
Toxic identity politics ‘tearing’ us apart, says former Oldham council leader
Exclusive: 25 years after race riots in north of England, Arooj Shah says extremist groups and lies about grooming scandal are poisoning Oldham “Identity politics is tearing communities apart”, the former leader of Oldham council has warned, in the week marking the 25th anniversary of race riots across the north of England. Arooj Shah quit as leader of the Greater Manchester borough earlier in May, after the local elections left the council with no group in overall control. Continue reading...

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers
Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities A coalition of more than a hundred refugee children’s organisations has said controversial plans to use AI to assess the age of young asylum seekers could lead to more children wrongly ending up in adult prisons or detention centres. The warning follows a Home Office announcement on Friday of a contract to roll out AI facial age estimation technology on young asylum seekers whose age is disputed. Continue reading...

Bildet av statsministeren skaper full forvirring: – Er det sant?
En oppdatering i sosiale medier fikk flere til å sperre opp øynene.

Høyres Arina Aamir (20) fikk Sian-beskjed: – Han vil deportere meg
Det ble høy temperatur da Høyres Arina Aamir møtte Sian-lederen.

FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear
Exclusive: MP and campaigners say sensitive citizen and company data could be subject to US disclosure laws The UK’s financial watchdog is being urged to prove its relationship with the US tech company Palantir will not provide the Trump administration with backdoor access to troves of sensitive citizen and commercial data. A US law that can oblige tech companies to disclose information to American authorities may apply to Palantir’s deal to help the Financial Conduct Authority detect crime, Martin Wrigley MP, a member of the House of Commons science and technology select committee, has warned. Continue reading...

Trump skal ha bedt om flere endringer
Presidenten var skråsikker på at avtalen med Iran skulle gå i orden fredag, men partene går nå inn i nok en uke uten å ha kommet til enighet.

Donald Trump trekkes inn i Russland-strid
Russlands mulige retur til internasjonal ishockey skaper fortsatt hodebry.

Australia news live: Tony Abbott not ‘too excited’ by One Nation’s poll surge; Melbourne film festival hacked
Liberal party president says Coalition still the ‘most credible’ alternative government. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation. Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this morning, saying: Our economy is stagnant, our society is fragmenting, our security is imperiled, and yes, we don’t believe in ourselves nearly enough. I think the current government is making all of this worse. And it’s really important that we get a better government as soon as possible. … Obviously, we are in a degree of competition with other parties and voices on the centre-right. But in the end, our opponent, our enemy, if you like, is a really bad Labor government, a really bad Green-left-Labor government. Which in its budget, [has led an] assault on aspiration and wealth creation. The point I make is: if you normally vote Liberal, if you’re interested in public life, if you think our country is in trouble, please don’t complain on the sidelines. Join the party and make a difference. Continue reading...

Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate Espriella wins first round of vote ahead of runoff
Lawyer and Trump admirer has risen rapidly in the polls and will face Iván Cepeda in election runoff in three weeks The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday and will face senator Iván Cepeda, the candidate backed by leftwing president Gustavo Petro, in the runoff. With 99.97% of ballots counted, the outsider and Donald Trump admirer Espriella secured 43.7% of the vote – just over 10.3m votes – compared with 40.9% (about 9.6m votes) for Cepeda, a philosopher and human rights activist who has served as a senator since 2014. Continue reading...

Amnesty om russiske klasserom: Lærer å stole på staten og frykte kritiske spørsmål
Krigen mot Ukraina føres ikke bare på slagmarken, men også i russiske klasserom, skriver Amnesty International i en ny rapport.

Colombia presidential runoff pits leftist senator against pro-Trump rival
Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda will face Trump admirer Abelardo de la Espriella at the final ballot on 21 June.

Nicaraguan indigenous leader dies after three years in prison
Rights groups condemn the death of Brooklyn Rivera, 73, following his long arbitrary detention by the governing regime.

