‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit

10/02/2025 16:00 The Guardian

Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainableThe impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in the opening exchanges of a global summit in Paris attended by political leaders, tech executives and experts.Emmanuel Macron’s AI envoy, Anne Bouverot, opened the two-day gathering at the Grand Palais in the heart of the French capital with a speech referring to the environmental impact of AI, which requires vast amounts of energy and resource to develop and operate. Continue reading...

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Ukraine facing choice between losing major partner or its dignity, says Zelenskyy as he considers US plan – Europe live

Ukrainian president warns that next week could be ‘very difficult’ for his country as he stresses he will not betray its national interestsGerman Bild tabloid is also reporting that Merz is expected to hold a phone call not only with Zelenskyy, but also with the US president, Donald Trump.Mind y...

21/11/2025 16:01 The Guardian

EU imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials responsible for death of Ukrainian journalist

Viktoriia Roshchyna died aged 27 after a year in extrajudicial detention at a jail notorious for tortureEurope live – latest updatesThe European Union has imposed sanctions against Russian prison officials responsible for the death of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna.Roshchyna was repo...

21/11/2025 15:54 The Guardian

Trump’s threats amount to calls for ‘execution of elected officials’, says Chuck Schumer – US politics live

Democrat Senate minority leader says president’s remarks are ‘outright threat’ as other leading Democrats warn ‘political violence has no place in America’Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House oversight committee, has sent a letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, urging the...

21/11/2025 15:54 The Guardian

Health of double amputee detained in Georgia ICE jail worsens

Rodney Taylor, 46, says detention ‘draining on my body’ as Democratic senator Raphael Warnock lends support to caseThe health of Rodney Taylor, a Liberian-born man who is a double amputee and is missing three fingers on one hand, has continued to worsen after being picked up by ICE and detained...

21/11/2025 15:00 The Guardian

TNT that Europe needs to defend itself is being used on Gaza, Polish MP claims

Maciej Konieczny claims Europe’s sole supplier sends much of its production to US, which then exports it for use by IsraelEurope cannot supply enough TNT to defend either itself or Ukraine largely because its monopoly supplier of the explosive is contracted to send much of its production to the US...

21/11/2025 14:50 The Guardian

Man pleads guilty to rape of girl, 12, in case that sparked anti-asylum protests

Ahmad Mulakhil changes his plea at Warwick crown court, admitting single charge of rape of a child under 13A man has pleaded guilty to the rape of a 12-year-old girl in Warwickshire, in a case that prompted anti-asylum protests in Nuneaton.Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, of no fixed abode, changed his plea at W...

21/11/2025 13:51 The Guardian

Europe’s economy is geared towards a disappearing world, says ECB’s Lagarde

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21/11/2025 13:32 The Guardian

South Africa’s dispute with US escalates amid row over G20 handover event

Trump press secretary accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of ‘running his mouth’ after US boycott of summit in JohannesburgThe dispute between South Africa and the US over the Trump administration’s decision to boycott the G20 in Johannesburg has continued, with South Africa objecting to a US plan for a j...

21/11/2025 13:05 The Guardian

Starmer rebuffs renewed talk of Andy Burnham leadership challenge

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21/11/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches

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21/11/2025 12:56 The Guardian

Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda

Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credibleHundreds of English-language websites – from mainstream news outlets to fringe blogs – are linking to articles from a pro-Kremlin network flooding the internet with disinfor...

21/11/2025 12:09 The Guardian

Workers inside Department of Education say Trump’s latest bid to dismantle agency ‘makes no sense’

‘Morale is completely lost,’ say workers as Trump administration strips some programs and transfers othersDonald Trump’s bid to gut the US Department of Education “makes no sense”, according to workers inside the federal agency, who accuse the administration of trying to make their lives ...

21/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Weather tracker: US storms linked to ‘atmospheric river’ phenomenon

California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experienced heavy early season snowfallEvacuation warnings were issued last week in California as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding and landslides. The storms in the US were linked to a phenomenon known as an “atmospheric rive...

