Zelensky urges Russians to resist mobilisation; traffic at Russian border crossings surges amid exodus; Putin reportedly directing generals in the fieldSee all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading...
Philippe Lamberts says far-right gains in June elections could mean deal to protect nature and biodiversity is scrappedThe EU’s green deal to restore biodiversity, clean the continent’s soil, air and water, and mitigate climate change is at high risk of being killed off, the co-president of the...
Prime minister announces increase to UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 in speech about securityUK 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 morning underlines the need to s...
Senate plans vote on Ukraine and Israel aid bill that would also force TikTok sale in the USRepublican senator Josh Hawley has asked Joe Biden to deploy the national guard against pro-Palestinian protesters at college campuses, accusing them of “shocking displays of antisemitism”.The protests at...
Huw Pill warns inflation could rebound as UK business survey signals economy strengthened over last monthBusiness live – latest updatesThe prospects of a summer cut in UK interest rates receded on Tuesday after the Bank of England’s chief economist cautioned against cutting too soon and a key su...
PM announces plan to increase spending to £87bn a year by 2030 on visit to PolandUK politics – latest updatesBritain will boost its defence spending to 2.5% of national output by the end of the decade, Rishi Sunak has announced on a visit to Poland, as he warned the UK had to be equipped to meet...
Polish director Besaleel’s film will feature an AI-rendered Russian president and footage shot by Ukrainian film-makers during the Russian invasionThe “world premiere” of a new biopic of Russian president Vladimir Putin featuring an AI-rendered central character, has been announced for 26 Sept...
Independent Russian media outlet claims strongman was diagnosed with pancreatic necrosis in 2019Chechnya’s strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has published a workout video in an apparent move to scotch rumours of illness after a media report claimed that his health was rapidly deteriorating.Novaya...
Emergency services said bodies found at Nasser hospital as Volker Turk says he is ‘horrified’ by destruction at al-Shifa medical facilitiesSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageA source close to Hezbollah said an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon killed a fighter of the Iran-backed militant group o...
Police broke up encampments at a further two US universities on Monday. Plus, a charity says pedophiles are creating nude AI images of children to blackmail themDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Police have arrested dozens of pro-Palestine protesters at Yale Uni...
Ex-Democrat, reported contender for Trump running mate, sued Clinton for Russia remark but dropped caseTulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman, has repeated a discredited claim about Hillary Clinton that previously saw Gabbard lodge then drop a $50m defamation suit in a new book published...
Authorities move to break up encampments at two more US universities on Monday, as Columbia University cancels in-person classesPolice arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan, as student protests over Israel...
Government claims no appropriate location could be found for long-mooted second facilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD has been rejected by the Victoria...
While conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have captured global attention, the civil war in Sudan has been largely ignored. That can’t be allowed to continue, says the Guardian’s Nesrine MalikWith so much of the world’s attention on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, one of the worst humanitarian crises o...
Comments come as US state department report finds that Gaza war has had negative impact on human rights in IsraelThe US secretary of state has rejected the idea that Washington might have a “double standard” when applying US law to allegations of abuses by the Israeli military in Gaza, while sug...
Prime minister is set to join PNG counterpart on historic second world war trek. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnglicare says government spending eight times more on private investors than building housing itselfThe Anglicare Aus...
PM pledges equipment including 400 vehicles, 1,600 weapons and 4m rounds of ammunition, plus £500m in fundingRishi Sunak has promised the UK’s largest ever military support package for Ukraine as he warned that Vladimir Putin would “not stop at the Polish border” if Russia won the war.The pri...
Chris Stark says populist response and culture war around the term is inhibiting environmental progressThe concept of “net zero” has become a political slogan used to start a “dangerous” culture war over the climate, and may be better dropped, the outgoing head of the UK’s climate watchdog...
Nikol Pashinyan urges calm after making concessions in attempt to avoid war with his country’s heavily armed neighbourNikol Pashinyan, the Armenian prime minister facing four days of protests against his decision to hand four villages to Azerbaijan, has urged Armenians to recognise that the way th...
Exclusive: Mark Rowley says sergeant will not be disciplined and warns of ‘fakery’ by activists at other protestsThe commissioner of the Metropolitan police has praised the “professional” conduct of the sergeant who stopped an antisemitism campaigner at a pro-Palestinian march and warned tha...
‘Nyet, Moscow Marjorie,’ says New York Post front page in latest sign some on the right are turning on pro-Trump congresswomanA New York Post front page on Monday blaring “Nyet, Moscow Marjorie”, its mocked-up picture showing Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a Soviet cap, was the latest sign o...
Member states warned at meeting not to be complacent but ministers stop short of pledging Patriot missilesEU ministers have been warned against “relaxing” support for Ukraine but stopped short of new pledges to supply air defence systems that Kyiv is urgently seeking to defend itself against rel...
UN human rights council experts say even if UK’s Rwanda bill approved, airlines should be aware of legal riskQ: Do you think you will be able to implement this without leaving the European convention of human rights?Sunak says he thinks he can implement this without leaving the ECHR.If it ever com...
Foreign and defence heads stopped short of concrete offers over system that Kyiv values most. This live blog is closedA new US package of military aid to Ukraine will not change the situation on the frontlines, where Russia has the upper hand, the Kremlin said.“The Russian armed forces are improvi...
About 46,000 aircraft have logged GPS problems over Baltic Sea since August, says reportFlights in and out of Britain are among thousands that have been affected by suspected Russian jamming of GPS systems.More than 2,300 Ryanair flights have reported incidents of GPS interference since last August,...
Trudi Warner was accused of contempt for holding placard reminding jurors of right to acquit based on conscienceA high court judge has thrown out an attempt by the government’s most senior law officer to prosecute a woman for holding a placard on jury rights outside a climate trial.Mr Justice Sain...
Jean-Noël Barrot says propaganda via social media and fake websites may distort EU election resultsFrance is being “pounded” by Russian disinformation that could distort the result of the upcoming EU parliamentary elections, France’s minister for Europe has said.Jean-Noël Barrot said in an i...
Aipac and other groups targeting candidates critical of Israel’s war in Gaza – but progressives are not going down without a fight Pro-Israel groups are pumping millions into this year’s heated congressional races, singling out progressives who have voiced criticism of the Israeli government...
A handful of groups, led by Aipac, have been a powerful force in American politics – but has Israel’s war in Gaza changed the equation?A handful of pro-Israel groups fund political campaigns in support of individual candidates in US elections, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee...
Former chief Middle East correspondent was longest-held western hostage of Shia Muslim groups during crisisTerry Anderson, a US journalist who was held captive by Islamist militants for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolise the plight of western hostages during the country’s 1975-90...
This blog is now closed.Anthony Albanese criticises X’s ‘extraordinary’ fight against removal of church stabbing postsQueensland police fatally shoot man at rest area south of GladstoneGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Matildas’ route to potential A...