Rumours, rock-star cardinals and street cleaning: Rome gets ready for conclave

03/05/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Papal electors gossip in bars and restaurants and try to avoid journalists seeking clues to Pope Francis’s successorSome journalists brave the warm spring sun, others seek respite in the shade of the Vatican’s colonnades. Whatever their strategy, the aim is the same: to spot the red-capped cardinals emerging from Synod Hall and try to elicit from them a clue as to who will succeed Pope Francis.The men responsible for picking a new pontiff are enjoying rock-star status in Rome this week as they prepare for conclave: the secret, centuries-old ritual of electing a leader of the Catholic church that is due to begin on 7 May. Continue reading...

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Australian federal election 2025 live: Coalition licks wounds after Peter Dutton loses seat in Labor election thrashing – latest Australia news and updates

Labor is set to govern with a huge majority after the Coalition vote collapsed and Peter Dutton lost his seat of Dickson. Follow today’s news and the latest resultsElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsAnthony Albanese secures ‘win for the ages’ for Labor a...

04/05/2025 03:04 The Guardian

Erdoğan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail

Turkish president at odds with thousands of Turkish Cypriots who object to his attempts to undermine their secular way of lifeTurkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has warned protesters in breakaway northern Cyprus not “to sow seeds of hatred” amid mounting discord over Ankara’s perceiv...

03/05/2025 21:58 The Guardian

Unison chief tells staff at Reform-controlled councils to join union

Nigel Farage warns employees working on diversity or climate change initiatives to seek ‘alternative careers’The head of the UK’s biggest union has urged staff at Reform UK-controlled councils to sign up after Nigel Farage warned workers to seek “alternative careers”.Farage said during a s...

03/05/2025 21:47 The Guardian

Police disband pro-Palestinian camp at Swarthmore College and arrest nine activists

Some students were also temporarily suspended as other colleges respond with disciplinary action to protestsOn the morning of 3 May, the Swarthmore borough police department disbanded a four-day pro-Palestinian encampment on Swarthmore College’s campus and arrested nine activists. One current and...

03/05/2025 19:21 The Guardian

‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule

Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policiesMohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student freed on Wednesday after more than two weeks in immigration detention, has issued a stark warning about the US...

03/05/2025 16:35 The Guardian

Badenoch apologises for local election results as Reform warned there are ‘no simple answers’ – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on the local elections here:‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?Headteachers are taking legal action against Ofsted, England’s schools watchdog, over fears that its new inspection regime is “even worse than before” an...

03/05/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Mass resignations at labor department threaten workers in US and overseas, warn staff – as more cuts loom

Exclusive: Insiders sound alarm over ‘catastrophic’ impact of widespread departures and cuts under TrumpA “catastrophic” exodus of thousands of employees from the US Department of Labor threatens “all of the core aspects of working life”, insiders have warned, amid fears that the Trump a...

03/05/2025 12:36 The Guardian

World may be ‘post-herd immunity’ to measles, top US scientist says

As infections pummel communities in the US, Mexico and Canada, fear of ‘the most contagious human disease’ growsA leading immunologist warned of a “post-herd-immunity world”, as measles outbreaks affect communities with low vaccination rates in the American south-west, Mexico and Canada.The...

03/05/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Trump’s Truth Social posts make no sense – what do they say about his mentality?

The president’s little used social media platform offers him a forum for his nonstop haranguing and score-settlingNo political leader has used social media quite like Donald Trump. But his recent posts on Truth Social, the social media platform he founded in 2021, have become increasingly bizarre:...

03/05/2025 10:00 The Guardian

‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump’s attacks on media

Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effectsAs Donald Trump’s executive order in March led to the shuttering of Voice of America (VOA) – the global broadcaster whose roots date back to the f...

03/05/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Federal election 2025 live: Australia polls open, voting begins; Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on election day campaign for Labor and Coalition – latest news

Labor and Coalition make last pitches as final polls suggest Albanese set to be re-elected as Australian prime minister. Follow today’s news livePolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverageListen to the latest episode of ou...

02/05/2025 23:07 The Guardian

Israel says airstrikes in Syria are ‘message’ to protect Druze minority

Syria says at least one civilian killed in latest strikes, while most Druze leaders rebuff Israeli protectionIsraeli warplanes have carried out a series of airstrikes outside Damascus and across Syria, after warnings from Israeli officials that the country would intervene to protect the Syria’s mi...

02/05/2025 22:33 The Guardian

Illinois landlord sentenced to 53 years over hate-crime killing of six-year-old

Joseph Czuba, 73, killed Muslim boy and severely injured his mother in vicious attack days after war in Gaza beganAn Illinois landlord who killed a six-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured his mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced on Friday to 53 ye...

