Sydney shark attack survivor awake and alert and ‘remembers the whole event in detail’, brother says

Australian woman Leah Stewart no longer in critical condition but doesn’t yet have use of her hand

A woman who was attacked by a shark at Sydney’s Coogee’s beach is no longer in a critical condition and “remembers the whole event in detail”, her brother has said.

Leah Stewart’s brother, Joshua, provided the update on a fundraising site on Thursday, writing that it was “amazing to hear from her so much sooner than anyone expected” and she had been “overjoyed” to see her daughter for the first time since the incident almost two weeks ago.

Venezuela earthquakes leave at least 32 dead, 700 injured and dozens of buildings collapsed – latest updates

Delcy Rodríguez says rescuers from others countries arriving in Venezuela over coming hours after two powerful quakes hit capital

• Venezuela earthquakes: back-to-back quakes collapse buildings in capital Caracas

Volunteers, medics and relatives of victims have raced to the Altamira area in Caracas hoping to help save survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings there.

“I live far away [but] ... I came here riding my motorbike as fast as I could,” said José Morillo, as he arrived outside a block of flats called Residencias Obelisco.

‘Rude, heavy-drinking and a committed communist’: the Frida Kahlo you can’t buy in the gift shop

The artist’s likeness has become a symbol of resistance and heroism – but the truth is more complicated. As a major exhibition opens in London, has brand Frida obscured the real Kahlo?

I spend a lot of time in museum gift shops, and no matter where I might be in the world, I will see Frida Kahlo. Her likeness appears on socks, dolls, puzzles, water bottles, cushions, jewellery, mugs, eggcups, phone cases, shopping bags, votive candles, notebooks, keychains – just about any consumer goods, in fact, that can be formed or printed.

Her face has been reduced to a recognisable shorthand of monobrow, lipstick and extravagant floral headdress (her distinctive upper lip hair seldom makes the cut). Kahlo’s life and career are likewise stripped of detail, with children’s literature and popular art books sanitising her biography, shaping it into an inspiring tale of resilience in the face of physical pain, pride in her identity and art triumphing over adversity. She has been flattened into a beautiful but tragic figure.

Britain has become addicted to pressing the ‘new PM’ button – and I don’t see how Burnham avoids it | Jonathan Liew

He’s almost certain to become the UK’s seventh leader in a decade. And with the rightwing press and the algorithm against him, he’s basically a meat sacrifice

Current state of British democracy: the guy who puts out the resignation lectern in front of No 10 is now so familiar that he has become a meme. On the internet, they call him Hot Podium Guy. William Hague’s old line about the Tory party being “an autocracy moderated by regicide” is now basically true of the country as a whole.

And so out Keir Starmer strides to give a speech that, in the grand tradition of Starmer oratory, occupies the curious liminal space between the instantly forgettable and the barely existent. What might comprise a Davina-style supercut of Starmer’s best bits? The time he described us as an “island of strangers”, or blurted out that Israel had the right to starve Gaza of food and water? When your most memorable quotes were so poorly judged, perhaps it might be best for everyone if you put the microphone down for a while.
Not everyone is a natural public speaker, which on one level, of course, is fine. What Starmer craved above all was a task, a clear set of instructions and a solution. To him the British state was essentially an item of flatpack furniture: insert legislation A into complex social problem B, screw voter demographic C as tightly as possible, and if in doubt, call the handy 24-hour helpline to speak to Morgan.

Jonathan Liew is a Guardian columnist

Despite Trump trade rhetoric, Asian investors keep betting on U.S.: Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor

Cantor said that investment flows still have "so much" allocation to the U.S., because investors recognise that the country was still one with a "rule of law."

In which decade was this drag queen photographed? Find out in the Art Fund museum of the year quiz

In the final instalment of our five quizzes, the V&A Storehouse in London set 15 fiendish questions to test your knowledge of their collection

Bello! Why gen Alpha subconsciously speaks the language of the Minions

From global loanwords and garbled Italian, the slang of the children of millennials doesn’t just share elements with Minionese – it may have absorbed it

I was four years old when Despicable Me was released in cinemas and the banana-coloured, overall-clad Minions took the world by storm. By the time I was seven, my siblings and I were using The Official Minion Manual to teach ourselves Minionese.

Minionese is, of course, the made-up language spoken by Kevin, Stuart, Bob and company, which consists of a combination of melodic gibberish and variations on genuine vocabulary from a diverse array of world languages. When the Minions shout “kanpai” (“cheers” in Japanese) or “para tú!” (a variation on the Spanish “para ti”), it might remind you of how gen Alpha slang, which primarily consists of nonsensical words such as “cap” and “mogging”, also draws on world languages. Consider the Bulgarian scat origins of “skibidi”, for example.

‘Above all, there is love’: single mothers caring for disabled children – in pictures

Carol Allen-Storey’s intimate images capture the struggles mums face looking after kids with disabilities – but also the huge hearts of both parents and children

Socceroos look to Paraguay ‘challenge’ with World Cup fate in their own hands

Australia only need a draw to finish as Group D runners-up but head coach Tony Popovic insists the team will go into the crunch clash ‘to win’

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The Socceroos are on the brink of a landmark achievement, a place in the World Cup knockout rounds for only the third time.

