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Birmingham bin strikes could spread, union leader warns

15/04/2025 13:05 The Guardian

GMB in pay dispute with council in Peterborough and Aberdeen staff to strike over working conditionsBin strikes could spread to other council areas across the country as cash-strapped local authorities make further cuts, a union leader has warned as the dispute between refuse workers and the city council in Birmingham continues.There have been warnings of a public health emergency in Birmingham as bin bags have piled up in the streets and there has been an influx of rats, more than a month after refuse collectors launched an all-out indefinite strike. Continue reading...

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Australia election 2025 live: Hume says Labor ‘blindsided’ by Russian base report as Albanese attacks Dutton over ‘reckless’ comments

When asked about Wong and Marles’ accusations of Dutton verballing the Indonesian president, the shadow finance minister called it a ‘bizarre’ comment. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese confronted by hecklers overnightAnthony Albanes...

16/04/2025 00:21 The Guardian
Democratic senator heads to El Salvador to try to visit Kilmar Ábrego García

Chris Van Hollen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ and says he hopes to report back to family of Maryland man’s conditionDemocratic senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will travel to El Salvador on Wednesday and attempt to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, a constituent whose deportation and incar...

16/04/2025 00:18 The Guardian
Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny anti-corruption group

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny...

15/04/2025 19:10 The Guardian
UK conference on Sudan fails to set up contact group for ceasefire talks

Major setback for diplomatic efforts to end two years of civil war as Arab states refuse to sign joint communiqueA British-led attempt to establish a contact group to facilitate ceasefire talks in Sudan fell apart on Tuesday when Arab states refused to sign a joint communique after a conference in L...

15/04/2025 18:17 The Guardian
Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media

Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10Liz Truss is preparing to launch her own social media platform championing free speech, as she warned the “deep state” and mainstream media were stifling freedom of expression...

15/04/2025 16:58 The Guardian
Nato chief in surprise Ukraine visit as US fails to condemn Sumy attack – as it happened

Mark Rutte makes unannounced visit to Odesa and tells Zelenskyy that ‘Nato support is unwavering’The EU has said that “significant joint efforts will be needed” for a successful outcome to trade talks at the end of Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs.The European Commission, which handl...

15/04/2025 16:53 The Guardian
UK weather: heavy rain warning issued for western England and Wales

Met Office expects a month’s worth of rain in 48 hours to end warm and dry spellA month’s worth of rain is expected to fall on parts of the UK within 48 hours as the good weather the country has basked in for weeks comes to a soggy end.Western England and the whole of Wales have been warned of p...

15/04/2025 16:36 The Guardian
‘It’s sheer terrorism’: Sumy buries dead after Russia’s Palm Sunday attack

Ukrainians grieve and clear away wreckage in north-eastern city after morning attack that killed at least 35Europe live – latest updatesOn a warm spring day relatives gathered to say goodbye to Viktor Boiko and his wife, Olha. Their open coffins were laid out next to one other. Viktor wore his bes...

15/04/2025 16:24 The Guardian
One person killed and several wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoOne person has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, just as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was making a visit to the war-torn territory.The attack o...

15/04/2025 16:19 The Guardian
Trump tariffs will mean world uses less oil this year, IEA says

Energy watchdog cuts forecast for growth in demand by a third, and says a trade war could mean it falls furtherThe world will use less crude oil than expected this year due the “substantial risks” posed by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs to the global economy, according to the global energy watch...

15/04/2025 15:23 The Guardian
Obama and Yale faculty back Harvard as Trump cuts $2bn in federal grants

Harvard faces a funding freeze as elite universities warn of growing threats to free inquiry and civil rightsUS politics live – latest updatesBarack Obama, Yale and other academic institutions have come out in support of Harvard after the Trump administration elected to cut $2bn of its federal gra...

15/04/2025 15:11 The Guardian
Axing Labor’s free Tafe would mean fewer builders and higher house prices, experts warn

The Coalition remains opposed to the scheme, claiming it is ‘badly designed and poorly targeted’Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon...

15/04/2025 15:00 The Guardian
EU mulls plan to let importers break Russian gas contracts without penalties

European Commission may reportedly let companies declare force majeure as part of strategy to rid bloc of Russian fossil fuels by 2027The European Commission is considering plans that would allow European companies to break long-term Russian gas contracts without paying penalties to Moscow, it has b...

15/04/2025 14:24 The Guardian
China reportedly orders its airlines to halt Boeing jet deliveries amid US trade war

Carriers also asked to stop purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from US firms, report saysChina has reportedly ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing jets, the latest move in its tit-for-tat trade war with the US.The Chinese government has asked carriers to s...

15/04/2025 14:14 The Guardian
Homeland security told US-born immigration lawyer to leave country

Email to Massachusetts lawyer warned her to ‘depart the US immediately’ even though removing US citizens is illegalUS politics live – latest updatesA Massachusetts immigration lawyer who is a US-born American citizen is speaking out after she received an email from Trump administration immigra...

