Joe Biden accuses Trump and Musk of taking ‘hatchet’ to social security

16/04/2025 01:07 The Guardian

In first speech since leaving office, ex-president spoke of ‘destruction’ current administration has wroughtJoe Biden on Tuesday accused Donald Trump and his billionaire lieutenant, Elon Musk, of “taking a hatchet” to the social security administration as they moved at warp-speed to dismantle large swaths of the federal government.In his first public remarks since leaving office, the former president avoided any explicit mention of Trump – his predecessor and successor – but he was sharply critical of the new administration for threatening social security, which Biden called a “sacred promise” that more than 70 million Americans rely on each month. Continue reading...

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‘West as we knew it no longer exists,’ warns Von der Leyen – Europe live

Wide-ranging interview addresses how Trump presidency has upended certainties over EU-US relationsIrregular crossings at Europe’s borders have fallen by 30% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, in a decrease that rights groups partly attributed to EU policies t...

16/04/2025 08:36 The Guardian

Good news on UK inflation may be short-lived amid trade war and rising household bills

Worsening global outlook makes ‘gradual and careful’ approach on interest rates by Bank of England more difficultUK inflation falls to 2.6%, increasing pressure on Bank to cut interest ratesBusiness live – latest updatesCooling inflation, resilient wage growth, and an economy outperforming exp...

16/04/2025 08:25 The Guardian

Lambie says Russia-Indonesia matter ‘overblown’ by Dutton – as it happened

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16/04/2025 08:06 The Guardian

Reeves says inflation fall shows ‘plan for change is working’ – UK politics live

Chancellor says wages are growing faster than prices but acknowledges many are still struggling with the cost of livingThe Liberal Democrats have also remarked on the latest inflation figures, with Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper warning Rachel Reeves about complacency and calling for enhanced ec...

16/04/2025 08:05 The Guardian

UK inflation falls to 2.6%, increasing pressure on Bank to cut interest rates

March annual rate comes before expected rise because of household bills going up this monthBusiness live – latest updatesUK inflation dropped to 2.6% in March, increasing the pressure on Bank of England policymakers to cut interest rates next month as Donald Trump’s tariff wars cast an uncertain...

16/04/2025 07:33 The Guardian

Albanese accuses Dutton of ‘verballing’ Indonesia’s president over reported Russian military encroachment

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16/04/2025 01:41 The Guardian

Democratic senator heads to El Salvador to try to visit Kilmar Ábrego García

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16/04/2025 00:18 The Guardian

Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny anti-corruption group

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny...

15/04/2025 19:10 The Guardian

UK conference on Sudan fails to set up contact group for ceasefire talks

Major setback for diplomatic efforts to end two years of civil war as Arab states refuse to sign joint communiqueA British-led attempt to establish a contact group to facilitate ceasefire talks in Sudan fell apart on Tuesday when Arab states refused to sign a joint communique after a conference in L...

15/04/2025 18:17 The Guardian

Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media

Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10Liz Truss is preparing to launch her own social media platform championing free speech, as she warned the “deep state” and mainstream media were stifling freedom of expression...

15/04/2025 16:58 The Guardian

Nato chief in surprise Ukraine visit as US fails to condemn Sumy attack – as it happened

Mark Rutte makes unannounced visit to Odesa and tells Zelenskyy that ‘Nato support is unwavering’The EU has said that “significant joint efforts will be needed” for a successful outcome to trade talks at the end of Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs.The European Commission, which handl...

15/04/2025 16:53 The Guardian

UK weather: heavy rain warning issued for western England and Wales

Met Office expects a month’s worth of rain in 48 hours to end warm and dry spellA month’s worth of rain is expected to fall on parts of the UK within 48 hours as the good weather the country has basked in for weeks comes to a soggy end.Western England and the whole of Wales have been warned of p...

15/04/2025 16:36 The Guardian

‘It’s sheer terrorism’: Sumy buries dead after Russia’s Palm Sunday attack

Ukrainians grieve and clear away wreckage in north-eastern city after morning attack that killed at least 35Europe live – latest updatesOn a warm spring day relatives gathered to say goodbye to Viktor Boiko and his wife, Olha. Their open coffins were laid out next to one other. Viktor wore his bes...

15/04/2025 16:24 The Guardian

One person killed and several wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoOne person has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, just as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was making a visit to the war-torn territory.The attack o...

