Flu patient numbers in English hospitals fall for second straight week

02/01/2026 11:24 The Guardian

Medical director says NHS ‘far from complacent’ as cold snap bites with average of 2,676 flu patients a day on wardsThe number of people in hospital with flu in England has fallen for the second week in a row, NHS figures show, as England’s top doctor said the health service was “far from complacent” as a cold snap takes hold.An average of 2,676 flu patients were in hospital each day during the week ending 28 December, down 13% from 3,061 the previous week. Continue reading...

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Bitterly cold weather expected in UK as up to 10cm of snow settles in some areas

Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place, with the latest warnings reaching into MondayBitterly cold weather is expected to grip the UK over the weekend with as much as 10cm of snow already in some areas.A number of yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place, with the latest...

02/01/2026 13:11 The Guardian

Iranian officials warn Trump not to cross ‘red line’ over threats to intervene in protests

US president’s posts that US will come to the rescue of protesters prompts warnings of ‘regret-inducing response’Donald Trump has threatened to intervene in Iran if its government killed demonstrators, prompting warnings from senior Iranian officials that any American interference would cross...

02/01/2026 13:10 The Guardian

Sewage in drinking water blamed for at least 10 deaths in India’s ‘cleanest city’

Hundreds hospitalised in Indore after public toilet built above water pipeline appears to have let sewage into supplySewage-contaminated drinking water is being blamed for killing at least 10 people, including a baby boy, and sending more than 270 others to hospital in Indore, ranked India’s “cl...

02/01/2026 12:14 The Guardian

Weather tracker: Cyclone Hayley brings intense wind and rain to Australia

Elsewhere, area of low pressure off Iberian peninsula brings heavy rainfall to southern Portugal and SpainAfter a recent heatwave affected large parts of Australia before Christmas, Cyclone Hayley made landfall along the north-west coast on Tuesday night. Hayley formed on 28 December in the southern...

02/01/2026 11:54 The Guardian

Swiss investigators race to identify victims after 40 killed in resort bar fire | First Thing

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 people. Plus, the politicians and advocates making climate policy part of the affordability agendaGood morning.Swiss investigators are racing to identify the victims of a fire that tore through a crowded bar, kil...

02/01/2026 10:45 The Guardian

Racial and religious hate crime on UK public transport is growing, data shows

Anti-racism groups warn some people are avoiding public transport or limiting their use of it for fear of abuseRacial and religious hate crime on public transport is on the rise, according to new data obtained by the Guardian, as community groups report how people are restricting their daily journey...

02/01/2026 06:00 The Guardian

‘Truly humbling’: inside the centre where UK medics are helping Ukrainian amputees

British military doctors and therapists provide support at base where innovative treatments aid recovery of those who have lost limbsAt a specialist treatment centre in Ukraine, as other amputees play volleyball nearby, Vladislav shows a video on his phone of how he lost his left leg. He found the f...

02/01/2026 05:00 The Guardian

Australia’s 2025 road toll: NSW records highest number of deaths in eight years as fatalities rise nationwide

Authorities warn that speeding was the biggest killer in 2025, a contributing factor in 134 deathsNew South Wales has recorded the deadliest year on its roads in eight years, with indications that there was no progress in curbing road fatalities nationwide in 2025.In 2025, 355 people died on roads i...

02/01/2026 04:44 The Guardian

New year drone strike kills 24 in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Moscow says

Ukraine rejects claim, saying its forces exclusively targeted Russian military or energy sitesA Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and injured at least 50 more as they celebrated the new year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, Russian officials said, as tensions betwee...

01/01/2026 20:52 The Guardian

Labour needs complete ‘reset’ to defeat Reform UK threat, says strategist

New Labour advertising guru Chris Powell says urgent plan needed to ‘wage and win the daily war for attention’Chris Powell: What is Keir Starmer doing to push back the populists? Not nearly enoughKeir Starmer does not have enough of a plan to defeat the “existential threat” that populism pos...

01/01/2026 17:00 The Guardian

UK law firms get ready for crackdown on money laundering

Harsher penalties and a ‘reshaping’ of the sector predicted when Financial Conduct Authority takes over as regulatorUK law firms are bracing themselves for a money-laundering crackdown as ministers race to improve the City’s reputation ahead of a fresh financial crime review.The Financial Cond...

01/01/2026 15:16 The Guardian

Snow and ice forecast for large parts of UK in new year cold snap

Met Office issues amber and yellow weather warnings as Arctic air blows in from ScandinaviaLarge parts of the UK will be blanketed with snow and ice as chilly Arctic air blows in a bitterly cold start to 2026.Snowfall is forecast for all four countries on Friday or Saturday, with blizzard conditions...

01/01/2026 13:48 The Guardian

US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts

Afghanistan and Yemen excluded from list of 17 priority countries chosen by Trump administration to receive aid laden with demandsThe $2bn (£1.5bn) of aid the US pledged this week may have been hailed as “bold and ambitious” by the UN but could be the “nail in the coffin” in changing to a s...

01/01/2026 13:00 The Guardian

Perth teenager charged after allegedly throwing firecracker that sparked New Year’s Eve bushfire

Blaze on city’s eastern fringe contained but not controlled on Thursday with firefighters warning of risk to lives and homesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager accused of tossing a firecracker into Perth bushland on New Year’s Eve has been charged after it spark...

