Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest

19/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 yearsIsrael used widely banned cluster munitions in its recent 13-month war in Lebanon, photos of munition remnants in south Lebanon seen by the Guardian suggest.The images, which have been examined by six different arms experts, appear to show the remnants of two different types of Israeli cluster munitions found in three different locations: south of the Litani River in the forested valleys of Wadi Zibqin, Wadi Barghouz and Wadi Deir Siryan. Continue reading...

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Allegations about Farage’s conduct as schoolboy ‘disturbing’, says No 10 – UK politics live

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19/11/2025 15:19 The Guardian

Death toll from Russian attack rises to 25 as Ukraine says it will raise issue at UN – Europe live

Ukraine to raise the overnight attack on Ternopil, in which more than 70 people were injured, at the security council tomorrowThe Dutch economy minister said he had moved to take effective control of Nexperia to ensure Europe was not locked out of chip production “in an emergency”.He said the de...

19/11/2025 15:17 The Guardian

EU executive draws up plan for greater mobility of armed forces in Europe

European Commission seeks to ease rules on cross-border movements to create ‘military Schengen’ zoneEurope live – latest updatesThe EU executive has pledged to ease red tape to speed up the movement of European armies and tanks across the continent, describing it as “a critical insurance pol...

19/11/2025 15:16 The Guardian

Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’

Environment minister Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberal MPs are optimistic a deal can be reached with Labor on a watered-down version of its ne...

19/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots

Defence secretary reveals details of recent incursions as he warns UK is facing ‘new era of threat’ from hostile countries A Russian spy ship has entered British waters and shone lasers at military pilots, the defence secretary has said, as he warned the UK was facing a “new era of threat” f...

19/11/2025 13:12 The Guardian

Disease fears as Argentina child vaccination rates hit historic lows

Sharp drop since 2024 in country regarded as a Latin American leader in childhood and adolescent immunisationArgentina’s childhood and adolescent vaccination rates have collapsed to a historic lows according to a new analysis, prompting warnings that once-eliminated diseases may resurge.The study...

19/11/2025 12:15 The Guardian

Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses

PM Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 yearsEurope live – latest updatesMette Frederiksen has admitted that a fall in support for the Social Democrats was “greater than we had expected” after her party suffered sweeping defeats ac...

19/11/2025 10:01 The Guardian

Watch out for online contact with Chinese spies, UK defence minister warns public

After MI5 issues China espionage alert to parliament, Luke Pollard says message should be heeded by all citizensUK politics live – latest updatesOrdinary UK citizens need to watch out for online contact with Chinese spies, the defence minister has said, after MI5 issued an espionage alert to parli...

19/11/2025 09:44 The Guardian

UK lacks plan to defend itself from attack, warn MPs

Public should be told nature of threat posed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says defence committee chairThe UK lacks a plan to defend itself from a military attack, MPs have warned as the government promised to boost readiness with new arms factories.The challenges facing the government and d...

19/11/2025 08:15 The Guardian

Moscow passes laws to boost defences against Ukrainian strikes

Vladimir Putin authorises the guarding of fuel sites by reservists, internet blackouts and tighter sentencing for acts of sabotageRussia has passed sweeping laws to bolster its defences at home against Ukrainian drone strikes and sabotage operations, reflecting the Kremlin’s expectation of a protr...

19/11/2025 07:09 The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: Why strangulation during sex has become so common among teenagers

In today’s newsletter: Despite the risks, many young people now see choking during intimacy as acceptable or even expected, which experts put down to the proliferation of increasingly violent online pornography Good morning. Yesterday, I was shocked to read that nearly half of sexually active unde...

19/11/2025 06:51 The Guardian

Australia news live: NT authorities warn cyclone systems move ‘erratically’ and don’t rule out chance Fina will intensify to category three

Follow today’s news liveTropical cyclone Fina on torrential path to hit northern Australian coast this weekGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHome affairs minister adds conversations ongoing to make sure laws are ‘fit for purpose’ after neo-Nazi rallyBurke added that of...

19/11/2025 05:12 The Guardian

Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auctionA painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record-breaking $236.4m (£179.7m, A$364m) with fees, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold a...

19/11/2025 01:50 The Guardian

NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns

Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investmentThe NHS has failed to cut waiting times as promised in its recovery plan despite billions of pounds in investment, the public accounts committee (PAC) has warned.The influential...

19/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Ukrainians working for Russia were behind rail blasts, alleges Polish PM

Donald Tusk says two saboteurs crossed border from Belarus hoping to cause divisive ‘catastrophe’Polish authorities have identified two Ukrainian men, allegedly working for the Russian intelligence services, as the key suspects in two cases of rail sabotage, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tus...

