NHS heads warn pay dispute is adding to strain on hospitals

04/02/2023 07:00 The Guardian

Already overburdened system is struggling with ‘constant disruption’ of walkouts, says NHS ConfederationHospitals will struggle to clear treatment backlogs and improve emergency care unless the NHS pay dispute is settle soon, health service bosses have warned in advance of next week’s series of walkouts.The “intensifying wave of industrial” action is leading to thousands of operations and outpatient appointments having to be rescheduled, putting extra strain on an already overburdened system. Continue reading...

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Mike Johnson calls on Columbia president to resign; students arrested at campus protests in California, Ohio and Texas – live

House speaker says ‘madness has to stop’ while visiting Columbia University; videos show tense scenes and arrests on campuses across several statesUS campus protests over Israel-Gaza war – in picturesMike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, will visit Columbia University today to speak to J...

24/04/2024 22:38 The Guardian

Freezing nights forecast for parts of UK, with snow possible in some areas

Temperatures could hit -3C in northern England and Scotland, but Met Office says conditions are ‘nothing exceptional’Freezing overnight temperatures will hit parts of the UK on Wednesday and Thursday, with experts warning some areas could see snow.The cold Arctic air is expected to cause frosts...

24/04/2024 22:23 The Guardian

Australia news live: dawn services kick off Anzac Day as police play down terror threat

AFP deputy commissioner says there is ‘no immediate danger’ to the public despite yesterday’s anti-terror raids in Sydney. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralians commemorating Anzac Day should not be alarmed as police an...

24/04/2024 21:24 The Guardian

Mega-warehouses heap more pollution on hard-hit Illinois neighborhoods

Proliferation of hubs for online shopping disproportionately sited in low-income neighborhoods or communities of colorHundreds of mega-warehouses have been built in Illinois for online shopping in recent years and the rise in delivery trucks is polluting neighborhoods already burdened with poor air...

24/04/2024 20:22 The Guardian

Evan Gershkovich’s appeal against his detention rejected by Moscow court

Wall Street Journal reporter, held since March 2023 on espionage allegations, to remain in Russian jail for at least two more monthsThe American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested over a year ago in Russia, will remain in jail for at least two more months after a Moscow court rejected his...

24/04/2024 19:50 The Guardian

Inquest finds gross failings in care of woman who drank too much water

Staff at private mental health hospital near Weston-super-Mare missed chances to prevent Lily Lucas’s death, jury findsAn inquest jury has found there were “gross failings in care amounting to neglect” before a woman had a heart attack at a private mental health hospital due to complications f...

24/04/2024 18:25 The Guardian

Biden signs $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for KyivJoe Biden has signed into law a bill that rushes $95bn in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a bipartisan legislative victory he hailed as a “good day for wor...

24/04/2024 16:49 The Guardian

Russian priest who led Navalny memorial services is demoted

Dmitry Safronov is suspended from leading services and ordered to serve three years of ‘penance’A Russian priest who presided over a memorial for the opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been suspended from leading services and ordered to serve three years of “penance”, as persecution of peo...

24/04/2024 16:09 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: Germany stands by decision not to provide long-range missiles – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereHere are some of the latest images on the newswires:Ukraine’s SBU security service drones struck two Rosneft-owned oil depots in Russia’s Smolensk region in an overnight attack, according to a source in Ukrainian int...

24/04/2024 15:07 The Guardian

‘Anti-democratic’: Labor minister warns Facebook against removal of Australian news content

Albanese government will ‘back local journalism’ in dispute over proposed news media bargaining code, says Stephen JonesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe assistant treasurer, Stephen Jones, has argue...

24/04/2024 15:00 The Guardian

Biden praises Congress for foreign aid bill and says he will sign it immediately

The $95bn package allots funds to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, which desperately needs munitions for its war with RussiaJoe Biden praised congressional leaders and lawmakers for what he called an effort “to answer history’s call at this critical inflection point” after the US Senate voted resou...

24/04/2024 13:50 The Guardian

Biden’s planned Morehouse College commencement speech spurs alumni protest

President, scheduled to speak at the historically Black campus before the start of the Israel-Gaza war, will give speech on 19 MayStudent campus protests – live updates Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker at Morehouse College in Georgia, giving the Democrat a key spotlight at one of the nat...

24/04/2024 12:56 The Guardian

Billionaire Jeff Yass linked to $16m in donations to anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups

The TikTok investor is also linked to funding challenges to progressive politicians and against Obama’s Iran nuclear dealTop Republican donor and TikTok investor Jeff Yass is connected to over $16m in funding to anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups that have advocated for a US war with Iran and other...

24/04/2024 12:45 The Guardian

Ukraine foreign minister says west must boost defence as ‘era of peace is over’

Exclusive: Dmytro Kuleba hails US aid package but says allies need to increase arms production to help fight RussiaUkraine war – live updatesUkraine’s foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed $61bn military aid package for Ukraine, but said wester...

