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Card Factory issues shock profit warning during peak Christmas period

12/12/2025 11:31 The Guardian

Retailer, which also owns Funky Pigeon, says economic pressure has hit shoppers’ confidenceCard Factory has delivered an unwelcome early Christmas surprise for investors by issuing a shock profit warning during the greetings card retailer’s peak trading period, which sent shares plunging by more than a fifth.The retailer, which also owns the online card and gift brand Funky Pigeon, said economic pressure on shoppers has hit confidence in its most important trading period of the year. Continue reading...

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UK puts sanctions on four RSF commanders for ‘heinous’ violence against Sudan civilians

Men are suspected of ‘mass killings, sexual violence and deliberate attacks in El Fasher’, says Foreign OfficeThe UK has placed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces suspected of involvement in “heinous” violence against civilians in the city of E...

12/12/2025 13:09 The Guardian
Russian ambassador summoned to Berlin over claims Kremlin is seeking to destabilise Germany – Europe live

Foreign ministry says there has been ‘significant increase in Russian hybrid activities’ and government will decide on further diplomatic measures laterRussia’s central bank said it was suing the Belgium-based Euroclear financial group, which holds Moscow’s frozen international reserves, as...

12/12/2025 12:54 The Guardian
Republicans and Democrats can work together on healthcare, says Trump, as rise in premiums looms – US politics live

President spoke at Congressional ball after Senate rejected two competing proposals to address imminent expiration of Obamacare subsidiesUS envoy John Coale held talks with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko during a visit to Minsk, a Telegram channel linked to the Belarusian presidential adm...

12/12/2025 12:50 The Guardian
First Thing: Indiana Republicans reject effort to redraw voting maps in rebuke to Trump

Measure to add two GOP-friendly seats failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats. Plus, how the Paris climate treaty changed the worldGood morning.Indiana Republicans rejected an effort to redraw the state’s lines on Thursday in a rebuke to Donald Trump and Republican efforts to add two...

12/12/2025 12:36 The Guardian
‘Cruel’ amendments being used to thwart assisted dying bill, says lead MP

Kim Leadbeater warns 1,150 Lords amendments are ‘unnecessary’ and designed to run down the clockUK politics live – latest updatesMembers of the House of Lords have proposed “totally unnecessary” and “very cruel” amendments to the assisted dying bill in an attempt to scupper it, the MP...

12/12/2025 11:01 The Guardian
Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streeting

Health secretary urges resident doctors to accept pay offer as he warns of pressures on health service from flu cases Wes Streeting has told resident doctors that strikes and a jump in flu cases over the Christmas period could be “the Jenga piece” that forces the NHS to collapse.The health secre...

12/12/2025 08:10 The Guardian
Dozens killed in hospital strike in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state

Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil warDozens have been killed in a military strike on a hospital in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to an aid worker, a rebel group, a witness and local media reports, as the junta wa...

12/12/2025 02:07 The Guardian
‘I hope he loses’: Trump blasts Indiana Republican senate leader after his state redistricting effort gets blocked –as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Trump at a glance: president ‘sick of meetings’ as Ukraine-Russia peace deal talks drag onIndiana Republicans reject effort to redraw voting maps in rebuke to TrumpChris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland, was among the lawmakers speaking out against th...

12/12/2025 01:15 The Guardian
Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff

Beetaloo Energy says it has reached final investment decision for its Carpentaria fracking project. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW SES urges commuters to beware of waterlogged roads and flash floodingThe NSW State Emergency Service is warning commuters t...

11/12/2025 21:28 The Guardian
US wants Ukraine to withdraw from Donbas and create ‘free economic zone’, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president says plan would not be fair without guarantees that Russia would not simply take over zoneThe US wants Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the Donbas region, and Washington would then create a “free economic zone” in the parts Kyiv currently controls, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has...

11/12/2025 20:20 The Guardian
Reform councillors accused of ‘rash promises’ as council tax rises loom

Warwickshire board says maximum 5% tax rise needed for financial viability despite election promise to cut costsReform UK council leaders have been accused of making “rash promises” after a local authority led by the party has been told it will have to increase council tax by the maximum amount,...

11/12/2025 20:02 The Guardian
Pressure on Maduro grows after US seizes ‘dark fleet’ tanker off coast of Venezuela

Move interpreted as escalation of US policy as Vladimir Putin ‘reaffirms’ support for South American dictatorUS politics live – latest updatesDiplomatic pressure on Nicolás Maduro has grown after the US interdicted a “dark fleet” tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a move that has been i...

11/12/2025 19:13 The Guardian
UK MPs face rise in phishing attacks on messaging apps

Hackers include Russia-based actors targeting WhatsApp and Signal accounts, parliamentary authorities warnMPs are facing rising numbers of phishing attacks and Russia-based actors are actively targeting the WhatsApp and Signal accounts of politicians and officials, UK parliamentary authorities have...

11/12/2025 18:58 The Guardian
Senior opponents of assisted dying bill urge Lords not to deliberately block it

Letter says there is danger of Lords losing legitimacy as more than 1,000 amendments tabled, delaying any voteWhat is happening to the assisted dying bill in the Lords?Letter: Lords’ block on assisted dying bill is a big riskSenior opponents of assisted dying legislation have called on peers not t...

