Growing numbers of over-60s facing homelessness, charities warn

03/01/2026 12:00 The Guardian

Housing crisis reaches UK’s oldest generations as high private rents and lack of social housing hits pensionersThe housing crisis has reached the country’s oldest generations, charities have warned, with a growing number of people over the age of 60 seeking help for homelessness.Housing charities said they had seen cases of people over-60 developing health problems from being forced to sleep in their car for months, having to sleep on camp beds in emergency shelters and seeking homelessness support even while suffering illnesses such as cancer. Continue reading...

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Nicolás Maduro jailed in New York after he was captured in US attack on Venezuela – live

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04/01/2026 09:15 The Guardian

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04/01/2026 05:00 The Guardian

Nicolás Maduro arrives in New York after removal as Venezuelan president

Donald Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela after special forces seize country’s president and his wifeUS attacks Venezuela – live updatesA plane carrying captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, has arrived in New York hours after an overnight US military attack...

03/01/2026 23:08 The Guardian

The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela

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03/01/2026 19:22 The Guardian

Union calls for end to tax breaks that make Australian housing ‘a vehicle for hoarding wealth’

Manufacturing workers union wants capital gains tax discount to be reduced and then phased out and an effective end to negative gearingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA trade union has called for sweeping changes to housing tax breaks that it warns have “commodified” p...

03/01/2026 19:00 The Guardian

‘It sends a horrible signal’: US politicians react to capture of Nicolás Maduro

Republicans cheer capture of Venezuelan leader, but Democrats say it ‘risks pulling our nation into another war’US attacks Venezuela – live updatesReaction to the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, by US forces on Saturday has been starkly polarized along political lines, with a...

03/01/2026 18:15 The Guardian

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Former Labour MP and defence minister Sir Patrick Duffy dies aged 105

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The US may be making positive noises, but exhausted Ukrainians remain wary after nearly four years of war“I would give anything in the world if, in this address, I could say that peace will also come in just a few minutes,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a message to the Ukrainian people released j...

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02/01/2026 19:51 The Guardian

‘Suspension of entry into the US’, paparazzi – and wine: three other reasons George Clooney moved to France

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02/01/2026 18:21 The Guardian

Saudi warplanes kill seven UAE-backed Yemeni separatists

Strikes on Southern Transitional Council are first fatal coalition attack on group since it seized swathes of southern YemenSaudi warplanes have targeted separatist fighters in Yemen, killing seven in a counterattack against a sweeping advance by the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional...

02/01/2026 15:24 The Guardian

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02/01/2026 14:31 The Guardian

Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’

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2025 was UK’s hottest and sunniest year on record, says Met Office

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Iran officials warn Trump of red line after his threat to ‘rescue’ protesters

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

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

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01/01/2026 13:00 The Guardian

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

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