Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU

04/07/2024 18:56 The Guardian

Hungarian PM ‘trying to mediate between Russia and Ukraine’ after Hungary took over rotating EU presidencyViktor Orbán will travel to Moscow on Friday for talks with Vladimir Putin, sources said, days after Hungary’s prime minister made his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country.Two sources in Budapest told the Guardian about the trip, saying it was planned as part of a package with the Ukraine visit after Hungary took over the rotating EU presidency this week. Continue reading...

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Israeli government accused of trying to sabotage Gaza ceasefire proposal

Israel is said to have ‘presented some new points it demands that Hamas accept’, delaying negotiationsIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesThe Israeli government has been accused of attempting to sabotage a US-backed ceasefire proposal, according to Israeli media, by introducing new demands despite p...

07/07/2024 13:36 The Guardian

Club tennis ‘endangered’ as other racket sports grow, Novak Djokovic warns

World No 2 calls for creation of foundation to protect tennis at ‘base level’ amid rise in popularity of padel and pickleballNovak Djokovic has warned that club tennis is “endangered” amid the growing popularity of alternatives such as padel and pickleball.The seven-time Wimbledon champion s...

07/07/2024 13:35 The Guardian

French election 2024 live: Voting begins in seismic poll as far right aims to become dominant force in national assembly

Republican Front hoping to prevent Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally from winning outright majority of 289French President Emmanuel Macron has voted in high-stakes legislative elections that could force him to share power with the rising far right.Macron called the surprise vote afte...

07/07/2024 13:12 The Guardian

Gaza protest camps at UK universities wind down amid legal action

Of 36 encampments at end of May, around a dozen are still active, as protesters fight to stayThe student encampments that sprung up at UK campuses, in protest at the war in Gaza, are fading over the summer in the face of hostile university administrators and the waning of numbers and enthusiasm.Of t...

07/07/2024 11:55 The Guardian

Hamas ‘waiting for response’ on Gaza deal as Israeli protesters accuse Netanyahu cabinet of ‘total failure’ over hostages – as it happened

This live blog is closedIt is coming up to 2.30pm in Gaza and Tel Aviv. We will be closing this blog soon, but you can stay up to date on the Guardian’s Israel-Gaza war coverage here and on the Middle East here.Here is a recap of the latest developments:Protests aimed at pressuring the Israeli gov...

07/07/2024 11:23 The Guardian

UK urged to protect Ukraine from legal action over private debt default

Kyiv shouldn’t have to fight ‘shameless bondholders’ as repayment deadline nears, say campaignersCampaigners are urging Britain’s new Labour government to prevent Ukraine being sued in the UK courts if the country defaults on its debts to private creditors.Debt Justice said a two-year suspen...

07/07/2024 09:49 The Guardian

French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government

Front Électronique acts as ‘world of the night’ to combat rise of Marine Le Pen’s National RallyMore than 1,200 artists, DJs and promoters from the French music industry have come together in a bid to galvanise “the world of the night” into political action and to protest at the possibili...

07/07/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Viktor Orbán’s rightwing group hits quota for recognition by EU parliament

Patriots for Europe gets Danish and Flemish nationalists as latest members, amid EU anger over Hungary PM’s latest unauthorised foreign policy forayViktor Orbán’s rightwing political movement attracted enough parties on Saturday to achieve recognition from the European Union parliament in a boo...

07/07/2024 03:36 The Guardian

States need to deliver on domestic violence workers, says federal government

Target of recruiting hundreds of staff to tackle the growing problem has been missed by a large margin, minister warnsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government says states and territories “need to deliver” on their pledges to hire 500 domesti...

07/07/2024 00:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: Albanese calls Starmer to congratulate UK’s new PM on ‘emphatic victory’; de Minaur celebrates ‘lucky’ Wimbledon ride

Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFederal government services minister Bill Shorten has backed Anthony Albanese’s handling of caucus solidarity rules after the first-term senator Fatima Payman quit the Labor party.Payman resigned f...

06/07/2024 22:51 The Guardian

Heavy rain could disrupt Sunday’s Wimbledon and British Grand Prix

Met Office warns showers and temperatures below average set to continue all weekend in UKBritain’s wet summer refuses to abate, with the Met Office predicting heavy rain on Sunday afternoon – potentially jeopardising play at Wimbledon and disrupting the British Grand Prix.Rain isn’t the only f...

06/07/2024 21:17 The Guardian

International students left feeling like ‘cash cows’ after Albanese government raises visa fees

Surprise increase makes Australian visa application fee among most expensive in the world, as new survey finds rising costs putting prospective students offGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInternational students say the Australian government is making them fee...

06/07/2024 20:00 The Guardian

David Lammy: ‘Britain has to start reconnecting with a dangerous, divided world’

New foreign secretary says resetting UK relations with EU is a particular priority as he travels to Germany, Poland and Sweden, then the US• David Lammy faces a world in turmoil: five key concerns for foreign secretaryBritain must reconnect with the rest of the world with major resets in climate c...

06/07/2024 17:42 The Guardian

David Lammy faces a world in turmoil: five key concerns for foreign secretary

Challenges include two wars and global inertia on the climate crisis as hard-right populists from France to the US flex their muscles• David Lammy: ‘Britain has to start reconnecting with a dangerous, divided world’More than two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the conflict drags on. Ukrain...

