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‘We will be betrayed’: cold, fearful and still under fire, Gaza’s people wait

Palestinians describe grief and anxiety as they seek news that the ceasefire is going ahead, and airstrikes continueMiddle East crisis – live updatesAmid continuing airstrikes, bitter cold and news of delays, millions in Gaza were waiting anxiously on Thursday for confirmation that the ceasefire-f...

17/01/2025 14:47 The Guardian
Netanyahu Faces a Political Crisis Over the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

With his far-right coalition partners opposing an end to the war and threatening to quit, the Israeli prime minister may have to choose: them or the agreement....

17/01/2025 10:13 New York Times
Netanyahu: no vote on Gaza ceasefire deal until Hamas accepts all terms

Israeli prime minister’s demand before expected cabinet meeting threatens to derail peace negotiationsMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has said his cabinet will not meet to vote on the ceasefire deal intended to pause the war in Gaza until “Hamas accepts all elements of the...

16/01/2025 20:58 The Guardian
Islamist groups in Middle East will emerge from Gaza war weakened

Hamas, Hezbollah and other militia are enfeebled – but Palestine is likely to stay at forefront of global politicsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe ceasefire due to come into force on Sunday, barring a major last-minute problem, will cement massive and rapid changes across the Middle East and...

16/01/2025 17:41 The Guardian
‘A ray of light’: Palestinian and Jewish leaders in UK respond to ceasefire deal

Relief at news of deal to end war in Gaza, as UK government now urged to launch family reunification schemeMiddle East crisis – live updatesA ceasefire to end the 15-month war in Gaza has been welcomed by British Palestinian and British Israeli and Jewish communities, with the government being urg...

16/01/2025 14:02 The Guardian
NSW government asks private sector to take public hospital patients as hundreds of psychiatrists set to resign

Exclusive: Guardian Australia has seen an email from the director of Australia’s largest private mental health provider about the contractFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government is considering m...

16/01/2025 14:00 The Guardian
Trump energy chief pick says linking wildfires to climate crisis is ‘hype’

Democrats criticize Chris Wright’s comments during US Senate confirmation hearing for energy secretary nomineeDonald Trump’s nominee for energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing criticism for disputing the ties between climate change and more frequent or severe wildfires, the Washington Post re...

16/01/2025 00:16 The Guardian
Israel’s cabinet reportedly preparing to meet to ratify Gaza ceasefire deal

Deal with Hamas inches closer amid warnings from Israeli rightwingers against any hostages-for-prisoners agreementMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael’s cabinet is reportedly preparing to meet to ratify a widely anticipated ceasefire deal with Hamas over Gaza, amid rightwing threats to bring...

15/01/2025 15:57 The Guardian
Send crisis in England risks creating ‘lost generation’ of children

Many local authorities facing bankruptcy as government criticised for lack of urgencyThe crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in England risks creating a “lost generation” of children, while putting “almost half” of all councils with an education remit in danger of ban...

15/01/2025 07:00 The Guardian
‘I hope peace will prevail’: joy and fear in Gaza amid reports ceasefire is near

Hamas and Israel ‘in final stages’ of agreement, with Gazans still reeling from fresh deadly airstrikesMiddle East crisis – live updatesHopes rose across Gaza on Tuesday that the war that has devastated the territory, killing more than 46,000 and displacing millions, was finally over.Amid wide...

14/01/2025 20:08 The Guardian
No human rights concern would stop UK selling F-35 parts for Israel, say NGOs

Campaigners argue the British government has concluded that parts for the jets must be supplied in all circumstancesMiddle East crisis – live updatesLabour ministers have effectively determined there is no human rights concern that could justify halting the sale of F-35 fighter jet parts that coul...

14/01/2025 11:11 The Guardian
Ambulance crews stuck at A&E miss thousands of 999 calls a day in England

Exclusive: paramedics unable to respond to 100,000 calls a month as they wait to hand over patients‘It feels like a war zone’ – exhausted ambulance service workers tell their storiesParamedics in England are unable to respond to 100,000 urgent 999 calls every month because they are stuck outsi...

12/01/2025 20:00 The Guardian
California fires live: governor doubles national guard in LA as firefighters arrive from Mexico and Canada – as it happened

Palisades and Eaton fires start coming under control as fierce winds ease but forecasters predict another red flag warning for Monday. This blog is now closed.Full report evacuation orders expand as Santa Ana winds set to pick upHow the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfiresLos Angeles fires: th...

12/01/2025 02:12 The Guardian
‘National catastrophe’: drama school funding crisis in England sparks concern

Actors Samuel West and Paapa Essiedu join calls for urgent action to protect and expand access to artsWorld-leading drama schools in England are facing a financial crisis that threatens to turn back the clock, shutting down opportunities for talented young people from diverse and less privileged bac...