New bill targets domestic abusers and overhauls right to buy in England
Social housing landlords to be able to evict perpetrators, while right-to-buy tenancy requirements to rise Social housing landlords will be able to evict domestic abuse perpetrators under a new bill, which will also increase the length of tenancy required before residents qualify for the right-to-buy scheme from three to 10 years in England. The government said the bill, which will be debated in the House of Lords on Monday, would fix “the long-term decline in social housing” and offer new protections for social tenants who were subjected to domestic abuse. Continue reading...

Between celebration and confrontation: Paris after PSG victory
Nearly 800 people were arrested after clashes with police following the Champions League final.

Trump skryter av «ekstrem intelligens»: Lege slakter forklaringen
Donald Trump slår hardt tilbake mot kritikken av helserapporten hans. Nå rykker nok en medisinsk ekspert ut og avviser presidentens påstander.

California reports one of largest drops in homelessness in past year, Hud reports
New data suggests success in Gavin Newsom’s crackdown, as Illinois, Hawaii and Florida also report notable decreases California reported one of the largest decreases in homelessness over the past year, according to a new report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud). The Golden state recorded a total unhoused population of 181,934 in 2025 – an almost 3% decrease since the year prior, placing it among the five states with the largest decreases from 2024. However, more significant drops were recorded in Illinois (44%), Hawaii (41%), Florida (11%) and New York (8%). Continue reading...

Frykter skyggeflåten langs Sørlandskysten: – Norske skattebetalere kan få regningen
En voksende antall sanksjonerte skip langs Norges kyst mot Skagerrak skaper bekymring.

Cory Booker has ‘concerns’ with Graham Platner’s Senate bid after leaked texts
US senator says Platner, whose wife says he sent sexually explicit messages to other women, has ‘questions to answer’ A high-profile Democrat has expressed concerns with party candidate Graham Platner’s Maine US Senate campaign amid revelations that Platner reportedly sent a number of sexually explicit messages to other women while married. “Yes, I have concerns,” Cory Booker, the US senator from New Jersey, said Sunday on ABC’s This Week when host Jonathan Karl when asked about the Platner revelations. “That guy has questions to answer – and that’s what campaigns are for.” Continue reading...

Mandelson files show no mitigation of security concerns over US appointment
Exclusive: Papers to be published on Monday cast doubt on assurances provided by senior Whitehall officials Embarrassing WhatsApps, but no vetting report: what will be in the new release of Mandelson files? A trove of government documents about Peter Mandelson contains no record of any measures taken to mitigate serious security concerns over his appointment as Washington ambassador, the Guardian has learned. Multiple sources who have seen or been briefed on the files, which will be published on Monday, say there is no detail about any steps put in place to deal with flags raised about his associations with senior figures in foreign states. Continue reading...

Frp refser flyktning-forslag
Dersom 30.000 ukrainere får bekreftet fast opphold et år i forveien, vil det undergrave ordningen med kollektiv beskyttelse, mener Frp.

'Cancel it', Trump says after artists drop out of US Freedom 250 festival
Trump suggests holding a "Make America Great Again" rally instead after most headliners drop out of White-House-linked event.

Death of Congolese man renews scrutiny of race relations in Ireland
Yves Sakila died after being restrained by security guards ‘in broad daylight’ Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on the body of a Congolese man who died after being restrained by shop security guards on a Dublin street, prompting an outcry and comparisons to the death of George Floyd. A forensic pathologist from England is to conduct an independent postmortem this week on Yves Sakila, 35, an alleged shoplifter who was pursued and pinned to the ground in the city centre on 15 May. The police force, An Garda Síochána, is investigating. Continue reading...

Colombia goes to polls in election pitting outgoing leader’s ally against pro-Trump candidates
Ballots are being cast in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential elections Colombians are casting ballots in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential election, choosing between candidates with radically diverging visions for the future of peace in a country haunted by decades of armed conflict. The vote on Sunday, seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s policies, comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Continue reading...
Halvparten av nordmenn mener innvandring truer vår egenart
Spørsmålet er hva det egentlig betyr – og hvordan vi går videre.
Pengemakta er ein trussel mot demokratiet
Den største trusselen mot demokratiet kjem ikkje frå arbeidsfolk som krev meir rettferd.

