US attacks southern Iran, as Tehran hits Gulf countries: What’s the latest?

All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed block. Sixteen- and 17-year-olds in Britain are to be encouraged to observe a…

Giovanni Castellucci among 32 people convicted over the 2018 Morandi Bridge collapse, which killed 43. Thirty-two people, including the former chief executive of Italy’s motorway…

Move dealt ‘severe blow to Chinese companies’ confidence in investing in the UK’, says Ministry of Commerce. China’s government has said it is “strongly dissatisfied” with the…

This blog is now closed. Read the rest of our Europe coverage here. in Madrid. Meanwhile, the EU’s top court has ruled that a controversial Spanish law that offered an amnesty to…

Move would allow Wall Street trading firms and other institutions to potentially profit from seeing president’s posts first. Donald Trump’s media company is planning to charge for…

Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39m. The data of millions of commuters was…

Country begins 42-day countdown to outbreak being declared officially over, as numbers continue to rise in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. Uganda has started…

State attorneys general from a dozen states, including California, New York and Washington, filed a lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros.…

Ofcom concerned TikTok’s age verification is ineffective, leaving some exposed to posts on suicide, self-harm and pornography. TikTok is under formal investigation over concerns…

Thousands of people have been told to leave more than a million acres of wilderness as wildfires spread

Third round of arrests linked to independent bookshops widely regarded as clampdown on dissent in territory. Hong Kong authorities have raided two bookstores and arrested five…

Lettuce from one supplier is being removed indefinitely "out of an abundance of caution", the company says

Scientists describe "amazing feeling" to look into the face of an animal that so few people knew existed

Worse-than-expected figures for three months to June come amid concerns over lopsided economy. Business live – latest updates. China has posted worse-than-expected growth figures…

President Trump threatened again to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC and NBC on Thursday, after those networks decided not to preempt their regularly scheduled programming to…

Apple said in a Friday lawsuit that OpenAI’s nascent hardware business is “rotten to its core.”

In today's issue: ▪ Trump points finger at China ▪ Tillis stands his ground ▪ Trump’s teleprompter operator suspended ▪ FEC deadline takeaways President Trump’s sweeping claims of…

Nothing does more for your ego than realising you can make a better decision than a bot with all of human knowledge at its digital fingertips. I am not, by nature, an early…

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…

We got our first feline hero in 1971 when Matthew Flinders’ heartfelt tribute to his pet Trim was discovered. In 1872, the city of Melbourne hosted its first cat show one year…

Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage. We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a…

Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can…

The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth. For 12 glorious days in June, Elon Musk experienced something…

With three ways to cool down and a cold plate that can lower skin temperature by up to 9C, Shark’s latest fan is a standout if you can justify the cost. • The best handheld fans,…

Around the world, climate-sceptic parties are exploiting floods and fires to make political capital. Without urgent changes, this deadly spiral will continue. Recent unprecedented…

Most Australian capital cities have at least 80% chance of unusually warm and dry spring as climatologists watch developing system with increasing alarm. Follow our Australia news…

Woman in her 60s was riding on popular cycling trail in northern NSW when she ran over the two-metre-long eastern brown snake, one of the world’s most venomous. A woman in her 60s…

This live blog has been paused. The Lebanese foreign minister, Youssef Raggi, said Lebanon has made a decision to “end Hezbollah’s military presence” and that decisions on war and…

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…

Designers say that as well as offering a degree of protection from surveillance, their clothes make a powerful fashion statement about the importance of privacy. As facial…

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…

The US state mourns its longest-serving senator while Republicans scramble to choose a successor. The South Carolina state house is a microcosm of the US’s contradictions. Outside…

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…

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…

Delay seen as move to protect interests of Matthew Moroun, the owner of nearby Ambassador Bridge and a Trump donor. The Trump administration for months blocked a $4.7bn publicly…