3 h. ago ‘The world does not care if we all die’: hunger and despair in the ruins of Gaza City

Killings in a new Israeli offensive and depleted food and medical supplies are pushing people on to the streets of the once bustling hub of GazaOn the streets of Gaza City this week, there were two sounds that never ceased, day or night. In the west, the Mediterranean breakers crashed on the rubbish-strewn shoreline. In the east, the shells, missiles and rockets exploded with dull thuds and occasional ear-splitting cracks.At least 100,000 people have come to Gaza City, once the bustling commercial and cultural hub of the Palestinian territory. All are fleeing the new offensive – dubbed Gideon’s Chariots – recently launched by Israel into the ruined towns and neighbourhoods of northern Gaza. Continue reading...

Events

8 h. ago Western quolls and brushtail possums thrive in national park a decade after reintroduction

The Australian animals were locally extinct but have had a resurgence in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national parkAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWestern quolls (Idnya) and brushtail possums (Virlda), once locally extinct, are flourishing in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national park 10 years after their reintroduction.“They’re pretty funny. We go spotlighting at night you can spotlight at the campsite there and see them running around, looking for bits of food,” National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reintroduction ecologist Talitha Moyle said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Politics

14 h. ago Blundering Home Office allowed convicted drug dealer to stay in the UK after wrongly accepting he had lived in Britain most of his life

Olajiire Obafemi Shoyombo, a Nigerian national, was jailed for three years and four months in prison in 2023 after being convicted of supplying of heroin and crack cocaine.

Society

15 h. ago Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the ‘great late’ Al Capone in politically

President praised his administration’s efforts to end DEI programs and crack down on immigration while addressing West Point’s Class of 2025

Politics

19 h. ago Voices: What Rayner’s crackdown on child benefit will really mean for middle

A leaked government memo reveals that Angela Rayner wants to stop child benefit handouts to middle-class mums. The trouble is, says Charlotte Cripps, many on her hit list might have middle-class backgrounds but can no longer match them economically

Politics

20 h. ago I’m feasting on the contents of hedgerows like a horse in plimsolls – and I’ve never felt so healthy | Nell Frizzell

Nettles, hedge garlic, sticky weed: Britain in May is a lush salad bar that I can’t resist, and it’s doing wonders for my skinI had a daughter during one of the bone-cold early months of this year, which means that my full-time job is now to produce a yield. Between the hours of dawn and midnight, with a few lactic minutes in between, I am a feeding machine for a new person.And it is this, perhaps, that has led to my somewhat strange new eating habits. Pregnancy may traditionally be the time associated with cravings and aversions – the old cliches of sardines and jam, coal and creosote, bread and crackers. But here, in my postnatal feeding frenzy, I’m eating nettles by the handful. I am chomping on sticky weed. I have been biting the heads off dandelions (bitter – like really serious dark chocolate) and sucking the nectar from inside honeysuckle. This recent chlorophyll gala has, of course, coincided with England’s greatest month: May. Some of us love the look of May, some of us enj...

Politics

22 h. ago New warning over Thai gangs targeting UK backpackers to recruit new drug mules

The UK Government started a new operation to crack down on drug smuggling, after it was revealed Thai gangs have been targeting British backpackers to smuggle their illegal goods

Events

23 h. ago What Rayner’s crackdown on child benefit will really mean for middle

A leaked government memo reveals that Angela Rayner wants to stop child benefit handouts to middle-class mums. The trouble is, says Charlotte Cripps, many on her hit list might have middle-class backgrounds but can no longer match them economically

Politics

26 h. ago Britons face 100% tax on Spanish holiday homes under new housing crackdown

The Spanish government has proposed a new bill that would see non-EU residents charged double for properties

Politics

33 h. ago A warning to Britain: Brought to its knees by a crackpot, Net Zero

'Be careful,' a young, clean-shaven officer warned when the Mail visited this week. 'It can be dangerous here - this is zombieland.'

Events

37 h. ago ‘I treasured that kit’: Leah Williamson’s Arsenal journey from mascot to mainstay

The Arsenal defender knows she must manage her emotions in the Champions League final – 18 years after she was a mascot for the equivalent fixture There is no bigger test of how Arsenal’s Leah Williamson balances the emotion of the occasion as a fan with her life as a player than a first Champions League final after years of working on her feelings when she is wearing red and white. “Do your job, Leah, and then the fan in you gets to enjoy it afterwards,” her internal monologue will run as she prepares to step on to the pitch when the Gunners take on Barcelona in Lisbon.“It’s funny, Less [Alessia Russo] was asking me about this today,” the 28-year-old says, sitting in the sunshine by the small lake at Arsenal’s London Colney training centre. “Maybe it’s age, maybe it’s having the experience of doing it in other moments. The Euros final was fairly level to this in terms of testing my ability to manage the emotions of the day and occasion. I’m just going to enjoy it. Continue reading...

Politics

42 h. ago Peak behind the circus tent in this month's best historical fiction; THE SHOW WOMAN by Emma Cowing, THE ELOPEMENT by Gill Hornby, CLEOPATRA by Natasha Solomons

From sequins, to Austen to the Great Pyramids of Giza. Eithne Farry has picked out the best of May's historical fiction

Culture

42 h. ago Plane passengers warned they face being fined over common habit

The behaviour has irritated fellow tourists for years and now one country is cracking down

Events

44 h. ago DWP Universal Credit crackdown update is good news for millions of Brits

DWP issued an alert this week amid a Universal Credit crackdown as they updated a number on the changes possible saving a colossal sum of money for British taxpayers

Politics

44 h. ago Belgium’s future queen caught up in Harvard foreign student ban

Princess Elisabeth has completed her first year but Trump administration’s crackdown may jeopardise her studiesPrincess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by Donald Trump’s administration on foreign students studying there could jeopardise her continued attendance.The US president’s administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enrol international students on Thursday, and is forcing current foreign students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status in the US, while also threatening to expand the crackdown to other colleges. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago The birds so full of plastic they 'crack and crunch': Heartbreaking images lay bare the devastating impact of Earth's pollution

It's not a sound commonly associated with birds. But a colony of flesh-footed shearwaters 'crack and crunch' because they've consumed so much plastic, experts have revealed.

Politics

49 h. ago Indian forces kill leader of Maoist insurgency in sweeping crackdown on rebels

Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju is the highest-ranking Maoist leader to be killed in nearly 30 years

Events

50 h. ago Police seize five capybaras and crack cocaine after car chase

Costa Rica police seized five capybaras, crack cocaine and marijuana from a fleeing vehicle

Events

57 h. ago Donald Trump mocked for making up new word in bizarre 'Make America Healthy Again' TV appearance

Donald Trump made another TV appearance discussing the government's plans to crack down on ultra-processed foods and "over prescription and widespread exposure to toxic chemicals"

Politics

57 h. ago 'I visited UK's best and worst motorway services – sometimes you just need Greggs'

Mirror journalist Adam Aspinall reviewed Britain's best motorway services to see if it is all it's cracked up to be - he also paid a visit to the services that were voted the worst

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