German tourist killed and two others injured in central Paris attack

03/12/2023 15:48 The Guardian

Man known to authorities as radical Islamist detained after German man killed and two – one British and one French – injured near Eiffel TowerA man who had served a prison sentence for planning a radical Islamist attack and who was undergoing psychiatric treatment allegedly stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two others – one British, one French – in a neighbourhood near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday night.The attack took place shortly after 9pm near the Bir Hakeim bridge in an area popular with tourists. France is on its highest alert for attacks against the background of the war between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading...

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Starmer will go in ‘bin of history’ if he fails to raise defence budget, says ex-army chief

Gen Lord Richard Dannatt warns strategic review risks being ‘hollow’ and a ‘failure’ if spending is not increasedKeir Starmer will be consigned to the “bin of history” if he fails to raise defence spending, a former head of the British army has said.Gen Lord Richard Dannatt believes the...

15/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Trump to cut off funding for schools and universities with Covid vaccine mandates – as it happened

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15/02/2025 00:17 The Guardian

Police raid home of Sydney nurse taken to hospital after allegedly threatening Israeli patients on video

Israeli influencer Max Veifer posts video on Instagram stating: ‘The police are asking me for the unedited version. I have nothing to hide. Here it is’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney nurse at the centre of...

14/02/2025 22:59 The Guardian

JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party

US vice-president meets with AfD leader Alice Weidel as Trump administration courts European populist partiesJD Vance has met with the leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, breaking a taboo in German politics as the Trump administration continues to court and promote fa...

14/02/2025 21:14 The Guardian

Some federal workers given just 30 minutes to leave amid Trump layoffs

As many as 200,000 US workers slated to be affected by mass terminations as Musk leads crusade to slash spendingUS politics – live updatesSome federal employees who have been laid off were reportedly given only 30 minutes to pack their belongings and vacate federal offices. Federal agencies were o...

14/02/2025 19:49 The Guardian

Zelenskyy demands ‘real security guarantees’ before peace talks; Vance accused of ‘trying to pick a fight’ with EU – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here:Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs ‘security guarantees’ before any Putin talksVance stuns with blistering attack on Europe’s leadersExplainer: how do Vance’s Europe claims stand up?Pope Francis has been hospitalised for treatmen...

14/02/2025 19:31 The Guardian

Zelenskyy tells Vance Ukraine needs ‘security guarantees’ before any Putin talks

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14/02/2025 19:08 The Guardian

WHO calls for cigarette-style cancer warnings on alcohol packaging

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14/02/2025 18:39 The Guardian

JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders

US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against ‘threat from within’Explainer: how do JD Vance’s Europe claims stand up?The US vice-president, JD Vance, has launched a brutal ideological assault on Europe, accusing its leaders of suppressing free spe...

14/02/2025 18:36 The Guardian

Mexico threatens to escalate US gunmakers lawsuit with terror charges

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14/02/2025 18:06 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Hamas announces further details of Israelis it will free this weekend – as it happened

Israel warned Thursday that Hamas must release three living hostages this weekend or face a resumption of the war in GazaThe Israeli government has signalled it intends to stick to the hostage release schedule agreed in the ceasefire deal with Hamas, but warned that if the anticipated three survivin...

14/02/2025 18:02 The Guardian

Ukraine on ‘irreversible path’ to Nato membership, Starmer tells Zelenskyy

Prime minister uses call with Ukraine president to restate UK support in face of Trump interventions• Europe live – latest updatesUkraine remains on “an irreversible path” towards Nato membership, Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call that underlined the divide between Eu...

14/02/2025 18:01 The Guardian

Louisiana’s health department cancels promotion of mass vaccinations

State’s surgeon general presents illness-preventing jabs as personal choice in move that experts call ‘infuriating’US politics – live updatesLouisiana’s health department “will no longer promote mass vaccination”, including using media campaigns or health fairs to promote vaccines agai...

14/02/2025 17:56 The Guardian

Network Rail fined £3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to death of track workers

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14/02/2025 17:37 The Guardian

‘Crystal Methodist’ fails to show for Manchester sentencing hearing

Judge issues arrest warrant for disgraced former cleric and ex Co-operative Bank boss Paul FlowersA judge has issued an arrest warrant for a disgraced former church minister and banking group boss who acquired the nickname “Crystal Methodist”.Paul Flowers, 74, was due to be sentenced for fraud a...

14/02/2025 16:38 The Guardian

Doctor tells London inquest of ‘feelings of betrayal’ after son’s sepsis death

Deborah Burns says she witnessed a series of medical blunders by colleagues at William Hewes’s bedside A consultant paediatrician has been unable to work at the hospital that failed to save her son from a sepsis infection, after “feelings of betrayal” towards her medical colleagues who ignored...

14/02/2025 16:17 The Guardian

Rollback on diversity policies ‘risks undoing decades of progress’, says Co-op

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14/02/2025 16:16 The Guardian

US deports 119 immigrants of varying nationalities to Panama

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14/02/2025 16:09 The Guardian

No 10 says Starmer and Trump spoke last night as minister calls for ‘clear thinking’ on tariff threat – as it happened

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14/02/2025 16:09 The Guardian

Musk-linked group offered $5m for proof of voter fraud – and came up with nothing

Fair Election Fund has yet to reveal evidence of voter fraud despite deep-pocketed backers – and has now gone silentIn May 2024, a flashy ad went viral on social media warning that “across the country, there are real cases of fraud and abuses of the [election] system that have eroded our trust...

14/02/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Italian ‘mystic’ may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue

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14/02/2025 14:30 The Guardian

Habitat banks: how law to boost wildlife in England is faring one year in

Developers must now offset damage to nature by achieving a 10% biodiversity net gain – but is buying up pockets of land and rewilding them the answer?To most people driving through the waterlogged fields of West Sussex, a patch of muddy land dotted with scrubby trees would not warrant a second gla...

14/02/2025 14:22 The Guardian

Vance to meet Zelenskyy as European leaders call for unity over Ukraine

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14/02/2025 13:12 The Guardian

Zelenskyy and Vance to meet after Macron warns not to ‘capitulate’ to Russia | First Thing

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14/02/2025 12:32 The Guardian

Online forums being used to request and trade explicit images of local women, charity warns

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14/02/2025 12:24 The Guardian

Trump’s Gaza plan unites jihadist and far-right circles, experts warn

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14/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian

French citizens fail language tests for foreigners seeking residency

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14/02/2025 11:52 The Guardian

Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war

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14/02/2025 11:10 The Guardian

‘The shops are empty, all water is gone’: Cyclone Zelia hits Western Australia coast faster than expected

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14/02/2025 09:33 The Guardian

Hundreds of Sydney trains cancelled as negotiations break down between government and rail unions

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14/02/2025 07:23 The Guardian

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