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Brexit: who wants a Swiss-style EU deal and what would it look like?

20/11/2022 15:08 The Guardian

As reports suggest some in government want closer ties with Brussels, we look as what these might meanBrexit is slowly but surely creeping back on to the agenda as the blame game intensifies over Britain’s poor growth and looming recession.Discussion of the effects of the UK leaving the EU were quickly drowned out in the weeks after 31 January 2020 as the Covid pandemic took hold. Since then, much of MPs’ economic focus has been on the fallout from lockdowns, global supply chain issues and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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Israel-Gaza war live: IDF orders evacuation of central Rafah as it prepares to expand its offensive

Israeli military drops leaflets ordering hundreds of thousands of people to leave the cityIsrael orders central Rafah residents to evacuateIn case you missed it yesterday, the UN general assembly voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership.Israeli tanks have reached the S...

11/05/2024 12:02 The Guardian
Latest Gaza evacuation warnings expose weak spots in Israel’s war strategy

Awareness of diplomatic fallout has led Israel to downplay offensive, while return to north shows difficulty of eliminating Hamas• Middle East crisis – live updatesTwo elements are particularly striking about the latest evacuation warnings issued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to residents a...

11/05/2024 11:13 The Guardian
Aurora australis: spectacular southern lights might be seen as far north as Queensland after ‘extreme’ solar storm

Social media users post pictures of skies lit up around the country while Bureau of Meteorology says aurora australis warns of solar storm’s impactsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAurora australis has lit up skies across southern Australia after an “extre...

11/05/2024 10:55 The Guardian
Three Davids throw off Global Britain bluster and chart new foreign policy course

Speeches by Cameron, Lammy and Miliband all depicted a darkening world but differed on where to find alliesIn a TikTok world it’s rare that three big foreign policy speeches come along all at once, all trying to chart a new course for the UK in a more perilous world, and all written by someone chr...

11/05/2024 08:00 The Guardian
Australia weather: spill warning for Sydney’s Warragamba dam as Bunbury recovers from freak WA tornado

Warragamba dam in NSW nearing capacity after two West Australians were hospitalised on FridayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWarragamba dam could spill over the Mother’s Day weekend amid severe weather warnings on the east coast, and after a tornado tore th...

11/05/2024 04:18 The Guardian
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like

Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planetWorld is on edge of climate abyss, UN warnsClimate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C targetGlobal heating is likely to soar past internationally...

11/05/2024 04:00 The Guardian
Warning over solar storm that could give US rare view of northern lights

Noaa issues warning for extreme G5 geomagnetic storm, with effects due to last through weekend and possibly into next weekA ferocious solar storm powerful enough to knock out or disrupt satellite and communications systems, the power grid and radio signals was raging on Friday, space weather researc...

11/05/2024 01:44 The Guardian
Rudy Giuliani suspended by New York radio station over 2020 election lies

WABC owner says Trump ally received warnings not to discuss ‘election fallacies’ and that refusal to do so ‘left me no option’The former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s troubles deepened on Friday when he was suspended by WABC radio, for trying to use his show to discuss the lie that the 20...

10/05/2024 23:48 The Guardian
US finds Israel’s use of weapons in Gaza ‘inconsistent’ with human rights law, but will not cut flow of arms

State department also says not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is...

10/05/2024 22:21 The Guardian
MPs call on spending watchdog to investigate DWP overpayments to carers

Select committee says scale of problem, carers’ testimony and cost to taxpayer warrants second inquiry into benefits systemA cross-party group of MPs has called on the government’s public spending watchdog to investigate the growing scandal that has plunged tens of thousands of unpaid carers int...

10/05/2024 18:00 The Guardian
Northern lights possible in parts of UK over weekend due to solar storm

Storm could trigger displays of aurora through Saturday night in parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and WalesA strong solar storm headed towards Earth could allow parts of the UK the chance to see the Northern lights this weekend.The Met Office said space weather experts had issue...

10/05/2024 17:33 The Guardian
UN general assembly votes to back Palestinian bid for membership

Assembly votes 143 to nine, with 25 abstentions, signalling Israel’s growing isolation on the world stageThe UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing global isolation amid alarm over the war in Gaza...

10/05/2024 17:23 The Guardian
Israel-Gaza war: UN passed resolution for security council to reconsider and support Palestine membership – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest news on this UN vote, you can read our full report:UN general assembly votes to back Palestinian bid for membershipOn a visit to Washington, German defence minister Boris Pistorius expressed “understanding” for the US threat to limit arms supplies to...

10/05/2024 16:38 The Guardian
Number of Palestinians fleeing Rafah rises above 150,000 amid Israeli strikes

People who have already been repeatedly displaced by war describe their plight as they seek safety elsewhere in GazaUnder a blazing summer sun, tens of thousands of Palestinians fled Israeli bombardment and clashes with Hamas militants in Rafah on Friday, choking roads with donkey carts, bicycles, p...

10/05/2024 15:52 The Guardian
Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv sends reinforcements to Kharkiv and evacuates civilians as Russian forces advance – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereRussian forces have advanced one kilometre (0.62 mile) into Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region near Vovchansk, a high-ranking Ukrainian military source said on Friday.According to Reuters, the source said the Russian military was ai...

