Donald Trump’s toxic remarks on Gaza reveal lack of joined-up thinking

27/01/2025 15:46 The Guardian

US president has already caused trouble abroad and at home with incoherent ideas about Middle East politicsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe suggestion by the US president, Donald Trump, that Gaza’s Palestinian population could be “cleaned out” and moved to Egypt and Jordan is an idea that has long been circulated by the Israeli right.Over the decades since the Six Day war in 1967, when Israeli forces first captured the Gaza Strip, which had been under Egyptian military rule, Israeli officials and commentators have periodically pushed the notion that Palestinians in Gaza could be resettled in Egypt. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: PM says Dfat seeking confirmation Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins who reportedly died fighting for Ukraine is alive

Follow today’s news liveUnderlying inflation rate falls to 3.2% to bolster case for RBA rate cut next monthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor adds homelessness focus to disability strategyAustralians with disabilities experiencing homelessness will be prioritised as t...

29/01/2025 05:35 The Guardian

‘Complacent’ health chiefs in England lack drive to transform NHS, say MPs

Public accounts committee finds DHSC and NHS England leaders appear short of the energy and urgency neededPlans to radically reform the health service are at risk because senior leaders of both NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are “complacent” and lack dynamism, MP...

29/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Trump offers US federal workers buyouts to resign

Government employees’ union says offer pressures career workers to quit and will cause chaos in federal programsThe Trump administration has offered federal workers buyouts worth more than seven months’ salary if they would leave their jobs by 6 February as the White House attempts to slash the...

29/01/2025 01:55 The Guardian

Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says

Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”, with dozens of critical IT systems vulnerable to an expected regular...

29/01/2025 00:01 The Guardian

IS fighters in Syria could break free amid Trump aid cut, terrorism expert warns

Prediction by ex M16 counter-terror director comes as security paused around two main detention facilitiesDonald Trump has thrown into doubt the security and administration of the main two detention facilities in north-east Syria that hold thousands of Islamic State fighters, the former counter-terr...

28/01/2025 20:01 The Guardian

What will Washington do about Chinese startup DeepSeek and its AI chatbot?

As the TikTok ban hangs in the air, the US investigates the security implications of another mega-popular Chinese appWho is behind DeepSeek and how did it achieve its AI ‘Sputnik moment’?The White House said on Tuesday that it was investigating the national security implications of DeepSeek’s...

28/01/2025 19:30 The Guardian

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr a predator ahead of confirmation hearing

Scathing letter warns senators about danger her relative poses if confirmed as health secretaryCaroline Kennedy, cousin to the current pick for health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, penned a scathing letter warning senators about the danger her relative poses if elected to power a...

28/01/2025 18:56 The Guardian

Giorgia Meloni says she is under investigation for repatriation of Libyan warlord

Rome prosecutor launches investigation into controversial release of Osama Najim, who is wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimesGiorgia Meloni has said she is under investigation in connection with Italy’s unexpected release and repatriation last week of a Libyan general who is wanted for war cri...

28/01/2025 18:11 The Guardian

Israel’s Unrwa ban is ‘jeopardising peace’, warns agency chief – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Israel-Gaza war coverage hereIn the UK, the chair of the House of Commons international development committee has issued a statement today on Israel banning the UN’s aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa. As a reminder, Israel has ordered...

28/01/2025 17:52 The Guardian

Doomsday Clock set closer to midnight than ever to stress global catastrophe risks

Atomic scientists push clock to 89 seconds before midnight, citing nuclear risk, AI and climate crisis as a ‘warning’A panel of international scientists has moved their symbolic “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nuclear threats amid its invasion of Ukraine,...

28/01/2025 17:37 The Guardian

Ozzy Osbourne ‘shocked’ as Birmingham votes to honour Black Sabbath

‘Proud Brummie’ singer excited as city decides he and band members should be given Freedom of BirminghamBeing awarded the Freedom of Birmingham “means a lot” to Ozzy Osbourne and the members of Black Sabbath, Sharon Osbourne has said, after the city council approved the honour.Ozzy, alongsid...

28/01/2025 16:44 The Guardian

AI-linked stocks remain volatile after DeepSeek rout; Boeing posts its second-biggest annual loss on record – as it happened

Donald Trump says China’s DeepSeek is a ‘wake-up call’ for American AI firmsWe tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and TaiwanDonald Trump has suggested that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app...

28/01/2025 15:42 The Guardian

New CMA chair will have to assess curbs on his former employer Amazon

Doug Gurr will lead board as watchdog rules on Microsoft and Amazon’s dominance of cloud computing marketBusiness live – latest updatesThe new chair of the UK competition watchdog will have to assess whether to curb the position of his former employer, Amazon, after an independent inquiry found...

28/01/2025 14:27 The Guardian

Mexicans make Emilia Pérez parody poking fun at French stereotypes

Spoof fires back at supposed inauthenticity of Oscar-tipped screen musical with a song-and-dance tale of boulangeries at warThe war of words between Mexico and France over trans gangster musical Emilia Pérez has heated up even more after the release of a spoof film called Johanne Sacreblu poking fu...

