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The appointment comes amid crushing results for Prime Minister Starmer's ruling Labour Party in local elections.

Starmer said that key issues of growth, defense, the U.K.'s relationship with Europe and energy must be urgently addressed.

The three major indexes are coming off a winning weak.

Investors are concerned about Nintendo's outlook of lower Switch 2 sales in the current fiscal year, driven by price rises for the console.

Oil prices jumped on Monday after Israel warned that the conflict with Iran was still ongoing.

An investigation of hospital data and charity care programs shows most Minnesota hospitals provide little financial aid to patients and often make assistance difficult to get.

Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital more than a week after collapsing in prison, her foundation said Sunday.

Many facing economic pressures and frustrations have begun shopping at budget grocery stores and warehouse clubs in lieu of traditional supermarkets, with priorities shifting in pursuit of good deals.

With rising food costs, NPR wants to hear your tips and hacks for reducing your bill.

Wellness and longevity influencers are pushing a compound called NAD+. There's scientific interest in its potential, but researchers say the marketing claims have gotten ahead of the science.

The passengers landed in the UK on Sunday and none have reported symptoms, but they will will be monitored in hospital for 72 hours.

The steelworks has been under government control for almost a year, but leglistation to nationalise it will be put forward this week.

Duane Anthony is charged with five counts of attempted murder after the incident on Saturday.

If convicted in a Senate trial, which is uncertain, she will be disqualified from running for president.

The first US presidential visit to China in almost 10 years will test a fragile tariff truce.

The American national has arrived in Nebraska, while a French woman is isolating in Paris.

Passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus are being repatriated, so what is the risk to the wider public.

The Strait of Hormuz waterway remains effectively shut, severely disrupting global energy shipments.

Seventeen Americans from a cruise ship that faced a hantavirus outbreak arrived in Nebraska and will be monitored at a quarantine center. One tested “mildly” positive for the Andes virus, health officials said.

Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.

A doctor and senator who voted to confirm Robert Kennedy still was snubbed by Trump in the Republican primary in Louisiana.

The data underscores the demographic strain in a country where childbearing remains closely tied to marriage

Donald Trump will arrive in China exasperated that he has achieved none of his war aims in Iran – something President Xi will use to his advantage, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Mojtaba Khamenei is reported to have suffered severe injuries to his face and leg

Putin suggests former German chancellor Gerhard Schroder could help mediate peace talks but many European leaders rejected the idea

Kirk Moore told CBS News that he was acting on ‘instinct’ as he tackled the gunman, which was captured on surveillance footage

Repatriated British passengers moved to Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside to self-isolate

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain used a speech on Monday to attempt to quell a mutiny in the Labour Party after last week’s dire election results.

Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian-born, previously unknown writer, submitted an unsolicited manuscript. Its rights were sold in 23 countries before publication.

Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos are the main draw.

With peace talks on ice and Ukraine now more self-reliant, President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to be stepping away from the United States.

Stock futures dip as investors monitor the latest Iran war negotiations: Live updates  CNBCStock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Set to Open Down; Trump, Iran Fears; Intel, Nvidia, Micron, More Movers  Barron'sShares mixed, dollar gains as Iran talks teeter  ReutersStock Market Today: Dow Futures Slip, Oil Climbs as U.S.-Iran Diplomacy Yields Little Progress— Live Updates  WSJMarkets dip as US-Iran ceasefire goes nowhere, leaving Trump with a military option to reopen Hormuz  Fortune

Pete Davidson Jokes That Kanye West is a 'Gay Nazi' During Kevin Hart Roast  TMZPete Davidson risks Kanye West's wrath once more with outrageous Nazi joke  Daily Express US“If you don’t laugh, you don’t get comedy”: Kevin Hart roast Charlie Kirk, George Floyd death jokes draws mixed reactions online  primetimer.comPete Davidson mocks Charlie Kirk as fans class it as 'sad attempt to stay relevant'  Irish StarPete Davidson roasts Kanye West over Nazi comments at Netflix's Kevin Hart special  The Mirror US

China’s marriage numbers plunge to Covid-era low as population woes deepen  South China Morning PostChina’s First-Quarter Marriage Registrations Fall to Lowest Ever  BloombergChina's marriages drop to decade low, deepening demographic concerns  ReutersChina builds 1,330 outdoor marriage certificate issuance sites in one year after enacting revised marriage registration regulations  Global TimesChinese couples rush to say ‘I do’ on ‘I love you’ day  Asia News Network

