Pope offers to hold talks with Russia after meeting Zelenskyy – as it happened

09/07/2025 16:07 The Guardian

Vatican statement said the pair ‘discussed the ongoing conflict and the urgent need for a just and lasting peace’Following a similar decision by Germany yesterday, the European Union has also summoned the Chinese ambassador following an incident in which China’s military allegedly targeted a German aircraft with a laser during an EU security mission in the Red Sea, Reuters reported.“The Chinese military’s use of a laser to target a German aircraft patrolling with EU Operation ASPIDES in the Red Sea is dangerous and unacceptable,” said Anouar El Anouni, spokesperson for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy.This act put personnel at risk and compromised the aircraft’s mission. Continue reading...

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EU to start rolling out biometrics entry system for non-EU visitors from October – Europe live

EU entry exit system, involving fingerprinting and facial recognition, being introduced from 12 October for non-EU citizensSpeaking of the EU-US trade deal, German finance minister Lars Klingbeil joined the growing list of national leaders expressing their dissatisfaction with the agreement today, s...

30/07/2025 14:31 The Guardian

What are the strongest earthquakes ever recorded?

Powerful 8.8-magnitude quake off coast of Russia set off tsunami warnings – how does it compare to past temblors?Tsunami updates – follow liveOne of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s far east early on Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and...

30/07/2025 14:27 The Guardian

Trump imposes 25% tariff on India plus ‘penalty’ over ties to Russia

US president calls Delhi a friend but criticises policies such as buying arms and energy from Russia amid Ukraine warBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has announced the US will impose a 25% tariff on goods from India plus an extra “penalty” for the country buying arms and energy from...

30/07/2025 14:08 The Guardian

Hundreds evacuated after series of rockfalls in Italy’s Brenta Dolomites

Experts say thawing of permafrost due to climate breakdown is causing increase in rock collapses across AlpsHundreds of hikers and tourists were evacuated and dozens of trails closed after a series of rockfalls on the slopes of Cima Falkner in the Brenta Dolomites in the north of Italy, as experts w...

30/07/2025 13:22 The Guardian

Major tsunami no longer expected to hit Hawaii though coasts remain hazardous to swimmers

Powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia had triggered tsunami alerts across Pacific including for US coast and JapanTsunami warning live updatesA major tsunami is not expected to strike Hawaii, a Pacific monitoring agency has said, after the first waves hit the islands following a powerful magn...

30/07/2025 13:12 The Guardian

Tsunami alerts from Japan to US after powerful earthquake off Russia

Quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula and reportedly caused waves up to 4 metres highTsunami warning – live updatesA series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders were triggered stretching across Japan, the US west coast and much of the Pacific on Wednesday after one of...

30/07/2025 12:29 The Guardian

Tsunami warnings across Pacific as first waves hit Hawaii after earthquake off Russia | First Thing

Powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami alerts in US and Japan. Plus, eight profound reasons to be hopeful for the futureDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacua...

30/07/2025 12:05 The Guardian

Trump administration urges judges to release testimony heard by grand juries over Epstein – US politics live

Justice department seeks court permission to make public testimony given by witnesses over Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine MaxwellKremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia had developed an “immunity” to sanctions, Reuters reports.The comments came after Donald Trump said on...

30/07/2025 11:57 The Guardian

‘Action, not slogans’: Albanese dismisses pressure from Labor MPs to toughen Israel stance

The prime minister resists demands for more sanctions as clamour grows to follow UK and France in recognising PalestineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has criticised calls for further actions against Is...

30/07/2025 11:37 The Guardian

Shield poorer households from costs of clean energy plans, says Ofgem

As regulator for Great Britain launches review, it warns of upgrade of energy networks creating ‘winners and losers’Britain’s clean energy future risks creating “winners and losers” if lower-income households are not shielded from the costs added to energy bills to pay for it, the head of...

30/07/2025 09:22 The Guardian

Zionist Federation of Australia urges Israel to ensure flow of aid – as it happened

This blog is now closedGareth Ward in custody over sex offences as judge agrees NSW MP should be assessed for protection in prisonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal senator says YouTube decision represents a ‘broken promise’The Liberal senator Paul Scarr says the...

30/07/2025 08:51 The Guardian

HSBC boss says Rachel Reeves putting up bank taxes would harm UK growth

Georges Elhedery’s comments come amid speculation the chancellor could make such a move in autumn budgetBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of HSBC has joined a growing chorus of bankers cautioning Rachel Reeves against increasing taxes on banks in her autumn budget, warning it risked “erod...

30/07/2025 08:26 The Guardian

Keir Starmer faces pushback after announcing UK will recognise state of Palestine unless Gaza crisis ends – UK politics live

Benjamin Netanyahu says announcement rewards ‘Hamas’s monstrous terrorism’ as Starmer says UK could recognise statehood in SeptemberEmily Thornberry has said it is “great news” that the UK has “finally” said it plans recognise a Palestinian state.The chair of the foreign affairs commit...

30/07/2025 08:08 The Guardian

‘Prepared for a long stay’: tsunami alert triggers mass evacuations across Pacific

People in Guam and Japan move to higher ground, while highways in Hawaii busy as residents leave for safe areasTsunami warning live updatesIn the Pacific territory of Guam, shortly before lunchtime on Tuesday, Sam Mabini’s phone began to ping. A tsunami warning was issued after a powerful 8.8-magn...

30/07/2025 07:55 The Guardian

Gareth Ward in custody over sex offences as judge agrees NSW MP should be assessed for protection in prison

The 43-year old will be sentenced on 19 September after he was convicted last week for serious sex offences involving two young menFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDisgraced New South Wales MP Gareth Ward has been remand...

