Bringing back ‘golden ticket’ visas ‘a big mistake’, Magnitsky sanctions architect warns Dutton

19/03/2025 03:19 The Guardian

Bill Browder says such visas ‘a way for dodgy people … to buy themselves legitimacy and insert themselves into countries’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageThe architect of global Magnitsky sanctions – which punish human rights abusers and corrupt officials – has warned Peter Dutton’s desire to bring back a controversial “golden ticket” visa scheme would be “a big mistake”.The significant investor scheme allowed foreign nationals who invested $5m in Australia access to a four-year visa that could be converted to permanent residency. While it was open to all nationalities, it targeted Chinese nationals who represented more than 80% of visas granted over more than a decade.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Tuesday briefing: The devastating toll of Labour’s disability welfare cuts

In today’s newsletter: what chance does a backbench rebellion have of shifting the government’s plans to cut benefits?Good morning. After weeks of leaks and speculation, in parliament yesterday the work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, set out the government’s plan to cut the benefits bill...

19/03/2025 06:58 The Guardian

Istanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nomination

Key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan detained a day after university invalidated his diploma, in move seen as politically motivated Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu, a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, state-run media reported, as part of an inv...

19/03/2025 06:27 The Guardian

Israeli strikes latest bloody chapter in war of extraordinary civilian casualties

International rules of combat to deter impact on noncombatants have been loosened or ignored – and other regimes may followIt is a casualty rate that would have unimaginable before the start of the Israel-Hamas war. More than 400 Palestinians have been reported killed after 10 hours of resumed Isr...

19/03/2025 05:00 The Guardian

So bold are Putin’s ceasefire demands, it’s hard to believe he is entirely serious

The extraordinary demands of the Russian leader to weaken Ukraine would make a mockery of any peace dealVladimir Putin agrees to 30-day halt to attacks on Ukraine’s energy gridDonald Trump began his conversation with Vladimir Putin with a simple demand: a 30-day ceasefire on land, sea and air whic...

19/03/2025 02:00 The Guardian

Vladimir Putin agrees to 30-day halt to attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid

Russian leader refuses to commit to a full month-long truce after high-stakes phone call with Donald TrumpEurope live – latest updatesVladimir Putin has agreed to a limited ceasefire that would stop Russia targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure after a high-stakes phone call with Donald Trump...

19/03/2025 00:18 The Guardian

Canada announces C$6bn deal with Australia to develop Arctic radar missile-detection system

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says deal on ‘over the horizon’ radar is part of effort to assert Canada’s sovereignty over Arctic as US priorities shiftThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has announced a C$6bn deal (A$6.6bn) with Australia to develop an Arctic radar system, warning...

18/03/2025 23:04 The Guardian

Nasa astronauts back on Earth after being stuck months on ISS: ‘grins, ear to ear’

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back safely with American Nicholas Hague and Russian Aleksandr GorbunovTwo Nasa astronauts stuck onboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024 finally arrived back on Earth on Tuesday evening, more than nine months after the failure of Boeing’s pione...

18/03/2025 22:30 The Guardian

Trump and Putin agree temporary halt on energy infrastructure strikes as Zelenskyy welcomes proposal – as it happened

Trump hails ‘productive’ call with Russian president as Putin issues long list of conditions; Ukraine’s president reacts to Trump-Putin callVladimir Putin agrees to 30-day halt to attacks on Ukraine’s energy gridSpeaking for the Greens, who are expected to back the CDU/CSU and the SPD today...

18/03/2025 22:05 The Guardian

Australia news live: Meta to keep factcheckers for election; Greens offer help for home electrification

News agencies will continue to independently review content and provide warning ‘labels’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGrowing inequality erodes social cohesion – LeighIn his speech, Andrew Leigh will say growing inequality is an issue be...

18/03/2025 20:54 The Guardian

Netanyahu banks on political dividends as he restarts Gaza war

Israeli prime minister bows to pressure from far right over majority who prioritise deals to bring back hostagesAs the ceasefire in Gaza extended from days into weeks, and newly freed hostages began sharing grim details of their captivity, Benjamin Netanyahu’s political room for manoeuvre seemed t...

