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Benefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice boss

17/03/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour’s plan as ‘short-term action’ with ‘long-term consequences’ in rare interventionCutting benefits for disabled people will push more people into poverty and make it harder for them to get into work, the chief executive of Citizens Advice (CAB) has warned.In a rare intervention, Clare Moriarty criticised the Labour government’s proposals as a “short-term action which has very serious long-term consequences” that risk leaving an intergenerational effect. Continue reading...

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Houthis and US both vow escalation after wave of deadly American airstrikes in Yemen – Middle East crisis live

US says airstrikes are intended to deter rebel group from attacking Red Sea shippingMore than 200 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in incidents involving war remnants in the three months since the fall of the Assad regime, as bomb disposal experts warn that “no area...

17/03/2025 13:48 The Guardian
Trump administration set for legal fights after carrying out deportations despite court orders – US politics live

Courts to demand answers after doctor is deported and two planeloads of Venezuelans flown to an El Salvador prison; Trump to attend Kennedy Center board meetingWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode...

17/03/2025 13:42 The Guardian
Kremlin confirms Trump-Putin call on Tuesday as European leaders question Russia’s intentions – Europe live

Russian leader and US president to speak by phone and discuss Ukraine ceasefire planPolish prime minister Donald Tusk has commented on the Lithuanian prosecutor general’s report on Russian-linked acts of sabotage and arson in the EU (9:42), linking it to peace negotiations with Russia, as he warne...

17/03/2025 13:32 The Guardian
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S shares take £3.5bn hit amid Asda price war fears

Asda claims to have ‘pretty significant war chest’ but analyst says it is unclear if it can commit to months of cutsBusiness live – latest updatesMore than £3.5bn has been wiped off the value of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer’s stock since Friday amid fears that rival Asda wil...

17/03/2025 12:36 The Guardian
Carney and Macron present united front in face of Trump trade war

Canadian PM stresses importance of ‘reliable allies’ in joint press conference with French presidentEurope live – latest updatesCanada is the “most European of the non-European countries”, Mark Carney has said during his first overseas trip as prime minister to France and the UK, where he...

17/03/2025 12:21 The Guardian
Rachel Reeves tells regulators there is ‘too much bureaucracy’

Chancellor tells UK watchdogs she wants to cut down on overlapping regulationBusiness live – latest updatesThere is “too much bureaucracy” that is making it “too slow to get things done” across the UK, Rachel Reeves has told regulators after summoning them to Downing Street.As the governme...

17/03/2025 12:12 The Guardian
First Thing: Kremlin confirms Trump-Putin call to go ahead

The Russian and US presidents will discuss a Ukraine ceasefire plan, as the EU aims to ramp up pressure by insisting ‘the ball is in Russia’s court’. Plus, how the Irish are ruling pop cultureDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The Kremlin has confirmed that...

17/03/2025 11:58 The Guardian
Trump trade wars are slowing global growth and fuelling inflation, says OECD

Economic organisation downgrades forecasts for growth in UK as well as US, Canada and Mexico due to tariffsBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s trade wars are splintering the global economy and unpicking progress made to reboot growth and tackle inflation, the Organisation for Economic C...

17/03/2025 11:55 The Guardian
Jim Chalmers to call Trump’s tariffs ‘senseless’ and urge Australia to focus on resilience over retaliation

The treasurer will say ‘we deserve better as a long-term partner and ally’ in major economic address on Tuesday one week before delivering budgetGina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news...

17/03/2025 11:30 The Guardian
Starmer urged to introduce wealth tax instead of cutting disability benefits – UK politics live

Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a yearWhile it is hardly surprising that Diane Abbott, who has been on the left of the Labour party all her career and who was shadow home secretary under Jeremy Corbyn, is opposed to the proposed disability ben...

17/03/2025 10:45 The Guardian
‘I will spend my life rebuilding’: Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war

Palestinian experts and British archaeologists say more than two-thirds of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites in Gaza have been damagedHamouda al-Dahda stands in the ruins of Pasha Palace in Gaza City, where before the war the golden limestone walls of the 800-year-old building towered abov...

17/03/2025 10:00 The Guardian
Democrats demand investigation into Musk over possible criminal corruption

Leading figures urge Pam Bondi to examine ‘Mr Musk’s activities at the FAA’ amid conflict-of-interest concernsNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real timeLeading Democrats on Monday demanded an investigation of possible criminal corruption inv...

17/03/2025 10:00 The Guardian
Cutting benefits is ‘not a Labour thing to do’, says Diane Abbott

Party’s longest-serving MP says she agrees with Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, who have criticised planned welfare cutsUK politics live – latest updatesCutting benefits for disabled people is “not a Labour thing to do”, Diane Abbott has said, as a backlash grows within the party over a planned o...

17/03/2025 09:31 The Guardian
Weather tracker: deadly storms in US and rain hits Australian Grand Prix

At least 34 people killed as storms sweep midwest and southern states, while rain causes chaos in Melbourne raceAt least 34 people have died across six states in the US in the past week as a powerful storm system swept through the midwest and south, affecting Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kan...

