US Senate votes to advance resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers

Chamber advances bill for first time as four Republicans join all but one of Senate’s Democrats in favor

The Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a war powers resolution aimed at forcing Donald Trump to end the war in Iran unless he receives congressional authorization to continue it.

Tuesday’s 50-47 vote marks the first time the chamber has advanced the bill, the eighth attempt at doing so since the conflict began in February.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/senate-war-powers-resolution-trump

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Teenage gunmen behind mass shooting in San Diego rushed at mosque ‘fully armored’

The firearms the shooters, aged 17 and 18, used in the fatal rampage were registered to one of their parents

The two teenage gunmen responsible for a mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, California, rushed toward the mosque “fully armored” with handguns and rifles, authorities said.

A security guard shot and struck one of the shooters, according to members of the mosque – but the gunman continued charging. The guard also alerted administrators of the school at the Islamic Center, telling them to go into lockdown, before he was shot and killed. “If it was not for him … The carnage would be much worse,” said imam Taha Hassane. “He sacrificed his life.”

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/san-diego-mosque-shooting

Trump told Taiwan not to 'go independent' - but does it want to?

Taiwan independence is the reddest of red lines for China, which claims the island as its own.

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‘Dodgy’ shops handling criminal cash targeted by new unit

Estimates suggest £1bn a year is laundered through high street businesses, with some connected to tax evasion, drugs and counterfeit goods

“Dodgy” retail outlets such as vape stores, barbers, mini-marts and sweet shops suspected of being used to launder £1bn of criminal money will be targeted by a new specialist unit, the government has said.

A £20m National Crime Agency cell will run and coordinate investigations and raids into businesses suspected of acting as fronts for gangsters, the Home Office said. The NCA and police forces in Greater Manchester, the West ­Midlands, Kent and Essex will recruit 75 officers to boost the effort.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/dodgy-shops-handling-criminal-cash-targeted-by-new-unit

From escaping child marriage 'to an old pervert' to becoming Sierra Leone's first lady

BBC World Service exclusive: the private world of one of Africa's most powerful political women.