18/03/2025 20:01 The Guardian

Russia will ‘undoubtedly’ discuss future Mars flights with Musk, Putin envoy says

Proposed talks would again put Musk, a senior adviser to Trump, in outsized and largely unaccountable role in international politicsRussian officials expect to hold talks with Elon Musk soon about space travel to Mars, Vladimir Putin’s international cooperation envoy said on Tuesday. The envoy’s...

18/03/2025 19:55 The Guardian

Up to 1.2m disabled people will lose thousands in UK welfare overhaul, experts warn

Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, laid out plans for £5bn savings but faces rebellion from some Labour MPsUp to 1.2 million people with disabilities will lose thousands of pounds under the government’s welfare overhaul, experts have said, as campaigners warn the plan will exacerbate t...

18/03/2025 19:53 The Guardian

Netanyahu warns Israel’s renewed Gaza offensive ‘is only the beginning’

Israeli PM says attacks will continue until Hamas is destroyed and hostages freed, as airstrikes kill hundredsThe wave of deadly airstrikes that shattered the pause in hostilities in Gaza is “only the beginning”, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, also promising that the new offensive would continue...

18/03/2025 19:37 The Guardian

Tanni Grey-Thompson among disability campaigners criticising ‘brutal’ benefit cuts

Paralympian says toxic rhetoric around welfare changes has stirred up hatred against disabled people in UK Toxic rhetoric around benefit cuts has stirred up hatred against disabled people, Tanni Grey-Thompson has said, as campaigners warned the government’s planned welfare changes were “brutal a...

18/03/2025 19:28 The Guardian

Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says

One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution in his home country, not a gang memberA lawyer for one of the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador has accused the Trump administration of waging a “sickening” campaign of psych...

18/03/2025 18:55 The Guardian

Canada’s Liberals on course for political resurrection amid trade war, polls show

Mark Carney-led ruling party projected to form majority months after political wipeout seemed inevitableIn January, Canadian pollsters and political pundits struggled to find fresh ways to describe the bleak prospects of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, musing whether it would be a wipeout of exist...

18/03/2025 17:24 The Guardian

Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol

Proxies deploying tactics including migrant smuggling in destabilisation efforts across EU, enforcement agency findsEurope live – latest updatesRussia and other state actors are driving an increase in politically motivated cyber-attacks and sabotage of infrastructure and public institutions in the...

18/03/2025 16:46 The Guardian

World leaders express outrage at Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza civilians

Strikes said to target Hamas killed hundreds within hours including women and children, undermining ceasefireMiddle East crisis – live updatesWorld governments and UN officials have expressed horror and dismay at Israel’s resumption of strikes on Gaza that killed hundreds within a few hours, war...

18/03/2025 16:44 The Guardian

Destructive dust and Trump cuts: five things to know about latest US storms and tornadoes

Meteorologist and climate journalist on growing concern of dust storms and why recent storms were a preview of futureOver the weekend, more than 120 tornadoes rampaged across at least 11 states in a three-day severe weather outbreak that killed more than 40 people. In addition to the tornadoes, the...

18/03/2025 16:35 The Guardian

German MPs approve €500bn spending boost to counter ‘Putin’s war of aggression’

Historic levels of spending on military and infrastructure secured in Bundestag with last-minute backing of GreensEurope live – latest updatesGermany’s parliament has voted in favour of unleashing historic levels of spending to boost the military of Europe’s biggest economy and inject its infr...

18/03/2025 15:52 The Guardian

Articles about Native American code talkers removed from military websites

Pages about Native Americans who helped US send messages in world wars removed in Pentagon ‘DEI’ purgeUS politics live – latest updatesMore pages honoring diversity in US military history have been removed from defense department websites as the Pentagon undergoes what appears to be a purge of...

18/03/2025 15:50 The Guardian

Deaths of three newborn babies could have been avoided, Scottish judge rules

Inquiry recommends hospital alert system after staff failed to act on warning signs of difficult births A Scottish judge has ruled that the deaths of three babies during childbirth could “realistically” have been avoided if maternity staff had been correctly trained.Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar...

