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London councils have a ‘sustained reliance’ on private firms as report shows £500m spend

06/12/2025 10:04 The Guardian

Exclusive: Research prompts warning that authorities rely on companies to carry out basic functionsThe scale of the reliance of London councils on private consultancy and outsourcing firms is laid bare in a report that shows the local authorities paid them more than half a billion pounds last year.The report by the Autonomy Institute and the CADA Network has prompted warnings that councils have a “sustained reliance” on such companies to carry out basic functions. Continue reading...

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EU says US ‘still our biggest ally’ despite release of policy paper supporting Europe’s far-right – Europe live

The Trump administration released a policy paper on Friday that made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right partiesThe protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine has degraded enough after a drone strike earlier this year that it can no long...

06/12/2025 10:24 The Guardian
Harbadus attacks Andvaria: cyber war game tests Nato defences against Russia

Power blackouts, public chaos and loss of communication with space were all thrown at troops in seven days Russia and China were barely mentioned, but they were the threats in everyone’s minds in Tallinn this week, where Nato hosted its largest ever cyber war game.The goal of the war game, conduct...

06/12/2025 09:00 The Guardian
Swedish navy encountering Russian submarines ‘almost weekly’ – and more could be on the way

Moscow ‘continuously reinforcing’ its presence in the region, says Swedish chief of operations Capt Marko PetkovicThe Swedish navy encounters Russian submarines in the Baltic Sea on an “almost weekly” basis, its chief of operations has said, and is preparing for a further increase in the eve...

06/12/2025 07:00 The Guardian
HMRC warns Christmas side-hustle sellers over tax on festive earnings

Crafters, artisans and others told to declare income if above £1,000 trading allowance in tax yearThis is a busy time of year for the thousands of people who earn a bit of extra income from a festive side hustle such as running a stall at a Christmas market or selling items online.The UK’s army o...

06/12/2025 07:00 The Guardian
Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA

Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia blew hole in painstakingly erected €1.5bn shield meant to allow for final clean-up of 1986 meltdown siteThe protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main func...

06/12/2025 05:52 The Guardian
US and Ukrainian officials agree any ‘real progress’ in peace talks depends on Russia – US politics live

US envoys Witkoff and Kushner to continue talks with the Ukrainian delegation in Florida on SaturdayLauren Gambino and Melody SchreiberAfter a delay and an unusually contentious meeting, a federal vaccine advisory panel is expected to vote today whether to change the longstanding recommendation that...

06/12/2025 01:23 The Guardian
‘No mistrust’ between Europe and US over Ukraine, Macron says

French president’s remarks come a day after a report claimed he had warned Washington could betray KyivEmmanuel Macron has said there is “no mistrust” between Europe and the US, a day after a report claimed the French president had warned privately there was a risk Washington could betray Ukra...

06/12/2025 00:43 The Guardian
Trump advisers and Ukrainian officials will meet for third day amid progress on peace plan

Joint statement comes as Trump pushes Kyiv and Moscow on US-mediated proposal to end nearly four years of warDonald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials said Friday they’ll meet for a third day of talks after making progress on creating a security framework for postwar Ukraine and are urging...

06/12/2025 00:20 The Guardian
Wayne Swan warns Labor not to speak to Australians in ‘highly stylised political way’

Exclusive: ALP national president urges party to urgently renew its ageing grassroots membership base in suburban and regional areasGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Labor party must renew or risk collapse like other centre-left parties including the US Democr...

05/12/2025 23:00 The Guardian
‘This merger must be blocked’: Netflix-Warner Bros deal faces fierce backlash

US politicians and Hollywood guilds have voiced concerns against the proposed $83bn purchase of the studioThe news that Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros in an $83bn deal has led to backlash among figures in and out of the entertainment industry.Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic senator, called it...

05/12/2025 19:31 The Guardian
Eurovision in crisis? Israel’s inclusion causes rift – The Latest

Several countries are boycotting Eurovision after Israel was cleared to compete in the 2026 song contest despite calls for it to be excluded over the war in Gaza. Lucy Hough speaks to our European culture editor, Philip Oltermann – Watch on YouTube Continue reading...

05/12/2025 17:37 The Guardian
Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott

Host broadcaster says show will not suffer after four countries withdraw from 2026 contest over Israel and GazaAustria has said it will continue with plans to host next year’s Eurovision, in spite of its budget being hit by four countries boycotting the song contest over Israel’s participation a...

05/12/2025 16:29 The Guardian
Macron denies warning Ukraine about potential US betrayal – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereRussia and India will reshape their defence ties to take account of New Delhi’s push for self-reliance, the two countries said in a joint statement after a summit between president Putin and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.“In resp...

