Iran War Live Updates: Trump Again Extends Deadline for Iran to Open Strait or Face Strikes on Power Grid
President Trump moved the deadline to reopen the major transit route for oil tankers from Friday to April 6. Stocks fell sharply and oil prices rose.
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As Markets Revolt in the Face of War, Trump Extends Iran Deadline
Just after stocks ended another bruising day, the president took to social media to promote progress in talks with Iran.
‘Emergency situation’: Trump says he will order payments to TSA agents amid turmoil at US airports – live
President says he will order new DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA immediately as Congress remains deadlocked over DHS fundingSign up for the Breaking News US emailWe are awaiting the start of Donald Trump’s latest cabinet meeting, which was due to start at 10am eastern time. This will be the 11th such session Trump has staged since re-entering the White House in January last year. Previous meetings have been open and freewheeling – as well as newsworthy.The Pentagon is preparing plans for a “final blow” in the war with Iran that could include deploying ground troops and a massive bombing campaign, Axios reports, citing four sources – including two US officials. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Trump says he is ‘pausing’ planned destruction of Iranian energy sites as he claims talks are ‘ongoing’
US president says he is extending deadline to Monday 6 April as he claims Iran has let some tankers through strait of Hormuz as a ‘present’Analysis: Trump pitches peace plan but military buildups rarely veer to off-rampAn Iranian envoy has said South Korean ships can pass through the strait of Hormuz only after coordinating with Tehran, the Yonhap News Agency has reported.Such an agreement had to be reached in advance of the transit, said Saeed Khuzechi, the Iranian ambassador to South Korea, at a press conference in response to a question about guarantees for South Korean vessels to navigate the vital conduit for oil. Continue reading...
Australia news live: radio network lawyer says Sandilands’ chance of returning to old show ‘vanishingly small’; Coalition calls for cut to fuel excise
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPower outages in Sydney after storms hit city overnightPower outages continue across Sydney this morning after heavy storms battered the city and surrounding areas overnight. Continue reading...
Newsom signs California bill to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day
Lawmakers earlier passed bill to rename 31 March holiday following sexual abuse allegations against labor leaderCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday renaming Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day in the wake of shocking allegations that the labor leader sexually abused women and young girls.The bill, passed by the state senate earlier on Thursday, authorized the renaming ahead of the state holiday on 31 March. The state has observed the holiday honoring Chavez, who in the 1960s built a major farm-worker labor rights movement California’s agricultural heartland, for more than two decades. Continue reading...
Europeans Worry Russia Is Preparing to Deliver Drones to Iran
The drones are an improved version of a weapon that Iran sent to Russia for use in its war in Ukraine.
Olympic Committee Bars Transgender Athletes From Women’s Events
The decision is the most significant since Kirsty Coventry was elected last year to serve as president of the I.O.C.
‘Accountability has arrived’: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co
With two unprecedented trial defeats, big tech firms face crisis akin to that faced by cigarette makers in the 1990sIn the span of just two days, the most powerful social media company in the world faced a more severe public reckoning than it has in years.Jurors in California and New Mexico gave back-to-back verdicts this week that for the first time ever found Meta liable for products that inflict harm on young people. For years, lawmakers, parents and advocates have raised red flags over how social media can hurt children, but now the tech firms are being held to account via court rulings that could set long-lasting precedents. Continue reading...
Italy Says It Recovered $23 Million Stolen From Ursula Andress, First ‘Bond Girl’
The Swiss actress Ursula Andress, whose breakthrough came in “Dr. No” in 1962, accused a former wealth manager of embezzlement. He died in an apparent suicide last year.