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14/10/2024 10:59 The Guardian

The strike, which Hezbollah said was retaliation for one that killed 22 people in Beirut, is the deadliest since Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon. Plus, trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last yearDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Hezbollah has carried out its deadliest strike since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) saying the attack killed four soldiers at an army base in central Israel on Sunday.How did Iran react to the news about American troops? Its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, warned that the US was placing its soldiers’ lives “at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel” and that Tehran had “no red lines in defending our people and interests”.Was there any other trouble? The FBI was also questioning another man after bomb-detecting dogs “repeatedly” alerted to him, the sheriff said. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Israel launches strikes on southern Beirut after US says it opposes ‘scope’ of bombing campaign

IDF says the airstrike targeted an underground Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the Dahiyeh area of southern BeirutUS warns Israel of potential halt to arms transfers if Gaza aid is not distributedAid has arrived in northern Gaza for the first time in two weeks, according to an update by Cogat,...

16/10/2024 08:24 The Guardian

Sharp inflation drop gives green light to more aggressive Bank of England rate cuts

MPC will also look at global issues and it is likely that UK rates will fall faster than previously thoughtUK inflation falls below 2% for first time since 2021Business live – latest updatesAt a glance, last month’s sharp drop in the headline inflation figure to 1.7% tells the Bank of England al...

16/10/2024 08:10 The Guardian

Legalising assisted dying a ‘slippery slope’, says archbishop of Canterbury

Justin Welby warns new law risks turning right to die into a duty ahead of bill being formally introduced in parliamentThe archbishop of Canterbury has warned that legalising assisted dying is dangerous and risks turning the right to die into a duty.His intervention came before the formal introducti...

16/10/2024 08:08 The Guardian

Mystery debris that closed Sydney's Coogee beach confirmed to be thousands of ‘tar balls’

Coogee and Gordons Bay beachgoers had been warned not to touch the material. ‘Tar balls’ form from oil spills or seepage at seaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of black golf ball-sized pieces of debris that...

16/10/2024 06:48 The Guardian

Six Russian soldiers granted visas to France after fleeing war in Ukraine

Organisations assisting Russian deserters hope France’s decision will lead to more soldiers fleeingSix Russian soldiers who fled the war in Ukraine have been granted temporary visas as they apply for political asylum in France, in what human rights activists describe as the first major case of a g...

16/10/2024 04:00 The Guardian

‘Blood on your hands’: Penny Wong heckled by pro-Palestine advocates as she gives humanitarian speech at university

Foreign affairs minister filmed walking away from podium as moderator asks some audience members to leave University of Tasmania venueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong,...

16/10/2024 02:28 The Guardian

Son charged with murdering British war photographer Paul Lowe in California

Murder charge in Los Angeles against teenage son of acclaimed photojournalist, praised for ‘shining a spotlight on siege of Sarajevo’The British photojournalist Paul Lowe has been fatally stabbed on a hiking trail in California and his teenage son arrested for murder, according to police.Lowe, w...

16/10/2024 01:33 The Guardian

Australia news live: Wong condemns recent ‘killing of innocent civilians by Israel’ in Gaza; BoM testing cyclone and tsunami warning systems

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland leaders to lock horns again in election debateAfter their deputies traded blows, the Queensland premier and opposition leader are set to face off again ahead of the state election, AAP reports. Continue r...

16/10/2024 00:14 The Guardian

Israel says it will ‘address concerns’ from US after threat to withhold arms funding over Gaza – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can read our latest report on the Israel-Gaza war here and all our coverage from the region here. Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesd...

16/10/2024 00:10 The Guardian

Don’t book expensive driving tests through reseller sites, warns RAC

Learners trying to beat backlog can pay up to £195 with brokers who buy up slots and sell them on, according to motoring organisationThe RAC has issued fresh warnings to desperate learner drivers trying to beat the backlog by booking tests through unregulated websites after it found they could be p...

15/10/2024 23:01 The Guardian

Rise in rough sleeper deaths in UK prompts call for shelter funds

Campaign group warns of ‘emergency on our streets’ after estimated 155 people died while rough sleeping last yearAndrew Reece was 37 and sleeping rough in Stoke-on-Trent when on 10 May 2023 he took his own life in an abandoned and roofless children’s home.Reece, known locally as Pud, was one o...

15/10/2024 23:01 The Guardian

General Sir Mike Jackson, former head of the British army, dies at 80

The soldier was also chief of the general staff and commander of British forces in the 2003 Gulf warGeneral Sir Mike Jackson, the former head of the British army who commanded troops in the 2003 Iraq war, has died aged 80.The former chief of the general staff died on Tuesday surrounded by his family...

15/10/2024 22:42 The Guardian

US warns Israel of potential halt to arms transfers if Gaza aid is not distributed

A private letter from Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin to Benjamin Netanyahu gives Israel 30 days to actThe Biden administration has warned Israel that it faces possible punishment, including the potential stopping of US weapons transfers, if it does not take immediate action to let more humanitarian...

15/10/2024 18:59 The Guardian

‘It’s a kind of miracle’: Russian man survives 66 days adrift on inflatable boat

Mikhail Pichugin survived but the ordeal claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephewA Russian man survived more than two months drifting in icy seas on an inflatable boat in an ordeal that claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephew, officials and reports said.Mikhail Pichugin may ha...