How Putin became master of the image
From enigmatic KGB agent to wartime ruler, this is how Putin has repeatedly reinvented his image, and himself.

Kanye West concert in Italy cancelled over ‘public order and safety issues’
Reggio Emilia prefect stops gig after Jewish community ‘concerns’ over rapper’s previous antisemitic remarks A Kanye West concert in Italy has been cancelled over “public order and safety issues”. The 48-year-old rapper, who changed his name to Ye in 2021, was due to perform at the Pulse of Gaia festival at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia on 18 July, but the city’s prefect, Salvatore Angieri, stopped the gigs after “concerns” from the local Jewish community over previous antisemitic remarks by West. Continue reading...

Trump attacks artists dropping out of US Freedom 250 concert and mulls appearing himself
Performers Young MC, Poison frontman Bret Michaels and country singer Martina McBride raised concerns the event will be political.
Våpeneiere raser: – Ran i offentlig regi
Prissjokk for alle som søker tillatelse til å eie våpen. Departementet mener de har subsidiert søkerne lenge nok.

Trump's doctor says he's in excellent health - but are US presidents' health checks a PR exercise?
Every president in modern history - including Donald Trump this week - has taken an annual physical exam that is as much about messaging as it is about health.
Lager næringsforening i Oslo: – På høy tid
Næringslivet ønsker seg mer og bedre lobbyvirksomhet i hovedstaden.
Slår alarm: – Vi er ikke dumme
– Det vi trodde var et avvik, ser vi nå som et mønster, sier professor Martin Chovančík. Nå er forskerne enige om at forholdet til USA er ødelagt.

Chinese dissident says he was berated by ‘pro-regime’ interpreter for UK police
Hong Qi, who orchestrated protest against Communist government, claims interpreter on 101 call launched political tirade A Chinese dissident who orchestrated an anti-government protest in China after fleeing to the UK has claimed that a “pro-regime” interpreter used by a British police force berated him when he sought help. Hong Qi, who made headlines last year after using a mobile phone while in the UK to remotely project anti-regime slogans on to a building in his home city, Chongqing, contacted police after discovering that his bank accounts had been frozen. Continue reading...

Colombia prepares to go to polls in election shadowed by resurgence of political violence
Sunday’s presidential vote is contest between left and right – and between contradictory proposals for dealing with the decades-long armed conflict Mateo Pérez Rueda was one internship away from completing a degree in political science. The 24-year-old also worked as a bicycle delivery rider and sold fruit salads and juice to finance his passion: the Colombian independent digital magazine El Confidente. On 4 May he travelled to Briceño, in the western province of Antioquia, to report on the long-running conflict between the army, paramilitaries and dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Continue reading...
Ble avhørt og fratatt passet etter TV 2-intervju
Passet til VM-varsler Abdullah Ibhais ble konfiskert etter et besøk til Bergen. Nå frykter han sju års fengsel.
– Det er utrolig skummelt
Republikanere som prøvde å omgjøre resultatet av det amerikanske presidentvalget i 2020, kan få ansvaret for valggjennomføringen i 21 delstater neste gang.
Skal heise regnbueflagg én dag i juni – har fått advokat på nakken
Det er engasjert advokat for å stanse en markering på Sevland skole på Karmøy i forbindelse med pride i juni. Organisasjonen Kristent ressurssenter varsler flere slike saker i tiden fremover.

