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National Rally’s Hervé Breuil attacked near Lyon as he campaigned in the run-up to snap election Slovakia’s government has asked police to investigate the former cabinet and defence minister Jaroslav Nad for donating fighter jets and an air defence system to Ukraine, Reuters reported.A new Slovak government came to power late last year, and has adopted a more Kremlin-friendly approach. Continue reading...

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Israel ‘challenges’ international criminal court bid for Netanyahu arrest warrant

ICC requested arrest warrants for Israeli PM and his defence minister in May for alleged war crimes in GazaIsrael has submitted an “official challenge” to a request from the international criminal court prosecutor for an arrest warrant against its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.In May the IC...

20/09/2024 21:28 The Guardian

UN pleads against further violence after Israeli strike kills top Hezbollah leader

IDF airstrike on Beirut that killed at least 14 causes fears of escalation into even more devastating conflictFurther violence between Israel and Iran’s allies Hezbollah and Hamas could ignite a devastating regional conflict, the United Nations has warned, after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut kill...

20/09/2024 21:05 The Guardian

Met officer who held Taser to black boy’s neck found guilty of gross misconduct

Jamar Powell says PC Connor Jones should be sacked rather than receiving written warning over traumatising actionA Metropolitan police officer who put a Taser to the neck of an innocent black child after he had been forced to kneel in the street has been found guilty of gross misconduct but allowed...

20/09/2024 18:20 The Guardian

Huge crowds expected at pro-Palestine march ahead of Labour conference

Protesters in Liverpool to call on government to implement full arms embargo against Israel over Gaza warThe UK’s first pro-Palestine national march to be staged outside London is expected by organisers to attract tens of thousands of people on the periphery of the Labour party conference in Liver...

20/09/2024 18:01 The Guardian

Republicans praised by Trump pass Georgia hand-count rule despite warnings the decision is illegal – US politics live

Georgia election board approves rule requiring election workers to hand-count ballots on election night by three votes to twoGeorgia election board votes 3-2 to require hand-count on election dayKamala Harris will be in Georgia today and is expected to speak about Donald Trump’s role in the aborti...

20/09/2024 17:12 The Guardian

Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors

Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli giftsLabour’s first party conference as a new government risks being overshadowed by the donations row as Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner gave in to pressure to stop accepting clothe...

20/09/2024 16:36 The Guardian

Georgia election board votes 3-2 to require hand-count on election day

Republican majority approves requirement for poll managers to hand-count ballots before tabulating votesForty-six days before the election, Georgia’s state election board approved a new rule for poll managers, requiring a hand count of paper ballots on election day before tabulating votes.The majo...

20/09/2024 16:19 The Guardian

EU to offer new youth mobility scheme in test of Labour ‘reset’ with Brussels

Officials warn repeat of Tory rejection could dent new government’s hopes of pacts on defence and agricultureFresh proposals to allow young people to move between the UK and the EU will be presented to the British government within weeks, in what is seen as a key early test of Labour’s “reset...

20/09/2024 16:00 The Guardian

Police called to Hay-on-Wye gallery over painting of naked woman in window

Curator Val Harris refuses to move work by Poppy Baynham after residents complainWith its literary festival and numerous bookshops, Hay-on-Wye may attract the biggest talents in the arts but, seemingly, not all artistic talent is appreciated by some residents.The owner of the Chair gallery in the to...

20/09/2024 15:52 The Guardian

‘Stop doing dumb stuff,’ economist warns as housing affordability in Australia slips

Saul Eslake says decades of ‘bad policies’ have inflated demand as report finds about 20% of households effectively ‘locked out’ of the marketGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHousing affordability has deteriorated over the past year to reach its worst level since re...

20/09/2024 15:01 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy says Ukraine ‘victory plan’ depends on decisions by allies this year – as it happened

Ukrainian president tells press conference with Ursula von der Leyen that Ukraine plans to use EU loan for air defence, energy and weapons purchasesUkraine’s “victory plan” in the war against Russia depends on quick decisions being taken by allies this year, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said...

