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Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations
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Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations

Departures came after lawmakers from both parties threatened to introduce resolutions expelling the two menUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDemocratic congressman Eric Swalwell and Republican Tony Gonzales submitted their resignations to the House of...

Chris Stein in Washington and Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles
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Florida surgeon indicted after removing liver instead of spleen
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Florida surgeon indicted after removing liver instead of spleen

Grand jury brings manslaughter charge over fatal 2024 operation as patient dies on tableA surgeon in Florida has been indicted for manslaughter after he wrongly removed a patient’s liver instead of his spleen during an August 2024 procedure.Thomas Shaknovsky, 44, was indicted by a grand jury in Tall...

Richard Luscombe in Miami
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Are we heading for ‘super El Niño’ – and what could we expect?
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Are we heading for ‘super El Niño’ – and what could we expect?

Experts say climate pattern could supercharge extreme weather events and push temperatures to record highsThere is a high likelihood that the phenomenon known as “El Niño” will emerge this summer – and it could be exceptionally strong. A so-called “super El Niño” could supercharge extreme weather ev...

Gabrielle Canon
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House Democrats call for commission led by JD Vance to oust Trump
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House Democrats call for commission led by JD Vance to oust Trump

Measure by Jamie Raskin follows statements by Trump about annihilating Iran and post depicting himself as JesusSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHouse Democrats on Tuesday proposed creating a commission that would work with JD Vance to remove Donald Trump f...

Chris Stein in Washington
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How war in Gulf reveals the ‘cut corners’ on British defence
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How war in Gulf reveals the ‘cut corners’ on British defence

With the army’s size halved since the cold war, UK ambitions to be globally deployable do not match the reality, experts say Middle East crisis – live updatesIf Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was a wake-up call for Nato, the war in the Gulf has brought some harsh realities home to t...

Ben Quinn and Tural Ahmedzade
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Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces
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Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces

Refugee Council criticises Labour’s decision, saying military sites are unsuitable and ‘more expensive than hotels’Hundreds of asylum seekers have been removed from government-funded hotels while others have been sent to live in army barracks, the Home Office has announced.Eleven “asylum hotels” in...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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About 250 missing after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea
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About 250 missing after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea

Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowdingAbout 250 people are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the UN’s refugee and migration agencies.The agencies said th...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns
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Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns

Growth forecasts cut for US and global economy, while UK suffers sharpest downgrade in G7Reeves arrives at IMF with little leeway to prove its UK downgrade wrongA further escalation in the Iran war could trigger a global recession that would affect the UK more than any of the other G7 nations, the I...

Richard Partington in Washington and Kiran Stacey
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US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says
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US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says

US president says negotiations could restart in Islamabad under ‘fantastic’ Pakistani army chief Asim Munir• Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has said that US-Iranian peace talks could resume in Islamabad over the next two days, and complimented the work of Pakistan’s army chief as medi...

Julian Borger, and Saeed Shah in Islamabad
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