11/01/2025 08:56 The Guardian
2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm

Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the climate crisi...

10/01/2025 18:21 The Guardian
Lebanon Elects Army Chief Joseph Aoun as President

As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have now settled on Joseph Aoun, the leader of the military....

09/01/2025 16:02 New York Times
Two power station owners to get more than £12m for three hours of electricity

Uniper and a subsidiary of Vitol able to charge 50 times recent market price to ensure supply during evening peakTwo gas power station owners will be paid more than £12m to supply just three hours of electricity on Wednesday evening after freezing weather led to some of the highest market prices si...

08/01/2025 18:19 The Guardian
‘Trump Is at His Absolute Worst in a Crisis’: Three Columnists Imagine the World Ahead

What are the biggest challenges and opportunities facing Trump and his team in foreign policy and national security?...

08/01/2025 10:01 New York Times
Trump's threats over Greenland and Ukraine could be a make-or-break test for NATO

The public articulation by Donald Trump of a new desired target for NATO allies to spend 5% of national income on defence will surely plunge governments across Europe into crisis mode - not least here in the UK....

07/01/2025 21:36 Skynews
Short of Heat and Power, the Breakaway Region of Transnistria Struggles Without Russian Gas

An energy crisis in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory between Moldova and Ukraine, erupted on Jan. 1 when Moscow stopped supplying natural gas through a pipeline running across Ukraine....

07/01/2025 17:51 New York Times
Tuesday briefing: How Britain has coped with an Arctic blast

In today’s newsletter: Widespread flooding, snow and power outages have left thousands of households and travellers facing the aftermath of a cold snap – with more disruption to comeGood morning.British winters have grown markedly milder over the past century: analysis has shown that the average...

07/01/2025 06:34 The Guardian
Shortage of foster carers causing ‘very real’ UK crisis, Barnardo’s warns

Charity calls on government to launch national campaign amid rise in number of children entering care homes‘We’re very glad we’ve done it’: the Liverpool couple who fostered more than 40 childrenThe UK is facing a fostering crisis where retiring carers are not being replaced by younger peopl...

07/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian
‘We’re very glad we’ve done it’: the Liverpool couple who fostered more than 40 children

Charles and Dianne Hubbert retired after receiving an MBE for services to foster careShortage of foster carers causing ‘very real’ UK crisis, Barnardo’s warnsOver 23 years, Charles and Dianne Hubbert have fostered more than 40 children in their home in Croxteth, Liverpool. They have just retir...

07/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Middle East crisis: Israeli forces ‘fired on World Food Programme convoy in Gaza’ – as it happened

Statement from UN agency ‘strongly condemns horrifying incident’ on Sunday which it says risked lives of staff‘This is basically a civil war’: West Bank in fear after shooting of journalistSocial order in Gaza will collapse if Israel ends cooperation with UN aid agency, official saysTurkey...

06/01/2025 15:51 The Guardian
Medals of second world war pilot who flew 500 miles with plane on fire to be auctioned

When Clive Beadon’s bomber caught fire after being hit by Japanese shell, he and crew kept flames doused with flasks of teaIt feels like a very British response to a crisis. When second world war pilot Clive Beadon’s bomber caught fire during a low-level attack on the Burma-Siam railway, he and...

06/01/2025 11:39 The Guardian
Wes Streeting defends pace of plans for adult social care reform – UK politics live

Ministers to launch historic commission to reform ‘failing’ system amid warnings the NHS risks being overwhelmedIn response to the announcement of an independent commission into plans for adult social care, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has signalled his party’s willingness to cooperate on...

03/01/2025 09:28 The Guardian
Investigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol

Officials entered the presidential compound to find themselves blocked by troops under the control of the presidential security serviceSouth Korea’s political crisis took a dramatic turn on Friday when investigators were forced to abandon an attempt to arrest the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol...

03/01/2025 08:32 The Guardian
Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades

But final report on reforms would not emerge until 2028, which health leaders say is kicking crisis ‘into the long grass’Wes Streeting: Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix itFixing UK social care will be biggest challenge yet for Louise CaseyMinisters are to launch...

03/01/2025 00:01 The Guardian
South Korean Officials Move on President’s Home, With Warrant in Hand

The authorities are seeking to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into a political crisis....

02/01/2025 23:56 New York Times
Former EU environment chief warns against backsliding on climate crisis

Virginijus Sinkevičius, a former environment commissioner, criticises bloc’s decision to delay deforestation lawA former EU environment commissioner has warned against backsliding on the protection of nature and the battle against the climate crisis after the bloc decided to delay its landmark de...

01/01/2025 04:00 The Guardian
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