24/04/2024 12:43 The Guardian

UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.In its annual global repo...

24/04/2024 11:19 The Guardian

First Thing: Congress passes $95bn aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Long-stalled bill reaches Joe Biden’s desk. Plus, Donald Trump’s criminal trial hears testimony from David PeckerDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morningThe US Senate approved $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Tuesday, as a bipartisan super-majority un...

24/04/2024 11:19 The Guardian

Russian minister detained after taking bribe, law enforcement agency says

Arrest of deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov comes weeks after Vladimir Putin urged FSB to step up efforts to root out corruptionA well-connected Russian deputy defence minister has been charged with bribe-taking, in the highest-profile corruption scandal in the country in years, triggering specul...

24/04/2024 09:30 The Guardian

UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports

£2.2bn-worth of oil processed in China, India and Turkey – to whom Russia supplies crude – was imported in 2023, data showsThe UK has been accused of “helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine” by continuing to import record amounts of refined oil from countries processing Kremlin fossil fu...

24/04/2024 09:00 The Guardian

Antony Blinken arrives in China with warning for Beijing over support of Russia

US secretary of state to hold talks with Chinese counterpart and most likely with President Xi JinpingAntony Blinken has landed in China amid a worsening rift between the world’s two most powerful countries that threatens to overshadow otherwise improving relations.The US secretary of state arrive...

24/04/2024 08:50 The Guardian

Seven juveniles with alleged ‘violent extremist ideology’ arrested in Sydney counter-terror raids

NSW police deputy commissioner says more than 400 police were involved in the raids Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSeven juveniles have been arrested as part of extensive counter-terrorism raids across so...

24/04/2024 07:13 The Guardian

Queensland’s state library launched an AI war veteran chatbot. Pranksters immediately tried to break it

Less than 24 hours after the bot was launched, internet users were already attempting to ‘jailbreak’ the programFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCharlie, the AI war veteran chatbot, was programmed to ed...

24/04/2024 06:33 The Guardian

US Senate passes $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

The Senate, in a bipartisan super-majority, overwhelmingly voted to advance the measure, which Joe Biden is expected to signThe US Senate voted resoundingly on Tuesday to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united to send the long-stalled package to Jo...

24/04/2024 01:48 The Guardian

Athens swallowed up by orange haze from Sahara dust storm

Authorities in Greece warn the dust concentrations can reduce sunlight and visibility, while increasing levels of fine pollution particles pose health risksClouds of dust blown in from the Sahara covered Athens and other Greek cities on Tuesday, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country sinc...

24/04/2024 00:43 The Guardian

Australia news live: Musk v Lambie war of words; NSW settles class action with $230m offer to underpaid junior doctors

Settlement of $229.8m is the largest underpayment class action outcome in Australian legal history. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInspired by similar protests in the United States, students from Sydney University established a pr...

24/04/2024 00:03 The Guardian

Student Gaza protests: top Republicans call on Biden to send in federal officers

Letter from 25 senators including Mitch McConnell says president ‘must act immediately to restore order’ on university campusesSenior Republican US senators on Tuesday waded into growing tensions at leading universities over the Israel-Gaza war, demanding the Biden administration send in federal...

23/04/2024 21:53 The Guardian

Senate leader Chuck Schumer hails bipartisanship and thanks Mike Johnson as foreign aid bill heads for passage – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest stories below:US Senate close to passing $95bn aid package after key procedural voteTrump lauds House speaker as ‘good person’ after Ukraine bill passageSpeaking of Donald Trump, what’s he up to today?The answer is sitting in a New York Cit...

23/04/2024 20:04 The Guardian

Kingsmill owner warns of price rises due to ‘very small’ expected harvests in UK

ABF, which also owns Dorset Cereals, says it is not yet planning rises but it may need to import ‘quite a lot’ of grainOne of the UK’s biggest bread makers has warned of potentially higher prices as it expects “very small” grain harvests in the UK, making the company more reliant on import...

23/04/2024 17:41 The Guardian

Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars

Ukraine needs western munitions badly but it remains unclear how much more artillery the UK is prepared to produceUK politics – latest updatesTwo years and two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the biggest war in Europe since 1945, and Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK’s ow...

23/04/2024 17:19 The Guardian

Defence spending in UK to be put ‘on war footing’, Rishi Sunak says – as it happened

Prime minister announces increase to UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 in speech about security. This live blog is closedUK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak saysRishi Sunak has said that the deaths of five people who were crossing the Channel in the early hours of this mornin...

23/04/2024 17:03 The Guardian

Bank of England’s chief economist dampens hopes of summer interest rates cut

Huw Pill warns inflation could rebound as UK business survey signals economy strengthened over last monthThe prospects of a summer cut in UK interest rates have receded after the Bank of England’s chief economist said inflation must be squeezed out of the economy and cautioned against cutting too...

23/04/2024 16:26 The Guardian

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