Former private prison official to serve as acting ICE chief

Compared to the start of President Trump's second term, David Venturella takes over an agency with a larger workforce, more financial resources — and also a continued funding lapse.

Ukraine war briefing: Deadly Russian bombing spree marks end of ceasefire

Civilian deaths in several regions and baby girl has leg blown off; Kallas says Putin’s weakening position could mean ‘opportunity for ending war’. What we know on day 1,540

Russian forces launched attacks in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday, killing at least six people, regional officials said, after the expiry of a ceasefire. Ukrainian officials said Russia launched more than 200 drones overnight, putting an end to hopes that the three-day ceasefire that ended on Monday would be extended.

A drone attack on an apartment building in the president’s home town, the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killed two and injured four, including the dead couple’s nine-month-old granddaughter whose leg was severed, said the regional governor and local military administration head.

North-east of Kryvyi Rih, an aerial bomb strike killed four and injured three, said officials. “After the end of the partial three-day ceasefire, Russia continues to kill and maim Ukrainians and pressure on it must therefore in no way be weakened,” said Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president.

Zelenskyy said drones were intercepted over several regions but reported damage to energy facilities, apartment buildings, a kindergarten and a civilian locomotive. In Kyiv, debris from a downed drone fell on the roof of a 16-storey residential building in the northern Obolon district, sparking a fire, said the mayor, Vitali Klitschko. Two people were hurt in the central Cherkasy region, and damage was also recorded in the Zhytomyr region, farther west, and in the Chernihiv region on the Russian border.

Two people were injured in strikes on the south-eastern city of Dnipro and the southern city of Kherson. Russian drones also hit energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region, causing blackouts in the region, said Vitaliy Kim, the regional governor.

Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck gas facilities in Russia’s central Orenburg region more than 1,500 km (900 miles) from Ukraine’s borders. “Overall, Ukraine’s current position on the frontline, in our long-range [strikes] and in our joint results with our partners are at their highest level in years. We must maintain this level and continue to achieve results,” Zelenskyy said in an address to the nation.

Zelenskyy said Kyiv was working with its allies in Europe to develop technologies to defend against ballistic missiles, adding that 13 countries and Nato representatives had participated in talks on the issue on Tuesday.

Signs that Vladimir Putin’s position is weakening could open a window to ending the war in Ukraine, the EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said on Tuesday. Putin over the weekend suggested that the war in Ukraine was “heading to an end” after more than four years of bloodshed. “What his statement really shows is that he’s not in a strong position,” Kallas said after a meeting with EU defence ministers. “So I think there’s an opportunity for ending this war.”

‘I’m afraid if she gets out’: US author’s sons say they want mother to stay in jail

Kouri Richins, 35, faces up to life in prison for killing her husband, and her three sons say they are ‘afraid’ of her

The young sons of Kouri Richins, a Utah author, said ahead of her sentencing hearing Wednesday that they would feel unsafe if their mother was ever released from prison after she was found guilty in March of killing their father.

Richins, 35, faces several decades to life in prison on five felony convictions, including aggravated murder.

5/12: The Takeout with Major Garrett

President Trump heads to Bejing to meet with Xi Jinping; inflation surges to its highest level in nearly three years.

Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" could close in June, sources say

The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.

Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 of brain tumor

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019

Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrest

Louisiana’s state police and a local sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $4.85m to the daughter of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who was fatally shocked with a stun gun, punched and dragged during a 2019 arrest.

The settlement agreement was reached during a mediation that concluded on Tuesday evening, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. It is one of the more substantial legal outcomes for a death that otherwise yielded only misdemeanor convictions for two of the officers involved.

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 from brain cancer

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.

How an elementary school custodian earned the title of "Papa Duck"

Outside of Chicago, at Western Avenue Elementary, the head custodian has been looking out for little ducklings for 29 years. Matt Gutman has the story.

New details about Boston-area highway gunman

The suspect who allegedly fired into a major road near Boston had prior criminal convictions. Jericka Duncan reports on new details about the shooting and the suspect.

Will Trump seek investment to join China in a "dark factory" future?

A Chinese manufacturing giant tells CBS News how its sprawling factory runs with a fraction of the human workforce previously required.

Florida immigration detention center "Alligator Alcatraz" to close, sources say

The immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" is set to close less than a year after it opened, sources told CBS News.

Plane crashes in Atlantic Ocean, all 11 passengers rescued

A small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, 50 miles off Vero Beach, Florida, with 11 people on board. Cristian Benavides reports.

Democrats grill Kash Patel on accusations of excessive drinking and other personal behavior

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon's budget request of $1.5 trillion on Tuesday. At a separate hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel faced questions about his alcohol use and personal behavior.

California mayor pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China

In Southern California, the Arcadia mayor has resigned after agreeing to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China. Specifically, she pled guilty to spreading pro-Communist propaganda in the Asian community there. Anna Schecter has more.

Trump on "the only thing that matters" in dealing with Iran

President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

What's Trump's game plan in China amid Iran war?

