Guardian USRory Stewart Tory leadership: Johnson, Hunt, Gove, Stewart, Javid through, as Raab eliminated – live newsThe Guardian - Andrew SparrowSecond round of voting in the Tory leadership contest, plus Boris Johnson and other candidates take part in BBC hustings Widespread suspicion that Williamson helped prop up Javid. Out of 50 votes up for
Guardian USNSO Group WhatsApp spyware: UK firm promises new 'respect for human rights' following allegationsThe Guardian - Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Jon Swaine in New YorkA controversial Israeli cyber weapons company has agreed to establish new internal rules on ways it will protect human rights activists and journalists following multiple allegations that its technology
Guardian USJerome Powell Trump reportedly discussed firing Fed chair Jerome Powell over rate hikesThe Guardian - Dominic Rushe in New YorkDonald Trump has reportedly discussed firing the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, his latest move a series of unprecedented attacks on the central bank. Trump has repeatedly criticized the Fed
Guardian USAlabama Alabama man accused of feeding caged 'attack squirrel' methGuardian US - Associated Press in Athens, AlabamaAlabama investigators say a man kept a caged “attack squirrel” in his apartment and fed it methamphetamine to ensure it stayed aggressive. The News Courier reports authorities are seeking 35-year-old Paulk
Guardian USCanadian News Scientists shocked by Arctic permafrost thawing 70 years sooner than predictedThe Guardian - ReutersPermafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than
Guardian USPlay buttonJon Stewart Jon Stewart fires back at Mitch McConnell over 9/11 victims fund billThe Guardian - Tom McCarthy in New YorkAs generations of opponents have discovered, it can be hard to land a punch in a political fight against Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Republican Senate majority leader in US history. But entertainer
Guardian USAlex Jones Father of Sandy Hook massacre victim wins defamation lawsuitGuardian US - Associated PressThe father of a victim of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened; the latest victory for victims’
Guardian USJohn Cusack John Cusack under fire for antisemitic 'follow the money' tweetThe Guardian - Andrew PulverJohn Cusack has apologised after coming under fire for an antisemitic tweet. Cusack retweeted a quotation, accompanied by a Star of David image, popular among the far right: “To learn who rules over you,
Guardian USMohamed Morsi Mohamed Morsi buried as detention conditions denounced as tortureThe Guardian - Ruth Michaelson in Cairo and Patrick Wintour in LondonEgypt’s former president Mohamed Morsi has been buried in a remote area of Cairo as his treatment in custody before his death was denounced as torture. Morsi, the only democratically elected civilian in
Guardian USPatrick M. Shanahan Trump announces departure of acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan – liveGuardian US - Joanna Walters in New York• President to address rally in Orlando, Florida • Supreme court decision awaited on census citizenship question • Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective Now US Senate majority leader Mitch
Guardian USPlay buttonAngela Merkel Angela Merkel blames dehydration for shakesThe Guardian - Associated Press in BerlinAngela Merkel has blamed dehydration after she started to visibly shake in the hot Berlin sun while welcoming the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to the German capital. As a military band played
Guardian USDeath Penalty In Los Angeles, only people of color are sentenced to deathGuardian US - Sam LevinLos Angeles has sentenced more people to death than any other county in the US, and only people of color have received the death penalty under the region’s current prosecutor, a new report shows. LA county’s
Guardian USNews UK led towards no-deal Brexit by untruthful elite, says ex-EU envoyThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsBritain is being led to a no-deal Brexit by a political elite “which has great difficulties discerning and telling the truth”, the UK’s former ambassador to the EU has said, in a withering assessment the
Guardian USPlay buttonMohamed Morsi US briefing: 1,000 US troops to Middle East, Facebook crypto and Morsi deathGuardian US - Mattha BusbyIn a further heightening of tensions between the two nations, the US is to deploy an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East in response to “hostile behavior by Iranian forces and their proxy groups”,
Guardian USMichel Platini Michel Platini detained over award of 2022 World Cup to QatarThe Guardian - David ConnMichel Platini, the banned former Uefa president and France football legend, has been detained in connection with a criminal investigation into alleged corruption relating to Fifa’s decision to host the
Guardian USFacebook Messenger Libra: Facebook launches cryptocurrency in bid to shake up global financeThe Guardian - Kari Paul in San FranciscoFacebook has announced a digital currency called Libra that will allow its billions of users to make financial transactions across the globe, in a move that could potentially shake up the world’s banking
