Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to Trump on sanctions against Russia and drones in ‘productive’ call – Europe live

05/08/2025 14:38 The Guardian

Ukrainian president says ‘President Trump’s determination can change a lot’ as leaders speak about Russia increasing severity of strikesOn Ukraine, the EU spokespeople were asked about the bloc’s expectations as to Donald Trump’s deadline for Russia to end its invasion on Ukraine by Friday.The commission’s foreign policy spokesperson, Anitta Hipper, said:“Russia is not interested in peace. Ukraine is, the EU is. Nobody wants peace more than Ukraine and the EU. …We welcome any pressure, and in particular US pressure on Russia to accept a ceasefire through any means necessary.”“I believe that for what we have been able to verify … there has been some improvement compared to the situation before this agreement was reached. Is this sufficient? Absolutely not. Continue reading...

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Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu deciding on next steps amid reports he could escalate conflict

Israeli PM to convene security cabinet as local media reports he is inclining towards expanding the offensive and even seizing entire territoryHere are some of the latest images sent to us over the newswires from Gaza:Reuters is reporting that Israeli tanks pushed into central Gaza this morning but...

05/08/2025 14:49 The Guardian

Google outlines latest step towards creating artificial general intelligence

Genie 3 world model’s ability to simulate real environments means it can be used to train robotsGoogle has outlined its latest step towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) with a new model that allows AI systems to interact with a convincing simulation of the real world.The Genie 3 “world...

05/08/2025 14:03 The Guardian

Texas redistricting standoff escalates with threat to arrest absent Democrats – US politics live

Civil warrants issued in state’s House to bring back lawmakers cannot be enforced outside TexasTexas House pushes forward on redistricting as Democrats vow to fightIt’s a quiet August Tuesday on the president’s schedule today. The only listed item on his agenda is an executive order signing at...

05/08/2025 13:58 The Guardian

Pam Bondi seeks grand jury review of origins of Trump-Russia investigation

Investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election dogged Donald Trump throughout much of his first termThe US attorney general, Pam Bondi, is said to be ordering prosecutors to present evidence to a grand jury investigating the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia inquiry, according to the...

05/08/2025 13:29 The Guardian

Moldovan regional leader sentenced to seven years in prison over Russian funding

Gagauzia governor Yevgenia Gutsul funnelled undeclared funds to now-banned political party, prosecutors saidEurope live – latest updatesA court in Moldova has sentenced the pro-Russia regional leader Yevgenia Gutsul to seven years in prison for funnelling Russian money to finance a political party...

05/08/2025 13:27 The Guardian

Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness

Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national parkRescuers in Norway have resumed the search for an award-winning environmental journalist who has gone missing in bad weather during a solo hike in the remote Folgefonna national park, home to on...

05/08/2025 12:55 The Guardian

Israeli cabinet meeting postponed as tensions rise over Netanyahu’s occupation plan

Officials said prime minister was planning offensive to fully occupy Gaza, but resistance reveals splits in governmentIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesAn Israeli security cabinet meeting, which had been expected to discuss Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for the “full occupation” of Gaza, has been po...

05/08/2025 12:04 The Guardian

Black warehouse worker wins £3,000 payout over colleague’s ‘slave’ graffito

Seedy Fofana sought £500,000 compensation over graffito that colleague in Gloucester did not mean as racial slurA Black warehouse worker has won a race harassment claim after a disgruntled colleague wrote the word “slave” on a piece of machinery.The colleague had meant it not as a racial slur b...

05/08/2025 10:18 The Guardian

Jeremy Corbyn warns new rules on council asset sales threaten allotments

Sales of eight allotment sites approved since Labour took power as councils seek to fund day-to-day spendingUK politics live – latest updatesJeremy Corbyn has criticised Angela Rayner, the local government secretary, over changes that will allow councils to sell allotments to fund day-to-day spend...

05/08/2025 09:50 The Guardian

Trump firing of statistics chief puts US data credibility at risk, experts warn

Erika McEntarfer’s exit could push US into category of countries found to have massaged economic dataDonald Trump’s firing of the head of the main agency for producing jobs figures risks propelling the US into the same category as countries notorious for “cooking the books” such as Argentina...

05/08/2025 09:00 The Guardian

Guinness owner Diageo’s profits slump as it warns of $200m Trump tariff hit

British drinks firm, which is searching for new CEO, expands cost-cutting planThe world’s biggest spirits company, Diageo, has revealed a slump in annual profits and expanded its cost-cutting plan as it searches for a new boss after the resignation of the chief executive, Debra Crew.The FTSE 100 c...

05/08/2025 08:42 The Guardian

Guidance on police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity should change, Cooper says

Home secretary says Law Commission is looking into change amid row over case of alleged rape in WarwickshireOfficial guidance should change to permit police to release the ethnicity or immigration status of criminal suspects, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.Cooper said the government had...

05/08/2025 08:36 The Guardian

Australia news live: Snowtown murderer James Vlassakis granted parole; exchange student, 13, in custody after 14-year-old fatally stabbed

Follow today’s news liveNSW faces constitutional showdown as parliament’s push to expel convicted rapist Gareth Ward delayed by supreme courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese spoke to Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, in a phone call...

05/08/2025 07:58 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: What the fraught talks to reach a ‘Paris agreement for plastic pollution’ could bring

In today’s newsletter: Inside a critical summit of 179 countries at the UN in Geneva to secure a treaty that will combat plastic pollutionGood morning. Not only does plastic waste clog up waterways, beaches and strangle sea life, it also causes havoc inside the human body. Tiny fragments – invis...

