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Police say no evidence that more suspects were involved in incident which left several people badly injured. This live blog is closedTwo dead after car driven into crowds in German city of Mannheimin DublinThe Irish government has drafted legislation to remove a de facto ban on any more than 12 troops being deployed overseas as the country makes significant moves to bolster its bare and weak defence force.European Union is a project of peace, and the project of peace means that security and defence is necessarily a priority, because peace without defence is an illusion.… Continue reading...

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EU foreign ministers meet in wake of deadly Russian attack on Sumy as Zelenskyy issues plea for Trump to visit Ukraine – Europe live

EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg after Russian attack kills at least 34 in SumyThe Russian defence ministry also responded to the criticism for its attack on Sumy, claiming it had targeted a meeting of Ukrainian commanding officers, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.We are now hearing...

14/04/2025 13:44 The Guardian

First Thing: Deep confusion as Trump signals new tariffs on smartphones and computers

President says he will lay out new levies on Monday and relief on electronics will be short-lived. Plus, the rise of end times fascism and how to defeat itDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump’s tariff war has plunged deeper into chaos after a cabinet...

14/04/2025 13:30 The Guardian

Don’t politicise row over Scunthorpe steel plant, says Chinese foreign ministry

Lin Jian says disagreement between Jingye and British government could deter Chinese investment in the UKUK politics live – latest updatesChina has urged the British government not to “politicise” the row over the Scunthorpe steel plant, warning that doing so could deter Chinese companies from...

14/04/2025 13:25 The Guardian

Israel’s return to war in Gaza criticised by ex-Mossad operatives

Over 250 former intelligence agency figures back letter urging prioritising return of hostages held in GazaHundreds of former operatives from Israel’s intelligence agency have criticised the return to war in Gaza amid growing frustration over the failure to bring home the remaining hostages held b...

14/04/2025 12:59 The Guardian

Zelenskyy invites Trump to Ukraine to see damage from Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian president says US president can visit any city, as Trump says deadly bombing of Sumy on Sunday ‘a mistake’Europe live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion, while the US president appeared to...

14/04/2025 11:32 The Guardian

Sky-high US-China tariffs are a mutual trade embargo that will hurt both sides

Effects could tip one into recession and undermine other’s fragile economy but prospects for rapprochement are not hopelessTrump says exemptions on smartphones, electronics will be short-livedBusiness live – latest updatesSky-high tariffs that now hang heavily over US-China trade mean, effective...

14/04/2025 11:27 The Guardian

Tariff turmoil to continue as Trump warns nobody ‘off the hook’ amid smartphone exemption – US politics live

Comments from the president and Howard Lutnick indicate moves to exclude some tech products will be shortlivedPete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has left the state department, a US official said...

14/04/2025 11:17 The Guardian

Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower

US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race warAn active-duty serviceman in the US army is openly following a proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist group on social media, one that has vowed to recruit soldiers in preparation for a so-call...

14/04/2025 11:00 The Guardian

‘No winners’ in a trade war, says China’s Xi as he heads to Vietnam on charm offensive

Xi Jinping expected to present China as reliable partner in contrast to US, which imposed – then suspended – tariffs over 40% on some countriesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, warned there would be “no winners” in a trade war and that protectionism “lea...

14/04/2025 10:55 The Guardian

Critics slam deregulation of crypto as Trump family expands its footprint in industry

Watchdogs say cryptocurrency regulation and enforcement has plummeted while Trump family invests heavily in itAs Donald Trump’s administration has cut regulations for the cryptocurrency industry, the crypto firm World Liberty Financial, in which the Trump family has a large financial stake, has gr...

14/04/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Ministers scramble to keep Scunthorpe steelworks running – UK politics live

James Murray insists supplies are in the country to keep furnaces going James Murray, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, has said government officials are continuing to try to get raw materials to the Scunthorpe steelworks to keep the blast furnaces there running, insisting that the supplies are i...

14/04/2025 07:28 The Guardian

David Pocock says major parties lack the ‘courage’ to tackle housing crisis – as it happened

This blog is now closedLeaders brush off warnings from economists that duelling housing policies will drive up pricesAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast ser...

14/04/2025 07:14 The Guardian

Leaders brush off warnings from economists that duelling housing policies will drive up prices in Australia

Neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton say they want house prices to fall, as experts warn new promises could worsen affordability crisisElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive e...

14/04/2025 04:44 The Guardian

Army planners sent in to help clear Birmingham’s rubbish piles

Government calls in military experts as month-long refuse workers’ strike brings warnings of public health emergencyOffice-based military specialists have been called in to deal with the mounting piles of rubbish on the streets of Birmingham after a month-long strike by refuse workers.Tens of thou...

13/04/2025 22:40 The Guardian

Arrest warrant issued in Bangladesh for UK MP Tulip Siddiq

Former City minister accused of illegally receiving plot of land from her aunt, ousted PM Sheikh Hasina An arrest warrant for the former City minister Tulip Siddiq has been issued in Bangladesh with a new allegation accusing her of illegally receiving a plot of land from her aunt, the ousted former...

