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Overhaul ‘unsustainable’ incapacity benefits system, Lords committee urges

20/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Peers call on Labour to carry out ‘fundamental review’ amid rising concerns over retention of Tory plans for £3bn in cutsLabour must carry out a root-and-branch overhaul of the UK’s incapacity benefits system if it is to rein in rising heath-related welfare spending, an influential cross-party Westminster committee has warned.The House of Lords economic affairs committee – whose members include two former Treasury permanent secretaries and a former chancellor – said major reform was needed to address the rising social and fiscal costs of disability benefits. Continue reading...

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Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump

Decision by Biden comes after Trump warned of enemies list, including people who investigated Capitol attackJoe Biden has issued pre-emtive pardons for Anthony Fauci, retired Gen Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, using the extrao...

20/01/2025 14:22 The Guardian
ICC braces for swift Trump sanctions over Israeli arrest warrants

Leadership at international criminal court fears new US administration will move quickly to shut it downThe international criminal court is bracing itself for Donald Trump to launch aggressive economic sanctions against it this week, amid fears such a move could paralyse its work and pose an existen...

20/01/2025 14:03 The Guardian
Australia exposed to modern slave labour imports and many businesses ‘ignoring the facts’, commissioner warns

The scale of Australia’s trade with blacklisted companies, revealed in Guardian investigation, prompts anger across the Uyghur communityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s new anti-slavery commissioner has called on the government to urgently address the “ina...

20/01/2025 14:00 The Guardian
Millions across US brace for dangerously low temperatures and winter storms

Much of the eastern US will endure some of the coldest temperatures this winter, and other regions will also see chillier than normal weatherResidents across the United States from the northern plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures as tens of millions of residents a...

20/01/2025 13:29 The Guardian
AI tool can give ministers ‘vibe check’ on whether MPs will like policies

Parlex is one of several artificial intelligence systems being developed within the governmentA new artificial intelligence tool can warn ministers whether policies are likely to be very unpopular with their party’s MPs, using a search described as a “parliamentary vibe check”.Parlex is one of...

20/01/2025 12:53 The Guardian
Donald Trump takes power as US braces for vengeful second term | First Thing

Incoming president has promised retaliation against his opponents. Plus, billionaire wealth grew $2tn in 2024Good morning.The United States braces for a new era of disruption and division on Monday with Donald Trump scheduled to be sworn in as its 47th president, promising a blitz of executive order...

20/01/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Weather tracker: polar vortex to bring severe cold spell to much of US

Temperatures will drop by 15-20C with heavy rain and snow predicted in some statesMuch of the US is bracing for a severe cold spell this week with temperatures set to plummet. In some places maximum temperatures are expected to drop by 15-20C over just a couple of days in contrast to above average t...

20/01/2025 11:42 The Guardian
UK charging firm warns over changes to electric car sales amid ‘difficult’ market

Pod Point reports weak demand for new cars as government says no firms will pay fines over ZEV mandateBusiness live – latest updatesA charging company has said proposed UK changes to electric car sales rules could increase uncertainty over demand, as it said that it had been caught out by lower nu...

20/01/2025 11:36 The Guardian
US will want Chagos Islands deal reversed, Trump’s ex-national security adviser suggests – UK politics live

Westminster is preparing for Donald Trump’s second term ahead of the US president’s inauguration in WashingtonThe government is developing artificial technology (AI) that will help ministers predict how parliament will react to policy proposals, Chris Smyth reports in a story for the Times.The t...

20/01/2025 10:50 The Guardian
Bitcoin hits new record high, dollar dips ahead of Trump inauguration – business live

Bitcoin rises by 4% past $109,000, reversing earlier losses; Donald Trump meme coin price tanks after wife Melania also launches tokenChina’s vice president has expressed hope of stable relations as Trump returns to the White House, keen to avoid a repeat of the damaging trade war that drove a wed...

20/01/2025 09:08 The Guardian
Ninety Palestinians released by Israel as Gaza ceasefire enters second day – live

Palestinian detainees greeted with joy in West Bank after earlier release of three Israeli hostages on Sunday Full report: Palestinians celebrate as prisoners freed‘I can’t believe I have survived’: the day the Gaza ceasefire finally arrivedWe have some comments from the International Committ...

20/01/2025 07:35 The Guardian
Australia news live: reporter leaves Nine after reaching confidential settlement; body of missing man found after northern NSW floods

Follow today’s news liveSmelters will close without green aluminium funding, Albanese warns as Dutton labels $2bn pledge a ‘con job’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLambie says Labor doing ‘a fair bit of clean up’ from nine years of CoalitionAsked about polling sh...

20/01/2025 06:09 The Guardian
Smelters will close without green aluminium funding, Albanese warns as Dutton labels $2bn pledge a ‘con job’

Federal government aims to encourage power-intensive producers to switch to renewables by 2036Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says smelters will close and cost many jobs without their newly announced al...

20/01/2025 02:42 The Guardian
Chrystia Freeland warns of Trump’s ‘existential risk’ to Canada in campaign launch

Freeland casts herself as ‘battle tested leader’ and most capable of negotiating with an unpredictable White HouseWho could replace Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal party?Chrystia Freeland has warned of the “existential risk” to Canada posed by Donald Trump, casting herself as...

19/01/2025 21:02 The Guardian
Gaza ceasefire begins with release of three Israeli hostages

Hundreds of aid trucks queue to enter Gaza as territory awaits release of 90 Palestinian prisonersIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesHow will the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal work?Israel and Hamas have begun a long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza with the release of three Israeli female hostages in exchan...

