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Hostages’ families and interstellar dust: photos of the day – Thursday New York, US Members of the US Navy walk through Times Square on the first day of Fleet Week, which brings thousands of active naval personnel to the city for seven days of ship tours, concerts, demonstrations, and other events. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2024/may/23/a-star-former-and-angela-merkel-photos-of-the-day-thursday

Election headache for Rishi Sunak as UK population grows by 685,000 in past year UK’s population grew by 685,000 people in 2023, a drop from record high net migration in 2022, official estimates show. The latest figures, published a day after Rishi Sunak called a surprise general election on July 4th, will feed the debate about immigration – a key campaign battleground. The Office for National Statistics said that it was too early to tell if the 10 per cent drop in net migration year-on-year was the start of a permanent trend, but pointed to signs that fewer people are…

Haiti health system on verge of collapse, UN says Haiti’s health system is “on the verge of collapse,” according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), which reports that six out of ten hospitals in the country are barely operational. “The combination of violence, mass displacement, dangerous epidemics, and increasing malnutrition has strained Haiti’s health system,” stated Bruno Maes, Unicef’s representative in the Caribbean nation. He emphasised, however, that “the strangling of supply chains may be what breaks it.” Armed gangs continue to control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and Unicef warns that millions of children are at risk of…

The Met Office has warned that further heavy rain could pose a danger to life and cause travel disruption, following a fatal mudslide in North Yorkshire. Flood warnings have been issued across England, with one in Scotland.

Nigel Farage says he will not stand in general election in bombshell announcement There is no bias in the title provided. Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailNigel Farage is not standing as a candidate in the general election, he has announced. The former Ukip leader said he thought “long and hard” about contesting the general election, but has decided to help with Donald Trump’s re-election bid in the US instead. “Important though the general election is, the contest in the United States of America on…

National Grid taps shareholders to help fund £60bn low-carbon energy switch Infrastructure firm raises £6.8bn to connect homes to renewable energy sources across US and UK National Grid has tapped shareholders for nearly £7bn to fund a £60bn spending spree to upgrade its networks to cope with the switch to low-carbon energy on either side of the Atlantic. The energy infrastructure company announced a £6.8bn rights issue – where existing shareholders are offered new shares – to provide fresh funds for investment in thousands of miles of cables to connect homes with renewable energy projects in the UK and the…

During his visit to police headquarters in the capital, Nouméa, on Thursday, President Macron acknowledged the challenging days and weeks ahead but assured that Paris would “go until the end” to restore order.

The incident took place in San Pedro Garza García, near Monterrey, as centre-left presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez was delivering a speech.

General election 2024 live: Sunak’s July vote branded ‘kamikaze’ as PM says no Rwanda flights before polls There is no bias in the original title provided. Rishi Sunak announces general election on July 4 2024Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailConservative MPs were left stunned by Rishi Sunak’s shocking decision to fire the starting gun for a 4 July general election.Tory members have branded the move the “kamikaze election” and believe it is a desperate bid by the prime minister. A former minister told The Independent…

The lawsuit is anticipated to claim that Live Nation’s business practices, which include concert promotion, ticket sales, and venue ownership, have suppressed competition and reduced consumer choice, thereby driving up prices.