Guardian USIran Iran will not wage war against any nation, says Hassan RouhaniThe Guardian - David Smith, Julian Borger and agenciesIran has declared it “will not wage war against any nation” after the US announced that a further 1,000 troops are to be sent to the Middle East amid rising tensions. The US move, announced by the acting
Guardian USPlay buttonCarrie Lam Hong Kong protesters unimpressed by Lam’s ‘sincere’ apologyThe Guardian - Emma Graham-Harrison and Verna Yu in Hong KongHong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, has offered a “solemn” personal apology for the crisis that has engulfed the city since she tried to force a controversial extradition law on to the books. The
Guardian USMelania Trump Vulnerable Trump begins 2020 campaign amid boasts and backlashGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonDonald Trump will formally launch his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday in one of the weakest positions of any incumbent president in modern times. Trump will seek to project self-confidence and portray
Guardian USJoe Biden Biden spars with Warren and Sanders at first event facing rival DemocratsGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonJoe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, clashed with his primary rivals on Monday over whether it is “naive” to try to work with and win over Republicans in a post-Donald Trump era. Appearing at an event
Guardian USGreenland Photograph lays bare reality of melting Greenland sea iceThe Guardian - Alison Rourke and Fiona HarveyRapidly melting sea ice in Greenland has presented an unusual hazard for research teams retrieving their oceanographic moorings and weather station equipment. A photo, taken by Steffen Olsen from the for
Guardian USIran US to send 1,000 more troops to Middle East, citing 'hostile behavior' by IranGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonThe US is sending an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East in response to “hostile behavior by Iranian forces and their proxy groups”, Patrick Shanahan, the acting defence secretary, announced on
Guardian USAlex Jones Alex Jones sent Sandy Hook victims files with child sexual abuse images, say lawyersThe Guardian - Associated PressLawyers for relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting allege that the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones sent them documents relating to the court battle they are fighting
Guardian USToronto Raptors Police say two shot as 1.5m pack Toronto streets for Raptors' title paradeThe Guardian - Associated Press in TorontoToronto police say two people were shot as Toronto Raptors fans packed the city’s downtown to watch the team’s NBA title parade. Police said two people had sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries
Guardian USKyle Kashuv Parkland survivor says Harvard revoked his admission over racist remarksGuardian US - Victoria Bekiempis in New YorkA survivor of the Parkland school shooting says Harvard University has revoked his acceptance over racist comments he made online and in text messages. Kyle Kashuv, who became a pro-gun conservative activist
Guardian USColombia Colombia leader hits out at 'hypocrisy' of middle-class cocaine usersThe Guardian - Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor, and Damien GayleMiddle-class cocaine users are inconsistent hypocrites if they fail to recognise the environmental and social damage their drug use is inflicting on producer countries, the Colombian president has said
Guardian USScience Reversible superglue proves strong enough to hold average manThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorA reversible superglue that mimics the under-appreciated properties of dried snail mucus has proved strong enough to bear the weight of an average man. Scientists who tested the slime-inspired product
Guardian USIran Iran to break uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear deal in 10 daysThe Guardian - Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editorTehran has sped up the countdown to its breach of the nuclear deal with the announcement that it will exceed its uranium stockpile limit in the next 10 days, raising heightened tensions in the region further.
Guardian USMyanmar UN report condemns its conduct in Myanmar as systemic failureThe Guardian - Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Emanuel StoakesA damning report by the UN on its own conduct in Myanmar has condemned the organisation’s “obviously dysfunctional performance” over the past decade and concluded there was a systemic failure. The report,
Guardian USMohamed Morsi Mohamed Morsi, ousted president of Egypt, dies in courtThe Guardian - Ruth Michaelson in CairoEgypt’s first democratically elected civilian president, Mohamed Morsi, has collapsed during a court session and died, almost six years after he was forced from power in a bloody coup. Morsi, a senior