18/11/2025 19:21 The Guardian

Two Ukrainian men believed to be working with Russia identified as suspects in Polish rail sabotage attacks – as it happened

Donald Tusk warns Polish parliament of an ‘escalation’ of Russian intelligence activities ‘across the whole of Europe’. This live blog is closedPoland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has just told lawmakers that the authorities investigating the rail sabotage incidents over the weekend identi...

18/11/2025 18:04 The Guardian

Sheinbaum again dismisses Trump’s threat of sending troops to Mexico: ‘We do not want intervention’

Mexico’s president responds to Trump’s latest warning that he could authorize strikes against drug cartels in countryMexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has again dismissed Donald Trump’s threat of military action against drug cartels inside her country, telling reporters: “It’s not g...

18/11/2025 17:46 The Guardian

Chinese spying amounts to interference in UK democracy, minister says, after MI5 warns MPs – politics live

Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says China is trying to contact MPs and peers to get sensitive information about parliamentBack at the Reform UK press conference, Zia Yusuf, the party’s head of policy, has just finished outlining his plan to cut spending on foreignersAs he finished, Yusuf claim...

18/11/2025 17:40 The Guardian

MI5 names two people in alert to MPs and peers about Chinese espionage

Spy agency says Amanda Qui and Shirly Shen have been using LinkedIn to ‘obtain non-public and insider insights’MI5 has issued an espionage alert to MPs and peers warning that two people linked to the Chinese intelligence service are actively seeking to recruit parliamentarians.The two people ope...

18/11/2025 16:55 The Guardian

Starmer pleads for government to unite in fightback after difficult week

Prime minister tells cabinet budget leaks and infighting are distracting from priorities and delivering changeUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has warned senior ministers and officials to stop briefing against one another and leaking details of the budget as he pleaded for his embattl...

18/11/2025 15:09 The Guardian

Bond markets could force Rachel Reeves ‘to do a secondary budget’, City investor warns

David Zahn of Franklin Templeton said bond yields could rise in response to chancellor’s fiscal plans and government would have to reactBusiness live – latest updatesThe bond markets could force Rachel Reeves to deliver a second budget if investors are disappointed by the chancellor’s fiscal p...

18/11/2025 14:13 The Guardian

Wagner Moura to lead Ibsen update in unique European festival collaboration

Brazilian actor will star in The Trial: Enemy of the People, which examines modern political and environmental conflictsThe award-winning Brazilian actor Wagner Moura is to star in a new play being staged at three European festivals next year, in the first joint production since their foundation two...

18/11/2025 14:13 The Guardian

LA county sheriff investigating new sexual battery claim against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Hip-hop mogul is serving four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related convictionsThe Los Angeles county sheriff’s department said Monday it’s investigating a new sexual battery allegation against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence on prostitutio...

18/11/2025 12:58 The Guardian

First Thing: ‘They have total impunity’ – West Bank settler violence rises after Gaza ceasefire

UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally. Plus, protests in North Carolina’s Charlotte after aggressive immigration arrestsDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Violence has increased across the occupied West Bank as Palestinian farmers try...

18/11/2025 12:38 The Guardian

Crypto market sheds more than $1tn in six weeks amid fears of tech bubble

Bitcoin price at lowest level since April while FTSE 100 falls as Google boss warns there is ‘irrationality’ in AI boomBusiness live – latest updatesMore than $1tn (£760bn) has been wiped off the value of the cryptocurrency market in the past six weeks amid fears of a tech bubble and fading e...

18/11/2025 12:03 The Guardian

California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds

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18/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Crest Nicholson plans job cuts and warns on profits, blaming budget uncertainty

Housebuilder’s autumn selling season was wiped out by speculation about new property taxes, says analystBusiness live – latest updatesThe housebuilder Crest Nicholson has warned of job cuts and worse than expected profits after a summer of “subdued” sales amid uncertainty around the possible...

18/11/2025 10:48 The Guardian

Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer

Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ proposals which he says will only increase community tensionsUK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system, a veteran Labour peer who came to Britain as a chi...

18/11/2025 09:49 The Guardian

Chinese travellers cancel hundreds of thousands of trips to Japan amid rising tensions

Chinese airlines offer free cancellations and film releases postponed after Japanese PM’s comments on TaiwanChinese travellers are estimated to have cancelled hundreds of thousands of tickets to fly to Japan amid reports of suspended visa processing and cultural exchanges as a diplomatic dispute o...

18/11/2025 08:52 The Guardian

Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration

The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration placesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal MPs say skilled migration and international student numbers must be cut to reduce overseas arrivals into Australia, but have wa...

18/11/2025 07:45 The Guardian

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