President Trump headed to China on Tuesday for a high-stakes and highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Before leaving, Mr. Trump downplayed the need for Xi to intervene in the stalled peace talks with Iran. Anna Coren reports from Beijing.

CPI surged in April as inflation soars to highest level in almost 3 years

U.S. consumer prices rose in April, fueled by a spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war.

Kash Patel denies excessive drinking allegations as ‘total farce’ in Senate hearing

FBI director also dismisses allegations of unexplained absences as Democrats challenge him over Atlantic report

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Embattled FBI director Kash Patel has denied under oath recent allegations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences on the job, dismissing them as “baseless” during a fiery congressional hearing.

Democrats challenged him over the “extremely alarming” reports, first reported in the Atlantic mid-April, which they argued would a mount to a “gross dereliction” of duty. The FBI director has sued the magazine, and the author of a story it published, filing a defamation lawsuit in US district court for the District of Columbia that seeks $250m in damages.

Trump says he is not backing down as war with Iran spikes Americans' cost of living

As the war with Iran drags on, the cost of living is rising faster than wages, putting a major squeeze on middle and working-class Americans. Kelly O'Grady reports.

Look up: Milky Way photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures

Photographers search for dark skies in the most remote landscapes to find places where the galaxy shines with extraordinary clarity. They share not only their breathtaking results but also their methods, trials and adventures

• Stargazing in New Zealand’s first dark sky community

Jason Collins, NBA's first out gay player, dies aged 47 of brain tumor

Collins, a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the NBA, died after eight-month battle with glioblastoma

Jason Collins, the retired NBA player who made history as the league’s first openly gay athlete, has died after a short battle with stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, his family announced on Tuesday. He was 47.

“Jason changed lives in unexpected ways and was an inspiration to all who knew him and to those who admired him from afar,” Collins’ family said in a statement released through the NBA. “We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers over the past eight months and for the exceptional medical care Jason received from his doctors and nurses. Our family will miss him dearly.”

Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto

Ministers should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday.

Labour held out the prospect of a clean air act while in opposition in 2023, but this was dropped from the final election manifesto, and the government has made no move to reinstate it.

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public services

Nine in 10 UK millionaires are proud to live in Britain and three-quarters would be willing to pay more tax to ensure public assets get the funding they need, according to research.

Despite widely reported concerns that the wealthy are choosing to leave the country owing to higher taxes, the survey found millionaires were much more concerned about medical workers moving away than wealthy people emigrating.

Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows

Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effect

The stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “accelerated cognitive decline” in middle-aged and older people, research shows.

However, providing care for only five to nine hours a week has the opposite effect, boosting brain health so much that the benefits last until older age.

Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antenna

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

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Do insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem to, according to new research which finds they stroke and groom a sore antenna in much the same way as a dog nurses its hurt paw.

Associate Prof Thomas White, an entomologist from the University of Sydney, said the experience of pain was a “longer, drawn-out, ouchy feeling”, that differed from a hardwired nerve response.

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5/12: CBS Evening News

President Trump says he's not backing down as Iran war spikes cost of living; California mayor pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China.

Brandon Clarke of the Memphis Grizzlies dies at age 29

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, the team announced.

Southampton in playoff final after freak winner settles Middlesbrough grudge match

Southampton advanced to the playoff final against Hull City, though it seems unlikely it will be quite that straightforward from here owing to the alleged foul play that dominated the buildup to a fraught second leg that went the distance, more than 130 minutes in total. If found guilty of cheating, Middlesbrough will demand Southampton are adequately punished. Is there even a world where Kim Hellberg’s side train for the next couple of weeks in the event of the unprecedented?

Just what is it about Shea Charles and big moments, his latest coming in the 116th minute to send Tonda Eckert’s side to Wembley? It was the midfielder who scored the winning goal to send Arsenal packing in the FA Cup quarter-finals, his 96th-minute winner that clinched the 4-3 comeback victory against Leicester in February and now this. Charles was out on the right flank, the game edging towards a penalty shootout, when he sent the ball in with his left foot – it was surely a cross – and the ball sailed past the Boro defender Dael Fry and in at the back post.

Daily pill can help people maintain weight loss after they come off jabs, trial shows

Data shows orforglipron could in future avoid need to take other long-term medications for diseases associated with obesity

A daily pill could help people keep weight off and stop them needing other long-term medications, scientists behind landmark new trial data have suggested.

The researchers said orforglipron could help prevent more than 200 diseases associated with obesity and could be prescribed to prevent lower levels of overweight tipping into obesity.

OpenAI's Sam Altman takes the stand to fend off Elon Musk's accusations he 'stole a charity'

The trial pits two of tech's most famous personalities against each other and could lead to seismic changes for the maker of ChatGPT.

The stock market isn't ignoring Iran. It's rising for these three very real reasons

It's time to take a closer look with stocks rallying into the third month of the U.S.-Iran conflict.

Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for third year in a row

Comedian will host the 99th Oscars in 2027 after viewership dipped this year despite rise in social media engagement

Conan O’Brien’s era as Oscars host is becoming a trilogy. The Emmy-winning comedian will be back to host the 99th Academy awards in 2027, leaders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science said on Tuesday.

O’Brien hosted the last two Oscar ceremonies to positive reviews. Earlier this year, in his opening monologue, he said he was “honored to be the last human host of the Academy Awards … Next year it’s going to be a Waymo in a tux.”

Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after glitch allowed some vehicles to 'drive into standing water'

Waymo issued a voluntary recall of about 3,800 of its robotaxis to fix software issues that could allow them to drive into flooded roadways.

Omaha's U.S. House race will test candidates' ability to reach beyond party lines

Omaha, Neb., is home to a toss-up Congressional race this year. Voters have shown a willingness to vote for moderate candidates from both parties, but has the definition of a moderate now changed?

Guardiola wants City players to raise their game rather than trust ‘flip of a coin’ officials

• Manager says ‘referees didn’t do their job’ in FA Cup finals

• Khusanov and Rodri doubts for crucial match with Palace

Pep Guardiola believes officiating decisions are a “flip of a coin” and constantly urges his Manchester City players to perform better in order to overcome this.

Refereeing and the use of the video assistant referee are being scrutinised once more after Callum Wilson’s late disallowed goal in West Ham’s 1-0 defeat by Arsenal at the London Stadium on Sunday. The decision came after the referee Chris Kavanagh awarded the strike before being advised by the game’s VAR, Darren England, to review the incident at the pitchside monitor. On doing so, Kavanagh ruled the goal out for a foul on Arsenal’s goalkeeper, David Raya.

Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez calls for elections in bizarre rant

• Club president launches scathing attack on media

• No mention of turmoil, fights or José Mourinho

“Good afternoon, I regret to inform you that I’m not going to resign.” In a hot, packed press room at Valdebebas before an audience hurriedly summoned to witness a news conference so bizarre that they could barely believe what they were seeing, Florentino Pérez sat at a desk with a phone that he kept looking at and some papers that he didn’t, and announced that he was calling presidential elections at Real Madrid. What he didn’t announce was a date, an electoral commission, the resignation that is required for polling to actually happen, or indeed any details at all.

There was nothing about Madrid’s on-field issues either, nothing about the coach, no mention of José Mourinho, no explanation for the season they have just suffered. “I’m not here to talk about sporting issues,” Pérez said. Instead, he was there to deliver a surreal, repetitive rant that lasted over an hour, way after his own staff had tried to bring it to a close. A room of people, including the directors in the front row and lined up against one wall, looked at each other: yes, this was actually happening. Pérez went on and on, and on, the incoherent ramblings of a 79-year-old man who insisted “my health is perfect”.

About 7 million kids live in a home with a loaded and unlocked gun, a study finds

The new study in JAMA Network Open also finds that more parents leave their guns loaded and unlocked when they have teenagers, despite the fact that suicide risk goes up for this age group.

How Americans see China now

As President Trump heads to China this week, a new NPR-Chicago Council-Ipsos poll finds most Americans think U.S. tariffs have hurt both economies, and that the Iran war is bad for America.

Marty Makary departs FDA after clashes with Trump over fruit-flavored vapes

Kyle Diamantas, a top official at the agency, will replace Makary and serve as acting FDA commissioner

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Marty Makary resigned from his position as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, concluding a 13-month tenure at the regulatory agency that frequently drew the ire of the White House, Congress, industry and the public, Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday.

Kyle Diamantas, who previously worked as the top food official at the agency setting the strategic direction and operations for food policy in the US, will be Makary’s acting replacement. Trump called Diamantas a “very talented person” in a Truth Social post confirming he’d be Makary’s temporary replacement.

Consumer prices rose 3.8% annually in April, the highest since May 2023

The consumer price index was expected to increase by 3.7% annually in April, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

Feds charge ship operator in Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse

The operator of the Dali, a container ship that lost power and slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, killing six people, is facing federal charges.

Businesses starting to receive their IEEPA tariff refunds

"I'd been checking the status feverishly to see if anything was in my bank account," one small business owner said.

Sam Altman defends OpenAI in courtroom showdown with Elon Musk

The OpenAI chief rejects claims he deceived Elon Musk as high-stakes AI trial nears its end

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The OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, took the stand on Tuesday to defend himself and his company against a lawsuit by Elon Musk. Altman is set to be one of the final witnesses in the trial, which has pitted two of the tech industry’s most powerful men against each other in a dramatic courtroom showdown.

Musk has accused Altman and OpenAI of breaking the AI firm’s founding agreement by restructuring it into a for-profit enterprise, alleging that Altman essentially swindled him into co-founding the company and providing tens of millions in financial backing. Musk also claims Altman unjustly enriched himself in the process and is seeking the CEO’s removal from OpenAI, the redistribution of $134bn to the firm’s non-profit and the undoing of its for-profit conversion.

