Rubio hopes US can reach Hormuz deal with Iran ‘very shortly’ as officials say progress has been made – as it happened

Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company

This live blog is now closed. Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary. Sign up for the Breaking News US email. A quick update on the marquee Democratic primary race for US…

Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch. A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump ’s legal…

With $111bn deal to acquire cable network’s parent company stalled in courts, Ellison courts public. Speaking out on the lawsuit against the big merger between Paramount Skydance…

The accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health…

Sunrise Movement co-founder Will Lawrence is the latest progressive candidate to notch an upset Democratic House primary win — this time in a key battleground district in…

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), chair of the Republican Women’s Caucus, on Wednesday said the House should follow through with a censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) despite his…

The deal takes the maker of titles including The Sims and EA FC into private ownership - and loads it with debt

Lebanon's health ministry says one person was killed in the strikes, which the Israeli military says were a response to a Hezbollah ceasefire violation

Move is retaliation for Lula’s government refusal to approve Trump’s nominee for ambassador in Brasília. Donald Trump’s administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador…

Company is the third to report such an incident after Anthropic and OpenAI reported breaches during training. Meta said on Wednesday that one of its AI models hacked ⁠another…

César Gastélum was filming outside a fast-food outlet in Sinaloa state when he was killed by a motorbike driver. A popular Mexican influencer has been shot dead while doing a live…

A defunct part of a Falcon 9 rocket could slam into the moon at more than 5,000 miles per hour, according to scientists

Follow today’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. A 60-year-old man has died after an alleged assault in Melbourne, where he was allegedly…

In today’s newsletter: The past week shows how quickly images, rumours and ​right-wing political opportunism can eclipse the facts on the ground. Good morning. Last week, an…

Denkiworks’ debut lets players pull off tricks and pull pints in a stunning, Japan-inspired setting. A freeloading tanuki, mounting debt, and a town full of possibilities will…

Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…

This week, we launched our third annual vote to honour nature’s unsung heroes. The Guardian’s natural history writer – and woodlouse fanboy – Patrick Barkham answered your…

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it. Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good…

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to…

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall. Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town…

John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice. When John Sayles, a student at Williams College taking time off…

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…

Journalist and author Cory Doctorow is coming to Australia to spread his message – humans will take their jobs back. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get…

After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors. Nato is…

In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend…

Snow falls in Wellington for the first time in 15 years while snow blanketed Dunedin and Christchurch on the country’s south island. Temperatures have plummeted across New Zealand…

A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…

Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 people. Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has visited the…

As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…

Firefighters are still tackling a blaze that has caused "total devastation" to a heathland in Suffolk – with the National Trust launching a public appeal to restore the reserve

Hacking of Hugging Face shows we do not seem to have reliable ways to curb extremely powerful AI systems. Last week Hugging Face – a company that hosts artificial intelligence…

Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes. A Peruvian cardinal who…

Matthew Myerscough’s remarkable find is one of many detailed in his new book. But his journey into fossil hunting began years earlier, when he was caught in an avalanche. When…