10/05/2024 15:02 The Guardian
Is AI lying to me? Scientists warn of growing capacity for deception

Researchers find instances of systems double-crossing opponents, bluffing, pretending to be human and modifying behaviour in testsThey can outwit humans at board games, decode the structure of proteins and hold a passable conversation, but as AI systems have grown in sophistication so has their capa...

10/05/2024 15:00 The Guardian
Court upholds Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying Jan 6 committee subpoena – live

Former Trump chief strategist’s four-month prison term had been on hold while judges considered appealAfter Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the special House committee investigating the January 6 capitol attack was upheld by a federal appeals court,...

10/05/2024 14:53 The Guardian
Baseball-sized hailstones fall in Texas as southern US hit by severe storms

More than 300,000 people lose power as 5in hailstones strike central Texas and tornado warnings issuedBaseball-sized pieces of hail fell in Texas as parts of the southern US battle thunderstorms and other severe weather.Photos posted to social media showed the oversized hailstones – about 5in acro...

10/05/2024 14:42 The Guardian
Bus plunges into river in central St Petersburg killing at least three

Russian officials say nine people were taken out of the Moika after vehicle veered off bridgeA bus veered off a bridge in St Petersburg, Russia, killing at least three people and leaving six others injured on Friday, officials have said.The emergencies ministry said rescuers removed nine people from...

10/05/2024 14:20 The Guardian
UK public warned after huge rise in fires caused by binned batteries

Fire chief says incorrect disposal of devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are ‘disaster waiting to happen’Fires caused by batteries in waste have gone up by 71% in the UK since 2022, as the rise of disposable vapes and other portable battery-powered devices leads to more lithium-ion batteri...

10/05/2024 14:11 The Guardian
Israel’s isolation grows over war in Gaza and rise in settler violence

Actions of Netanyahu’s government have sparked international anger and made a long-threatened ‘diplomatic tsunami’ realIsrael is facing a long-threatened “diplomatic tsunami” on multiple fronts over its handling of the war in Gaza and the unprecedented rise in settler attacks on Palestinia...

10/05/2024 14:07 The Guardian
Pro-Israel Pac pours millions into surprise candidate in Maryland primary

United Democracy Project backing Sarah Elfreth, even with Harry Dunn, former US capitol officer, as fellow Democrat in House raceA pro-Israel lobby group has dropped millions into a Maryland congressional race as tensions remain high over the war in Gaza.The primary race in the third congressional d...

10/05/2024 13:57 The Guardian
Russians try to break through Ukrainian defence lines north of Kharkiv

Kyiv says initial attacks repelled as Russia seeks to intensify pressure on Ukraine’s second cityRussian forces have attacked across the Ukrainian border to the north of Kharkiv in a potential effort to open a new front in the war and intensify the pressure on Ukraine’s second city.Ukraine’s d...

10/05/2024 13:41 The Guardian
Transport secretary considers ban on floating bus stops in UK cycle lanes

Exclusive: Cycling campaign groups warn such a move could preclude building of segregated bike routesUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are considering banning a standard design feature for cycle lanes, the Guardian has learned, in a move campaign groups warn could make building separated...

10/05/2024 13:29 The Guardian
Police disband pro-Palestinian student encampments across the US

Authorities moved in overnight to clear campuses from Arizona to Massachusetts of students demanding schools cut ties to IsraelPolice moved in to disband several pro-Palestinian student encampments on US campuses on Friday morning as the foment over protests against academic ties with Israel over th...

10/05/2024 12:32 The Guardian
Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker

The woman told police she had been living inside the grocery store sign for roughly a year, and had been able to get electricityContractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: a 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, wit...

10/05/2024 12:12 The Guardian
More babies will die from whooping cough if UK vaccination rates don’t rise, says expert

Government adviser says under-vaccination among pregnant women in particular is putting infants at riskMore babies will die from whooping cough in the UK unless vaccination rates go up to slow the spread of the infection, a leading expert has warned, citing low take-up of jabs among pregnant women a...

10/05/2024 11:42 The Guardian
Palestinian charity CEO to stand for Labour in Fife in boost for Starmer

Melanie Ward’s run for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy likely to delight allies of party leader criticised for Gaza stanceUK politics live – latest updatesThe chief executive of the aid charity Medical Aid for Palestinians has been chosen as a Labour candidate to fight a key seat in Scotland, after th...

10/05/2024 11:18 The Guardian
Nearly all Gaza campus protests in the US have been peaceful, study finds

Analysis of 553 protests in solidarity with Palestinians between 18 April and 3 May found 97% of them did not cause serious damageAn independent non-profit that tracks political violence and political protests around the world found that 97% of campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza that have ta...

10/05/2024 11:00 The Guardian
‘No alternative’: EU climate chief urges MEPs not to use crisis as political tool

Exclusive: Wopke Hoekstra says EU must press ahead with cutting greenhouse gases and use policy to bring about economic benefitsEurope’s climate chief has warned against politicians trying to use the climate crisis as a wedge issue in the forthcoming EU parliament elections, calling instead for cl...

10/05/2024 09:51 The Guardian
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