First Thing: House Republicans vote to block publication of Matt Gaetz ethics report

06/12/2024 12:35 The Guardian

Chamber votes 206-198 against release of report into former Florida representative, who resigned from Congress last month. Plus, how climate breakdown can still be avoidedGood morning.The House has voted against publishing the ethics committee’s report into allegations of sexual misconduct and potential illegal activities by the former Florida Republican representative Matt Gaetz.On what grounds was it blocked? Gaetz resigned from the House on 13 November, when Trump picked him for attorney general – and the Mississippi Republican Michael Guest, the committee chair, said the panel’s investigative authority ended then.What will Trump do? His team is reportedly developing a peace proposal for Ukraine, sidelining its ambitions for Nato membership and potentially handing Russia significant territory. Continue reading...

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Russia seeks to play down speculation over Azerbaijan Airlines crash

Kazakhstan also stresses that the cause remains unknown after claims Russian air defence fire led to fatal crashRussia and Kazakhstan have sought to play down speculation about the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, as sources in Azerbaijan connected to the investigation told Reuters the plane had bee...

26/12/2024 16:25 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine claims it struck military facility in Russia – as it happened

Airforce hits military industrial facility in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, in Russia’s Rostov region, says Ukrainian militaryRussia and Kazakhstan have sought to temper speculation about the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, with the Kremlin urging people to wait for the results of the investi...

26/12/2024 15:57 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: 14 security personnel killed in Syria after clash over former prison officer

Security personnel and three armed men killed in Tartous province after forces sought to arrest officer linked to Sednaya prison, says Syrian Observatory for Human RightsHello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and developments in the Middle East more widely.Four...

26/12/2024 09:01 The Guardian

Victoria fires: BoM warns of ‘erratic and dangerous’ conditions as Grampians bushfire sees emergency evacuations

Residents in some areas warned it is too late to leave as authorities brace for dangerous winds overnightVictoria bushfires: blazes threaten Grampians, Bullengarook, the Gurdies and Creswick – in picturesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorians have been on high alert...

26/12/2024 08:44 The Guardian

Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in western Europe, poll finds

YouGov survey finds negotiated end to war with Russia is preferred option in four out of seven countriesReadiness to support Ukraine “until it wins” has fallen sharply across western Europe at a critical time for the country, a survey suggests, as Donald Trump’s forthcoming return to the White...

26/12/2024 08:14 The Guardian

‘Considerable environmental damage’ from Victoria blaze – as it happened

This blog is now closedVictorian bushfires: BoM warns of ‘erratic and dangerous’ conditions as Grampians fire sees emergency evacuationsAuthorities in Victoria have issued an emergency warning for a bushfire at Mafeking in the state’s west.Locals have been told to take shelter immediately. Con...

26/12/2024 07:21 The Guardian

Resist ‘predatory’ Boxing Day gambling offers, say NHS bosses amid worsening crisis

Barrage of gambling adverts likely to exacerbate addiction, as NHS in England doubles number of clinics to meet demandThe “barrage” of betting advertisements around Boxing Day sporting fixtures will exacerbate Britain’s growing gambling problem, NHS bosses are warning.Promotional techniques by...

26/12/2024 07:00 The Guardian

Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way

Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpathsA deadline for registering historic rights of way is to be scrapped after a warning that the looming cutoff date could result in the loss of thousands of miles of footpaths.The last government set a...

26/12/2024 00:01 The Guardian

Russia criticises Canberra’s ‘hostile stance’ as it looks into reports Australian fighter captured in Ukraine

Family and friends hold grave fears for man identified as Oscar Jenkins who was reportedly captured by Russian soldiers in Donbas regionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMoscow is looking into reports that the Russian army may have captured an Australian citizen fighting wit...

25/12/2024 21:38 The Guardian

Baby girl freezes to death in Gaza while Israel and Hamas argue over ceasefire

Three-week-old Sila is the third baby to die from the cold in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days, according to doctorsA baby girl has frozen to death in Gaza and at least 10 people have been killed by airstrikes, while Israel and Hamas accused each other of complicating ceasefire efforts that could...

25/12/2024 21:36 The Guardian

Russian cargo ship’s owner says sinking in Mediterranean was ‘act of terrorism’

Three explosions caused Ursa Major to sink off Spanish coast, says company linked to Russian defence ministryA Russian cargo ship that sank on Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea was the target of an “act of terrorism”, according to the vessel’s owner.The Ursa Major sank while it was sailing thro...

25/12/2024 15:58 The Guardian

Russia launches major Christmas Day attack on Ukraine’s energy system

Zelenskyy describes cruise and ballistic missile strikes, which caused blackouts in several regions, as ‘inhuman’Russia-Ukraine war live – follow the latest updatesChristmas morning in Ukraine was overshadowed by a massive Russian aerial attack using cruise missiles to target energy infrastruc...

25/12/2024 12:39 The Guardian

Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates

Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022 High incarceration rates in Latin America – the region with the world’s fastest-growing prison population – are exacerbating tuberculosis in a region that is buc...

25/12/2024 12:00 The Guardian

Guardian and Observer charity appeal donations pass £1m

Charities pay tribute to readers’ generosity that is ‘helping to make our world a better place’Donate to our charity appeal hereGenerous readers have donated more than £1m in under three weeks to the Guardian and Observer’s 2024 appeal in support of victims of global conflict and war.This y...

