Report finds that 7% of Americans have been present at the scene of a mass shooting and 2% have been injured in one

One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting, a new study shows, revealing the depth and impact of the epidemic of gun violence that has washed over the US in recent decades.

The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one, according to new a report from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press recalls experience of watching Brad Sigmon die for 2001 murders

A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad has described the experience, saying that the killing was now “etched” in his mind.

Jeffrey Collins, who has witnessed executions in South Carolina for the news agency for 21 years and has seen 11 people killed using three methods, wrote a short essay about the experience.

Lewis (left), 26, a digital video executive, meets Max, 23, a business management trainee

What were you hoping for?
To meet someone nice, and if it seems like there’s a mutual interest there, to try not to laugh it off, but go with it!

President Slava Kir appeals for calm while analysts say escalating tensions could lead to full-blown conflict

A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers have been killed after a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of Nasir came under attack, the government has said.

The UN said Friday’s incident, which could deal a blow to an already fragile peace process, was “utterly abhorrent” and a possible war crime.

From Donald Trump’s latest remarks to actions taken against crucial government agencies – key US politics stories from Friday at a glance

Donald Trump has said he finds it it “easier” to work with Russia than Ukraine and that Vladimir Putin was “doing what anybody would do” after Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Ukraine days after the US cut off vital intelligence and military aid to Kyiv.

“I’m finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don’t have the cards,” Trump said in his latest attack on Kyiv. “In terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia.

PM Donald Tusk says country needs army of 500,000 and backs withdrawal from treaty banning landmines

• Ukraine war live: latest updates as Russia steps up attacks

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in response to the changing security situation in Europe.

He said there was a need for an army of 500,000 soldiers, which would include reservists.

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s game of chicken with tariffs on Canada and Mexico and more Doge-induced chaos

Late-night hosts recapped another week of mixed messages on Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, government cuts and chaos from the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge).

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Trump and Musk appear to make parallel efforts to distance tech billionaire from radical job slashing in government

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers in private meetings that he is not to blame for the mass firings of federal workers that are causing uproar across the country, while Donald Trump reportedly told his cabinet secretaries on Thursday that they are ultimately in charge of hiring and firings at their agencies – not billionaire aide Musk.

The two powerful figures appeared to be making parallel efforts to distance Musk from radical job slashing made over the last two months. This is despite the tech entrepreneur boasting about cuts, recommending the US “delete entire agencies” and taking questions on the issue alongside the US president, then wielding a chainsaw at an event to symbolize his efforts – all amid legal challenges and skepticism from experts.

Trump shelves Canada-Mexico tariffs; Musk says he is not to blame for mass firings of federal workers – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glance

Donald Trump has performed another reversal on tariffs, delaying duties on many goods from Canada and Mexico again. Trump said the reversal has “nothing to do” with turbulence in the stock market in recent days, as investors weighed his economic plans. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 1.8% on Thursday. “I’m not even looking at the market,” he claimed.

It was also a day where the focus fell on the power wielded by Elon Musk and the president’s plans for US consulates in Europe.

Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, dooming an attempt to deploy mock satellites in the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program.

Several videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking through the dusk skies near south Florida and the Bahamas after Starship’s breakup in space, which occurred shortly after it began to spin uncontrollably with its engines cut off, a SpaceX livestream of the mission showed.

Person from Lea county had been unvaccinated and did not seek care but virus not yet confirmed as cause of death

An adult who was infected with measles has died in New Mexico, state health officials announced Thursday, though the virus has not been confirmed as the cause of death.

The person who died had been unvaccinated and did not seek medical care, a state health department spokesperson said in a statement. The person’s exact age and other details were not immediately released.

Extremists linked to Reichsbürger movement also planned to kidnap health minister and create conditions for civil war

A German court has jailed five members of an extremist group linked to the Reichsbürger (Reich Citizens) movement for plotting a coup and to kidnap the health minister.

The defendants, four men, aged 46 to 58, and a 77-year-old woman, who belonged to the self-styled “United Patriots” group, were sentenced to between five years and nine months and eight years’ jail by the Koblenz higher regional court on Thursday.

Our writers highlight the films they find endlessly rewatchable, including Notting Hill, The Wedding Singer and Mamma Mia!

“Feelgood” movies are often thought of as big-hearted romantic comedies, comforting classics, or childhood favourites that still hold up decades later. In our series, My feelgood movie, Guardian writers reflect on their go-to flick, and explain why their pick is endlessly rewatchable.

This list will be updated weekly with further picks.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is available on Netflix and Amazon Prime in the US and UK

A new exhibition shows how artists from the Polish school of posters reimagined films such as Vertigo and Alien while navigating communist censors

Two killed and 28 injured in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city; Ukrainian president to join EU leaders in Brussels, with shared nuclear deterrence on the agenda

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State senate passes bill as its sponsor suggests shooting someone is more effective and humane than other methods

Firing squads could become Idaho’s primary execution method under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

The Idaho senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and if signed by governor Brad Little, it will take effect next year.

Deceased dog belonging to actor and Betsy Arakawa was kelpie, not German shepherd, local pet care specialist says

Authorities misidentified a deceased dog while investigating the deaths of the actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, according to a pet care specialist.

The news comes as authorities have been searching for answers after the deaths of Hackman and Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered on 26 February at their Santa Fe home. Hackman and Arakawa may have died more than a week earlier, the Santa Fe county sheriff, Adan Mendoza, said.

Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s hate-filled address to Congress and the feckless Democratic response

Late-night hosts recapped Donald Trump’s address to Congress.

Another day, another miracle for men desperate to hang on to their hair. What makes this one different from all the others?

Name: Baldness cures.

Age: Hundreds of years old.

Amid the clatter, Daniel Meadows spent the late 1970s shooting the boiler rooms, weaving sheds and ‘mee-mawing’ workers of an industry that has since vanished

Photographer Juno Gemes has spent the last 50 years documenting Aboriginal Australian culture and the fight for justice, from the sands of the Tanami Desert to the carpeted corridors of Parliament House in Canberra.

Her book Until Justice Comes: Fifty Years of The Movement for Indigenous Rights. Photographs 1970-2024 is published by Upswell Publishing in Australia, $65

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