Laid-off GM employees tell of ominous email, severance and role of AI

General Motors employees who were laid off Monday described their job terminations to CNBC.

Florida students boo graduation speaker who called AI ‘next Industrial Revolution’

Real estate executive got an unexpected earful when she spoke of ‘living in a time of profound change’

Though college graduations usually consist of a speaker giving advice to students, one recent ceremony featured students giving the speaker their opinions – loudly.

The University of Central Florida’s 2026 graduating class booed as a real estate development executive spoke about how “the rise of artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution” and about “living in a time of profound change”.

The SPLC survived firebombs and death threats. Will it survive Trump 2.0?

The Southern Poverty Law Center is facing a serious threat from the Justice Department — and comes at a time when several former and current SPLC employees say the group is already deeply vulnerable.

Searing U.S. energy prices are driving the hottest inflation in years

CPI gas price index has surged 28% from a year ago, while overall energy costs are up nearly 18%, new inflation data shows.

Marty Makary resigns as FDA commissioner following industry and White House backlash

Makary's tenure was marked by internal dysfunction at the FDA, leadership turmoil and mounting backlash from drugmakers and physicians on regulatory decisions.

The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic

Pierre Salvadori’s whimsical period farce about a fake medium and a grief-stricken painter has charm and elegance, but its romantic fantasy never quite ignites

This year’s Cannes menu begins with something left over from the sweet trolley: a gooey, glutinous and slightly flat confection, a comedy about art for which not everyone has the palette or the palate. A fake spiritualist at the time of France’s picturesque belle époque pretends she is in contact with the dead lover of a grieving and creatively blocked artist – but she has been secretly put up to it by the painter’s wily agent, convinced that his client’s ecstatic contact with this amour from beyond the grave will inspire him to recommence the production of hugely expensive paintings.

The film is directed and co-written by Pierre Salvadori and the result is something like a moderate mid-period Woody Allen or Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit – though Allen and Coward would surely have followed the obvious narrative possibility of the dead person disconcerting the conspiracists by actually speaking through this bogus medium. In fact, this movie is not unlike Cédric Klapisch’s Colours of Time from last year’s Cannes, though with more strained comedy and farce.

How Keir Starmer lost authority over two days of confusion and drama

Labour leader remains UK prime minister despite mounting calls to step down before state opening of parliament

As the afternoon faded in Westminster, final preparations were being made for Wednesday’s state opening of parliament, where King Charles will set out a year-long legislative programme for a government that even its most ardent allies fear might not last the week. Once again, here we are.

Keir Starmer is still the UK’s prime minister. It is even possible he might be in a few months from now. But after two days punctuated by confusion and drama on a scale that belies Labour’s promise to end years of political upheaval, his authority appears shredded. What is less certain is what exactly that means.

Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialise

Downing Street insiders suggest health secretary does not yet have the support for a leadership push

Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had seen off the immediate threat to his job on Tuesday after a challenge from Wes Streeting failed to materialise despite several of the health secretary’s allies quitting the government.

Downing Street insiders suggested that the health secretary did not yet have the required support from the 81 MPs he needed to formally launch a leadership bid after Starmer issued a “put up or shut up” ultimatum to his cabinet.

FDA commissioner resigns after tumultuous tenure

The resignation ends Dr. Marty Makary's management of the Food and Drug Administration, which was marked by turmoil and controversy.

Alabama splits U.S. House primaries after court ruling; S.C. redistricting stalls

Alabama will hold a special primary election for four of its seven congressional districts, after the Supreme Court cleared the way — and as redistricting ripples through the South.

WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

Health officials in Paris say French woman who contracted disease on MV Hondius is on ventilator in intensive care

The head of the World Health Organization has told countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases as authorities in Paris said a French woman who contracted the virus onboard the MV Hondius had the most severe form of the disease and had been put on a ventilator.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked Spain for the “compassion and solidarity” it had shown by taking in the stricken cruise ship and urged authorities to follow the WHO’s advice and recommendations, which include a 42-day quarantine and constant monitoring of high-risk contacts.

Chelsea optimistic about luring Xabi Alonso but are also eyeing Andoni Iraola

• Club also interested in Silva, Glasner and Filipe Luís

• Alonso undecided on future after leaving Real Madrid

Chelsea have held encouraging discussions over a move for Xabi Alonso but are keeping their options open and are closely monitoring Andoni Iraola’s situation.

The west London club are looking for a permanent head coach and it is understood that Alonso and Iraola have emerged as the top picks for the role. Other managers are still under consideration, though, and Chelsea are not expected to rush a final decision on who to appoint.

$28.3m Messi is MLS’s top earner again, making more than twice as much as Son

The Inter Miami and LAFC stars are the highest-paid players in the league by a distance, while other new arrivals’ numbers are revealed for the first time

Lionel Messi is receiving even more on his second MLS contract, as unveiled in the MLS Players Association’s latest drop of player salary information. The union drops offer a fascinating lens into MLS squad construction, a chance to play sporting director and give pass/fail verdicts on roster construction across the 30-team circuit.

