Sue Gray rejects envoy role amid warnings Keir Starmer was to withdraw offer

12/11/2024 18:25 The Guardian

Allies of Starmer’s ex-chief of staff say she has turned down nations and regions roleSue Gray has decided not to take up the post of nation and regions envoy after it became clear Keir Starmer was planning to withdraw his offer, the Guardian understands.Sources said the prime minister’s former chief of staff, who was on a “short break” between roles after standing down almost six weeks ago, had been told No 10 was likely to rescind the job offer before she had even taken it up. Continue reading...

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Israel and Iran exchange strikes as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate

Attacks raise fears of return to full-scale regional war and come after Trump says ‘I call all the shots’, not NetanyahuMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israeli military has launched airstrikes on Iran after the Iranians fired missiles at northern Israel in the first exchange of fire betwe...

08/06/2026 09:22 The Guardian

Powerful earthquake in southern Philippines leaves at least 19 dead

Residents warned not to enter damaged homes or other buildings owing to threat of aftershocks after magnitude-7.8 quakeA magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook part of the southern Philippines early on Monday, collapsing buildings and killing at least 19 people.“Many buildings were affected, but I cannot...

08/06/2026 08:44 The Guardian

Andrew Hastie accuses Pauline Hanson of being ‘Maga first’ – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIs Australian music at risk of extinction? Here’s what the data tells usThe music that charts in Australia has changed considerably over the past couple of decades – rock is out, country is in and old tracks are ne...

08/06/2026 07:20 The Guardian

Armenia’s pro-Europe party wins election and cements shift away from Russia

Result strengthens PM Nikol Pashinyan’s drive for deeper integration with Europe despite warnings from MoscowArmenia’s ruling pro-Europe party has won parliamentary elections, confirming the country’s pivot towards Europe and away from its traditional ally, Russia.Final results in the small So...

08/06/2026 07:20 The Guardian

Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds

Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches boomingRecord numbers of octopuses found off the south-west coast of England last year have now spread as far as Scotland and Wales and are transforming the fishing industry and the mar...

08/06/2026 07:00 The Guardian

Push to regulate UK bailiffs too slow, warns supervisory body

A year after government pledge to regulate sector, ECB criticises ‘lack of visible progress’ and ‘no clear plan’The UK government has been accused of dragging its feet over plans for the mandatory regulation of bailiffs amid concerns about harmful practices in an industry that collects more...

08/06/2026 07:00 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes as attacks intensify

Despite Trump’s calls for calm, IDF says it struck military targets in central and western Iran in response to attacks by TehranIsrael strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalateYemen announced that it had joined the war for the first time since the 8 April ceasefir...

08/06/2026 06:49 The Guardian

‘Sexist’: Gillard and Albanese condemn ‘ditch the witch’ campaign against Victorian premier

Trucks with billboards depicting phrase alongside Jacinta Allan wearing a black pointed hat have been seen around Melbourne for about six weeksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJulia Gillard and Anthony Albanese have join...

08/06/2026 06:32 The Guardian

Trump reportedly tells Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran - as it happened

This blog is now closed – our live coverage of the Middle East crisis continues hereDonald Trump also aggressively pushed back against claims that he broke a key campaign promise to keep the US out of new foreign conflicts.“Well, well, first of all, I didn’t guarantee no war,” Trump said dur...

08/06/2026 05:54 The Guardian

Xi Jinping set to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea, as China seeks to revitalise relationship

The China-North Korea relationship has been strained by a fall in trade during the pandemic and Pyongyang’s increasing ties with RussiaXi Jinping visits North Korea on Monday for a two-day trip, his first in nearly seven years, as China’s president looks to revitalise ties with his junior ally.X...

07/06/2026 23:21 The Guardian

Zelenskyy discusses ‘urgent need to scale up’ air defences with key allies in London

Keir Starmer hosts Ukrainian, French and German leaders in Downing Street after Russia fires hypersonic weapons at UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of the UK, France and Germany discussed “the urgent need to scale up” Ukraine’s air defences and deep-strike capabilities in London on S...

07/06/2026 21:50 The Guardian

Iran launches missiles at Israel in response to strikes on Beirut

Tehran official had promised ‘decisive and painful’ reply to Israeli bombing of apartment buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday in response to Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, shattering a fragile ceas...

07/06/2026 21:49 The Guardian

Russian drone hits building storing spent nuclear fuel near Chornobyl

Attack was ‘extremely vile’ and deliberate, says Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy A Russian Shahed drone has substantially damaged a building used to store spent nuclear fuel close to the disused Chornobyl nuclear power plant, in what Ukraine’s president described as a deliberate and...

07/06/2026 19:01 The Guardian

UK readies sanctions against Israel to deter proposed illegal West Bank settlement

Move comes as 137 Labour MPs sign letter demanding ‘urgent, concrete action’ to stop settler violenceThe UK Foreign Office and a group of western countries are due to announce a package of sanctions against Israel this week designed to deter companies from becoming involved in a proposed West Ba...

07/06/2026 16:43 The Guardian

Delays to defence investment plan have damaged UK’s credibility, say MPs

Committee calls for apology from government amid reports navy’s hunter-killer submarines are all dockedA parliamentary committee that scrutinises public spending has made scathing comments about the impact of delays in the publication of the government’s defence investment plan (Dip).The plan, o...