Alarm at Mexico bill allowing elections to be annulled for ‘foreign interference’
Opposition says constitutional amendment would give bill ruling party carte blanche to overturn will of voters Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Amid fierce criticism from opposition groups, Mexico’s senate has passed a constitutional amendment to include “foreign interference” as grounds to annul election results in the country. The bill, which was presented by the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, defines foreign interference as “illicit financing, propaganda, the systematic dissemination of misinformation, digital manipulation, and the intervention of foreign governments or agencies”. Continue reading...
Trump kan pryde ny 250-dollarseddel
Finansminister Scott Bessent venter på Kongressens godkjenning for å trykke sedlene med Trumps…
– Det mest korrupte i amerikansk politikk noensinne
Donald Trump risikerer skattesmell på flere milliarder for sitt kontroversielle fond.
Kilder til E24: Usannsynlig med enighet om overtidsregler
Regjeringens arbeidsgruppe vil trolig ikke klare å levere slik arbeidsministeren ønsker, får E24…
Her er 250-dollars-seddelen med Donald Trumps ansikt
Finansministeren i USA venter bare på at et lovforslag skal bli vedtatt før trykkingen settes i gang.
Ingen vei tilbake? Forskeren mener dette er i endring nå
Selv om Donald Trump og hans folk skulle miste makten, mener forskerne at verden allerede er endret for godt. Dette bør Norge gjøre nå.
Trump: – Jeg bryr meg ikke om mellomvalget
President Donald Trump avviser at frykten for mellomvalget i november påvirker Iran-forhandlingene. Utspillet bekymrer republikanske strateger.
Derfor knytter Norge seg tettere til Frankrike nå
Den nye forsvarsavtalen med Frankrike er del av et tydelig europeisk skifte, ifølge eksperter.
Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties
Investigation found Botstein – who had claimed he wasn’t friends with Epstein – made 25 visits to his townhouse Leon Botstein has announced he is stepping down from the helm of Bard College, after an independent review of his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein found the college president’s frequent interactions with the convicted sex offender “could have alerted” him to the possibility that he and Bard would be facilitating Epstein’s abuse of women. An investigation by the WilmerHale law firm, which had been commissioned by Bard’s board of trustees earlier this year to review Botstein’s interactions with Epstein, found the Bard president – who had previously claimed he was not friends with Epstein – made about 25 visits to Epstein’s townhouse, a two-day visit to Epstein’s Little St James Island, and that there were two visits by Epstein to Bard. These visits, WilmerHale reported, included “multiple women” who have since been identified as victims of Epstein. Continue reading...

Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner?
Court papers do not explicitly accuse the suspect of shooting the officer, even as officials say it was not "friendly fire".

Trump claims hostilities have ended in Iran in letter to congressional leaders
President seemed to suggest that legislative deadline to approve war no longer applies as Democrats push back US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump said in a letter sent to congressional leaders on Friday that hostilities with Iran have “terminated”, suggesting that the 60-day deadline to seek approval from the legislative branch no longer applied. Friday marks 60 days since the US president notified members of Congress that the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on 28 February. Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president can deploy troops to respond to an “imminent threat” but must receive congressional approval within 60 days to continue military operations. Continue reading...
Krever tiltak for sykelønn i revidert: – Burde sett forslag allerede
Frp vil gripe inn dersom regjeringen ikke fremmer forslag for å få ned behandlingstiden…

Trump tells Congress ceasefire means he does not need their approval for Iran war
The president writes that hostilities "have terminated" because of the ceasefire, arguing he does not need congressional authorisation.

Pope appoints former undocumented immigrant as bishop of West Virginia
Leo, who has criticized Trump’s hardline immigration policy, selected Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as state’s new bishop Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Pope Leo XIV has appointed a man who had once entered the United States as an undocumented immigrant, hidden in the trunk of a car, as the new bishop of West Virginia. The pope approved the resignation of Bishop Mark E Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, and selected Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, 55, of Washington to take his place, reported OSV News. Continue reading...
Venstre med bensinkrav: – Må stå øverst på blokka
Klimapartiet Venstre krever at regjeringen spytter inn mer penger til flybensin. Partileder Guri Melby vil nemlig sikre at norske jagerfly får øve slik de har planlagt.
Drivstoffprisene kan koste Trump dyrt
Seks måneder før det amerikanske mellomvalget, seiler konsekvensene av Trumps Iran-krig opp som en massiv utfordring for Republikanerne.

Starmer condemns Zack Polanski for sharing post criticising police at Golders Green stabbings
PM said the repost was ‘disgraceful’ after Green leader apologised and said he had shared tweet ‘in haste’ Keir Starmer has condemned Zack Polanski as “disgraceful” and unfit to head a political party after the Greens leader shared a social media post critical of the way police tackled the suspect in the Golders Green stabbings. The prime minister said any criticism of the police involved in the arrest was unfair on officers having to make split-second decisions in a moment of potentially grave danger. Continue reading...

