‘Crisis on top of crisis’: Scotland faces threat from dangerous form of opioids, experts warn

02/09/2025 15:34 The Guardian

Synthetic opioids known as nitazenes, linked to more than 100 deaths, can be hundreds of times stronger than other drugsHealth experts have warned that Scotland faces a fresh drug deaths crisis due to highly potent synthetic opioids already linked to more than 100 fatalities.The warning comes after the publication of official data which showed the total number of deaths from drug abuse in Scotland fell by 13% last year to a 1,017, the lowest annual figure since 2017. Continue reading...

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Australia politics live: super fund sends ‘hands off’ message to government; Marles says army joining search for Dezi Freeman

AustralianSuper chief executive says government directing investment would be a ‘disaster’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the best overnight stories before Krishani...

02/09/2025 20:30 The Guardian

Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally

The men, who had been released after serving criminal sentences, are from Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Jamaica and YemenLawyers for five men deported by the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, said they are being denied proper access to their clients, who they said are being imprisoned illegally.The men fro...

02/09/2025 20:13 The Guardian

Angela Rayner could face additional stamp duty bill over Hove flat, tax experts warn

Deputy PM may have to pay tens of thousands of pounds more if tax officials judge she paid incorrect rate on property purchaseAngela Rayner faces having to pay tens of thousands of pounds more in stamp duty if tax officials judge she incorrectly paid the lower rate on her Hove flat, tax experts have...

02/09/2025 19:26 The Guardian

What are Labour’s new asylum policies? And what are the political risks?

Yvette Cooper has announced several tough policies after a summer dominated by Farage and Reform UKAfter a summer recess dominated by headlines about Reform UK’s hardline immigration proposals and protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers, the home secretary returned to parliament seeking to...

02/09/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Yvette Cooper risks ‘Windrush-type’ scandal by rushing asylum response, says Amber Rudd

Exclusive: Home secretary warned by Tory predecessor not to repeat ‘hostile environment’ mistakes of ConservativesYvette Cooper risks another Windrush-style scandal by repeating the mistakes the Conservatives made in implementing a hostile environment for migrants, a former Conservative home sec...

02/09/2025 18:39 The Guardian

Argentina couple under house arrest amid search for painting stolen by Nazis

Daughter of former Nazi official and her husband to be questioned after raid on home failed to find masterpieceA federal court in Argentina has ordered house arrest for the daughter of a former Nazi official and her husband after a raid failed to locate a painting stolen from a Jewish art dealer in...

02/09/2025 17:20 The Guardian

Putin hails ties with China as Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing on eve of parade

Russian president says relations at ‘unprecedentedly high level’ as dozens of leaders gather for Victory Day eventsVladimir Putin has hailed Russia’s “unprecedentedly” high level of ties with China, as dozens of leaders including the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing o...

02/09/2025 17:10 The Guardian

Modi’s warm meeting with Xi shows impact of Trump’s ‘tariff tantrum’

China seizes on opportunity for geopolitical realignment after India was hit with one of US’s harshest trade penaltiesThey stood together like old friends, heads thrown back in jovial laughter, clutching one another’s hands affectionately. Except this was no ordinary gathering of three men, but...

02/09/2025 16:00 The Guardian

‘Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live

Home secretary earlier suggested warehouses could be used instead of hotels, while PM will urge ministers to go ‘further and faster’ on immigration in Tuesday meetingLamb says the Greens are “the antidote to Reform”.That gets a big round of applause.We’re a home for all those people across...

02/09/2025 15:40 The Guardian

Putin claims he never opposed EU membership for Ukraine but draws line at Nato – as it happened

Russian leader, continuing China visit, is joined by Slovakia’s Robert Fico. This live blog is closedIn the meantime, we have had an update from Ukraine where a man accused of murdering a pro-western Ukrainian politician in the city of Lviv last weekend admitted that he carried out the killing but...

02/09/2025 15:28 The Guardian

Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn

Greens senator David Shoebridge accuses Tony Burke of ‘doing his Peter Dutton impression, dog-whistling and punching down on migrants’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUp to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected...

02/09/2025 14:58 The Guardian

Italy considers hiding state flight paths after jamming of von der Leyen plane

EU member states debate how to make leaders’ flights more secure as Russia blamed for GPS lossItaly is considering keeping state flights secret after the satellite signal of the aircraft carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, was allegedly jammed by Russia, Italian defen...

02/09/2025 13:02 The Guardian

Kim Jong-un arrives for Beijing military parade on special armoured train

Slow but specialised form of transport has been used by the reclusive country’s leaders for decadesNorth Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has arrived in Beijing on his signature green train to attend a military parade in China celebrating the formal surrender of Japan in the second world war.Kim lef...

02/09/2025 12:05 The Guardian

Congress returns after recess as threat of government shutdown looms – US politics live

Republicans and Democrats are at loggerheads over funding, while Donald Trump is to make a mystery announcement from the Oval Office later today As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration’s threat to deploy federal tr...

02/09/2025 10:36 The Guardian

Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rightsThe arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal e...

02/09/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, billionaire warns

Ray Dalio says business leaders scared to criticise Donald Trump as he warns of debt-induced crisis for the economyBusiness live – latest updatesOne of the world’s most prominent hedge fund billionaires has warned that rising inequality is turning the US into an autocratic state and condemned bu...

02/09/2025 09:52 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: It’s a new school year, but the same old problems persist for Britain’s schools

In today’s newsletter: Poor teacher recruitment and retainment puts children on the back foot before they barely step in the classroomGood morning. It’s back-to-school week, and the daily ritual (or, perhaps, panic) begins as uniforms are being donned and lunchboxes packed across the UK to start...

02/09/2025 05:48 The Guardian

Twenty missing in Indonesia protests, rights group says

Mass protests first erupted last week, prompted by anger over the perks and benefits given to lawmakers, including a controversial housing allowanceAt least 20 people are missing following violent protests that have gripped cities across Indonesia over the past week, a human rights group has warned....

02/09/2025 04:59 The Guardian

Australia politics live: Tehan warned over eight interjections as Coalition continues question time pressure on aged care minister

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRallies ‘deeply unsettling for many Australians’: Mark ButlerMark Butler is continuing his media rounds and has moved across to ABC News Breakfast.I think these rallies were deeply unsettling for many Australian...

02/09/2025 04:34 The Guardian

A North Korean defector on why Kim Jong Un has sent troops to Ukraine – podcast

What does North Korea’s involvement in Ukraine mean for Kim Jong-un’s geopolitical ambitions? With Jean LeeWhen Hyun-Seung Lee was 17 he was conscripted into the North Korean army. Meals were basic and conditions were poor.“Most soldiers wash their clothes and bathe in streams or rivers … So...

02/09/2025 02:00 The Guardian

Former CDC leaders slam RFK Jr for endangering Americans’ health

In a New York Times essay, nine officials said Kennedy’s leadership at HHS ‘should alarm every American’Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership of the US health and human services department is “unlike anything...

01/09/2025 20:46 The Guardian

Home secretary suspends refugee family reunion applications until new, tighter rules are put in place – as it happened

Yvette Cooper says rules were designed years ago to help families separated by war but are being used in a different way nowYvette Cooper accused of pushing children towards people smugglers by halting refugee schemeAnd while we are talking about Blair-era Labour aides, Peter Hyman, who wrote speech...

01/09/2025 17:15 The Guardian

Former Tory MP David Warburton found dead at west London flat

Member for Somerton and Frome until June 2023 quit after allegations of sexual misconduct and drug takingA former Conservative MP who quit politics after allegations of sexual misconduct and drug taking has been found dead aged 59.David Warburton, who represented the Somerton and Frome constituency...

01/09/2025 16:35 The Guardian

Levi’s says anti-Americanism linked to Trump policies could dent UK sales

Firm warns changing sentiment towards US brands could prompt shoppers to choose European productsLevi’s has said that “rising anti-Americanism as a consequence of the Trump tariffs and governmental policies” could drive British shoppers away from its denim.The company, which distributes Levi...

01/09/2025 16:27 The Guardian

‘Coalition of willing’ to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine in meeting on Thursday – as it happened

Meeting, co-chaired by France’s Emmanuel Macron and UK’s Keir Starmer, will focus on Russia’s refusal to end war. This live blog is closedEU transport spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen also offered a bit more detail on the issue of GPS jamming and its impact on operations.She said:“Generally,...

01/09/2025 16:10 The Guardian

Climate change kills, Spanish PM tells deniers at launch of plan to tackle crisis

Pedro Sánchez says country’s deadly August wildfires show society needs to mobilise and take immediate actionSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a 10-point plan to prepare the country for the climate emergency, warning: “If we don’t want to bequeath our children a Spain th...

01/09/2025 15:07 The Guardian

Trump’s war on Fed is ‘serious danger’ to world economy, says ECB head

Christine Lagarde issues warning about risks of undermining central bank’s independenceDonald Trump’s attempt to influence the US Federal Reserve could pose a “very serious danger” for the world economy, the head of the European Central Bank has warned.Christine Lagarde, the president of the...

01/09/2025 13:12 The Guardian

Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen

Aircraft with European Commission president onboard reportedly forced to circle Bulgarian airport for an hourEurope live – latest updatesRussia is believed to have jammed the satellite signal of a plane carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, over Bulgaria, reportedly for...

01/09/2025 12:51 The Guardian

Xi Jinping criticises ‘bullying behaviour’ and Putin blames west for Ukraine war at Shanghai summit

China’s leader urges attendees to oppose ‘cold war mentality’ while Russian president claims Ukraine war was ‘provoked by the west’Xi Jinping has criticised the “bullying behaviour” of other countries while Vladimir Putin has blamed the west for his war on Ukraine, on the second day of...

01/09/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Monday briefing: As parliament returns, can Labour claw back the narrative from Reform?

In today’s newsletter: Nigel Farage ploughed ahead in the polls over recess, and Keir Starmer is now under pressure to define what his party stands forGood morning. Parliament has returned from its summer recess. MPs are filing back into those hallowed halls to resume the business of running the c...

01/09/2025 05:40 The Guardian

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