“It’s a wonderful challenge, it’s what we’re here for,” said coach Tony Popovic on the eve of the match in Santa Clara, on the south-eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area. “We know it’s in our hands, and we know what a win does for us tomorrow.”

‘I hear he’s extremely liberal’: Trump offers first comments on Andy Burnham

The US president told reporters the former Manchester mayor ‘probably won’t open up the North Sea’ for oil exploration

Donald Trump has labelled Andy Burnham “extremely liberal”, in his first public comments about the former Greater Manchester mayor since he emerged as the frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer.

The US president told reporters Burnham “probably won’t open up the North Sea” for oil exploration, and that “the UK is dying”, signalling that the newly elected Labour MP could face a rocky relationship with Trump.

For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music review – it’s amazing that this staggering show exists

Charlotte Ritchie presents a wildly ambitious and unapologetically brainy YouTube documentary that takes in Big Bang soundwaves, singing dolphins and an astonishing amount in between. Don’t miss it for the world

One of the big things to have come out of David Attenborough’s 100th birthday celebrations this year was the scale of ambition he had during his tenure behind camera. It was Attenborough who commissioned Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation and Jacob Bronowski’s The Ascent of Man, two vast documentary series that became defining texts on the history of art and science.

The consensus seemed to be that this sort of thing – huge, cerebral, expensive – would simply not get made today, unless it was dumbed down and cut-price and rebranded as Amanda Holden’s Top 10 Renaissance Willies. So it comes as something of a surprise to learn that the Cosmic Shambles Network’s new documentary series, For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music, takes its title as seriously as it does.

Thursday news quiz: rare chicks, AI tricks and ‘begging Trump for pics’

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

Thursday quiz fans inundated our mailbox with at least two messages pointing out that John Oliver had opened his HBO show discussing the problem of feral hogs, of which there are significantly more than between 30 and 50 in the US. If he starts opening shows talking about Sparks, Kate Bush, Syldavia and Alan Shearer’s fixations on distances, we truly will know where he gets his material from, and the Thursday quiz lawyers are ready. In the meantime, here are 15 questions on topical news, general knowledge and pop culture to see you on towards the weekend. Let us know how you got on in the comments. Allons-y!

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‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England?

Jacob Wulfson’s fellow airmen decided his fate after a court martial at RAF Lakenheath – a distressing week for Sarah Steele, the academic he assaulted

• Explainer: how the US bypasses British courts to try its military over crimes in the UK

When Sarah Steele woke up on the morning of 2 December 2023, she found herself in a pool of cold water in a bathtub. She was naked and in the apartment of an American fighter pilot she had met in person for the first time the night before. She was confused. Her head hurt, and so did her neck.

This was the account Steele, a British academic, provided to prosecutors. They later accused the pilot, Capt Jacob Wulfson, of drugging and strangling Steele in his apartment in the east of England, and penetrating her vagina with his penis without her consent.

It’s not the bond markets Andy Burnham should be afraid of. It’s his own MPs | Aditya Chakrabortty

To stay popular with the public – and his backbenchers – he’ll need to make big changes fast. That means changing the way the government borrows

A Labour leader arrives, shirt and smile ironed into place, in his hands a big idea. He has polished one slogan, prepped three anecdotes, memorised eight bullet points. He wants more cash for vital services, or workers to have a stake in their employers, or to take some utility into public control. Not so big an idea, really, but, right on cue, the attacks come from almost every side – breathless lobby reporters, sententious columnists, zombie Blairites. And they all agree on one fatal thing: the bond markets will never wear it.

The death sentence having been pronounced, all that remains for the politician’s proposal is a pauper’s funeral.

Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist

‘It’s like a furnace’: French struggle with heat-trap homes as climate inequality grows

Many of France’s buildings are not designed for hot weather – and low-income housing estates are suffering the worst

Living in a sweltering, seventh-floor flat on a concrete housing estate south of Paris, Samira said she was feeling desperate as France experienced its highest temperatures on record this week. “Yesterday I sat down and cried, I thought I’m going to die,” said the 35-year-old single parent and former building caretaker.

Her flat in Ris-Orangis in Essonne is, like millions of apartments in France, poorly insulated and lacking in outside window shutters. “Blazing sun hits my windows all day – I can’t breathe, I feel dizzy, there is no air,” she said.

Anthropic's latest hiring spree reveals where it's building AI data centers next

The AI lab is hiring for AI data center roles in Australia and Japan as it rushes to expand compute capacity overseas.

Only Donald Trump could make America’s special 250th birthday all about him

The milestone called for the epic vision of a JFK or the soaring oratory of a Barack Obama. Instead it got a Trump rally

If that’s the way America celebrates its birthday, you would not want to be present at its funeral. The shining city on a hill is losing some of its lustre these days. The land that promised life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is struggling to deliver.

A milestone anniversary like 250 years of independence calls for the epic vision of a John F Kennedy, the immaculate timing of a Ronald Reagan or the soaring oratory of a Barack Obama. What it got instead on Wednesday was an 80-year-old convicted criminal who appeared in Home Alone 2 and seems hellbent on dividing the nation.