01/01/2026 05:08 The Guardian

Australian man reportedly killed fighting with Ukrainian forces against Russia

Australia’s foreign affairs department seeking to verify reported death of Russell Allan Wilson on 12 DecemberGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe department of foreign affairs is trying to confirm the death of an Australian man who was reportedly killed while fighting wi...

01/01/2026 05:02 The Guardian

Woman dies after being swept into ocean from Sydney beach in early hours of New Year’s Day

Police said 25-year-old woman hit by a wave near a tidal rock pool at Maroubra, and another swimmer missing at CoogeeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been found dead after being swept out into the ocean from a Sydney beach in the early hours of New Year’s Day,...

01/01/2026 00:24 The Guardian

Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump

Ex-special counsel testified in front of judiciary committee about aborted federal prosecution of Donald TrumpJack Smith, the former justice department special counsel who led the aborted federal prosecution of Donald Trump, told a congressional committee that he never spoke to Joe Biden about his c...

31/12/2025 22:34 The Guardian

Finnish police seize vessel suspected of damaging underwater cable

Border guards say they found ship with anchor lowered into sea after detection of fault in Helsinki-Tallinn telecoms link Finnish authorities have boarded and seized a cargo vessel sailing from Russia on suspicion of sabotaging two underwater telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea, where a seri...

31/12/2025 16:52 The Guardian

New year revellers told to wrap up warm with snow expected across UK

Near-freezing temperatures likely but clear, dry skies will be perfect for viewing fireworks, says Met OfficeSnowfall is expected across much of the UK in a chilly start to the new year, forecasters have said, as revellers were advised to wrap up with near-freezing temperatures expected on New Year...

31/12/2025 16:08 The Guardian

Eurostar slowly resumes but passengers face more cancellations and delays

Passengers told to expect knock-on impacts after power supply problem and broken-down train halted services on TuesdayRail traffic through the Channel tunnel slowly resumed on Wednesday with more cancellations and delays after an electricity failure on Tuesday stranded thousands of passengers and tr...

31/12/2025 16:02 The Guardian

Sticky inflation, metal prices and the AI bubble risk: key trends to watch in the Australian economy in 2026

Can inflation be tamed without further interest rate hikes? And will the hot streak for gold and silver continue in 2026?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian share market delivered a 6.8% return in 2025, representing a third consecutive year of gains in a volatil...

31/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Cabinet papers reveal Alexander Downer warned of dire climate change outcomes in 2005

Officials warned of major economic, environmental and social disruption to Australia due to its dependence on coalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Howard government was warned in 2005 that climate change was occurring more quickly than previously predicted and “many h...

31/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Cabinet papers 2005: John Howard’s government was warned in 2005 that schools and borders might need to be shut under a pandemic

Alexander Downer told senior colleagues the H5N1 strain of bird flu could mutate into a pandemic ‘with potentially devastating consequences’ for Australia and the worldGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHealth officials warned the Howard government that Australia might ne...

31/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Huge rise in number of people in England’s A&Es for coughs or hiccups

Lack of prompt access to primary care blamed for rise in hospital cases of minor ailments including blocked nosesMillions of people are turning to A&E departments in England for minor ailments including coughs, blocked noses and hiccups, according to data that health leaders say lays bare a fail...

31/12/2025 10:44 The Guardian

Cyprus pledges ‘different mindset’ as it assumes EU presidency

Country’s six-month stint at helm begins with defence, migration and Ukraine still at top of agendaCyprus says it will bring “a new approach to the table” when it assumes the EU presidency on Thursday, as defence, migration and Ukraine continue to top the agenda at a time of acute geopolitica...

31/12/2025 10:29 The Guardian

Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel

A pity that Trump, or one of the 18 intelligence agencies reporting to him, did not trace the image back to its sourceEven while on holiday at his Florida resort, Donald Trump has refused to take a break from his unrelenting war on wind energy.Late Tuesday, the US president posted an image of a dead...

31/12/2025 00:42 The Guardian

Trump’s shadow war in Venezuela grows, but country’s strongman leader still clings to power

Report of a drone attack on a port facility signals new phase in US military campaign against Nicolás MaduroUS wargames played out scenarios for Maduro’s fall. None of them ended well for VenezuelaNearly a week after Donald Trump first announced what he said was the first US ground strike in a fo...

30/12/2025 19:34 The Guardian

Russia says it has moved its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles into Belarus – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest, read our full report:Russia claims to have moved nuclear-capable missile system into BelarusGermany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has echoed Donald Tusk’s optimistic tone regarding talks on ending the war in Ukraine.He posted to X to confirm there ha...

30/12/2025 18:25 The Guardian

Russia claims to have moved nuclear-capable missile system into Belarus

Assertion comes after the Kremlin accused Ukraine of attacking Vladimir Putin’s palace in NovgorodDid Ukraine target Putin’s residence or is Russian claim a ploy to sway Trump?Russia said its latest nuclear-capable missile system has been deployed in Belarus, a day after Moscow claimed that Ukra...

30/12/2025 18:15 The Guardian

‘Absolutely frightening’: surge in ketamine cases hits UK urology wards

Young adults and teenagers prevalent in ‘skyrocketing’ admissions linked to class B drug, say doctors in northern EnglandExperts have warned that urology departments across the UK could be close to breaking point as ketamine-related hospital admissions have “skyrocketed” in the past few year...

30/12/2025 18:00 The Guardian

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