20/09/2024 14:55 The Guardian

Russian prisoner freed in swap urges UK not to let hundreds more ‘die off’

Vladimir Kara-Murza tells Keir Starmer that further exchanges are a matter of ‘life and death’Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian dissident freed in the biggest prisoner swap since the cold war, has appealed to Keir Starmer during a meeting in Downing Street to not let hundreds of political prisoners...

20/09/2024 14:32 The Guardian

Slovakia targets ‘wealthy’ book buyers with steep VAT rise

Booksellers, publishers and pro-Russia groups deride proposed rate increase to reduce public deficit Slovakia’s populist government has announced plans to drastically raise value-added tax (VAT) on books to help fix its public finances, drawing condemnation not only from booksellers and publisher...

20/09/2024 13:51 The Guardian

Packaging tax will raise price of many everyday items, say UK firms

Cost of soft drinks, beer and kettles likely to increase as a result of scheme that shifts recycling fees to producersUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesA new packaging tax to fund recycling will push up the price of many products including soft drinks, beer, kitchenw...

20/09/2024 13:46 The Guardian

Israeli soldiers filmed pushing bodies of Palestinians off West Bank roof

IDF says its is reviewing the incident, which took place during a raid in the town of QabatiyaMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesIsraeli soldiers have been filmed pushing three apparently lifeless bodies from a rooftop during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, in the latest in a se...

20/09/2024 12:47 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Israel launches major strikes on Lebanon; Bulgarian firm ‘not linked to devices sent to Hezbollah’

Israel says warplanes struck hundreds of multiple-rocket-launcher barrels; Bulgarian authorities say Sofia company had nothing to do with exploding pagers and walkie-talkiesA pro-Palestinian protester wearing a keffiyeh scarf has been charged with violating a suburban New York City county’s new la...

20/09/2024 11:49 The Guardian

First Thing: Israel bombards Lebanon as Hezbollah vows ‘punishment’

Hassan Nasrallah condemns pager and walkie-talkie explosions that killed 37. Plus, how genetics explains picky eatingGood morning.Israel conducted dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday night, hours after Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened retribution and “punishment...

20/09/2024 10:41 The Guardian

Minister warns of ‘penalties’ for delays in fitting released offenders with tags – UK politics live

Jess Phillips warns Serco – the company responsible for the tags – after reports some early release prisoners not fitted with devicesRichard Partington is the Guardian’s economics correspondentUK national debt has hit 100% of the country’s annual economic output, the highest level since the...

20/09/2024 10:02 The Guardian

New blood test could help spot children at risk of serious illnesses, study finds

Lipid analysis using existing machines could give warning of type 2 diabetes, liver and heart disease, researchers say Scientists say a new blood test that analyses lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of serious health conditions including type 2 diabetes, liver and heart diseas...

20/09/2024 09:29 The Guardian

‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them

Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforestThe occupants of the vinyl-coated military tents at this remote jungle camp in Brazil’s wild west compare the hellscape surrounding them to catastrophes old and new: the...

20/09/2024 09:00 The Guardian

No 10 fears ICC will ask UK to sign Benjamin Netanyahu arrest warrant

Downing Street said to be concerned by political fallout at moment of extreme tension in Middle East• Middle East crisis – latest news updatesDowning Street fears it is to be asked to support the issue of an international criminal court (ICC) arrest warrant for the Israeli leader, Benjamin Netan...

20/09/2024 07:48 The Guardian

Thunder and lightning expected to hit parts of UK on Friday and Saturday

Met Office issues two yellow weather warnings, saying damage to buildings and transport disruption expectedThunderstorms and lightning are expected to batter the UK with up to 70mm of rainfall expected within a few hours after a spell of dry, warm weather.The Met Office has issued two yellow weather...

20/09/2024 07:04 The Guardian

ABS warned Albanese government that excluding LGBTQ+ questions risked the success of census

Australian Bureau of Statistics also told MP Andrew Leigh not including questions on sexual orientation and gender would do ‘damage’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government was warned that excluding q...