Trump has testy meeting with GOP senators, telling Cassidy to sit down

President Trump met with Republican senators soon after canceling plans to sign bipartisan housing affordability legislation at the Capitol.

Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse?

In a chilling new book, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says we’re back on the brink – and this time, leaders chronically lack the nous of Kennedy and Khrushchev. So why is he against rearming?

Should European members of Nato be rearming in the face of the Russian threat? And if not, I ask Carlo Rovelli, why not? The Italian theoretical physicist seems a good person to answer these questions since his timely new book, 85 Seconds to Midnight, is subtitled A Physicist’s Argument against Rearmament.

Rovelli, 70, brown eyed, genial, with enviably luxuriant grey locks, removes his glasses before answering. “The idea of the Russian military being a threat to Europe is ridiculous. Russia can’t even get to Kyiv! A few years ago, Russia had 4% of the world’s military spending and Nato had 40%.”

What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control – and human beings

Our lovable yet unruly boxer Dusty forced me to wonder: if a dog has no morals, how do you teach it to be ‘good’?

When I carried my beautiful two-month-old puppy into our home for the first time, I couldn’t have imagined the scene six months later, as I led her through my local park experiencing such a toxic cocktail of emotions – guilt, regret, powerlessness – that I had tears in my eyes. It was a walk that many dog owners will recognise as having “gone badly”. My exuberant dog, Dusty, had approached another dog that did not wish to play with her. This shouldn’t have happened. I should have been able to call her back. Maybe I should have just kept her on the lead. Maybe I shouldn’t have got a dog in the first place.

Dusty started barking, jumping and circling the owner and her dog at high speed. “Do you want to have a dogfight?” the owner asked curtly, while I lunged around on the ground, all dignity jettisoned. “My dog just wants to play with yours,” I protested. “But mine doesn’t want to play,” she replied. “If you just let yours off the lead for a moment,” I countered, “I think mine would calm down. I promise you, she’s not aggressive.” Her reply: “So what do you call this?” Checkmate. As the seconds and then minutes passed, with Dusty still evading my reach, I began to wonder how long this might go on. Would the police have to be called?

Stubborn, arrogant, a genius: France’s De Gaulle epic shows up the tepidity of our politics | Alexander Hurst

The man who led Free France during Nazi occupation was single-minded to the point of obstinacy. But he believed in his own power to make history

How much of our political agency have we sacrificed on the altar of imagined constraints? That question has been troubling me since last week, when I stepped out of the glitteringly art deco Grand Rex cinema in Paris. I had just been to see part one of La Bataille de Gaulle, a two-part epic based on British historian Julian Jackson’s extraordinary biography of Charles de Gaulle. Both Jackson and the film, which focuses on the second world war, present the towering French general as a combination of stubbornness, arrogance and genius.

As a mid-ranking two-star general, De Gaulle had little inherent claim to be the face of France in exile. For four years after fleeing to London in June 1940, he imposed himself next to Churchill, and then Roosevelt. He bullied his way in to top-table discussions thanks to an ego the size of a nation state: a nation state he himself would embody fully. “I recreated France from nothing, from being a man alone in a foreign city,” De Gaulle wrote of his time in London. Immodest, yes, but also right.

Alexander Hurst writes for Guardian Europe from Paris. His memoir Generation Desperation is out now

With a Round of 32 spot already clinched, the U.S. takes on Turkey in the World Cup

Two U.S. wins and two Turkey losses already on the books mean the Americans have won this World Cup group no matter the outcome of Thursday's game. Still, the Americans say they're playing to win.

Whitney Houston estate denies Oprah’s ‘inaccurate and unfair’ claim singer fell off stage due to drug use

Late singer ‘absolutely not high’ when she fell on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009, says estate after Winfrey claimed she had relapsed

Whitney Houston’s estate has refuted what they call “inaccurate and unfair” claims by Oprah Winfrey that the singer was drug affected when she fell off the stage during an appearance on her talkshow.

Speaking on Tuesday at the Cannes Lions conference in France, Winfrey claimed Houston was “back on drugs” during her two-part appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009, during which she spoke about being clean after years of substance abuse and two spells in rehab.

Papua New Guinea at risk of food shortages as El Niño brings frost and drought

Oxfam predicts PNG will be worst-hit country in Pacific from the weather pattern, with up to 3 million people affected nationwide

Families across Papua New Guinea’s Highlands are facing depleted harvests and the threat of hunger after the El Niño weather pattern brought frost and prolonged dry conditions that have destroyed food gardens providing sustenance and income for thousands of households.

The effects of El Niño emerged in recent weeks, bringing drought conditions, falling water levels and frost that are threatening food security in some of the country’s most agriculturally productive regions.

Massive fire in Allentown prompts evacuations for nearby residents

A massive fire in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has forced nearby residents to evacuate their homes Wednesday night.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup schedule and how to watch

With 104 World Cup games being played in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, it's like "a Super Bowl every single day for five weeks," U.S. team captain Tim Ream told CBS News.

