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Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens

State election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizens The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly identified 185 people on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens, state officials said this week, escalating concerns over the shoddy methodology the government is using to raise fear about non-citizen voting ahead of the midterm ele…

DR Congo and Ivory Coast top Africa Cup of Nations qualifying opening wins

DR Congo beat Equatorial Guinea, while Ivory Coast cruise by Ghana and Cameroon beat Comoros as AFCON qualifiers begin.

Croatian court approves extradition in Nord Stream bombing case

Nord Stream sabotage suspect to be extradited from Croatia; court ruling faces appeal with final decision still pending.

Mary Peltola’s campaign says reports of her using slurs and shoving staffer are exaggerated

Alaska Democratic nominee in pivotal Senate race ‘struggled to deal with her grief’ after death of husband and mother, spokesperson said Mary Peltola’s campaign on Thursday downplayed a report that the Democratic nominee in Alaska’s pivotal Senate race shoved a staffer and used slurs, saying the article exaggerated her behavior, but acknowledging she struggled following the deaths of her husband a…

Trump and Xi hold critical talks at White House summit

US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington for talks on trade, AI, Taiwan and Iran.

Netanyahu defends Israeli military actions in Middle East in UN speech

Dozens of delegates walked out in protest as he took the podium, with the Israeli leader labelling them "moral cowards".

Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder arrested at Netanyahu UN protest

Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were among about 100 protesters arrested outside the UN ahead of Netanyahu’s speech.

Dutch PM’s contrasting stance on ICC-wanted Putin, Netanyahu

Dutch PM Rob Jetten says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be at the UNGA despite an ICC arrest warrant.

Portugal beat Wales 1-0 with Felix goal as Nations League defence begins

Joao Felix nets the only goal of the game, while Cristiano Ronaldo has an effort ruled out, as Portugal beat Wales 1-0.

NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses NHS bodies are forcing people with suspected attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism to wait at least two years before they can be assessed as they struggle to meet surging demand for diagnoses of neurodiversity. Four NHS integrated care boards (ICBs) covering large reg…

Netanyahu blames ‘juvenile delinquents’ for violence in occupied West Bank

As spoke at the UN, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

Australia news live: Paterson says PM’s AI hack timing not a coincidence; Gen Z going without for a house

Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Nick Visser with the main action.

US citizen injured after wrongly arrested by ICE in Illinois

New York sues Polymarket over allegations of illegal gambling operations

The lawsuit comes two months after the state filed a similar lawsuit against competitor Kalshi.

Met chief criticises court system after paedophile granted bail

Officers left feeling ‘hamstrung’, says Mark Rowley after offender allowed to return to flat overlooking playground Pressure to cut the number of prisoners on remand has led to “dangerous and prolific offenders” being granted bail, the country’s most senior police officer said after a paedophile was allowed to return to his flat that overlooked a children’s playground. Zafer Dogan was jailed on Th…

Israel moves to ban main Palestinian-led lists from election

Israel’s election panel has voted to disqualify the two main Palestinian-led lists from next month’s election.

Texas court ends case against woman sentenced to five years over voting error

Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted The nearly decade-long case of a Black Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison in a controversial illegal voting case will end with an acquittal, the state’s highest criminal court said in a 5-4 decision on Thursday. The woman, Crystal Mason, has been appealing ag…

What’s triggered the latest violence in Ethiopia?

Tigrayan forces say they are in a 'full-blown war' with the army.

Italy ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in school and cap foreigners in class

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate".

Priest killed and four injured in knife attack at Polish abbey

A male suspect from Ukraine was arrested after the stabbings in the town of Jarosław, police say.

Ed Miliband meets Iran’s foreign minister as Tehran gives US ultimatum on strait of Hormuz

Senior Iranian officials say Washington has four to five days to respond to its conditions for reopening the strait The UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has met his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, for the first time in New York amid warnings from senior Iranian security officials that the US has four to five days to respond to its conditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz. The previousl…

Senate Republicans block Democratic effort to end US war with Iran

GOP stymies House-passed war powers resolution as conflict passes 200-day mark with 19 US service members killed Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end the US war with Iran, voting 49-50 against a House-passed war powers resolution as the conflict passed the 200-day mark, with 19 American service members killed. The measure passed the House earlier with bipartisan suppor…

Israel’s policies threaten ‘very existence’ of Palestinians, Abbas tells UN

Mahmoud Abbas says saving two-state solution begins with preserving Palestinian land, protecting those who live on it.

California sheriff ordered to return ballots he confiscated in voter ‘fraud’ inquiry

State supreme court rules Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and says he ‘must refrain from further handling’ of ballots A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state supreme court ruled Thursday. Riverside county sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximat…