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Despite a torrid Premier League campaign, could winning the FA Cup keep Liverpool manager Arne Slot in a job?

Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says oil could hit $150 a barrel if the Iran conflict continues over the coming weeks.

Liverpool secure a 3–1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux to advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

The aircraft is the fastest bomber in the US Air Force and is piloted by a crew of four.

Millions of people from Texas to the Great Lakes are under some risk of heavy rain, strong winds or hail on Friday, forecasters warned. Two people were killed in Oklahoma on Thursday night.

In opening a military campaign against Iran, President Trump is the first president in modern times to take the United States to war without the backing of the public.

The move comes as President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetorical assault on Cuba’s leadership.

Also, a weak jobs report. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

For some Democrats, generational change comes with a cringey social media past.

The Florida bar said that it had “erroneously” made that assertion, disclosed in a letter last month, and that no investigation into Ms. Halligan was pending.

New novels from Tana French, Emma Straub, Ben Lerner, Solvej Balle, Shannon Chakraborty, Tom Perrotta, Elizabeth Strout — and plenty more.

The price of oil surged to more than $90 a barrel and U.S. gasoline prices rose again. Israeli airstrikes pummeled Tehran and Lebanon, and President Trump’s demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender.”

Our business reporter Peter Eavis looks at the global implications of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway to the south of Iran. He analyzes ship activity in the strait, comparing it before and after the United States and Israel initiated attacks on Iran.

In opening a military campaign against Iran, President Trump is the first president in modern times to take the United States to war without the backing of the public.

The move comes as President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetorical assault on Cuba’s leadership.

Malachy Browne of our Visual Investigations team describes what satellite imagery and other evidence tell us about who might be responsible for an airstrike on an elementary school in southern Iran. The strike killed at least 175 people, according to health officials and Iranian state media.

Officials announced a massive deployment of security forces ahead of the world’s largest sporting event after recent violence prompted safety concerns for the millions of fans expected to attend.

Israel’s air forces shifted their focus back to Iran on Friday after a night of heavy bombardment in Lebanon, which was quickly becoming one of the largest fronts in the regional conflict.

A federal jury in Brooklyn found Asif Merchant guilty on Friday of plotting to kill American politicians, in a scheme backed by the Iranian government.

The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine bringing federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government.

Federico Valverde scores in injury-time as Real Madrid win 2-1 at Celta Vigo to maintain their La Liga title chase.

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani urged the UN Security Council to stop the US-Israeli war.

Barcelona were thumped in the Copa del Rey semifinal but return to La Liga on Saturday where they sit clear of Real.

American president promises to ‘bring Iran back from brink of destruction’ as US-Israeli airstrikes wreak devastation across the country

Former presidents Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama all attended the Chicago ceremony

Joe Exotic told Colorado Governor Jared Polis he was going to make a request he described as the ‘craziest ask you will ever receive’

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza refused to board a flight back to the US after the Trump administration said it would try to deport her again

The plant in Paris, Texas, will soon focus on producing Prego sauce and Pace salsa

Arrest of Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez Florez shows ‘cruel disregard’ for protections for asylum seeking reporters, advocates say

Moody’s Mark Zandi tells Eric Garcia that high gas prices will make it ‘very difficult to kind of get Americans back thinking, believing or buying into the idea that things were going at all well’

Court documents show the man had been arrested in Iowa two months earlier

This appointment unfolds amid significant tensions surrounding the Pentagon's AI strategy

Trump made the threat after Spain refused to let the U.S. military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran

Warnings issued that oil and gas production in the Gulf could be halted entirely in the coming days, as commodity prices and stock markets are being hammered

More than 7 million Americans are facing the highest risk of powerful storms

A federal immigration agent killed Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas last year

Israel launched huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon overnight; Iran’s deputy foreign minister warns that any nations that join in US-Israel attacks will become ‘legitimate targets’Tell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?Iran and Lebanon were hit with a wave of intense Israeli strikes overnight.Israel’s military said Friday morning it had begun “a broad-scale wave of strikes” on Tehran, Iran’s capital. Continue reading...

President tells CNN country is going to ‘fall’ after earlier in the week claiming Cuba ‘wants to make a deal so badly’US lost 92,000 jobs in February just before Trump joined Iran conflictSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMilitary investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion, two US officials tell Reuters.Reuters was unable to determine further details about the investigation, including what evidence contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the US might have struck the school. Continue reading...

Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseasesThe Food and Drug Administration’s embattled vaccine chief, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency – the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases.FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced the news to FDA staff in an email late Friday, saying Prasad would depart at the end of April. Makary said Prasad would return to his academic job at the University of California, San Francisco. Continue reading...

Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stopUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Spanish-language Tennessee news outlet’s reporter who had done stories critical of the agency – but agents didn’t have a warrant, according to court documents filed recently by her lawyer.A court filing Friday by ICE disputes the assertion that the reporter was arrested without a warrant. Continue reading...

Thousands in Chicago honored civil rights ‘champion’ who ‘stepped forward again and again’, Obama saidAt the longtime civil rights activist’s memorial celebration on Friday, the Rev Jesse Jackson was remembered as a “champion” for the “poor and the dispossessed” – as well as “one of the most effective community and political organizers of our time”.Such tributes came from past Democratic US presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, along with former vice-president Kamala Harris, who received cheers and applause while they joined thousands of others in a Chicago church for a celebration of life for Jackson. Continue reading...

Global markets have become inured to the US president’s posturing over the past year, but economists warn they may be ‘a little bit complacent’ in anticipating a short conflict in the Middle EastInvestors over the past year have learned that Donald Trump has a boundless capacity to quickly reverse course in the face of acute political or market pressures.But a week since the United States and Israel launched missile strikes on Iran, there are fears the war could morph into a protracted conflict.Patrick Commins is Guardian Australia’s economics editor Continue reading...

Jenny Ware says party is ‘at crisis point’ and cannot be competitive at election time unless it selects candidates who better reflect the makeup of AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Liberal MP Jenny Ware says her party must implement gender quotas for candidates for office, warning the opposition “cannot get back into government” without putting forward candidates who are more reflective of the broader community.Ware, who lost her seat of Hughes at the 2025 election, said it was “deeply embarrassing” that the Liberal party executive had not released its own review of the electoral wipeout, and which was then tabled in parliament by Anthony Albanese this week. Continue reading...

Gillian Morand, 36, died in Bexley, south-east London in 2020 after which allegations against her husband emergedA man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a woman in 2020, in a rare prosecution of alleged domestic abuse linked to suicide, police have said.Gillian Morand, 36, died in Bexley, south-east London, and an inquest concluded she had taken her own life. Continue reading...

Davidson said she found it difficult to remain, ‘given the external forces that are at work that are just so far beyond my control’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, a mainstay at the Kennedy Center, is leaving to head the Los Angeles-based Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.It’s the latest departure from the Kennedy Center since Donald Trump began asserting control over the storied performing arts venue in Washington. Continue reading...

Woman 'generous beyond belief' identified as 2nd person killed in Dominican Republic bus crash  CBCGrieving sons say they learned about mother’s death in Dominican Republic from reporter  Winnipeg Free PressKathryn Mannie, The Canadian Press, Author at CHEK  CHEK NewsManitoba woman killed, husband hospitalized in Dominican Republic bus crash  cp24.com2 Canadians die in tourist bus crash in Dominican Republic  Inside Halton

Mar 7: Filming a black hole in action, and more…  CBC

Palantir's stock had its best week since August and outperformed all of its large-cap tech peers after the U.S. attacked Iran.