Fidalgo caps Mexico rout as co-hosts maintain 100% record and send Czechia out

There are ways of leaving a tournament. You can go out with a sheen of glory, having gone to-to-toe with a great opponent. You can be unlucky and go home raging at referees and the fates. You can self-immolate in a blaze of red cards or own goals or spectacular errors. Or you can slink away without leaving a trace – and that was the path followed by the Czechia. Nobody in 20 years will remember they were involved in this World Cup, other perhaps that Ireland fans reflecting on what a mess the Czechs made of the place they pinched from them in the playoff.

A win would probably have taken Czechia through but that never looked likely. The Czechia coach Miroslav Koubek left out two of his most experienced campaigners in Patrik Schick and Tomas Soucek, and the way was left clear for a 17-year-old to control the game.

Maseko strike sends South Africa into first World Cup knockouts with win over South Korea

South ​Africa celebrated a first World Cup knockout berth with jubilant scenes on Wednesday after Thapelo Maseko’s second-half strike secured a 1-0 victory over South ⁠Korea, who still have a chance of advancing as one of the eight best third-placed teams.

Maseko fired into the bottom corner in the 63rd minute to put ⁠South Africa – who will face co-hosts Canada in Los Angeles on 28 June – on four points behind ​Group A winners Mexico, who beat the ‌Czechia 3-0. South Korea, ‌who started with talisman Son Heung-min on the bench, have three points.

At least 32 killed, 700 injured in 2 major earthquakes in Venezuela, says acting president

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake and a 7.5-magnitude were less than a minute apart, said the U.S. Geological Survey. The second earthquake was the largest to hit the country since 1900.

Three New York Democrats backed by Mamdani win House seat primaries; 2 incumbents lose

Two candidates backed by the Democratic Socialist of America won their primaries, a year after the DSA-backed Zohran Mamdani won New York mayor's race.

Mystery of Gracie the giraffe deepens as sheriff calls recapture claims a tall story

Sheriff in rural Texas says ‘it’s still at large’ after claim Gracie had been located after wandering off private ranch

For almost two weeks, residents of a rural Texas county have been looking, mostly up, for a missing giraffe called Gracie that wandered off from a private game ranch.

On Wednesday, the mystery of the free-roaming mammal’s odyssey deepened further, when a local sheriff disputed an account that it was reportedly found safe a “little farther out than expected” from its hill country home, and said the search was most definitely still on.

The dawn of the designer baby – podcast

Jenny Kleeman investigates ‘Biotech Barbie’ Cathy Tie, the controversial entrepreneur hoping to revolutionise human reproduction by letting parents edit their embryos

Meet Cathy Tie: serial entrepreneur, self-described “Biotech Barbie”, and the woman aiming to revolutionise reproduction by using Crispr to edit human embryos.

Beneath the tech-startup polish lies a provocative mission: to take the biological lottery out of the hands of nature and place it into the hands of parents.

Military requiring flu vaccines for recruits as Air Force base deals with outbreak

All military branches began requiring recruits to get flu vaccines earlier this month, an exception to Pete Hegseth's decision to lift the military's vaccine mandate, a Pentagon official said.

‘It’s beautiful and sad to be a human being’: Ragnar Kjartansson brings ‘the best artwork of the 21st century’ to Australia

A nine-screen installation with a cult following is one of many highlights in the Icelandic artist’s first major Australian show, at Melbourne’s NGV

In a video recorded by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, he stands side by side with his mother, Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir, in front of a bookshelf, as if posing for a photo. Ásmundsdóttir was 65 at the time and appears with a halo of greying curls, wearing a red cardigan. She looks up at her smartly dressed son, then repeatedly, noisily, spits into his face.

“I wanted to make a brutal work,” says Kjartansson of the video, which he made in 2000 while at art school in Reykjavík. He almost succeeded. For most of it, Kjartansson mutely accepts the abuse from his stony-faced mother. Occasionally, though, the pair dissolve into laughter.

Every five years, Kjartansson and Ásmundsdóttir have restaged the piece. As the videos progress, you witness both mother and son ageing. The latest of the six instalments was filmed in 2025, the year Ásmundsdóttir turned 90. “She almost can’t spit any more. It’s very hard for her,” says Kjartansson.

What is China’s SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk’s Starlink?

The company has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit but has state backing and is already reportedly negotiating with dozens of countries

Elon Musk’s Starlink has long dominated the satellite internet industry, but a Chinese government-backed project is aiming to challenge its position.

SpaceSail has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit compared with Starlink’s 10,000-plus. But the company says it now has enough satellites to begin its first commercial application, is scaling up at speed, and is reportedly negotiating with dozens of countries to provide satellite internet coverage.

Scotland’s World Cup dream hanging by a thread after Vinícius sparks Brazil victory

Scotland will now play the waiting game. The trouble is, as they hang around to discover whether a place in the last 32 can be secured as among the leading eight third-placed teams, it is legitimate to question the point of it all. Scotland’s on-field contribution to this tournament has been pitiful.

Defeat by Brazil can and should happen. The ragged nature of Scotland’s output in Miami, the utterly punchless nature of their play – again – until desperation set in means they should enter the knockout phase with red faces should that come to pass. Steve Clarke’s men have been outscored by Haiti in Group C plus New Zealand, Iran and Cape Verde elsewhere.

