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£5bn debt crisis of special educational needs ‘could bankrupt’ English councils

24/07/2024 23:00 The Guardian

Increased demand for children’s services leading to meltdown, warn local authority leadersA £5bn debt crisis caused by out-of-control overspending on special educational needs could explode in less than two years, bankrupting scores of England’s local authorities, the UK government has been warned.The crisis stems from the failure to properly fund a huge increase in demand for Special Education Needs and Disability (Send) services over the past decade, triggering an “existential” crisis for councils which have “no obvious means of paying off the debt”. Continue reading...

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Labour bid to ‘smash the gangs’ could add to death risk for Channel migrants

Government ‘hoping’ it will not have to create safe and legal route or change asylum law, says Home Office sourceDeaths in the English Channel are expected to rise to “devastating” new highs over the coming months, with charities and experts warning that Labour’s action against smugglers c...

07/09/2024 16:12 The Guardian
CIA boss says west should not be intimidated by Russia’s nuclear threats

Bill Burns calls Vladimir Putin a ‘bully’ whose ‘sabre-rattling’ should not always be taken literallyWestern leaders should not be intimidated by Kremlin threats of nuclear escalation, the head of the CIA said on Saturday, and be willing to consider allowing Anglo-French Storm Shadow missile...

07/09/2024 15:40 The Guardian
Israel-Gaza war: US and UK spy chiefs ‘working ceaselessly’ for ceasefire deal – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Israel-Gaza war coverage hereCIA director William Burns, the chief US negotiator trying to help secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages by Hamas, said a more detailed proposal on the ceasefire would be made in the coming days.“W...

07/09/2024 14:00 The Guardian
Ayşenur Eygi’s family demand independent inquiry into West Bank death

Family of Turkish-American woman shot dead during protest against settlements says Israeli investigation ‘not adequate’Israel and Hamas at war – live updatesThe family of a Turkish-American woman shot dead while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have demanded...

07/09/2024 13:24 The Guardian
Winter fuel pay decision ‘brutal’ and could lead to deaths, says Labour MP

Rosie Duffield latest MP to voice concerns as she reveals letters from cancer patients worried about keeping warmLabour ministers reveal grave concerns about winter fuel payment cutThe Labour MP Rosie Duffield says scrapping the winter fuel payment for all pensioners in England and Wales is a “bru...

07/09/2024 11:54 The Guardian
‘À la carte’ new Brexit deal with EU not on table, Micheál Martin warns

Ireland’s deputy PM welcomes warmer relations as Keir Starmer arrives for official visit – but cautions UK cannot ‘cherrypick’ issuesThe UK cannot have an “à la carte” reset of the Brexit agreement, Ireland’s deputy prime minister has said, just hours before Keir Starmer headed to Dub...

07/09/2024 10:40 The Guardian
Russian documentary accused of falsely showing invading soldiers as ‘victims’

Anastasia Trofimova’s film Russians at War criticised for ‘distorted picture of reality’ in Ukraine after Venice premiereA new documentary portraying the lives of Russian soldiers near the Ukrainian frontlines has faced fierce criticism for attempting to whitewash Moscow’s war crimes.Russian...

07/09/2024 09:36 The Guardian
Heatwave across US west breaks records for highest temperatures

Hottest summer on record continues, with millions from Phoenix to Los Angeles to Seattle under heat alertsAn intense heatwave across the US west has brought unusually warm temperatures to the region – some of the highest of the season – and broken heat records.Millions of Americans from Phoenix...

06/09/2024 20:01 The Guardian
Former Top Gear host says he raised safety fears before 2022 Flintoff crash

Chris Harris says he warned BBC three months before crash that someone would die unless safety procedures changedThe former Top Gear presenter Chris Harris has said he expressed safety concerns to the BBC three months before the car crash that left Andrew Flintoff with facial injuries and broken rib...

06/09/2024 18:02 The Guardian
Peacekeepers needed to end ‘harrowing’ abuses in Sudan, say UN experts

Government and paramilitary forces responsible for rape, violence and torture, according to civilian interviewsPeacekeepers should be deployed to Sudan immediately and an existing international arms embargo should be expanded to protect civilians from “harrowing” rights abuses committed by the w...

06/09/2024 16:48 The Guardian
Zelenskiy claims support waning for strikes against Russian occupiers

Ukrainian president complains of reduced cooperation from US and UK over use of their missiles in CrimeaVolodymyr Zelenskiy has complained that it has become increasingly difficult to use Storm Shadow missiles against Russian targets in occupied Ukraine because of a lack of supplies and reduced coop...

06/09/2024 16:37 The Guardian
Aid agency insiders claim BBC ‘blocking’ Gaza humanitarian appeal

Disasters Emergency Committee sources say BBC fears backlash from those supportive of Israel’s war with Hamas The launch of a major humanitarian appeal for Gaza by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is being delayed by the BBC, it has emerged.The corporation said the appeal did not meet all t...

06/09/2024 16:02 The Guardian
DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak

Jab not yet approved for children, who make up most cases, while officials warn millions more doses will be requiredThe first donation of mpox vaccines arrived in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, but officials say millions more doses will be needed.The announcement came amid warnings th...

06/09/2024 16:00 The Guardian
‘We’ve not had a summer’: retailers battle unpredictable British weather

Soggy summers and warmer winters are hitting sales as climate crisis blurs seasonsWhen the season switched from summer to autumn, like clockwork clothing stores would swap out the racks of floaty frocks and fill them with heavy coats and jumpers.Now, as the nights draw in, retailers are having to re...

