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Russian gas shutdown forces closure of almost all industry in Transnistria

02/01/2025 20:29 The Guardian

Pro-Russia Moldovan region suffers major hit after Ukraine ends transit agreement, with only food producers functioningThe shutdown of Russian gas supplies to Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region has forced the closure of all industrial companies except food producers.The mainly Russian-speaking territory of about 450,000 people, which split from Moldova in the 1990s as the Soviet Union collapsed, has suffered a painful and immediate hit from Wednesday’s cut-off of Russian gas supplies to central and eastern Europe via Ukraine. Continue reading...

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Southern Australia swelters through third day of heatwave as fire risk increases

BoM issues heatwave warning for SA, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, with temperatures set to reach 40s in some parts of countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAll eyes are on a bushfire in Victoria that has been raging for weeks as southern Australia swelters through a three-d...

04/01/2025 23:55 The Guardian
UK weather: power cuts, traffic chaos and cancelled flights due to heavy snow

Closed roads, multi-vehicle collisions and train interruptions reported as Met Office yellow and amber warnings remain in placeHomes were left without power, roads were closed, cars stranded, and flights and train services disrupted on Saturday as heavy snow and freezing rain hit much of the UK.The...

04/01/2025 23:45 The Guardian
Parts of UK disrupted as snow and freezing rain arrive – live

Police report road collisions and warn motorists only to travel if necessary while power cuts affect parts of England and WalesNational Highways warned a “spell of disruptive snow” would spread across southern and central parts of the road network on Saturday night.The PA news agency reports tha...

04/01/2025 23:32 The Guardian
Fears of unrest as PM considers open prisons for more offenders

Unions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and WalesThe government is considering relaxing the restrictions on inmates who can be sent to open prisons, despite warnings that the move could increase violence, drug abuse...

04/01/2025 19:00 The Guardian
Ukraine waits for Trump the dealmaker to broker end of Putin’s war | Shaun Walker in Kyiv

The US president-elect’s policy on the conflict may prove decisive, but appeasing both sides will be a challengeA new year in Ukraine began in much the same way as the old one finished: with deadly Russian drone attacks across the country. In Kyiv, one person was killed and at least six others wer...

04/01/2025 16:29 The Guardian
Labour goes slow on rape courts pledge amid fears over shortage of lawyers

Election manifesto promise to set up specialist tribunals to deal with huge backlog of cases has been put on holdThe government appears to have stalled on plans to set up dozens of specialist rape courts to deal with a huge backlog of cases, amid warnings there are not enough lawyers to make the pro...

04/01/2025 15:00 The Guardian
UK rollout of eVisas could leave non-EU migrants ‘vulnerable’

Home Office is issuing digital visas without completing necessary checks, Freedom of Information quest revealsThe government is pressing ahead with a digital visa scheme to prove the residency rights of millions of people from outside the EU without having completed the necessary checks, campaigners...

04/01/2025 13:55 The Guardian
It’s the pits! Would you pay £35 for one of the new, posh deodorants?

Fashionistas are forking out a fortune as the humble anti-perspirant goes high endOnce humble, bought for a quid and used with little pleasure, deodorant has done an about-face. Where it used to be a simple case of misting armpits with Lynx or spritzing with Sure, in recent times the world of deodor...

04/01/2025 13:29 The Guardian
Rough sleepers offered emergency shelter as UK temperatures plummet

Councils have received extra support to get homeless people off the streets amid cold weather warnings across the countryRough sleepers across the UK have been offered emergency shelter amid freezing temperatures.Councils have used the severe weather emergency protocol (Swep) to provide a bed for th...

04/01/2025 13:08 The Guardian
‘It is impossible to outrun them’: how drones transformed war in Ukraine

Small FPV drones, which travel at 37mph, have become ubiquitous, evolving from ‘a novelty to a weapon of choice’Denys, a soldier with Ukraine’s Khyzhak brigade, describes a new kind of war. Standing in a barracks workshop with piles of basic Ukrainian First Person View (FPV) drones behind him,...

04/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian
About 30 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza as truce talks set to resume

‘Harsh day’ of bombardments with several children among dead, says Gaza’s civil defence agency Gaza’s civil defence agency said about 30 people were killed in Israeli bombardments on Friday, as Hamas said indirect negotiations for a truce in the war were set to resume in Qatar.The Israeli mi...

03/01/2025 21:31 The Guardian
Austrian liberal party quits coalition talks leaving negotiations in disarray

Surprise move by Neos raises doubts about viability of forming centrist government excluding far rightThe smallest of three parties in talks to form Austria’s next government has unexpectedly quit the negotiations, throwing into disarray an effort to form a centrist ruling coalition without the fa...

03/01/2025 20:58 The Guardian
Polar vortex expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of US

Millions from Kansas to Florida will be hit by wintry blast with potential for ‘disaster’ next week, meteorologists sayA strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far so...

03/01/2025 18:35 The Guardian
More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds

Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and povertyMore than 2,200 people either died or went missing in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe in search of refuge in 2024.The figure, cited in a statement from Regina De Domini...

