Judge orders officials to preserve all evidence tied to Christa Pike’s botched execution
World news | The Guardianby Adam Gabbatt and Maya Yang·4d ago
A judge ordered Tennessee officials on Wednesday to preserve all evidence related to the botched execution attempt on convicted murderer Christa Pike, as it emerged that the state has refused pleas...
Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia
World news | The Guardianby Leyland Cecco in Toronto·4d ago
Canada’s federal government said Wednesday it would advance legislation to prevent people whose sole health condition is mental illness from accessing euthanasia, an effort by the ruling Liberal...
Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart
World news | The Guardianby Heather Stewart Economics editor·4d ago
Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit is a Conservative classic. After all, it was George Osborne’s high-profile pledge to “take the family home out of inheritance tax” in 2007 that put Gordon...
The most shocking part of Trump’s comments is what our reaction says about us
World news | The Guardianby David Smith in Washington·4d ago
Donald Trump’s campaign rallies can be repetitive. Very repetitive. He calls himself the “greatest” president leading the “greatest” movement inside the “greatest” economy.
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
World news | The Guardianby Helena Horton·4d ago
When the Sunday Times broke the news that David Reuben, one of the richest men in the UK, had apparently fled to the tax haven of Monaco, there was much pearl clutching.
Two men jailed with indefinite sentences freed after two decades
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor·4d ago
Two men jailed with indefinite sentences for public protection (IPPs) have been freed after each serving about two decades in custody despite receiving minimum terms of two years or less.
Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio
World news | The Guardianby Ariana Baio·5d ago
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running as the Republican candidate in a competitive Senate race, admitted privately that rising fuel prices as a result of Donald Trump’s Iran war were...
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
World news | The Guardianby Heather Stewart and Jessica Elgot·5d ago
Soaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst parliament for living standards in modern times, a stark analysis warns.
LA officials document first case of a rabid raccoon in more than 50 years
World news | The Guardianby Dani Anguiano·5d ago
Los Angeles county recently documented its first rabid raccoon in more than 50 years, and health officials are urging residents to never touch wild animals.
Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed
World news | The Guardianby Joanna Partridge·5d ago
Five more former traders who were jailed for rigging interest rates have had their convictions quashed by the court of appeal in London, after a long battle to clear their names.
All hail the Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives | John Crace
World news | The Guardianby John Crace·5d ago
Where’s AI slop when you need it? It could all have been so much simpler. Just ask ChatGPT to write me a leader’s speech in the style of Kemi Badenoch.
Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents
World news | The Guardianby Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent·5d ago
Dozens of artists, actors and musicians including Susan Sarandon and Noel Gallagher have expressed support for Garvaghy Road residents in the impasse over the Drumcree parade in Northern Ireland.
Christa Pike’s lawyers hold press conference after she regains consciousness in hospital – latest updates
World news | The Guardianby Maya Yang·5d ago
Christa Pike's lawyers hold press conference after saying she is 'conscious' following execution attempt Christa Pike’s lawyers are holding a press conference today after revealing last night that...
Abortion pill access jumps almost 50% after Australia eases restrictions for pharmacies
World news | The Guardianby Melissa Davey Medical editor·5d ago
The number of Australian pharmacies stocking an abortion pill increased by almost 50% when prescribing restrictions were relaxed, with researchers saying the findings suggest deregulation of...
‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ created after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfires, study finds
World news | The Guardianby Petra Stock·5d ago
The drastic land use changes wreaked by colonisation created a “catastrophic wildfire loop” that rendered south-east Australia more susceptible to climate-fuelled bushfires, experts say.
‘Take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego? Trump is beyond irresponsible | Ted Widmer
World news | The Guardianby Ted Widmer·5d ago
Donald Trump was in Nebraska on Monday, and though his long rally speech had elements of a performance, this was no Bruce Springsteen album.
British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
World news | The Guardianby Marilyn W Thompson·5d ago
For Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire Goldsmith family was a gateway to elite society and he wanted to be in their circle.
Bail hostels due to house early-release prisoners in England and Wales closed
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor·5d ago
Eleven bail hostels that were supposed to have housed dangerous prisoners during the early release of stalkers and domestic abusers in England and Wales have been closed, the Guardian can disclose.
‘All me’: Tory party riding high on Kemi Badenoch’s wave of popularity
World news | The Guardianby Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar, Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot·5d ago
Kemi Badenoch has long said that the Conservatives were “under new management”, but in a TV interview to mark the end of a party conference at which she has been front and centre of more or less...
George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK
World news | The Guardianby Dan Sabbagh·5d ago
George Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his attempt to succeed for an eighth this week, in the London seat formerly held by Keir Starmer, is undoubtedly his most curious...
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