05/08/2025 05:41 The Guardian

Australia’s biggest battery now on standby to prevent NSW power blackouts

The Waratah Super Battery will stabilise the grid and put further downward pressure on electricity prices, experts sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe biggest battery on Australia’s energy grid is now on standby as...

05/08/2025 05:36 The Guardian

‘Absolutely the best ship’: Japan wins $10bn contract to grow Australia’s war fleet

Three Mogami-class frigates part of wider deal to replace ageing Anzac-class frigates and give navy a more lethal surface combatant fleetFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJapan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has beaten a...

05/08/2025 04:57 The Guardian

Storm Floris: Scottish government holds emergency meeting amid warnings of more UK travel disruption

Scotland says there have been 119 incidents on the rail network caused by Storm Floris, including 75 tree-related onesThe Scottish government has held emergency meetings in response to the “significant disruption” caused by Storm Floris across the country, with warnings of further travel chaos o...

05/08/2025 04:46 The Guardian

More than 40 arrested at protest against Gaza war at Trump hotel in New York

Protest led by Jewish American group IfNotNow demand White House pressure Israel to let more aid into territoryMore than 40 people protesting the war and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza were arrested outside the Trump International hotel in New York City on Monday evening.The protest, organize...

05/08/2025 02:19 The Guardian

NSW faces constitutional showdown as parliament’s push to expel convicted rapist Gareth Ward delayed by supreme court

Both major parties want to expel Ward from parliament after he was convicted, but the Kiama MP has engaged lawyers from his prison cellFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConvicted rapist MP Gareth Ward will face an urgent...

05/08/2025 02:14 The Guardian

‘No Palestine left to recognise’ if world doesn’t push for two-state solution with Israel, Penny Wong warns

Anthony Albanese spoke to Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday about humanitarian aidFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has warned the failure of the...

04/08/2025 23:16 The Guardian

Two killed and six wounded in mass shooting at LA music festival afterparty

Police arrived to shut down ‘big party’ after possibly armed person was seen going inside building in warehouse districtTwo people were killed and six others were wounded in a mass shooting at a music festival afterparty in downtown Los Angeles early on Monday, officials said.Police first respon...

04/08/2025 22:08 The Guardian

Speaker Mike Johnson visits occupied West Bank to support Israeli settlers

Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Republican visit for ‘undermining efforts to stop the war and cycle of violence’Mike Johnson became the highest ranked US official to visit the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Republican House speaker drawing measures of praise and condemnation for his tri...

04/08/2025 21:11 The Guardian

Storm Floris: 90mph gusts hit train services – live updates

Air and ferry services also affected in Scotland with the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh cancelled; around 2,700 homes in Ireland still without powerAmber wind warnings are now in place for Scotland as we are past 10:00 BST. It is expected to be in place until 10pm and could bring injuries and danger...

04/08/2025 20:30 The Guardian

Police warn of mass arrests if Palestine Action protest goes ahead

Hundreds could join weekend rally in support of proscribed group as 300 UK Jewish figures urge PM to lift banHow will police respond to rally against Palestine Action ban?The controversy over the ban on Palestine Action deepened on Monday, with police warning of mass detentions if a weekend protest...

04/08/2025 19:13 The Guardian

Trump envoy to visit Moscow this week before deadline for ending Ukraine war

Steve Witkoff to travel to Moscow before US president’s Friday deadline after which new sanctions could be imposedDonald Trump’s special envoy is expected in Moscow days before the US president’s deadline on Friday for Russia to make progress on ending the war in Ukraine or face increased US s...

04/08/2025 16:58 The Guardian

Trump’s demand that India stop buying Russian oil puts Modi in tight spot

Prime minister faces a choice between high tariffs or giving up cheap oil, putting New Delhi’s non-alignment policy under severe strainThe relationship between India and the US is facing one of its most significant challenges in decades, as the Trump administration doubles down on its demands that...

04/08/2025 16:49 The Guardian

UK politics: No 10 says Hamas won’t have ‘veto’ over UK recognition of Palestine – as it happened

Downing Street indicates that further hostage releases are not required for move to go ahead next monthGeorge Finch, the Reform UK leader of Warwickshire county council, goes next. (Aged 19, he is the youngest council leader in the country.)He claims the police have opposed his attempts to expose th...

04/08/2025 16:20 The Guardian

US special envoy Steve Witkoff expected to visit Moscow on Wednesday – as it happened

Witkoff expected to visit Russia as latest deadline set by Donald Trump exires on Friday, requiring Putin to agree to a ceasefire or face sanctionsUS special envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to Moscow is now expected to take place on Wednesday, Tass news agency reported citing sources.The latest deadli...

04/08/2025 15:34 The Guardian

George Osborne says UK has been left behind in cryptocurrency boom

Ex-chancellor criticises hesitant approach to crypto and warns country in danger of missing next surge in marketBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK has been left behind in the cryptocurrency boom and is in danger of missing a second wave of demand, according to the former chancellor George Osborn...

04/08/2025 15:14 The Guardian

Downing Street urges people not to take part in protest in support of Palestine Action

London demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries to protest proscription of group under terrorism lawsUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has urged people not to take part in a protest in support of the banned group Palestine Action as police warned they would arrest anyone breaking...

04/08/2025 15:06 The Guardian

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