French PM fuels row with trip to buy baguettes
Sébastien Lecornu visited a boulangerie on Labour Day, defying unions who say 1 May must remain a mandatory rest day.

‘No other plan comes close’: how Labour MPs turned to Burnham with Starmer on the brink
Greater Manchester mayor’s team have been quietly preparing a manifesto and identifying seats where MPs could step aside to allow a Westminster run Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say When the eyes of Westminster were on the committee rooms and voting lobbies of parliament this week, Keir Starmer’s political future was being decided elsewhere. Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner were buttering up Labour MPs in the Strangers’ Bar in parliament as colleagues spoke of their “existential” fear about the crucial elections next week. Continue reading...

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bid Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government. Burnham, who was blocked by Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s Gorton and Denton byelection, has identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside for his leadership bid. Continue reading...

Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says
NAHT leader says schools watchdog for England does not raise standards, amid opposition to ‘Nando’s-style’ scoring School leaders are being pressurised “to the point of destruction”, the head of a teaching union has said, as he put the education establishment “on notice”. During a speech to the union’s annual conference in Belfast, Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), outlined his criticisms of Ofsted, the schools watchdog for England. . Continue reading...

Turkish police arrest more than 500 people at May Day rallies
Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held.

Pro-Trump commentator snaps and drops F-bomb on CNN when asked to justify Iran war
Scott Jennings was questioned by Adam Mockler about political concessions gained by the US in its war on Iran Scott Jennings, CNN’s most prominent pro-Trump commentator, was triggered into swearing at a fellow panelist on live television on Thursday night after being repeatedly pressed to name a single political concession the US had extracted from its war with Iran – and failing to answer. The outburst came during NewsNight With Abby Phillip, where Jennings clashed with Adam Mockler, a 23-year-old commentator with the progressive MeidasTouch. When Mockler asked him to name a concrete gain from the conflict, Jennings responded with the party-line response that the conflict had a singular, clear purpose – preventing a theocratic regime from acquiring nuclear weapons – but Mockler shot back that the non-answer was itself an answer. Continue reading...
Trump varsler tollgrep på europeiske biler
USAs president Donald Trump varsler at USA vil ilegge en toll på 25 prosent på import av europeiske biler og lastebiler fra neste uke.

Støre om Listhaug-utspill: – Minner om ytre høyre i USA
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre avviser angrepene fra Frp-leder Sylvi Listhaug og er kritisk til måten partiet fører debatten på.
Støre refser Listhaug: – På linje med ytre høyre i USA
Etter Listhaugs mange angrep på Støre og Arbeiderpartiet fredag, svarer statsministeren. – Kan vi ikke slutte med det? spør Støre.

Naboer raser: – Kommunen driver med «snikprivatisering»
De private grunneierne mener at drift og vedlikehold er et offentlig ansvar.

Zack Polanski apologises for sharing tweet criticising police at Golders Green stabbings
Apology comes after head of Met police said Green party leader risked undermining public confidence in his officers Zack Polanski has apologised for sharing a social media post critical of police after the Golders Green stabbings, after the head of the Metropolitan police said the Green leader risked undermining public confidence in his officers. Polanski, who leads the Greens in England and Wales, said he was sorry for having shared someone else’s post “in haste”. Continue reading...

Går hardt ut mot Arbeiderpartiet
Under Fremskrittspartiets landsmøte går Sylvi Listhaug hardt ut mot Arbeiderpartiet!

Varsler reformer av hæren
Ukrainas president Volodymyr Zelenskyj varsler reformer av den ukrainske hæren. Blant annet skal lønningene bli bedre.

Går hardt ut mot Arbeiderpartiet
Under Fremskrittspartiets landsmøte går Sylvi Listhaug hardt ut mot Arbeiderpartiet!

Går hardt ut mot Arbeiderpartiet
Under Fremskrittspartiets landsmøte går Sylvi Listhaug hardt ut mot Arbeiderpartiet!