The Argentinian – whose take-home figure does not include additional amounts earned via Apple streaming subscriptions or jersey sales through Adidas and Fanatics – remains far and away MLS’s top earner, receiving $28.3m in his fourth season with Inter Miami. Son Heung-min ranks second, with Los Angeles FC paying the Tottenham icon $11.2m, while Rodrigo De Paul joins Messi on the podium not as his bodyguard but as the earner of a $9.7m income.

United Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract with 31% raises this summer

United Airlines flight attendants ratify labor deal that would provide first raises in nearly six years.

Israel's government is expected to collapse over ultra-Orthodox military draft

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition has called for parliament to be dissolved, threatening to bring down the government.

What we know about hantavirus cases tied to deadly cruise ship outbreak

Health officials have identified at least 11 confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus tied to an outbreak on the M/V Hondius cruise ship.

Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed governor, clears way for chair vote

The upper chamber voted to approve Warsh's nomination by a 51-45 vote, on a mostly party-line basis.

A warning to the news industry: act now or the Joe Rogan/Piers Morgan ecosystem will leave you far behind | Deborah Turness

There is a revolution reshaping how people want and get their information. News brands can and must react, but the time is now

• This is an extract from the Sir David Nicholas memorial lecture that Deborah Turness delivered in London on Tuesday evening

No one can dispute that, today, the news industry is once again experiencing a revolution; a revolution that is reshaping news for a new generation of consumers. The disruption transcends all news brands. It impacts all journalists and all journalism, everywhere.

I am an optimist. I believe there are very good reasons to believe in a bright future for what I call the established news providers. So I am determined, having spoken to many people for this dispatch from the frontline, to set out a positive way forward.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dies at 29: ‘He was the gentlest soul’

• Player’s agency confirms death on Tuesday

• Clarke was named to NBA All-Rookie team in 2020

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, his sports agency has confirmed. A cause of death was not announced.

“We are beyond devastated by the passing of Brandon Clarke,” Priority Sports said. “He was so loved by all of us here, and everyone whose life he touched. He was the gentlest soul who was the first to be there for all of his friends and family. Our hearts are so broken as we think about his mom, Whitney, his entire family and all of his friends. From high school to San Jose State to Gonzaga to the Grizzlies, Brandon impacted everyone who was part of his life.”

Hims & Hers plummets 13% after first-quarter loss, weak earnings guidance

Hims & Hers reached a deal with Novo Nordisk in March to sell its GLP-1 weight loss drug Wegovy on its platform.

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment could reach nearly 4% in 2027

A larger COLA would boost monthly checks for retirees, but also strain Social Security's already depleted trust funds.

Analysis: Iran war hangs over Trump's China trip — and his presidency 

There is no quick fix to the economic and political damage from the war.

Trump doesn't need Congress to restart Iran strikes: Hegseth

The Iran war, now well into its third month, has caused oil prices to soar globally as Iran continues to lock down the Strait of Hormuz.

Americans from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in U.S., including 1 who tested positive

An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s premiership: he may survive, but his manoeuvres themselves signal decline | Editorial

Each ploy required to shore up the prime minister’s position exposes how fragile his authority has become

It was said of John Major, the Tory prime minister fatally damaged by party infighting, that he was “in office but not in power”. Sir Keir Starmer finds himself in a similar spot. His government is planning a king’s speech that contains ambitious proposals. But after Wednesday’s pomp and circumstance will come the real test: six days of Commons debate, then a vote that governments almost never lose. Almost. The last prime minister defeated on such an occasion was the Conservative Stanley Baldwin in 1924. He and his party were forced from office.

With ministers resigning and roughly 90 Labour MPs openly questioning Sir Keir’s leadership, this is no longer parliamentary theatre. There is now an open question as to whether he can command authority once the applause fades. Every amendment and rebellion will be scrutinised. A prime minister unable to command backbench loyalty struggles to define the political agenda. It is hard to see how Sir Keir intends to discipline factions psychologically when many MPs think he is electorally toxic.

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The Guardian view on public health and the arts: the all-singing, all-dancing science of ageing | Editorial

New research showing that a rich cultural life brings brings similar benefits to exercise shows human creativity in a new light

Is it really news that the arts are good for you? On one level, the findings of a new study about the health benefits of engaging with music, dance and other artistic endeavours confirm what many of us feel instinctively that we already know. Creativity enhances life. That’s why people admire and cherish it, in others and – if they have the confidence – in themselves.

But the results of one of the first attempts by researchers to quantify this benefit are fascinating all the same. The study, from a group of scientists at University College London, working with blood samples and survey data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, showed that people who participated regularly in the arts aged more slowly than those who did not.