19/01/2025 19:58 The Guardian
California wind forecast worsens as red flag fire weather warning expected on Monday

Experts say fire weather likely to return as firefighters make progress containing wildfires and Trump plans trip to stateAs firefighters in Los Angeles made progress on Sunday containing wildfires that have destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods, forecasters warned that...

19/01/2025 19:49 The Guardian
Three hostages released by Hamas reunited with mothers after ceasefire deal

Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher return to Israel after 15 months in captivityIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesThree women held hostage by Hamas in tunnels beneath Gaza during 15 months of devastating conflict, including the joint British national Emily Damari, have been released and r...

19/01/2025 19:21 The Guardian
British hostage Emily Damari arrives in Israel after being released by Hamas

Damari, one of three freed female hostages, reunited with family after 471 days in captivity in GazaIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesThe last remaining British hostage in Gaza has arrived in Israel to be reunited with her family after 471 days in captivity.Emily Damari, 28, who has joint British and...

19/01/2025 18:19 The Guardian
‘Should we grieve, rejoice or cry?’: Palestinians in Gaza react to ceasefire

Celebrations break out across the territory but many are worried the deal will break down and war will resumeIsrael-Gaza war – latest updatesCrowds of Palestinians filled the ruined streets and gathered in tented encampments throughout Sunday to celebrate the ceasefire that came into effect at 9.1...

19/01/2025 16:42 The Guardian
Palestinian prisoners’ families say their houses were raided by Israeli forces

Israel says it will prevent ‘public displays of joy’ by families when Palestinians are released as part of Gaza ceasefireIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesThe family of Zina Barber, a 24-year-old Palestinian woman held in a jail for more than a year, were preparing for her to be released as part o...

19/01/2025 16:35 The Guardian
The three female hostages released first by Hamas under the ceasefire deal

A British-Israeli citizen, a Nova festivalgoer and a veterinary nurse are the three women to be freedIsrael-Gaza war – live updates‘Should we grieve, rejoice or cry?’: Palestinians in Gaza react to ceasefire A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has taken effect, pausing...

19/01/2025 15:59 The Guardian
Gaza ceasefire has come into effect but will the Israel-Hamas agreement hold?

Three-phase deal requires new negotiations to advance and is highly vulnerable amid little trust between the sidesIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesThe hours-long delay in implementing the Gaza ceasefire agreement is not a good omen for a deal that many fear could be doomed to failure as it moves thro...

19/01/2025 15:58 The Guardian
Biden’s checkered foreign policy legacy looks like a blip in era of America First

The outgoing US president rallied support for Ukraine but his stance on Gaza delighted no oneWhen asked about his foreign policy doctrine in 2014, Barack Obama described it as an attempt to “avoid errors”.“You hit singles, you hit doubles; every once in a while we may be able to hit a home run...

19/01/2025 10:30 The Guardian
Israel-Gaza war live: Hamas releases names of first Israeli hostages to be freed after delay to start of ceasefire

Hamas says it will release Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher today after ceasefire delayed following dispute over receipt of hostage listIsraeli tanks continued to shell areas in Gaza as the scheduled time of 8.30am (0630 GMT) for the ceasefire to take effect passed, Reuters reports.Is...

19/01/2025 09:08 The Guardian
‘Animals can feel good and evil’: film puts new perspective on Ukraine war

Collection of seven shorts due out in 2025 tells story of conflict from perspective of animalsThe occupying Russian soldiers paid little attention to the elderly woman shuffling through the farmland surrounding the villages outside Kyiv, taking her goat to pasture. But she was focused closely on the...

19/01/2025 08:00 The Guardian
From GDP to trade, how well equipped is China’s economy for Trump 2.0? | Amy Hawkins

Beijing has prepared for increased tariffs but its actions will not be enough to offset falling demand from the USWhen Donald Trump enters the White House for the second time on 20 January, the view from the Oval Office will look very different to the one he encountered in 2017. A pandemic, the war...

19/01/2025 07:00 The Guardian
Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu says ‘if we must return to fighting, we will do that’, citing support from Biden and Trump

PM says US has promised Israel will have the weaponry it needs to return to military campaign if necessaryIn an update on the previous post, the Israeli military said sirens sounded in central Israel on Saturday as it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.Explosions were heard over Jerusalem on...

19/01/2025 04:58 The Guardian
Thousands attend pro-Palestine rallies in Australian cities ahead of hoped-for ceasefire

Prime minister hopeful Israel-Hamas ceasefire will hold as Chris Minns vows to strengthen NSW hate speech laws in wake of antisemitic incidentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands have gathered in Sydney and Melbourne hoping to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and...

19/01/2025 01:33 The Guardian
More than 70 arrested at London protest against Israel’s war in Gaza

Thousands gather in Whitehall and allegedly break through police line to advance to Trafalgar SquareMore than 70 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested in central London on Saturday on suspicion of breaching protest conditions after some allegedly broke through a police line as they marched fro...

18/01/2025 19:12 The Guardian
Sadiq Khan warns western democracy at risk from ‘resurgent fascism’ ahead of Trump inauguration

London mayor calls for stricter laws on harmful online content and takes aim at Elon MuskThe west must face up to a century-defining battle against a resurgent far right that is on the march across the developed world, Sadiq Khan warns today, as he calls on ministers to take on extremism ahead of Do...

18/01/2025 17:00 The Guardian
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