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Global Warming Upends London Climate Week

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-25T19:18:37+00:00

The extreme heat smothering Europe has upended Climate Week in London.

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Trois juges ripostent contre les sanctions à leur encontre, espérant voir le décret américain anti-CPI suspendu

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-25T19:14:22+00:00

Depuis le décret signé par Donald Trump le 6 février 2025, au lendemain de la visite du premier ministre israélien à la Maison Blanche, 11 magistrats de la Cour pénale internationale ont été sanctionnés. Trois d’entre eux viennent de saisir la justice fédérale américaine.

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Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T19:12:00+00:00

Lawmakers and advocates condemn ‘disastrous’ decisions that allow Trump officials to strip away migrant protectionsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailLawmakers and immigration advocacy groups on Thursday sharply denounced two US supreme court rulings that allowed the Trump administration to severely strip certain immigration protections and fundamentally reshape the asylum system.Dozens of groups, advocates and members of Congress called the court’s decisions “disastrous” and “cruel”, while the Trump administration, Republican lawmakers and anti-immigrant groups celebrated the de

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New evidence undermines RFK Jr claim that Samoa trip was not vaccine-related

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:52:55+00:00

Kennedy repeatedly said 2019 Samoa trip had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’. An email from his then colleague says they were on a vaccine-related ‘mission’New evidence has emerged that Robert F Kennedy Jr was on a vaccine-related “mission” when he visited Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak in 2019, raising further questions about whether the US health secretary lied to the US Senate when he said the trip had “nothing to do with vaccines”.Records obtained by the Guardian show Kennedy’s colleague told Samoan officials in an email that he and Kennedy were coming as part of a mission to study

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DeSantis boasts of deporting 21,000 as notorious Alligator Alcatraz jail closes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:47:49+00:00

Florida immigration jail that became byword for cruelty and cost state taxpayers $1.2m a day shuts down after a yearRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, boasted on Thursday of deporting 21,000 people from Alligator Alcatraz, as he confirmed the closure of the notorious immigration jail hastily erected in the Everglades that became a byword for cruelty and human rights abuses and environmental damage.Standing beside Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s so-called border czar, at a press conference at the now dismantled site in Ochopee in the environmentally sensitive region in south Florida, DeSant

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Gun control advocates criticize ‘deeply dangerous’ US supreme court decision on Hawaii law

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:42:39+00:00

Ruling strikes down law that bans people from carrying guns in most public spaces and private property without owner’s permissionUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court struck down a restrictive gun law in the state of Hawaii that bans people from carrying guns in certain public spaces and on private property without the permission of the property’s owner.The decision was made in a 6-3 vote, with Justice Samuel Alito offering the majority opinion – backed by the other members of the court’s rightwing sup

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Alarm as ‘deeply dangerous’ US supreme court decision voids Hawaii gun law

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:42:39+00:00

Ruling strikes down law that bans people from carrying guns in most public spaces and private property without owner’s permissionUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court struck down a restrictive gun law in the state of Hawaii that bans people from carrying guns in certain public spaces and on private property without the permission of the property’s owner.The decision was made in a 6-3 vote, with Justice Samuel Alito offering the majority opinion – backed by the other members of the court’s rightwing sup

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Supreme court strikes down restrictive Hawaii gun law in major second amendment decision

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:42:39+00:00

Gun control advocates decry ruling striking ban on carrying guns in most public spaces as ‘deeply dangerous’US politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court struck down a restrictive gun law in the state of Hawaii that bans people from carrying guns in certain public spaces and on private property without the permission of the property’s owner.The decision was made in a 6-3 vote, with Justice Samuel Alito offering the majority opinion – backed by the other members of the court’s rightwing supermajority – and Keta

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Plymouth’s the Box wins 2026 Art Fund museum of the year award

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:30:56+00:00

‘Ambitious and welcoming’ venue that opened in 2020 praised for ‘reimagining what being a museum can mean’The Box in Plymouth has won the prestigious Art Fund museum of the year award, the largest such prize in the world, for its “ambitious and welcoming approach”.Awarding it the £120,000 prize, judges called the Box “a revelation in so many ways” and “a true jewel in the crown of the south-west”. Continue reading...

