Andy Burnham becomes the U.K.’s seventh new prime minister in a decade – CBS News Watch CBS News Andy Burnham on Monday became the U.K.’s prime minister after officially being declared leader of the Labour Party last week. He’s replacing its previous leader Keir Starmer. Imtiaz Tyab reports. Source link
A U.S. district judge temporarily halted the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Monday, after a coalition of states sued to block the deal. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect for 14 days, with a hearing set for Aug. 3. The states’ lawsuit “presented compelling evidence that the combined firm resulting from the…
Barcelona — On the streets of Barcelona’s historic Gothic Quarter, locals had a lot to celebrate Monday following Spain’s 2026 World Cup victory over Argentina. But there were mixed opinions over President Trump lingering on stage around the winning team as cameras snapped shots of the victors hoisting their trophy at the stadium in New Jersey. “Here…
Rome — The death of a 42-year-old man as he was being detained by Italian police in Bologna during an encounter captured on video has sparked public outrage and a formal investigation, with calls for renewed scrutiny of police tactics. The man, identified by Italian media as Moroccan-born Abderrahim Fakir, died Sunday after officers attempted to…
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan said he knew filming “The Odyssey,” which was shot in six countries, “was going to be hard.” “For us, it was just the sheer magnitude of it’s ‘The Odyssey,’ it should be hard. We’re going to go out there and we’re going to make it as well as we can,” Nolan told…
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Miami on Monday after they were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom. The Tates are being held in federal detention following their arrest on Saturday. In the coming weeks, a U.S. district judge will…
Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court Monday to life in prison, seven years after his Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was handed the same sentence. Zambada’s sentencing in Brooklyn federal court was the culmination of the U.S. government’s yearslong fight to bring the long-elusive cartel…
An incendiary device went off outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan Monday morning and a suspect has been taken into custody, police sources said. The incident happened outside 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses dozens of agencies including the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Preliminary information indicates…
Gas prices hit $4 a gallon again as the U.S. and Iran launched more attacks. The national average for a gallon of gas reached $4.003 on Monday, marking the first time in over a month it has crossed that threshold, according to AAA data. The price represents a national average, meaning drivers in some states…
London — If you’re struggling to keep up with who is running the United Kingdom, you’re not alone. Keir Starmer, who led his Labour Party to a landslide election victory just two years ago, left the prime minister’s office at 10 Downing Street on Monday to be replaced by Labour’s new leader, Andy Burnham. After being asked…
