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17/11/2025 05:32 The Guardian

Former prime minister says he feels sorry for Sussan Ley amid net zero stoush. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFactchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn costAs Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points. Continue reading...

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Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate

Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trialScotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limi...

17/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Moderates rally around Sussan Ley as Liberal leader says she has been underestimated for much of her life

Factional powerbrokers issue statement contradicting media reports that moderates could swing behind conservative Andrew HastieGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberal moderates are rallying around Sussan Ley after speculation that members of the faction could withdr...

17/11/2025 04:25 The Guardian

Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration

There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rightsShabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that “dark forces are stirring up anger” over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over the most sweeping overhaul of refugee rig...

16/11/2025 22:30 The Guardian

UK weather: Arctic air sweeps in as Storm Claudia clean-up continues

Flood warnings still in place in England and Wales, with plunging temperatures leading to possible snow and iceCold Arctic air has begun to sweep across the UK, bringing freezing temperatures as emergency services continue to deal with severe flooding caused by Storm Claudia.On Saturday, a major inc...

16/11/2025 16:41 The Guardian

Zelenskyy pledges to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector amid corruption scandal

President to overhaul state energy firms after $100m kickback scheme alleged by anti-corruption investigatorsVolodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a plan to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector after an $100m (£76bn) kickback scheme was alleged by anti-corruption investigators, in the worst scandal of h...

16/11/2025 16:13 The Guardian

‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer is killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv

Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disasterThe widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, K...

16/11/2025 13:26 The Guardian

Dermatologists criticise ‘dystopian’ skincare products aimed at children

Marketing or celebrity-led treatments for toddlers and upwards described as ‘ridiculous’ and lacking in skin benefitDermatologists have criticised an actor’s new skincare brand, calling it “dystopian” for creating face masks for four-year-olds, warning that the beauty industry is now expan...

16/11/2025 12:33 The Guardian

Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – as it happened

Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system. This live blog is closedRefugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safeUkrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.If Ukraine becomes a safe...

16/11/2025 11:52 The Guardian

UK budget watchdog in danger of strangling economic growth, says TUC boss

Paul Nowak says OBR should be modernised to ditch ‘hardwired’ support for austerity economicsBritain’s budget watchdog is in danger of strangling growth and should be modernised to ditch its “hardwired” support for austerity economics, the Trades Union Congress has warned.Less than two wee...

16/11/2025 10:15 The Guardian

One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders urges government to support first-time buyers

Taylor Wimpey chief Jennie Daly calls for revival of help-to-buy equity loan scheme to revive property marketThe boss of one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders has urged the government to announce more support for first-time buyers to revive a property market that has cooled in the “very long sh...

16/11/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s had ‘warnings for my safety’ after posts by Trump

One-time Maga loyalist diverges with Trump on issues including Epstein, so US president has withdrawn supportMarjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by private security firms “wi...

15/11/2025 20:07 The Guardian

Biodiversity offsets didn’t work in NSW. Will Labor make the same mistake nationwide?

Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the defaultFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government risks repeating grievous mistake...

15/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Australia is selling arms at a weapons fair in Dubai. Are they destined to be used in Sudan atrocities?

Australian companies have exported nearly $300m weapons over five years to the UAE, which has denied shipping weapons to a paramilitary group in SudanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a cavernous conference hall at the...

15/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Trump pressures Thailand to recommit to Cambodia ceasefire with ‘threat of tariffs’

Bangkok had earlier said it was suspending ceasefire, accusing Cambodia of laying landmines along the borderThe US has put pressure on Thailand to recommit to a ceasefire with Cambodia, warning trade talks could be halted as Washington seeks to keep a Donald Trump-brokered truce agreement from falli...

15/11/2025 16:03 The Guardian

Viktor Orbán begins ‘anti-war roadshow’ as Hungary gears up for 2026 elections

PM makes opposition to support for Ukraine central to Fidesz campaign as it loses ground over cost of living crisisHungary’s prime minister has kicked off a weeks-long “anti-war roadshow”, turning criticism of European support for Ukraine into an early campaign message before next year’s ele...

15/11/2025 14:31 The Guardian

Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say

Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher pricesExperts say New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s selection of Lina Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair, for his transition team acts as a warning to private equity firms i...