13/04/2025 17:32 The Guardian

Civilian deaths in Sumy attack may force Washington to get tough with Putin

Talks between US and Russia continue unabated as attacks on Ukraine’s cities appear to have stepped up Even by the warped standards of wartime, Russia’s Sunday morning attack on Sumy was astonishingly brazen. Two high-speed ballistic missiles, armed, Ukraine says, with cluster munitions, slammed...

13/04/2025 17:14 The Guardian

Russian missile strike kills dozens in Ukrainian city of Sumy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy decries attack on ‘ordinary city street’ while people were going to church for Palm SundayAt least 34 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people were going to church for Palm Sunday, in the w...

13/04/2025 15:55 The Guardian

UK and G7 allies look at lowering ‘meaningless’ cap on Russian oil exports

Limit of $100 a barrel said to be ineffective with the price of crude having crashed in response to Trump’s trade warThe UK and its G7 allies are considering tightening the “meaningless” cap on Russian oil export prices after Donald Trump’s trade war caused global oil markets to crash.UK Tre...

13/04/2025 15:02 The Guardian

Xi Jinping seeks to strengthen economic ties during tour of south-east Asia

President’s first stop is Vietnam as China urges US to end trade war and return to ‘right path of mutual respect’The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will visit Vietnam on Monday as he begins a tour of south-east Asia where he will seek to strengthen ties with neighbouring countries amid an esca...

13/04/2025 14:41 The Guardian

Airstrike destroys parts of Gaza City hospital as Israel intensifies offensive

Civil defence agency says al-Ahli hospital hit as IDF operations cut off access to southern city of RafahSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageAn Israeli airstrike destroyed parts of a hospital in Gaza City early on Sunday, as Israel continued its military offensive in the war-battered Palestinian ter...

13/04/2025 14:16 The Guardian

Asylum seeker billed £10,000 for NHS maternity care ‘could only afford penny a month’

Campaigners warn NHS rules are putting migrant mothers and babies at riskA destitute asylum seeker who was billed more than £10,000 for having a baby could afford to pay just a penny a month, leading to calls for an urgent review of NHS maternity charging for migrants.Kim, 34, whose name has been c...

13/04/2025 14:07 The Guardian

RFK Jr giving families ‘false hope’ on autism, says outgoing US vaccine official

Dr Peter Marks, forced to resign by Trump administration, sees no ‘possible way’ to determine cause by SeptemberThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, should not offer “false hope” to families by boasting he can figure out what causes autism as soon as September, says the physician wh...

13/04/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Put your baby down to nap near a washing machine, expert says

Researcher warns that dark daytime naps can disrupt babies’ sleep when they properly go to bed at nightBabies should not be put in a dark, quiet room for a nap but in a light room with background noise like a washing machine, an expert has said.Prof Helen Ball, a scientific adviser for the charity...

13/04/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Jamaican reggae artist Max Romeo dies aged 80

Musician best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon rose to fame in the 1960sMax Romeo, the influential Jamaican reggae artist best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon, has died at the age of 80.The singer, known to his family and friends as Maxie Smit...

12/04/2025 17:32 The Guardian

US ‘demands control’ from Ukraine of key pipeline carrying Russian gas

Senior Kyiv economist describes latest position of Trump administration in talks as ‘colonial-type’ bullyingThe US has demanded control of a crucial pipeline in Ukraine used to send Russian gas to Europe, according to reports, in a move described as a colonial shakedown.US and Ukrainian official...

12/04/2025 15:58 The Guardian

Japan’s World Expo: a positive vision of the future for our divided world?

Fifty-five years since Osaka last hosted, rocks from Mars, domestic androids and artificial hearts are part of showcase on ‘unloved’ islandAs clunky as it sounds, “designing a future society for our lives” isn’t a bad ambition for the world in these troubled times. From this Sunday, organi...

12/04/2025 15:00 The Guardian

‘A new golden age’: how rightwing media stuck by Trump as global markets collapsed

Trump’s tariffs were sometimes played down, sometimes cheered but rarely seriously questioned by the rightWhile Donald Trump recently instituted and paused hefty tariffs, sparking a trade war and chaos in financial markets, most of the country’s conservative media either applauded the US preside...

12/04/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Toby Jones’s next campaign? Misinformation, and a huge immersive theatre show

Meera Syal also to star in London production reflecting producer’s experience of censorship in GeorgiaHidden from view inside a south London warehouse, a new underground movement will be fighting the international blight of misinformation this summer.The huge immersive event – half theatrical sh...

12/04/2025 11:08 The Guardian

Birmingham accent ranked ‘most hated’ on BBC’s unofficial league table, Kate Adie reveals

Journalist shares details of broadcaster’s dislike for Brummie accent as archives of her life and career to be cataloguedThe BBC had an unofficial league table of the most loved and despised accents, the war correspondent Kate Adie has revealed. And the most hated? Brummie.Geordie was liked, she t...

12/04/2025 07:00 The Guardian

MPs and Lords head to parliament as PM says emergency law must be passed today to save British Steel – live

MPs to debate emergency law that will give the business secretary the power to direct the companyThe last time parliament was recalled during recess was in 2021, when Afghanistan had to be evacuated during the Taliban takeover. It is also the first recall of parliament on a Saturday since 1982.One M...

12/04/2025 06:46 The Guardian

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