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Ruby Tui: ‘I’m going for France – the game needs someone to stop England’

New Zealand back turned TV presenter believes France can end the Red Roses’ 37-game winning streak in Bordeaux

Thousands will descend on Bordeaux’s Stade Atlantique on Sunday to watch the Women’s Six Nations grand slam decider between France and England, among them the New Zealand legend Ruby Tui. The World Cup winner and Olympic gold medallist, who has been working for the BBC as a pundit, says she would love to see the French come out on top in Le Crunch to end England’s seven-year trophy hold.

Tui attended her first Six Nations match in round one of this year’s competition at Twickenham, as England took on Ireland. The match felt like an extension of the World Cup party for the 34-year‑old, who witnessed last year’s groundbreaking event through her media duties. The Red Roses will want to deliver the same outcome as that final last September and if they did so they would extend their Six Nations winning run to 39 games in a row and become the first team to win the tournament after claiming the World Cup. But Tui is backing the women in blue.

UAE’s secret attack on Iran risks drawing Gulf states into the war

If current precarious ceasefire between US and Iran ends, Emirates are more likely to be targeted by Tehran

The risk of some Gulf states becoming embroiled in a direct war with Iran has risen after it was reported the United Arab Emirates had secretly launched a major attack on Iran during the conflict.

In addition, Kuwait has said that at least four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had been captured trying to carry out “terrorist attacks” on the Kuwaiti-owned Bubiyan Island, the largest island in the Kuwaiti coastal chain.

Markets raise chances for a Fed rate hike following hot inflation report

Market pricing took virtually any chance of a cut off the table between now and the end of 2027.

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US university’s commencement speaker reveals he will pay off students’ final-year loans

Anil Kochhar hopes textile graduates of North Carolina State can leave with ‘greater freedom to pursue goals’

Anil Kochhar, a North Carolina State University donor, gave graduates of the school’s Wilson College of Textiles a lot more than just words of wisdom when he delivered their keynote commencement address recently.

The Indian American entrepreneur also announced that he would pay off any student loans taken out by the college’s graduating pupils during their senior year.

Film industry cannot fight rise of artificial intelligence, says Demi Moore

US actor urges her peers to work with the technology, but stresses it can never replace ‘true art’ created by humans

Demi Moore has said her peers cannot resist the rise of artificial intelligence, saying “to fight it is a battle we will lose”.

The actor, who is a member of the Cannes film festival jury, was asked during a press conference on Tuesday how AI was affecting the industry and whether she believed more regulation was needed.

EBay rejects GameStop's $56 billion takeover bid, calling it 'neither credible nor attractive'

Many analysts questioned the deal, citing concerns about how GameStop would finance the transaction and the strategic rationale.

Russian ship that sank near Spain may have been carrying nuclear reactors to North Korea

Western military may have targeted the Ursa Major, which went down after mysterious explosions, reports suggest

A Russian cargo ship that suffered a series of mysterious explosions before eventually sinking off the south-east coast of Spain 17 months ago may have been carrying nuclear submarine reactors destined for North Korea, according to reports.

The Ursa Major, a 142-metre-long, Russian-flagged ship owned by the state-linked Oboronlogistics company, was purportedly sailing from St Petersburg to Vladivostok in the far east of Russia when it sank 62 nautical miles off the coast of Murcia a little before midnight on 23 December 2024.

Parents sue OpenAI over teen's death after he used ChatGPT to get drug info

A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose.

Labour MPs channel Tory psychodrama as Starmer keeps hiding in plain sight | John Crace

While some are working out how to get rid of the prime minister, others are already plotting against his rival

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It used to be football managers who measured their time at a club in months. Or even days at Spurs. Anything over two years qualifies you for a long service medal. Now it’s prime ministers. In fact it’s worse than that. Because it’s also people who might one day be prime minister.

While some Labour MPs are working out how to get rid of Keir Starmer, others are already plotting how to force Wes Streeting out of office should he jump the gun before Andy Burnham is ready to launch his challenge. Who knows where all this could end? Somewhere in the metasphere. It can’t be long before Liz Truss is no longer our shortest serving prime minister. Long live the lettuce.

Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed governor, clearing path to become chair

The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, a crucial step in President Trump's push to make Warsh the central bank's leader, replacing Jerome Powell.

‘Live music is the new status symbol’: can New York’s C2C beat festival burnout by embracing the niche?

With performers Arca, Los Thuthanaka and YHWH Nailgun, New York’s C2C proved the thrills – and limits – of staying independent amid a festival boom

Growling, flailing, kicking, screaming, the experimental British musician Aya clutched a microphone and ranted about her hormones. “If anything, the progesterone is doing wonders right now,” she cackled in her Yorkshire accent as she triggered an unpredictable minefield of bone-rattling bass and clattering breakbeats. The crowd in New York City’s Knockdown Center on Friday whooped as their bodies moved without thought. “The British party just elected a bunch of fascists today,” she added, before lamenting about the state of the NHS. It was part of the performance: Aya’s chaotic music rebels against formal structure, becoming a sonic vehicle for exploding the limitations of gender.