15/11/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Storm Claudia: major incident declared after severe flooding in UK

South Wales fire service describes ‘large-scale incident’ as England braces for cold weather warningsA major incident has been declared in the aftermath of Storm Claudia, with more rain and flooding expected across Britain and Ireland on Saturday.Four severe flood warnings had been issued by Nat...

15/11/2025 09:50 The Guardian

Teletubbies creator warns parents over ‘empty’ YouTube programmes for children

Anne Wood says algorithms bypass ‘the responsibility of art’ and have failed to support high-quality children’s contentLots of programmes for children on YouTube are “empty” and do “nothing to encourage the imaginative life of children”, the Teletubbies creator has cautioned parents.An...

15/11/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power

Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed thisAs Viktor Orbán would tell it, he had the perfect meeting with Donald Trump.After visiting the White House last week, the embattled Hungarian prime minister qui...

15/11/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Russia increasingly targeting trains as attacks on Ukraine’s rail network intensify

Ukrainian minister says more than 800 attacks recorded since start of year as Moscow seeks to destroy country’s logistical capabilitiesUkraine has recorded a threefold increase in the number of attacks on its railway system since July, according to a senior minister, as Moscow seeks to scupper one...

15/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malariaThe UK is undermining its legacy in fighting infectious diseases including Aids and malaria by cutting money pledged to a leading global health fund, campaigners claim.The 15% reduction in t...

15/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

China advises against travel to Japan amid escalating row over PM’s Taiwan comments

Sanae Takaichi says the use of force against Taiwan could warrant a military response from TokyoChina has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Japan, escalating a diplomatic feud sparked by comments from Tokyo’s new prime minister about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.Sanae Takaichi told Ja...

15/11/2025 03:46 The Guardian

California: powerful ‘atmospheric river’ storm prompts evacuation warnings

Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties prepare for deluge and possible landslides this weekendA powerful storm doused California with heavy rain on Friday, prompting evacuation warnings as the state braced for the potential of floods, mudslides, thunderstorms and even the chance of a tornad...

15/11/2025 00:27 The Guardian

Man, 64, arrested after reports of ‘impostor’ dressed as rear admiral at Remembrance event in Wales

A man reportedly turned up unannounced and laid a wreath at the town’s war memorial during a serviceA 64-year-old man has been arrested following reports that an individual allegedly posed as a highly decorated naval officer at a town’s Remembrance Sunday event in Clwyd.The man reportedly turned...

14/11/2025 18:34 The Guardian

Russian attacks on Kyiv ‘calculated and wicked’, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president calls for more air defence from Europe and US after six killed and dozens injured in strikes across capitalVolodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia’s latest attack against Ukraine as “deliberate, calculated and wicked”, after six people were killed and dozens injured in a w...

14/11/2025 17:47 The Guardian

No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies

Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’Downing Street has warned Labour MPs it expects them to back radical plans to make the UK less attractive to migrants and refugees, as some backbenchers said they expected fierce resi...

14/11/2025 17:12 The Guardian

Several dead and injured, police say, after bus crashes into bus stop in Stockholm – as it happened

Cause of crash near University of Technology not yet known. This live blog is closedWe have just had an update on the death toll from the overnight attack on Kyiv, via AFP, with authorities now reporting six people dead.in Brussels Continue reading...

14/11/2025 16:34 The Guardian

Searches for lorazepam surged after release of The White Lotus, data shows

Third series of TV drama spiked interest in anti-anxiety drug amid warnings over illicit production of ‘benzos’In the third series of the hit TV show The White Lotus, the entitled North Carolina housewife Victoria Ratliff is often shown reaching for her lorazepam. Now researchers say internet se...

14/11/2025 16:00 The Guardian

US Catholic bishops issue rare condemnation of Trump administration’s immigration enforcement – live

US Conference of Catholic Bishops calls for ‘meaningful immigration reform’ in first message of its kind in 12 years Overnight, Russia launched an attack on Kyiv, using 430 drones and 18 missiles, my colleague Jakub Krupa reports.The offensive killed at least four people, and wounded dozens more...

14/11/2025 14:08 The Guardian

National parks facing ‘nightmare’ under Trump, warns ex-director of service

Jonathan Jarvis, who led the agency from 2009 to 2017, laid out the dire consequences of not closing parks in shutdownAmericans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare” of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a former National Park Service director, amid...

14/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

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