Top California Democrat urges change to ‘free-for-all’ primary to keep governor’s mansion blue
Rusty Hicks concerned that Democrats could crowd each other out in ‘open’ system and hand victory to Republicans The chair of the California Democratic party says he wants to get rid of the state’s idiosyncratic “open primary”, calling it a failure that risks pitting a crowded field of Democratic candidates against each other to the point where a Republican can be elected governor of one of the bluest states in the US. “The current system we have does not work,” Rusty Hicks said in an interview. “It needs to be revised or repealed.” Continue reading...

End of Trump tariffs on whisky sparks row between Scottish parties over claiming credit
Labour called SNP first minister John Swinney ‘shameless’ for claiming credit when it was the result of king’s US visit Donald Trump’s announcement that he will lift punishing US tariffs on scotch whisky has been overshadowed by a row between rival Scottish party leaders over claiming credit for the decision. The whisky industry and business leaders were delighted by the US president’s sudden announcement on his Truth Social network on Thursday that he would end the tariffs to mark the visit by King Charles and Queen Camilla. Continue reading...

Listhaug: Ap burde skifte navn til «Administrasjonspartiet»
... eller Skatteinnkrevernes parti eller Utvalgspartiet.

I strupen på Støre: – Jonas blir sint
Sylvi Listhaug beskyldte både Ap og LO for å ha et vedvarende problematisk forhold til sannheten.
Sylvi Listhaug: – Dette er startsskuddet
GARDEMOEN (TV 2): Partileder Sylvi Listhaug taler til Frps landsmøte på Arbeiderenes dag 1. mai. Hun gikk på scenen til stående applaus.

Listhaug taler på Frps landsmøte
Partileder Sylvi Listhaug holder sin landsmøtetale i dag klokken 14.30.

Thousands in US to join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ protest in economic blackout
Walkouts, marches and other gatherings planned for ‘May Day Strong’ demonstrations across the country Thousands are set to join an economic blackout for International Workers’ Day on Friday, as part of 3,500 “May Day Strong” events across the country. Organizers are calling for “no school, no work, no shopping” with walkouts, marches, block parties and other gatherings planned into the evening. May Day has long been an annual day of protest for the labor movement, and this year, many active movements are converging to fight for “a nation that puts workers over billionaires”. Demanding no ICE, no war, and taxing the rich, the May Day Strong coalition includes labor unions, immigrants rights groups, political organizations such as the Democratic Socialists of America, and the organizers behind the No Kings protests. Friday’s economic disruption builds on a similar coordinated effort out of Minnesota in January, when tens of thousands of Twin Cities residents took off from school and work to flood the streets in protest of federal immigration agents storming the city. Continue reading...

First Thing: Trump doubles down on rift with Germany, Italy and Spain amid war on Iran
The US president has criticised Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and raised the prospect of pulling US troops from Italy and Spain. Plus, 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era Good morning. Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain a day after he saying was looking at curtailing the number deployed in Germany. What has Congress been saying about the war? A senior Democrat in the Senate grilled the US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, on Thursday, accusing him of failing to give Trump an accurate picture of the war on Iran while resorting to “dangerously exaggerated” statements to create an inaccurate picture of a US military triumph. What’s the latest on the suspect? The man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump agreed on Thursday to remain in custody while his federal criminal case moves forward. Continue reading...
Slik vil Høyre bygge nett raskere
Høyre legger frem 13 forslag for å styrke kraftsystemet, inkludert et mål om å halvere tiden frem…

Hegseth says clock paused on deadline to seek approval for Iran war
The US defence secretary says the timer for the president to report to Congress "pauses or stops" in a ceasefire.

Uganda copying Russia and China with new bill designed to crush dissent, say critics
New law proposes up to 20 years in prison for promoting ‘foreign interests’, and restricts those who work with or are funded by overseas partners Ugandan opposition figures, human rights organisations and legal experts have condemned a sweeping bill that proposes up to 20 years in prison for promoting “foreign interests”, and imposes restrictions on a broad range of people and organisations that work with or receive funding from overseas partners. The protection of sovereignty bill 2026 is being fast tracked through parliament, with debate expected to conclude before the presidential swearing-in on 12 May. Continue reading...

