Deadly terror attack in Islamabad puts Pakistan in ‘state of war’, says minister

11/11/2025 12:32 The Guardian

Twelve people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bombing outside district court buildings in the capitalAt least 12 people have been killed in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, as the defence minister said a deadly surge in terror attacks had put the country in a “state of war”.The explosion, which was described as a suicide attack by several government ministers, took place outside the district court buildings in Islamabad on Tuesday at about 12.30pm. The area is usually heavily crowded with lawyers and litigants attending trials. Continue reading...

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Catherine Connolly sworn in as 10th president of Ireland and promises to be a ‘catalyst for change’ – Europe live

Independent leftwing politician inaugurated as president after landslide election winYou can watch the live stream of the Irish presidential inauguration here:Irish president-elect Catherine Connolly has just arrived at the Dublin Castle for her presidential inauguration. Continue reading...

11/11/2025 13:25 The Guardian

‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies

Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’Donald Trump’s unprecedented pardoning spree for political and business friends since returning to the White House has prompted warnings from ex-prosecutors and legal scholars of...

11/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer

PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be liftedUK politics live – latest updatesDecades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right...

11/11/2025 11:33 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: What the BBC’s new crisis reveals about its failures – and future

In today’s newsletter: The nation’s public service broadcaster is at a critical juncture as it deals with governance misfires and a political agenda against itGood morning. In 2004, when Greg Dyke quit the BBC in the wake of the Hutton inquiry, a much younger me was at the beginning of my media...

11/11/2025 06:38 The Guardian

Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs

Medicines watchdog says criminals are designing packaging and branding to look like legitimate productOrganised crime gangs have begun manufacturing their own branded weight-loss drugs, designed to look like legitimate medicines, in what authorities warn is a significant threat.The Medicines and Hea...

11/11/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular

Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring IsraelMinisters banned Palestine Action despite being told by their advisers it could “inadvertently enhance” the group’s profile, an official government document shows.The briefing paper was...

11/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Wiggles admit likely consumer law breach over Emma Bow headbands with button batteries

Children’s music supergroup pledges to discuss safety risks on special episode of Wiggle Talk podcastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChildren’s entertainers the Wiggles have admitted to selling headbands to kids wit...

11/11/2025 02:33 The Guardian

News live: governor general warns of ‘fragility’ of Australian democracy on Gough Whitlam dismissal anniversary; Wiggles admit likely consumer law breach

Sam Mostyn voices concern about a ‘collision of apathy and disinformation’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJohn Howard says the Whitlam episode empowered Australians to better decide the country’s futureRN’s Sally Sara spoke to former pri...

11/11/2025 00:47 The Guardian

England’s children’s commissioner calls for closure of young offender institutions

Dame Rachel de Souza says hundreds of children are being locked up unnecessarily due to failing servicesCustody is being used as a “waiting room” for hundreds of children who are being unnecessarily locked up while awaiting trial or sentencing due to failing services, the children’s commission...

11/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian

US declares partial suspension of sanctions on Syria after historic meeting

Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump hold first White House summit between a US and Syrian leader since 1946The US has announced a partial suspension of sanctions on Syria after a historic meeting in Washington DC between its new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and Donald Trump.Monday’s meeting was the first...

10/11/2025 23:55 The Guardian

Ukraine’s energy sector faces wide-scale investigation over ‘kickback’ allegations

Anti-corruption agency says state nuclear power operator Energoatom taking illicit payments of 10-15%Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau said on Monday that it was conducting a large-scale investigation into the country’s energy sector, alleging kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear...

10/11/2025 17:29 The Guardian

Sarkozy freed from prison and put under ‘judicial supervision’ pending appeal – as it happened

Former French president, who is appealing against a conviction for criminal conspiracy, is released from prison in Paris. This live blog is closedAs we are waiting for the Paris court decision on Sarkozy to come, expected around 13.30 local time (12.30 GMT), let’s take a look at other news across...

10/11/2025 16:38 The Guardian

Floridians warned about falling iguanas as wintry weather hits eastern US

Cold and snow take hold in eastern two-thirds of the US, from the Great Lakes to Florida and TexasFloridians have been asked to keep their guard up against iguanas plummeting out of trees and possibly hurting them as temperatures plunge in their state and other parts of the US.The unusual warning ca...

10/11/2025 16:09 The Guardian

Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration

Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against themApple and WhatsApp have vowed to keep warning users if their mobile phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them, including in the US, as two s...

10/11/2025 16:00 The Guardian

Terrorist turf war battle in north-eastern Nigeria leaves about 200 dead

Fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from Islamic State West Africa Province broke out on shores of Lake ChadAs many as 200 terrorists were killed in a turf war on Sunday between rival jihadists in north-east Nigeria.The fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from Islamic State W...

