3 h. ago Guyana to crack down on gold smuggled in from Venezuela at the urging of the US government

Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government

Politics

4 h. ago Photos of funeral for slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed in what authorities are calling an assassination, were honored with a private funeral at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis.

Culture

8 h. ago More than $130 million in cocaine recovered from ship in London port by U.K. authorities

More than $130 million in cocaine recovered from ship in London port by U.K. authorities  CBS News

Economics

10 h. ago Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C

Authorities in Spain, Portugal, Greece and France issue extreme heat, wildfires and health warnings Authorities across Europe are on alert as the first heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures up to 42C (107.6F), as the fastest-warming continent continues to suffer the effects of the climate emergency.Spain’s state meteorological office, Aemet, issued a special heat warning on Friday, saying temperatures could reach 42C in some southern areas of the country over the coming days.Agence France-Presse and Associated Press contributed to this report Continue reading...

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11 h. ago A Russian drone strike on Odesa kills a married couple and injures 17 other people, Ukraine says

Ukrainian authorities say two people were killed and some 17 injured after Russian drones attacked the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa

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12 h. ago ‘People told me it gave them a sense of hope’: Ismail Zaidy’s best phone picture

The Moroccan photographer intended this portrait of his sister, taken during the Covid pandemic, to bring optimism in uncertain timesIsmail Zaidy took this image, with the help of his siblings, in the gardens of the famous La Mamounia hotel in Marrakech. The Moroccan photographer received special authorisation to shoot there in 2021, when Covid restrictions were in place. He took his brother, Othmane, as shoot assistant and his sister, Fatimazahra, was the model in the image, wearing a vintage dress their mum had bought at a flea market. The small team fixed flowers to a plastic sheet and took a number of shots over a three-hour period; Othmane appeared in some, too.Zaidy recalls what a treat it felt to be outside. “Getting access to open spaces was limited, so being outdoors – even briefly – felt refreshing and special,” he says. “ It was a fairly chaotic period for all of us, but over time things calmed down and we found a rhythm. It actually gave us more time to cr...

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13 h. ago A mystery cement mixer death, arms trafficking and the heart of a drug dealing empire: The murky past of family

EXCLUSIVE: Baldwins Farm has been in the national spotlight after a TV documentary found it had been used to hide a car that was stolen from a driveway in London.

Events

14 h. ago Delayed grass cutting service to begin across Bridgend County

The authority made the decision to develop an in-house grass-cutting service in 2024

Politics

14 h. ago Glasgow parking fine scam alert over 'suspicious messages' amid cyber security incident

The local authority has launched an urgent probe into "suspicious messages" related to outsanding fines after it discovered "malicious activity" on servers last week.

Events

15 h. ago UK authorities seize cocaine worth more than $130 million from a ship at London port

UK authorities seize cocaine worth more than $130 million from a ship at London port  WRAL.com

Economics

15 h. ago One Day author DAVID NICHOLLS on whether he'll ever write a sequel

Author of the best-selling tearjerker One Day, DAVID NICHOLLS' latest novel is about loneliness and long-distance walking. He tells us about love, loss and the power of a solitary hike

Culture

17 h. ago Voices: Starmer’s authority isn’t the only thing badly dented by his benefits climbdown

For Labour backbenchers, the welfare rebellion was a triumph: with the growing possibility of this being a one-term government, and with little prospect of ministerial advancement, MPs have concluded they have nothing to lose by standing up for what they believe in, says Andrew Grice

Culture

18 h. ago Areas of Scotland with highest and lowest rates of crime 2025

Official statistics on crimes recorded by the police in Scotland have been shared.

Events

18 h. ago Fireworks will light up this Fourth of July. Next year could be different if tariff talks fizzle

Fireworks are as American as apple pie

Economics

21 h. ago NYC Mayor Eric Adams rips into Mamdani’s ‘socialist’ agenda, says he ‘doesn’t have the authority’ to tax the rich

‘I'm competing against him because this is not a socialist city,’ Adams said

Culture

23 h. ago 'I wrote a book and published it online. When I woke up next morning it was number one in the charts'

Sophie Gravia swapped nursing for writing and now the author of bestselling The Glasgow Kiss book series and The Dicktionary Club has a BBC podcast

Politics

23 h. ago Lawn and order! Pensioner, 66, caught smuggling £120m of cocaine inside rolls of artificial grass is jailed for 17 years

A pensioner who was caught smuggling £120million worth of cocaine inside rolls of artificial grass has been jailed for 17 years. 

Economics

23 h. ago The US supreme court has dramatically expanded the powers of the president | Moira Donegan

Donald Trump, personally, will now have the presumptive power to persecute you, and nullify your rights in defiance of the constitution, at his discretionThose of us who cover the US supreme court are faced, every June, with a peculiar challenge: whether to describe what the supreme court is doing, or what is claims that it is doing.What the supreme court says it was doing in Friday’s 6-3 decision in Trump v Casa, Inc, the birthright citizenship case, is narrowing the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions, in deference to presidential authority. The case effectively ends the ability of federal judges on lower courts to issue nationwide stays of executive actions that violate the constitution, federal law, and the rights of citizens. And so what the court has actually done is dramatically expand the rights of the president – this president – to nullify constitutional provisions at will.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Wood Group: Scottish engineering giant faces probe by watchdog over accounting 'cultural failures'

The Financial Conduct Authority probe will look into the period between January 2023 and November 2024 at Aberdeen-based Wood Group.

Events

25 h. ago Heartbreaking photos show squalid conditions elderly woman died in – as authorities rescue over 80 dogs who lived with her

Police in Brooklyn found a woman dead in her filthy home filled with trash piles and over 80 neglected dogs.

Culture