03/01/2025 15:51 The Guardian
Covid surges across US after holidays amid low booster uptake

Test positivity, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths are increasing as expert warns: ‘It’s still dangerous’Covid is once again surging across the US after an unusual relative lull over the fall, as rates of booster vaccinations remain stubbornly low.Continuing infections and the...

03/01/2025 15:47 The Guardian
Government would be ‘foolish’ to ignore palliative care warnings over assisted dying

Health committee chair Layla Moran says doctors’ concerns about impact on vulnerable patients must be heededIt would be “foolish” for the government not to heed warnings from doctors about palliative care as MPs press ahead with assisted dying legislation for England and Wales, the chair of th...

03/01/2025 15:02 The Guardian
Snow and freezing rain expected across UK as temperatures plummet

Temperatures fall to -8C as Britain braces for week-long wintry spell with health services on high alertTemperatures across the UK have plunged to -8C (17.6F) as the country shivers under an arctic chill expected to bring widespread heavy snow and freezing rain over the weekend.On Friday morning, th...

03/01/2025 13:11 The Guardian
Hospital admissions for flu quadruple in England as NHS bosses warn of ‘huge’ strain

Cold snap expected to add to pressure as NHS England figures show 5,074 flu patients in hospital by 29 DecemberThe number of people admitted to hospital with flu in England has quadrupled in a month, as health leaders said “huge” pressure in the NHS will only get worse as temperatures plummet th...

03/01/2025 12:38 The Guardian
Digested week: through the Christmas perineum and out the other side

Despite its awful name it’s my favourite time of year, an excuse to pause any activity – including new year celebrationsAnd so we find ourselves again at the Christmas perineum, the time between the end of the yuletide celebrations and before the new year shenanigans begin, and a phrase so awful...

03/01/2025 12:32 The Guardian
Guardian and Observer readers raise £1.25m so far in charity appeal

With just over a week to go, more than 11,200 people have donated generously to support victims of conflict and warDonate to our charity appeal hereWith just over a week to go, an incredible £1,250,000 has been raised by generous readers for the 2024 Guardian and Observer appeal in support of victi...

03/01/2025 12:05 The Guardian
Alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the US – report

Advisory from US surgeon general also says alcohol should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risksAlcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the US after tobacco and obesity and should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, according to a new a...

03/01/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Investigators suspend attempt to arrest South Korean president Yoon after standoff with security service – as it happened

Anti-corruption officials say they faced human wall of 200 presidential personnel at his official residenceInvestigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean presidentInsurrection is one of the few criminal charges from which a South Korean president does not have immunity.Yoon’s lawyers have sa...

03/01/2025 11:09 The Guardian
Weather tracker: Cold air over warm waters brings heavy snow to Japan

Prefectures in north hit by falls of up to 30cm in a day as similar weather pattern affects parts of north AmericaHeavy snow fell across northern Japan on Thursday, with the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori, Yamagata and Niigata particularly affected. Accumulations of 20-30cm over a 24-hour period we...

03/01/2025 09:41 The Guardian
Wes Streeting defends pace of plans for adult social care reform – UK politics live

Ministers to launch historic commission to reform ‘failing’ system amid warnings the NHS risks being overwhelmedIn response to the announcement of an independent commission into plans for adult social care, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has signalled his party’s willingness to cooperate on...

03/01/2025 09:28 The Guardian
Investigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol

Officials entered the presidential compound to find themselves blocked by troops under the control of the presidential security serviceSouth Korea’s political crisis took a dramatic turn on Friday when investigators were forced to abandon an attempt to arrest the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol...

03/01/2025 08:32 The Guardian
Man arrested over alleged 1997 murder of Meaghan Rose on Sunshine Coast denied bail

Keith Lees, 72, evaded warrant for almost 18 months in relation to alleged murder, and is accused of trying to bite policeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is behind bars and will likely face extradition after his arrest over a woman’s alleged murder more than two de...

03/01/2025 07:01 The Guardian
Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades

But final report on reforms would not emerge until 2028, which health leaders say is kicking crisis ‘into the long grass’Wes Streeting: Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix itFixing UK social care will be biggest challenge yet for Louise CaseyMinisters are to launch...

03/01/2025 00:01 The Guardian
Rise in UK deaths expected as Met Office warns of snow and ice

UK public health agency issues amber alert for social care in England, as country braces itself for heavy snowPublic health bosses in the UK are expecting a rise in deaths from cold weather, amid severe weather warnings for snow and ice over the next five days.The UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHS...

02/01/2025 17:29 The Guardian
Peter Dutton would need to cap partner visas to make his migration cuts, expert warns

Former immigration official Abul Rizvi believes the current planning level for partner visas is acting as an ‘illegal’ de facto capGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition’s proposed cuts to Australia’s permanent migration would require Peter Dutton to legisla...

02/01/2025 14:00 The Guardian
Florida’s manatees are actually relative newcomers, historical research suggests

State’s beloved but under-pressure sea cows were barely recorded in the area before seas warmed in the late 1700sManatees, long considered among Florida’s most beloved and enchanting inhabitants, are not native at all, and only came to the Sunshine state for warm temperatures and clear blue wate...

02/01/2025 12:00 The Guardian
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