05/12/2025 15:24 The Guardian
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal

Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones Business live – latest updatesNetflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery in an $82.7bn (£62bn) deal that will dramatically reshape the established Hollywood...

05/12/2025 15:23 The Guardian
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal

Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protestsA tenured professor at San José State University in California is fighting for her job after the university fired her last month over her pro-Palestinian activism – the first tenured faculty m...

05/12/2025 15:00 The Guardian
Putin vows oil shipments to India will be ‘uninterrupted’ in defiance of US

Narendra Modi says energy security is ‘pillar of the India-Russia partnership’ as two leaders meet in DelhiVladimir Putin has told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, that Russia is ready to continue “uninterrupted” shipments of oil to India, signalling a defiant stance to the US as th...

05/12/2025 13:38 The Guardian
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources sayExperts say Trump’s ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTwo men who survived a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean clung to the wreckage for an ho...

05/12/2025 12:37 The Guardian
US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps | First Thing

Major win for Trump as majority rejects lower-court ruling that found maps had been racially gerrymandered. Plus, the story of Mr DeepFakes, the world’s most notorious AI porn siteGood morning.Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional dis...

05/12/2025 12:23 The Guardian
US leader of global neo-Nazi terrorist group signals retribution for arrests

Rinaldo Nazzaro says detention of suspected Base members in Spain justifies ‘resistance … by any means necessary’After Spanish police and Europol’s counter-terrorism section arrested three suspected members of the Base – a globally proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist group – in the eastern pro...

05/12/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Labour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – UK politics live

Starmer hails child poverty strategy as a ‘moral mission’ which will include measures to help with childcare and getting families out of temporary housingToo many families are still “struggling without the basics – a secure home, warm meals, and the support they need to make ends meet”, St...

05/12/2025 09:58 The Guardian
Sydney records highest temperature in nearly two years amid heatwave as Tasmanian bushfires threaten homes

Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s CBD has recorded its highest temperature in nearly two years as...

05/12/2025 08:25 The Guardian
Chalmers cheers OpenAI’s new $7bn Sydney datacentre; emergency bushfire warnings in NSW – as it happened

Meanwhile sewage risked spilling into Sydney Harbour from a cracked wastewater pipe. This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government’s controversial “adult time for violent crime” bill has passed parliament without amendment.The bill,...

05/12/2025 06:23 The Guardian
EU leaders race to save Ukraine funding deal as Kyiv’s cash runs low

‘Future of Europe’ at stake with Von der Leyen and Merz desperate to persuade Belgian PM to allow use of frozen Russian assetsGermany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will meet the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, and Belgium’s prime minister, Bart De Wever, for emergency talks...

05/12/2025 05:00 The Guardian
US considers wider sanctions on Sudanese army and RSF as ceasefire efforts falter

Trump envoy fails to secure deal as Norway prepares to host talks on how to restore civilian government in SudanThe US is considering a much broader range of sanctions on the belligerents in the war in Sudan, in a tacit acknowledgment of the inability of the US envoy Massad Boulos to persuade the pa...

05/12/2025 05:00 The Guardian
“This is war”: Is Trump about to invade Venezuela? – podcast

Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, are under scrutiny over military strikes on suspected drug boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea.This week, Jonathan Freedland spe...

05/12/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete

Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participationIreland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete in the 2026 song contest despite calls by several partic...

04/12/2025 23:20 The Guardian
Russia blocks Snapchat and restricts Apple’s FaceTime, state officials say

Latest effort to control communications comes as regulator claims apps being used to ‘conduct terrorist activities’Russian authorities blocked access to Snapchat and imposed restrictions on Apple’s video calling service, FaceTime, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the intern...

04/12/2025 20:46 The Guardian
Experts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order

Democrat Jim Himes calls footage ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public serviceAnalysis: Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTop Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress on Thursday said that the defense secretary...

04/12/2025 20:43 The Guardian
‘We’ve got her back now’: novichok victim’s family ready to lay her to rest

Exclusive: Dawn Sturgess’s father pleased inquiry made it clear she was blameless victim after Skripal attack in 2018Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiryThe family of Dawn Sturgess have said they will finally be able to lay her to rest seven years after sh...

04/12/2025 19:44 The Guardian
Major incident declared in Derby as two men held on suspicion of explosives offences

More than 200 homes evacuated, with police saying officers acted on intelligence about materialsMore than 200 homes have been evacuated and a major incident declared in Derby as police arrested two men on suspicion of explosives offences.An evacuation zone was put in place as officers carried out a...

04/12/2025 17:35 The Guardian
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