Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn

29/03/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Robert F Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said he will be laying off nearly 20,000 workers, imperiling crucial servicesMassive job cuts planned for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will pave the way for takeover of crucial services by the private sector, imperiling the US in future health emergencies, health experts and Democratic politicians warn.Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr announced the department would layoff 20,000 workers from its roughly 82,000-person workforce on Thursday, or nearly a quarter of the department’s headcount. Continue reading...

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Trump administration announces review of Harvard University’s federal contracts and grants – live

Education department announces review of Harvard’s $255.6m contracts and $8.7bn multi-year grant commitments amid allegations of antisemitism Immigration remains a strength for Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback, according to a poll from the Associated Pres...

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More than 1,900 scientists write letter in ‘SOS’ over Trump’s attacks on science

Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warned Americans of ‘real danger in this moment’More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine signed an open letter warning Americans about the “danger” of the Trump administrati...

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Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warnings

Officials said accessing system that processes 276,000 employees’ salaries could put unit at risk of cyber-attacksMembers of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly gained access to a payroll system over the weekend that processes salaries for about 276,...

31/03/2025 18:06 The Guardian

BA owner’s shares fall as Virgin Atlantic warns of slowdown in US demand

Sir Richard Branson’s airline returns to profitability but says consumer uncertainty is hitting bookingsVirgin Atlantic has warned of a slowdown in demand for transatlantic travel, prompting a further fall in the share price of rival British Airways’ owner, IAG.Both UK long-haul carriers lean he...

31/03/2025 17:39 The Guardian

Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000The fallout from Myanmar’s earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the official death toll rose to more than 2,000, with...

31/03/2025 16:51 The Guardian

Myanmar earthquake: China and others step into aid gap left by Trump cuts

US president accused of blowing up country’s ability to respond to disasters by removing fundingAs aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap in global support from the world’s richest country: the US.The powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that str...

31/03/2025 15:47 The Guardian

Contempt as Trump claims he can run for third term: ‘This is what dictators do’

US president receives bipartisan criticism after saying there are ‘methods’ he could defy constitution to seek third termUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s suggestion that there are “methods” by which he could run for a third term as US president has been met with scorn –...

31/03/2025 15:11 The Guardian

Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn

Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics sayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt will be tough to attract international research talent i...

31/03/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Cheaper Australian childcare failing to help lower-income mothers return to work

Exclusive: Findings are a warning to policymakers that raising subsidies ‘can be costly and ineffective if not carefully designed’, co-author saysElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThrowing more money at cheap...

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Polish woman, 80, faces deportation from UK after mistakenly filling in form online

Elzbieta Olszewska refused time to complete paper application but was only told of decision after visitor visa had expiredUK politics live – latest updatesA Polish woman has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office because her application form to stay was accidentally filled in online i...

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New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missingVideos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Suppor...

31/03/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Israel orders Rafah evacuation

Sweeping order from military covers most of city in southern GazaEven before this morning’s evacuation order in Rafah, the normally festive Eid al-Fitr holiday was a subdued affair in Gaza with no end in sight to the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel in which at least an estimated 50,000 Palest...

31/03/2025 08:16 The Guardian

Myanmar earthquake: desperate search for survivors continues as WHO issues appeal for humanitarian aid – live

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsIn today’s First Edition newsletter, my colleague Archie Bland looks at how Myanmar is the victim of a devastating natural disaster – but also how a set of interlocking political and milit...

31/03/2025 06:58 The Guardian

Will Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ be the start of a trade war – or another climbdown?

After myriad false starts and much fluctuation, the lingering question is not how far Trump can take his trade wars, but how far he willDonald Trump won back the White House with a promise to transform the US economy. Millions of Americans, struggling with higher prices and bigger bills, elected a p...

31/03/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate, UK poll finds

Class, education and gender found to influence difference in views but anxiety about finances was a common themeYoung people are more worried about their finances, work pressures and job insecurity than social media, the climate crisis and culture war debates, research shows.The polling also challen...

31/03/2025 05:00 The Guardian

‘Ridiculous’ cuts to AI cancer tech funding in England could cost lives, experts warn

Exclusive: Ministers halt money for radiotherapy auto-contouring that would reduce waiting times and address staff shortagesMinisters have cut millions of pounds of funding for potentially life saving AI cancer technology in England, which cancer experts warn will increase waiting times and could ca...

31/03/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Donald Trump says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine

US president says his Russian counterpart’s questioning of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibility could delay ceasefireDonald Trump has said he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin over his approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened to levy tariffs on Moscow’s oil exports if the Russian l...

31/03/2025 02:10 The Guardian

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians face power outages due to ice storm

More than 300,000 without power as storm, expected to continue overnight, pummels Ottawa, Quebec and OntarioMore than 300,000 Canadians faced power outages in parts of Ontario on Sunday as an ice storm pummeled the region over the weekend, according to electricity provider Hydro One.Environment Cana...

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Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

Atlantic editor says Trump adviser’s defense for accidentally adding him to war plans chat was implausibleAtlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg has dismissed the explanation offered by national security adviser Mike Waltz for how he was included in a Trump administration group text chat about...

30/03/2025 18:00 The Guardian

Trump ‘running out of patience’ with Putin over Ukraine ceasefire, says Finnish president

Alexander Stubb – who played golf with Trump this weekend – suggested deadline and US sanctions packageDonald Trump is losing patience with Vladimir Putin’s stalling tactics over the Ukraine ceasefire, the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, said after spending several hours with the US presid...

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Nearly 20 councils in England ‘at risk of insolvency’ due to Send costs

Exclusive: Councils say multibillion-pound debts caused by years of overspends on special educational needs supportScores of English councils could go bankrupt when hidden Send debt reappearsNearly 20 councils have warned publicly that they are at risk of insolvency because of multibillion-pound deb...

30/03/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Biotech group warns exit of top FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’

Rare admonition from a sector that has largely been silent in the face of the second Trump administrationThe US biotech industry’s main lobby group issued a rare warning following the forced and abrupt resignation of the nation’s top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sa...

30/03/2025 15:03 The Guardian

Myanmar earthquake: level of devastation ‘hasn’t been seen in over a century in Asia’, says Red Cross – as it happened

At least 1,700 people killed as Red Cross officials warn Myanmar faces humanitarian crisis; death toll in Bangkok increases to 18Red Cross officials have warned that Myanmar faces a humanitarian crisis after the deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake.“What we’re seeing here in Myanmar is a level of dev...

30/03/2025 14:54 The Guardian

Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if tariffs make car prices go up

Trump says tariffs on foreign-made cars would would lead to increased sales of US-made carsDonald Trump said on Saturday he did not warn car industry executives against raising prices as tariffs on foreign-made autos come into force, telling NBC News he “couldn’t care less” if they do.The pres...

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From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade

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Labour group tells MPs they must be ‘on YouTube and TikTok’

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Whitehall has left generation of teenagers with no hope, says Andy Burnham

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‘Expressing your pain in artistic form is not easy’: exiled Russian theatre director builds bridges in London

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Queensland premier warns worst flooding yet to come after NSW man swept away by rising waters

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30/03/2025 04:05 The Guardian

Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms

PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade dealKeir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that...

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