Identical triplets we met in 2008 graduate high school

Spontaneous identical triplets from New York that were featured on CBS News in 2008 are finally off to college. Tony Dokoupil has the story.

Gen. Christopher Donahue retires, forced out by Hegseth

One of the most decorated, combat-tested and respected members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Gen. Christopher Donahue, is retiring, forced out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He's now one of more than a dozen senior officers who have been recently shown the door. Margaret Brennan reports.

Zohran Mamdani's chosen candidates take home wins

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed three far-left House candidates, and all three won their primaries Tuesday, raising questions about the future of the Democratic Party. Trump-backed candidates also had a good showing. Ed O'Keefe reports.

Earthquake shakes Northern California: "I've never seen anything like that"

An earthquake shook parts of Northern California on Wednesday, about two hours north of San Francisco, injuring several people and causing widespread damage. Carter Evans reports.

Trump's luncheon with GOP senators devolves into shouting match

President Trump threw Capitol Hill into turmoil on Wednesday, abruptly canceling plans to sign a bill aimed at lowering housing costs. His closed-door luncheon with Republican senators turned into a shouting match over the war in Iran. The president wants senators to pass a different bill that would change voting rules. Caitlin Huey Burns reports.

What's stealing tourists' hearts about the U.S. during the World Cup

Thousands of World Cup tourists are falling in love with the things Americans, or those who have lived in the U.S. a long time, take for granted. Mark Strassmann has more.

Micron stock jumps 15% as soaring prices from memory crunch lead to quadrupling of revenue

Micron's quarterly earnings report follows a 700% surge in the memory maker's stock price over the past year.

6/24: CBS Evening News

President Trump's luncheon with Republican senators devolves into shouting match; earthquake shakes Northern California.

Some states want to regulate prediction markets. Should the feds let them?

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued nine states to block them from regulating prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.

Met gets extension to Palantir AI project after Sadiq Khan blocked deal

Mayor’s office grants extra 12 months to run pilot while London force procures long-term supplier

The Metropolitan police have been granted a 12-month extension to a pilot project with the spy-tech firm Palantir while the force carries out a procurement process.

The development comes weeks after the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, blocked a £50m deal between the Met and the US company to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations.

Trump meets defense CEOs as Iran operations strain U.S. missile stockpiles

The White House is pressing major defense firms to expand missile and munitions output as Iran talks and weapons stockpile concerns put new pressure on the Pentagon’s industrial base.

Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows

Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’

More than 80% of under-16s in Australia said they were still using social media three months after legislation banning them from it came into force, research shows.

Australia is the first country to ban social media for children. Since December 2025, under-16s have been prohibited from having accounts with many social media platforms including TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat.

Israel says IDF is staying in southern Lebanon, undermining Iran peace talks

Defence minister says troops not withdrawing though Tehran sees end to war in Lebanon as part of deal with US

The Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, has said that Israeli troops would not withdraw from southern Lebanon, further complicating Iran peace talks as fighting in Lebanon continues to be an obstacle to permanent peace.

Speaking on stage in an interview in Tel Aviv, Katz said Israeli troops would remain in south Lebanon – echoing sentiments from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bill Gates said Epstein tried to use knowledge of his affairs "to pressure me"

Bill Gates testified June 10 for nearly six hours before the House Oversight Committee, which is examining the government's handling of the Epstein case and those with ties to him.

‘It’s unimaginable’: deadly shooting hits California city that has faced tragedy after tragedy

Teen fatally shot two people on Monday at library in Chico, which has seen deadly wildfires and nearby shootings

Even before a teenager strolled into the public library in Chico where police say he fatally shot two people on Monday afternoon, this building stood apart in the northern California community.

It is the only public library that serves the city of about 107,000 people, and most residents have some connection to it.

Wyatt-Hodge propels England past West Indies and into T20 World Cup semi-final

• Group 2: England, 186-7, bt West Indies, 148-5, by 38 runs

• Wyatt-Hodge scores 65 off 42 balls; Knight adds 43

England propelled themselves into the semi-finals of their home T20 World Cup with a 38-run win against West Indies on Wednesday evening at Lord’s.

A half-century from Danni Wyatt-Hodge and a laboured 43 from Heather Knight helped England put 186 on the board, although the hosts’ effort was not without its nervy moments: Knight ran out first Wyatt-Hodge then herself, while the Freya Kemp-Dani Gibson engine room failed to ignite this time as England finished seven wickets down.

Bill Gates says Epstein sought to blackmail him over extramarital affairs

Transcript of congressional testimony shows Microsoft founder spoke of ‘veiled’ threats made by late sex offender

The Microsoft founder Bill Gates told US members of Congress that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had sought to “blackmail” him over his extramarital affairs, according to a transcript of the testimony.

The tech pioneer testified behind closed doors before the House oversight committee on 10 June regarding his friendship with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes.

Yosemite visitor dies after being swept over nearly 600ft waterfall

Josue Baires Alfaro, 22, identified as victim in Nevada Fall incident that nearly claimed life of woman who tried to help

A 22-year-old visitor to Yosemite national park in California died after he was swept over a 594ft-high (181 metre) waterfall on Saturday, officials confirmed this week.

