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Trump removes US Attorney General Pam Bondi 2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAna FaguyandBernd Debusmann Jr,at the White HouseWatch: Spats, theatrics and a walkout – How the Pam Bondi hearing unfoldedUS President Donald Trump has removed Attorney General Pam Bondi – a longtime ally and fierce defender of his administration – from her post as America's top law enforcement officer.
Trump praised her in a post on Truth Social and said she would be “transitioning” to a role in the private sector.
Bondi's time leading the justice department was often overshadowed by its handling of the release of files relating to Jeffrey Epstein and its investigation into the convicted sex offender.
She is the second Trump administration official in recent weeks to be cut from her post, after Kristi Noem was ousted as homeland security chief in March. Bondi will be replaced by her former deputy, Todd Blanche.
Blanche denied US media reports that Bondi's handling of the Epstein f..

Artemis II leaves Earth's orbit on track for far side of the Moon2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePallab Ghosh,Science Correspondent, Cape Canaveral,Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalist,Kevin ChurchandEmily SelvaduraiNASAThe Artemis II mission plans to take the astronauts further into space than humans have been before – more than 4,700 miles beyond the MoonThe four astronauts on the Artemis II mission have now left the Earth's orbit, after their Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for a final push towards the Moon.
The five minute and 55 second engine burn, known as the translunar injection (TLI), went “flawlessly”, Nasa's Dr Lori Glaze said afterwards.
And from the Orion capsule, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said the crew was “feeling pretty good up here on our way to the Moon”.
Artemis II is now on a looping path that will carry the crew around the far side of the Moon and back again. It is the first time since 1972 that humans have travelled o..

Macron calls Trump's remarks on his marriage 'inelegant'French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Donald Trump's comments about his marriage were “neither elegant nor up to standard”.
The US president was delivering a national address in Washington on the war in Iran, when he claimed that Brigitte Macron, Macron's wife, treated her husband “extremely badly”.
“He's still recovering from the right to the jaw,” Trump said, referring to a 2025 video which appeared to show the moment Macron was shoved in the face by his wife.
At the time, France's president said they were “just joking about as we do”.
During the address on Wednesday, Trump also recalled asking Macron for France's help in the Gulf – having previously accused France of failing to help in the war on Iran.
On strategic matters, the French President said that the Trump administration was constantly giving out contrary signals.
“There's too much talk” he said, “and it's..

Man dies in storm as Saharan dust shrouds Crete6 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMallory MoenchWatch: Skies turn red in Greece as Saharan dust passes over CreteA man has died near Athens as a storm hits parts of Greece with gale-force winds and flooding, while a Saharan dust storm enveloped the island of Crete.
The man was found under a car in the Nea Makri rural area early on Thursday, according to the fire department.
Storm Erminio has flooded streets, closed some schools and moored ferries. Meanwhile, some flights were disrupted on Crete on Wednesday after dust from an African storm filled the air, turning the sky red-orange.
The weather is expected to be bad on Thursday in most areas of the country “with long-lasting and intense rains and storms and possibly with local hail”, according to the national meteorological service.
NIKOS CHALKIADAKIS/EPA/ShutterstockThe city of Heraklion was covered in the red Saharan dustStefanos Rapanis/Anadolu via Getty ImagesCrete cloaked..

Israel intensifies Lebanon attacks and hits areas not in Hezbollah's control3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLina SinjabMiddle East correspondent in BeirutGetty ImagesStrikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut have continued this weekIsrael has intensified its attacks on Lebanon this week, hitting areas outside of Hezbollah's control on Tuesday.
Strikes without warning hit a vehicle north of Beirut and the Jnah neighbourhood in the heart of the capital.
Attacks also continued in the city's southern suburbs and the country's south, both where Hezbollah has a strong presence.
A building was destroyed on the road to Beirut's airport after an evacuation order, and in the south, a strike hit a health facility, killing a paramedic, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
Israel's military said it had hit Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut and killed a senior commander and another senior figure from the Iran-backed armed group.
Hezbollah joined ..

China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran war – will it work?6 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLaura BickerChina correspondent Getty ImagesXi Jinping is trying to mediate in the Middle East conflict As the war in the Middle East enters its second month, choking the world's energy supply and sending oil prices soaring, China is trying to step in as a peacemaker.
It comes as President Donald Trump says US military action in Iran could end in “two to three weeks”, but there is no clear sense yet of how that will happen or what comes after.
China joins Pakistan, which has emerged as an unlikely mediator in the US-Israel war against Iran. Officials in Beijing and Islamabad have presented a five-point plan with the aim of bringing about a ceasefire and re-opening the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan, which has been a US ally in the past, seems to have won over Trump to mediate this conflict.
Beijing, however, is entering the fray as a rival to Washington, ahead of cruc..