Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows 31. May 2026 (14:00) Experts hail daraxonrasib as ‘gamechanger’ for patients with advanced pancreatic cancerA daily pill can double survival time in patients with the world’s deadliest cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial that experts are saying is a “gamechanger” and one of the biggest breakthroughs in decades.Currently, there are few treatments for pancreatic cancer, and most do little or nothing to help. For decades, scientists have worked relentlessly trying to find clever solutions for a form of cancer that is often found late. More than half of patients are only diagnosed after it has spread. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Colombia goes to polls in election pitting outgoing leader’s ally against pro-Trump candidates 31. May 2026 (13:23) Ballots are being cast in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential electionsColombians are casting ballots in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential election, choosing between candidates with radically diverging visions for the future of peace in a country haunted by decades of armed conflict.The vote on Sunday, seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s policies, comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump’s cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say 31. May 2026 (13:00) Community programs are more effective at reducing violence than simply making arrests, advocates sayHomicides in the US have fallen dramatically in recent years after a spike during the Covid-19 pandemic, but now some advocates for community violence intervention programs worry federal funding cuts by the Trump administration will reverse that trend.In April 2025, more than $800m in grants was cut from the Department of Justice’s office of justice programs aimed at preventing and responding to gun violence, among other causes. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Supplier of housing for homeless linked to faith group tax avoidance scheme 31. May 2026 (13:00) Midos Management denies ties to property group accused of making millions from bogus prayer roomsA property investor who sells temporary accommodation to local councils is part of a family accused of avoiding tax by hosting bogus prayer sessions, a Guardian investigation can reveal.Publicly available records raise questions about the business interests of members of the Schreiber dynasty, who preside over a nationwide commercial property portfolio via a “family-owned” investment vehicle, Midos Group. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Priest accuser hopes Texas conviction will keep him from victimizing others 31. May 2026 (13:00) Woman, who says Anthony Odiong pressured her into sex acts, says church officials failed to act when told of abuseThe first woman to publicly accuse a Roman Catholic priest who was convicted by a Texas jury on Friday of repeated adult, criminal clergy sexual abuse has said she “can only hope he is kept from continuing to use faith as his net, his snare and a tool to manipulate current and future victims”.“I’m grateful to the jury for listening to the evidence and seeing the truth” about the convicted clergyman, Anthony Odiong, said the woman in a statement on Saturday, referred to in court proceedings by the pseudonym Hadassah Doe. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Wes Streeting calls for national insurance cut and North Sea drilling 31. May 2026 (12:49) Labour leadership hopeful says NI reduction for firms could ‘incentivise’ hiring, particularly of younger people Wes Streeting has called for national insurance cuts for businesses, and for the government to drill for oil and gas in the North Sea.The former health secretary and potential Labour leadership candidate told the Sunday Times there should be a “targeted reduction” of employers’ national insurance contribution as a way to “actively incentivise” hiring, particularly of young people. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Sky ends controversial news joint venture in United Arab Emirates 31. May 2026 (12:10) Sky News Arabia to retain name in brand licensing deal after criticism of its coverage of atrocities in SudanSky is exiting its TV news joint venture with the United Arab Emirates, Sky News Arabia, which has been criticised for its coverage of the war in Sudan, with accusations of genocide denial.Sky and its partner IMI – the investment vehicle controlled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the vice-president of the UAE and owner of Manchester City – have announced a new commercial deal in which the UK-based broadcaster will relinquish all strategic and operational ownership of the 24-hour Arabic language news and current affairs service. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Middle East crisis live: Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into country in 26 years 31. May 2026 (11:52) Capture of Beaufort castle near the city of Nabatiyeh comes despite a nominal ceasefire and shortly before talks due in the USThe Israeli military told AFP that more than 25 projectiles were launched from Lebanon towards Israel on Saturday, while air alert sirens sounded in the northern cities of Karmiel and Safed for the first time since the ceasefire, according to the Israeli military.Hezbollah said it confronted Israeli forces around the outskirts of the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, Yohmor al-Shaqif and Dibbine, adding that the troops “had not yet succeeded in taking control of the towns”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Labour have lost their way’: voters in Makerfield say it’s time for a change 31. May 2026 (11:00) Andy Burnham and the Reform candidate lead the polls, but issues such as flooding and the state of the high street are main concerns locallyThe roads that connect the collection of towns and villages that make up this constituency in England are studded with turquoise banners declaring: “Makerfield needs Reform.”Once at the heart of Wigan’s coal-mining industry, and represented by a Labour MP continuously since the 1900s, Farage’s party has gained a foothold here, and with any other Labour candidate installed, this parliamentary seat would almost certainly fall to Reform. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
English Green party leader Zack Polanski tells Australian colleagues to ‘connect with anger’ to counter rightwing populism 31. May 2026 (10:30) Australian Greens should ‘take on’ Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, Polanski tells Victorian conference, just as he took on Nigel Farage’s Reform UKGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastZack Polanski, the leader of the Green party of England and Wales, has told his counterparts in Australia that they need to start “connecting with people’s anger” and learn from the “storytelling power” of populist rightwing politics.Speaking via video link at the Victorian Greens campaign conference on Saturday night, Zack Polanski said the party in Australia needed to start “taking on” Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, just as his own party had taken on Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
