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Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US
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The Guardian · World

Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US

Regime hopes to capitalise on deepening transatlantic split by briefing previously sidelined European countriesIn a move designed to increase pressure on the US to make compromises in its conflict with his country, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi has been briefing European capitals on the na...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Top US Senate Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened
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The Guardian · World

Top US Senate Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened

This blog is now closed – our live coverage continues hereCircling back to Donald Trump’s coming naval blockade, the US military said it would block all Iranian Gulf ports on Monday at 10am ET on Monday (5.30pm in Iran and 1400 GMT), effectively seizing control of maritime traffic in the strait of H...

Adam Fulton, Victoria Bekiempis, Olivia Lee, Aneesa Ahmed, Vivian Ho and Fran Singh
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US starts naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes
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The Guardian · World

US starts naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes

Iran warns Americans they face higher pump prices due to prohibition imposed on Monday eveningMiddle East crisis – live updates The US blockade of ships using Iranian ports in the Gulf has come into effect, turning the six-week-old conflict between the US-Israeli coalition and Iran into a test of ec...

Julian Borger Senior international correspondent
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Bahamas police again question US man over disappearance of wife at sea
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The Guardian · World

Bahamas police again question US man over disappearance of wife at sea

Brian Hooker says wife Lynette fell overboard from dinghy but family members have cast doubt on that accountPolice in the Bahamas on Monday were set to again interview a US man who said his wife fell overboard from their boat.In a statement on Sunday to the Guardian, Brian Hooker’s attorney, Terrel...

Maya Yang
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Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US
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The Guardian · World

Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US

Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in BrazilWhen Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for an attempted coup, six other members of his cabinet were also found guilty and all began serv...

Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro
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Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in
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The Guardian · World

Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in

Incident took place on first day back at school in small village, as settlers blocked pupils’ accessIsraeli forces have fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who were staging a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to their school.The Israeli military said it had dispe...

Agence France-Presse in Umm al-Khair
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French cement maker convicted of financing terror groups to keep its Syria plant working
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The Guardian · World

French cement maker convicted of financing terror groups to keep its Syria plant working

Lafarge fined more than €1m and its former boss jailed for paying nearly €5.6m to groups including Islamic State A French court has fined the cement group Lafarge more than €1m (£870,000) and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to Islamic State and other terr...

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and agencies
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Ghanaian winger Dominic Frimpong killed at age of 20 in attack on team bus
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The Guardian · World

Ghanaian winger Dominic Frimpong killed at age of 20 in attack on team bus

Armed men fired at Berekum Chelsea bus on SundayFrimpong dies of wounds at hospitalBerekum Chelsea winger Dominic Frimpong was killed in an armed robbery on his team’s bus as they returned from a match on Sunday, the Ghana Football Association said.Berekum Chelsea said six “masked men wielding guns...

Guardian sport and agencies
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Weather tracker: Super Typhoon Sinlaku threatens Mariana Islands
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The Guardian · World

Weather tracker: Super Typhoon Sinlaku threatens Mariana Islands

Rapidly strengthening storm brings destructive winds, flooding risk and dangerous seas to western PacificDangerous super typhoon barreling toward group of remote US islandsThe Mariana Islands archipelago in the western Pacific, home to the US territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, are...

Brendan Wood and Morgan Thomas for MetDesk
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Indian music legend Asha Bhosle dies aged 92
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The Guardian · World

Indian music legend Asha Bhosle dies aged 92

Two-time Grammy nominee was one of Bollywood’s most versatile and celebrated voicesThe Indian singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood cinema and whose career spanned almost eight decades, has died in Mumbai at the age of 92.Bhosle, who recorded more than 12,000 songs, became her country’s...

Sam Jones and agencies
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Who can I vote for in my area?
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BBC News · World

Who can I vote for in my area?

Elections are taking place across the country in May. Use our postcode lookup to find out if there are elections where you live and who you can vote for.

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