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12/02/2025 13:05 The Guardian

Judge who has already temporarily halted plans to pull out almost all agency’s staff will hear further arguments todaySeveral Democratic state attorneys general warned that the country was in the grip of a full-blown constitutional crisis, as they battle Donald Trump in court over actions they argue are lawless and in some cases brazenly unconstitutional.“We are on the brink of a dictatorship, and America has never been in a more dangerous position than she is today,” Kris Mayes, the attorney general of Arizona, said at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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Russia will not exchange Ukrainian land to reclaim parts of Kursk, Kremlin says

Putin’s spokesperson rejects Zelenskyy’s plan for transfer of Kyiv-held pockets of Kursk to help end warEurope live – latest updatesThe Kremlin has said that Russia will never consider exchanging occupied Ukrainian land for parts of its Kursk region, dismissing a proposal outlined by Volodymyr...

12/02/2025 13:22 The Guardian
Focus on Ukraine as foreign ministers meet and US’s Hegseth visits Brussels – Europe live

Meetings come amid repeated suggestions that the Trump administration wants to end the war as soon as possibleBack to Budapest, where the Alternative für Deutschland’s co-leader Alice Weidel has just been speaking at a press conference with Viktor Orbán.She said that “Europe is leaderless” w...

12/02/2025 13:02 The Guardian
Fears grow for Israel-Gaza ceasefire after Netanyahu threatens war | First Thing

Netanyahu says fighting will resume if Hamas does not release hostages by Saturday. Plus, Musk finally questioned by reporters over DogeGood morning.Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would resume fighting in Gaza if Hamas did not release more hostages by noon on Saturday, endorsing a threat by Don...

12/02/2025 12:39 The Guardian
Canada and Mexico tariffs risk inflating US housing crisis, Trump is warned

Exclusive: Dozens of congressional Democrats urge president to reconsider threatened import duties on US’s two largest trading partnersPressing ahead with steep tariffs on Canada and Mexico risks exacerbating the US housing crisis and threatening the broader economy, dozens of congressional Democr...

12/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Kanye West sued, dropped by talent agency and retail platform over antisemitic slurs

Rapper’s fashion brand Yeezy taken offline by Shopify after he sold T-shirt with swastika design and praised Hitler• Warning: this article contains offensive language and viewsKanye West has been sued and dropped by his talent agency after he posted a stream of antisemitic abuse, put T-shirts wi...

12/02/2025 11:54 The Guardian
Uline turned to Mexico to staff warehouses, but paid them a fraction of US workers, sources say

At company owned by a Trump mega-donor, workers brought from Mexico earned per day about the same as their US counterparts were paid by the hourUline, a Wisconsin-based office supply company owned by one of Donald Trump’s biggest financial backers, paid workers it brought from Mexico to work at it...

12/02/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Car finance scandal: lender sets aside £165m for possible compensation costs

Estimate by Close Brothers follows ‘thorough assessment’ of court case’s impact on UK vehicle loan industryOne of the UK’s biggest providers of motor finance has warned it expects to set aside up to £165m in the first half of its financial year to cover possible legal and compensation costs...

12/02/2025 10:32 The Guardian
Coalition’s nuclear plan would consume an extra Sydney Harbour’s worth of water a year, Labor says

New analysis warns of serious implications for water supply given nuclear plants consume 1.4 times more than coal-fired power stationsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney Harbour’s worth of extra water will be needed each year by the Coalition’s proposed nuclear re...

12/02/2025 10:30 The Guardian
Zelenskyy rejects claim Boris Johnson talked him out of 2022 peace deal

Exclusive: Ukraine president says British PM had nothing to do with decision not to seek deal with RussiaVolodymyr Zelenskyy has rubbished claims that Boris Johnson scuppered a possible peace deal between Ukraine and Russia in spring 2022, calling them “illogical” in an interview with the Guardi...

12/02/2025 10:23 The Guardian
Backlash over ‘spiteful’ move to block small boat refugees from ever claiming British citizenship – UK politics live

Stella Creasy says Home Office decision ‘erects more barriers’ to refugees integrating and contributing to communities in UKIn his Substack post on the new Home Office policy saying refugees arriving on small boats won’t normally be allowed citizenship (see 9.22am and 9.35am), Colin Yeo, the i...

12/02/2025 10:01 The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: fears grow for Israel-Gaza ceasefire after Netanyahu threat

Israel’s prime minister said he would end the ceasefire if Hamas failed to free Israeli hostages by midday on SaturdayHere are some of the latest images on the newswires:The Israeli military says it struck two people in the southern Gaza Strip who were flying a drone. It said on Wednesday that the...

12/02/2025 09:20 The Guardian
Coca-Cola says Trump tariffs could force it to increase use of plastic in US

Introduction of 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports could push up canned food and drink pricesCoca-Cola has said it may have to increase its use of plastic in the US if Donald Trump’s tariffs raise the cost of aluminium cans.The drinks company’s warning follows Trump’s introduction of 2...

12/02/2025 09:20 The Guardian
Most Europeans see Trump’s US as more a necessary partner than ally, poll finds

Findings of survey prompt call for more ‘realistic, transactional’ EU approach towards WashingtonEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s return to the White House has led to a “remarkable shift” in Europeans’ view of the US, according to a survey, with even the most America-friendly...

12/02/2025 08:51 The Guardian
UK economy on course for 1.5% expansion, NIESR predicts

Thinktank cautions Trump tariffs could blow hole in forecast, with 63% of UK firms exporting to US expecting to be hitThe British economy is on course to expand by 1.5% this year after the budget gave a boost to public spending but could be blown off course if Donald Trump goes ahead with threatened...