Oil prices jump after Trump dismisses Iran proposal to end war  BBCIran says it will 'never bow' as Trump rejects peace counteroffer, prolonging Middle East conflict  CNBCBreaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera  Al JazeeraLive updates: Iran counterproposal includes recognition of sovereignty over Hormuz, state media says  CNNIran War Live News Updates: Trump Calls Iran Response to U.S. Proposal 'Totally Unacceptable'  WSJ

Iranian Nobel winner Mohammadi moved to Tehran hospital  DW.comNobel laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says  NPR‘Blindfolded, I sat down slowly. Then the interrogation began’: Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi on the torture of solitary confinement  The GuardianNarges Mohammadi: Ailing Iran Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer  BBCJailed Iranian peace laureate Mohammadi moved to hospital in Tehran  Reuters

PM says government will bring forward legislation this week to nationalise British Steel during his make-or-break speechBotterill says voters she spoke to during the campaign felt the country does not work for them. She is a working-class Yorkshire woman, she says. She knows that the opportunities she has enjoyed would not be there if if had not been for the achievements of Labour government.She says Labour is one of the best vehicles for changing the lives of working people that this county has ever known. Continue reading...

According to the Australian National Imams Council, a man entered Masjid Taqwa mosque claiming to have an AK-47 firearm in his vehicleGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s peak Islamic body has condemned growing “anti-Muslim sentiment”, after a man allegedly threatened worshippers at a Brisbane mosque on Sunday, falsely claiming to have a gun.The man is alleged to have attended the Masjid Taqwa in Bald Hills, Brisbane at about 10.46am on Sunday and threatened worshippers who were praying in the mosque. Continue reading...

EU’s foreign policy chief and the ex-Estonian PM dismiss Putin’s suggestion that former German chancellor could coordinate talksEstonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna also dismissed Putin’s suggestion that former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder could coordinate talks with the European Union to secure a peace deal in Ukraine.“Gerhard Schröder is a Putin idea. I think they are very close. Gerhard Schröder won’t be representing Europe,” said Tsahkna, as he arrived for an EU meeting in Brussels. Continue reading...

French woman taken to Paris in serious condition while American flown to Nebraska is asymptomatic, say officialsEurope live – latest updatesA French woman and an American national evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive for the virus, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued on Monday.The French woman was one of five French passengers who disembarked from the ship in Tenerife on Sunday before being flown to a hospital in Paris. Continue reading...

US president calls Iranian response ‘totally unacceptable’ while Tehran says it will retaliate against any new US strikes or foreign warships in strait of HormuzTrump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire fraysIranian authorities on Monday hanged a postgraduate student from a university in Tehran on charges of espionage. Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged after being convicted for collaborating with the CIA and the Mossad, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.Norway-based rights groups Iran Human Rights and Hengaw said that Shakourzadeh was a student at Tehran’s prestigious Iran University of Science and Technology and had written a message before his execution rejecting the charges as fabricated.When I co-chair this meeting of nations from around the world, our job will be to make sure we are not just talking, we are ready to act.That is why I have directed HMS Dragon to the Middle East, so Britain is in position to support this mission the moment it is needed. Continue reading...

Criminals exploit confusion or anxiety over new IHT rules by offering a ‘safe haven’ for savings potsThe caller pitches a great deal. Shift the moneysaved in your pension and reinvest it in a scheme overseas where you can avoid it being caught under next year’s changes to the UK’s inheritance tax (IHT) system.From April next year, any money left in a defined contribution pension after your death, which is most workplace and all private pensions, will be pulled into the IHT net. Continue reading...

Toon Kelder artwork from famed Goudstikker collection resurfaces with descendants of Hendrik SeyffardtEurope live – latest updatesAn artwork looted by the Nazis from the renowned Goudstikker collection has resurfaced in the home of descendants of a notorious Dutch SS collaborator, according to an art detective.Portrait of a Young Girl, by the Dutch artist Toon Kelder, is believed to have hung for decades in the home of Hendrik Seyffardt’s family, Arthur Brand said, describing it as “the most bizarre case of my entire career”. Continue reading...

European partners question viability of a Trump plan to arm Ukraine as weeks of war with Iran deplete U.S. supplies of critical weapons.

Holding no illusions about making lasting deals at this week’s summit, China’s leader looks to project Beijing as an alternative to U.S. volatility on the world stage.

One French passenger and one from the US test positive after being evacuated from the vessel in the Canary Islands.

Narendra Modi urges Indians to conserve fuel amid war on Iran

Supporters of Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra greeted him as he was released early from prison.

Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital more than a week after collapsing in prison, her foundation said Sunday.