18/03/2025 14:32 The Guardian

‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes

Advocates warn firings and funding freezes already risk poisoning drinking water and decimating fish populationDonald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” for the environment of the sensitive Great Lakes region if not reversed, industr...

18/03/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire after IDF strikes kill more than 400 Palestinians | First Thing

Benjamin Netanyahu says operation carried out to ‘achieve war objectives’. Plus, how Trump’s new world order has shaken EuropeDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.More than 400 people have been killed and hundreds more injured as Israeli military forces hit d...

18/03/2025 11:11 The Guardian

Judge issues fresh deadline to White House over Venezuelan deportations row – US politics live

Trump administration deported the Venezuelans despite legal orders not to and claimed it had the right to continue flights once they had left US airspaceWhite House’s defense for not recalling deportations ‘one heck of a stretch’, says judgePresidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will hold...

18/03/2025 11:09 The Guardian

Nasa cuts raise fears of handing more influence to SpaceX owner Musk

Fired workers warn cuts including closing of two offices will undermine agency work and increase costsThe Trump administration’s decision to shutter two offices at Nasa risks “dramatically” increasing the costs of space exploration, while handing Elon Musk more influence over the agency, fired...

18/03/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: At least 330 dead in major Israeli airstrikes that break fragile peace

In today’s newsletter: Why Benjamin Netanyahu ordered new attacks on dozens of sites in Gaza – and what happens nextGood morning. Just before 2.30am local time, Israel launched airstrikes on dozens of targets across Gaza. War planes hit sites across the territory, from Gaza City in the north to...

18/03/2025 07:01 The Guardian

UK TV industry hit by ‘perfect storm’, says Elisabeth Murdoch

Crisis within British television is leading to an exodus of production talent, media executive saysThe UK’s television industry is being hit by a “perfect storm” that risks leading to British stories disappearing from the small screen, Elisabeth Murdoch has said.Murdoch, co-founder of the prod...

18/03/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Performing arts leaders issue copyright warning over UK government’s AI plans

In a statement, 35 signatories from dance, theatre and music industries express concern about ‘fragile ecosystem’More than 30 performing arts leaders in the UK, including the bosses of the National Theatre, Opera North and the Royal Albert Hall, have joined the chorus of creative industry concer...

18/03/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge

Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Rogers’s site as officials argue that it is wrong to call diversity a strengthUS politics live – latest updatesThe US defense department webpage celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient that was removed and had the letters “DEI” added to the site...

