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Five Italians die during cave dive in Maldives

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:48:26+00:00

Italy says the incident happened at a depth of 50m. Maldivian rescuers have so far found one body.

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California Democrat linked to Newsom and Becerra pleads guilty to fraud

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:43:27+00:00

Dana Williamson, who has ties to Gavin Newsom, conspired to steal gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra’s campaign fundsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Dana Williamson, a top California political strategist with ties to the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra, pleaded guilty on Thursday to fraud charges, an admission that is poised to fuel other candidates’ attacks in the race.Federal authorities say Williamson conspired to steal $225,000 from a dormant campaign account belonging to Becerra, who was not named in the plea deal, and divert th

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Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:25:13+00:00

A long-running energy crisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

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Andy Burnham has path to challenge PM but must win byelection first

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:20:25+00:00

Greater Manchester mayor would need to win Makerfield seat before launching campaign for Labour leadershipAndy Burnham now has a potential route back to parliament and a chance to become Labour’s next leader after an MP said he would trigger a byelection by standing down from his seat.The move ended days of speculation about whether Burnham could secure a possible path back into Westminster and underlined the increasingly precarious nature of Keir Starmer’s premiership. Continue reading...

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Is Andy Burnham about to return to Westminster? - podcast

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:16:31+00:00

Andy Burnham has announced he will attempt to return to Westminster after the Labour MP Josh Simons said he will vacate his Makerfield seat in order for Burnham to run in a byelection. It follows a day of breaking news in which the health secretary, Wes Streeting, resigned, saying he has lost confidence in the prime minister, and Angela Rayner announced she had been cleared by the HMRC. Where does this leave Keir Starmer, the leadership of the Labour party, and the country? Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Delta Goodrem hits the stage in Eurovision semi; Angus Taylor accused of ‘dog whistle’ budget reply

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:13:44+00:00

Australian pop star performs song Eclipse in second semi-final before Sunday’s final. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere was a harp. There was a sparkly dress. A lot of smoke. A crescent moon.Yes, there was a mid-song key change, in the best traditions of Eurovision cheese. Continue reading...

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Top California Democratic strategist pleads guilty to $225,000 fraud charges

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:07:58+00:00

Dana Williamson, who has ties to Gavin Newsom, conspired to steal gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra’s campaign fundsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Dana Williamson, a top California political strategist with ties to the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra, pleaded guilty on Thursday to fraud charges, an admission that is poised to fuel other candidates’ attacks in the race.Federal authorities say Williamson conspired to steal $225,000 from a dormant campaign account belonging to Becerra, who was not named in the plea deal, and divert th

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Starmer will not attempt to block Burnham from standing to be MP in Makerfield - as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T20:07:23+00:00

This liveblog is now closedReport: Andy Burnham has path to challenge PM but must win byelection firstAl Carns, the defence minister first elected in 2024, will launch his own leadership bid if a contest starts, Sky News is reporting.Asked about this last night, Carns told Sky: “I’m just a humble junior minister.”Unless Labour understands that insecurity on an emotional level as well as on an economic one, we will continue to lose voters who would naturally align with us. Working-class voters have not simply left Labour. Many feel Labour stopped understanding their lives, and so they looked el

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Three more people sick in California amid ‘unprecedented outbreak’ due to toxic mushrooms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T19:56:32+00:00

Since November, state has seen 47 cases of people accidentally ingesting poisonous wild mushroomsHealth authorities in California’s Napa county reported that three people had been hospitalized after consuming poisonous wild mushrooms as the state continues to grapple with an “​​unprecedented outbreak” of toxic mushroom illnesses.Since November 2025, California has seen 47 cases of people accidentally foraging and eating poisonous wild mushrooms, including death caps, which can resemble edible species, and western destroying angel mus​​hrooms. Four people have died and several have required liv

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The Body Language of the Trump-Xi Summit Spoke Volumes

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-14T19:55:10+00:00

Although at odds over issues like trade and Taiwan, the U.S. and Chinese leaders met in Beijing with a show of friendly gestures.

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В районі Чорнобиля спалахнули нові масштабні пожежі: яка причина

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-14T19:42:00+00:00

За наявними даними, показники рівня радіаційного фону в зоні відчуження, порівняно з середньомісячними величинами, не виходили за межі точності їх визначення.

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‘God gave us this city’: Israeli nationalists join Jerusalem Day protest to mark city’s capture

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T18:51:47+00:00

State-sponsored march through Muslim quarter of Old City saw protesters waving flags and chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ on anniversary of city’s annexationIsraeli nationalist demonstrators chanted “Death to the Arabs”, “May your villages burn” and “Gaza is a graveyard” in a state-sponsored march through Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of the city’s capture and annexation.The annual assertion of Jewish control over Palestinian east Jerusalem has grown more extreme in recent years, and Thursday’s event culminated with the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, unfurling an Israeli flag in fro

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Judge orders Trump administration to return Colombian woman deported to DRC back to the US

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-14T18:49:23+00:00

Judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely illegal’A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was deported to the African country that had refused to accept her.The deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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Cuba : nouvelle panne électrique massive sur l’île

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-14T18:46:51+00:00

Mercredi, le ministre de l’énergie et des mines avait annoncé que le pays n’avait plus « du tout de fioul et plus du tout de diesel » et que les 100 000 tonnes de brut du pétrolier russe autorisé à accoster à la fin de mars étaient « épuisées ».

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