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Patterson is shown a photo of the dehydrator at the tip and asked if this is the one she owned.

“I presume so,” Patterson says.

Nationals from countries including Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan ‘fully’ restricted as those of seven other countries partially restricted

Donald Trump has signed a sweeping order banning travel from 12 countries and restricting travel from seven others, reviving and expanding the travel bans from his first term.

The nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be “fully” restricted from entering the US, according to the proclamation. Meanwhile, the entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted.

US president says phone call with Russian leader won’t lead to ‘immediate peace’ as Moscow rules out ceasefire

Donald Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin for more than an hour on Wednesday, but he conceded the talks would not lead “to immediate peace” in Ukraine, and warned that Russia would respond to Ukraine’s successful attacks this week on its airfields.

The US president, who repeatedly claimed he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours during his election campaign, did not attempt to discourage the Russian leader from retaliation, according to his description of the discussion on his Truth Social platform.

World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather events

Almost 40 million sq kilometres of ocean around south-east Asia and the Pacific – an area five times the size of Australia – was engulfed in a marine heatwave in 2024, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report has revealed.

WMO scientists said the record heat – on land and in the ocean – was mostly driven by the climate crisis and coincided with a string of extreme weather events, from deadly landslides in the Philippines to floods in Australia and rapid glacier loss in Indonesia.

A growing number of young Thais are turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT for answers about their future

When Whan consulted her new fortune teller about the future of her relationship with her boyfriend, she was told that one half of the couple tended to be sulky, while the other would over-analyse things. The fortune teller recommended that they try to be more open with each other.

But the advice on the future of the relationship didn’t come from a human – it came from ChatGPT.

Judge finds man identified as OCG denied due process, while Venezuelans sent to El Salvador given chance to challenge deportations

A Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there was flown back to the US on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return, his lawyer said.

Brian Murphy, a US district judge in Boston, Massachusetts, had ordered the man’s return after the US Department of Justice notified him that its claim that the man had expressly stated he was not afraid of being sent to Mexico was based on erroneous information.

Royal College of Radiologists warns of long delays to have surgery or treatment, raising chances of disease spreading

People with cancer face a “ticking timebomb” of delays in getting diagnosed and treated because the NHS is too short-staffed to provide prompt care, senior doctors have warned.

An NHS-wide shortage of radiologists and oncologists means patients are enduring long waits to have surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy and have a consultant review their care.

“Our waiting times for breast radiotherapy are now the worst I have ever known in 20 years.”

“Current wait for head and neck cancers [is] six weeks, meaning possible progression before radiotherapy.”

“A multiple week wait for palliative treatment has sometimes led to deterioration to the point is no longer possible.”

Desire for analogue seen as key to success as cinema opens its doors again after a campaign backed by Brian Cox

One of the UK’s most famous independent cinemas, the Filmhouse in Edinburgh, is banking on a surge of interest in celluloid film screenings when it reopens after a three-year closure.

The Filmhouse reopens later in June with a promise to put on 70mm film versions of the recent blockbusters Oppenheimer and The Brutalist, and other major films, to capitalise on growing interest in analogue screenings.

Russia, China, France and the UK all voted in favour of ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’

The United States has vetoed a United Nations security council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza while the 14 remaining countries on the council voted in favour.

The vetoed resolution also called the situation in Gaza “catastrophic”, and demanded the “immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and its safe and unhindered distribution at scale, including by the UN and humanitarian partners”.

De Armas is fun as a feisty assassin trained in ballet and martial arts, combining delicacy and violence in her quest for vengeance, with a cameo from Keanu. She doesn’t wear a tutu to fill goons with lead though

That title could cause confusion. The film might accidentally tap into the Frozen customer-base, and millions of wide-eyed little girls in sparkly tutus and tiaras will show up at cinemas with their mums and dads to watch Keanu Reeves let a heavy-set gangster have it in the chops with a round from his specially customised Glock. Well, the confusion is deliberate. Here, the delicacy of ballet and the violence of martial arts are conflated. In this new spin-off feature from Keanu’s John Wick action franchise – an auxiliary episode on the timeline, between Wick episodes Three and Four, when JW was lying low, recovering from injuries – a mysterious new action-slash-classical-dance heroine called Eve now grands-jetés her way into the franchise, played by the always stylish Ana de Armas. JW veteran Shay Hatten writes the screenplay and Len Wiseman directs.

