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First Thing: Trump tells critics to ‘sit back and relax’ as Iran claims to target US base

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:56:35+00:00

US says it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend, as Iran targets an airbase used by the US to attack southern IranGood morning, Martin Belam here. I will be popping into your inbox writing First Thing regularly for the next little while. Here are today’s main stories …Is this the end of the ceasefire, then? The US and Iran have sporadically exchanged strikes since their ceasefire took effect in early April, as negotiations aimed at a more durable agreement drag on. A similar exchange occurred last Thursday. The war launched by the US and Israel on 28 February has killed thousands of pe

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Hardening views on migrants push Europe toward Trump-like tactics

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:56:09+00:00

New rules were driven by high numbers of asylum seekers from “safe countries” and the fatigue of voters after waves of migration, European officials say.

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Monsoon knocks on the door, but wait isn’t over

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-01T10:52:18+00:00

IMD has forecast very heavy rainfall over Kerala and Mahe for four days beginning Wednesday, coinciding with expected window for onset of rains

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UK will not have to pay Rwanda £100m over failed asylum scheme, court rules

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:50:51+00:00

Rwanda had sued UK government over alleged breach of agreement, after scheme scrapped by Labour on first day in officeThe UK will not have to pay the Rwandan government millions of pounds over a failed migrant deportation scheme set up by Boris Johnson’s administration, an international court has ruled.The east African nation had sued the current UK government for more than £100m, claiming it was owed after a breach of an agreement. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Israel targets southern Beirut as Kuwait condemns Iranian missile and drone attack

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:49:41+00:00

Strikes undermine efforts towards de-escalating conflict, says Kuwait, as US president hits out at ‘chirping’ critics and says they should ‘sit back and relax’Netanyahu orders Israeli bombing of southern LebanonIran targets American bases in regionThe exchange of strikes between the US and Iran reflects the fragility of the current ceasefire, which has seen repeated violations even as American and Iranian officials try to negotiate a deal to extend it.Iran has maintained its chokehold on the strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy supplies as a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once p

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"Доведеться їхати в росію": екс-власник Дельта Банку Микола Лагун марно намагається оскаржити в суді санкції РНБО і указ Зеленського, - ЗМІ

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-01T10:40:37+00:00

Шанси колишнього власника збанкрутілого Дельта Банку Миколи Лагуна на оскарження санкцій, накладених на нього рішенням Ради національної безпеки України за співпрацю із росією, є примарними. Практика Верховного...

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Російська брехня про начебто нові захоплення сягнула фантастичних масштабів, - Трегубов

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-01T10:36:39+00:00

Російські загарбники поширюють в усі боки вигадки про нібито нові здобутки на фронті, хоча справжня ситуація на місцях цього не підтверджує.

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Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate De la Espriella wins first round of vote ahead of runoff

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:35:40+00:00

Lawyer and Trump admirer has risen rapidly in the polls and will face Iván Cepeda in election runoff in three weeksThe far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday and will face senator Iván Cepeda, the candidate backed by leftwing president Gustavo Petro, in the runoff.With 100% of ballots counted, the outsider and Donald Trump admirer De la Espriella secured 43.7% of the vote – just over 10.3m votes – compared with 40.9% (about 9.6m votes) for Cepeda, a philosopher and human rights activist who has served as a senator since 2014.

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Water-related deaths in UK heatwave hit 15 after girl, 13, dies and boy goes missing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:32:50+00:00

Girl pulled from River Wharfe in Burnsall, Yorkshire, on Sunday, with temperatures dropping down to average on MondayA 13-year-old girl has died after going into a river and a boy is missing as the water-related death toll reached at least 15 amid a heatwave.The girl was pulled from the River Wharfe in Burnsall, near Skipton, North Yorkshire, on Sunday evening. She was airlifted to hospital where she was pronounced dead, North Yorkshire police said. Continue reading...

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Water-related deaths in UK heatwave hit 15 after girl dies in North Yorkshire

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:32:50+00:00

Girl, 13, pulled from River Wharfe on Sunday and boy, 11, remains missing from River Don as hot spell comes to an endA 13-year-old girl has died after going into a river and a boy is missing as the water-related death toll reached at least 15 at the end of the UK heatwave.The girl was pulled from the River Wharfe in Burnsall, near Skipton, North Yorkshire, on Sunday evening. She was airlifted to hospital where she was pronounced dead, North Yorkshire police said. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Kuwait condemns Iranian missile and drone attack as Trump claims war will ‘all work out well’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:22:52+00:00

Strikes undermine efforts towards de-escalating conflict, says Kuwait, as US president hits out at ‘chirping’ critics and says they should ‘sit back and relax’Netanyahu orders Israeli bombing of southern LebanonIran targets American bases in regionThe exchange of strikes between the US and Iran reflects the fragility of the current ceasefire, which has seen repeated violations even as American and Iranian officials try to negotiate a deal to extend it.Iran has maintained its chokehold on the strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy supplies as a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once p

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IndiGo shares gain as brokerages stay bullish despite Q4 loss

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-01T10:11:04+00:00

The stock rose 5.2 per cent to ₹4,633.90, from the previous close of ₹4,405 before trading at ₹4,528.80, up 2.81 per cent, at 10.12 am

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Путин поручил ускорить реализацию проектов по развитию Арктики

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-06-01T10:06:33+00:00

Президент России Владимир Путин поручил ускорить реализацию ключевых проектов по развитию Арктики и Трансарктического транспортного коридора. Соответствующие поручения были опубликованы на сайте Кремля.

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Home Office sends letters to children as young as five saying they must leave UK

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-01T10:03:34+00:00

Children of those on care worker visas, who came legally before rule change, told to leave even if parents can stayChildren as young as five who are living legally in the UK are being told by the Home Office they must leave the country even if their parents have been given permission to remain.The Guardian has seen five letters sent to children by the Home Office telling them they must leave the UK. A sixth letter has been sent to a woman who is six months pregnant and lives in the UK with her husband, telling her she must leave him and return to her country. The children have parents on care

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