Labour minister faces calls to be sacked over false claims against journalists

21/02/2026 13:38 The Guardian

Guardian investigation showed Josh Simons falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQPoliticians from across the spectrum have said a minister should be sacked after a Guardian report that he had accused journalists of having links to Russian intelligence.Their comments came after an investigation showed that Josh Simons, who was running Labour Together at the time, had falsely concluded the journalists had obtained information about the thinktank from a Russian hack. Continue reading...

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Decline in remote jobs risks shutting disabled people out of work, study finds

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21/02/2026 11:00 The Guardian

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21/02/2026 10:39 The Guardian

‘Slow this thing down’: Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution

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21/02/2026 04:26 The Guardian

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20/02/2026 21:52 The Guardian

Former New Haven police chief charged with stealing $85,000 in agency funds

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20/02/2026 21:29 The Guardian

UK clinical trial into puberty blockers on hold after medicines regulator steps in

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20/02/2026 20:14 The Guardian

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Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants

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20/02/2026 17:01 The Guardian

Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether

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Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals

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20/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian

Climber convicted of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend on Austria’s highest peak to seek help

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20/02/2026 13:45 The Guardian

Aston Martin issues another profit warning and sells F1 naming rights for £50m

Struggling British carmaker says earnings for 2025 will be worse than City forecasts as US tariffs hit salesAston Martin has warned that its losses will be worse than expected and sold its permanent naming rights to its Formula One team, as the struggling British carmaker battles to stabilise its fi...

20/02/2026 12:00 The Guardian

Trump weighs strikes as he gives Iran ‘10 to 15 days’ to agree deal over nuclear programme – US politics live

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20/02/2026 11:45 The Guardian

‘A momentous watershed’: Europe’s papers react to arrest of former prince Andrew

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20/02/2026 11:15 The Guardian

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade, and why most of Europe – including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – d...

20/02/2026 10:00 The Guardian

‘Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses

Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims’ access as Ramadan begins A six-decade agreement governing Muslim and Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site has “collapsed” under pressure from Jewish extremists backed by the Israeli government, experts have warned....

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Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

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20/02/2026 09:00 The Guardian

Bolivia’s ex-leader Evo Morales reappears after months-long unexplained absence

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20/02/2026 04:10 The Guardian

Trump warns Iran ‘bad things’ will happen if they fail to make a ‘meaningful’ nuclear deal – US politics live

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20/02/2026 02:16 The Guardian

Chris Baghsarian: police hopes fade of finding 85-year-old kidnap victim alive after raid on Dural property

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20/02/2026 00:02 The Guardian

Australia news live: mayor says Pauline Hanson should face charges over anti-Muslim comments; NSW to introduce minimum age for ebikes

Canterbury Bankstown council mayor Bilal El-Hayek warns Hanson’s remarks ‘will incite someone’. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment says Syria situation ‘distressing’ for children, but lays blame on parentsMurray Watt, the federal enviro...

19/02/2026 23:08 The Guardian

Avalanche risks remain high in California after deaths of skiers

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19/02/2026 20:39 The Guardian

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Nearly 20% fewer lower socioeconomic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job-ready scheme

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