Elderly British couple face dying in Afghanistan detention, UN experts warn

21/07/2025 13:59 The Guardian

Human rights officials demand Peter and Barbie Reynolds be moved to hospital and out of ‘degrading’ jail conditionsUN human rights experts have warned that an elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan may die in “degrading conditions” as they demand they be moved to hospital for medical treatment.Peter and Barbie Reynolds, aged 80 and 75, have been detained by the Taliban without charges in Afghanistan, where they lived, since February and their health has rapidly deteriorated. Continue reading...

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Zelenskyy accuses Russia of ‘assault on humanity’ after latest drone barrage

Germany vows to expedite delivery of Patriot systems after one drone hits Kyiv metro station sheltering civiliansVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of “an assault on humanity” after a barrage of drones and missiles hit Ukraine, as Germany promised to supply five Patriot air-defence systems t...

21/07/2025 17:59 The Guardian

UK condemns Israel for depriving Palestinians of ‘human dignity’

David Lammy joins ministers from 24 other countries including Australia and France in issuing call for immediate end to Gaza warThe UK has joined 24 other countries in condemning Israel for depriving Palestinians of “human dignity” as they issued a call for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.Da...

21/07/2025 17:55 The Guardian

Israel launches air and ground offensive on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza

Military targets key humanitarian hub that was relatively unscathed by war after ordering Palestinians to leaveIsrael has launched substantial air raids and a ground operation in Gaza, targeting Deir al-Balah, the main hub for humanitarian efforts in the devastated Palestinian territory, amid urgent...

21/07/2025 17:38 The Guardian

Belgian police question two Israelis over war crimes accusations

Authorities interviewed Israeli pair after they were seen at Tomorrowland music festival near AntwerpBelgian authorities have said they briefly held and questioned two Israeli citizens who attended an electronic music festival last week, after pro-Palestinian groups accused them of war crimes.Prosec...

21/07/2025 14:28 The Guardian

Britain is facing a ‘tsunami’ of pensioner poverty, says Kendall

Minister issues warning at launch of commission to overhaul system of saving for retirementUK politics live – latest updatesBritain risks a “tsunami of pensioner poverty” over the coming decades unless the system of saving for retirement is overhauled, according to Liz Kendall.At the launch of...

21/07/2025 14:09 The Guardian

UK public service TV ‘endangered’ in YouTube era, says Ofcom

Regulator calls for legislation to make news and UK-focused shows easier to find on online video-sharing platformsBusiness live – latest updatesRecent ‘tough period’ is not the real existential threat facing the BBCPublic service television such as the news, ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office...

21/07/2025 13:02 The Guardian

‘Difficult’ state of NHS maternity care is due to Tory inaction, inquiry head says

Donna Ockenden says previous government’s lack of progress has led to rise in reports of birth trauma in EnglandOne of the UK’s most senior midwives has said inaction by the previous government over maternity care failures has led to the “difficult” situation in wards across England and a ri...

21/07/2025 12:42 The Guardian

Harvard to ask court to declare Trump’s $2bn funding freeze unlawful – US politics live

Top US university returns to court to fight against funding freeze that halted major research effortsHarvard, which has the nation’s largest endowment at $53bn, has moved to self-fund some of its research, but warned it can’t absorb the full cost of the federal cuts.In court filings, the school...

21/07/2025 12:18 The Guardian

Labour to review state pension age as Liz Kendall warns ‘people are not saving enough for their retirement’ - UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary announces next statutory government review into retirement ageTony Diver, the Telegraph’s associate political editor, is among the journalists at Nigel Farage’s conference. He has shared Reform’s policy costing document. The party estimates that the total cost of ha...

21/07/2025 11:34 The Guardian

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food | First Thing

Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekers. Plus, Ellen DeGeneres confirms she moved to the UK because of Donald TrumpDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “barbarity” of the war in...

21/07/2025 10:48 The Guardian

SA algae crisis ‘incredibly disturbing’ but federal government won’t declare natural disaster, Watt says

Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young warns $14m in federal funding ‘nowhere near’ enough to support South Australian communities reeling from toxic algal bloom covering coastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air col...

21/07/2025 09:53 The Guardian

Senior Labour MP urges UK to recognise Palestinian state ahead of UN conference

Emily Thornberry says recognition is vital step towards peace and without long-term solution war in Gaza will continueUK politics live – latest updatesA senior Labour MP has said it is time for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state as some western countries are due to press ahead with their own...

21/07/2025 09:12 The Guardian

At least 93 reported killed queuing for food in Gaza as Israel issues fresh evacuation orders – Middle East crisis live

UN says aid convoy met by ‘massive crowds of hungry civilians which came under gunfire’More than 650,000 students have had no access to education since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, according to the UN children’s agency, Unicef, the Associated Press (AP) reports.The figure includes nearly...

21/07/2025 07:14 The Guardian

‘Papa Jake’ Larson, D-day veteran and TikTok star, dies aged 102

Larson, who survived Normandy landings, gained 1.2 million followers on social media platform by sharing second world war storiesD-day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s beaches in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing...

21/07/2025 03:04 The Guardian

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food

Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekersPope Leo XIV has condemned the “barbarity” of the war in Gaza and the “indiscriminate use of force” as Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 93 Palestinians had been killed...