25/12/2024 08:00 The Guardian

Extreme heat and bushfire risk across Australia’s south-east on Christmas and Boxing days as Grampians blaze rages

Three states face dangerous fire conditions as a wave of hot and dry weather triggers total fire bans and warnings of power outagesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA scorching blast of hot, dry and windy weather is fanning fires in multiple states and territories, as emerge...

25/12/2024 05:11 The Guardian

Major international crisis ‘much more likely’ in Trump’s second term, says his ex-national security adviser

John Bolton delivers scathing critique of Trump’s lack of knowledge or coherent strategy: ‘I’m very worried’A major international crisis is “much more likely” in Donald Trump’s second term given the president-elect’s “inability to focus” on foreign policy, a former US ambassador...

24/12/2024 14:44 The Guardian

Christmas Day could be one of warmest on record in UK, predicts Met Office

Band of ‘remarkably mild’ weather arrives in time for Christmas Eve, with 15C possible in some areasBritain is on track for one of its warmest Christmases on record with the Met Office predicting temperatures that could peak at more than 6C above the seasonal average in some parts of the country...

24/12/2024 14:09 The Guardian

UK has no credible plan to mobilise volunteers in event of war, ex-defence minister admits – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe National Farmers’ Union has announced that it will hold a “day of unity” on Saturday 25 January to allow people to show support for its campaign to stop the extension of inheritance tax to cover farms. Its sister organisations in...

24/12/2024 13:02 The Guardian

UK housebuilder Vistry’s shares plunge as it issues third profit warning

Business, relegated from the FTSE 100 share index this week, blames delays at developmentsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK housebuilder Vistry has issued its third profit warning in three months, in a year-end blow to the construction company that sent its shares to a two-year low.The business...

24/12/2024 12:51 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: one child killed every hour in Gaza, UN says

UN agency for Palestine refugees said 14,500 Palestinian children killed since the start of the war last OctoberIsraeli forces have killed a Palestinian man in a dawn raid on a refugee camp near the city of Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The Israel...

24/12/2024 12:33 The Guardian

Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion in engine room

Two crew members from Ursa Major are missing and 14 have been rescued, Russian foreign ministry saysAn engine room explosion sank a Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria and two of its crew are missing, the Russian foreign ministry has said.The vesse...

24/12/2024 11:46 The Guardian

Major show to celebrate UK’s forgotten female trailblazer of abstract art

Exhibition in Bristol, the city of her birth, celebrates Paule Vézelay whose ascent was stymied by sexism and warBritain’s “first” abstract artist, whose legacy has mostly been obscured because of a combination of sexism and the second world war, is to have her first major exhibition in more...

24/12/2024 07:00 The Guardian

‘National disaster’ if troubled Whyalla steelworks falls over, SA premier warns

Peter Malinauskas calls situation ‘tricky’ but says state government will continue to monitor Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance and act where it canGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe South Australian premier says it would be a “national disaster” if Whyalla steelwork...

24/12/2024 06:49 The Guardian

‘I stood on a mine’: government urged to repatriate Australian seriously injured fighting in Ukraine war

Dfat confirms consular assistance for 38-year-old as PM warns Australians against ‘travelling to areas of conflict’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has been urged to evacuate an Australian citizen who was seriously injured after stepping on a land...

24/12/2024 03:49 The Guardian

Sydney trains to run on New Year’s Eve as unions and Minns government reach last-minute deal

Government and unions still in deadlock over pay as NSW opposition warns of ‘chaos kicked down the road’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations appear set to enter full swing after rail unions and the state government struck a last-minu...

24/12/2024 01:53 The Guardian

Victoria bushfires: Grampians national park remains closed as hundreds of firefighters battle blaze

Holiday travellers warned to keep up to date with weather conditions as several states face growing risk of blazesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastResidents near bushfires raging in Victoria’s west have been given a two-hour window to return to collect their belongings be...

24/12/2024 01:17 The Guardian

Israel confirms it killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July

Defence minister Israel Katz threatens Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying the military will ‘decapitate their leadership – just as we did with Haniyeh’Israel’s defence minister has confirmed that the IDF assassinated former Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, and wa...

24/12/2024 00:57 The Guardian

DC police officer convicted of tipping off Proud Boys leader before Capitol attack

Shane Lamond found guilty of leaking to Enrique Tarrio that a warrant was out for his arrest before January 6The former head of the Metropolitan police intelligence unit in Washington DC has been found guilty of tipping off Enrique Tarrio – the imprisoned, one-time leader of the Proud Boys – tha...

23/12/2024 20:43 The Guardian

Saudi Arabia ‘had asked for extradition’ of suspect in Magdeburg attack

Riyadh warned Germany many times about danger posed by Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, source saysA source close to the Saudi government has told Agence France-Presse that Saudi authorities previously requested the extradition of the main suspect in Friday’s Christmas market attack in Germany, as mult...

23/12/2024 18:45 The Guardian

More than 1,000 North Korean military casualties in Ukraine war, says South Korea

Claims underline risks posed to North’s untested armed forces amid reports regime could send reinforcementsMore than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded since they were sent to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, according to South Korean military officials.In a statemen...

23/12/2024 16:46 The Guardian

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