21/11/2025 10:47 The Guardian

National security will always comes first, minister says amid reports Chinese embassy in London nearing approval – UK politics live

Liz Kendall says ‘we are clear-eyed about our relationship with China and national security will always come first’Good morning and welcome to Friday’s UK politics blog. National security “will always come first”, science secretary Liz Kendall said this morning amid reports the government...

21/11/2025 08:19 The Guardian

Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach

The enormous, serpentine fish, regarded in Japanese folklore as a herald of disaster, usually live deep below the surface and are only sighted when sick or dyingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was a beautiful warm day in north-west Tasmania when a fish with a reputation...

21/11/2025 07:48 The Guardian

Darwin warned cyclone will strike Saturday – as it happened

This blog is now closedWieambilla police shooting not ‘terrorism’ but driven by Train family’s shared ‘delusions’, Queensland coroner findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment urging those in Fina’s path to stay up-to-date and heed warningsKristy McBain,...

21/11/2025 06:19 The Guardian

Labour MPs urge Reeves to drop private finance plans for NHS buildings

Chancellor told PFI-style schemes familiar from New Labour era are ‘fiscal illusion’ offering no value for moneyRachel Reeves has been urged by 40 Labour MPs to drop plans to fund NHS buildings with private finance initiatives (PFI) that would saddle the health service with debt.The Labour MPs,...

21/11/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say

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21/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire

‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nearsFundraisers collecting for Palestinian civilians in Gaza are seeing a “catastrophic” drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced in October.Donations collected by...

21/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers

Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.In all, 4,880 doctors...

21/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian

BBC is losing £1bn a year in potential licence fee revenue, say MPs

Public accounts committee calculates cost of households either evading the fee or saying they do not need TV licenceThe BBC is now losing more than £1bn a year from households either evading the licence fee or deciding they do not need one, according to a cross-party group of MPs who warned the cor...

21/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Zelenskyy to negotiate with Trump over US-Russia peace deal requiring painful concessions

Ukrainian president’s office issues statement after other officials condemn ‘absurd’ plan to end conflictVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that called on Ukraine to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his...

20/11/2025 22:53 The Guardian

Kellie Sloane elected NSW Liberal leader unopposed, replacing Mark Speakman

Former journalist and first-term MP had Speakman’s endorsement and support across the factionsWho is Kellie Sloane, the new NSW Liberal leader – and can this first-term former journalist save the party?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or...

20/11/2025 22:11 The Guardian

Keir Starmer defends trip to South Africa for G20 summit as budget looms

PM says he aims to secure investment to help deal with cost of living and shore up support for UkraineKeir Starmer has defended his decision to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit days before the budget and despite the planned absence of Donald Trump.The prime minister will arrive in South Afr...

20/11/2025 22:00 The Guardian

Republicans warn Bondi not to bury Epstein files after law’s passage

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20/11/2025 19:56 The Guardian

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy receives ‘draft plan’ from US and expects to talk with Trump in coming days – as it happened

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20/11/2025 18:44 The Guardian

‘Golden crime scene’: Elizabeth Warren calls for inquiry into Trump’s ballroom funding

Top Democrat on Senate banking committee says private funding for Trump’s ballroom poses serious corruption concernsUS politics live – latest updatesSenator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations t...

20/11/2025 18:00 The Guardian

Ottawa officials to cull ‘mindblowing’ influx of thousands of goldfish in pond

Scourge of goldfish has become growing problem as fish are released by pet owners into increasingly warm watersCity officials in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, plan to cull thousands of feral goldfish from a stormwater pond, a decision that reflects the pervasive spread of the species throughout t...

20/11/2025 17:07 The Guardian

UK is worst-performing market for JD Sports as youth unemployment hits sales

Lack of spare cash among under-25s feeds slide in sales with annual profits to be at lower end of expectationsUnemployment among young people in the UK is hitting sales growth and profits at JD Sports, the owner of the trainer and sportwear chain has said, amid warnings about the high number of unde...

20/11/2025 15:59 The Guardian

UK construction workers at risk from modern slavery, charity warns

Helpline run by Unseen receives hundreds of calls a year from potential victims of exploitationHundreds of workers are at risk of modern slavery in the UK construction industry, according to human rights monitors.Data from the helpline of the antislavery charity Unseen has identified the constructio...

20/11/2025 14:59 The Guardian

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