30/07/2025 06:55 The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: Facing the reality of Gaza’s ‘unfolding’ famine

In today’s newsletter: As Keir Starmer announces caveated plans to recognise the Palestinian state, and UN-backed experts say the ‘worst-case scenario’ is under way, is opening the borders to allow aid in the only hope?Good morning. Humanitarians are running out of words to describe the horror...

30/07/2025 05:45 The Guardian

Love story of two Edwardian servants on Yorkshire estate told in new collection

Grandson of valet Alf Edwards and kitchen maid Caroline Palmer donates dozens of their personal objects to English HeritageHe was a valet, she was a kitchen maid and more than a century ago they met because of his passion for photography and desperate need of a warm place to use as a makeshift studi...

30/07/2025 04:01 The Guardian

Starmer hopes ‘pathway to peace’ will end Gaza war. History is not on his side

From Balfour declaration to Tony Blair, UK has struggled to drive meaningful progress towards peace in Middle EastThe former British prime minister Harold Macmillan once said there was no problem in the Middle East because a problem had a solution. Keir Starmer is the latest incumbent in No 10 to tr...

30/07/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Trump suggests Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre among young female staff he hired away from Mar-a-Lago – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Read our latest story hereThe Trump administration must continue reimbursing Planned Parenthood clinics for Medicaid-funded services, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in an escalating legal war between the reproductive health giant and the White House over Republican efforts...

30/07/2025 01:57 The Guardian

Overnight strikes on Ukraine kill 25 as Trump sets Russia new truce deadline

Missile attack on prison in frontline region of Zaporizhzhia kills 16 as Kyiv hopes for US action against MoscowRussia launched one of its deadliest night assaults on Ukraine for months in the early hours of Tuesday, the day after Donald Trump said he was setting a new deadline of “10 or 12 days...

29/07/2025 18:19 The Guardian

UK to recognise Palestinian statehood in September unless Israel agrees ceasefire and two-state solution, Starmer says – as it happened

UK also demands Hamas release all hostages, disarm, sign up to a ceasefire and accept that they will play no role in the government of Gaza. This live blog is closedUK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel agrees ceasefireFamine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts sayDonald Tru...

29/07/2025 17:41 The Guardian

Palestinians in Gaza ‘enduring humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions’, says UN secretary general – as it happened

António Guterres says trickle of aid into Gaza must become an ocean as UN-backed experts say famine is underway. This live blog is closedThe UN’s World Food Programme has warned that the disaster unfolding in Gaza is reminiscent of last century’s famines seen in Ethiopia and Biafra in Nigeria.W...

29/07/2025 17:01 The Guardian

‘The war needs to end’: is the US right turning on Israel?

Longstanding ties between US conservatives and Israel face strain as war’s toll and internal rifts reshape the rightAs the Israel-Gaza war nears its two-year mark, and as images of starving people and utter devastation flood social media, cracks seem to be emerging in the American right’s typica...

29/07/2025 16:51 The Guardian

Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say, as war death toll passes 60,000

IPC says ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ is playing out as it calls for urgent ceasefire to alleviate ‘widespread starvation’Gaza has passed two grim landmarks on a single day, as UN-backed hunger experts warned a “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding in the territory and called...

29/07/2025 16:18 The Guardian

Zelenskyy says at least 22 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, hours after Trump put pressure on Moscow – as it happened

At least 85 people injured in overnight attacks after Trump said he will shorten the deadline for reaching an agreement on a ceasefire to ‘10-12 days’. This live blog is closedHere is the latest on the overnight attacks from our corrrespondent, Shaun Walker in Kyiv.Russian airstrikes on Ukraine...

29/07/2025 16:07 The Guardian

IMF upgrades global growth forecast as Trump tariffs ease, but warns on risks

Despite reduced tensions and EU trade deal, US policies are ‘highly uncertain’, says Washington-based organisationBusiness live – latest updatesGlobal growth will be stronger than previously expected this year after Donald Trump scaled back his most extreme tariff threats, the International Mo...

29/07/2025 13:40 The Guardian

European pharmaceutical firms criticise Trump tariffs on medicines as ‘blunt instrument’

Trade group warns 0%-15% jump in levy will harm patients in US and Europe by reducing access, disrupting supply chains and cutting R&DBusiness live – updatesWegovy maker Novo Nordisk’s shares plunge on sales forecastThe European pharmaceutical industry has condemned the US move to put 15% ta...

29/07/2025 13:03 The Guardian

European Commission proposes partially suspending Israel from Horizon programme

Horizon Europe is among most prestigious science research programmes in the worldEurope live – latest updatesThe European Commission has proposed partially suspending Israel from its flagship £80bn Horizon science research programme over what officials called a “severe” humanitarian crisis in...

29/07/2025 12:04 The Guardian

Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say | First Thing

It comes as Donald Trump reduced deadline for Russia to move towards ending Ukraine war. Plus, eastern US swelters in heatwaveGood morning.Famine is unfolding in Gaza, where Israeli restrictions on food aid and ongoing fighting have produced a “worst-case scenario”, UN-backed hunger experts have...

29/07/2025 11:37 The Guardian

US workers say Trump’s immigration crackdown is causing labor shortages: ‘A strain on everybody’

As Trump moves to strip over 1 million immigrants of legal status, factories grapple with slowdowns, say employeesDonald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is piling pressure on US factories, according to employees and union leaders, as veteran workers from overseas are forced to leave their jobs.As...

29/07/2025 11:00 The Guardian

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