Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as US health secretary despite concerns over anti-vaccine views – live

13/02/2025 16:56 The Guardian

Vaccine sceptic confirmed after tense debates; Senate judiciary committee advances Kash Patel for FBI director, despite concerns from DemocratsRobert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by SenateDonald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no other details, Reuters reports.“Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. Continue reading...

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UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – UK politics live

Foreign secretary says ‘we will discuss issues where the UK and China do not always see eye to eye’ as he meets Wang Yi, Beijing’s foreign affairs ministerKeir Starmer has been forced to cut short a visit to a housing development after a protest by farmers, PA Media reports. PA says:A group of...

13/02/2025 16:55 The Guardian

Trump and Musk launch mass layoffs of at several US federal agencies

Termination notices sent to Department of Education and CFPB as Musk pushes to ‘delete entire agencies’ US politics live – latest updatesMass layoffs have begun at several US agencies as Donald Trump and Elon Musk launch an unprecedented, large-scale plan to slash the federal workforce with th...

13/02/2025 16:51 The Guardian

Hamas ‘must release three live hostages on Saturday’, says Israel, or war will resume – Middle East crisis live

Statement from Netanyahu’s office follows Hamas declaration that it would stick to the ceasefire termsHamas has confirmed its commitment to continue implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal according to an agreed timeframe, Reuters is reporting in a breaking news line.More details soon … Continue re...

13/02/2025 16:45 The Guardian

‘We must make Nato great again,’ says Pete Hegseth as he rejects claim Trump made early concessions to Putin – Europe live

US defence secretary says Trump administration wants to ‘revive the warrior ethos’ and ‘rebuild our military’ as he speaks at NatoPoland’s Europe minister Adam Szłapka told Polish broadcaster TVN24 this morning that he was “concerned” by the message on peace talks sent by Trump, as it...

13/02/2025 16:38 The Guardian

Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by Senate

The vaccine skeptic will now lead the US’s vast healthcare system after gaining backing of key Republican senatorsUS politics live – latest updatesRobert F Kennedy Jr will take control of America’s vast healthcare apparatus, as the Senate voted on Thursday to confirm the controversial anti-vac...

13/02/2025 16:32 The Guardian

Top EU court adviser finds Denmark’s ‘ghetto law’ is direct discrimination

If European court of justice agrees, ‘parallel societies’ policy could violate EU law, putting onus on Copenhagen to change itDenmark’s “ghetto law”, which allows the state to demolish apartment blocks in areas where at least half of residents have a “non-western” background, constitut...

13/02/2025 15:09 The Guardian

Sudan says plan for first Russian naval base in Africa will go ahead

Two countries’ foreign ministers meet in Moscow and agree there are no obstacles to long-delayed plan A plan for Russia to establish its first naval base in Africa will go ahead, Sudan’s foreign minister has confirmed, after years of delays over the Red Sea military port.If the agreement is impl...

13/02/2025 14:49 The Guardian

Reeves has ‘dealt with any issues that arise’ from career in retail banking, Starmer says

PM responds to new report claiming chancellor misused expenses and included inaccuracies on her CVUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has “dealt with any issues that arise” from her career in retail banking, Keir Starmer has said, after claims the chancellor misused expenses and mad...

13/02/2025 14:46 The Guardian

Reform MP installed solar to cut bills but party calls renewables ‘massive con’

Exclusive: Rupert Lowe recently fitted panels on his farm, it emerges, as Reform claims renewables are more expensiveUK politics live – latest updatesThe Reform MP Rupert Lowe installed solar panels on his farm to save money on energy bills, despite his party pledging to tax solar energy and claim...

13/02/2025 14:40 The Guardian

Khaled Sabsabi dropped as Australia’s representative to Venice Biennale

Amid political pressure, Creative Australia says deselecting the Lebanese-born artist will avoid ‘divisive debate’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKhaled Sabsabi, the western Sydney artist who fled Lebanon’s civil war as a child, has been dropped from representing Au...

13/02/2025 14:15 The Guardian

Referendum needed for Dutton’s call to toughen citizenship-stripping laws, expert says

Constitutional law expert Helen Irving says such a change appears to be a distraction from serious nature of anti-Israeli comments from NSW nursesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton’s proposal to toughen citizenship-stripping laws in response to comments made by...

13/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Scrapping of Anzac Day funding raised at ‘crisis meeting’ of Victorian RSL clubs

Exclusive: Sub-branches also debate benefit of poker machines and services to veterans amid financial concernsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian RSL clubs have held a “crisis meeting” to discuss a bitter fight over gambling revenue, with some warning they may cl...

13/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

New York mayor considers plan to reopen Ice office at Rikers Island jail

Eric Adams weighs closer involvement with federal agency in sign of beleaguered mayor’s warm alliance with TrumpIn a sign of increasing cooperation with Donald Trump’s anti-immigration plans, New York City’s Democratic mayor, Eric Adams, is weighing whether to allow the federal Immigration and...

13/02/2025 13:46 The Guardian

‘What Putin had been waiting for’: Moscow buoyant after call with Trump

Russian president will feel momentum has shifted in his favour and that US may help him fulfil Ukraine objectivesEurope live – latest updatesVladimir Putin on Wednesday achieved his most significant diplomatic breakthrough yet in a three-year war that, at times, seemed to threaten his regime.Durin...

