Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as intelligence head despite fears of pro-Russia stance

12/02/2025 16:53 The Guardian

Senate approves nomination of former Democrat as Mitch McConnell is sole Republican to vote against Trump pickUS politics live – latest updatesTulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who has been publicly questioned over her affinity for foreign dictators and promoting conspiracy theories, has been confirmed as director of national intelligence by the US Senate.The Senate voted 52 to 48, with just one Republican – the senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky – voting against her confirmation. Continue reading...

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Trump administration sued for access to immigration detainees at Guantánamo Bay – live

Immigrant rights groups accuse government of holding people without ‘any ability to speak to counsel or outside world’Several 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 a...

12/02/2025 21:26 The Guardian

Australia politics live: PM to mark anniversary of apology to Stolen Generations; right to disconnect cut unpaid overtime by a billion hours

Prime minister will say it was his proudest day in politics. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcasAustralian aluminium not flooding the US market: FarrellTrade Minister Don Farrell says he doesn’t believe Australia is “flooding” the US market with...

12/02/2025 20:48 The Guardian

Trump says he has spoken to Putin and agreed to negotiate Ukraine ceasefire

US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth says Ukraine would have to cede territory, alarming Kyiv and European alliesDonald Trump has said that he and Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin negotiations to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, as the secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, said that Ukraine would hav...

12/02/2025 20:42 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Hamas says it rejects US and Israeli ‘threats’ over Gaza ceasefire – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Israel-Gaza war, read our full report:Arab mediators scramble to save Gaza ceasefire as Israel bolsters troop numbersOf the many factors that will determine the fate of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, one of the most difficult to quantify and predic...

12/02/2025 19:09 The Guardian

Trump says he spoke with Putin and will start peace talks on Ukraine ‘immediately’ – as it happened

US president says he had ‘lengthy and productive phone call’ with Russian president and will begin by calling Volodymyr ZelenskyyBack 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 “Eu...

12/02/2025 19:00 The Guardian

UK judge warns women about sperm donor who ‘fathered 180 children’

Judge takes rare step of naming Robert Charles Albon, who subjected mothers to ‘nightmare’ of controlling behaviourA sperm donor who subjected a couple to a “nightmare” of controlling behaviour over their child has been named by a judge as a warning about the dangers of unregulated sperm don...

12/02/2025 16:06 The Guardian

Talks to form far-right-led coalition government in Austria collapse

Disagreements over key posts and issues like migration mean snap election is likely, with far-right Freedom party ahead in pollsEurope live – latest updatesAustria’s Freedom party (FPÖ) has ended coalition talks with the conservatives on forming the country’s first far-right-led government af...

12/02/2025 15:20 The Guardian

US no longer ‘primarily focused’ on Europe’s security, says Pete Hegseth

US defence secretary says Europe should lead in defending Ukraine and that restoring pre-2014 borders is unrealisticDonald Trump’s newly appointed defence secretary told allies on his first international trip that the US was no longer “primarily focused” on European security and that Europe wo...

12/02/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Proposed ban on protest outside places of worship could prevent Town Hall rallies, Sydney mayor warns

Clover Moore says police would have power to block peaceful demonstrations and warns against eroding civil rightsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s mayor has warned that new laws proposed by the New South Wales...

12/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

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 warThe Kremlin has said that Russia will never consider exchanging occupied Ukrainian land for parts of its Kursk region, dismissing a proposal outlined by Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Guardian.Zel...

12/02/2025 13:22 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

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

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12/02 12:40 - Who is Marc Fogel, the US teacher released by Russia? 12/02 12:40 - Treasury Secretary Expected to Visit Kyiv 12/02 12:39 - Fears grow for Israel-Gaza ceasefire after Netanyahu threatens war | First Thing 12/02 12:37 - Kremlin Says U.S. Will Release a Russian in American Custody 12/02 12:36 - Armed gangs might 'represent community' for children seeking out a 'sense of belonging' 12/02 12:35 - News24 | Musk aide had 'read/write permissions' to US Treasury by mistake, as Democrats warn of danger 12/02 12:29 - Mark Rutte: “NATO needs to do 'a lot more' on defence spending” 12/02 12:21 - Trump talks up ‘progress’ on Ukraine war after release of US prisoner 12/02 12:21 - Trump talks up ‘progress’ on Ukraine war after release of US prisoner 12/02 12:00 - Canada and Mexico tariffs risk inflating US housing crisis, Trump is warned 12/02 11:54 - Kanye West sued, dropped by talent agency and retail platform over antisemitic slurs 12/02 11:54 - Fear and condemnation in Gaza as Israel threatens to resume war 12/02 11:54 - Fear and condemnation in Gaza as Israel threatens to resume war 12/02 11:49 - Ski resorts fight for future in the face of climate change 12/02 11:41 - US defence secretary signals dramatic shift in American military policy away from Europe 12/02 11:39 - Ukraine prepared to swap Russian territory in peace negotiations 12/02 11:33 - Judge's sperm donor warning over man who 'fathered 180 children' 12/02 11:00 - Uline turned to Mexico to staff warehouses, but paid them a fraction of US workers, sources say 12/02 10:49 - Widespread gang violence in Haiti: 'Overwhelming assault on childhood itself' 12/02 10:43 - One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says 12/02 10:32 - Thanking Putin, Trump links American’s release to ending Ukraine war 12/02 10:32 - Car finance scandal: lender sets aside £165m for possible compensation costs 12/02 10:30 - Coalition’s nuclear plan would consume an extra Sydney Harbour’s worth of water a year, Labor says 12/02 10:23 - Will China and the US head into a full-blown trade war? 12/02 10:23 - Will China and the US head into a full-blown trade war? 12/02 10:23 - Zelenskyy rejects claim Boris Johnson talked him out of 2022 peace deal 12/02 10:12 - Germany probes warship ‘sabotage’ 12/02 10:04 - News24 | 'Beyond grateful, relieved, and overwhelmed': US frees teacher Marc Fogel from Russia jail 12/02 10:01 - Backlash over ‘spiteful’ move to block small boat refugees from ever claiming British citizenship – UK politics live 12/02 09:20 - Coca-Cola says Trump tariffs could force it to increase use of plastic in US 12/02 09:11 - Children in Haiti falling prey to gruesome gang violence, Amnesty warns