28/01/2025 14:04 The Guardian

Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects

Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital servicesClinics in Uganda are scrambling to find new sources for vital HIV drugs, aid workers in Bangladesh fear refugee camp infrastructu...

28/01/2025 13:04 The Guardian

Brexit may have cut investment in UK by up to 10%, report warns – politics live

Claim from thinktank comes as five-year anniversary of UK leaving the EU approaches this weekQ: Are doctors able to recognise depression? And can they decide if that affects someone’s capacity to make a decision about their health?Whitty says doctors can identify depression. But he says it is hard...

28/01/2025 12:22 The Guardian

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants over atrocities in Darfur

Karim Khan says civilians being targeted and communities destroyed in western region of SudanThe prosecutor for the international criminal court has said he is seeking arrest warrants for people accused of atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region, where the US and others have determined that a paramili...

28/01/2025 11:49 The Guardian

UK weather: homes evacuated as rain and wind continue to batter England and Wales

Severe weather warnings remain in place as Somerset declares major incident after homes and businesses floodedParts of the UK are facing another day of weather-related disruption as more rain and wind sweep across the country, while hundreds of people are having to clean up after homes and businesse...

28/01/2025 11:09 The Guardian

Serbia’s PM resigns after student protests linked to government corruption – Europe live

Miloš Vučević steps down following wave of demonstrations sparked by the deaths of 15 people who were killed when a railway station roof collapsedSerbian prime minister Miloš Vučević has resigned in the last few minutes.His resignation comes just a day after Serbian students have staged a dayl...

28/01/2025 10:30 The Guardian

‘Between austerity and empathy’: UK show celebrates late New York photographer Peter Hujar

Hujar warmly captured gay life in downtown New York in the 1970s but was little known in his lifetimeThe curators of an exhibition of one of New York’s most important photographers, who captured gay life in the city during the 1970s, hope the show will shed new light on an artist whose work was de...

28/01/2025 10:05 The Guardian

Third arrest after alleged assault on police officers in Sydney – as it happened

Follow today’s news liveAustralia’s new chief scientist open to nuclear power but warns country will ‘miss the bus’ if it waitsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAFP warns parents over rise in AI-generated child abuse materialThere has been an increase in the use of A...

28/01/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: How an unknown Chinese startup wiped $593bn from the value of an AI giant

In today’s newsletter: the US had a huge head start on artificial intelligence – but now a low-cost rival from Hangzhou has turned the industry on its headGood morning. Since the emergence of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s groundbreaking artificial intelligence tool, American companies have appeared to hav...

28/01/2025 06:54 The Guardian

Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts

Cyprus Confidential files suggest offshore scheme was used to evade tens of millions in VAT on long list of expensesWhen it came to his fleet of superyachts, the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was nothing if not generous.As 2011 drew to a close, his biggest boat yet – the 162-metre (533ft) Ecli...

28/01/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Australia’s new chief scientist open to nuclear power but warns country will ‘miss the bus’ if it waits

Prof Tony Haymet says nuclear industry will need to ‘rebuild their social licence’ while noting solar and wind are ‘incredibly cheap’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s new chief scientist says he is o...

28/01/2025 05:42 The Guardian

Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, Trump claims

US president says he would like to see a bidding war over app, owned by China’s ByteDance, that has been focus of national security concernsDonald Trump has suggested that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app.When asked if Microsoft was i...

28/01/2025 04:58 The Guardian

Amazon asks permission to launch drones in north-east of England

Deliveries from warehouse in Darlington, County Durham, depend on approval from CAA and local councilAmazon is seeking permission to launch drones from its warehouse in Darlington, County Durham, in the latest step towards using the devices to deliver packages to homes.The technology company is to h...

28/01/2025 00:01 The Guardian

‘Memory hurts, memory guides’: Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary with warnings over rising antisemitism

Elderly former inmates gather for perhaps final time and urge vigilance against resurgent European far rightOn a day of startling blue skies, Auschwitz survivors stood before princes and presidents on Monday to remind the world, perhaps for the final time, of the horrors they suffered there during o...

27/01/2025 20:20 The Guardian

Democrats urge Trump to make good on campaign pledge to lower food prices

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27/01/2025 19:55 The Guardian

Woman accused of spying for Moscow questioned over plan to kidnap man

Katrin Ivanova, giving evidence in UK court, pressed by prosecutor over her response to partner’s messageA London-based lab technician accused of spying for Moscow has been questioned in court as to why she did not challenge her partner when he suggested they abduct or kill a man wanted by Russia...

27/01/2025 19:55 The Guardian

Auschwitz survivor warns of ‘huge rise in antisemitism’ in speech marking 80 years since death camp’s liberation – as it happened

In moving speech, Marian Turski warns that current conditions are similar to those which led to the Holocaust‘I waved at my mother and she waved back. That was the last time we saw her’: three Auschwitz survivors tell their storiesUS president Donald Trump repeated his intention to take control...

27/01/2025 18:57 The Guardian

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