Defiant Sarkozy says prison life is ‘very hard’ as he seeks release from jail – Europe live

10/11/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Former president is seeking to be released pending his appeal against a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracyIf Sarkozy gets released with an ankle tag, it won’t be his first: Reuters notes that last year, France’s highest court upheld a separate conviction for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former French head of state. The tag has now been removed.In his closing arguments, reported by BFM TV, Sarkozy is reported to have lamented that his life in prison was “hard, very hard,” or “even say it’s gruelling,” as he once again insisted he was innocent. Continue reading...

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Labour could suffer Lib Dem-style election punishment if they raise taxes, Reeves warned – UK politics live

Warning against breaking manifesto promise comes as speculation mounts about rise in income tax ahead of budget day on 26 NovemberThe resignations of the BBC’s director general and its head of news over claims of bias were “a coup” orchestrated from the inside, David Yelland, a former editor o...

10/11/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Weather tracker: Typhoon Fung-Wong becomes second in a week to hit the Philippines

Destructive winds and rainfall hit archipelago, while a cold spell in Florida prompts fears of falling iguanasTyphoon Fung-Wong, locally known as Uwan, is the second in a week to affect the Philippines after making landfall on Sunday evening. The weather system prompted warnings for heavy rainfall a...

10/11/2025 07:37 The Guardian

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians

IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemyIsraeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV docum...

10/11/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Syrian president to hold talks with Trump at White House

Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to push for full lifting of remaining sanctions imposed during 13-year civil warSyria’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will on Monday hold talks with Donald Trump at the White House, the first such official visit by a Syrian leader since national independence in 1946. He i...

10/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: RBA deputy governor says interest rates cut not a ‘mad’ option; Tony Abbott replaced on War Memorial council

Andrew Hauser says economy is struggling to grow without adding to inflation. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says outrage over Joy Division shirt ‘load of nonsense’Anthony Albanese has finally commented on the non-furore about his Jo...

10/11/2025 02:06 The Guardian

US flight cancellations rise as Sean Duffy warns travel could reduce to a ‘trickle’

Over 2,500 flights cancelled as transportation secretary says flight reductions could reach 20% if shutdown persistsFlight cancellations and delays are set to grow as airline passengers across the United States spent the weekend grappling with those issues at major airports nationwide after the Fede...

09/11/2025 16:34 The Guardian

Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say

Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activistsA Russian opposition activist arrested in Poland and due to go on trial next month has admitted he worked as an undercover agent for Russia’s FSB security service and informed on other...

09/11/2025 16:31 The Guardian

Groundbreaking British Museum show set to challenge samurai myths

Exclusive: Exhibition will reveal complex reality, featuring women and artistic creations, beyond armour-clad warriorsA groundbreaking samurai exhibition that promises to challenge “everything we think we know about Japan’s warrior elite” spanning a millennium of myth and reality is to open at...

09/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday tributes

Royals joined by senior politicians at Cenotaph in London and events are held across UK to honour those who have died in conflictsVeterans of the second world war were applauded as they arrived at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before being joined by royals and senior p...

09/11/2025 13:40 The Guardian

Palestinian man dismissed from Gaza border assistance role to sue EU

Exclusive: Mohammed Baraka’s case alleges discrimination on basis of nationality after EU counterparts were transferredA Palestinian man who was dismissed from his job in Gaza after the war broke out is suing the European Union for allegedly breaching Belgian law.Mohammed Baraka, who worked at the...

09/11/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones

Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culpritBritain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Ru...

09/11/2025 12:31 The Guardian

Trump’s dollar delusion: how trade war risks ending the US’s ‘exorbitant privilege’

Trump’s team flirts with weakening the dollar, threatening US influence, low borrowing costs and global stabilityMagical thinking is indispensable to understanding Team Trump’s economic policymaking. The White House often seems to believe two opposing policies can work together while one policy...

09/11/2025 11:00 The Guardian

‘Completely unacceptable’ that mistaken prisoner releases have gone up under Labour, minister says – UK politics live

‘Even one is too many,’ culture secretary Lisa Nandy tells Sky NewsKing Charles and other senior royals are gathering for the national memorial service at the Cenotaph in central London, with commemorations also taking place across the UK, including in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.About 10,000...

09/11/2025 10:44 The Guardian

AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn

Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plansThe government’s plan to use artificial intelligence to accelerate planning for new homes may be about to hit an unexpected roadblock: AI-powered nimbyism.A new service c...

09/11/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out

Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homesThe scale of lobbying of ministers by developers on Labour’s landmark planning changes, which seek to rip up environmental rules to boost growth, can be exposed as campaigners make...

09/11/2025 08:00 The Guardian

British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain

Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in second world warBritish Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for “future generations” as data reveals half the British public don’t...

09/11/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Victoria police re-enact single gunshot heard hour after Dezi Freeman fled into Porepunkah bushland

‘Firearms testing’ triggered by reports of gunshot at about 11.45am on day Freeman is alleged to have killed two police officers serving warrantGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA reported single gunshot has sparked a fresh line of inquiry in the long-running manhunt for...

