Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers

21/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.In all, 4,880 doctors who qualified in another country left the UK during 2024 – a rise of 26% on the 3,869 who did so the year before – figures from the General Medical Council reveal. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: new NSW Liberals leader says she wants to stop talking about net zero and be ‘a chippy’s best friend’

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment urging those in Fina’s path to stay up-to-date and heed warningsKristy McBain, the federal minister for emergency management, said officials are urging people to “prioritise their safety” and heed c...

21/11/2025 01:01 The Guardian

BBC is losing £1bn a year in potential licence fee revenue, say MPs

Public accounts committee calculates cost of households either evading the fee or saying they do not need TV licenceThe BBC is now losing more than £1bn a year from households either evading the licence fee or deciding they do not need one, according to a cross-party group of MPs who warned the cor...

21/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Zelenskyy to negotiate with Trump over US-Russia peace deal requiring painful concessions

Ukrainian president’s office issues statement after other officials condemn ‘absurd’ plan to end conflictVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that called on Ukraine to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his...

20/11/2025 22:53 The Guardian

Kellie Sloane elected NSW Liberal leader unopposed, replacing Mark Speakman

Former journalist and first-term MP had Speakman’s endorsement and support across the factionsWho is Kellie Sloane, the new NSW Liberal leader – and can this first-term former journalist save the party?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or...

20/11/2025 22:11 The Guardian

Keir Starmer defends trip to South Africa for G20 summit as budget looms

PM says he aims to secure investment to help deal with cost of living and shore up support for UkraineKeir Starmer has defended his decision to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit days before the budget and despite the planned absence of Donald Trump.The prime minister will arrive in South Afr...

20/11/2025 22:00 The Guardian

Republicans warn Bondi not to bury Epstein files after law’s passage

Senate majority leader, John Thune, and others push the attorney general to release Epstein records within 30 daysUS politics live – latest updatesWithin hours of Donald Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, Republican senators were on the ground to issue a pointed message to...

20/11/2025 19:56 The Guardian

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy receives ‘draft plan’ from US and expects to talk with Trump in coming days – as it happened

Statement from Ukrainian president’s office says country supports all ‘meaningful proposals capable of bringing true peace closer’In the last hour, Ukraine said it had received from Russia the remains of 1,000 people that Moscow said were killed Ukrainian soldiers, in the latest repatriation ...

20/11/2025 18:44 The Guardian

‘Golden crime scene’: Elizabeth Warren calls for inquiry into Trump’s ballroom funding

Top Democrat on Senate banking committee says private funding for Trump’s ballroom poses serious corruption concernsUS politics live – latest updatesSenator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations t...

20/11/2025 18:00 The Guardian

Ottawa officials to cull ‘mindblowing’ influx of thousands of goldfish in pond

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20/11/2025 17:07 The Guardian

UK is worst-performing market for JD Sports as youth unemployment hits sales

Lack of spare cash among under-25s feeds slide in sales with annual profits to be at lower end of expectationsUnemployment among young people in the UK is hitting sales growth and profits at JD Sports, the owner of the trainer and sportwear chain has said, amid warnings about the high number of unde...

20/11/2025 15:59 The Guardian

UK construction workers at risk from modern slavery, charity warns

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20/11/2025 14:59 The Guardian

Europe calls for role in Ukraine talks amid reported US-Russian peace deal

Foreign ministers express misgivings about draft US-Russian peace plan favourable to PutinEuropeans must be involved in any attempt to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia, the continent’s top diplomats said after reports of a US-Russia plan favourable to Kremlin interests emerged.The EU’s fo...

20/11/2025 14:59 The Guardian

‘I lose my liberty in that moment’: Charlotte shuts down as citizens and noncitizens alike face ICE arrests

As federal agents descend in North Carolina, businesses close as even an after-school program is targetedOn Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo’s Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at t...

20/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

UK weather: blizzards, ice and freezing temperatures felt across country

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20/11/2025 13:45 The Guardian

Spanish PM calls for nation to heed past lessons on anniversary of Franco’s death

Pedro Sánchez says his country must defend the democratic freedom ‘wrenched from us for so many years’Spain has marked the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death with an absence of official events but a call from the prime minister to heed the lessons of the dictatorship and defend the...

20/11/2025 13:34 The Guardian

First Thing: US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv

The plan, which is likely to be viewed as ‘surrender’ by Kyiv, is facing pushback from the EU. Plus, Trump signs bill to compel release of more Epstein documentsDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end...

20/11/2025 13:24 The Guardian

US and Russian officials have reportedly drafted 28-point plan to end Ukraine war

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20/11/2025 12:33 The Guardian

Failed asylum seekers could be given ‘big increase’ in payments to leave voluntarily, home secretary says – UK politics live

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20/11/2025 11:45 The Guardian

Justice department has 30 days to release all Epstein files after Trump signs bill – US politics live

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20/11/2025 11:21 The Guardian

MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul

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20/11/2025 11:05 The Guardian

Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks

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20/11/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Ford UK boss warns Rachel Reeves against higher taxes on electric vehicles

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Thursday briefing: What fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school mean for Nigel Farage

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UK holds talks with LinkedIn on clamping down on Chinese espionage

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19/11/2025 19:25 The Guardian

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