A fellow parkgoer, Freesia Gaul, was capturing a photo when she noticed the man, reportedly identified by local authorities as Josue Baires Alfaro, in the Merced River.

Trump cancels housing bill signing, reiterates demand for SAVE America Act

President Trump canceled a planned signing ceremony on Wednesday for a housing affordability bill that passed Congress by wide bipartisan margins.

Did a father use his 6-year-old son as an alibi for murder?

Reginald Reed Sr. said he was playing video games with his son, Reginald "Reggie" Reed Jr., when his wife, Selonia Reed, was killed. But detectives doubt his story.

6/24: The Takeout with Major Garrett

Trump and Cassidy have tense exchange in meeting with GOP senators; Mamdani-backed candidates win in New York primaries.

Qualcomm stock pops 15% after chipmaker almost doubles projection for 2029 non-handset revenue

Qualcomm's primary business has been smartphones, which accounted for two-thirds of the company's product revenue in it's most recent quarter.

Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill ahead of tense meeting with GOP senators

President Donald Trump abruptly canceled the signing of a bill aimed at increasing housing affordability an hour before he was due at the Capitol for the ceremony.

FBI, NYPD carry out searches tied to bribery investigation of police officials

The searches stemmed from an ongoing probe into the conduct of former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, a source told CBS News.

Jacob Elordi, Jenna Ortega and Stephen Fry among new invited Oscar voters

Annual list of creatives invited to join the Academy also includes Josh O’Connor, Teyana Taylor and Jon Bernthal

Jacob Elordi, Jenna Ortega and Stephen Fry are among the 529 creatives invited to join this year’s member class of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

“We are delighted to invite this remarkable group of film artists and professionals from around the world to join the Academy,” said CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor in a statement. “Through their commitment to filmmaking, this year’s exceptionally talented class has made significant contributions to our global movie industry.”

Appeals court rejects Trump administration's bid for Michigan's voter rolls

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit is the first appeals court to weigh in on the Trump administration's attempts to obtain sensitive voter information from 30 states and D.C.

Trump meets with GOP senators after refusing to sign housing bill

President Trump's decision to abruptly cancel the signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill marked the latest misalignment between him and GOP lawmakers.

Cerebras CEO says margin forecast was 'misunderstood' as stock plummets after earnings

AI chipmaker Cerebras has a staggered lock-up expiration that includes some shares becoming available for trading this week.

Bipartisan housing bill aims to boost homeownership. Could it work?

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which has rare bipartisan support, would make it harder for major investors to hoard homes.

Chemours to pay $450M in first federal "forever chemicals" settlement

Chemical maker Chemours allegedly discharged chemicals linked to cancer and other health conditions in three states.

Officials will lobby Burnham to revive ‘war bonds’ idea to pay for higher defence spending

Senior figures, including some in No 10, want the Treasury to be allowed to borrow more for military spending

Senior government officials are planning to lobby Andy Burnham during access talks to revive the idea of “war bonds” to pay for higher defence spending when he becomes prime minister, the Guardian understands.

Senior figures, including some in No 10, want the Treasury to be allowed to borrow more for military spending and will try to convince Burnham to invest beyond the £13.5bn earmarked for the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (Dip).

Tennis stars’ protests over prize money share to continue at Wimbledon

• Revenue share is 14.4%; players want 16%

• Players to limit time they give to the media

The top men’s and women’s tennis players have decided to continue their protests for a greater percentage of grand slam tournament revenues at Wimbledon.

A month after the top players chose to limit their pre-tournament media duties at the French Open to 15 minutes, the players will extend the protest until the end of the first week of the tournament, also limiting their post-match media duties during the event.

Meta plans to release AI-powered prediction market app, documents show

The company is building an app separate from Facebook and Instagram where people can wager on the outcome of real-world events, using "play money."

Nvidia's Huang calls black market data centers made of smuggled parts a 'dead end'

Washington regulators and the Trump administration are increasingly wary of China getting ahold of advanced AI software and hardware.

A judge says the Kennedy Center must update him on its plans — and address that tarp

A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to update him on programming and operational plans. But with most of the staff gone and many artists booked elsewhere, what shows would they present?

Harry Kane turns attention to Panama with England focused on bigger picture

Striker scored a hat-trick against Saturday’s opponents at 2018 World Cup and he is scenting another Golden Boot opportunity

The record books show that when Harry Kane last faced Panama, he scored a hat-trick and England won 6-1. It was the 2018 World Cup and the goals gave him an unassailable grip on the Golden Boot. It was the second group game and victory ensured England’s safe passage into the knockout rounds.

What not everyone remembers – although Kane certainly does – is how he completed the hat-trick. It was with one of the luckiest goals of his career. The England captain knew nothing about it because he was facing away from the ball. He merely felt Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s shot from outside the area flick off his heel and loop over the wrong-footed goalkeeper. His first two had come from the penalty spot. “A couple of pens and a lucky goal,” Kane said. “It wasn’t my most beautiful hat-trick. I’ll take that again on Saturday, for sure.”

