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One year after Spain’s blackout, its shift to renewables and grid evolution power on

Though solar was initially incorrectly blamed for crisis, renewables have helped insulate Spain from gas price rises caused by war in Middle EastOne year ago today, all of Spain, and much of Portugal, suffered through a blackout of unprecedented scale and duration. In mere seconds, a cascading seque...

28/04/2026 13:47 The Guardian
UAE quits Opec in win for Trump as oil cartel weakened

US president has accused organisation of ‘ripping off the rest of the world’ by inflating oil pricesBusiness live – latest updatesThe United Arab Emirates has quit the Opec oil cartel in a heavy blow to the group and its de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, amid the global energy shock caused by the...

28/04/2026 13:37 The Guardian
Europe’s smaller airports ‘under threat’ if fuel shortages cause many cancellations

High fuel prices and passenger delays caused by EU’s EES entry-exit system causing problems, says trade bodyBusiness live – latest updatesEurope’s smaller airports may not survive if jet fuel shortages triggered by the Middle East crisis lead to widespread route cancellations, the industry’s...

28/04/2026 13:30 The Guardian
F.B.I. Searches Businesses Around Minneapolis as Part of Fraud Inquiry

Investigators obtained 22 search warrants to collect evidence as part of a fraud investigation in a state that has become a top concern for the Trump administration....

28/04/2026 13:07 New York Times
First Thing: White House dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination

Alleged shooter, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, faces potential life sentence. Plus, the Americans renouncing their citizenshipDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The suspect accused of trying to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner was charged on Monda...

28/04/2026 12:12 The Guardian
The World Needs Natural Gas Now, but the U.S. Is Exporting All It Can

Even the largest global supplier of liquefied natural gas can’t make up for the shortfall since the war in Iran cut off an important source....

28/04/2026 12:09 New York Times
Barclays cuts back risky lending after £228m hit from UK mortgage firm MFS

Bank’s chief executive points to alleged fraud as it sets aside a further £105m for motor finance compensationBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is pulling back from lending to risky borrowers, as its chief executive warned of increasing numbers of fraud cases and the bank took a £228m hit...

28/04/2026 11:14 The Guardian
BP profits more than double as oil prices soar in Iran war

First-quarter profits of $3.2bn prompt outrage from campaigners, who say figures come at expense of consumersBusiness live – latest updatesBP has provoked outrage by revealing its profits more than doubled in the first quarter of this year after its oil traders reaped the benefit of the war in Ira...

28/04/2026 11:02 The Guardian
Mexican special forces arrest top commander of cartel and his alleged money launderer

US embassy warns employees to avoid Reynosa area after arrests of Audias Flores and César Alejandro ‘N’The Mexican authorities have arrested two top criminals, one of them a close ally of the slain founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), prompting gunmen to block roads near the bor...

28/04/2026 11:00 The Guardian
Shares in buy-to-let mortgage lenders fall after report Reeves plans rent freeze

FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock ExchangeRachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war falloutBusiness live – latest updatesShares in some of the UK’s biggest buy-to-let lenders such as Paragon and One Savings Ban...

28/04/2026 10:11 The Guardian
JD Vance’s key role in Iran talks presents him with a thorny predicament

Vice-president faces challenges as he assumes potential role of point man in endeavor to end a war he opposedAs a man who wears his Christian beliefs on his sleeve, JD Vance is no doubt acutely conscious of Jesus Christ’s dictum from his sermon on the mount declaring that “blessed are the peacem...

28/04/2026 10:00 The Guardian
Internet Restrictions Spur Russians to Openly Question Putin’s Moves

From beauty influencers to the token political opposition, Russians are openly questioning President Vladimir V. Putin’s moves to hamstring access....

28/04/2026 09:03 New York Times
Adelaide writers’ week sacrificed to save city’s prestigious arts festival, documents show

Briefings obtained by freedom of information warned a ‘cascade of withdrawals’ could lead to collapse of 2026 South Australian festivalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAdelaide writers’ week was sacrificed to save the 2026 Adelaide festival, an event that ploughs more...

28/04/2026 08:28 The Guardian
‘Shortcomings and failures’ could sink Aukus nuclear submarines plan, UK inquiry warns

Australia is dependent upon UK’s ability to deliver new submarines but report says ‘cracks are already beginning to show’“Cracks are already beginning to show” in the UK’s funding for the Aukus agreement that could derail the ambitious nuclear submarine plan, a British parliamentary inqu...

