A huge fire tore through an apartment complex in Livingston, Texas, on Friday (3 May) displacing residents in an area also affected by flooding this week. Locals in parts of Polk County were ordered to evacuate due to heavy rainfall Monday. The volun ...

François Legault advocates removal of week-long demonstration at Montreal’s McGill University: ‘The encampment is illegal’

A man was also found dead on an estate as his body wasn't discovered for 7 hours

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Tory party chairman had appealed to rebel MPs to ‘wait’ for more results this weekend amid increased pressure on the PM’s leadership

Planned works by Network Rail will force more people on to the roads to join bank holiday getaway, with rail strikes to follow the week after

Using schools for polling stations must have its perks. Plus, sympathy for the enslaved girl heckled by Plato

This exercise in shrinking the electorate to Conservative advantage must not be the new normal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Police have arrested nearly 2,200 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks

A weekly newspaper in a rural Oklahoma community was at the center of a path of destruction

More than 1,000 campus protesters in the US have been arrested in recent weeks in opposition to Israel’s attacks on the embattled territory

Shares in media giant, whose chief executive Bob Bakish was this week ousted amid reports of clash with Shari Redstone, spike 12%

A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war

Hundreds have fled their homes as violence once again gripped Port-au-Prince after new prime minister sworn in last week

Penny Mordaunt has dispelled rumours of a leadership bid and pledged to stand by prime minister Rishi Sunak following local elections. During Business Questions in the House of Commons on Thursday 2 May, Ms Mordaunt also said she thinks something wil ...

Former finance secretary who was narrowly beaten by Humza Yousaf in last year’s SNP leadership contest, has announced that she will not standing this time

A potential juror who was excused from Donald Trump’s criminal trial has revealed he received death threats, despite not being involved in the case. Mark DeMuro told Good Morning Britain how Trump supporters had contacted him saying they were going ...

Gaza protesters and police faced off at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, 1 May, in similar scenes seen at other universities across the US this week. Scuffles broke out between demonstrators and officers, with local media re ...

In the US and the UK, what is the real picture on the mass marches and campus rallies? Plus: the fall of Hunza Yousaf