20/09/2024 04:25 The Guardian

‘They want total control’: how Russia is forcing Sami people to hide their identity

The ministry of justice has added 55 Indigenous organisations to a list of terrorists and extremists, leading many to leave for Nordic countriesSami people in Russia are being forced to hide their identity and live “outside the law” for fear of imprisonment and persecution, leading figures from...

20/09/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show

Exclusive: Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about moraleRussia’s military command had anticipated Ukraine’s incursion into its Kursk region and had been making plans to prevent it for several months, according to a cache of documents...

20/09/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Trump bemoans lack of support from Jewish voters and blames ‘Democrat curse’

In disjointed Washington speech, nominee tells audience low numbers are because of ‘the Democrat curse on you’Donald Trump has complained bitterly to Jewish donors that a majority of Jews vote against him in US presidential elections, suggesting that the Democratic party has a “curse on you”...

20/09/2024 02:04 The Guardian

How Lebanon’s pagers and walkie-talkies became deadly weapons – podcast

On Tuesday, dozens of people were killed when electronic pagers blew up. The next day walkie-talkies exploded. What was the goal of the attacks? William Christou reportsOn Tuesday, William Christou, a journalist reporting from Beirut for the Guardian, began hearing about simultaneous explosions acro...

20/09/2024 02:00 The Guardian

Israel bombards southern Lebanon after Hezbollah chief vows ‘punishment’

Hassan Nasrallah decries targeting of pagers and walkie-talkies that killed 37, including children, and hurt thousandsMiddle East crisis live: latest updatesIsraeli warplanes carried out dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon late on Thursday, hours after Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, t...

19/09/2024 22:57 The Guardian

Ohio city’s mayor issues emergency order over false migrant rumors

Springfield mayor Rob Rue says the order will allow city officials to ‘acquire resources to address potential threats’The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, has issued an emergency proclamation following the continued rise in public safety threats over false rightwing rumors about the city’s migrant...

19/09/2024 22:02 The Guardian

Australia news live: Howard says Trump ‘not compatible with democracy’; Commonwealth Bank pushes back rate cut forecast

Former prime minister says he would not vote for the Republican because of election denials. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has announced her former upper house colleague, Rex Patrick, will lead the minor party’s...

