Architects warn post-Brexit visa rules hindering recruitment

18/02/2025 10:38 The Guardian

Firms want review of decision to remove architecture from shortage occupation list and raise salary thresholdArchitecture firms are calling on the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, to urgently review the post-Brexit visa salary rules, claiming they are choking an industry that is trying to help meet Labour’s housing targets.They say there were hit by a double recruitment whammy when the rules changed last April, with architecture removed from the shortage occupation list and the minimum salary to get a visa increased from just over £26,000 to £45,900. Continue reading...

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Trump and Musk to give joint interview as more officials quit amid cost-cutting and crackdowns – US politics live

President and billionaire adviser to talk to Sean Hannity as senior federal prosecutor, social security and FDA chiefs are among those leaving in protestThe US delegation is now speaking to the media. My colleague Jakub Krupa reports that Michael Waltz, the US national security adviser, has said the...

18/02/2025 21:28 The Guardian

Six-year-old girl and woman die in Sydney house fire

Four children and four adults escape blaze in Heckenberg, where police have established a crime sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman and a schoolgirl have died in a house fire in Sydney’s south-west overnight....

18/02/2025 19:26 The Guardian

US and Russia agree to explore mutual opportunities of end to Ukraine war

Riyadh talks involving US secretary state and Russian counterpart mark tectonic shift in relationsEurope live: latest on Ukraine talksUS and Russian officials agreed to explore the “economic and investment opportunities” that could arise for their countries from an end to the war in Ukraine afte...

18/02/2025 19:21 The Guardian

Zelenskyy again demands Ukraine is involved in talks after Russia and US agree to create team to explore peace deal – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here:US and Russia to explore closer relations after Ukraine talks in RiyadhAnalysis: Ukraine and Europe made to sit outside as US and Russia sharpen their carving knivesLatest updates: US politics liveBack when Europe was still looking...

18/02/2025 19:13 The Guardian

Security for Ukraine could be achieved with fewer troops, say UK sources

Defence figures suggest heavy use of long-range monitoring could reduce need for soldiers on the frontline with RussiaBritain believes that a European-led security guarantee to Ukraine could be provided with considerably fewer troops than the 100,000 to 150,000 called for by President Volodymyr Zele...

18/02/2025 18:42 The Guardian

Ukraine will never accept Russia’s ultimatums, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says

President says negotiations between US and Russian delegates in Saudi Arabia ‘held behind Ukraine’s back’Europe live – latest on Ukraine talksUkraine reacted with gloom and dismay on Tuesday to the meeting between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying he would ne...

18/02/2025 17:41 The Guardian

Hamas says it will hand over bodies of Bibas family and free six hostages

Remains of Shiri Bibas and young sons Kfir and Ariel, whose deaths had not been confirmed, to be returned on ThursdayHamas has said it will release six hostages from Gaza this week and hand over the bodies of four others, including the remains of two young children from the same family whose deaths...

18/02/2025 17:40 The Guardian

US postmaster to step down months after reporting billions in losses

Louis DeJoy, who has headed US Postal Service since 2020, warned in November of potential ‘end of this organization’ The US postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, said on Tuesday he had asked the US Postal Service (USPS) governing board to identify his successor.In November, DeJoy warned that the post...

18/02/2025 16:59 The Guardian

Ukraine and Europe made to sit outside as US and Russia sharpen their carving knives

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18/02/2025 16:47 The Guardian

Nigel Farage says Tories ‘not on the right in any measurable way’ and calls Labour government ‘miserable’ – as it happened

Leader of Reform UK criticises Conservatives and ‘declinist’ Labour government in new attacks. This live blog is closedFarage calls for reindustrialisation of Britain and higher birthratesGood morning, defence secretary John Healey has finished speaking, so I can take a quick pause and actually...

18/02/2025 16:32 The Guardian

Nigel Farage, Jordan Peterson & co worship each other in alt-right heaven | John Crace

Welcome to the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference, a fatuous echo chamber of self-congratulationFighting the culture wars doesn’t come cheap these days. Tickets for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference at the ExCeL Centre in London cost a discounted £450. A barga...

18/02/2025 16:14 The Guardian

Food head at FDA quits citing Trump administration’s mass staff cuts

Jim Jones, who joined Food and Drug Administration in 2023, says layoffs would make it ‘fruitless’ to continue in roleThe head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration has quit in protest over sweeping staff cuts that he warns will hamper the agency’s ability to protect publ...

18/02/2025 15:59 The Guardian

As an election looms, will Australians remember Labor for one rate cut or the 12 hikes before that?

The Albanese government had been sweating on the RBA decision, which clears the way for an election as soon as early AprilFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers tried to say he wasn’t taking credit for the big b...

18/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

‘Served their time’: Nauru president backs Australian plan to resettle three members of NZYQ cohort

David Adeang defends his government’s offer for 30-year resettlement visas to non-citizens in Pacific island nationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNauru’s president has defended his government’s offer to resettle...