07/06/2026 13:57 The Guardian

FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed ‘Catholic ideology’ memo

Firings are part of a broader personnel purge under the leadership of director Kash Patel, a Trump loyalistSeveral FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were fired on Friday, according to their lawyer, the latest wave of...

07/06/2026 13:27 The Guardian

Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in NormandyThe US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been accused by historians and rights campaigners of “grotesque stupidity” and desecrating the memory of the soldiers who stormed the beaches o...

07/06/2026 12:22 The Guardian

BA boss warns costly aviation taxes and rail tickets are stunting UK growth

UK lagging behind rivals on tourism growth because of travel costs and lack of joined-up planning, says CEO Sean DoyleThe cost of travel to and around the UK is keeping millions of tourists away and slowing economic growth, the boss of British Airways said, as he urged a rethink of aviation taxes.Th...

07/06/2026 10:19 The Guardian

‘It’s time to move forward’: Armenians vote in election closely watched by Russia and EU

Voters to choose between pro-Russian opposition and incumbent Nikol Pashinyan, who is more closely aligned with the westArmenians are going to the polls in an election that could cement the country’s shift towards Europe and away from its traditional alliance with Russia.Prime minister Nikol Pashi...

07/06/2026 09:56 The Guardian

Lammy told JD Vance his remarks about Henry Nowak were ‘wrong’ – UK politics live

The justice secretary said he spoke to the US vice president after he blamed mass immigration for Nowak’s murderLaura Kuenssberg moves onto pressing David Lammy on defence after MPs warned the government’s delay in publishing the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) undermined the UK’s credibility wi...

07/06/2026 09:18 The Guardian

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson tells rally Ben Roberts-Smith is a person ‘I respect and I admire’

Hanson compares former soldier’s prosecution for war crimes to her 2003 jailing for electoral fraud, which was later overturnedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, told a rally in support of Ben Roberts-Smith that the former soldier accu...

07/06/2026 06:57 The Guardian

Could this one man have been behind terrorist attacks on Jewish communities across Europe?

Legal papers, expert investigations and social media posts tell story of how a 32-year-old Iraqi appeared to run ‘proxy’ campaignOn Monday, a slightly dishevelled Iraqi man, shackled and dressed in beige prison overalls, was ushered into a Manhattan courtroom.Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi,...

07/06/2026 05:00 The Guardian

Greens warn nuclear submarines deal risks war with China as Albanese says Aukus ‘full-steam ahead’

David Shoebridge says Australia could become embroiled in a US war with China if purchase of Virginia-class attack submarines proceedsAnthony Albanese has reiterated that Aukus is “full-steam ahead” after the Greens renewed calls to cancel the nuclear-powered submarines deal, which the minor par...

07/06/2026 04:59 The Guardian

Australia news live: Man hospitalised after alleged attack in Bondi; Shoebridge warns Australia should not go down ‘warpath with Washington’ against China

Follow liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian borrowing personal loans in record amountsAustralians are borrowing record amounts in personal loans as a long-term buildup in living costs wipes out savings buffers. Continue reading...

07/06/2026 03:50 The Guardian

Starmer to host Zelenskyy and EU leaders for Ukraine talks

Ukrainian leader will attend UK meeting along with French president and German chancellorKeir Starmer will host Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz for talks in Downing Street on Sunday to discuss support for Ukraine.The Ukrainian leader will visit the UK with the French presiden...

06/06/2026 17:54 The Guardian

‘It’s like they’re kidnapped there’: families tell of distress over ‘inhumane’ ICE jail

As detainees go on hunger strike over conditions at Delaney Hall, relatives describe concern for loved ones’ wellbeingIn mid-May, Elder Guerra was showering inside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility when he slipped and fell.Guerra, a Guatemalan immigrant, has been locked up in the New...

06/06/2026 16:00 The Guardian

Pope Leo calls for leaders to reject polarisation as he begins Spanish tour

Pontiff to make marginalised a focus of first papal visit since 2011 including meeting with migrants in the CanariesPope Leo has urged political leaders to seek unity, rather than divide their populations for political gain, and said they must fight for peace, in the opening speech of his tour in Sp...

06/06/2026 15:54 The Guardian

Second flesh-eating screwworm infection reported in cattle in Texas

Governor issues disaster declaration as agencies move to stop spread of parasite, including release of sterile fliesA second case of the flesh-eating screwworm fly has been confirmed in Texas by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), days after an initial case in a one-year-old calf set off an agg...

06/06/2026 14:00 The Guardian

‘Immediate national priority’: ministers accused of complacency over UK food supply

Cold storage and logistics body warns food supplies at risk from fuel shortages, cyber attacks and extreme weatherMinisters have been accused of being complacent about the risks to vital supplies of food into the UK amid concerns over fuel shortages, cyber attacks and extreme weather.The trade body...

06/06/2026 12:00 The Guardian

On China, Trump picked the right battle but the wrong strategy

A long trade war looms. Trump’s scattershot protectionism, chaotic tariffs and belligerence against our natural allies guarantees that US trade policy will remain a hot messWe are in for a long trade war.In the months since “Liberation Day” last year, when Donald Trump let loose a volley of ta...

06/06/2026 11:00 The Guardian

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