17/03/2025 07:45 The Guardian
Landmines in Syria kill hundreds of civilians returning home after fall of Assad

Children particularly vulnerable to unexploded war remnants scattered throughout country as more than a million people returnMore than 200 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in incidents involving war remnants in the three months since the fall of the Assad regime, as bo...

17/03/2025 07:00 The Guardian
Monday briefing: Is Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest a sign of the ICC’s strength or its limitations?

In today’s newsletter: the former Philippines president was arrested and taken to The Hague after a tense standoff. It’s a much needed win for the international criminal court – but success is far from a givenGood morning.Last Tuesday, chaos erupted at Manila’s main airport as authorities ar...

17/03/2025 06:35 The Guardian
Trump says he and Putin will discuss land and powerplants in Ukraine ceasefire talks

Trump says negotiators have already discussed ‘dividing up certain assets’ and that he will talk to Putin on TuesdayUS President Donald Trump said he plans to discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and that negotiators had already discussed “dividing...

17/03/2025 05:13 The Guardian
Italy one of five ‘dismantlers’ causing ‘democratic recession’ in Europe, report says

Civil liberties report warns that Italy along with Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia intentionally undermining rule of law ‘in nearly all aspects’Italy’s government has profoundly undermined the rule of law with changes to the judiciary and showed “heavy intolerance to media criticism...

17/03/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website

Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters ‘DEI’ added to website addressThe US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war and was awarded the country’s highest military decoration has been removed and the le...

16/03/2025 19:03 The Guardian
Experts criticise Streeting for saying mental health problems overdiagnosed

Health secretary’s comments that too many people are ‘written off’ prompts warnings against stigmatising peopleWes Streeting’s comments that there is an “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions has prompted experts to warn against stigmatising and punishing people.The health secr...

16/03/2025 17:20 The Guardian
Macron says Russia’s permission not needed to deploy troops in Ukraine

French president says France, UK and others could each deploy ‘a few thousand troops’ to key locations to show Ukraine ‘long-term support’Emmanuel Macron has said France, the UK, and other nations providing security guarantees for Ukraine after any eventual ceasefire would not be aiming to d...

16/03/2025 17:13 The Guardian
US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights

Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportationsAlien Enemies Act: what is it and can Trump use it to deport gang members?The US deported more than 250 mainly Venezuelan alleged gang members to El Salvador despite a US judge’s ruling t...

16/03/2025 17:10 The Guardian
Life of British man, 79, imprisoned by Taliban is in serious danger, say family

Peter Reynolds, who runs a business in Afghanistan, was held along with his wife last month and needs heart pills, says his daughterThe life of a 79-year-old British man imprisoned along with his wife by the Taliban is in serious danger, his family have warned.Peter Reynolds and his wife, Barbie, 75...

16/03/2025 17:04 The Guardian
Trump and Putin expected to speak this week about ceasefire terms, envoy says

Steve Witkoff says US discussions with Russian president ‘positive’ and ‘solution-based’ and leaders likely to speakDonald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he expected the US president to speak with Vladimir Putin this week, saying that the Russian president “accepts the p...

16/03/2025 16:35 The Guardian
UK weather: temperatures in southern England could hit 19C this week

Some areas forecast to have warmer weather than Ibiza and Corfu on Thursday’s spring equinoxParts of the UK are expected to be warmer than Ibiza and Corfu this week on the first official day of spring.This Thursday marks the spring equinox and temperatures could reach 19C (66F) in the south of Eng...

16/03/2025 16:01 The Guardian
Arrest warrants issued as death toll rises to 59 from Kočani nightclub fire in North Macedonia – as it happened

More than 150 people injured after blaze broke out in the early hours at Pulse club in town 60 miles from SkopjeAt least 59 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fireNorth Macedonia’s public prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski has said five prosecutors would investigate the fire.“At the moment, orders have...

16/03/2025 15:33 The Guardian
Trump orders airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen over shipping attacks

At least 31 people killed and 101 injured in strikes on Sana’a and Saada, says Houthi-run health ministryDonald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 31 people at the star...

16/03/2025 11:46 The Guardian
‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

Trusts work with the Royal Horticultural Society to create outdoor refuges for staff and patientsFor Hayleigh Austin-Richards, it is a place to have a cry, breathe fresh air and remind herself there is something magical about butterflies. As often as she can, the ward manager of Chapel Allerton’s...

16/03/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting

Jack Aaron, whose past comments on controversial leaders led to widespread criticism, is now overseeing candidate selectionA Reform UK general election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and described Bashar al-Assad as “gentle by nature” is now in charge of the pa...

16/03/2025 10:30 The Guardian
Fear of a tariff ‘Trumpcession’ puts pressure on Bank and Fed over interest rates

A trade war could push up inflation when both the UK and US economies really need cheaper borrowing. So what’s a central bank to do?Monetary policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic will be considering how seriously to take Donald Trump’s threats of an all-out trade war as they give their verd...

16/03/2025 08:00 The Guardian
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