Trump under pressure to back up claim of sabotage at reflecting pool

President’s promise of photo and video evidence of vandalism at Washington landmark yet to be fulfilled

Donald Trump and the Department of the Interior are facing growing pressure to release photo and video evidence substantiating their claims of sabotage at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington.

The $14.7m renovation of the landmark has descended into a farce of algae blooms, peeling paint and dead ducks just days before the US’s 250th anniversary celebrations. Crews have been seen erecting fencing near the area.

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Top auto regulator investigates deadly Tesla crash into Texas home

The vehicle was using an automated driving feature at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing in the home

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The top US auto regulator opened an investigation on Monday after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it’s opening a special investigation into the Tesla Model 3 crash on Friday near Houston, a significant investigation because the car was using technology that Elon Musk considers key to his company’s future.

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Judge dismisses DoJ subpoenas against Walz and other Minnesota officials

Federal judge rules subpoenas linked to immigration crackdown ‘issued for unlawful reasons’

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A federal judge agreed to quash the US federal government’s subpoenas of leaders in Minnesota issued during the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown on the state earlier this year.

The US Department of Justice issued subpoenas to the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz; the attorney general, Keith Ellison; the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey; and other local officials in the Twin Cities in January.

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Utah wildfire forces evacuation of small town as extreme heat roasts US west

Town of Eureka evacuated due to risk from Iron fire as officials forecast more hot weather in week ahead

Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions are fueling multiple wildfires across the US west, including a massive blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town, with hot weather in the forecast raising the risk of more blazes in the week ahead.

The Iron fire in Utah’s Juab county was first detected on Saturday and has so far blackened more than 2,000 acres. The fire, about 70 miles (113km) south-west of Salt Lake City, forced the evacuation of Eureka, population 1,000, and people at a nearby ranch.

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‘A shift has taken place’: Starmer faces the music after weekend of reflection

While PM’s desire to fight was strong, time with his inner circle at Chequers sharpened his sense of the inevitable

On Friday, as the dust settled on Andy Burnham’s thumping victory in the Makerfield byelection, Keir Starmer was in defiant mood. “I have said repeatedly, I am not going to walk away,” the prime minister said, adding: “Let’s pull together as a party and a movement.”

Just 48 hours later, one of his most loyal ministers was on the BBC sending a very different message. “I don’t want to come on here and be delusional that there is no process, there are no forces at work which are challenging the prime minister as leader – that is clearly the case,” said the business secretary, Peter Kyle.

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Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah killed in Israeli strike on Gaza

Wishah among at least 260 Palestinian journalists killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023

Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera says one of its journalists was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza on Saturday, becoming one of the at least 260 Palestinian journalists to have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023.

Ahmed Wishah, a cameraman for the network, was killed in a strike targeting a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, the broadcaster said on its website.

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LAPD releases footage of moment officers shot and killed woman’s dog

Video also shows that during calm exchange before dog entered hallway, an officer pointed pistol directly at woman

The Los Angeles police department has released footage of the moment when officers shot and killed a woman’s dog in the hallway outside her apartment in the Canoga Park neighborhood.

Police had responded to reports of a woman screaming on 13 June, which turned out to be cheering, the night that the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA finals.

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Could ‘king in the north’ become Britain’s new prime minister?

Makerfield victory gives Andy Burnham a path back to Westminster and a chance to challenge Keir Starmer

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“We know no king but the King in the North”, declares the young Lady Lyanna Mormont in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones. In the early hours of Friday morning, in a nondescript conference hall in the north of England, it appeared that the electorate agreed.

About 70,000 voters in a post-industrial region of north-west England may have changed the face of British politics this week, after electing the charismatic Labour politician Andy Burnham to represent them in London.

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Would you choose to take a 22-hour non-stop flight?

The BBC asked Sydney locals if they would take the newly announced, longest ever commercial flight from Sydney to London.

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Teenager wrongly arrested wins race discrimination claim against the Met

Daryl McLune was 16 when he was held for 23 hours on suspicion of attempting to murder his mother after she tried to take her own life

A teenager who was wrongly arrested for the attempted murder of his mother minutes after she had tried to kill herself has won a race discrimination claim against the Metropolitan police.

A jury found that the Met discriminated against Daryl McLune, who was 16 at the time, because he was black.

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