06/09/2024 15:14 The Guardian
Scholz pledges continued backing and says Germany ‘strongest supporter of Ukraine in Europe’ – as it happened

German chancellor says country ‘will support Ukraine for as long as it takes’ as he meets Volodymyr ZelenskiyUkraine’s defence minister outlined the country’s priorities today.Speaking at Ramstein airbase, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy raised concerns about western partners’ policies and...

06/09/2024 14:23 The Guardian
US citizen killed in anti-settler protest in West Bank, Palestinian news agency reports

News agency said incident occurred during a protest march, amid rise in violent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villagesIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesA US citizen taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank died of her wounds on Friday after b...

06/09/2024 14:04 The Guardian
Some probation officers given a week’s notice of serious offenders’ release, union says

Exclusive: Napo says officers do not feel protected as 2,000 offenders to be let out early to try to ease prison crisisProbation officers have been given as little as a week’s notice to prepare for serious offenders to be freed in England and Wales under the government’s early-release scheme, th...

06/09/2024 13:20 The Guardian
Iran warns Russia against siding with Azerbaijan in border dispute

Row may signal that newly elected Tehran government is willing to take tougher line with MoscowIran’s new reformist government has warned Russia against siding with Azerbaijan in a border dispute as concerns in Tehran persist over its relations with Moscow.The Iranian foreign minister, Sayeed Abba...

06/09/2024 11:25 The Guardian
Eric Pickles urged to quit as Tory peer over Grenfell inquiry criticism

Emma Dent Coad, who was Kensington MP at time of fire, says former housing secretary should ‘have grace to resign’Eric Pickles, the former housing secretary, is facing calls to quit as a Tory peer over the Grenfell inquiry, but he has blamed “middle-ranking officials” for failing to act on a...

06/09/2024 11:12 The Guardian
Temperatures surge in south-eastern Australia as windy weather blasts NSW and Victoria

NSW, Victoria, south-western Queensland and parts of central Australia had temperatures climb by 6C to 12C above average, BoM saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastParts of Sydney and south-west New South Wales faced elev...

06/09/2024 04:09 The Guardian
‘Reservoir of the resistance’: the Lebanese valley reviving its role in Hezbollah-Israel conflict

Known for its wineries and Roman temples, and as the home of Hezbollah, the Beqaa has become a theatre of war againOn a recent morning near the town of Nabi Chit in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa region, a dozen men were clearing away debris. Israeli jets had thundered through the valley a week earlier,...

06/09/2024 04:00 The Guardian
Fugitive former mayor Alice Guo arrives in Philippines after deportation from Indonesia

Arrest warrant was issued for Guo, who is accused of having links to Chinese criminal syndicates, after she failed to appear before a Senate inquiryAlice Guo, a fugitive former mayor of a town in the Philippines accused of having links to Chinese criminal syndicates, has arrived back in the Philippi...

06/09/2024 03:06 The Guardian
Pavel Durov: Telegram founder says France arrest is ‘misguided’

Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradise’ The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, under investigation in France, has said that French authorities should have approached his company with their complaints rather than detaining him, cal...

06/09/2024 00:20 The Guardian
Cigarette-style warning labels should be on everyday food, say campaigners

Health charities call for taxes on salty products and bans on junk food sponsorship of sport to help cut deaths from heart diseaseHard-hitting cigarette-style warning labels should be put on everyday foodstuffs, new taxes imposed on salty products and junk food sponsorship of sport banned to cut ris...

05/09/2024 23:01 The Guardian
Prisons crisis needs ‘radical solutions’ in England and Wales, say former top judges

Earlier release of killers and rapists on licence among the options suggested to potentially ease overcrowdingFive of the most senior former judges in England and Wales have warned that “radical solutions” such as the earlier release of killers and rapists on licence should be considered to ease...

05/09/2024 23:01 The Guardian
Wife of ex rugby star Scott Hastings missing after Firth of Forth swim

Jenny Hastings, who ‘loved the water’, failed to return from Wardie Bay in EdinburghThe wife of Scott Hastings, the former Scottish international rugby player, has gone missing after going swimming in a Scottish estuary. Jenny Hastings, “who loved the water”, failed to return from Wardie Bay...

05/09/2024 21:52 The Guardian
Australia news live: John Howard calls Greens ‘extremist’; report reveals private school funding advantage

Former prime minister says other parties should preference the minor party last. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA severe weather warning is in place for damaging winds across large swathes of Victoria today.The strong winds are increasi...

05/09/2024 21:12 The Guardian
Russian TV presenter charged with violating US sanctions and money laundering

Dimitri Simes, who had contacts in Donald Trump’s orbit, charged as White House targets Kremlin influencers before US presidential electionsUS investigators have indicted a prominent Russian state television personality and his wife for violating sanctions and for money laundering as the White Hou...

05/09/2024 19:36 The Guardian
US files charges against Russian-born former Trump campaign adviser

Dimitri Simes, 76, charged with working for sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering proceedsThe US government has charged a Russian-born US citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and...

05/09/2024 19:24 The Guardian
Kamala Harris will win election, predicts leading historian Allan Lichtman

Polling ‘Nostradamus’, said to have correctly forecast since 1984 all races except Gore’s loss, says Trump on track to loseAllan Lichtman, the historian dubbed the “Nostradamus” of US presidential elections, has predicted that Kamala Harris will win the White House in November’s poll.Hav...

05/09/2024 19:21 The Guardian
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