Middle East crisis live: Almost 800 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food aid since end of May, says UN – as it happened

11/07/2025 15:14 The Guardian

Majority of those killed were in the vicinity of sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation The number of people killed by strikes in Gaza on Friday has risen to seven, according to the region’s civil defence agency, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.Nearly all of Gaza’s population has been displaced at least once during the more than 21-month war, which has created dire humanitarian conditions for the more than 2 million people living there. Continue reading...

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Sweden set to rent cells in Estonian jails as it runs out of room for its prisoners

Centre-right government rejects long-established national policies focused on rehabilitation and reintegrationSweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places in Estonian jails to help house its rap...

12/07/2025 07:00 The Guardian

‘It’s blitz, blitz, blitz’: Kyiv’s shelters fill up as Russia intensifies aerial attacks

People in Ukrainian capital are exhausted and struggling for normality amid a dramatic rise in bombardmentAt 1am on Thursday, Dartsia Liuba went to the basement of her Kyiv apartment building with her two children and husband, Roma. The air-raid siren had gone off. A Russian attack was coming. Liuba...

12/07/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Nearly 60 Labour MPs call for UK to immediately recognise Palestinian state

Exclusive: MPs say in letter Gaza is being ethnically cleansed as Israeli defence minister plans ‘forcible transfer’Nearly 60 Labour MPs have demanded the UK immediately recognises Palestine as a state, after Israel’s defence minister announced plans to force all residents of Gaza into a camp...

12/07/2025 06:00 The Guardian

MPs and political candidates face ‘industrial’ levels of abuse, minister says

Exclusive: Young people deterred from politics, Rushanara Ali warns, as government plans stricter punishmentsMPs and political candidates are facing “industrial” levels of intimidation and harassment, a minister has warned, as the government outlines plans for stricter punishments for those foun...

12/07/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Trump defends response to deadly Texas flooding after touring disaster area – live updates

President and Texas governor praise handling of flooding that has killed at least 120 people; Trump calls reporter ‘evil’ for asking about lack of warningsTrump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter FemaThe US state department is firing more than 1,300 employees in line w...

11/07/2025 23:51 The Guardian

Arkansas prison guards fired over escape of killer dubbed ‘Devil in the Ozarks’

Officials say breaches by two staff members let Grant Hardin walk free, and lawmakers warn of deeper security failuresTwo employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said on Thursday as th...

11/07/2025 19:25 The Guardian

Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian FoundationAt least 798 people have been killed while seeking food at distribution points operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and other humanitarian convoys since the e...

11/07/2025 19:06 The Guardian

HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance

Campaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s electionHSBC has become the first UK bank to leave the global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group, as campaigners warned it was a “troubling” sign over the lender’s commitm...

11/07/2025 17:38 The Guardian

‘Measles really is an airplane ride away’: experts warn of outbreak amid summer travel

Cases top 1,297, driven by low immunization, summer travel and vaccine policy shifts under Robert F Kennedy JrThe US is in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in 33 years, according to figures released this week. Driven by an outbreak in Texas, the US has now seen more measles cases in 2025 than...

11/07/2025 17:27 The Guardian

Netanyahu flies home without a Gaza peace deal but still keeps Trump onside

Israeli PM manages to avoid breach with US president through high-profile assurances he is seeking end to warBenjamin Netanyahu arrived back in Israel on Friday without a ceasefire in the Gaza war despite heady predictions from US and Israeli officials that this week could provide a breakthrough in...

11/07/2025 16:11 The Guardian

Liz Truss and hard-right group accused of scaremongering over Parthenon marbles

Ex-PM among those saying they will take legal action over ‘covert’ plans to return sculptures to GreeceThe former British prime minister Liz Truss and a hard-right lobby group have been accused of stoking culture wars after putting their names to a letter claiming they would take legal action ov...

11/07/2025 15:43 The Guardian

Trump expected to deliver weapons to Ukraine through Nato allies

President hints at ‘major announcement’ on Monday after halting arms shipments due to dwindling stockpilesDonald Trump appears poised to deliver weapons to Ukraine by selling them first to Nato allies in a major policy shift for his administration amid frustrations with Vladimir Putin over stall...

11/07/2025 15:09 The Guardian

Rachel Reeves to try to reassure City investors after unexpected UK GDP fall

Chancellor’s Mansion House speech to cite ‘opportunity’ in attempt to shrug off anaemic economic performanceAnalysis: Fall in UK GDP puts focus back on expectations of tax rises in autumn budgetBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves will attempt to shrug off the UK’s anaemic economic...

11/07/2025 14:49 The Guardian

EU awaits letter from Donald Trump outlining new tariffs – as it happened

Donald Trump said overnight that group of US trading partners, including the bloc, would get a letter ‘today or tomorrow’Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, condemned as a “desecration of historical truth” new plaques near a Polish monument to the wartime Jedwabne massacre of Jews by...

