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First Thing: Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ trapped ships through strait of Hormuz

news …**  Isa Briones of The Pitt has told fans ‘Broadway is not a circus’. Photograph: Tricia Baron/Shutterstock - **The Pitt star Isa Briones has issued a strong message to fans

Could Iran’s escalating economic crisis weaken negotiating position with US?

News in an interview, adding that capacity would be reduced to about 50% of what it was “right now”. The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, last week likened the Iranian leadership to “rats

King's 'high stakes' visit with Trump will be toughest test yet of his reign

Iran that a "whole civilisation will die tonight". "Some people believe that power grows from the barrel of a gun," she told Congress. "So it can. But history shows that it never grows well

Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace

deal, you would have thought. Many other people have said much the same thing. Only the reaction was out of all proportion. Leading the charge was Nigel Farage, who is never going to let anyone

Hegseth’s Pentagon prayer mirrors fake bible verse from Pulp Fiction

News television host would pluck a fake Bible verse from a violent Hollywood blockbuster and present it at a Pentagon prayer session to rally the troops for the “[holy war](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/10/pete-hegseth-christianity-iran-war-crusade)” in Iran

Myanmar attempts to rehabilitate image with Suu Kyi move

News Information Team/AP State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, more than five years after the military coup that removed her from

Spirit Airlines tried to be the Dollar General of the skies. Then the big airlines beat it at its own game

News reports were saying that Spirit, after filing for bankruptcy — for [the *second* time](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5789050/spirit-airlines-liquidation-bankruptcy-impact) in recent years — was experiencing serious financial turbulence and now might have to be grounded

Tuesday briefing: What it might take for lasting peace between the US and Iran

deal, either to Washington DC or an agreed third party such as Russia, says Patrick. “The second relates to the consequences of this war. What to do about the strait of Hormuz? Should there

US talks between Lebanon and Israel end – as it happened

deal and that he felt “very good about where we are.” Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, Trump said on Tuesday, after the collapse of weekend

Iran calls US ship seizure ‘piracy’: Is it?

deals with Tehran to pass. The US military said it would bar any ships belonging to Iran or travelling to or from Iranian ports from passing through the strait. On Monday, according

U.S.-Iran ceasefire nears its end. And, Fed chair nominee faces tough hearing

news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **Today is the final full day of the ceasefire agreement between the U.S., Israel and Iran.** The future of peace talks remains uncertain

Australia news live: Albanese and Sultan of Brunei pledge energy cooperation; antisemitism royal commission to hold first public hearings in May

news live: Albanese and Sultan of Brunei pledge energy cooperation; antisemitism royal commission to hold first public hearings in May From Still on the opposition’s migration policy, and former Australian test cricketer, **Usman Khawaja

Is this the beginning of the end for LIV Golf?

news and finance - reported its imminent closure, before LIV chief executive Scott O'Neil insisted it was business as usual in a tubthumping email to staff. "Our season continues exactly as planned, uninterrupted