China faces crucial decisions on climate policy during second Trump term

15/11/2024 13:00 The Guardian

After rare accord with Biden White House on climate, China may now be more wary of adopting robust policy measuresChina is facing crucial decisions on its climate policies as its hard-won relationship with the US on tackling the crisis looks set to founder during Donald Trump’s second presidential term.World leaders and heads of delegations from many countries gathered at the Cop29 UN climate summit are trying to salvage commitments that China has made during Joe Biden’s term, which ends in January. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Hamas ‘ready’ for Gaza ceasefire, says senior official

Senior official Bassem Naim says militant group ‘ready for ceasefire’ and urges Donald Trump to ‘pressure’ 'Israel to ‘end the aggression’Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, is reporting that two Palestinian people were killed in an Israeli artillery attack in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza...

15/11/2024 15:20 The Guardian

December UK interest rate cut unlikely despite GDP slowdown; vaccine-maker shares hit by RFK Jr nomination – business live

Latest UK GDP growth report shows UK grew by just 0.1% in July-September, a slowdown on the first half of the yearFew expected Britain to boom but the GDP figures will worry the TreasuryRFK Jr condemned as ‘clear and present danger’ after Trump nominationBank of England governor says Brexit has...

15/11/2024 15:15 The Guardian

Shadow chancellor warns Reeves over EU ties after Bank chief says Brexit harming economy – UK politics live

Mel Stride said there must be no suggestion of the UK going back into the EU single market or customs unionIn news that will disappoint those of you who enjoy a Liberal Democrat stunt, PA has just reported that Ed Davey will not, as was planned, be taking a bus-driving lesson at a depot in Oxfordshi...

15/11/2024 14:58 The Guardian

Weather tracker: Record 22.9C at night makes Iceland warmest place in Europe

Air mass from Azores results in new world record for warmest November night above 60° latitudeRecord-breaking warmth was observed in Iceland on Monday night as temperatures reached 22.9C at a site on the Ólafsfjarðarvegur Road near Sauðanes in the far north.Other weather stations in the region r...

15/11/2024 12:52 The Guardian

‘It is a pandemic’: UK’s envoy on superbugs says scale of threat underestimated

Dame Sally Davies says action on deadly antibiotic-resistant infections must be prioritisedThe rising death toll from drug-resistant bugs is “very scary” and people do not even realise it is happening, the UK’s special envoy for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has warned.Superbugs kill more tha...

15/11/2024 11:53 The Guardian

Snow and ice expected in Scotland and north of England, Met Office warns

Yellow warnings issued from Sunday evening to Tuesday, with possibility of power cuts and transport delaysA yellow weather warning has been issued for snow and ice across parts of Scotland and the north of England.Up to 20cm of snow is possible on higher ground on Monday and Tuesday, and there is a...

15/11/2024 11:50 The Guardian

First Thing: RFK Jr condemned as ‘clear and present danger’ after Trump nomination

Experts warn making the anti-vaccine activist health secretary ‘is going to cost lives’. Plus, Paul Mescal interviews Ridley ScottDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump’s nomination of the anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kenn...

15/11/2024 11:25 The Guardian

Trump’s RFK Jr nomination condemned as ‘public health catastrophe’ – US politics live

Widespread criticism of health secretary role for anti-vaccine activist and purveyor of debunked conspiracy theoriesHello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news from Washington over the next few hours.We start with the news that Don...

15/11/2024 10:52 The Guardian

‘Who benefits from this?’ Soul-searching after the Amsterdam violence

Jewish and Muslim communities speak of heightened fears as questions linger about events around football matchCarrying white signs scrawled with messages urging unity, they took turns laying white roses at the statue of Anne Frank, steps away from the home where she, her family and four other people...

15/11/2024 05:00 The Guardian

Pro-Palestine activists ‘very pleased’ as Myer cancels Christmas windows launch due to protest threat

Victorian premier ‘furious’ as unveiling of festive season attraction in Melbourne’s Bourke Street mall scrappedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPro-Palestine protesters have called off a planned demonstration outs...

15/11/2024 04:30 The Guardian

Australia news live: elevated fire danger warning for parts of NSW, Victoria and Queensland; Chalmers says economic woes have fed ‘alienation’

Follow today’s news liveLabor and Coalition accused of cooking up ‘secret deal’ to rig electoral rules with new billGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWatt says issue of reconciliation not closed in Australia despite voice referendumWrapping up the interview, Murray Wat...

15/11/2024 03:09 The Guardian

Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined UK economy

Andrew Bailey calls for relations with EU to be rebuilt as Trump plans US tariffsThe Bank of England governor has urged ministers to “rebuild relations” with the EU, warning that Brexit has undermined the UK’s economy.Speaking at the Mansion House dinner in the City of London on Thursday eveni...

14/11/2024 23:12 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Israeli strike kills six in southern Lebanon, health ministry says – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza war here and all our coverage of Israel’s war on Lebanon hereOvernight the IDF announced that six soldiers had been killed in clashes with Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon.The Times of Israel reports “it was one of t...