Nye bilder: Stormer gjennom
Nye overvåkningsbilder viser skytteren Cole Thomas Allen løpe mot sikkerhetskontrollen. Deretter oppstår en skuddveksling mellom ham og Secret Service.

Trump administration rejects need for Iran war Congressional approval despite deadline – US politics live
Pete Hegseth argued that a ceasefire agreement with Iran more than three weeks ago ‘means the 60 day clock pauses, or stops’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the day. Today marks 60 days since the Trump administration notified Congress that it was carrying out strikes on Iran – meaning that under the War Powers Act of 1973, today is the deadline for Donald Trump to either end the Iran war or seek congressional authorization to extend it. Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington DC, released edited security-camera video of the incident at the White House correspondents’ dinner amid questions about whether or not the suspected gunman, Cole Allen, fired his weapon before being subdued. While the video shows four muzzles flashes from the agent’s gun as he fired at Allen, it was not immediately clear that it does show Allen discharging his weapon after he pointed it at the agent. Sean Curran, the director of the US Secret Service, told Fox News that Allen was stopped not by secret service gunfire, but by a box used to transport a metal detector, which he tripped over. Congress has passed a 45-day extension of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a law that grants US intelligence agencies warrantless spying powers. Trump has threatened to withdraw troops from Spain and Italy, two countries that countries have been vocally critical of his war in the Middle East. This comes after Trump suggested reviewing US military presence in Germany after the country’s chancellor said America was being “humiliated” by Iran. Continue reading...

Antigua and Barbuda prime minister set to win fourth term in election
Gaston Browne is on course to win 15 of the 17 seats in parliament after calling snap election Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, is set to win a fourth term in the country’s snap general election with preliminary results showing his party on course to win 15 of the 17 seats in parliament. Addressing supporters early on Friday morning, Browne said: “You have spoken, you have spoken clearly. You have indicated that the Antigua and Barbuda Labour party (ABLP) is the best institution to run this country.” Continue reading...
LO-lederen: – Vi gir oss ikke før vi er i mål
I sin første hovedtale på Youngstorget la Kine Asper Vistnes vekt på å sikre arbeidsplasser for nordmenn.

Man kan ikke ta T-banen til Toten
For et kaos! For en vingling. Når Høyre etter mye om og men nå trekker sitt eget hasteforslag om å senke avgiftene, er det kun én grunn til det.

Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace
While Charles and Camilla were on a three-line whip, MPs watched the excruciating discomfort of civil servants We don’t often get to see senior civil servants out and about in the wild. They are kept away from the public gaze, sat behind a desk trying to persuade their ministers not to do something too catastrophic to their government department. Quite why they have been been made a knight or a dame just for doing their jobs is one of life’s mysteries. The rest of us have to make do with the occasional email from the boss. But in the last week, two top civil servants have been reluctantly made to give evidence on Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador before the foreign affairs select committee and very instructive it has been, too. Not least to see how much they dislike any extra attention from the public. Their obvious discomfort at being held to account was excruciating to watch. Continue reading...

Høyre-profil vil drive Melkøya med gass
Høyre-ordfører mener bekymringer fra «miljøfantaster» ikke må få diktere strømpolitikken i Nord-Norge.

Titalls pågrepet i 1. mai-markeringer i Tyrkia
Tyrkisk politi har pågrepet flere titalls mennesker som deltok i 1. mai-markeringer i Istanbul, ifølge AFPs journalister på stedet.

Met police commissioner denies ‘intervening in politics’ after accusing Polanski of fueling tensions – UK politics live
The Green party leader reshared a post on social media that appeared to show officers kicking the suspect in the Golders Green attack in the head Full report: Zack Polanski’s criticism of Golders Green attack arrest will have ‘chilling effect’, says Met chief Morning, welcome to our UK politics blog. The Metropolitan police commissioner Mark Rowley has denied he was “intervening in politics” after he wrote an open letter to Zack Polanski over the way officers arrested the Golders Green attack suspect. Continue reading...

