George Galloway loses Rochdale seat to Labour’s Paul Waugh

05/07/2024 02:49 The Guardian

Workers party leader removed from Commons seat he had won in February byelection dominated by Gaza warGeneral election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guideGeorge Galloway has been removed from parliament after a four-month stint as the MP for Rochdale, losing his seat to Labour by 1,400 votes.Galloway, who took the seat for his Workers party in a February byelection dominated by the conflict in Gaza, did not attend the announcement, at which it was announced that the former political journalist Paul Waugh had won the seat for Labour. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Melbourne airport backdown paves way for train link; Payman to visit ‘every single town’ in WA after quitting Labor

Independent senator to visit constituents to ‘find out what’s important to them … without any boundaries or restrictions of party rules and confinements’. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralians feel ‘crushing burden...

07/07/2024 22:54 The Guardian

Tropical storm Beryl expected to make landfall as powerful hurricane in Texas

Storm roars across Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to continue gaining strength as it heads towards the USA reconstituted Hurricane Beryl is expected to come ashore in south Texas early Monday, possibly slamming into land as a powerful category 2 hurricane, with the heavily-populated greater Houston...

07/07/2024 22:31 The Guardian

Labour consider plan to release prisoners after 40% of sentence served

Proposal is one of several being looked at by Ministry of Justice to address the ‘acute’ prison crisisLabour is considering plans to release offenders after they serve just 40% of their sentence in a bid to tackle prison overcrowding, the Guardian has been told.While the proposed plan – first...

07/07/2024 22:30 The Guardian

Israeli government accused of trying to sabotage Gaza ceasefire proposal

Mossad chief gave mediators list of new demands and it was not clear whether Hamas would accede to them, reports sayThe Israeli government has been accused of attempting to sabotage a US-backed ceasefire proposal, according to Israeli media, by introducing new demands despite previously accepting th...

07/07/2024 20:53 The Guardian

Defence secretary announces new military aid package for Ukraine – as it happened

John Healey announces fresh package as he visits southern port city of OdesaReynolds says he is not supposed to pre-empt what will be in the king’s speech, but he says it is no secret that the government is going to prioritise its employment rights reforms.Jonathan Reynolds is being interviewed by...

07/07/2024 19:50 The Guardian

French election 2024 live: Voting under way in seismic poll as far right aims to become dominant force in national assembly

Republican Front hoping to prevent Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally from winning outright majority of 289French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government.More than 1,200 artists, DJs and promoters from the French music industry have come together in a...

07/07/2024 14:29 The Guardian

Who are the pro-Gaza independents who unseated Labour MPs?

All four capitalised on dissatisfaction over Labour’s stance on the Gaza war but said they had other priorities tooUK politics live – latest updatesOn a momentous night for Keir Starmer and the Labour party, nothing was going to detract from the celebrations. But the results weren’t all positi...

07/07/2024 14:00 The Guardian

Club tennis ‘endangered’ as other racket sports grow, Novak Djokovic warns

World No 2 calls for creation of foundation to protect tennis at ‘base level’ amid rise in popularity of padel and pickleballNovak Djokovic has warned that club tennis is “endangered” amid the growing popularity of alternatives such as padel and pickleball.The seven-time Wimbledon champion s...

07/07/2024 13:35 The Guardian

Gaza protest camps at UK universities wind down amid legal action

Of 36 encampments at end of May, around a dozen are still active, as protesters fight to stayThe student encampments that sprung up at UK campuses, in protest at the war in Gaza, are fading over the summer in the face of hostile university administrators and the waning of numbers and enthusiasm.Of t...

07/07/2024 11:55 The Guardian

Hamas ‘waiting for response’ on Gaza deal as Israeli protesters accuse Netanyahu cabinet of ‘total failure’ over hostages – as it happened

This live blog is closedIt is coming up to 2.30pm in Gaza and Tel Aviv. We will be closing this blog soon, but you can stay up to date on the Guardian’s Israel-Gaza war coverage here and on the Middle East here.Here is a recap of the latest developments:Protests aimed at pressuring the Israeli gov...

07/07/2024 11:23 The Guardian

UK urged to protect Ukraine from legal action over private debt default

Kyiv shouldn’t have to fight ‘shameless bondholders’ as repayment deadline nears, say campaignersCampaigners are urging Britain’s new Labour government to prevent Ukraine being sued in the UK courts if the country defaults on its debts to private creditors.Debt Justice said a two-year suspen...

07/07/2024 09:49 The Guardian

French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government

Front Électronique acts as ‘world of the night’ to combat rise of Marine Le Pen’s National RallyMore than 1,200 artists, DJs and promoters from the French music industry have come together in a bid to galvanise “the world of the night” into political action and to protest at the possibili...

07/07/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Viktor Orbán’s rightwing group hits quota for recognition by EU parliament

Patriots for Europe gets Danish and Flemish nationalists as latest members, amid EU anger over Hungary PM’s latest unauthorised foreign policy forayViktor Orbán’s rightwing political movement attracted enough parties on Saturday to achieve recognition from the European Union parliament in a boo...

07/07/2024 03:36 The Guardian

States need to deliver on domestic violence workers, says federal government

Target of recruiting hundreds of staff to tackle the growing problem has been missed by a large margin, minister warnsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government says states and territories “need to deliver” on their pledges to hire 500 domesti...

