Tory former policing minister warns Braverman that laughing gas ban could boost trade for drug dealers – UK politics live

27/03/2023 16:43 The Guardian

Kit Malthouse tells home secretary of risks of moving substance from legitimate market into the illegitimate marketAs Alex Wickham from Politico points out, the questions Rishi Sunak is getting this morning suggest this audience is not happy with the government’s record on crime.Q: The Conservatives have “dropped the ball a little bit, to be honest”. The questioner says laughing gas is the least of their problems. People are using much harder drugs. He has skimmed through the action plan document. Some of it is good. But punishments need to be firmer. People probably won’t turn up for community sentences. And the government needs to tackle drugs at source. Continue reading...

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Russia-Ukraine war live: Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets UK finance minister in Kyiv

Ukrainian president meets Jeremy Hunt and calls for sanctions against Russia to be tightenedBelarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the risk of military incidents along his country’s border with Ukraine was quite high, reports Reuters citing Russia’s state-run RIA news ag...

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US Congress passes foreign military aid package with $5bn boost for Aukus agreement with Australia

Defence minister Richard Marles welcomes confirmation of congressional funding that ensures US can produce Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines for AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA United St...

25/04/2024 08:44 The Guardian

Europe live: Venice residents protest as city begins visitor charging scheme

Locals say city is against plan and accuse authorities of turning Venice into a ‘theme park’ by charging day trippers for visitsTransport & Environment, an NGO campaigning for cleaner transport, has warned about the impact of over-tourism.”The current number of cruise ships globally is hig...

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Thursday briefing: How Michael Gove’s ‘new deal’ for renters went sour

In today’s newsletter: The renters’ reform bill was meant to address a spiralling housing crisis, but as a watered-down version finally passes, we look at the ways a great hope has become a crushing disappointment• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning, and if you ar...

25/04/2024 05:55 The Guardian

Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn

Green Finance Institute report said further pollution could cut 12% off GDP by 2030sThe destruction of nature over the rest of the decade could trigger a bigger economic slump in Britain than those caused by the 2008 global financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, experts have warned.Sounding the al...

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Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire

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Synthetic opioids: warning issued in NSW after nitazenes cause cluster of overdoses

NSW Health investigating after powerful drugs detected in samples related to overdoses in Nepean Blue Mountains local health districtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA cluster of 20 drug overdoses in New So...

25/04/2024 03:16 The Guardian

Australia news live: mass pilot whale stranding on WA beach; NSW Health warns of severe opioid overdoses

NSW Health is investigating around 20 severe opioid overdoses in the Penrith area from the past month, and have issued a warning. Follow the day’s news liveThousands gather for dawn services and marches to mark Anzac Day around AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily...

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Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group

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Russia vetos UN resolution to prevent nuclear arms race in space

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Fox journalist among dozens arrested at Texas university as protests swell

Local and state police clash with demonstrators in state capital of Austin while rightwing governor says protesters ‘belong in jail’At least 20 people were arrested, including a photojournalist, as police and demonstrators violently clashed at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday.Hundr...

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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

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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

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

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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

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24/04/2024 12:45 The Guardian

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Russian minister detained after taking bribe, law enforcement agency says

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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

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