US launches $1 coin featuring Trump’s face: What to know

United States President Donald Trump’s face has officially found its way onto the country’s currency.

On Tuesday at 12pm Eastern Time (16:00 GMT), the US Mint began circulating – and selling – a “once-in-a-generation” $1 coin bearing Trump’s likeness to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary.

News live: Labor has ‘grave concerns’ for missing Australians in Nepal-Tibet flooding; Canavan claims ‘feminisation of curriculum’ led to rise of ‘manosphere’

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‘Grave concerns’ for 38 Australians missing after Nepal-Tibet flooding

The federal government holds “grave concerns” for the 38 Australians still missing in the deadly flooding disaster, Anne Aly says.

British aid worker mistakenly identified as a survivor of Nepal-Tibet disaster

A British aid worker was mistakenly identified by Nepalese authorities as a rescued survivor after returning to Kathmandu on a humanitarian aid flight.

Alastair Chambers, a 45-year-old former Gloucester councillor, said he flew to Nepal last week to distribute sleeping bags, food and essentials to communities cut off by collapsed bridges.

Andy Burnham promises more devolution and public control of essential services

Andy Burnham has promised to set out plans for "stronger public control" of essential services as he addressed the House of Commons for the first time since taking power.

The prime minister said "a series of wrong turns" since the 1980s had seen economic power in the UK privatised and pointed to the water industry as "a leaking monument to that approach - a country run in the private rather than public interest".

Police arrest 34 after deadly gang shootout in eastern Netherlands

Several foreign suspects were among those arrested, according to prosecutors.

Dutch police have arrested ⁠34 ⁠suspects after a drug-related shooting in a small town in the east of the country that left a security guard dead and two police officers injured.

‘No one else like him’: Argentinians rally for Lionel Messi

Buenos Aires, Argentina – In the La Boca neighbourhood, home to the Boca Juniors stadium and a place which lives and breathes football, people are taking turns to be photographed in front of huge murals depicting football legend Lionel Messi holding the 2022 World Cup.

Mark Carney tells US to ‘start being serious’ amid escalating trade war

Mark Carney has rebuked Donald Trump’s administration and urged officials in Washington to “start being serious” amid escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada.

Days before Canada is due to retaliate against Trump’s sweeping tariffs with its own duties on US goods, the Canadian prime minister criticized US officials for insulting his country. “It is beneath their office,” he said.

Bank of America VP identified as victim in Times Square stabbing

Erin Piacenti identified as one of two victims in daytime stabbing on New York City thoroughfare.

A Bank of America vice president has been identified as a victim in a stabbing in Times Square.

Qatar says efforts under way to end Iran-US war and reopen Strait of Hormuz

Qatar accuses Israel of exploiting regional conflicts to impose new realities in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria.

Qatar is holding talks with Oman and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions in the region, the country’s Foreign Ministry has said, after a recent flare-up in fighting between the US and Iran.

Jerusalem schools strike as Israel forces curriculum and bans teachers

The academic year in occupied East Jerusalem began on Tuesday with an open-ended strike by teachers at private and Christian schools after Israeli meddling in students’ curriculum.

All new first and seventh-grade classes at East Jerusalem’s Palestinian-majority municipal schools have been told to exclusively use the Israeli curriculum this year.