14/11/2024 22:41 The Guardian

Gary Oldman to read CBeebies bedtime story for Children in Need

Actor ‘honoured’ to recite story and hopes it ‘brings warmth and encouragement’ to children and familiesThe British actor and Hollywood star Gary Oldman has said he is “very honoured” to read a special CBeebies bedtime story for Children in Need.The 66-year-old Oscar and three-time Bafta...

14/11/2024 19:51 The Guardian

Elizabeth Warren denounces Biden administration over Gaza humanitarian situation

Massachusetts senator now joins Bernie Sanders in endorsing joint resolution of disapproval against Joe BidenElizabeth Warren, a leading progressive voice in the US Senate, has denounced the Biden administration’s failure to punish Israel over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and endorsed a...

14/11/2024 19:24 The Guardian

Jailed Bosnian Serb general says he aided and abetted Srebrenica genocide

Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prisonA Bosnian Serb general jailed by the war crimes tribunal in The Hague for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre has confessed to having “aided and abetted the genocide”.Survivors and families...

14/11/2024 18:29 The Guardian

Gulag History Museum in Moscow temporarily closed ‘for safety reasons’

Kremlin critics fear move is part of Russia’s efforts to whitewash Soviet past and shut independent cultural institutionsMoscow’s award-winning Gulag History Museum announced its surprise closure on Thursday, a move critics attribute to the Kremlin’s efforts to whitewash Russia’s Soviet past...

14/11/2024 16:54 The Guardian

Artists wary of discussing Gaza war, says Jeremy Deller

Deller says culture war has ‘maybe made some people a bit fearful’, as he donates work to auction in support of MSFThe culture war has made artists wary of discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to Jeremy Deller, who has donated work to a charity auction to support Médecins Sans Fr...

14/11/2024 16:30 The Guardian

Gas prices at one-year high in Europe amid Russian supply threat

Gazprom could stop flow of gas into continent as result of their legal battle with Austrian company OMVEurope’s gas market rose by as much as 5% on Thursday to its highest price in a year after one of the continent’s biggest gas traders said that there could be a halt on gas supplies from Russia...

14/11/2024 16:02 The Guardian

US states urged to find new ways to block Trump’s mass deportation plan

California and other states must mount aggressive, multipronged response to defend immigrants, advocates warnCalifornia, home to the largest immigrant population in the US, is bracing for Donald Trump’s plan to enact the “largest deportation operation in American history”, with advocates pushi...

14/11/2024 16:00 The Guardian

Salisbury novichok inquiry: container hunt like looking for ‘needle in haystack’

Counter-terrorism police chief tells of difficulty of search for vessel with poison after attack on Sergei SkripalHunting for the container of nerve agent used in the attack on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was like “searching for a needle in a haystack”, a counter-terrorism forensics c...

14/11/2024 15:07 The Guardian

Weekend thunderstorms forecast for northern Australia with south to see temperatures drop

BoM warns of severe storms in northern rivers and northern tablelands of NSW, with possible damaging winds and large hailstonesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThunderstorms are expected to continue this weekend on both...

14/11/2024 14:00 The Guardian

Conflict in Gaza an ‘Israeli terrorism creation factory’, warns Australian on UN inquiry

Former human rights commissioner Chris Sidoti says ‘there is no end in sight’ as ongoing bombardment is sowing seeds for generations of hostilitiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“Kids aren’t terrorists,” Chri...

14/11/2024 14:00 The Guardian

Trump’s ‘reckless’ attorney general choice sends shockwaves through Washington – US politics live

Republicans express shock and concern after far-right Republican congressman Matt Gaetz nominated by TrumpThe London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has accused Donald Trump of repeatedly criticising him because of his ethnicity and Muslim faith, in comments likely to renew his long-running feud with the US pres...

14/11/2024 11:24 The Guardian

First Thing: Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza

Human Rights Watch says its evidence suggests Israel has committed a war crime against civilians. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg drops a cover of Get Low with T-PainDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Israel has been accused of crimes against humanity over its use of evacu...

14/11/2024 11:12 The Guardian

Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore

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14/11/2024 10:00 The Guardian

‘Different when there’s a knife raised at you’: officer feared Clare Nowland would stab her before Taser deployed

Paramedic witness tells Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial that 95-year-old Nowland ‘didn’t appear to acknowledge’ warnings or instructionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA police officer who tried to...

14/11/2024 06:33 The Guardian

Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza

Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that suggests ‘the war crime of forcible transfer’ of civiliansIsrael is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the po...

14/11/2024 05:00 The Guardian

Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings: the rapid rise of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry

Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian bordersAt any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in the ground, attached by magnets to lamp-posts or taped underneath window sills, waiting to...

14/11/2024 05:00 The Guardian

How a Republican trifecta makes way for Trump’s rightwing agenda

GOP majority in House and Senate could give the president-elect ability to extend tax cuts and roll back Biden-era lawsWith the confirmation that Republicans have won a majority in the House of Representatives, Donald Trump and his party will now have a governing trifecta in Washington come January,...

14/11/2024 04:15 The Guardian

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