10/11/2025 15:05 The Guardian

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is released from prison

Sarkozy, who told court his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence at home pending appealEurope live – latest updatesThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from prison after a judge ruled he could serve the rest of his sentence outside ja...

10/11/2025 14:47 The Guardian

BBC chair apologises for Trump speech edit but defends corporation against bias claims

Samir Shah says BBC must ‘champion impartiality’, as Ed Davey warns UK must ‘defend our democracy from foreign interference’BBC director general resigns – latest updatesThe BBC’s chair has apologised for an “error of judgment” in the way a Panorama documentary portrayed a speech by D...

10/11/2025 14:09 The Guardian

Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’

Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”.Governments are failing to address child hunger and malnutrition in the context of climate change, the charity World Vision...

10/11/2025 13:47 The Guardian

Putin ally who declared poverty had £217m of property, UK judge finds

Estate of former Russian senator Vladimir Sloutsker, who died in September, ordered to pay £25m to his ex-wifeA political ally of Vladimir Putin who declared poverty to a London divorce court had £217m-worth of property and land in London and Moscow as well as £21m in investments and a £4m art c...

10/11/2025 12:56 The Guardian

Labour could suffer Lib Dem-style election punishment if they raise taxes, Reeves warned – UK politics live

Warning against breaking manifesto promise comes as speculation mounts about rise in income tax ahead of budget day on 26 NovemberNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, is about to hold another of his regular Monday morning press conferences. He will be focusing on small business policy and, according...

10/11/2025 11:04 The Guardian

Netherlands presses on with plan to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements

Move follows rising Israeli violence against Palestinians and freeze on broader sanctions last monthEurope live – latest updatesThe Netherlands is still working on legislation to bar imports from illegal settlements in occupied Palestine, even though it has paused a push for broader sanctions on I...

10/11/2025 10:31 The Guardian

Weather tracker: Typhoon Fung-Wong becomes second in a week to hit the Philippines

Destructive winds and rainfall hit archipelago, while a cold spell in Florida prompts fears of falling iguanasTyphoon Fung-Wong, locally known as Uwan, is the second in a week to affect the Philippines after making landfall on Sunday evening. The weather system prompted warnings for heavy rainfall a...

10/11/2025 07:37 The Guardian

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians

IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemyIsraeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV docum...

10/11/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Syrian president holds talks with Trump at White House

Ahmed al-Sharaa was expected to push for full lifting of remaining sanctions imposed during 13-year civil warSyria’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has held talks with Donald Trump at the White House, the first such official visit by a Syrian leader since national independence in 1946. He was expecte...

10/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: RBA deputy governor says interest rates cut not a ‘mad’ option; Tony Abbott replaced on War Memorial council

Andrew Hauser says economy is struggling to grow without adding to inflation. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says outrage over Joy Division shirt ‘load of nonsense’Anthony Albanese has finally commented on the non-furore about his Jo...

10/11/2025 02:06 The Guardian

US flight cancellations rise as Sean Duffy warns travel could reduce to a ‘trickle’

Over 2,500 flights cancelled as transportation secretary says flight reductions could reach 20% if shutdown persistsFlight cancellations and delays are set to grow as airline passengers across the United States spent the weekend grappling with those issues at major airports nationwide after the Fede...

09/11/2025 16:34 The Guardian

Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say

Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activistsA Russian opposition activist arrested in Poland and due to go on trial next month has admitted he worked as an undercover agent for Russia’s FSB security service and informed on other...

09/11/2025 16:31 The Guardian

Groundbreaking British Museum show set to challenge samurai myths

Exclusive: Exhibition will reveal complex reality, featuring women and artistic creations, beyond armour-clad warriorsA groundbreaking samurai exhibition that promises to challenge “everything we think we know about Japan’s warrior elite” spanning a millennium of myth and reality is to open at...

09/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday tributes

Royals joined by senior politicians at Cenotaph in London and events are held across UK to honour those who have died in conflictsVeterans of the second world war were applauded as they arrived at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before being joined by royals and senior p...

09/11/2025 13:40 The Guardian

Palestinian man dismissed from Gaza border assistance role to sue EU

Exclusive: Mohammed Baraka’s case alleges discrimination on basis of nationality after EU counterparts were transferredA Palestinian man who was dismissed from his job in Gaza after the war broke out is suing the European Union for allegedly breaching Belgian law.Mohammad Baraka, who worked at the...

09/11/2025 13:00 The Guardian

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