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Reflecting pool was cut with ‘sharp knife or razor’, National Park Service says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:25:07+00:00

Senior official alleges in court filing that damage included about ‘70 fence post tops thrown’ into the poolA senior National Park Service (NPS) official has said a liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was “cut with a sharp knife or razor” earlier this month, repeating Donald Trump’s claims of vandalism.Frank Lands, the deputy director for operations for NPS, made the allegation in a court filing on Wednesday, as part of a lawsuit brought by a nonprofit group seeking to stop the US president’s renovation of the site. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : plusieurs explosions entendues à Kiev, l’armée de l’air ukrainienne fait état d’« un missile » dirigé sur la capitale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-25T18:17:02+00:00

Des journalistes de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP) ont fait part d’explosions entendues dans la capitale ukrainienne. Un journaliste de l’AFP a vu dans le ciel de Kiev plusieurs traînées laissées par des projectiles de la défense antiaérienne.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : fin d’alerte aérienne à Kiev après plusieurs explosions ; des débris tombés dans un quartier de la capitale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-25T18:17:02+00:00

Des journalistes de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP) avaient fait état d’explosions dans la capitale ukrainienne. Une chute d’épaves a eu lieu « dans le raïon de Darnytsia, en plein air. Il est probable qu’il y aura d’autres lieux d’impact », a rapporté le chef de l’administration militaire de la capitale.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : fin d’alerte aérienne à Kiev après plusieurs explosions ; des débris tombés dans un quartier de la capitale

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-25T18:17:02+00:00

Des journalistes de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP) avaient fait état d’explosions dans la capitale ukrainienne. Une chute d’épave a eu lieu « dans le raïon Darnytsky, en plein air. Il est probable qu’il y aura d’autres lieux d’impact », a rapporté le chef de l’administration militaire de la capitale.

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Venezuela earthquakes: ‘intensive’ search for survivors as death toll rises to 188 – latest updates

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:13:19+00:00

Delcy Rodríguez said authorities were shifting rescue teams from other parts of the country to the hardest-hit La Guaira areaVenezuela declares state of emergency after deadly twin earthquakesHave you been affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela?Volunteers, medics and relatives of victims have raced to the Altamira area in Caracas hoping to help save survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings there.“I live far away [but] ... I came here riding my motorbike as fast as I could,” said José Morillo, as he arrived outside a block of flats called Residencias Obelisco. Continue reading...

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Ex-Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins believed in talks over top security role

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:08:56+00:00

Civil service high-flyer caught up in Mandelson vetting row thought to be discussing comeback with Burnham’s teamThe Foreign Office chief who lost his job over the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal is in discussions with Andy Burnham’s team about taking on a security-related role under the likely new prime minister, the Guardian understands.Olly Robbins has had “early exploratory talks” with senior advisers to the newly elected Makerfield MP over a post in his putative Downing Street operation, and insiders suggested he could be appointed national security adviser. Continue reading...

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Ex-Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins believed to be in talks over top security role

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:08:56+00:00

Civil service high-flyer caught up in Mandelson vetting row thought to be discussing comeback with Burnham’s teamThe Foreign Office chief who lost his job over the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal is in discussions with Andy Burnham’s team about taking on a security-related role under the likely new prime minister, the Guardian understands.Olly Robbins has had “early exploratory talks” with senior advisers to the newly elected Makerfield MP over a post in his putative Downing Street operation, and insiders suggested he could be appointed national security adviser. Continue reading...

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Robert Jenrick says questions about £5m donation to Farage are legitimate

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T18:01:00+00:00

Reform MP appears to contradict party leader’s claim money from crypto billionaire is ‘none of your business’Robert Jenrick has said it is “legitimate” for the media to ask questions about Nigel Farage’s £5m personal donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire, just days after the Reform UK leader told an interviewer it was “none of your business”.Jenrick, who is Reform’s shadow chancellor, said voters on the doorstep were not asking about the money given to Farage by the Thailand-based British crypto investor Christopher Harborne. Continue reading...

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Senator Ron Wyden accuses US health agency of plan to deport more than 500 migrant children

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-25T17:38:51+00:00

Wyden says in a letter addressed to Robert F Kennedy Jr that HHS is preparing an ‘unprecedented legal framework’Ron Wyden, a US senator of Oregon, accused the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of preparing to use what he describes as an “unprecedented legal framework” to deport more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children currently in the custody of the agency’s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).In a letter addressed to the HHS secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Wyden said he had obtained “credible information” that the department was using a list of more than 500 children as targe

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СБУ проведе 40-денну операцію для спонукання Росії до завершення війни, - Зеленський

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-25T17:35:00+00:00

СБУ вже кілька місяців поспіль демонструє найбільш високі показники захисту позицій України на фронті завдяки застосуванню дронів різних типів.

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