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Human rights groups and diplomats condemn Iraq’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

28/04/2024 13:12 The Guardian

US state department says law could drive away foreign investment and David Cameron calls it ‘dangerous and worrying’Human rights groups and diplomats have criticised a law passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people.The US state department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, said in a statement that the law passed on Saturday “threatens those most at risk in Iraqi society” and “can be used to hamper free speech and expression”. He warned the legislation could drive away foreign investment. Continue reading...

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Georgia protests: riot police try to disperse scores of protesters after ‘foreign agents’ bill passed into law – live

Protesters in Tbilisi treated by medics after bill condemned as Kremlin-inspired act of repression was passed into lawPolice fire teargas at protesters and MPs brawl as Georgia passes ‘foreign agents’ billPetre Tsiskarishvili, a secretary-general of the main opposition United National Movement a...

14/05/2024 18:32 The Guardian
Sunak’s food security plan fails to fix immediate problems, says farming chief

National Farmers’ Union president warns food production is likely to drop next year and says farmers need help right nowRishi Sunak’s plan to improve the UK’s food security will not help build farmer’s confidence in the short-term, the head of the country’s biggest farming body has said.Fo...

14/05/2024 17:30 The Guardian
Greta Gerwig: ‘The number of female directors has gotten better. We’re not done yet’

While this year’s Cannes film festival jury president declared her role ‘a dream come true’, storms over sexual abuse and workers’ rights are expectedThe reviews were gushing on the first day of the 77th Cannes film festival, as Barbie director Greta Gerwig took up her duties as this year’...

14/05/2024 16:04 The Guardian
Police fire teargas at protesters and MPs brawl as Georgia passes ‘foreign agents’ bill

Vote to adopt bill a ‘serious obstacle’ to Georgia’s bid to join EU, European Commission warnsGeorgia protests – latest updatesRiot police have used teargas in an attempt to disperse protesters outside Georgia’s parliament while MPs brawled inside, as a “foreign agents” bill was passed...

14/05/2024 15:16 The Guardian
Middle East crisis: large parts of Rafah now a ‘ghost town’, says Unrwa spokesperson – as it happened

Louise Wateridge, in a post on X, said it was ‘hard to believe there were over a million people sheltering here just a week ago’. This live blog is closedOne of ActionAid’s partners in Rafah has paused humanitarian operations there, with the charity warning that aid operations could grind to a...

14/05/2024 15:01 The Guardian
Antisemitism in Europe leading some to hide Jewish identity, says leading rabbi

Pinchas Goldschmidt warns ‘situation in the streets’ since 7 October Hamas attack is destabilising societiesA leading rabbi has warned that threats and harassment are leading some Europeans to hide their Jewish identities, cautioning that the rise in antisemitism could destabilise European socie...

14/05/2024 14:44 The Guardian
Michael Cohen: I lied for Trump after 2016 election ‘to protect him’ and lied to Congress during the Russia investigation – live

Former fixer Michael Cohen returns to witness stand after telling court Trump told him to ‘just take care’ of Stormy Daniels storyMichael Cohen continues testimony at Trump hush-money trialDonald Trump is entering the courtroom. He was carrying papers, which he dropped on to the defense table be...

14/05/2024 14:34 The Guardian
MPs urged to change law so frozen Russian assets can help aid Ukraine

Kremlin critic Bill Browder says US-style legislation would give UK power to confiscate money to support Ukrainian military effortsThe Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder has urged MPs to introduce a US-style law that would allow the government to confiscate frozen Russian ass...

14/05/2024 14:24 The Guardian
Israeli tanks reach residential areas as IDF pushes further into Rafah

Witnesses report clashes in streets after seeing tanks cross strategically important Salah al-Din roadIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesIsraeli tanks have advanced further into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts of the southern border city in Gaza.Witnesses reported seeing tanks crossi...

14/05/2024 13:46 The Guardian
Russia-Ukraine war: Blinken says US arms will make real difference as Russia claims advances in northern Kharkiv region – as it happened

Mission to Kyiv by US secretary of state comes after Congress approved long-delayed $60bn aid package; Russia claims to have captured Buhruvatka. This live blog is closedZelenskiy calls for more air defences as Blinken arrives in KyivPutin to visit China May 16-17The Russian president, Vladimir Puti...

14/05/2024 12:52 The Guardian
Succession’s J Smith-Cameron to star opposite Mark Rylance in Juno and the Paycock

Actors to play the lead roles in Matthew Warchus’s centenary West End revival of Seán O’Casey’s Irish civil war classicSarah Snook has just finished her London theatre run in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Brian Cox is currently appearing on stage in Long Day’s Journey Into Night and now the p...