11/12/2025 17:52 The Guardian
US pushing Ukraine to withdraw from Donbas and create ‘free economic zone’, says Zelenskyy – as it happened

Ukrainian leader says Washington has suggested that Russian troops would stay in region, but not advance furtherNato’s Rutte largely sticks to usual pleasantries, but says the clear political signal from Germany and other European partners is that “Europe is ready to take on more responsibility,...

11/12/2025 17:45 The Guardian
Wind gusts hamper firefighters as two bushfires force evacuations in Perth

Emergency warning issued for parts of Kenwick, Wattle Grove, Maddington and Beckenham in Perth’s south-eastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGusty winds have hampered the efforts of firefighters to contain two bushfires that have threatened residents and homes in Perth.Eme...

11/12/2025 17:32 The Guardian
Germany drops promise to resettle hundreds of Afghans

Interior ministry will tell 640 people awaiting sanctuary ‘there is no longer any political interest in their being admitted’Europe live – latest updatesHundreds of Afghans previously promised sanctuary in Germany have been told they are no longer welcome, in a stark U-turn by the conservative...

11/12/2025 16:54 The Guardian
US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: ‘Trump is sleepwalking us into a war’

Unease grows in Washington, including among some Republicans, over Trump administration’s escalating military posture in the CaribbeanSenior Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican have condemned Wednesday’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the nation’s coast, with one saying Do...

11/12/2025 16:20 The Guardian
‘Censorship pure and simple’: critics hit out at Trump plan to vet visitors’ social media

Some warn proposal will decimate US tourism industry as free speech advocates say it will lead to people self-censoringFree speech advocates have accused Donald Trump of “shredding civil liberties” and “censorship pure and simple” after the White House said it planned to require visa applica...

11/12/2025 16:00 The Guardian
Spain’s ruling socialist party accused of failing to act on sexual misconduct by senior men

Slew of allegations of sexual harassment hits party already battered by corruption claims and political setbacksEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s ruling socialist party, which has been battered by a barrage of corruption allegations and political setbacks, is scrambling to reassert its feminis...

11/12/2025 15:04 The Guardian
Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing characters in Sora video tool

Agreement comes amid anxiety in Hollywood over impact of AI on the industry, expression and rights of creatorsWalt Disney has announced a $1bn equity investment in OpenAI, enabling the AI startup’s Sora video generation tool to use its characters.Users of Sora will be able to generate short, user-...

11/12/2025 14:31 The Guardian
Bulldozing affordable Sydney flats for luxury builds makes people ‘extremely cynical’ about development, Spender warns

NSW housing policy states higher density developments must allocate some ‘affordable’ units – but in some suburbs these can still fetch up to $1,000 a weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe trend of knocking down...

11/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn

House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politicsThe US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on Thursday.The Ho...

11/12/2025 13:35 The Guardian
Venezuelan Nobel laureate backs US seizure of oil tanker

María Corina Machado says action was ‘very necessary step’ to confront Nicolás Maduro’s ‘criminal’ regimeEurope live – latest updatesVenezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, has said she supports the US seizure of an oil tanker off...

11/12/2025 13:03 The Guardian
EU watchdogs raid Temu’s Dublin HQ in foreign subsidy investigation

Chinese online retailer targeted under rules limiting state help to companiesBusiness live – latest updatesTemu’s European headquarters in Dublin have been raided by EU regulators investigating a potential breach of foreign subsidy regulations.The Chinese online retailer, which is already in the...

11/12/2025 12:44 The Guardian
Afghanistan war veteran arrested after ICE protest prepares for trial

Bajun Mavalwalla, who maintains his innocence, will take case to jury even as others strike plea agreementsAn Afghanistan war veteran arrested on felony “conspiracy” charges a month after he participated in a protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) maintains his innocence an...

11/12/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Trump’s threat to interfere in European elections in new US security strategy ‘chilling’, MPs told – UK politics live

Chair of the joint committee on national security strategy said the US consensus that has led the world since second world war has been ‘shattered’Seema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, is responding to the urgent question about President Trump’s national security strategy (even though it...

11/12/2025 11:39 The Guardian
‘She was very, very thin’: witness tells of Ukrainian journalist’s final days in Russian prison

Soldier’s account corroborates reports Viktoriia Roshchyna was taken to prison deep inside Russia, where it is believed she diedDetails of the last days in captivity of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died last year, have emerged with the witness account of a soldier who was with...

11/12/2025 10:46 The Guardian
UK denies Milei’s claim of talks over Falklands-era ban on Argentina arms sales

British government also rejects president’s claims on sovereignty over Falkland Islands as he suggests wanting to make Argentina a ‘world military power’The British government has denied it is engaged in negotiations to lift a ban on selling arms to Argentina that has been in place since the F...

11/12/2025 06:26 The Guardian
Coalition urged to ignore ‘opinions of Pauline Hanson’ as it weighs hardline approach to immigration

As part of wider strategy, opposition is exploring options to force visa holders to adhere to ‘Australian values’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCurtailing procedural rights for asylum seekers will trigger more appeals and keep people “in limbo for years”, advocate...

11/12/2025 06:17 The Guardian
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