18/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Thousands of tourists flock to see Etna eruption, blocking rescue services

Tourists blocking streets and indulging in ‘dangerous’ behaviour, say Sicilian officialsThousands of tourists have flocked to Mount Etna to watch spectacular eruptions on the volcano, but some people are blocking streets and preventing rescue services from reaching those in need of assistance, t...

18/02/2025 13:21 The Guardian

Russian and US officials meet in Riyadh – without Ukrainians | First Thing

Negotiations get under way, with Kyiv and other European powers sidelined. Plus, why gen Z has ditched capitalizationDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The negotiations over a ceasefire in Ukraine between the US and Russia, with Kyiv and other European powers sid...

18/02/2025 11:17 The Guardian

UK pay growth rises 6% despite job loss warnings after Reeves’s budget

Unemployment rate unchanged in three months to December, while vacancies increased in JanuaryAnalysis: Strong wage growth gives Bank of England interest rate dilemmaBusiness live – latest updatesUK workers’ pay grew sharply in the final quarter of last year and unemployment remained unchanged de...

18/02/2025 11:02 The Guardian

DNC chair outlines pro-worker, union focus in first memo in fight against Trump

Ken Martin decries Republican party’s anti-union actions and pledges to fight on behalf of American working peopleThe newly elected chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, has warned his party that the Republicans are now seen as the party of the working class and vowed to win back...

18/02/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Strong wage growth gives Bank of England interest rate dilemma

Quick cuts unlikely because persistently high pay rises will probably be deemed inflationaryUK pay growth rises 6% despite job loss warnings after Reeves’s budgetBusiness live – latest updatesThere was a brief period when the Bank of England was poised to cut interest rates and cut them quickly....

18/02/2025 10:42 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Israeli troops remain in five locations in Lebanon after deadline for withdrawal expires

Original deadline in late January extended to 18 February by both Israel and Lebanon as both sides claim the other has violated ceasefire agreementOxfam has warned that not enough aid is coming into Gaza, especially in the northern part of the territory and the southern Rafah governate devastated by...

18/02/2025 09:12 The Guardian

Albanese says RBA rate cut ‘won’t have an impact’ on timing of federal election – as it happened

This blog is now closedLabor and Coalition welcome RBA interest rate decision as governor plays down chance of more cutsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister was also asked to weigh in on the ongoing dispute between the NSW government and rail unions – and w...

18/02/2025 07:15 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: Europe faces tough choices on Ukraine as US pursues own path

In today’s newsletter: As the US and Russia go ahead with talks in Saudi Arabia, Keir Starmer and other European leaders are grappling with their next moveGood morning. Yesterday, European leaders attended an emergency meeting in Paris to discuss how best to respond to the shift in Ukraine policy...

18/02/2025 06:51 The Guardian

Labor and Coalition welcome RBA interest rate decision as governor plays down chance of more cuts

Households with a $750,000 loan to see their monthly repayments reduce by $115 if their banks adjust mortgage rate accordinglyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe treasurer and shadow treasurer have both applauded the Re...

18/02/2025 06:50 The Guardian

Campaigners urge F-35 fighter jet producing nations to stop supplying Israel

Exclusive: More than 200 civil society groups say governments have failed to prevent planes from being used to violate international lawMore than 200 organisations worldwide have called on nations involved in producing F-35 fighter jets to “immediately halt all arms transfers to Israel” amid fea...

18/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

‘We must avoid a chilling effect’: the CMA chief on the UK’s pro-growth shift

Sarah Cardell says role of competition regulator remains the same but it must be wary of perceptionsSigns by the lifts in the Canary Wharf headquarters of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) remind staff not to talk about their work in public, given the billions of pounds resting on its deci...

18/02/2025 05:00 The Guardian

‘Europe challenges Trump-Putin axis’: what the papers say about Paris summit on Ukraine

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18/02/2025 04:49 The Guardian

Man charged after allegedly harassing journalist Antoinette Lattouf after ABC radio stint

In an Instagram post, journalist says she ‘was about to just block and delete —but that day, I was done’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged for allegedly harassing Antoinette Lattouf after the A...

18/02/2025 04:49 The Guardian

Nacc to investigate six referrals made by robodebt royal commission

National anti-corruption commission to relaunch investigation after independent reviewFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe National Anti-Corruption Commission will investigate the six individuals referred to the body by...

18/02/2025 03:35 The Guardian

Hundreds protest in Cook Islands over PM’s handling of deal with China

Opposition leaders accuse prime minister of risking its relationship with New Zealand by continued secrecy around dealHundreds of protesters have marched on Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose prime minister Mark Brown’s recent decisions, including a failure to properly consult its closest partne...

18/02/2025 02:50 The Guardian

Tobacco war-linked arsonists killed ‘completely innocent’ woman in attack on wrong Melbourne home, police say

Katie Tangey, 27, died in a fire at her brother’s home in Truganina which she was house-sitting while he was on his honeymoon Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA house fire which killed a “completely innocent” woman...

18/02/2025 01:19 The Guardian

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