11/07/2025 14:30 The Guardian

US will impose 35% tariffs on Canadian imports, Trump says in letter

New levies, apart from the 25% on auto parts and 50% on steel and aluminium, will come into effect on 1 AugustDonald Trump has said the US will impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada from the beginning of August, and threatened to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most other trading partne...

11/07/2025 14:30 The Guardian

US border czar says he doesn’t know fate of eight men deported to South Sudan

Men from Mexico, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar were removed from the US and flown to the war-torn countryTom Homan, the US border czar, has said he does not know what happened to the eight men deported to South Sudan after the Trump administration resumed sending migrants to countries that are not...

11/07/2025 13:47 The Guardian

‘It can’t withstand the heat’: fears ‘stable’ Patagonia glacier in irreversible decline

Scientists say Perito Moreno, which for decades defied trend of glacial retreat, now rapidly losing massOne of the few stable glaciers in a warming world, Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, is now undergoing a possibly irreversible retreat, scientists say.Over the past seven years, i...

11/07/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Colombia identifies new threat in drug war: the autonomous narco drone sub

Country’s navy announced seizure of uncrewed narco sub, first capture of such a vessel in Colombian watersThe bust was unusual – a narco submarine capable of carrying more than 1.5 tons of cocaine. There were no drugs onboard this time, but most notably, there were no traffickers.Last week, the...

11/07/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Heat health alerts and hosepipe bans across England as third heatwave takes hold

UKHSA warning came into effect at noon on Friday as temperatures predicted to reach 33C over weekendAmber heat health alerts have been issued across parts of England and hosepipe bans imposed in various locations as the third heatwave of the summer takes hold.The heat health warning announced by the...

11/07/2025 11:47 The Guardian

Australia news live: Amnesty International warns proposed antisemitism plan risks ‘deepening community division’; new fire ant discovery

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe political leader of the central Tibetan administration – Tibet’s government in exile – is visiting Australia this week.It comes as Anthony Albanese heads to China this weekend.It is not enough to have fr...

11/07/2025 07:45 The Guardian

Nacc architect calls for robodebt investigation update, saying corruption watchdog has been ‘too secretive’

Independent MP who helped establish commission says lack of transparency over Centrelink robodebt probe risks hurting public confidenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA key architect of the National Anti-Corruption Comm...

11/07/2025 04:51 The Guardian

UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese says US sanctions against her a sign of ‘guilt’

United Nations’ special rapporteur for Palestinian territories stresses all eyes must remain on Gaza as she urges ‘let’s stand tall, together’Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, has responded to news that she will be sanctioned by the Trump administratio...

11/07/2025 00:33 The Guardian

Government inheriting poor value assets due to bad handling of PFI contracts, watchdog says

Public accounts committee warns UK infrastructure risked becoming ‘stony ground’ for investors without major overhaulBad management of private finance contracts is leading to poor quality assets being handed back to the government, including schools and hospitals, according to parliament’s spe...

10/07/2025 23:01 The Guardian

Zelenskyy says he has received positive signals from US over resumption of military aid – as it happened

Ukraine president says he has held constructive talks with Trump and that European allies will help pay for Patriot systems. This live blog is closedZelenskyy also repeatedly thanks partners for their help so far, saying it is thanks to their help it was able to start building a modern air force.“...

10/07/2025 17:41 The Guardian

Zelenskyy urges west to hit Russia with sanctions after huge attack on Kyiv

Ukrainian president wants allies to speed up action against Putin after two killed in second night of major strikesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukraine’s allies to speed up imposing new sanctions on Russia after another huge wave of strikes on his country’s capital killed two people, including...

10/07/2025 15:56 The Guardian

FTSE 100 hits record high as investors shrug off trade war concerns

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10/07/2025 15:49 The Guardian

Greg Abbott accused of trying to ‘fix’ midterms for Republicans by redrawing congressional maps

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10/07/2025 15:30 The Guardian

Man told fake Russian spies he had ‘useful’ information on Grant Shapps, jury hears

Howard Phillips claimed to undercover officers he had met then defence secretary on several occasions, court toldA retired insolvency worker devised a plot to leak the personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to Russian intelligence after claiming to have been invited to the pol...

10/07/2025 15:23 The Guardian

YouTube creators and eSafety commissioner at odds over whether to exclude platform from under-16 ban

Julie Inman Grant releases research showing younger children most exposed to harmful content on YouTube, but entertainers say ban would be a ‘great loss’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s online safety re...

10/07/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Fate of Aukus nuclear submarine deal may be delayed months as UK and Australia wait on Trump review

Snap Trump administration review of the $360bn deal announced a month ago expected to extend beyond initial 30-day timeframeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia and the UK potentially face months of more uncertaint...

10/07/2025 15:00 The Guardian

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