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Germany’s foreign minister says French defence spending is ‘insufficient’ in rebuke to Macron – Europe live

16/02/2026 10:30 The Guardian

Johann Wadephul says French president needs to make ‘difficult decisions’ and to ‘act accordingly’ to meet Nato spending targetsThe press conference between the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, in Budapest is expected to start shortly:In other news, the Kremlin has dismissed assessments from five European countries that concluded that the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin administered by the Russian state two years ago. Continue reading...

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Warner Bros Discovery weighs new sale talks after fresh Paramount offer

Board considering whether to re-engage in move that could prompt a second bidding war with NetflixBusiness live – latest updatesWarner Bros Discovery (WBD) is reportedly weighing reopening sales talks with Paramount Skydance, in a move that could spark a fresh bidding war with Netflix for the Holl...

16/02/2026 09:57 The Guardian
Japan and Switzerland both avoid falling into recession – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Japan misses growth forecasts for the final three months of 2025Newsflash: Switzerland has also escaped recession, despite the economic damage caused by US tariffs.Swiss GDP expanded by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025, a new estimate...

16/02/2026 08:17 The Guardian
‘Life requires cash’: Gaza’s jobs crisis leaves people struggling to afford basics

Fresh fruit and other items now available but at high prices in territory where unemployment is estimated at 80%Every morning, Mansour Mohammad Bakr sets out from the small rented room in Gaza City he shares with his pregnant wife and two very young daughters. The 23-year-old walks past the port and...

16/02/2026 07:00 The Guardian
BoM warns of ‘classic fire spike day’ for Victoria – as it happened

This blog is now closedAngus Taylor moves to promote conservatives and sideline Sussan Ley allies as Liberal party veers rightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn case you missed it, NSW is getting an extra holiday this yearPeople in Australia’s most populous state have be...

16/02/2026 06:29 The Guardian
EU’s deportations plan risks ICE-style enforcement, rights groups warn

Crackdown on undocumented people could lead to home raids, surveillance and racial profiling, 75 organisations say More than 70 rights organisations have called on the EU to reject a proposal aimed at increasing the deportation of undocumented people, warning that it risks turning everyday spaces, p...

16/02/2026 05:00 The Guardian
Kim Jong-un unveils housing for families of North Koreans killed in Ukraine war

Leader vows to repay the ‘young martyrs’ who died as North Korea intensifies propaganda glorifying troops deployed to fight for RussiaNorth Korea has said it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukra...

16/02/2026 03:49 The Guardian
British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament

Defence leaders write joint appeal urging public on need to be prepared for war with Russia and resulting costsAs defence chiefs, we must warn you about Russia and say this: rearmament is not warmongering | Richard Knighton and Carsten BreuerBritain and Germany’s highest ranking military leaders h...

15/02/2026 18:02 The Guardian
More flood warnings as UK’s wet weather set to continue

Flooding expected in parts of south-west of England and Midlands and chance of snow showers in far northAnyone hoping for relief from the UK’s wet weather may be disappointed next week, with more flooding expected and patches of snow forecast.The Environment Agency has issued 73 flood warnings, me...

15/02/2026 17:41 The Guardian
UK considers new Russia sanctions after Navalny frog toxin finding

Yvette Cooper says claim against Kremlin ‘deeply serious’ while Russia dismisses western ‘feeblemindedness’The UK is mulling fresh sanctions against Moscow after pinning blame on the Kremlin for the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yvette Cooper has suggested.The Fo...

15/02/2026 16:52 The Guardian
EU foreign policy chief criticises ‘fashionable euro-bashing’ by US

Kaja Kallas says other countries ‘look up to us’ and rejects idea Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’The EU’s foreign policy chief has denied claims levelled by the US that Europe is facing civilisational erasure, rejecting what she condemned as “fashionable euro-bashing” by Washingt...

15/02/2026 16:23 The Guardian
Offer to join Trump’s new era is met with growing sense of European steeliness

Talk of a stronger, independent Europe was the dominant mood in Munich amid bitter disagreement on UkraineIf JD Vance’s thuggish speech to last year’s Munich Security Conference, directed at the solar plexus of Europe, marked the moment when a transatlantic breakup started, this weekend’s conf...

15/02/2026 16:03 The Guardian
Welsh munitions factory seen as crucial to boosting UK stockpiles and aiding Ukraine is yet to open

Exclusive: Delay at Glascoed is latest setback for armed forces and for UK’s capacity to supply shells to UkraineA new factory in Wales seen as crucial to boosting UK munitions production remains unopened more than six months after its planned launch, adding to a string of delays dogging the armed...

15/02/2026 15:16 The Guardian
Australian man died in Bali after consulate refused to assist with medical transfer

Consular officials told son of unconscious, critically ill man they could not discuss the situation for ‘privacy’ reasons‘I want people to be warned’: son forced to remove tubes from father’s septic body after death in Bali hospitalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcas...

15/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian
Social media misleads young on gender transitioning, says UK review leader

Hilary Cass, who led youth gender identity services review, warns of ‘unrealistic images and expectations’The expert who led the review into youth gender identity services has said young people are being misinformed by “unrealistic” portrayals of transitioning on social media.Hilary Cass, th...