Watchdog weighs investigation into Farage’s undisclosed £5m donation
Electoral Commission reviewing whether Reform UK leader should have declared billionaire’s gift before entering parliament Analysis: Farage’s bid to get ahead of story only raises more questions Farage referred to standards watchdog over undisclosed £5m gift The UK elections watchdog is considering whether to investigate an undisclosed £5m donation received by Nigel Farage before he announced his candidacy at the last general election. The move comes after the Guardian revealed this week that the Reform UK leader was given the money by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Continue reading...

Frp setter Vedum i skvis: – Helt avgjørende for Norge
Tor Mikkel Wara opplever Senterpartiet som «fri». Nå inviterer Frp-politikeren til nytt brudd på budsjettavtalen.

Met police chief criticises Green party leader over post on Golders Green attack
Mark Rowley says Zack Polanski’s comments risk undermining officers confronting ‘dangerous’ suspects The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, thoughtlessly undermined the confidence of officers to deal with dangerous people by sharing a critical social media post after the Golders Green stabbings, according to the head of the Metropolitan police. Officers were filmed detaining the suspect after two Jewish people were stabbed in the north-west London suburb on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Unngå å bli lurt av Frp på 1. mai
Det er et sikkert vårtegn at Frp bruker 1. mai til å påstå at de virkelig er på lag med arbeidsfolk. I virkeligheten er de lobbyister for eliten utkledd i grilldress.

Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews
In today’s newsletter: The events in Golders Green this week are the latest in a line of attacks on the Jewish community that have led many to question their future in the UK Good morning. It is a terrible fact of life for British Jews that few were surprised by Wednesday’s knife attack in Golders Green, north London, in which two men were stabbed in an area home to a large Jewish community. A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder. The incident is the latest in a string of antisemitic attacks, on people and property, that have struck fear into many British Jews in recent years. John Mann, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, said many in the community are at “breaking point” and feel the UK is no longer a safe place for them to live. Iran | Iran’s supreme leader has broken his recent silence with a defiant statement hailing Iran’s control over shipping in the strait of Hormuz and vowing to guard the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. Environment | Governments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they will end the production and use of fossil fuels, after a landmark climate meeting involving nearly 60 countries. UK news | Winston Marshall, a former member of the band Mumford & Sons and the son of the GB News co-owner Paul Marshall, has said Britain should construct a mine-laden “floating wall” to stop small boat crossings on the Channel. Counter-terrorism | More and more young people are being drawn into the world of violent extremism, a senior police officer has warned, as a young neo-Nazi was convicted of planning a mass gun attack after being caught in an undercover MI5 sting. UK economy | The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 3.75% but said the UK may need to brace for increases later this year, as “higher inflation is unavoidable” as a result of the war in the Middle East. Continue reading...
Stilte krav om taushetsløfter og lukkede dører
Vanlige regler for åpenhet ble satt til side for kronprinsparets hytteplaner ved Risør. TV 2 kan avdekke krav om lukkede møter og personlige taushetserklæringer.
Se her! Rødgrønn harmoni! Nå kuttes kollektivprisene i hele landet
Sju nye fylker får billigere månedskort på kollektivt denne helgen. Og i denne saken står alle de rødgrønne partiene side om side – uten noe budsjettkrangel.

Nå kuttes kollektivprisene i hele landet
Sju nye fylker får billigere månedskort på kollektivt denne helgen. Og i denne saken står alle de rødgrønne partiene side om side – uten noe budsjettkrangel.

Brazil's Congress approves plan to drastically cut Bolsonaro's jail term
Last year ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in jail for plotting a coup after losing an election.

SV-leder Kirsti Bergstø mener folk må få arve ti millioner kroner skattefritt
De økonomiske forskjellene i Norge har økt, til tross for årevis med flertall på venstresiden. Nå vil Kirsti Bergstø nedsette en forskjellskommisjon.

SV-leder Kirsti Bergstø mener folk må få arve ti millioner kroner skattefritt
De økonomiske forskjellene i Norge har økt, til tross for årevis med flertall på venstresiden. Nå vil Kirsti Bergstø nedsette en forskjellskommisjon.