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Russia Celebrated Him. Now He’s Accused of Having Troops Shoot Themselves.

A lieutenant colonel is on trial after being accused of skimming payments for battlefield injuries. He denies the specifics of Russia’s accusation but acknowledges engaging in a payouts scheme....

19/02/2026 05:01 New York Times
Councils in England call for ‘radical’ means testing of Send school transport

Demand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warnFamilies who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) should be means tested for school transport, according to councils in England, who say demand is rising “at an unsustain...

19/02/2026 05:00 The Guardian
‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pour into ocean

Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular coastline in New ZealandA tide of anger is rising in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, as the city’s toilets continue to flush directly into the ocean more than two weeks after the cat...

19/02/2026 03:42 The Guardian
US military ready for possible Iran strikes but Trump yet to make decision, reports say

Reports say move could come this weekend as White House urges Iran to ‘make a deal’ with Trump on nuclear programThe US military is ready for possible strikes on Iran as soon as this weekend, multiple news outlets reported Wednesday citing unnamed sources.However, the reports said, Donald Trump...

19/02/2026 02:53 The Guardian
White House says Trump wants diplomacy with Iran as US reportedly could be ready for military attack – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: president’s ‘board of peace’ set to meet, minus some key US alliesOn a recent morning Eric Taylor, city manager for a small Georgia town of about 5,000 residents called Social Circle, was contacted by a staffer from Immigration and Customs E...

19/02/2026 02:51 The Guardian
As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No

The agency is ramping up arrests, but local pushback is complicating efforts to expand detention capacity and prevent overcrowding....

19/02/2026 00:23 New York Times
Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study

Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the timeMore than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced by local authorities at the time, according t...

18/02/2026 23:30 The Guardian
Property developers spark anger over plan to clear woodland home to Baudin’s and Carnaby’s black cockatoos

Proposal to replant inside a different type of protected woodland would not replicate diversity of cleared sites used by threatened cockatoo species, conservationists sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProperty developers in Perth plan to bulldoze an endangered banksia eco...

18/02/2026 22:20 The Guardian
Trump tells Starmer handing Chagos Islands to Mauritius is a ‘big mistake’

US president had recently said the plan was the best deal Starmer could makeDonald Trump has urged Keir Starmer not to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius, warning he was “making a big mistake”.Under the deal agreed last year, Britain would cede control over the British Indian Ocean Territ...

18/02/2026 20:44 The Guardian
Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne

Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, warns former UK chancellor two months into job at US firmThe former chancellor George Osborne has warned that countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risked “Fomo” and could be left w...

18/02/2026 17:57 The Guardian
Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017

New EP Days of Ash features songs about Renee Good, Iranian protesters and other political topics, and precedes new ‘defiantly joyful’ album later in 2026• Alexis Petridis on Days of Ash: six new tracks that reaffirm the band as a vital political voiceU2 have released their first collection of...

18/02/2026 17:00 The Guardian
Methane Hunters Track Swamp Gas That Is Driving Climate Warming

Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop....

18/02/2026 16:51 New York Times
Russia’s Exile From World Sports Will End Next Month at Paralympics

Six Russian athletes and four Belarusians will be allowed to represent their nations, officials said. The decision could pave the way for a Russian team to compete at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles....

18/02/2026 16:11 New York Times
Zelenskyy says no agreement on key issues in peace talks as he accuses Russia of ‘dragging out negotiations’ – as it happened

Unresolved ‘sensitive’ issues in peace talks are fate of occupied territories in east Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plantThe peace talks ended abruptly today after about two hours, according to reports, in contrast with yesterday’s negotiations that apparently took place over six hour...

18/02/2026 16:07 The Guardian
Talks on Russia-Ukraine War Enter 2nd Day in Geneva

The discussions in Geneva were expected to focus on territorial issues, a major sticking point, but the short duration suggests major progress was not made....

18/02/2026 15:39 New York Times
The Behind the Scenes Search for Compromise on Territory in Ukraine Talks

The latest round of talks ended with no indication of progress, but negotiators are bargaining over who will control land in eastern Ukraine if they reach a settlement....

