Two teens charged over ‘Islamic State-inspired’ attack outside Mamdani home 09. March 2026 (19:28) Pair charged with throwing explosive devices during anti-Islam protest described by mayor as ‘appalling’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxTwo teenagers were charged on Monday with offenses including terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction after they allegedly threw improvised explosive devices during an anti-Islam demonstration on Saturday outside the residence of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani.According to a 10-page criminal complaint filed in federal court in the US southern district of New York, 18-year-old Emir Balat threw the devices at protesters after they were handed to him by Ibrahim Kayumi, 19. It said both declared allegiance to the Islamic State terror group. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US and Israel launch strikes across Iran as crowds celebrate new supreme leader 09. March 2026 (19:25) Mojtaba Khamenei’s supporters take to streets of Tehran on the same day Iran attacks targets in Israel and Gulf statesMiddle East crisis – live updatesUS and Israeli warplanes launched new waves of strikes on targets across Iran on Monday, as large crowds took to the streets in Tehran in a defiant show of support for Mojtaba Khamenei, the country’s newly appointed supreme leader.The conflict, now in its second week, continued to escalate, with fresh Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, US bases across the Middle East and energy infrastructure in the Gulf. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ex-Mail on Sunday journalist denies ordering ‘blag’ of Sadie Frost’s medical information 09. March 2026 (18:44) Katie Nicholl’s name appears on many of the stories that Frost, Prince Harry and others have complained aboutA senior former Mail on Sunday journalist has denied commissioning a “blag” of sensitive medical information about Sadie Frost that the actor had not even told her own mother.At the high court, Katie Nicholl, a former diary editor and royal editor at the paper, was accused of using blagged information from a private investigator to uncover “extraordinarily intrusive” details of Frost’s medical history. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Sheinbaum tells Trump: stop illegal arms trade from the US to Mexico 09. March 2026 (18:33) US president claimed he wanted to eradicate cartels and made comments about Mexico’s president that were deemed sexist in summit speech‘Iron river’: Mexico’s cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from USSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailClaudia Sheinbaum has responded to Donald Trump’s description of Mexico as the “epicenter of violence,” by calling on the US government to step up efforts to combat gun trafficking.“There is something that the US can help us a lot with: stop the trafficking of illegal weapons from the US to Mexico,” the president of Mexico said. “If they stopped the entry of illegal weapons from the United States into Mexico, then these groups wouldn’t have access to this type of high-powered weaponry to carry out their criminal activities.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Gerry Adams ‘as culpable as those who planted IRA bombs’, high court hears 09. March 2026 (18:20) Former Sinn Féin leader being sued for symbolic £1 each by three victims of Troubles-era bombings on UK mainlandGerry Adams is as culpable for IRA bombings on the UK mainland as the individuals who planted and detonated the devices, the high court has heard at the beginning of a civil trial.The former Sinn Féin leader is being sued for symbolic “vindicatory” damages of £1 each by John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock, who were injured respectively in the 1973 Old Bailey bombing, and the London Docklands and Manchester bombings in 1996. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ukraine sent drone experts to protect US bases in Jordan, says Zelenskyy 09. March 2026 (18:14) Interceptor drones and operators deployed to Middle East after ‘requests for help from 11 countries neighbouring Iran’Middle East crisis – live updatesUkraine’s president has said he dispatched interceptor drones and operators to protect US bases in Jordan last week, one of 11 countries that had asked Kyiv for help as the US-Israeli war against Iran continued into its 10th day.Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview that he had responded to a US request for help in defending Jordan last week as Ukraine seeks to improve relations with Gulf and Middle Eastern countries coming under attack from Iran. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Von der Leyen calls for EU foreign policy to be ‘more realistic and interest-driven’ 09. March 2026 (17:59) European Commission head says rules-based system can no longer be relied upon to protect the continent’s interestsEurope can “no longer be a custodian for the old-world order” and needs “a more realistic and interest-driven foreign policy”, the head of the European Commission has said.Speaking to an audience of EU ambassadors on Monday, Ursula von der Leyen said the union “will always defend and uphold the rules-based system” but could no longer rely on it to defend European interests and shelter the continent from threats. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
At least eight people dead after spate of tornadoes across central US 09. March 2026 (17:53) Eighteen tornadoes between Thursday and Saturday resulted in deaths in towns from Michigan to OklahomaCommunities throughout the central United States were cleaning up and trying to recover after an onslaught deadly tornadoes struck the region over the weekend.At least eight people had been confirmed dead as of Monday, with dozens more injured. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
California motel closes after two women found dead in same room days apart 09. March 2026 (17:50) Eureka police took two calls for unconscious individuals, and officials reported ‘elevated’ carbon monoxide in roomA California motel has been closed after authorities found two women dead in the same room just days apart.The Eureka police department in northern California said in a news release last Thursday that on 21 February, officers and Humboldt Bay fire personnel were dispatched to a motel on the 4000 block of Broadway Street in Eureka – identified by the Eureka Times-Standard as the Lamplighter Inn – after receiving a report of “two unconscious patients due to a possible drug overdose”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Five Iranian women footballers granted asylum by Australia, Donald Trump says 09. March 2026 (17:44) US president says Australian PM Anthony Albanese has given police proitection to the players amid fears they could be punished on their return homeMiddle East crisis – live updatesFive members of the Iranian women’s football team have been granted asylum in Australia after reportedly escaping their government minders following a tournament, according to US president Donald Trump who announced the news on social media on Monday.The US president said he had spoken to Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese who had told him that five members of the team had been “taken care of” amid fears they could be punished if they returned home. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