15/04/2025 14:04 The Guardian
China’s Xi aims to ‘screw’ US on south-east Asia tour, says Trump

US president issues scathing view of Chinese counterpart’s motivations amid escalating trade war with Beijing Xi Jinping’s tour of south-east Asia this week is probably intended to “screw” the United States, Donald Trump has suggested, as Xi embarks on a five-day tour of some of the nations...

15/04/2025 13:59 The Guardian
Business secretary refuses to rule out Chinese involvement in British Steel – UK politics live

Jonathan Reynolds says he would view Chinese bidders differently from others and warns of possible job losses as raw materials delivered Alison McGovern, minister at the Department for Work and Pensions, has commented on those latest job statistics, which showed that the number of payrolled workers...

15/04/2025 13:57 The Guardian
Trump’s ‘chosen one’ Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington to play delicate balancing act

Italy’s PM has demonstrated an affinity with the US president, but also needs to maintain allegiance to her EU partnersEurope live – latest updatesSitting alone at the end of a dinner party, under chandeliers, next to a table with white roses and leftover wine, Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump ar...

15/04/2025 13:11 The Guardian
‘I want to tell the world’: Bergen-Belsen survivor recounts horrors of Holocaust

Lola Hassid Angel can vividly recall the hunger, disease and death at Nazi camp liberated exactly 80 years agoFor a long time, Lola Hassid Angel did not want to talk about the horrors of her childhood. Her experiences of the second world war had not been light: by the age of eight, the Holocaust sur...

15/04/2025 13:11 The Guardian
Data shows little sign that tax increase on employers is leading to mass layoffs | Heather Stewart

No dramatic shakeout so far, but jobs data may yet look like a snapshot of the calm before the storm of Trump’s tariffsNumber of payrolled workers in UK fell by 78,000 ahead of budget tax riseThe UK jobs market continues to cool but Rachel Reeves will be relieved that there is little sign as yet i...

15/04/2025 13:00 The Guardian
US gambling firms fight protections meant to reduce addiction-related harms, watchdog warns

Firms pushed back against proposed regulations after surge in online gambling since 2018 court ruling on sports bettingGambling firms have fanned out across the US, lobbying an array of state capitals against consumer protections that experts say could help reduce addiction-related harms, according...

15/04/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Obama condemns Trump’s $2.3bn Harvard funding freeze as ‘unlawful and ham-handed’ – US politics live

In some of his most vocal criticism of the current administration, former president says move is ‘an attempt to stifle academic freedom’Trump officials cut billions in Harvard fundingIn some foreign policy news, Iran is expected to resist a US proposal to transfer its stockpile of highly enriche...

15/04/2025 10:55 The Guardian
Trump’s AI infrastructure plans could face delays due to Texas Republicans

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15/04/2025 10:00 The Guardian
Amphibious boat brings Bond-style glamour to RSPB in Northumberland

Bear Grylls-inspired vessel helps wardens on Coquet Island care for UK’s only breeding colony of roseate ternsIt looks like something James Bond might drive – or, more accurately, Bear Grylls. But rather than enabling secret missions or carrying millionaires, this innovative amphibious boat is h...

15/04/2025 10:00 The Guardian
More RBA rate cuts are on the cards – for first home buyers that could be a blessing and a curse

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15/04/2025 09:22 The Guardian
Number of payrolled workers in UK fell by 78,000 ahead of budget tax rise

Wages rise 5.9% in three months to February, while unemployment unchanged at 4.4%Business live – latest updatesLittle sign that tax rise for employers will mean mass job losses, data showsThe number of workers on UK company payrolls has fallen at the fastest pace since the height of the Covid pand...

15/04/2025 08:56 The Guardian
Indonesia dismisses report Russia seeking to base aircraft in country as ‘simply not true’, Australia says

Australian defence minister Richard Marles says he has spoken to Indonesian counterpart about report Moscow filed official request over military aircraftIndonesia’s defence minister has said reports Russia is seeking to base military aircraft in the country “are simply not true”, according to...

15/04/2025 08:35 The Guardian
Labor receives assurances from Indonesian defence minister – as it happened

This blog is now closedIndonesia dismisses report Russia seeking to base aircraft in country as ‘simply not true’, Marles saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBattle of housing supply: who’s building more?Both parties have said they’re the ones doing more on housing...

15/04/2025 08:20 The Guardian
Tuesday briefing: How Donald Trump has left Ukrainian civilians in greater danger than ever

In today’s newsletter: In describing the bombing of the city of Sumy as a “mistake” and sidelining dissenting voices, the White House’s passivity towards Russia questions its commitment to peaceGood morning. Russia claimed that its ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy was a...

15/04/2025 05:50 The Guardian
UK business confidence falls to lowest level in over two years, survey shows

Accountants’ institute says first quarter of 2025 was ‘harrowing’ for companies amid tax rises and US tariffsUK business confidence has fallen to the lowest level for more than two years amid growing concern over tax rises and Donald Trump’s escalating trade war, according to a survey.Highli...

15/04/2025 04:00 The Guardian
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