Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms

19/11/2025 20:04 The Guardian

Samantha Niblett highlighted government’s multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and ‘getting locked in’Microsoft has “ripped off the NHS”, it was alleged in parliament on Wednesday, as MPs called on ministers to divert more of the government’s multibillion-pound computing budget away from US technology companies and towards British alternatives.The Seattle-based firm’s UK government contracts include a five-year deal with the NHS to provide productivity tools reportedly worth over £700m, while the wider government spent £1.9bn on Microsoft software licences in the 2024-25 financial year alone. Continue reading...

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Cop30 live: Scientists warn countries must act decisively to protect people and life or risk ‘suffering for billions’

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19/11/2025 20:53 The Guardian

Australia news live: volcano erupts in Java; Sussan Ley to outline defence priorities

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru is the highest peak on Java island and its eruption has prompted evacuations. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Fina intensifies into category 2Tropical Cyclone Fina has intensified into a category 2 weath...

19/11/2025 20:32 The Guardian

UK holds talks with LinkedIn on clamping down on Chinese espionage

Government wants social media platforms to be less attractive for foreign agents after recent intelligence warningsThe government is holding talks with LinkedIn on how it can clamp down on prolific Chinese espionage activity after a rare interference alert was issued by MI5.The National Protective S...

19/11/2025 19:25 The Guardian

US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv

It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of militaryUS and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was...

19/11/2025 19:15 The Guardian

China’s power play: MI5 warns of relentless espionage attempts in Britain

Alert says Beijing trying to recruit British sources in parliament, even if potential gains may be unclearAn unexpected connection on LinkedIn. An offer of work from a headhunter, most likely a young woman, based in China. The chance to earn perhaps £20,000 part-time writing a handful of geopolitic...

19/11/2025 18:46 The Guardian

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

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19/11/2025 18:22 The Guardian

Uk politics: Streeting defends asylum policy, but says he’s not ‘comfortable’ with forced removal of children – as it happened

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19/11/2025 17:31 The Guardian

Ticket touts’ worst nightmare has finally come true in the UK

Government has officially announced ban on reselling for profit, described by minister as ‘no-brainer’Last May, in a dimly lit basement beneath London’s South Bank, the UK’s most prolific ticket touts gathered to discuss Labour’s plan to effectively put them out of business.One seasoned ti...

19/11/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Plan to speed tanks and armies across Europe in case of war with Russia

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 15:46 The Guardian

Poland closes last Russian consulate after ‘act of state terrorism’ on railway

Foreign minister orders closure of Gdańsk consulate and says four people now arrested after sabotage attackEurope live – latest updatesPoland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, has described last weekend’s sabotage attack on Poland’s rail system as “an act of state terrorism” order...

19/11/2025 15:37 The Guardian

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

Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberal MPs are optimistic a deal can be reached with Labor on...

19/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

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

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 dif...

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 historic lows, according to a new analysis, prompting warnings that once-eliminated diseases may resurge.The study o...

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

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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

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

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

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Starmer pleads for government to unite in fightback after difficult week

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

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18/11/2025 14:13 The Guardian

Wagner Moura to lead Ibsen update in unique European festival collaboration

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18/11/2025 14:13 The Guardian

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