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4 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Helen Livingstone |Daniel Lavelle |Jane Clinton |Tom Ambrose |Kate Lamb |Lucy Campbell | +15 more
President Trump claims a ceasefire between Israel and Iran has been agreed toIn a post on Truth Social, president Trump claims a 12-hr ceasefire between Israel and Iran has been reached. The ceasefire, he says, will begin in 6 hours.
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5 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Vicky Graham |Harry Taylor |Helen Davidson |Ben Smee |Jonathan Yerushalmy |Maya Yang | +14 more
Iran’s parliament has voted to shut down the vital Hormuz shipping channel in retaliation against Donald Trump’s attack on the country, prompting fears of a sharp spike in oil prices that could cause a global recession. A barrel of Brent crude was selling for about $77 on Friday, having risen by more than 10% since mid-June when Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear sites prompted missile strikes from Tehran against Tel Aviv.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Edward Helmore
Donald Trump has denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that he has approved US plans to attack Iran, saying that the news outlet has “no idea” what his thinking is concerning the Israel-Iran conflictThe Journal reported late on Wednesday that Trump told senior aides a day earlier that he had approved attack plans but was delaying on giving the final order to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program. The report cited three anonymous officials.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Edward Helmore
The Texas department of public safety has warned state lawmakers and legislative staffers of “credible threats” to their safety, hours after two Minnesota politicians were targeted early Saturday. An alert was issued just before 1pm local time, alerting legislators planning to attend a “No Kings” anti-Trump rally at the capitol in Austin. The area was evacuated soon after, according to the Texas Tribune, which first obtained a copy of the warning.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Edward Helmore |Rachel Leingang
Colleagues of Melissa Hortman paid tribute to Melissa Hortman, the top Democratic lawmaker in the Minnesota state house of representatives who was killed on Saturday, with Governor Tim Walz saying the state “lost a dear leader and I lost the dearest of friends”. Hortman was killed along with her husband, Mark, in what Democratic colleagues in the state described as an act of “targeted political violence”.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Edward Helmore
The Trump administration deportation campaign is reportedly shifting its focus away from raids on the agricultural and hospitality sectors after Donald Trump conceded this week that his immigration policies are hurting the farming and hotel industries.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Benedict Smith |Edward Helmore
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Edward Helmore
The movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of a sex crime by a Manhattan jury, concluding a three-week trial that revived accusations from a successful 2020 prosecution that was overturned on appeal. The verdict delivered against Weinstein follows two earlier convictions on similar charges, one of which was overturned on appeal. In the first, now-vacated New York case, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison. A second conviction, in California, resulted in a 16-year sentence.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Edward Helmore
Human rights groups spoke out on Wednesday against an overwhelming vote by Southern Baptists, the US’s largest Protestant denomination, to endorse a resolution that would seek to overturn the legalization of same-marriage by the US supreme court. “Marriage equality is settled law.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Edward Helmore
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has ordered the state’s national guard to deploy to the city of San Antonio ahead of immigration-related protests planned for this week, saying the soldiers are “on standby”. Abbott posted on social media early on Wednesday that the national guard “will be deployed to locations across the state to ensure peace & order. Peaceful protest is legal.
