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2 Dead, Several Injured After Car Rams Crowd In Germany's Leipzig
Germany has been shaken by a series of car-ramming attacks in recent years, including one targeting a Christmas market in 2024 in Magdeburg.
Trump’s World Liberty Financial venture sues crypto entrepreneur for defamation
Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates between the project and one of its most prominent backers.World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign”. It alleged that Sun had improperly transferred some of his WLFI tokens that come with voting and governance rights to crypto exchange Binance and, separately, that he had placed bets that WLFI would decline in market value, known as short selling. That was part of a coordinated effort to push the token’s market price down as public trading began in September, the lawsuit alleged. Continue reading...
'That is failure': Trump's niece goes off as US pays for uncle's 'catastrophic mistake'
President Donald Trump's niece sounded off against her uncle's war in Iran in a new Substack essay on Monday. Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued that Americans are just starting to pay the "cost of chaos" of her uncle's war. She noted that the economic fallout from the war is "staggering," as the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas predicts a 2.9% drop in global GDP because of the war. "Donald entered this conflict despite explicit warnings from experts that it would be a catastrophic mistake," Trump wrote. "The consequences were foreseeable to anyone paying attention. What is now being proposed as a way out of the war amounts to a reset to the status quo that existed before, except under far worse conditions. That is not strategy. That is failure.""And the economic consequences are already here," she added. "According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the United States economy was already shaky before the Iran war. Now it is in real trouble. Growth is slowing. Prices are rising across the board. The ripple effects are being felt across multiple continents, including here at home."She also noted that her uncle's hypocrisy over the war is now impossible to ignore. "During the 2024 campaign, Donald made the price of eggs a centerpiece of his messaging," she wrote. "He blamed rising grocery costs on his predecessor, despite the fact that those price increases were largely driven by a widespread outbreak of avian flu and the necessary culling of poultry. That did not stop him. He attacked daily. He simplified a complex issue into a political weapon. And he promised relief."
Democrats say ‘fight is just beginning’ after supreme court’s temporary reinstatement of abortion pill access – live
Supreme court issued a temporary order to restore access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail on MondaySign up for the Breaking News US emailThe supreme court issued a temporary order to restore access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail on Monday.This comes after two companies who manufacture mifepristone the drug filed an emergency appeal to the court on Saturday asking it to halt a court decision that would require an in‑person exam before the medication can be prescribed. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Trump warns Iranian forces they will be ‘blown off the face of the Earth’ if they target US ships
US president’s comment echoes threat that ‘whole civilisation will die’ as tension over strait of Hormuz ramps up againDonald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockadeWe have a bit more of the statement from Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, who said earlier that the US or any other foreign armed forces would be attacked if they entered the strait of Hormuz (see post at 07.39 for more details). Abdollahi also said:We will maintain and vigorously manage the security of the strait of Hormuz with all our might, and we inform all commercial ships and tankers to refrain from any attempt to transit without the coordination of the armed forces stationed in the strait of Hormuz, so as not to jeopardise their security. Continue reading...
US Destroys 6 Iranian Small Boats, Shoots Down Missiles And Drones
US Admiral Brad Cooper said he "strongly advised" Iranian forces to remain clear of US military assets as it launches the operation.
‘A test of our values’: Starmer to call for whole-society response to rising antisemitism
PM will say responsibility to stand with Jewish communities lies with ‘every one of us’ at event on TuesdayKeir Starmer will call for a whole-of-society response to rising antisemitism on Tuesday, saying that it is not enough simply to condemn the scourge, but people “must show it” through their actions too.Before a roundtable event at Downing Street, the prime minister will call for action on all forms of antisemitism, after a knife attack against the Jewish community in Golders Green last week, a spate of serious arson attacks and the terror incident in Heaton Park in October. Continue reading...
Two volunteers among three dead off NSW coast after rescue boat rolls while trying to help sinking yacht
Three people confirmed dead but four made it to shore after rescue went wrong in rough seasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers have died as they sought to assist a stricken yacht in a deadly rescue mission.Three people died during the rescue effort as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales on Monday night. Continue reading...
Iran Fires 'Warning Shots' At US Warships In Strait Of Hormuz
Negotiations between Washington and Tehran have been deadlocked since a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war against Iran took effect on April 8, with Tehran's stranglehold on the strait a main point of contention.
"Explosion And Fire": South Korean Ship Targeted Amid Tensions In Hormuz
There had been "no casualties to date" among the 24 crew members on board, who include six South Koreans and 18 foreign nationals, the ministry said in a statement.
"Potential Missile Threats": UAE Issues Alert After US Ships Cross Hormuz
The warning came soon after the United States military confirmed that two commercial vessels had passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade
US operation announced as ‘Project Freedom’ dramatically raises stakes in conflictMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has launched Donald Trump’s operation to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, in a move that brought the region back to the brink of full-scale war as Iran sought to reassert its blockade.The US operation, which got under way on Monday after being announced as “Project Freedom” by Trump on Sunday night on his social media site, dramatically raised the stakes in a conflict that had been in a month-long period of uneasy limbo. Continue reading...