19/09/2024 20:44 The Guardian

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Will Offer $39 Billion Loan for Ukraine Without U.S. Help 20/09 13:10 - EU state bans Russian language from ATMs 20/09 13:06 - E.U. to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion backed by frozen Russian assets 20/09 12:55 - 'Painful' Budget warning spooks people's confidence 20/09 12:49 - After Pager Attack, Israel and Hezbollah Return to Familiar Deadlock 20/09 12:47 - Israeli soldiers filmed pushing bodies of Palestinians off West Bank roof 20/09 12:35 - Polish PM tells people not to panic over German soldiers 20/09 12:13 - Sinaloa cartel war grips city in northern Mexico 20/09 12:13 - Sinaloa cartel war grips city in northern Mexico 20/09 11:49 - Middle East crisis live: Israel launches major strikes on Lebanon; Bulgarian firm ‘not linked to devices sent to Hezbollah’ 20/09 11:34 - Lawmaker criticises US silence on thousands killed in Gaza 20/09 11:34 - Lawmaker criticises US silence on thousands killed in Gaza 20/09 11:18 - EU to loan Ukraine $39bn to rebuild power grid destroyed in Russian attacks 20/09 11:18 - EU to loan Ukraine $39bn to rebuild power grid destroyed in Russian attacks 20/09 10:41 - First Thing: Israel bombards Lebanon as Hezbollah vows ‘punishment’ 20/09 10:10 - For Lebanon, war is coming, but not this second 20/09 10:10 - For Lebanon, war is coming, but not this second 20/09 10:02 - Minister warns of ‘penalties’ for delays in fitting released offenders with tags – UK politics live 20/09 10:00 - Washington and the West struggle for a way forward with Putin’s Russia 20/09 10:00 - Michaela DePrince, Who Survived Sierra Leone's Civil War to Become a Star Ballerina, Dies at 29 20/09 09:29 - New blood test could help spot children at risk of serious illnesses, study finds 20/09 09:02 - UK thunderstorm warnings: Heavy rain, lightning and hail mark end of warm spell 20/09 09:00 - ‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them 20/09 07:48 - No 10 fears ICC will ask UK to sign Benjamin Netanyahu arrest warrant 20/09 07:04 - Thunder and lightning expected to hit parts of UK on Friday and Saturday 20/09 06:10 - 🔴Live: Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts 20/09 05:29 - Schoolboys who sang in Benjamin Britten's choir reunite after 61 years 20/09 04:25 - ABS warned Albanese government that excluding LGBTQ+ questions risked the success of census 20/09 04:00 - ‘They want total control’: how Russia is forcing Sami people to hide their identity 20/09 04:00 - Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show 20/09 04:00 - A broader Israel-Lebanon war now seems inevitable 20/09 02:04 - Trump bemoans lack of support from Jewish voters and blames ‘Democrat curse’ 20/09 02:00 - How Lebanon’s pagers and walkie-talkies became deadly weapons – podcast 20/09 01:02 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 938 20/09 01:02 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 938 20/09 00:02 - Israel’s clash with Hezbollah strains U.S. effort to prevent wider war 20/09 00:02 - Why Putin's Attempt to Rewire Global Trade Is Faltering, in Charts and Maps 19/09 23:31 - 26 Cute Fall Clothing Pieces Under $50, Because You Spent All Your Money This Summer 19/09 23:12 - Russia’s war dead tops 70,000 as volunteers endure ‘meat grinder’ strategy 19/09 23:02 - China spent millions on this new trade route - then a war got in the way 19/09 22:57 - Israel bombards southern Lebanon after Hezbollah chief vows ‘punishment’ 19/09 22:02 - Ohio city’s mayor issues emergency order over false migrant rumors 19/09 21:50 - Exploding pager attacks in Lebanon, and fears of a wider war 19/09 21:25 - *Tons* Of Amazon Customers Have These 19 Unique Products On Their Wish Lists, So You’ll Probably Want 'Em Too 19/09 21:00 - Hezbollah chief calls pager, radio attacks an ‘act of war’ by Israel 19/09 20:44 - Australia news live: Howard says Trump ‘not compatible with democracy’; Commonwealth Bank pushes back rate cut forecast 19/09 19:13 - Pentagon Worries Israel Is Close to Launching Ground War in Lebanon 19/09 18:43 - Israeli warplanes target Lebanon as Iran and Hezbollah threaten retaliation for deadly blasts – live 19/09 18:31 - Just 34 Beauty Items Now That You’re Switching From Summer Mermaid Vibes To Moody Fall Vibes 19/09 18:16 - Israel Steps Up Airstrikes Against Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon 19/09 18:11 - EU calling for nuclear war – Russia’s top MP 19/09 18:09 - Iran warns Israel of ‘crushing response’ after attacks on Hezbollah 19/09 18:09 - Iran warns Israel of ‘crushing response’ after attacks on Hezbollah 19/09 18:00 - Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth. 19/09 17:19 - Hezbollah’s Nasrallah says Israel’s Lebanon attacks crossed ‘all red lines’ 19/09 17:19 - Hezbollah’s Nasrallah says Israel’s Lebanon attacks crossed ‘all red lines’ 19/09 17:13 - Trans people in England missing out on vital cancer screening, experts warn 19/09 16:29 - Talk of Ukraine’s missile deal riles Russia; Kyiv vows to make more weapons 19/09 16:29 - Talk of Ukraine’s missile deal riles Russia; Kyiv vows to make more weapons 19/09 15:43 - Russia-Ukraine war: US imposes new sanctions on Russia and North Korea – as it happened 19/09 15:35 - Israel strikes Lebanon after pager attacks – live updates 19/09 15:35 - Uncommitted movement declines to endorse Harris – but warns against Trump presidency 19/09 15:20 - UN accuses Israel of ‘massive’ violation of child rights treaty in Gaza 19/09 15:20 - UN accuses Israel of ‘massive’ violation of child rights treaty in Gaza 19/09 15:02 - 'This could be called a declaration of war': Hezbollah leader accuses Israel of 'massacres'