14/05/2024 12:42 The Guardian
Russia directing hackers to attack UK and west, says director of GCHQ

Anne Keast-Butler ‘increasingly concerned’ by growing links between Russia and proxy hacker groups that pose risk to UKRussia is increasingly seeking to encourage and direct hackers to attack British and other western targets, the director of GCHQ has said in her first keynote speech as head of...

14/05/2024 12:18 The Guardian
‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds

IPS report says replacement fuels well off track to replace kerosene within timeframe needed to avert climate disasterHopes that replacement fuels for airplanes will slash carbon pollution are misguided and support for these alternatives could even worsen the climate crisis, a new report has warned....

14/05/2024 11:00 The Guardian
Zelenskiy calls for more air defences as Blinken arrives in Kyiv

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14/05/2024 09:51 The Guardian
Shapps believes Labour’s failure to have a plan to increase defence budget ‘presents a danger to this country’ – UK politics live

Sunak has committed to raising defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, which he plans to fund through cutsThere is no evidence of widespread abuse of the UK’s graduate visa route, the government’s immigration advisers have concluded, despite repeated claims from senior Conservatives that it is being ex...

14/05/2024 09:28 The Guardian
Andrei Belousov: Putin picks trusted technocrat to run defence ministry

Loyalist economist who ‘thinks years ahead’ inherits Kremlin’s biggest challenge as it prepares for the long haul in Ukraine In 2014, Russia’s bloc of economic strategists was panicked by Vladimir Putin’s decision to annex Crimea and foment a war in east Ukraine, a move that led to western...

14/05/2024 06:00 The Guardian
Tuesday briefing: How Russia’s advance on Kharkiv might end

In today’s newsletter: A major new attack on territory known for Kyiv’s biggest victory has led to a sense of Ukraine’s prospects viciously unravelling, town by town• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. In September 2022, Kharkiv province was the site of the gre...

14/05/2024 05:52 The Guardian
Children of austerity need a rescue plan, Gordon Brown says

Former prime minister proposes £3bn support package for more than 3 million of ‘blighted generation’Gordon Brown: ‘Millions of British children born since 2010 have only known poverty. My plan would give them hope’Gordon Brown has called for a rescue plan for “austerity’s children” ...

14/05/2024 05:00 The Guardian
At least eight Israeli strikes on Gaza aid groups since October, says report

Human Rights Watch says warnings were not issued before attacks, which have killed or injured dozensSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageIsraeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since October, even after aid organisations provided the...

14/05/2024 04:00 The Guardian
Charities attack Tesco rules for evening-only collection of unwanted food

Groups warn they can’t find enough volunteers at night or distribute the food to homeless people effectivelyTesco is facing criticism from “shocked” charities who say they are struggling to distribute unwanted food to homeless and hungry people after they claim the retailer brought in rules th...

14/05/2024 04:00 The Guardian
UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down

Spokesperson says confusion results from Gaza health ministry’s new way of classifying those not yet fully identifiedThe UN has denied that the estimated death toll of women and children in the war in Gaza has been revised downward, pointing towards a confusion between the total numbers of dead bo...

14/05/2024 03:19 The Guardian
Biden signs bipartisan bill banning imports of Russian uranium

Ban, to begin in about 90 days, is White House’s latest effort to apply pressure on Vladimir Putin over his invasion of UkraineJoe Biden has signed into law a bipartisan bill that bans the import of enriched uranium from Russia, in the latest effort by Washington to apply further pressure on Vladi...

14/05/2024 02:07 The Guardian
David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents

McBride, who had pleaded guilty to stealing commonwealth information and passing it to the ABC, receives non-parole jail term of 27 monthsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former army lawyer David McBrid...

14/05/2024 02:05 The Guardian
Judi Dench on trigger warnings: if you’re that sensitive, avoid the theatre

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13/05/2024 20:56 The Guardian
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13/05/2024 19:20 The Guardian
Footballer raped sleeping woman and sent naked photos to team, court told

Michael Emery allegedly asked teammates ‘Anyone want a go?’ hours after non-league side won at WembleyA footballer raped a sleeping woman twice in one night and sent naked photos of her to his teammates asking: “Anyone want a go?”, a court has heard.Michael Emery, 33, a reserve goalkeeper fo...

13/05/2024 17:38 The Guardian
UK politics: government to appeal against ruling that blocks Rwanda deportations in Northern Ireland – as it happened

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13/05/2024 16:53 The Guardian
Israel deepens offensive in Rafah and re-enters northern areas of Gaza

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13/05/2024 16:47 The Guardian
Angela Merkel memoirs to be published in November

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13/05/2024 15:19 The Guardian
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