The central idea returns me an old maxim of mine: people who call action scenes in films “balletic” have never seen a ballet, or indeed a fight, in their lives. Yet I was sort of hoping that de Armas’s ballerina Eve Macarro would put the smackdown on a couple of dozen goons while up on pointe. Sadly no. But I do have to admit that de Armas carries off the essential silliness of Ballerina and, after her performance as Paloma in No Time to Die opposite Daniel Craig’s 007, she proves again she can do action, in both couture and daytime wear; she can also carry out the time-honoured lightning-fast choreography of removing a clip from an automatic weapon, inspecting its contents, smacking it back into position with the heel of her palm and then filling someone full of lead.

Cristiano Ronaldo was Portugal’s hero as his goal capped a thrilling comeback to beat Germany 2-1 in Munich and earn a place in Sunday’s Nations League final.

The hosts had gone in front early in the second half when Liverpool transfer target Florian Wirtz headed home, but Roberto Martínez’s men hit back with two goals in five minutes. Substitute Francisco Conceição levelled with a fantastic long-range strike, before Ronaldo converted from Nuno Mendes’ cross to seal victory.

Officials in New York, New Jersey, Iowa, New Hampshire and Maine issued alerts due to smoke from fires in Canada

Smoke from wildfires in Canada is spreading across multiple states in the US including the eastern seaboard, prompting multiple states to issue air-quality alerts.

The poor air quality stretching across the US came as a result of dozens of wildfires burning across Canada as the country’s annual wildfire season roars into destructive action.

Vladimir Putin has warned Russia will respond to Kyiv’s attacks on nuclear-capable aircraft at airfields

As Vladimir Putin pledges to retaliate against Ukraine for last weekend’s unprecedented drone attack, Kremlin advisers and figures around Donald Trump have told the US president that the risk of a nuclear confrontation is growing, in an attempt to pressure him to further reduce US support for Ukraine.

Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and an important intermediary between the Kremlin and Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, called the Ukrainian drone strike an attack on “Russian nuclear assets”, and echoed remarks from Maga-friendly figures warning of the potential for a third world war.

Education department accuses university of violating federal anti-discrimination laws and notifies accreditor

The Department of Education announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has notified Columbia University’s accreditor of an alleged violation of federal anti-discrimination laws by the elite private university in New York that is part of the Ivy League.

The alleged violation means that Columbia, in the Trump administration’s assessment, has “failed to meet the standards” set by the relevant regional, government-recognized but independent body responsible for the accreditation of degree-granting institutions, as a kind of educational quality controller.

• Jim Ratcliffe planning further shake-up at Old Trafford

• Brailsford will take up old role as Ineos sporting director

Sir Dave Brailsford is to reduce his role at Manchester United under a reshuffle being planned by minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Brailsford has played a major part since Ratcliffe secured his stake in United in February 2024, stepping down as team principal of the Ineos Grenadiers cycling team to take charge of footballing operations at Old Trafford and investing considerable time and energy in driving change at the club.

• Chelsea met release clause in striker’s contract last week

• Delap asked to miss U21 Euros to play at Club World Cup

Chelsea have strengthened their attack by completing the £30m signing of Liam Delap from Ipswich. The club were determined to bring in a new striker this summer and have moved swiftly to secure one of their top targets.

Delap, who has signed a six-year deal, chose to join Chelsea after receiving pitches from Everton, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United. The 22-year-old scored 12 goals for Ipswich last season and was available at an affordable price following their relegation from the Premier League. Chelsea met the release clause in his contract last week.

• Joint complaint to UN agency about ‘rights violations’

• Development starting to scale up before 2034 World Cup

Trade unions from 36 countries have filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation over the treatment of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia.

The complaint calls for a “commission of inquiry” into labour rights in the country, one of the most powerful tools available to the ILO, a United Nations agency. The demand comes amid growing concern that not enough is being done to improve the conditions of workers as development begins to scale up before the Fifa World Cup, due to take place in the Gulf state in 2034.

Laila Soueif is critically ill after nearly 250 days on hunger strike in protest against her son’s imprisonment

The Egyptian president is refusing to take a call from Keir Starmer, knowing it will be a plea to save the life of the mother of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a famous human rights activist and British Egyptian dual national, it has been claimed.

Laila Soueif is in St Thomas’ hospital in London with very low blood sugar levels as she suffers from the effect of nearly 250 days on hunger strike.