28/04/2026 08:22 The Guardian
‘Protected for another century’: experts lift 15-tonne foremast from HMS Victory

In latest stage of £42m restoration project, 30-strong team remove mast from Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar flagshipThere is only one correct way to extricate a 15-tonne wrought iron mast from one of the world’s most famous and beloved warships – very slowly, and with extreme care.Which is prec...

28/04/2026 08:04 The Guardian
Tech giants face new levy to pay for Australian news as Meta calls position ‘simply wrong’

Google also rejects need for reform after Albanese government reveals draft news bargaining incentive scheme Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has urged Google, Meta and TikTok to make deals with Australi...

28/04/2026 06:02 The Guardian
Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime

Coordinated attack by JNIM and the Tuareg minority inflicted significant casualties on government forces and Russian auxiliariesWhen al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militants launched a series of attacks on military bases and raids into major towns in Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso last summer, obse...

28/04/2026 06:00 The Guardian
Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds

Journalists face rising threats while media ownership is concentrated in fewer hands, leading civil liberties group warnsJournalists in the EU face increasing levels of harassment, threats and violence, while news outlets are owned by a shrinking number of proprietors and public trust in the media h...

28/04/2026 05:00 The Guardian
Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligationThe UK’s most senior progressive rabbis have warned that Israel’s current political direction risks becoming “incompatible with Jewish values”, while insisting that criticism of...

28/04/2026 04:00 The Guardian
Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers

Lord committee says chancellor and recent predecessors have allowed themselves too little room for manoeuvreBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves should aim to run a “significantly larger” buffer against her fiscal rules, according to a report from a House of Lords committee that says th...

28/04/2026 04:00 The Guardian
King Charles Will Speak of ‘Reconciliation and Renewal’ During Address to Congress

The state visit of King Charles III comes at a moment of tension over the war in Iran between President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer....

28/04/2026 02:46 New York Times
ICE Warehouse Plan Faces Delay Over Lack of Environmental Reviews

Officials have argued in court filings that the projects are exempt from federally required assessments, but are scrambling after a judge disagreed....

27/04/2026 23:36 New York Times
UK has wealthy Europe’s ‘third-highest’ rate of young adults not in work or study

Resolution Foundation report says ‘crisis’ stems from rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job supportBritain has the third-highest rate of young people not in work or education among Europe’s richest countries because of rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and...

27/04/2026 23:01 The Guardian
First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in England and Wales

Police warn of violent pornography and ‘toxic’ influencers as suicides outstrip homicides for third year runningThe first teenage girl has been identified as having been driven to kill herself after domestic violence, as police chiefs blamed violent pornography and “toxic” influencers for be...

27/04/2026 23:01 The Guardian
US supreme court hears whether smartphone location data warrants infringe users’ privacy

Lawyer for DoJ argued actions taken in public while in possession of a smartphone afforded no expectation of privacyThe US supreme court is considering whether sprawling warrants for smartphone location data infringe on Americans’ privacy rights and violate the constitution.Justices heard opening...

27/04/2026 22:28 The Guardian
Middle East crisis: Iran’s foreign ministry condemns US seizure of Iranian-linked tankers as ‘piracy and armed robbery’ – as it happened

Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says actions of the United States ‘strike at the heart of international law’ as blockade continues in strait of HormuzIran is proposing that shipping companies should pay charges for specific services when they cross the strait of Hormuz, in a move that would enable i...

27/04/2026 21:19 The Guardian
US supreme court weighs blocking lawsuits against Roundup makers alleging weedkiller causes cancer

Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studiesMembers of the US supreme court peppered lawyers for the former Monsanto Company with a barrage of questions over pesticide regulation on Monday, wrestling over whether federal law...

27/04/2026 21:08 The Guardian
Britain becoming ‘soft target’ for Russian propaganda, says security expert

Fiona Hill tells MPs UK is ‘vulnerable’ because it does not educate people on how to deal with information warfareBritain is becoming a soft target for Russian and other state propaganda because the UK is not prepared to educate people on how to deal with information warfare, according to a form...

27/04/2026 20:23 The Guardian
Iran War Shakes Global Economy, but the U.S. Has Mostly Been Spared

In just eight weeks, much of the global economy has been knocked sideways. America has mostly been spared from the tumult....