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Keir Starmer came to power without a strategic concept of post-Brexit Britain’s place in the world. His successor must not repeat that mistake

Sir Keir Starmer had years in opposition to prepare for government. His likely successor, Andy Burnham, has weeks. Unlike the outgoing prime minister, Mr Burnham will bring past ministerial experience to the top job as well as lessons learned as the mayor of Greater Manchester. But as every veteran of No 10 attests, the pressures in that building – the intensity and unpredictability of events – are like nothing else.

To take office without clear priorities or a sense of how to drive an agenda through the machinery of government is a recipe for drift and loss of control, bouncing from one crisis to the next. That was Sir Keir’s fate. His failure to use the run-up to power more fruitfully accounts in large part for the truncation of his tenure.

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Brazilian federal police arrest Spanish citizen at São Paulo airport for racism

Woman detained at airport after allegedly making racist remarks directed at workers unloading baggage, police say

Brazil’s federal police have detained a Spanish citizen in São Paulo’s international Guarulhos airport for racism, in the latest of a series of high-profile arrests of foreign tourists on similar grounds.

Brazil has some of the strictest anti-racism laws in Latin America. Insulting a person on the basis of race carries a penalty of imprisonment from two to five years and a fine.

Slate Auto says $24,950 electric truck will be profitable; targets positive cash flow next year

EV startup Slate Auto CEO Peter Faricy told CNBC that every vehicle the company produces will be gross margin positive.

Amazon's Zoox unveils redesigned robotaxi ahead of upcoming expansion

Zoox is updating its robotaxis as the Amazon division plots expansion in additional markets and prepares to charge for rides.

Fan of TV show Dexter killed and dismembered two men in Cornish woodland, jury hears

James Desborough told team searching for missing men he enjoyed gory scenes in serial killer series, prosecution says

A fan of the television serial killer show Dexter murdered two men before dismembering and burning their bodies in Cornish woodland surrounding the cabin where he lived, a jury has heard.

James Desborough, 40, allegedly killed Claudio Aquilino and Daniel Coleman and hid their bodies in the dense undergrowth close to his cabin near St Austell.

Toyota gains on General Motors in new U.S. sales forecast: 'GM may be looking over their shoulder'

Toyota has notably leaned into hybrid vehicles while GM and others bet on all-electric vehicles, which saw lower-than-expected adoption from consumers.

Trump-linked firm is lobbying for pardons and its first client already paid $500K

Mo Strategies, started by former Trump campaign and administration officials, recently expanded its practice into the lucrative world of pardon lobbying.

IOC scraps 130 years of tradition by paying athletes $10,000 at Olympics

• IOC sets up £106m fund for all athletes at Games

• Milano-Cortina competitors will be first to be paid

The International Olympic Committee has broken with 130 years of tradition by deciding to pay athletes to compete at the Olympic Games.

Starting with the recent Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, all competitors will be entitled to a $10,000 (£7,600) grant from the IOC regardless of whether they are NBA stars or on the poverty line.

Postal Service says its cash crisis is delayed until at least 2031, but problems loom

The U.S. Postal Service is no longer set to be out of cash in 2027, the agency's head says. But its finances remain shaky as Trump officials keep putting it in political hot water.

ODNI under Pulte fires 6 staff, sends 45 back to home agencies

Those who were fired and sent to their home agencies didn't have tasks, or their assigned tasks were outdated, a source said.

Want to continue living at home as you age? Here’s what to consider

Safety concerns, caregiving needs, and, of course, finances all come into play when considering aging-in-place at home

My mom is the model boomer. At 77 years old, she runs her interior design business, organizes a book club, plays pickleball and dominates in mahjong. She is the picture of health; good luck matching the pace on her 5 mile walks. As is the trend for her generation, mom and her 83-year-old husband have chosen to continue living right where they are at home.

Circumstances led her to make age-in-place plans well ahead of her peers. When my dad died unexpectedly 22 years ago, my mom found herself widowed at 55 and living alone in a two-story, four-bedroom home. Mom wanted to remain in her community, so she downsized into a smart townhouse with a first-floor bedroom and bath, and nearby shops.

Can Slate's $24,950 electric pickup truck win over EV skeptics?

Backed by Jeff Bezos, Slate's EV pickup sells for about half the cost of a typical new vehicle. But car experts say its unconventional design may be a hurdle.

Nicola Jennings on Andy Burnham’s chance to state his case – cartoon

Republican senator in shouting match with Trump on Iran as housing bill stalls

Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy describes heated exchange after Trump questioned War Powers Act at GOP luncheon

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A Republican senator who lost re-election after Donald Trump endorsed his primary challenger said he got into a heated argument with the president on Wednesday amid discontent in Congress over the war with Iran and Trump’s demand that the GOP pass a bill that would impose a host of new rules on voting nationwide.

The squabble between Trump and the Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy erupted at a lunch in the US Capitol after the president abruptly cancelled a signing ceremony for a housing bill that passed both chambers with rare overwhelming bipartisan support on Wednesday. Trump said he would withhold his signature from the legislation, aimed at lowering the cost of housing, until Congress passes the Save America Act, which would impose new identification requirements on voters and curtail mail-in voting.

Vegas murder solved 20 years after man strangled with phone cord

DNA testing has identified a suspect in the 2005 murder of Daniel Zeisler in Las Vegas, according to a forensic lab.

AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption

Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviour

The surviving part of an ancient scroll that was burnt to a crisp when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been virtually unwrapped and read with help from artificial intelligence.

Researchers uncovered 20 columns of previously hidden text covering more than a metre of charred papyrus without physically unrolling the scroll. The work discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviour and dates to the second or late-third century BC.

Colombia’s leftwing candidate concedes election to Trump-endorsed millionaire

Leftist Iván Cepeda conceded to far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella who won by razor-thin margin

The defeated leftwing candidate in Colombia’s presidential runoff has conceded to the far-right, Trump-admiring millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella.

Since Sunday night, the preliminary count had already pointed to a De la Espriella victory by a razor-thin margin of less than 1% of the vote.

‘Let the magic begin’: Ronaldinho signs for Serie C side Ravenna at age of 46

• Brazil legend last played professionally in 2015

• ‘I cannot wait to dance with the ball,’ he said

The Brazil great Ronaldinho has signed with the Italian Serie C club Ravenna at age 46, more than a decade after retiring.

“I cannot wait to dance with the ball,” he said. “Football has always been joyful for me, and I’m excited to bring that spirit to Ravenna. Let the magic begin!”

Will Texas' new top voting official be a 'disruptor'? Locals are preparing for it

Just ahead of closely contested midterms, Texas is about to get a new top voting official. Many locals there fear the frontrunner is a state lawmaker and pastor with no election experience.

Bill Gates testimony on Jeffrey Epstein ties released by House oversight panel

"I should never have met with Epstein in the first place," Bill Gates told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Alice Zaslavsky’s tacos with roasted celeriac and pickled jalapeño sauce – recipe

Gnarly, shrivelly celeriac is an unconventional taco filler. But peeled and roasted in Alice Zaslavsky’s recipe, the root vegetable yields an almost carne asada-like flavour

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Could it be time to consider the celeriac? If you’re looking for a tasty and left-of-field taco combo for the cooler months that’s full of flavour, low on cost and easily veganised, then it just well might.

Celeriac is firm and fibrous enough to hold its shape under heat, sweet enough to crack some caramelisation, and its centre yields to a creamy and fluffy mashed potato texture when cooked. The flavour is surprisingly meaty, which makes more sense when you consider how the parsley and liquorice notes intensify when caramelised, a bit like a bite of steak with herby sauce, or carne asada with salsa verde.

South Korea’s biggest chipmaker SK Hynix plans to raise $29 billion via Nasdaq listing as soon as July 10

The company plans to issue 17.79 million new shares at a value of 45.45 trillion won ($29.65 billion).

Understanding 'masculinism,' a movement to restore the primacy of men

Masculinism is a belief that feminism emasculates men, and men should be in control while women stay at home raising children. The Atlantic writer Helen Lewis says the movement is becoming mainstream.

OpenAI unveils first chip as part of Broadcom deal in effort to 'build the full stack'

Eight months after announcing a custom chip deal, OpenAI and Broadcom are revealing their first joint project: Jalapeño.

US eases restriction on Iran's World Cup team, allowing travel 2 days before next match

The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran's World Cup team. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday the squad could travel into the country two days before its next match.

Treasury Secretary Bessent says U.S. GDP growth can return to 3% before end of the year

Bessent sees his "3-3-3" plan as still in reach — 3% growth, a 3% deficit-to-GDP rate and a 3 million barrels per day increase in oil production.

Dior mashes up laid-back ‘indie sleaze’ with elegant luxury

Jonathan Anderson’s golden touch is on display in Paris with mix of metallics, brooches and ripped jeans

Fashion brands were tuned to the weather forecast in Paris in the run-up to the menswear shows this week – and aware temperatures would reach 40C on Wednesday. This weekend a decision was made – the Christian Dior show, originally scheduled for the afternoon, would be moved to 9am, to avoid the heat of the day.

The change in time certainly made the experience more palatable – as did (in possibly a fashion-week first) the cool towels handed to guests on arrival, umbrellas to block out the sun and personalised fans on seats. In the grounds of the grand Musée Nissim de Camondo, which is under renovation to reopen in 2030, those in the garden even had the benefit of the occasional breeze.

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: slouchy jeans and a short jacket is the new (and more chill) power suit

Update the classic outfit when you want to look slick and office-appropriate … in a low-key, faux-effortless kind of way

Jeans and a nice top is a tried-and-tested formula when it comes to dressing for an evening out. It is the little black dress of real life. A local dinner, an outing to the theatre or cinema, a birthday gathering in the pub: these do not require a cocktail dress. Still, you want to look nice. So you wear jeans and a nice top.

If jeans and a nice top is the real life LBD, then jeans and a jacket is the normcore power suit. It is the no-nonsense, I’ve-got-this formula you need for daytime. It is an outfit that comes together in seconds and keeps on looking good and feeling comfortable for hours. It is grown up but not stiff, alpha but not snooty. It is – and this is important in our capricious climate, and when your commute can take you straight from overheated train carriage to chiller-cabinet level air conditioning – pitched neither too warm nor too cold, and offers flexibility. (You are wearing something under the jacket, you see. We will get to that.)