70 m. ago The Latest: DOGE official to take USAID leadership role despite department helping to dismantle it

According to an email obtained by The Associated Press, a senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency it has worked to dismantle

Politics

75 m. ago 'Truly evil' teen's chilling reason for planning mass shooting at primary school

'This was killing for the sake of killing'

Events

87 m. ago X now valued at $44 billion, the exact sum Elon Musk paid for the social media site in 2022

Just last fall, an investment firm estimated that its shares in the site had plunged nearly 80 percent in value —placing the price tag on the social media platform at less than $10 billion

Economics

90 m. ago Chilling memo released in JFK files about 'suicide' of government insider who blamed the CIA for assassination

A CIA insider who blamed the agency for John F. Kennedy's assassination took his own life six month later, an eerie memo from previously top secret files about the 35th president's death revealed.

Politics

92 m. ago A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year

Twenty-six Social Security Administration offices across the country are expected to close this year, due to actions taken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

Events

1 hour ago The rise of the 'Tesla killer': How a Chinese electric car firm backed by Warren Buffett has seen its shares soar as Elon Musk's brand plummets... so should YOU invest? Read what the experts say

Its electric cars have driven in from China - and now this company is being dubbed 'the Tesla killer'. Shares in BYD have accelerated to a record high and are up 44 per cent this year.

Events

1 hour ago London weather: Capital sees wild 21C temperature swing ahead of likely hottest day of year

London woke to a chilly start of -3C on Wednesday, but the mercury hit 18C in the afternoon - with Thursday set to be hotter than Porto, Ibiza and Barcelona

Politics

1 hour ago DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says

A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press

Politics

2 h. ago Brussels takes action against Google and Apple under Digital Markets Act – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsIstanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nominationIs Trump driving the US into a recession? – in chartsSuperdrug is to open 25 new stores this year in a move that will create around 600 jobs, as the health and beauty retailer said it intends to invest more in beauty treatments and luxury fragrances.The company, which said that investing in larger stores drives its bricks and mortar strategy, currently has 780 shops in the UK and Ireland.“We want everyone who enters Superdrug to feel an elevated customer experience.”Bexhill-on-Sea (East Sussex)Billericay (Essex)Dover (Kent)Droitwich (Worcestershire)Dunstable (Beds)East Grinstead (West Sussex)Holyhead (Isle of Anglesey)Ilkley (West Yorkshire)Larne (Antrim, NI)Maldon (Essex)Morley (West Yorkshire)North Walsham (Norfolk)Redcar (North Yorkshire)Saffron Walden (Essex)St Annes on Sea (Lancashire)Turriff (Aberdeenshire)Uckfield (East Sussex)Urmston (Great Manchester) ...

Politics

2 h. ago Judge grudgingly extends deadline for Trump administration to give details on deportation flights – live

US government has until noon ET Friday to either provide details of the flights or to invoke a doctrine shielding information on national security groundsDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago Three DEAD and two unwell following severe listeria outbreak linked to desserts served in NHS hospitals

All chilled desserts including ice cream, mousses and yoghurts supplied by the company have now been recalled.

Events

3 h. ago Elon Musk ‘salute’ carved into sand in world’s largest Tesla protest

Elon Musk’s notorious “salute” has been carved into sand at the world’s largest Tesla protest.

Events

3 h. ago Three DEAD, two with severe food poisoning after eating chocolate dessert

All chilled desserts including ice cream, mousses and yoghurts supplied by the company have now been recalled.

Events

3 h. ago Valencia seeks catharsis in traditional burning of sculptures months after deadly floods

Five months after deadly floods ravaged Valencia, the Spanish city is hosting its biggest celebration of the year

Events

3 h. ago Supermarket price wars ‘chilling prospect’ for farmers, says MP in regulator bid

Alistair Carmichael said the farm-to-fork pipeline needed ‘direct action’ from the Government.

Economics

3 h. ago Brussels takes action against Google and Apple under Digital Markets Act – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsIstanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nominationIs Trump driving the US into a recession? – in chartsSuperdrug is to open 25 new stores this year in a move that will create around 600 jobs, as the health and beauty retailer said it intends to invest more in beauty treatments and luxury fragrances.The company, which said that investing in larger stores drives its bricks and mortar strategy, currently has 780 shops in the UK and Ireland.“We want everyone who enters Superdrug to feel an elevated customer experience.”Bexhill-on-Sea (East Sussex)Billericay (Essex)Dover (Kent)Droitwich (Worcestershire)Dunstable (Beds)East Grinstead (West Sussex)Holyhead (Isle of Anglesey)Ilkley (West Yorkshire)Larne (Antrim, NI)Maldon (Essex)Morley (West Yorkshire)North Walsham (Norfolk)Redcar (North Yorkshire)Saffron Walden (Essex)St Annes on Sea (Lancashire)Turriff (Aberdeenshire)Uckfield (East Sussex)Urmston (Great Manchester) ...

Economics

3 h. ago Urgent review of gun laws urged after triple killer who plotted mass school shooting exposed ‘major failure’

The government is ‘urgently looking’ to tighten controls around private gun sales after Nicholas Prosper murdered his family and plotted to kill 30 children with a weapon he bought for £650

Events

3 h. ago Noel Clarke told actress to look at him while he was exposed, court hears

The actor is suing Guardian News and Media over seven articles and a podcast.

Events

4 h. ago Seven people rushed to hospital after Tesla mounts pavement and ploughs into group of pedestrians in London

Footage shows the aftermath of the crash as the mangled white car sits wrecked outside a Sainsbury's Local store and pedestrians lie sprawled on the pavement.

Politics

4 h. ago Conspiracy theories ignite online as NASA's astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down off the coast of Florida on Monday - but some commentators aren't convinced by the footage.

Technology