07/07/2024 00:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: Albanese calls Starmer to congratulate UK’s new PM on ‘emphatic victory’; de Minaur celebrates ‘lucky’ Wimbledon ride

Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFederal government services minister Bill Shorten has backed Anthony Albanese’s handling of caucus solidarity rules after the first-term senator Fatima Payman quit the Labor party.Payman resigned f...

06/07/2024 22:51 The Guardian

Heavy rain could disrupt Sunday’s Wimbledon and British Grand Prix

Met Office warns showers and temperatures below average set to continue all weekend in UKBritain’s wet summer refuses to abate, with the Met Office predicting heavy rain on Sunday afternoon – potentially jeopardising play at Wimbledon and disrupting the British Grand Prix.Rain isn’t the only f...

06/07/2024 21:17 The Guardian

International students left feeling like ‘cash cows’ after Albanese government raises visa fees

Surprise increase makes Australian visa application fee among most expensive in the world, as new survey finds rising costs putting prospective students offGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInternational students say the Australian government is making them fee...

06/07/2024 20:00 The Guardian

David Lammy: ‘Britain has to start reconnecting with a dangerous, divided world’

New foreign secretary says resetting UK relations with EU is a particular priority as he travels to Germany, Poland and Sweden, then the US• David Lammy faces a world in turmoil: five key concerns for foreign secretaryBritain must reconnect with the rest of the world with major resets in climate c...

06/07/2024 17:42 The Guardian

David Lammy faces a world in turmoil: five key concerns for foreign secretary

Challenges include two wars and global inertia on the climate crisis as hard-right populists from France to the US flex their muscles• David Lammy: ‘Britain has to start reconnecting with a dangerous, divided world’More than two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the conflict drags on. Ukrain...

06/07/2024 17:42 The Guardian

Fears of long war in Gaza as new chapter opens and ‘intense fighting’ eases off

Israel’s ground offensive is nearing its conclusion amid the threat of indefinite occupation and a continuing insurgencyBenjamin Netanyahu has said that the phase of “intense fighting” against Hamas in Gaza is coming to an end, but with no publicly unveiled plans for the next stage of Israel...

06/07/2024 15:18 The Guardian

Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise further as Hamas reportedly backs new proposal

Militant group gives initial backing to plan for phased deal after ‘verbal commitments’ from mediatorsHopes for a ceasefire in Gaza have risen further after reports that Hamas has given its initial approval of a new US-backed proposal for a phased deal.Egyptian officials and representatives of t...

06/07/2024 14:59 The Guardian

Israel-Gaza war as it happened: hopes rise over hostages and ceasefire deal

Hamas has reportedly accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men Continue reading...

06/07/2024 14:34 The Guardian

Biden defiant as America reacts to make-or-break TV interview – live

Amid growing calls for his exit, president told ABC only ‘the Lord almighty’ could make him exit 2024 raceFull story: Biden says only ‘Lord almighty’ could make him drop outGood morning,Joe Biden is still fighting for his political life. On Friday, the president was defiant in a make-or-brea...

06/07/2024 14:34 The Guardian

Heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona, have nearly doubled this year

The city just had its hottest June on record, with 175 possible heat deaths so far this year – an 84% increaseHeat-related deaths in the hottest major US city have almost doubled compared with the same period last year, after Phoenix experienced its warmest ever June on record.The number of possib...

06/07/2024 12:00 The Guardian

Wes Streeting says NHS is broken as he announces pay talks with junior doctors

New health secretary aims to resolve dispute in England and warns health service is ‘not good enough’General election 2024: live newsThe new health secretary, Wes Streeting, has declared the NHS is broken as he announced that talks with junior doctors in England would restart next week.The Ilfor...

06/07/2024 09:00 The Guardian

Keir Starmer to hold first Labour cabinet meeting as Tory leadership jostling begins – live

Meeting follows raft of appointments by new PM, including Rachel Reeves as UK’s first female chancellorUK general election results 2024: live trackerFollowing a landslide election victory, Keir Starmer’s Labour government faces a range of urgent priorities both home and abroad, from a prison’s...

06/07/2024 06:33 The Guardian

‘Defending democracy is paramount’: Rula Jebreal warns against Meloni rule

The journalist, and critics, accuse the Italian PM of leading the country towards authoritarianismThe first time Rula Jebreal came face to face with Giorgia Meloni was for a TV debate in November 2016.It was the day after the US presidential election, six years before Meloni became prime minister, a...

06/07/2024 06:00 The Guardian

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico as category 2 storm and expected to reach Texas

Hurricane warning issued for coast from Puerto Costa Maya to Cancún, including Cozumel, with coastal residents in Texas told to prepareHurricane Beryl has made landfall as a category 2 storm in Mexico’s top tourist destinations, triggering a red alert in the region following its deadly trail of d...

05/07/2024 19:40 The Guardian

Leading neurosurgeon calls on Biden to undergo testing and release results

Amid wide speculation about president’s health, Sanjay Gupta says he believes cognitive exam is warrantedUS politics – live updatesFallout from Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week continues to draw calls for health exams and clinical testing for the US president, and speculatio...

05/07/2024 19:10 The Guardian

Fatima Payman’s exit reveals ‘chasm’ between Labor and traditional base over Palestine, party insiders say

Exclusive: Senator’s resignation disappointing to ‘thousands of rank-and-file ALP and union members and Labor supporters’Listen to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast on the rules that forced Payman’s handGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLabor’...

05/07/2024 15:00 The Guardian

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