Equal parts artistic subversion and cathartic release, Aya’s set epitomized the best of C2C NYC, a sold-out, one-day edition of an independent music festival originally held in Torino, Italy, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary this fall. With its affinity for innovative pop-auteurs and critical darlings, the Torino edition has become a global destination for experimental music fans; 53% of its audience now comes from outside Italy. “New York became an obvious choice” to expand into, says the festival’s artistic director, Guido Savini, over email. It’s “a chance to place the festival’s curatorial language within what is probably the most complex and definitely the most competitive cultural ecosystem in the world”.

Data reveals 42% drop in Canadian visits to U.S. last year

University of Toronto researchers say cellphone data shows a major drop not only in Canadian tourists visiting the U.S., "but also in business-related travel."

‘Why do I need to change?’: the brides saying no to costly pre-wedding glow-ups

In the age of Botox, Ozempic and injectables, some women want to spend less on bridal beauty – and just be themselves

I got engaged last summer. Immediately, I started imagining how I would look at my wedding. The woman who appeared in my mind had different hair, different teeth and a completely different body than me. “I will transform my arms by the time of my wedding,” I kept thinking, though I did not take any action to transform my arms. It was inconceivable that I would show up to my wedding looking like myself.

Each social media app fed me wedding prep recommendations, including dieting (rebranded as “eating clean”), working out five times a week, regular laser treatments and facials, red light therapy, lymphatic drainage massage, teeth whitening, Russian manicures, eyelash extensions and multi-step hair routines. I saw an essay by a woman who wrote about spending $30,000 on her physical appearance. “In the lead-up to my wedding I treated my body like a design project and gave myself full [rein] to indulge in every and anything I had ever remotely considered,” she explained.

Michigan man sentenced to 30 years for killing his groomsman on wedding day

James Shirah struck groomsman Terry Taylor Jr with SUV after they had an argument at wedding afterparty in 2024

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A man from Michigan has been ordered to spend at least 30 years imprisoned after killing his own groomsman on his wedding day.

James Shirah, 24, from Flint, was sentenced on Monday in Genesee county court for the death of his best friend, Terry Taylor Jr, who he ran over with a sport-utility vehicle during an argument on 30 August 2024.

Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth voted first minister of Wales

Appointment confirmed by plenary vote in Senedd after party ended 100 years of Labour rule in last week’s election

Rhun ap Iorwerth has been voted first minister of Wales after Plaid Cymru’s Senedd electoral victory ended 100 years of Labour hegemony and held off Reform UK.

Ap Iorwerth was confirmed after a plenary vote on Tuesday with the support of the 43 members of his party in the Senedd and the two Greens, while Welsh Labour and the sole Liberal Democrat in the Siambr, the debating chamber, abstained.

Rory McIlroy claims he knew LIV was in trouble and breakaway tour was always a ‘risk’

• LIV in race against time to survive without PIF funding

• McIlroy: ‘The rug was pulled from under their feet’

Rory McIlroy has revealed he heard rumblings of impending trouble for LIV Golf weeks before Saudi ­Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) ­confirmed it would withdraw funding for the circuit. The Masters champion believes the PIF approach highlights the danger of sport ­becoming reliant on anything that can be affected by world affairs.

LIV is engaged in a race against time to survive with PIF, which has bestowed more than $5bn (£3.7bn) on the tour, to exit at the end of 2026. News of that, which emerged in the immediate aftermath of ­McIlroy’s ­successful defence at Augusta National last month, shocked those within LIV but not the Northern Irishman.

BBC staff fear meagre pay rise after bosses forgo own increase

Workers told to be realistic about outcome of union talks as corporation aims to make savings with job cuts

BBC staff have been told their bosses will forgo a pay rise this year but fear the freeze will lead to a meagre increase for the rank and file, who have been urged to be realistic about the outcome of union negotiations.

Employees have been told that the corporation’s executive committee – its 12 highest-paid bosses including the director general, who were paid almost £5m in total last year – will have their pay frozen this year amid a £600m cost-cutting drive.

Pity the poor billionaires – demands for higher taxes must feel hurtful | Arwa Mahdawi

No wonder they are upset by the slogan ‘tax the rich’. Despite their wealth increasing 81% since 2020, they need our emotional support now more than ever

Won’t anyone think of the poor, poor, billionaires? Their endless money can buy them political power, but it can’t buy them love. Instead of being worshipped by the hoi polloi, titans of industry are denounced! Despised! Disrespected! Insert another D-word of your own!

Thankfully, class solidarity is strong among the super-rich. Steve Roth bravely brought attention to the plight of his fellow billionaires during a recent earnings call. “I consider the phrase ‘tax the rich’ … spit out with anger and contempt by politicians … to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs,” the Vornado Realty Trust CEO said.

The hantavirus outbreak has been well-handled – but there are still dangerous days ahead | Devi Sridhar

All the protocols that health experts like me look for have been followed. But outbreaks on cruise ships are notoriously hard to control

• Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Hantavirus: the disease you wish you’d never heard of, as visions of the Covid pandemic flash through your head. I’ve seen lots of breathless coverage and some bizarre takes on social media, so I imagine many people are confused as to what’s going on.