27/04/2026 20:16 New York Times
China’s Economy Starts to Show Cracks From Iran War

China’s strategic reserves of oil and natural gas have insulated it somewhat, but its manufacturing-based economy is beginning to falter....

27/04/2026 20:13 New York Times
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Searches Businesses Around Minneapolis as Part of Fraud Inquiry 28/04 12:58 - Bangladesh’s Russian-backed nuclear power project enters final stage 28/04 12:50 - BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher 28/04 12:50 - News24 | Israel’s Mossad acquired ‘strategic and tactical intelligence’ from Iran, Hezbollah 28/04 12:49 - Dozens of Gaza children arrive in Jordan for medical care 28/04 12:38 - King Charles in US for state visit amid differences over Iran war 28/04 12:33 - UAE leaves OPEC in blow to oil cartel amid war on Iran 28/04 12:33 - UAE leaves OPEC in blow to oil cartel amid war on Iran 28/04 12:27 - 'Iranians believe they have upper hand because they can endure double blockade better than US' 28/04 12:12 - First Thing: White House dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination 28/04 12:09 - The World Needs Natural Gas Now, but the U.S. Is Exporting All It Can 28/04 12:06 - Life in Tehran since the ceasefire: How Iranian society is evolving 28/04 12:03 - Russian superyacht sails through Strait of Hormuz despite blockade 28/04 11:44 - Wired for War: Why is the EU ignoring the Israeli cyber threat? 28/04 11:37 - U.S. weighs Iranian proposal that would open Strait of Hormuz but delay nuclear talks 28/04 11:27 - Amnesty calls for US strike on Yemen to be investigated as war crime 28/04 11:27 - Amnesty calls for US strike on Yemen to be investigated as war crime 28/04 11:19 - How the US-Israeli war is collapsing the sanctions regime on Iran 28/04 11:19 - How the US-Israeli war is collapsing the sanctions regime on Iran 28/04 11:18 - When will Strait of Hormuz be ‘safe’ for commercial shipping again? 28/04 11:18 - When will Strait of Hormuz be ‘safe’ for commercial shipping again? 28/04 11:14 - Barclays cuts back risky lending after £228m hit from UK mortgage firm MFS 28/04 11:02 - BP profits more than double as oil prices soar in Iran war 28/04 11:00 - Mexican special forces arrest top commander of cartel and his alleged money launderer 28/04 10:57 - Is capitalism fuelling today’s wars? 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28/04 07:06 - Iran war: What’s happening on day 60 as diplomacy gathers pace? 28/04 06:02 - Tech giants face new levy to pay for Australian news as Meta calls position ‘simply wrong’ 28/04 06:00 - Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime 28/04 05:02 - Middle East war live: World airlines body chief warns of possible jet fuel shortage this summer 28/04 05:00 - Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds 28/04 04:00 - Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn 28/04 04:00 - Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers 28/04 02:46 - King Charles Will Speak of ‘Reconciliation and Renewal’ During Address to Congress 28/04 02:34 - U.S. offers no help with Iran war’s fallout, Thai foreign minister says 28/04 00:31 - 27 Comfy Pairs Of Shoes From DSW That’ll Actually Go With Your Existing Wardrobe 28/04 00:00 - Iran war live: Trump reviews peace plan; UN calls for Hormuz to reopen 28/04 00:00 - Iran war live: Trump reviews peace plan; UN calls for Hormuz to reopen 27/04 23:36 - ICE Warehouse Plan Faces Delay Over Lack of Environmental Reviews 27/04 23:01 - UK has wealthy Europe’s ‘third-highest’ rate of young adults not in work or study 27/04 23:01 - First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in England and Wales 27/04 22:33 - Israel slams Ukraine’s ‘Twitter diplomacy’ 27/04 22:28 - US supreme court hears whether smartphone location data warrants infringe users’ privacy 27/04 21:19 - Middle East crisis: Iran’s foreign ministry condemns US seizure of Iranian-linked tankers as ‘piracy and armed robbery’ – as it happened 27/04 21:08 - US supreme court weighs blocking lawsuits against Roundup makers alleging weedkiller causes cancer 27/04 21:07 - King Charles’s rare state visit offers U.K. a chance to mend ties with Trump 27/04 21:00 - Who holds the cards in Iran-US talks? 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