09/11/2025 06:09 The Guardian

Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks

Power to be cut for as much as 16 hours a day across most of Ukraine while repairs are carried outPower will be cut for between eight and 16 hours across most regions of Ukraine on Sunday, state transmission system operator Ukrenergo has said, after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure re...

09/11/2025 05:23 The Guardian

Australia news live: Crisafulli declares end to ‘cannoli diplomacy’ with Albanese over lack of hospital funding

Follow today’s news live‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie BankBoM’s axing of free flood forecasting ‘potentially deadly consequences’Natural disaster-prone councils in south-east Queensland say the Bureau of Mete...

09/11/2025 03:16 The Guardian

‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank

Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMillions of tonnes of Russian oil have been traded through a port part-owned by Macquarie Ban...

08/11/2025 23:00 The Guardian

Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least seven

Volodymr Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions on Moscow after 45 missiles and 450 drones launched at UkraineRussia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least seven people and damaging energy infrastructure in three regions, according to Ukrainian officials.Ukraine...

08/11/2025 22:01 The Guardian

Some investors in AI ‘are extremely autocratic’, says ABC chair Kim Williams

Exclusive: While fearing the technology can be an ‘employment destroyer’ in other industries, Williams believes it won’t be as damaging for the mediaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chair of the ABC has warned that AI could become “dangerous and sinister” cons...

08/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian

BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say

Bureau of Meteorology says current system will be phased out as it no longer meets ‘cybersecurity, stability and resilience’ standardsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNatural disaster-prone councils in south-east Queensland say the Bureau of Meteorology’s decision to...

08/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian

A year after devastating Trump loss, have the Democrats begun to find their way back?

Party was shell-shocked after 2024 defeat but Tuesday night’s coast-to-coast romp signals brighter times aheadIt has been a year of soul-searching, hand-wringing, and self-flagellation for Democrats after a ballot-box rejection so thorough that some had come to believe that the party had lost not...

08/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Death of Iranian activist who burned picture of supreme leader causes outcry

Iran’s police say Omid Sarlak, 22, shot himself, but fellow activists suspect he may have been killed for his viewsThe death of a young Iranian man who had filmed himself burning a photograph of the country’s supreme leader has sparked a war of words between state media and activists over how he...

08/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer

UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a...

08/11/2025 09:00 The Guardian

Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release

Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permissionEnvironmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to...

08/11/2025 08:00 The Guardian

US and China seek to project power with huge and expensive aircraft carriers

China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its global influence as for its use in warfare In port, the 80,000-tonne Fujian aircraft carrier would be impossible to miss. More than 300 metres long and capable of carrying about 60 aircraft, t...

08/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Trump-Orbán meeting: US gives Hungary exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas

US president also praises Hungarian leader’s hardline stance on immigration during friendly White House summitThe US has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions on importing oil and gas from Russia, according to a White House official, after Viktor Orbán pressed his case for a repr...

08/11/2025 04:02 The Guardian

Federal judge issues permanent ban on deployment of national guard troops in Portland – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: supreme court blocks full Snap food aid payments following White House requestAndrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in BudapestViktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another...

08/11/2025 03:03 The Guardian

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08/11 22:31 - Is Israel inching towards another regional war? 08/11 22:21 - Pre-Quiz WARNING: You Must Have A 130+ IQ To Even Pass This General Knowledge Quiz 08/11 22:19 - UN rights office warns of ‘unimaginable atrocities’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher 08/11 22:19 - UN rights office warns of ‘unimaginable atrocities’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher 08/11 22:01 - Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least seven 08/11 21:38 - EU fails to convince Belgium to seize frozen Russian funds – media 08/11 20:46 - Hungary claims ‘indefinite’ US sanctions waiver for Russian energy imports 08/11 20:46 - Hungary claims ‘indefinite’ US sanctions waiver for Russian energy imports 08/11 20:01 - Fair Warning: You'll Probably End Up Telling Everyone You Know About These 42 Products 08/11 19:31 - "Don't Fall For It": Women Are Revealing The Massive "Adult Regrets" They're Warning Younger Generations Not To Make 08/11 19:00 - Some investors in AI ‘are extremely autocratic’, says ABC chair Kim Williams 08/11 19:00 - BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say 08/11 16:34 - NATO to deploy 800,000 troops in case of war with Russia – German general 08/11 16:22 - Six dead as Russia hits energy and residential sites in Ukraine 08/11 16:13 - At least four killed by Russian strikes in Ukraine 08/11 15:11 - Another drone targets Russian trade mission in NATO country 08/11 14:36 - Iran plans water cuts for Tehran amid worst drought in decades 08/11 14:17 - Swedish PM calls for ‘long-term isolation’ of Russia 08/11 13:34 - Gaza university students become first class to graduate since war 08/11 13:34 - Gaza university students become first class to graduate since war 08/11 12:03 - Biden responsible for Ukraine conflict – Orban 08/11 12:00 - A year after devastating Trump loss, have the Democrats begun to find their way back? 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