15/02/2026 12:51 The Guardian
Reform and Greens undermining UK commitment to Nato, Cooper says

Foreign secretary says Reform not taking Russian threat seriously while Green leader leaves open possibility of leaving allianceThe foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has accused Reform UK and the Green party of undermining Britain’s commitment to Nato.Cooper was speaking at the Munich Security Con...

15/02/2026 12:29 The Guardian
‘Woke Europe not facing civilisational erasure,’ says EU’s Kallas after Rubio’s Munich speech – as it happened

EU’s foreign policy chief says many countries still ‘want to join our club’EU’s Kallas appears to be slightly sceptical about the idea of appointing an EU envoy for talks on ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine.She earlier said that “what matters more than having a seat at the table is k...

15/02/2026 12:08 The Guardian
Ex-watchdogs warn rush to give power to local police in immigration crackdown risks ‘threat to civil rights’

Critics say Trump administration’s rapidly expanding system is open to abuse and risks alienating communities from local policeHomeland Security watchdogs who were forced out of their jobs warn that the Trump administration’s “alarming” rush to deputize hundreds of local police departments t...

15/02/2026 12:00 The Guardian
Cooper says UK and allies ‘exposed barbaric Kremlin plot’ over Navalny’s death – UK politics live

Foreign secretary interviewed on the morning shows after UK and other countries accused Kremlin over Putin critic’s deathYvette Cooper is asked in her Sky News interview whether she agrees with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s assessment that the supposed rules-based world order has collapsed....

15/02/2026 09:29 The Guardian
New Zealand officials warn more flooding could hit north island as man killed after heavy rain

Worst weather forecast to hit late on Sunday, a day after floods caused power outages, road collapses and home evacuationsNew Zealand’s weather bureau has warned more flooding could hit the country’s North Island, a day after floods caused power outages, road collapses, home evacuations and caus...

15/02/2026 06:42 The Guardian
US pressure on Greenland is ‘totally unacceptable’, says Danish PM – as it happened

Mette Frederiksen tells Munich Security Conference that Denmark is willing to work with the US, but ‘there are, of course, things that you cannot compromise on’Rubio insists that the US “do not seek to separate, but to revitalise an old friendship.”He says “we do not want allies to rationa...

14/02/2026 20:49 The Guardian
Four new astronauts arrive via SpaceX rocket at International Space Station

ISS now fully crewed after a medical issue forced the evacuation of four astronauts in JanuaryThe International Space Station (ISS) returned to full strength with Saturday’s arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns.SpaceX delivered the US, Fr...

14/02/2026 20:43 The Guardian
Nobel laureate transferred to prison in northern Iran without warning

Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi’s health, family says, after reports of ‘life-threatening mistreatment’Iranian authorities have without prior warning transferred Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a prison in the north of the country as concern grows over her health, her family...

14/02/2026 20:02 The Guardian
Ukraine wants 20-year US security guarantee to sign peace deal

Speaking in Munich, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called for a clear date for his country to be allowed to join the EUUkraine wants security guarantees for a minimum of 20 years from the US before it can sign a peace deal with dignity, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks with Russia and the US schedu...

14/02/2026 18:44 The Guardian
‘Nothing says love like chemicals’: Valentine’s roses often covered in pesticides, testing finds

Bouquets imported to Europe found to be heavily contaminated, often with chemicals banned in EU and UKStay away from roses this Valentine’s Day, environmental campaigners have warned after testing revealed them to be heavily contaminated with pesticides.Laboratory testing on bouquets in the Nether...

14/02/2026 15:00 The Guardian
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say

Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death• What is dart frog toxin, which is said to have been used to kill Alexei Navalny?Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was killed by dart frog poison admi...

14/02/2026 14:03 The Guardian
Rubio tells Europe US wants renewed alliance – but on Trump’s terms

Secretary of state calls the US ‘a child of Europe’ and urges continent to back a new world orderMunich security conference live: Europe must be ready to fight Russia as ‘warning signs are there’, says StarmerThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has described America as “a child of Euro...

14/02/2026 10:21 The Guardian
Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in effort to increase pressure on Iran

USS Gerald R Ford will take about three weeks to sail to region, amid push for Iran to curb its nuclear ambitionsDonald Trump has ordered the world’s largest aircraft carrier to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East in an effort to increase pressure on Iran amid discussions over curbing i...

13/02/2026 22:15 The Guardian
Macron swipes at Trump tariffs and Greenland threats; Zelenskyy has strong words for Russia – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.If you need a primer on what’s on the agenda for the next three days, I spoke with the MSC’s head of policy Nicole Koenig, the author of the European part of their security report published ahead of the meeting.I asked her what is most likely to be the focus of this...

13/02/2026 20:49 The Guardian
ICE plans to spend $38.3bn converting warehouses to detention centers, documents show, as DHS shutdown looms – US politics live

Centers would have capacity for tens of thousands of people to be held; talks over funding bill stall hours before shutdown The annual rate of US inflation eased in January, according to the latest data consumer price index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Over the last 12 months,...

13/02/2026 20:47 The Guardian
ICE to spend $38bn turning warehouses into detention centers, documents show

US homeland security eyeing 24 buildings, some as ‘primary locations’ for deportations, in escalation of Trump agendaUS Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expects to spend an estimated $38.3bn on a plan to acquire warehouses across the country and retrofit them into new immigration det...

13/02/2026 20:00 The Guardian
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