15/04/2025 16:19 The Guardian

Trump tariffs will mean world uses less oil this year, IEA says

Energy watchdog cuts forecast for growth in demand by a third, and says a trade war could mean it falls furtherThe world will use less crude oil than expected this year due the “substantial risks” posed by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs to the global economy, according to the global energy watch...

15/04/2025 15:23 The Guardian

Obama and Yale faculty back Harvard as Trump cuts $2bn in federal grants

Harvard faces a funding freeze as elite universities warn of growing threats to free inquiry and civil rightsUS politics live – latest updatesBarack Obama, Yale and other academic institutions have come out in support of Harvard after the Trump administration elected to cut $2bn of its federal gra...

15/04/2025 15:11 The Guardian

Axing Labor’s free Tafe would mean fewer builders and higher house prices, experts warn

The Coalition remains opposed to the scheme, claiming it is ‘badly designed and poorly targeted’Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon...

15/04/2025 15:00 The Guardian

EU mulls plan to let importers break Russian gas contracts without penalties

European Commission may reportedly let companies declare force majeure as part of strategy to rid bloc of Russian fossil fuels by 2027The European Commission is considering plans that would allow European companies to break long-term Russian gas contracts without paying penalties to Moscow, it has b...

15/04/2025 14:24 The Guardian

China reportedly orders its airlines to halt Boeing jet deliveries amid US trade war

Carriers also asked to stop purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from US firms, report saysChina has reportedly ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing jets, the latest move in its tit-for-tat trade war with the US.The Chinese government has asked carriers to s...

15/04/2025 14:14 The Guardian

Homeland security told US-born immigration lawyer to leave country

Email to Massachusetts lawyer warned her to ‘depart the US immediately’ even though removing US citizens is illegalUS politics live – latest updatesA Massachusetts immigration lawyer who is a US-born American citizen is speaking out after she received an email from Trump administration immigra...

15/04/2025 14:04 The Guardian

China’s Xi aims to ‘screw’ US on south-east Asia tour, says Trump

US president issues scathing view of Chinese counterpart’s motivations amid escalating trade war with Beijing Xi Jinping’s tour of south-east Asia this week is probably intended to “screw” the United States, Donald Trump has suggested, as Xi embarks on a five-day tour of some of the nations...

15/04/2025 13:59 The Guardian

Business secretary refuses to rule out Chinese involvement in British Steel – UK politics live

Jonathan Reynolds says he would view Chinese bidders differently from others and warns of possible job losses as raw materials delivered Alison McGovern, minister at the Department for Work and Pensions, has commented on those latest job statistics, which showed that the number of payrolled workers...

15/04/2025 13:57 The Guardian

Trump’s ‘chosen one’ Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington to play delicate balancing act

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15/04/2025 13:11 The Guardian

‘I want to tell the world’: Bergen-Belsen survivor recounts horrors of Holocaust

Lola Hassid Angel can vividly recall the hunger, disease and death at Nazi camp liberated exactly 80 years agoFor a long time, Lola Hassid Angel did not want to talk about the horrors of her childhood. Her experiences of the second world war had not been light: by the age of eight, the Holocaust sur...

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Birmingham bin strikes could spread, union leader warns

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15/04/2025 13:05 The Guardian

Data shows little sign that tax increase on employers is leading to mass layoffs | Heather Stewart

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15/04/2025 13:00 The Guardian

US gambling firms fight protections meant to reduce addiction-related harms, watchdog warns

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15/04/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Obama condemns Trump’s $2.3bn Harvard funding freeze as ‘unlawful and ham-handed’ – US politics live

In some of his most vocal criticism of the current administration, former president says move is ‘an attempt to stifle academic freedom’Trump officials cut billions in Harvard fundingIn some foreign policy news, Iran is expected to resist a US proposal to transfer its stockpile of highly enriche...

15/04/2025 10:55 The Guardian

Trump’s AI infrastructure plans could face delays due to Texas Republicans

Republican-controlled state house poised to pass legislation that imposes regulatory hurdles on data centersDonald Trump’s plans to expand infrastructure to produce artificial intelligence in the US could face years of delays with the Republican-controlled Texas statehouse poised to pass legislati...

15/04/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Amphibious boat brings Bond-style glamour to RSPB in Northumberland

Bear Grylls-inspired vessel helps wardens on Coquet Island care for UK’s only breeding colony of roseate ternsIt looks like something James Bond might drive – or, more accurately, Bear Grylls. But rather than enabling secret missions or carrying millionaires, this innovative amphibious boat is h...

15/04/2025 10:00 The Guardian

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