South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills

Bond yields in US, UK, Germany France and Japan rise after ceasefire ends and Trump threatens to bomb Oman. Business live – latest updates. Government borrowing costs in several…

US president’s abrupt order to scale back joint exercises with Seoul is meant to ‘flatter’ North Korea’s dictator, top Democrat says. Donald Trump’s move to gut Washington’s…

Marie Ebert, Alexander Cromie and their pilot died when their aircraft crashed on island of Sifnos. Greek police believe a mechanical fault may have caused a helicopter to crash…

At least 2,325 people have died from the virus, according to official data, with outbreak on track to be biggest in history. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the…

The senior FIFA executive sacked for criticising Gianni Infantino's abandoned World Cup sell-off plan told colleagues "it's about doing what's right"

Opening arguments are underway in a trial that pits four states against the company that owns Facebook and Instagram. They allege that Meta knew its products could hook kids — and…

Operator granted UK track access for as many as 20 daily return trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030. Business live – latest updates. Virgin Trains has been granted…

Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker. The terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in…

Negotiators want a deal to avoid fresh US tariffs - though Canadians are not in the mood to offer many concessions

The network accuses the administration of retaliating against ABC because it "disapproves of what ABC broadcasts"

Israeli PM again insists troops will not withdraw from strip until Hamas first disarms, but calls meeting constructive. Benjamin Netanyahu has told Donald Trump’s son-in-law and…

The Trump administration has led a campaign to 'dismantle' the court, calling it a threat to national sovereignty

From Aboriginal rock art to colonial encounters, sharks have been a figure of fear and fascination throughout the long human history of this continent. Is there a more primal fear…

Bill passed Senate on Wednesday evening and is due back in lower house today. Follow today’s news live. Follow our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast.…

Creators of chase compilations reject any moral qualms and say they show ‘death is waiting’ for those who join war. To many observers they will appear dehumanising and offensive.…

Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his…

The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist.…

Sonic’s creators explain how the speedy scamp has kept on running through generations as an enduring avatar of ‘attitude in the face of adversity’. One day in the early 1990s, I…

Florida voting concludes Tuesday in primary elections to pick candidates for November contests. The governor's mansion is up for grabs, along with a Senate seat and House races.…

The Democratic senator, who is currently running for re-election in Georgia, says Trump ‘has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win’. Sign up…

Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop. Jared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global campaigns for…

The Irish media regulator is to contact social media giant TikTok over its efforts to tackle videos of reckless and illegal driving

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI. Follow our…

UK’s largest pub company with the lowest satisfaction rating accused of entrapping landlords into financial loss situations. “We’re pleased to welcome Stonegate Pub Partners as a…

Pokémon outlived the moral panic of its early days in Australia and its staying power has proved that simple joy can cross borders. There’s a generation of Australians for whom…

Amid fears for jobs, some film-makers say AI could enable them to bypass studio giants and take more creative risks. Near the collonaded entrance to Sony Pictures’ historic Culver…

Nearly a decade after fighting ended in northern Iraq, the climate crisis has brought extreme heat and a water shortage, making life almost impossible. The first thing that…

While there are fears that people harvesting their food could put pressure on habitats, some ecologists suggest responsible foraging can boost conservation and biodiversity. Angus…

Assessment’s finding of a jump in UK productivity emphasises urgent need to appoint a national statistician. The keen new chancellor, John Healey, responded to last week’s…

President, 80, vows to keep far-right from power as Flávio Bolsonaro tells supporters he will ‘fight this system’. Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has…

A Navy destroyer went four days without power in the South China Sea last month, leaving sailors aboard without toilets, air conditioning, galley service and potable water,…

Some see them as sinister or hunt them for ritual use but these birds play a vital role in nature's cycle

Andy Burnham’s doubts about Zoom interviews apply more widely to a hiring process being transformed by AI. Almost half of UK jobseekers have found themselves pitching to an AI…

Robert Smith, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma also among signatories to letter saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies climate reality. Business live – latest…

Many buyers wait in hope of better deal, although there are hotspots in Scotland and northern England. Half of homes in Great Britain are taking longer to sell than last year as…