President and team soften harsh rhetoric after fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents – key US politics stories from Monday 26 January at a glance ...

Protests have erupted across the US after federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian columnist Moira Donegan ...

Jacob Frey adds that he will meet border czar Tom Homan; Donald Trump described their call as ‘very good’, claiming ‘lots of progress’ was made ...

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the fallout from the NEC’s decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Plus, Pippa previews her trip to China with Keir Star ...

Outrage mounts after US attorney general’s request as state reels from the weekend killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis ...

Last week, the independent photographer John Abernathy was tackled to the ground by ICE agents during a protest in Minneapolis ...

Guardian Australia's poll to crown Australia's favourite children's picture book has officially begun, and Grandma Poss AKA Matilda Boseley is here to walk you through the voting process ...

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack ...

Some are trapped in a vicious cycle: rising rents, rising energy bills and falling standards. But this is not inevitable ...

The German 3rd seed and American 25th seed are in action on Rod Laver Arena. Join Joey Lynch for updates ...

The prime minister may have seen off the challenge for the moment – but what will be the cost to his leadership? Peter Walker reports ...

Fire in Otways has burned about 9,400 hectares and could spread as far as Lorne amid onset of heatwave in Victoria ...