Let me start by saying that this isn’t the Covid pandemic – only Covid was Covid. Previous hantavirus outbreaks have been contained (although none were on a cruise ship). So, for now, the risk to the general public is low – colleagues and I are still carrying on as normal and watching to see whether new infections arise outside the original cruise ship group. Those new infections would be the key step-change determining whether we see further spread and higher-risk public health alerts – or whether we’re at the end of this outbreak.

Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, and the author of How Not to Die (Too Soon)

Fire up the Furby synth! Meet UK Eurovision entry Look Mum No Computer at his mind-boggling music museum

Sam Battle is a retro audio tech obsessive. Our writer gets a tour of his museum just as he unleashes his prized exhibit: a 1,000-oscillators-strong Megadrone!

‘I didn’t really plan to do Eurovision at all,” muses Sam Battle as he takes me round his museum, pushing a shock of ever-so-slightly mad scientist hair from his youthful face and coaxing drone sounds out of abstract metal boxes as we go. “I was chatting to Johnny, my friend who works here, and we were saying wouldn’t it be funny to do it. So, we sent an email to the BBC asking, ‘Is there any way we can get on it?’ and they said, ‘Well this guy might be interesting …’”

Known to his fans as Look Mum No Computer, Battle has built a cult following with his wild fusions of music and esoteric technology. The persona started life as a side project when he was lead singer with the indie could-have-beens Zibra in the mid 00s. When the band split up in 2016, Battle threw himself into the world of Look Mum No Computer, filling his YouTube with videos of him rejigging everyday technology into weird and wonderful new shapes, whether that be by turning Sega Megadrives into working synths, or Henry vacuum cleaners into flame-throwers. In this world, nothing was thrown away, and any amount of lead could be transmuted into the gold of a song.

‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

Decades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOS

• What is PCOS, what are the symptoms and treatment, and why is it being renamed PMOS?
• ‘I still want to scream’: the loneliness and confusion of living with PMOS

After more than a decade of global consultation, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – a condition that affects one in eight women – has been renamed.

The hormonal disorder, estimated to affect 170 million women worldwide, will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).

Canvas' parent company strikes deal with hackers to delete stolen data

A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the Canvas breach and threatened to leak data involving 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom.

Behind Big Oil’s first-quarter beat: The quiet rise of trading desks

Europe's oil supermajors highlighted trading contributions as they reported stronger-than-expected profits through the first three months of the year.

Amazon accelerates delivery race with 30-minute drop-offs in dozens of U.S. cities

Amazon has been gradually speeding up its delivery windows, after getting customers hooked on two-day and next-day shipping.

He hunted for his daughter’s killer for 40 years. Then he got a phone call

Tim Miller’s teen daughter disappeared in 1984, tied to a series of deaths in the Texas ‘killing fields’. After decades, he received a tip that unlocked everything

Tim Miller is good at finding missing people – or rather, their bodies. Four years ago, a stranger called him and left a rambling message claiming that he had important information about an unsolved murder case.

Miller, who lives in Texas and runs a non-profit search-and-recovery organization called EquuSearch, did not treat the message as a high priority. The caller sounded as if he might have been drunk or on drugs. Although tips are vital to EquuSearch’s work, the tip line brings a certain number of hoaxes, cranks and innuendo. Some of the people who leave messages, Miller told me, “probably ought to get their medication checked”.

The end of typing? Why workers are suddenly ditching their keyboards

Employees are now whispering to AI voice dictation tools rather than clacking the keys. Will ‘voicepilling’ make everyone more productive – or just more annoying?

Name: Voicepilled.

Age: Reid Hoffman first declared himself “voicepilled” in the autumn of last year.

‘He’s inspired generations’: Stormzy to produce biopic about football great Ian Wright

The Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England striker says his life story – now in development with the rapper’s Merky Films – has ‘hard-hitting moments, but in the end I want it to give people hope and joy’

Stormzy has announced he is to produce a biopic of former Arsenal, Crystal Palace and England striker Ian Wright.

Wright, who successfully transitioned to TV punditry after a distinguished playing career that included becoming Arsenal’s highest ever goalscorer, before he was overtaken by Thierry Henry, said he wanted the film to “give people hope and joy”.

Irish TV to air Father Ted instead of Eurovision final in protest against Israel’s inclusion

National broadcaster RTÉ accused of antisemitism for decision to screen satirical 1996 Eurovision episode in boycott of contest

It is considered one of the funniest episodes of a beloved sitcom, but the Father Ted storyline about Eurovision has been dragged into the row over Israel’s participation in this week’s song contest.

Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, which is boycotting the competition in protest against Israel’s inclusion, will instead broadcast the 1996 episode A Song for Europe, in which the characters Father Ted and Father Dougal perform their song My Lovely Horse and earn nul points.

The 100 best novels of all time

A countdown of the greatest literature published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?