06/07/2024 17:42 The Guardian

Fears of long war in Gaza as new chapter opens and ‘intense fighting’ eases off

Israel’s ground offensive is nearing its conclusion amid the threat of indefinite occupation and a continuing insurgencyBenjamin Netanyahu has said that the phase of “intense fighting” against Hamas in Gaza is coming to an end, but with no publicly unveiled plans for the next stage of Israel...

06/07/2024 15:18 The Guardian

Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise further as Hamas reportedly backs new proposal

Militant group gives initial backing to plan for phased deal after ‘verbal commitments’ from mediatorsHopes for a ceasefire in Gaza have risen further after reports that Hamas has given its initial approval of a new US-backed proposal for a phased deal.Egyptian officials and representatives of t...

06/07/2024 14:59 The Guardian

Israel-Gaza war as it happened: hopes rise over hostages and ceasefire deal

Hamas has reportedly accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men Continue reading...

06/07/2024 14:34 The Guardian

Biden defiant as America reacts to make-or-break TV interview – live

Amid growing calls for his exit, president told ABC only ‘the Lord almighty’ could make him exit 2024 raceFull story: Biden says only ‘Lord almighty’ could make him drop outGood morning,Joe Biden is still fighting for his political life. On Friday, the president was defiant in a make-or-brea...

06/07/2024 14:34 The Guardian

Heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona, have nearly doubled this year

The city just had its hottest June on record, with 175 possible heat deaths so far this year – an 84% increaseHeat-related deaths in the hottest major US city have almost doubled compared with the same period last year, after Phoenix experienced its warmest ever June on record.The number of possib...

06/07/2024 12:00 The Guardian

Wes Streeting says NHS is broken as he announces pay talks with junior doctors

New health secretary aims to resolve dispute in England and warns health service is ‘not good enough’General election 2024: live newsThe new health secretary, Wes Streeting, has declared the NHS is broken as he announced that talks with junior doctors in England would restart next week.The Ilfor...

06/07/2024 09:00 The Guardian

Keir Starmer to hold first Labour cabinet meeting as Tory leadership jostling begins – live

Meeting follows raft of appointments by new PM, including Rachel Reeves as UK’s first female chancellorUK general election results 2024: live trackerFollowing a landslide election victory, Keir Starmer’s Labour government faces a range of urgent priorities both home and abroad, from a prison’s...

06/07/2024 06:33 The Guardian

‘Defending democracy is paramount’: Rula Jebreal warns against Meloni rule

The journalist, and critics, accuse the Italian PM of leading the country towards authoritarianismThe first time Rula Jebreal came face to face with Giorgia Meloni was for a TV debate in November 2016.It was the day after the US presidential election, six years before Meloni became prime minister, a...

06/07/2024 06:00 The Guardian

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico as category 2 storm and expected to reach Texas

Hurricane warning issued for coast from Puerto Costa Maya to Cancún, including Cozumel, with coastal residents in Texas told to prepareHurricane Beryl has made landfall as a category 2 storm in Mexico’s top tourist destinations, triggering a red alert in the region following its deadly trail of d...

05/07/2024 19:40 The Guardian

Leading neurosurgeon calls on Biden to undergo testing and release results

Amid wide speculation about president’s health, Sanjay Gupta says he believes cognitive exam is warrantedUS politics – live updatesFallout from Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week continues to draw calls for health exams and clinical testing for the US president, and speculatio...

05/07/2024 19:10 The Guardian

Fatima Payman’s exit reveals ‘chasm’ between Labor and traditional base over Palestine, party insiders say

Exclusive: Senator’s resignation disappointing to ‘thousands of rank-and-file ALP and union members and Labor supporters’Listen to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast on the rules that forced Payman’s handGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLabor’...

05/07/2024 15:00 The Guardian

Hopes grow over ceasefire between Israel and Gaza as US hails proposal as ‘breakthrough’ – as it happened

This live blog is closed.=The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that “further disruption to health services is imminent in Gaza due to a severe lack of fuel”.Posting on Thursday evening, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote on X: “Only 90,000L of fuel entered Gaza...

05/07/2024 14:53 The Guardian

Joe Biden faces make-or-break days with crucial interview and campaign events – live

US president expected to sit for first TV interview since debate debacle, followed by an ‘aggressive travel schedule’ spanning multiple swing statesCNN’s chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, has written an op-ed in which he called for Joe Biden to “undergo detailed cognitive and neurol...

05/07/2024 14:39 The Guardian

Viktor Orbán visits Vladimir Putin to condemnation from fellow EU leaders

Brussels disassociates itself from Hungarian PM’s Moscow trip, which he has tried to cast as a peace mission Europe live – latest updatesViktor Orbán, Europe’s most pro-Russian leader, met Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday on a rare trip to Russia that drew strong condemnation from othe...

05/07/2024 11:58 The Guardian

Prescribing of testosterone for middle-aged women ’out of control’

Experts warn of long-term health implications amid concerns over advice from social media ‘evangelists’‘Frightening’ how easily women able to get hold of testosterone, say doctorsThe prescribing of testosterone for middle-aged women is “out of control” and may have long-term implications...

05/07/2024 11:00 The Guardian

Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians

Former Oasis guitarist describes festival, which has long championed political causes, as ‘kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling’Noel Gallagher has decried Glastonbury festival, long a champion of leftwing political causes such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, as “getting a bit w...

05/07/2024 10:25 The Guardian

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