• England 366-6, West Indies 223; England win by 143 runs

• Openers dominate as hosts seal three-match ODI series

England took advantage of the absence of Hayley Matthews to thrash West Indies by 143 runs in the second one-day international at Leicester on Wednesday.

Having waited 12 years to score a maiden international hundred, Amy Jones resolved to achieve the feat twice in five days, and this time did so in just 76 balls, reaching 129 before departing in the 31st over. Tammy Beaumont, meanwhile, followed up with a second consecutive hundred of her own, despite battling what she jokingly described as “man flu”.

• Serb wins 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to reach 51st slam semi-final

• ‘At my age it’s not so easy to run so much,’ says Djokovic

Not too long ago, towards the end of an excruciating April, Novak Djokovic could hardly win a match. On a three-match losing streak while closing in on his 38th birthday, he had, in his own words, entered a “new reality”. Djokovic reasoned that his results simply reflected the circle of life. It was inevitable that the circle will eventually close.

There was nothing at all new about the level exhibited by Djokovic on a glorious Thursday night in Paris as he turned back the clock with a vintage offering. Djokovic, the sixth seed in Paris, completely outplayed the third seed Alexander Zverev to return to the semi-finals of the French Open with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory.

Bryana Bongolan tells Manhattan jurors that the hip-hop mogul held her off Cassie’s 17th-floor apartment in 2016

A woman testified on Wednesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking trial that thehip-hop mogul dangled her from the balcony of a 17th-floor apartment in 2016.

Bryana Bongolan, a longtime friend of Combs’s former girlfriend, singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, told jurors in Manhattan federal court that in September 2016 Combs showed up unannounced one morning at Ventura’s Los Angeles apartment, where she was staying at the time, and began banging on the door.

The Congressional Budget Office warns Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’ will leave 10.9 million uninsured by 2034

Donald Trump’s signature tax bill would blow a $2.4tn hole to America’s national debt over the next decade, according to a congressional budget office analysis, which came as Elon Musk called for a new bill.

The non-partisan budget office said on Wednesday that Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” would decrease federal revenues by $3.67tn while cutting spending by $1.25tn through 2034, as the national debt currently stands at $36tn.

Björn Ulvaeus tells audience at SXSW London the technology is ‘very bad at lyrics’ but has helped him break through creative impasses

After bringing a blockbuster hologram version of Abba to a purpose-built venue in east London, Björn Ulvaeus’s next technological exploration is a musical that he’s written with the help of artificial intelligence.

Ulvaeus, 80, told an audience at SXSW London that he was “three-quarters” of the way through writing a new musical which he has created with assistance from AI songwriting tools.

Orbán’s ruling party delays vote on legislation allowing government to ban organisations with foreign funding

Hungary’s ruling party has postponed a planned vote on draft legislation aimed at organisations that receive foreign funding, following weeks of protests and warnings that the law would “starve and strangle” civil society and independent media.

Viktor Orbán’s rightwing populist party, Fidesz, put forward legislation last month that would allow the government to monitor, penalise and potentially ban organisations that receive any sort of foreign funding, including donations or EU grants.

Music executive claims defamation in suit seeking $20m from the film-makers and distributors of On the Record

Russell Simmons is suing HBO and the film-makers of a 2020 documentary detailing allegations against the music mogul of sexual abuse, claiming that together they defamed him and ignored his version of events.

On the Record, directed by Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick, expanded on reporting by the New York Times, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times and other publications on numerous allegations against Simmons. It featured the testimony of several women who claim they were sexually assaulted by Simmons in the 1980s and 90s, when he was at the height of his influence as the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, the hip-hop label behind LL Cool J, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and other top acts.

Researchers enlisted help of AI along with radiocarbon dating to produce new insights into ancient texts

Many of the Dead Sea scrolls could be older than previously thought, with some biblical texts dating from the time of their original authors, researchers say.

The first of the ancient scrolls were discovered in the caves of Qumran in the Judean desert by Bedouin shepherds in the mid-20th century. The manuscripts range from legal documents to parts of the Hebrew Bible, and are thought to date from around the third century BCE to the second century CE.

Jean-Pierre, now an independent, expected to detail weeks that preceded Biden’s dropout from 2024 race in new book

Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary for Joe Biden, has left the Democratic party to become an independent, according to the publisher of her forthcoming book.

Jean-Pierre, who served two Democratic White Houses, is expected to detail the weeks that preceded Biden’s monumental decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, per a preview of the book, which is set to be published this fall.

