Rick Buckler, the drummer of the rock group The Jam, has died aged 69 after a short illness. In a statement, his management company said Buckley “passed away peacefully on Monday evening in Woking after a short illness with family by his side”. The statement described him as a “loving husband, father and grandfather” who…
A top federal prosecutor has quit after refusing to launch what she called a politically driven investigation into Biden-era climate spending, exposing deepening rifts in the US’s premier law enforcement agency. Denise Cheung, head of criminal prosecutions in Washington, resigned on Tuesday after Trump appointees demanded she open a grand jury investigation into Environmental Protection…
The general manager of the US men’s ice hockey team said he would welcome a visit from Donald Trump to the 4 Nations Face-Off final between the United States and Canada on Thursday night. Bill Guerin, who played 18 years in the NHL, said on Fox News that Trump’s presence would give a boost to…
Pope Francis has been diagnosed with double pneumonia after further tests showed a continuing “complex” medical situation, the Vatican said in a statement on Tuesday. The pontiff, 88, underwent a chest X-ray, which “demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia that required further pharmacological therapy”. Antibiotic cortisone therapy to treat an earlier-diagnosed polymicrobial infection of the…
A woman and a schoolgirl have died in a house fire in Sydney’s south-west overnight. Emergency services were called to the blaze at Heckenberg at 12.40am on Wednesday. Fire crews extinguished the blaze, which caused extensive damage to the home. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Police and fire crews recovered the bodies…
A 39-year-old man has been jailed for sending an “utterly deplorable” email to safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, one day after she was criticised by X owner Elon Musk. Jack Bennett, from Seaton, Devon, pleaded guilty to sending malicious communications to three people between February 2024 and January 2025, including the Birmingham Yardley MP, at Exeter…
Billionaire Elon Musk’s role in Donald Trump’s second presidential administration is as an Oval Office employee and senior adviser to the president – and is not an employee of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) and has no decision-making authority, the White House said in a court filing on Monday. According to a filing…
A Nevada judge on Tuesday postponed the murder trial of the only suspect ever charged in the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur for nearly a year, saying she had little choice given new developments presented by his defense attorneys and the need to ensure a fair trial. The trial of Duane “Keffe D”…
Four alleged victims of sexual violence by Andrew Tate have urged the US to stay out of Romanian criminal proceedings, after reports the Trump administration had put pressure on authorities to lift travel restrictions against the self-styled “misogynist influencer”. The former professional kickboxer and his brother Tristan were arrested in 2022 and indicted in mid-2023,…
The UN human rights office accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of killing three children in Bakavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo city they captured last week, expressing alarm at human rights violations by the militia. “Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu…