13/02/2025 13:29 The Guardian

US should not have made concessions to Russia over Ukraine, says German minister

France also criticises Trump’s approach to ending war, resting on Kyiv forfeiting territory and Nato membershipThe US should not have made concessions to Russia in advance of peace negotiations by ruling out Nato membership for Ukraine and accepting the country would have to forfeit some of its te...

13/02/2025 12:25 The Guardian

Trump-Putin call ‘not a betrayal’ of Ukraine, insists Hegseth | First Thing

President causes alarm in rush to secure peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv, saying Ukraine ‘unlikely’ to get much land back or join Nato. Plus, how dating apps ignore reports of rapeDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The rapid push to bring Kyiv and Moscow t...

13/02/2025 11:40 The Guardian

Ministers stay silent on pledge to ban foie gras as EU talks approach

Exclusive: Animal rights groups fear veterinary deal aimed at reducing border checks will prevent promised import banUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have declined to restate their election pledge to ban the importation of foie gras in response to claims that a proposed “reset” with...

13/02/2025 11:07 The Guardian

Trump’s blatant violations of law are precipitating a constitutional crisis

Legal experts warn the administration’s illegitimate power grab upends democratic checks for a slide in to dictatorship The deceptively legalistic camouflage rendered the words almost banal – while still clearly communicating their ominous undercurrent.“Judges aren’t allowed to control the e...

13/02/2025 11:00 The Guardian

‘A fight for our lives’: Trump’s USAid freeze is harming millions of women and girls

A 90-day stop-work order means many clinics around the world will shut and vital care will be withheld International health organizations have warned that Donald Trump’s push to dismantle US foreign aid and orders barring diversity, equity and inclusion are destroying programs that once provided h...

13/02/2025 10:00 The Guardian

English dentists ‘walking away’ from NHS work as fees don’t even cover costs

Exclusive: Surgeries having to ‘operate like a charity’ and subsidise NHS work to tune of £332m a year, says BDAA growing “exodus” of dentists willing to provide care on the NHS threatens to exacerbate the crisis in patients’ access to treatment, the profession’s leaders have warned.Den...

13/02/2025 09:10 The Guardian

Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war

While UK may not be in direct line of fire, knock-on effects on global trade has British businesses worried“We’re vulnerable at the moment,” says Fiona Conor, the managing director of Trust Electric Heating, a Leeds-based radiator manufacturer, who has been considering expanding into the US ma...

13/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study

Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targetsThe world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due to their destruction, a study has warned.P...

13/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Trump says ‘I’m OK with’ Russian president Putin’s demand to keep Ukraine out of Nato – as it happened

US president backs defense secretary who said Ukraine’s Nato membership was not ‘practical’; Tulsi Gabbard sworn in as national intelligence chief. This blog is now closed.Several Democratic state attorneys general warned that the country was in the grip of a full-blown constitutional crisis,...

13/02/2025 03:01 The Guardian

No lasting peace in Ukraine without European role in talks, leaders say after Trump-Putin call

Statement from countries including France, Germany and UK comes after US president says he and Putin are ready to begin talksEuropean powers, including Britain, France and Germany, have said they have to be part of any future negotiations on the fate of Ukraine, underscoring that only a fair accord...

13/02/2025 03:01 The Guardian

Trump says he has spoken to Putin and agreed to negotiate Ukraine ceasefire

US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth says Ukraine would have to cede territory, alarming Kyiv and European alliesDonald Trump has said that he and Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin negotiations to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, later adding that it was unlikely Kyiv would win back all its territor...

12/02/2025 22:35 The Guardian

Australia politics live: PM to mark anniversary of apology to Stolen Generations; right to disconnect cut unpaid overtime by a billion hours

Prime minister will say it was his proudest day in politics. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcasAustralian aluminium not flooding the US market: FarrellTrade Minister Don Farrell says he doesn’t believe Australia is “flooding” the US market with...

12/02/2025 20:48 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Hamas says it rejects US and Israeli ‘threats’ over Gaza ceasefire – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Israel-Gaza war, read our full report:Arab mediators scramble to save Gaza ceasefire as Israel bolsters troop numbersOf the many factors that will determine the fate of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, one of the most difficult to quantify and predic...

12/02/2025 19:09 The Guardian

Trump says he spoke with Putin and will start peace talks on Ukraine ‘immediately’ – as it happened

US president says he had ‘lengthy and productive phone call’ with Russian president and will begin by calling Volodymyr ZelenskyyBack to Budapest, where the Alternative für Deutschland’s co-leader Alice Weidel has just been speaking at a press conference with Viktor Orbán.She said that “Eu...

12/02/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as intelligence head despite fears of pro-Russia stance

Senate approves nomination of former Democrat as Mitch McConnell is sole Republican to vote against Trump pickUS politics live – latest updatesTulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who has been publicly questioned over her affinity for foreign dictators and promoting conspiracy theories...

12/02/2025 16:53 The Guardian

UK judge warns women about sperm donor who ‘fathered 180 children’

Judge takes rare step of naming Robert Charles Albon, who subjected mothers to ‘nightmare’ of controlling behaviourA sperm donor who subjected a couple to a “nightmare” of controlling behaviour over their child has been named by a judge as a warning about the dangers of unregulated sperm don...

12/02/2025 16:06 The Guardian

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