15/10/2024 17:15 The Guardian

Yellow weather rain warnings issued for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Met Office says up to 80mm of water could fall over six hours in some areas, potentially causing floodingThe Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for rain that may lead to travel disruption and flooding over the next two days.The first will stretch from Plymouth and reach as far north as Ma...

15/10/2024 15:33 The Guardian

UK employer national insurance hike threatens jobs and pay rises, firms warn

Business body covering pubs, hotels and restaurants says budget tax change would increase costsWhat are employer NI contributions and what would raising them do?British employers have warned that a rise in employer national insurance contributions in the budget could hit hiring and limit pay rises,...

15/10/2024 14:16 The Guardian

Temporary Australian visas for Palestinians a first step but longer stay options needed, advocates say

Uncertainty of humanitarian visa will make traumatised new arrivals’ recovery tougher, charity founder saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government’s new temporary humanitarian visa pathway for Palest...

15/10/2024 14:00 The Guardian

Wars, debt, climate crisis and Covid have halted anti-poverty fight – World Bank

Setbacks mean UN goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is impossible to hit, report findsWars, debt, the climate crisis and the pandemic have combined to halt progress in the fight against poverty, the World Bank has warned.The Washington-based institution said on current trends it would take more...

15/10/2024 13:30 The Guardian

Lucy Letby discussed babies’ deaths in ‘excited’ way, inquiry told

Deputy children’s ward manager says she had ‘never seen a response like that’ to death of a childLucy Letby responded to the death of a newborn baby in a manner that a children’s nurse said she had “never seen” before or since, a public inquiry has been told.Letby was heard discussing in...

15/10/2024 12:00 The Guardian

Gaza at risk of becoming ‘graveyard of international law’ – Palestinian lawyer

Raji Sourani says west is ‘jeopardising something precious’ by shielding Israel from legal consequencesA prominent Palestinian human rights lawyer whose Gaza home was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the early weeks of the war has called on western powers and global institutions to do more t...

15/10/2024 11:03 The Guardian

Cost of dealing with PFAS problem sites ‘frightening’, says Environment Agency

Exclusive: EA warns it lacks budget to tackle England’s rising number of potential ‘forever chemicals’ locationsThe number of sites identified as potentially having been polluted with banned cancer-causing “forever chemicals” in England is on the rise, and the Environment Agency (EA) says...

15/10/2024 11:00 The Guardian

From China with love: coastguard’s ‘creepy’ message to Taiwan during military drills

Image dispersed during Monday’s military drills likened to sexual harassment or abusive partnerA Chinese propaganda image dispersed during Monday’s military drills around Taiwan was supposed to send a positive message to the island’s people, but instead has been decried as weird, creepy, and a...

15/10/2024 09:30 The Guardian

North Korea blows up roads linking it with South, prompting warning shots at border

Roads have long been unused but destroying them sends clear message Pyongyang does not want to negotiate with Seoul, experts saySouth Korea has condemned North Korea after it destroyed roads linking the countries on Tuesday, in another blow to bilateral ties on the increasingly tense peninsula.The S...

15/10/2024 09:08 The Guardian

Australia ‘appalled by the unacceptable deaths of innocent civilians’ in Gaza, Wong’s office says – as it happened

This blog is now closedGeorge Negus, veteran journalist and TV presenter, dies aged 82Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on five Iranian individuals it says is “contributing to Iran’s missil...

15/10/2024 07:25 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: How Keir Starmer pitched his vision of Britain to big business

In today’s newsletter: At a summit in London on Monday, the prime minister tried to stir investment in Britain – here’s how it went• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning, and a warm welcome back to myself: thanks to Nimo and Heather Stewart for bringing you First...

15/10/2024 05:54 The Guardian

Harris calls Trump a ‘risk for America’, after former president’s ‘enemy within’ remarks

At a Pennsylvania rally, the vice-president focused on Trump’s threat to use armed forces against his adversariesKamala Harris has said a second Trump term would be “a huge risk for America”, in a renewed effort to paint her Republican opponent as a threat to democracy, after the former presid...

15/10/2024 01:23 The Guardian

UK ‘risks repeat of surging energy bills’ amid continued reliance on gas

Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quicklyBritain is at risk of experiencing a repeat of the sharp increase in energy costs which has fuelled the continuing cost of living crisis because it relies too heavily on gas, according to an expert...

14/10/2024 23:01 The Guardian

Israeli airstrike kills more than 20 in northern Lebanon as UN peacekeeping row grows

Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv in wake of Israeli attack on Christian town, as UN security council voiced strong concern over IDF attacks on peacekeepersMore than 20 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Christian town in northern Lebanon, prompting Hezbollah to fire rockets at T...

14/10/2024 21:12 The Guardian

Reeves hints at rise in employer national insurance, as critics claim it breaches manifesto

Chancellor says businesses will understand balancing the books is necessary for fiscal stabilityElton John and Michelin meals: Labour pulls out all the stops to woo investorsRachel Reeves has dropped her strongest hint yet that she is planning to raise employer national insurance contributions in th...

14/10/2024 18:07 The Guardian

Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers grows despite western sanctions

Poorly maintained and uninsured vessels transporting up to 70% of country’s seaborne oil, says reportRussia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers is expanding, according to research, transporting up to 70% of the country’s seaborne oil despite western efforts to curb Moscow’s wartime energy revenues...

14/10/2024 15:28 The Guardian

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