20/07/2025 21:18 The Guardian

Half a month’s rainfall could hit UK in next 24 hours, says Met Office

Yellow rain and thunderstorm warnings in place in Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of EnglandHalf a month’s rainfall could hit the UK in the next 24 hours, the Met Office said on Sunday, issuing weather warnings across the country.Yellow weather warnings for rain and thunderstorms were in plac...

20/07/2025 16:52 The Guardian

Police warn of ‘inflammatory’ online posts over clashes outside Essex asylum hotel

Third man arrested after eight officers assaulted in Epping on Thursday, with police on high alert for new protestPolice have warned they are seeing “inflammatory” comments online, as a third man was arrested over violent clashes outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Essex.The latest arrest...

20/07/2025 12:13 The Guardian

Influential women urge Labour to include asylum seekers in plan to tackle violence

Exclusive: Letter warns of ‘two-tier’ system if asylum seekers are excluded from promise to halve violence against women and girlsMore than 50 influential women, including actors, authors and comedians, have warned in a letter to the government against the risk of creating a “two-tier” syste...

20/07/2025 10:30 The Guardian

More than 1,000 people killed in south Syria clashes with ‘tense calm’ now in place in Sweida – Middle East crisis live

Syria struggling to contain sectarian clashes between Bedouin and Druze fightersThe UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has said the death toll from violence in the country’s south involving Druze fighters and their Bedouin rivals, as well as government forces, armed tribes and Isr...

20/07/2025 09:34 The Guardian

Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong bringing on highest storm alert

Authorities axe flights and school classes as typhoon closes in, with China’s Hainan and Guangdong provinces also on high alertHong Kong issued its highest tropical cyclone warning as Typhoon Wipha battered the city, with authorities cancelling school classes and grounding hundreds of flights.Wiph...

20/07/2025 06:18 The Guardian

Suella, Jacob, even Liz? Inside Reform’s unofficial plan to bag a Tory big beast

Officially, the party says there is no mission to court Conservative defectors, but insiders suggest otherwise, and warn against the dangers of doing soAt last year’s GB News Christmas party, Suella Braverman was the centre of attention. The former home secretary is popular in rightwing media circ...

20/07/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Oleksandr Usyk wraps Ukraine’s flag around himself and his fists around Daniel Dubois | Barney Ronay

No boxer has ever represented his country to this degree: Usyk is a living embodiment of his nation’s defiance of the Russian invasionPerhaps the most striking part of the surge of controlled fury that ended this heavyweight title fight wasn’t the short right or the clubbing left that took Danie...

19/07/2025 23:50 The Guardian

Masked rioters attack highway and clash with police in Limoges, France

Overnight violence leaves nine police wounded, say authorities, who suspect a gang turf warDozens of masked assailants wielding metal bars, mortars and molotov cocktails attacked cars on a highway and clashed with police early on Saturday in the city of Limoges in central France, officials said.The...

19/07/2025 19:52 The Guardian

Trump requests release of Epstein court documents but says ‘nothing will be enough for the troublemakers’ – as it happened

This liveblog is now closedAs Donald Trump tries to claim he was “not a fan” of Jeffrey Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of their relationship, writes Adam Gabbatt:Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national...

19/07/2025 18:13 The Guardian

Ukraine proposes new round of peace talks with Russia next week

Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterates willingness to meet the Russian president Vladimir Putin face to faceKyiv has proposed to Moscow a new round of peace talks next week, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, after negotiations stalled in early June.Two rounds of talks in Istanbul b...

19/07/2025 17:56 The Guardian

Trump’s EPA eliminates research and development office and begins layoffs

Administration’s move to cut thousands of agency jobs will be devastating for US public health, union warnsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. One union leader said the move...

19/07/2025 13:56 The Guardian

Health experts raise alarm over RFK Jr’s ‘war on science’ amid mass firings and budget cuts

Experts warn that the dangerous ideologically driven cuts at HHS will have long-term consequences for healthcare The Trump administration’s “war on science” appears to have entered a new phase in the aftermath of a recent supreme court decision that empowered health and human services secretar...

19/07/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Russia launches ‘hellish’ aerial attack on eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad

Six-hour bombardment of strategic hub in Dnipropetrovsk region came as airstrikes killed one person in OdesaRussia launched its biggest ever attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad early on Saturday, as part of a large wave of strikes across the country involving hundreds of kamikaze drone...

19/07/2025 10:00 The Guardian

UK weather: Met Office warns of danger to life from thunderstorms and floods

Amber warning for London and south-east England, where heavy rain could cause ‘fast flowing or deep flood water’Thunderstorms and flooding could pose a danger to life in parts of the UK this weekend, according to forecasters.The Met Office issued an amber thunderstorm warning for London and much...

19/07/2025 09:28 The Guardian

Are US tariffs starting to bite? Trump, in denial over rising prices, targets Fed chief Powell

The White House is trying to drive out the Federal Reserve chair. Critics warn it would be a costly bid to pass the buckMemo from the White House: inflation is “right on track”, it declared this week, citing the latest official data. Price growth is now “very low”, according to Donald Trump....

19/07/2025 09:00 The Guardian

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