by private insurance beginning in January 2027.
  
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• US foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting

  05-01-2026 19:57 via theguardian.com
  US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of warThe ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in VenezuelaThe US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the United Nations security council.Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain were among countries that on Monday denounced Donald Tru
  
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• Elon Musk’s Grok AI is used to digitally undress images of women and children

  05-01-2026 19:45 via theguardian.com
  The degrading pictures are being posted to X despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate themDegrading images of children and women with their clothes digitally removed by Grok AI continue to be shared on Elon Musk’s X, despite the platform’s commitment to suspend users who generate them.After days of concern over use of the chatbot to alter photographs to create sexualised pictures of real women and children stripped to their underwear without their consent, the UK&
  
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• Palestine’s ambassador to UK hails embassy as ‘proof our identity cannot be denied’

  05-01-2026 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Husam Zomlot says inauguration of mission in London marks change of direction for Palestinian stateThe Palestinian ambassador to the UK has said the inauguration of the state’s embassy in London is “proof that our identity cannot be denied”.Husam Zomlot hailed the upgrading of Palestine’s mission in Hammersmith, west London, as “historic” and “monumental”. Continue reading...
  
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• Man in custody after attack on JD Vance’s Ohio home, officials say

  05-01-2026 19:32 via theguardian.com
  William Defoor, 26, to appear in court Tuesday after arrest for alleged attack on vice-president’s Cincinnati homeA man arrested during an incident where someone appeared to be trying to break into the Ohio house of JD Vance with a hammer is to appear in court on Tuesday.The vice-president on Monday thanked law enforcement in Ohio for arresting someone he referred to as a “crazy person” who had turned up at his Cincinnati home overnight. Continue reading...
  
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• Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop near collapse, putting 2,550 jobs at risk

  05-01-2026 19:18 via theguardian.com
  Owner Modella starts insolvency proceedings for both chains, saying trading is ‘extremely challenging’The retailers Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop are on the brink of administration, putting 2,550 jobs at risk.Both chains are owned by Modella Capital, a private equity firm, which recently bought the high street arm of WH Smith – renamed TG Jones. Modella said in a statement that the climate on UK high streets was “extremely challenging” and data sugges
  
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• Woman swept away with her daughter was a beautiful soul, says friend

  05-01-2026 19:17 via bbc.com
  A close friend pays tribute to Sarah and Grace Keeling, who were swept away at Withernsea.
  
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• Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment

  05-01-2026 19:12 via theguardian.com
  Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’UK politics live – latest updatesEighty asylum seekers detained in preparation for being returned to France under the UK government’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have called on UN bodies to investigate their treatment, claiming they have suffered “fear, humiliation and psychological distress” at the hands of the Home Office since ar
  
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• No 10 suggests UK would not vote for UN security council resolution condemning US arrest of Maduro – as it happened

  05-01-2026 19:10 via theguardian.com
  PM’s spokesperson did not contest report claiming that the UK will abstain on a possible UN voteSpeaking to reporters this morning, Keir Starmer said Nicolás Maduro, who was president of Venezuela until he was arrested by the Americans on Saturday and taken to a US jail, was not a legitimate ruler. He said:What’s happened here in Venezuela is obviously really important. We have long championed a peaceful transition to democracy, because the president was illegitimate.Internati
  
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• 'Nancy blunder evidence of Celtic's blurred vision'

  05-01-2026 19:04 via bbc.com
  There is "no apparent big picture view at Celtic", argues BBC Sport Scotland's Tom English as Wilfried Nancy and Paul Tisdale exit the ailing champions.
  
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• Trump's seizure of Maduro raises thorny legal questions, in US and abroad

  05-01-2026 19:02 via bbc.com
  US Attorney General Pam Bondi has said Maduro was brought to the US to "face justice". Some experts have concerns.
  
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• Zelenskyy forces out Ukrainian spy chief who led daring raids against Russia

  05-01-2026 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Vasyl Malyuk reportedly unwilling to leave post as head of the Security Service but will now lead special operationsThe spy chief who led Ukraine’s most audacious behind-the-lines operations in its war with Russia has been forced to resign by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Vasyl Malyuk, who was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine last year, reportedly fought to stay in post as head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) but relented on Monday at a meeting with the president. Continue reading...
  
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• Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

  05-01-2026 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medicsThousands of people who have had a stroke are ending up severely disabled or dying because the NHS has too few specialists to treat them quickly enough, senior doctors are warning.A chronic shortage of stroke consultants across the NHS means that patients are suffering horrendous consequences because of delays in getting clot-busting drugs and surgery, they said.70% of stroke
  
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• Snow and ice hit UK road and rail travel with schools forced to shut

  05-01-2026 18:57 via bbc.com
  The Arctic blast is set to continue into Tuesday, and temperatures over lying snow could dip to -12C.
  
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