12/02/2025 07:01 The Guardian
Aberdeen named cheapest city for single homebuyers in Great Britain

Average one- or two-bedroom home is £119,000 in Scottish city, as Liverpool tops list in England and Blaenau Gwent in WalesBoost for UK borrowers as Santander ‘fires starting gun’ on mortgage price warAberdeen in Scotland is the most affordable city for single people to buy a home in Great Brit...

12/02/2025 07:00 The Guardian
Antoinette Lattouf v ABC hearing live: editorial adviser declines to comment on string of Patricia Karvelas social media posts presented in court

Lattouf’s unlawful termination claim against ABC examines how and why she was sacked after posting on social media about Israel-Gaza war. Follow the hearing live.Fagir presses Latimer on the social media advice given to LattoufFagir is now taking Latimer to advice he received from the acting edito...

12/02/2025 06:54 The Guardian
Wednesday briefing: Inside the US president’s chaos machine

In today’s newsletter: From the the AI arms race to support for Ukraine to UK diplomatic love bombing, a look at four of the most pressing developments from WashingtonGood morning.Few words can fully capture the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Dizzying? Unrelenting? Disorienting?Mi...

12/02/2025 06:53 The Guardian
Nationwide warns Reeves against cutting tax breaks on cash Isas

City wants more investment in stocks but move could reduce availability of mortgages for first-time buyers Britain’s biggest building society has waded into a row over whether the government should cut tax breaks on cash Isas, arguing such a move would reduce the availability of mortgages for firs...

12/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian
China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globeA quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade, new research reveals.The Washington DC-bas...

12/02/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Modi heads to US in mission to dodge a tit-for-tat tariff battle

Prime minister hoping to revive ‘bromance’ of Trump’s first term despite US president calling India ‘a very big abuser’The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is heading to Washington for high-stakes talks in an attempt to avoid a trade war with Donald Trump.India is considering tariff c...

12/02/2025 03:30 The Guardian
AFL plan to extract more money from gambling faces potential legal challenge

Exclusive: Bookmakers consider fighting proposal to increase fees from 0.9% to 1.5% of turnover from most betsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe AFL’s bid to secure a bigger share of gambling losses – despite publi...

12/02/2025 03:00 The Guardian
White House fires USAid inspector general who issued damning report on Trump’s funding freeze – as it happened

This live coverage has ended. You can find all of our live US politics coverage hereDonald Trump announced he is dispatching Treasury secretary Scott Bessent to Ukraine to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while also predicting the war in the country would end “soon”.The US president made the news...

12/02/2025 02:49 The Guardian
Trump reportedly fires watchdog who oversees USAid after damning report

Paul Martin, an independent inspector general and Biden appointee, warned of drastic effects of shuttering USAidDonald Trump reportedly fired the federal watchdog responsible for overseeing the US Agency for International Development (USAid) on Tuesday, one day after the independent inspector genera...

12/02/2025 01:01 The Guardian
Aid worker says medical machines appear to have been ‘deliberately destroyed’ in Gaza hospital – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can read our latest report on Israel’s threat to resume its war on Gaza unless its hostages are released here and all our coverage of the war here.We are pausing this live blog for the moment but for a full report on Trump’s latest comments on the ceasefire deal our...

12/02/2025 00:10 The Guardian
Marc Fogel: Trump says another release to come as he greets US teacher freeed by Russia

President claims release of Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel, held in Russia since 2021, could be an important part of ending the Ukraine warA US teacher who has been held in Russia since 2021 has been greeted at the White House by Donald Trump, who claimed the release could be an “important part...

11/02/2025 22:17 The Guardian
Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

Author says ‘I was screaming because of the pain’ in trial of man accused of trying to kill himSalman Rushdie took the stand in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him at a literary gathering in western New York in August 2022, and described the shocking attack more than 35 years...

11/02/2025 19:42 The Guardian
Boost for UK borrowers as Santander ‘fires starting gun’ on mortgage price war

Bank to offer first two-year deal under 4% with rivals likely to follow suitThe first sub-4% mortgages for months are going on sale, handing a much-needed boost to first-time buyers and those worried about refinancing their home loan.Santander on Thursday will start offering fixed rate deals at 3.99...

11/02/2025 19:28 The Guardian
Israel will resume war in Gaza unless more hostages freed this week, says Netanyahu

Ultimatum appears to endorse threat by Donald Trump, who on Tuesday also appeared to back annexation of West BankMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will resume fighting in Gaza if Hamas does not release more hostages by noon on Saturday, endorsing a threat by...

11/02/2025 19:22 The Guardian
‘Let’s not forget the pain of the 2008 crisis in pursuit of growth,’ warns Andrew Bailey

Bank of England governor says there is ‘no trade-off’ between economic growth and financial stabilityThe governor of the Bank of England has warned against watering down City regulations introduced after the 2008 banking crash, saying there was “no trade-off” between economic growth and fina...

11/02/2025 18:31 The Guardian
Canada, Mexico and EU criticise Trump’s metal tariffs amid fears of trade war

Ursula von der Leyen says tariffs ‘will not go unanswered’ as Justin Trudeau says Canadians will ‘stand up if we need to’Europe live – latest updatesCanada, Mexico and the EU have sharply criticised Donald Trump’s decision to impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports to the U...

11/02/2025 17:31 The Guardian
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