Formerly or currently imprisoned artists in Florida came together to create an inspiring album, much of which was recorded under difficult circumstances

In Locked Down, a song by the San Diego-based poet and rapper, Chance, she sings with both foreboding and care: “Every day that you wake up you’re blessed / love every breath, ’cause you don’t know what’s next.” Chance wrote the song – originally a poem, its title a callback to Akon’s Locked Up – while imprisoned in Phoenix, Arizona, during the beginning of the Covid pandemic and subsequent lockdown (“six feet apart in a five-by-five,” she raps in the same song, alluding to the virtual impossibility of social distancing in the American prison system). It’s part of Chance’s self-published collection of short stories and poems, entitled Pandemic Soup for the Soul, a reflection on “what we experienced during the pandemic crisis”, she shared with me in a recent phone call. “It’s crazy how they maintained control and instilled fear within us. When you’re locked up, you ask yourself … are you going to be angry, or are you going to find what your calling and purpose is?”

Locked Down is also one of 16 tracks on Bending the Bars, a hip-hop album featuring original songs by artists formerly or currently incarcerated in Florida’s Broward county jails (with the exception of Chance, a Florida native). Bending the Bars was organized by the south Florida abolitionist organization Chip – the Community Hotline for Incarcerated People – which was initially founded to support inmates during the early days of Covid. Nicole Morse, a Chip co-founder and associate professor at the University of Maryland, says the organization began fielding calls in April 2020, primarily from Broward, the county just north of Miami-Dade; the calls were primarily about medical neglect, abuse and an atmosphere of abject fear, perpetuated by guards who demanded silence.

The killing of starving Palestinians seeking food for their families was foretold. A ceasefire, hostage release and proper resumption of aid remain essential

A full, independent investigation into the killings of Palestinians attempting to collect food for their family, and accountability for their deaths, is essential. But no investigation is needed to establish that Israel is ultimately responsible, by starving people and then implementing a food-collection scheme that cannot solve the humanitarian crisis, and which is known to be dangerous. The US, which promoted that scheme, is complicit.

Health officials in Gaza say that at least 27 people were killed by Israeli fire as they awaited food on Tuesday – the third such incident in three days. (The Israeli military said troops fired at people “moving towards [them] … in a way that posed a threat”.) Officials previously said that Israeli forces killed more than 30 Palestinians on Sunday, and another three the following day; the military said they did not shoot civilians, but fired “warning shots”. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) – the American private organisation running the scheme – suspended operations on Wednesday for “update, organisation and efficiency improvement work”.

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The chancellor is right to be planning for the long term, but voters won’t be patient if change isn’t felt soon

Inequality between British regions is not a new problem and Rachel Reeves is not the first chancellor to want to close the gap. In 2014, George Osborne promised a “northern powerhouse” to rival the dominance of London and the south-east. He pledged devolution and investment in infrastructure to connect northern cities, to unlock productivity and growth.

Since then, Britain’s economy has suffered multiple shocks, some external (the pandemic, inflation stoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), others self-inflicted (Brexit, Liz Truss’s mini-budget). Each time, the damage was more severe in places already falling behind. Boris Johnson claimed levelling up as his defining purpose. Rishi Sunak let the ambition slide. Now it is being revived by a Labour chancellor. In a speech announcing transport investments on Wednesday, Ms Reeves promised a “renewal of Britain”, with prosperity built on “broad foundations” and a break from the failed model that relied on “a handful of places forging ahead of the rest”.

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Fans were celebrating outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru after Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL win over Punjab Kings

At least 11 people have died in a crush outside a cricket ground in Bengaluru, where fans were celebrating Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s first Indian Premier League (IPL) title win, authorities said.

Thousands of people, some waving the home team’s red flag, lined streets around the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as the team arrived in a bus in the evening, TV channels showed, with some climbing trees and the stadium wall for a better view.

Parliament votes against divestment proposal after tearful speeches in chamber and protests outside

Politicians in Norway have rejected calls to stop investing its sovereign wealth fund – the largest in the world – in the occupied Palestinian territories despite emotional scenes inside and outside parliament.

The £1.4tn oil fund, which is run by Norges Bank according to rules set by MPs, is the largest European investor in Israel’s occupation.

‘I’m tired of peeing in my pants,’ I said to the urogynecologist. ‘Please fix me’

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Last October, I got out of bed to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. Sleepy and seated on the toilet, I was shocked into wakefulness by a loud sound.