18/02/2026 15:00 New York Times
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of ‘trying to drag out’ process as Ukraine talks end without breakthrough

Latest round of US-mediated peace negotiations come to close in Geneva with war set to enter its fifth year next weekEurope live – latest updatesThe latest round of US-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva on Wednesday ended without a major breakthrough, as fighting continues i...

18/02/2026 14:34 The Guardian
No longer a ‘niche’ group: children with complex needs being turned away from childcare in Australia

A program to put additional staff in childcare centres to support children with complex needs is plagued by funding gaps and delaysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChildren with complex needs are being turned away from c...

18/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian
Romania in safety drive to improve EU’s deadliest roads

Government takes its first serious steps to crack down on dangerous driving but progress is slowEurope live – latest updatesThe first time Lucian Mîndruță crashed his car, he swerved to avoid a village dog and hit another vehicle. The second time, he missed a right-of-way sign and was struck by...

18/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian
At These Gaza Schools, ‘Peace Building’ Is Part of the Curriculum

A fast-growing network of private schools, the brainchild of a North Carolina neurosurgeon, is teaching 9,000 war orphans and other needy Palestinian youngsters....

18/02/2026 13:52 New York Times
Democrats Plan to Counter Trump’s State of the Union Speech With Rally

The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of creating a distraction....

18/02/2026 13:17 New York Times
Parliamentary aide among 11 arrested over killing of French far-right activist

Assistant to hard-left parliamentarian among those held over fatal attack on 23-year-old Quentin DeranqueEurope live – latest updatesEleven suspects, including a parliamentary aide to France’s hard-left party, have been arrested in connection with the killing last week of a far-right activist in...

18/02/2026 13:09 The Guardian
'Outrageous' Russia decision sees Ukrainian officials boycott Winter Paralympics

Ukrainian officials will boycott next month's Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics over the participation of ​Russian and Belarusian ‌athletes who have been cleared ​to compete under their flags....

18/02/2026 12:24 Skynews
Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions

Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal courtWhen the Canadian Kimberly Prost learned Donald Trump’s administration had imposed sanctions on her, it came as a shock.For years, she has sat as a judge at the international cr...

18/02/2026 12:00 The Guardian
Nazi letters reveal paper restorers’ role in compiling Holocaust ‘hitlist’

Exclusive: Research uncovers programme to make centuries-old records legible to detect people’s ancestryLarge numbers of paper restorers and bookbinders were recruited by the Nazis and “contributed directly to genocide” during the second world war, according to research.A British historian has...

18/02/2026 11:23 The Guardian
Boss of BAE Systems urges ministers to publish delayed military spending plan

CEO of UK’s biggest defence company says delay is holding back investment as BAE posts record salesThe boss of Britain’s biggest defence company has urged ministers to publish a long-delayed blueprint for military spending as soon as possible, as it posted record sales driven by a global increas...

18/02/2026 10:36 The Guardian
Starmer urged to stick to manifesto pledge amid reports of delay to youth minimum wage rise – UK politics live

GMB union tells Labour delaying or halting equalisation to adult rates would be unacceptableThe US state department has confirmed that it still backs Britain’s deal with Mauritius handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, in return for an agreement allowing the UK and the US to carry on usin...

18/02/2026 10:04 The Guardian
Antisemitism royal commission to hold first public hearing next week – as it happened

This blog is now closedWoman in Syrian detention camp banned from returning to Australia for up to two yearsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson says people ‘warming to our policies’ amid frustrations with two major partiesThe One Nation leader, Pauline Hanso...

18/02/2026 06:56 The Guardian
A Road Trip from Kandahar to Kabul on Highway 1 in Afghanistan

Life and business are back along a road once defined by war damage. But even with improved security, Afghans are desperate for jobs and development....

18/02/2026 05:00 New York Times
Beats and throat singing: Sámi DJs tap into growing pride in Indigenous identity

Acts such as Article 3 are drawing inspiration from their culture and meeting a big appetite for Indigenous-focused club nights“We both live in maybe the most impractical place if you want to be a successful DJ,” laughs Alice Marie Jektevik, one half of Article 3, a Sámi female DJ collective. J...

18/02/2026 05:00 The Guardian
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