World - Thursday, April 2, 2026

President Trump celebrated an attack on a major highway bridge outside of Tehran after vowing to take Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” And a leading public health institution in the country was destroyed.

US president warns there was ‘much more to follow’ after B1 bridge on the Karaj northern bypass in western Tehran, Iran, was targeted on Thursday Trump has claimed that Iran was “right at the doorstep” of gaining a nuclear weapon . Earlier on Wednesday the president said he did not care about Iran’s stock of highly enriched uranium (HEU), arguing it was deep underground and could be monitored by satellite. From the very beginning my campaign for president in 2015, I said I would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. This regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel. Continue reading...

Makers of plastic and glass bottles are struggling to access raw materials as the war squeezes supplies.

Iran's biggest bridge near Tehran crashes down after reported U.S. airstrikes as Trump presses the regime to make a deal before escalation.

The singer-songwriter found herself on the dancefloor. On a new album, she asks us to join her.

Bondi reacts to her ouster by Trump – who was reportedly frustrated with her handling of the Epstein files; Todd Blanche to serve as acting attorney general Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general Sign up for Breaking News US email alerts During its brief pro forma session today, the US House took no action on the funding bill to end the historic DHS shutdown , after Senate-passed legislation was sent to the lower chamber earlier today. The House’s next procedural meeting will be on Monday, meaning the lapse in funding for several subagencies will continue until at least next week . However, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson may even wait until lawmakers return from a two-week recess to ensure the measure, that his party rejected last week, can pass. Continue reading...

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Jewish communities face a heightened security threat this Passover, with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch warning of an elevated alert as antisemitic attacks rise across the U.S.

Ryan Bridge is co-founder of Raise the Colours, which has been criticised for anti-immigrant rhetoric The leader of a flag campaign group has been arrested on suspicion of causing religiously and racially aggravated harassment. Ryan Bridge is the co-founder of Raise the Colours, which has put up hundreds of union and Saint George flags across England and attracted criticism for spreading anti-immigrant rhetoric. He was arrested on Tuesday and released on police bail the following day. Continue reading...

General Min Aung is set to be chosen as the next president by the newly-elected parliament.