18/03/2025 02:23 The Guardian

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What to Know About the Attacks 18/03 20:25 - 'I wish I could be more hopeful, but I'm not', conflict mediator says after airstrikes on Gaza 18/03 20:19 - The Putin-Trump call was a resounding success – whatever was said 18/03 20:14 - Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire, killing more than 400 in wave of strikes 18/03 20:11 - Macron says France to 'increase' orders for Rafales as EU chief calls for "credible" deterrence 18/03 20:11 - Putin lost nothing with Trump call - but Kyiv will choke on it 18/03 20:07 - Trump, Putin agree to broader talks ― but limited ceasefire in Ukraine 18/03 20:01 - Netanyahu banks on political dividends as he restarts Gaza war 18/03 19:55 - Russia will ‘undoubtedly’ discuss future Mars flights with Musk, Putin envoy says 18/03 19:53 - Up to 1.2m disabled people will lose thousands in UK welfare overhaul, experts warn 18/03 19:48 - Netanyahu: ‘From now on, negotiations will only take place under fire’ 18/03 19:48 - Netanyahu: ‘From now on, negotiations will only take place under fire’ 18/03 19:37 - Netanyahu warns Israel’s renewed Gaza offensive ‘is only the beginning’ 18/03 19:28 - Tanni Grey-Thompson among disability campaigners criticising ‘brutal’ benefit cuts 18/03 19:23 - Netanyahu warns Hamas Israeli strikes on Gaza 'only the beginning' 18/03 19:22 - Israeli opposition warns of ‘political’ motives as attacks resume 18/03 19:18 - Putin agrees to partial ceasefire in Ukraine after Trump call 18/03 19:15 - Trump opens up on phone call with Putin 18/03 19:13 - Ukraine on the line: Trump-Putin talks over ceasefire 18/03 19:12 - Air defence systems, sirens sound in Kyiv after Trump-Putin call 18/03 19:01 - Putin may well get what he wants in Ukraine 18/03 19:01 - Putin may well get what he wants in Ukraine 18/03 18:55 - Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says 18/03 18:35 - Italy rejects Franco-British plan to deploy troops to Ukraine 18/03 18:35 - Former Putin-appointed governor on trial for breaching UK sanctions 18/03 17:51 - Trump, Putin agree on ‘energy and infrastructure ceasefire’ – White House 18/03 17:39 - 🔴 Putin, Trump agree to seek limited ceasefire on energy, infrastructure, in first step to ending Ukraine war 18/03 17:24 - Canada’s Liberals on course for political resurrection amid trade war, polls show 18/03 17:23 - A return to 'might makes right: Turning back 70 years of international rules and norms' 18/03 17:00 - 25 Spring Wardrobe Basics From Target You'll Wish You'd Bought Ages Ago 18/03 16:46 - Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol 18/03 16:44 - World leaders express outrage at Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza civilians 18/03 16:35 - Destructive dust and Trump cuts: five things to know about latest US storms and tornadoes 18/03 16:08 - Video: Fears of war returning as Israel resumes Gaza airstrikes 18/03 16:08 - Video: Fears of war returning as Israel resumes Gaza airstrikes 18/03 15:52 - German MPs approve €500bn spending boost to counter ‘Putin’s war of aggression’ 18/03 15:50 - Articles about Native American code talkers removed from military websites 18/03 15:44 - Trump-Putin phone call: The stakes, strengths and weaknesses of parties 18/03 15:34 - European NATO members could lift ban on landmines 18/03 15:17 - "He's Signing A Death Warrant For Anyone Over 75": Older Adults Are Sharing How They Feel About Dr. Oz Potentially Overseeing Medicare 18/03 15:16 - Putin’s envoy reveals number of US firms still working in Russia 18/03 15:07 - Ukraine: 'Does Trump just want ceasefire or is he interested in putting in work for longterm peace?' 18/03 14:59 - Trump’s Focus on Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Is Partly Linked to Minerals Deal, Officials Say 18/03 14:36 - European security: Macron says France will order more Rafale warplanes than planned 18/03 14:35 - Rashid Masharawi brings Palestinian dreams, fears and struggles to the screen 18/03 14:32 - Deaths of three newborn babies could have been avoided, Scottish judge rules 18/03 14:10 - China backtracking on Arctic ambitions – SCMP 18/03 14:03 - Ukraine presses for unconditional ceasefire as Trump, Putin hold talks 18/03 14:03 - Ukraine presses for unconditional ceasefire as Trump, Putin hold talks 18/03 14:00 - ‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes 18/03 13:15 - North Korean troops key to Russian advances in Kursk, says Ukraine 18/03 13:06 - Russia Escalated Sabotage to Pressure U.S. and Allies on Ukraine, Study Says 18/03 12:57 - What to expect from Trump's phone call with Putin on Ukraine 18/03 12:42 - Teen brother and sister among Palestinians killed by Israel in one of Gaza war's deadliest days 18/03 12:21 - Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose 18/03 12:11 - With 'Make in India' policy, New Delhi seeks to produce and sell its own weapons 18/03 12:01 - Causing Waves: The war to protect underwater cables 18/03 12:01 - Causing Waves: The war to protect underwater cables 18/03 11:58 - Poland and Baltic states to dump landmine treaty citing Russian threat 18/03 11:58 - Poland and Baltic states to dump landmine treaty citing Russian threat 18/03 11:40 - EU leaders ‘trembling’ over Putin-Trump call – Bild 18/03 11:11 - Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire after IDF strikes kill more than 400 Palestinians | First Thing