The night before, in my latest attempt to manage incontinence, I’d been working out how to use a Kegel ball, a marble-like vaginal insert that claims to help with pelvic floor strengthening. I’d accidentally fallen asleep with it inside me, and the ball had hit the porcelain bowl. Uh-oh.

Five-member jury sentenced defendants, now in their 80s or 90s, to 15 years in prison on first day of trial

A former defense minister of El Salvador and two retired colonels have been convicted of the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the country’s civil war, a lawyer for families of the deceased said.

A five-member jury sentenced the defendants, now in their 80s or 90s, to 15 years in prison after an 11-hour session on the first day of the trial on Tuesday.

• Home player beats sixth seed Mirra Andreeva 7-6 (6), 6-3

• ‘My dream is to win it, not to be in the semi-final’

It took less than a minute for the shenanigans on a crammed Court Philippe-Chatrier to begin. While Loïs Boisson and Mirra Andreeva feathered their first forehands of the warm-up, the French crowd cleared their throats with a forceful rendition of La Marseillaise. The message was clear: no matter how the match unfolded, they would be there with the home player until the end.

All 15,000 of them were there to witness and encourage the extension of one of the most unexpected breakthrough runs in the history of tennis. Boisson, a French wildcard ranked No 361 and competing in her first French Open, continued her incredible journey through the draw by toppling the sixth seed Andreeva 7-6 (6), 6-3 to reach the semi-finals.

Order bars entry for all nationals of countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan and Yemen and restricts entries from seven other countries

• Full report: Trump signs order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the US

The Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.

Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”.

My former colleagues at the Smithsonian in Washington DC face unprecedented pressure. I urge them to defend their principles

• Gus Casely-Hayford is director of London’s V&A East

In one of his recent Truth Social posts, Donald Trump appeared to fire Kim Sajet – the fearless and utterly brilliant director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. The president used his social media platform to claim that Sajet’s support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) made her unsuitable for her role. “Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am hereby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the National Portrait Gallery”, Trump wrote. “She is a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position. Her replacement will be named shortly.”

Where to start? By now, we all know the arts has become the terrain for a brutal proxy battle for hearts and minds. A culture war 2.0, where not just reputations are at stake, but institutions, whole sectors and ways of thinking. But I am hoping that even Trump’s support base have begun to grow a little bored with these attacks on figures and institutions in the cultural sector. The culture war has moved beyond farce into the deeply tragic.

Gus Casely-Hayford is a curator, cultural historian, broadcaster and lecturer who is currently the director of V&A East

Exclusive: source says couple feared unexplained wait was due to king’s opposition to their children bearing HRH title

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex explored the idea of changing their family name to Spencer amid repeated delays by British officials to issue passports for their children, the Guardian has been told.

The suggestion was a result of “sheer exasperation” and came during a face-to-face meeting between Prince Harry and his uncle Earl Spencer. He was understood to be enthusiastic and supportive of the name change.

‘My marriage had abruptly collapsed. I was longing for intimacy – yet this was not someone I knew well’

It is not an accident that the image here, Another Morning, suggests intimacy; I was in a state of longing for just such intimacy when I made the photograph. Yet the figure was not someone I knew well. She was a guest in a house where I had lived only briefly in West Oakland, California. I’d come to live there after the abrupt collapse of my marriage. I noticed the beautiful light that flowed from a window and touched the sleeper covered only by a white sheet. I captured the moment, and it came to join several photographs I had made over the years of sleeping figures, of my daughter, my sister, my husband sleeping in our hotel room in Merida, Mexico – even sleeping dogs, with limbs entwined. I work towards an idea across a number of images, often over several years.

A goal of mine as a photographer has been to find ways to avoid the intrusive aspects of photography. Rather than going out into the world to capture public events, I came to prefer photographing family and people I knew, close to home, since there I could have a legitimate expectation my subjects might not mind being photographed. A sleeping figure doesn’t pose or become self-conscious. It’s as natural as you can be in front of a camera. But it is an intimate thing to photograph someone when they are sleeping – there is no opportunity to obtain consent. Photographers have great potential for being obnoxious. I am always delighted when an image reads with some of the intimacy of feelings that I wanted it to carry. But I didn’t have a complicated idea when I made this photograph – I was following my objective of recording things that were close to me. I’ve always thought of myself as an autobiographer more than as a reporter.

Colm Tóibín, Alan Hollinghurst, Adam Mars-Jones and more recall the high style and libidinous freedom of a writer who ‘was not a gateway to gay literature but a main destination’

• Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85