49 m. ago Diddy trial live: Deonte Nash says Combs threatened to release Cassie Ventura’s sex tapes to her parents’ workplace

‘Mia’ is among four witnesses prosecutors plan to call as Sean Combs’ New York sex trafficking trial enters its 11th day of testimony

Society

52 m. ago Trump vows to make Harvard 'great again' with 15% cap on foreign students

President Donald Trump vowed to make Harvard 'great again' by capping the number of foreign students who can attend the elite university.

Politics

56 m. ago What next for Rio Ferdinand after TNT Sports exit – ‘Quitting UK’, job plans, return possible

The MEN takes a look at Rio Ferdinand's time at TNT Sports and both his and the broadcaster's future plans after the Manchester United icon announced he will leave his punditry role this weekend

Politics

69 m. ago Donald Trump must reverse his aid cuts and lift the death sentence on HIV patients

Editorial: As a new Independent documentary shows, by shutting off US foreign aid and abruptly stopping the supply of HIV drugs to developing countries, the US president has punished some of the poorest people on the planet

Politics

78 m. ago King Charles cancer update as Canada visit brings defiant response to Donald Trump's warning

Charles announced that Canada is "strong and free" amidst an escalation of threats from US President Donald Trump that its North American neighbour should become the 51st state of the US.

Events

81 m. ago The Guardian view on a new Syria: nurturing fragile hope amid the rubble | Editorial

Sanctions relief thanks to Donald Trump’s unexpected embrace of the new president gives a shattered country the chance to rebuildThe startled joy that greeted Bashar al-Assad’s fall less than six months ago was always shadowed by the fear of what might follow. Hundreds of thousands of the six million Syrians who fled abroad during 14 years of war have returned. Yet the mood has inevitably grown more sober, and last week Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, warned that the fractured country could be weeks away from “potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions”.Mr Rubio was defending Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to lift sanctions after meeting the country’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa – a former al-Qaida fighter who until months ago had a $10m US bounty on his head, but who is also, in Mr Trump’s considered view, a “young, attractive guy. Tough guy”. Whatever the trigger, the suspension of some sanctions by the US, and the lifting of some EU and UK measur...

Politics

84 m. ago RFK Jr wants to ban government scientists from publishing in top journals and instead create a MAGA

Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary claims world-renowned medical journals are ‘corrupt’

Politics

86 m. ago Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE

A federal judge in Vermont has granted a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher release from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the U.S. Colleagues and academics testified Wednesday on Kseniia Petrova’s behalf, saying she is doing valuable research in pursuing cures for cancer

Events

1 hour ago Judge spares Trump from massive DOGE lawsuit — leaving Elon Musk holding the bag for ‘unauthorized role’

The world’s wealthiest man is accused of illegally wielding power to fire government workers and slash spending

Politics

1 hour ago Trump: ‘Yes, I did’ tell Israel’s Netanyahu to stand down on Iran strike amid nuke deal push

Trump says he doesn’t think a strike is ‘appropriate’ during talks with Tehran

Politics

1 hour ago AP PHOTOS: Three Ukrainian Siblings Buried in Aftermath of Russian Missile Strike

Three open coffins, one adult-sized, one medium and one child-sized, lay inside the Soviet-era Palace of Culture in a northern Ukrainian city. They were surrounded by dozens of bouquets Wednesday as a church choir sang farewell prayers, and hundreds of residents stood in grim silence.

Events

1 hour ago King Charles deliberately made pointed speech about the sovereignty of Canada, but did not want to 'call out' President Trump, aides reveal

King Charles ' pointed speech to President Trump regarding the sovereignty of Canada was 'thought-provoking, but not provocative', sources have insisted.

Politics

1 hour ago Trump says he will be negotiating the ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill after Musk criticizes it – live

Trump says the bill ‘needs to get a lot of support’ in Congress, adding ‘we have to get a lot of votes’Musk says Trump tax bill weakens Doge cost-cutting measuresThe vice-president, JD Vance, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Vegas, which will set out the Trump administration’s turbocharged approach to the US crypto industry.If you cast your minds back, it’s the same conference Trump spoke at last year in Nashville calling for America to become a “bitcoin superpower” and the “crypto capital of the planet” under his leadership.At 4:30pm ET, Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr will speak at the very same conference in Vegas. It’s presumably an industry they feel invested in, given they back a major Bitcoin venture themselves, per Reuters. And it comes just a day after a separate family-linked business, the Trump Media & Technology Group, announced its intention to raise $2.5bn to invest in bitcoin, as the Wall Street Journal reports. A...

Politics

2 h. ago RFK Jr and Mehmet Oz seek to save Canadian ostriches despite avian flu fears

Trump officials offer to move 300 birds to Oz’s Florida ranch after Canada imposes kill order over fears flock is infectedWhat is bird flu, and should you be worried about it?Senior officials in the Trump administration have intervened in attempt to save more than 300 ostriches on a farm in British Columbia which the Canadian government had ordered to be killed over fears the flock is infected with avian flu.Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, and Mehmet Oz, a physician and former TV host appointed by Trump as the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, have offered to move the birds to Oz’s ranch in Florida – despite the kill order imposed by Canadian health authorities. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago RFK Jr offers to save Canadian ostriches with suspected bird flu and move them to US

Trump officials offer to move 300 birds to Oz’s Florida ranch after Canada imposes kill order over fears flock is infectedWhat is bird flu, and should you be worried about it?Senior officials in the Trump administration have intervened in attempt to save more than 300 ostriches on a farm in British Columbia which the Canadian government had ordered to be killed over fears the flock is infected with avian flu.Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, and Mehmet Oz, a physician and former TV host appointed by Trump as the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, have offered to move the birds to Oz’s ranch in Florida – despite the kill order imposed by Canadian health authorities. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Half of Americans say Trump, 78, is not being transparent about his health, poll finds

In a new poll, 45 percent of Americans said they believe Trump has either not been transparent about his physical health

Politics

2 h. ago Bernardo Silva thinks Arsenal may be signing 'top player' as Viktor Gyokeres left in limbo

Arsenal are on a search for a new leader in their attacking line, with former Manchester City star Julian Alvarez in their shortlist of options - and the Argentine comes highly recommended

Sport

2 h. ago Funeral of 3 siblings killed in Russian strike underscores mounting toll on Ukrainian families

Three open coffins, one adult-sized, one medium and one child-sized, lay inside the Soviet-era Palace of Culture in a northern Ukrainian city

Events

2 h. ago DVSA plan major driving test booking change as motorists face huge backlog

Some 603,000 future practical driving tests were booked as of the end of April

Transport

2 h. ago Nathan Fielder reveals he spent two years training to fly a 737 for jaw

The comedian confirmed he really did fly the plane with 150 passengers in show’s dramatic final episode

Politics