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By popular demand the Americast team turn their focus on stories that have flown under the radar during the blanket coverage of the disorder in LA. Why has the US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior sacked all the members of a committee which makes recommendations on immunisations, and whyContinue Reading

A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed in their home early on Saturday morning in what Governor Tim Walz called a “act of targeted political violence”. Walz said House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband were killed. State Senator John Hoffman, also aContinue Reading

There has been a night of intense fighting between Israel and Iran, with the two sides exchanging air strikes – it follows Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and missile bases on Friday. Ballistic missiles hit parts of Israel overnight, with a number of alerts issued for the public toContinue Reading

Thanks to heavy government subsidies, China has become the world’s leader in electric vehicles. We hear from inside China on the remarkably fast electric vehicle transition going on there, as the country moves away from petrol and diesel-powered cars and lorries The BBC’s Nick Marsh explores the latest EV techContinue Reading

With 64 sold out shows across North and South America, Shakira has played to more than two million fans – the biggest stadium tour of the year. The tour is titled Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women No Longer Cry) after Shakira’s latest album, which was inspired by some ofContinue Reading

Israel has carried out strikes on nuclear sites in Iran, the IDF has said, with blasts heard in Tehran. The strikes were part of Operation Rising Lion, Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu says, adding that adding Iran was a threat to “Israel’s very survival”. Israel has declared a state of emergency,Continue Reading

More than 290 people are now known to have been killed when an Air India passenger plane crashed seconds after take off from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, western India. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner came down in a densely-populated area of the city shortly after clearing the runway, causing devastation and manyContinue Reading

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Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out the government spending plans until the end of the decade. She says spending on the NHS will rise by 3% a year after inflation. And also confirmed £39bn for social and affordable housing, an end to “costly” asylum hotels by 2029, and an extensionContinue Reading

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault in a six-week trial in New York, after his first conviction in the state was overturned last year. A panel of seven female and five male jurors deliberated for five days before unanimously voting to convict the disgraced film mogul ofContinue Reading

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LA Mayor Karen Bass has declared a curfew for parts of downtown Los Angeles in response to looting and violence during protests against immigration raids. In a televised address, California Governor Gavin Newsom attacked Traitor 47 for inflaming the situation in LA. The US president said the protests were anContinue Reading