02/05/2025 19:28 The Guardian

English local elections: Farage says ‘it’s the beginning of the end of the Conservative party’ after sweeping Reform wins – as it happened

This liveblog is now closed. See all of our local elections coverage hereLocal elections: full mayoral and council resultsStarmer under fire from Labour MPs after Runcorn loss‘They really are all horrible’: political anger marks Reform UK’s Runcorn winReform UK has won three of the first five...

02/05/2025 19:02 The Guardian

Syria calls Israeli air strikes on Damascus a ‘dangerous escalation’

Benjamin Netanyahu says strikes intended to deter Syria’s new leadership from any hostile move against the DruzeSyria’s new rulers have angrily denounced raids launched by Israel’s air force against unidentified targets near the presidential palace in Damascus, warning of a “dangerous escala...

02/05/2025 17:59 The Guardian

Keir Starmer told to ‘start listening’ as Reform makes big local election gains

Doncaster mayor warns PM after rightwing party secures wins in Lincolnshire, Runcorn and string of county councilsEnglish local elections – latest updatesFull mayoral and council results for EnglandKeir Starmer has been warned to “start listening” by a veteran Labour mayor after she fended off...

02/05/2025 16:15 The Guardian

BMI of 1 million minority ethnic adults in England wrongly classified

Analysis finds government stats for Black and Asian adults in England are in error due to outdated guidanceA million minority ethnic adults are wrongly classified as weighing below the thresholds for being overweight or obese due to official figures not using up-to-date guidance, a leading charity h...

02/05/2025 15:13 The Guardian

Germany’s far-right AfD to challenge ‘extremist’ designation – as it happened

Co-leaders say party is ‘being publicly discredited and criminalised’ by intelligence agency’s move to change classification. This live blog is closedGerman spy agency labels AfD as ‘confirmed rightwing extremist’ forceElsewhere, TikTok has been fined €530m for violations of the EU’s G...

02/05/2025 14:02 The Guardian

Why is Trump ending the ‘de minimis’ tariff loophole on low-value imports?

Goods worth less than $800 will be subject to 120% levy meaning prices on Chinese exports will probably increaseAt one minute past midnight on Friday, eastern time, a US tariff exemption that has fuelled the rise of companies such as Shein and Temu, and stocked the wardrobes of millions of Americans...

02/05/2025 13:41 The Guardian

Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US

White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warningsThe Trump administration has ordered the closure of 25 scientific centers that monitor US waters for flooding and drought, and manage supply levels to ensure communities around the coun...

02/05/2025 13:00 The Guardian

UK sand eel fishing ban remains in place despite EU legal challenge

Creatures make up the bulk of seabirds’ diet but are fished for commercial pig foodEurope live – latest updatesA ban on fishing for sand eels in UK waters will remain in place despite a legal challenge from the EU.The small, silvery eels make up the bulk of the diet of seabirds, but they are fis...

02/05/2025 12:57 The Guardian

Photos reveal Trump cabinet member using less-secure Signal app knockoff

Mike Waltz, ousted national security adviser at heart of earlier chat group fiasco, pictured using third-party clonePhotographs taken at Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting this week have revealed that top White House officials are now communicating using an even less secure version of the Signal messa...

02/05/2025 12:51 The Guardian

Bank holiday weekend travel: 17m leisure trips by car expected, says RAC

The 1m increase on last year compounded by part-closure of west coast mainline on Sunday and MondayA warm and sunny May bank holiday weekend is expected to bring a million more drivers out on the roads than last year, with the part-closure of Great Britain’s main rail line on Sunday and Monday lik...

02/05/2025 11:41 The Guardian

Trump orders funding cut for public broadcasters NPR and PBS in fresh attack on media – US politics live

President accuses radio and TV channel of bias and pulls taxpayer fundingPresident Donald Trump on Thursday expressed his intent to rename both 8 May and 11 November “Victory Day” in his latest attempt to alter the country’s nomenclature, AFP reported.“I am hereby renaming May 8th as Victory...

02/05/2025 10:59 The Guardian

Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog

Nature organisations say legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at riskKeir Starmer’s planning bill has been criticised by the environment watchdog, which has warned that the draft of the legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at ris...

02/05/2025 10:15 The Guardian

Weather tracker: State of emergency as high winds and floods hit New Zealand

Met Service issues red warning amid deepening low pressure, while Europe experiences above average temperaturesStrong winds and flooding spread across New Zealand last week, with a state of emergency declared in Christchurch, after the country was battered by a destructive area of low pressure. A re...

02/05/2025 09:23 The Guardian

Glut of early fruit and veg hits UK as climate change closes ‘hungry gap’

Warm weather means strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes have come weeks earlier than expectedA glut of early strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes has hit Britain with the dry, warm weather eliminating the usual “hungry gap”, growers say.It has been a sunny, very dry spring, with the warmest st...

02/05/2025 09:20 The Guardian

Nick McKenzie denies seeing privileged communication between Ben Roberts-Smith and his lawyers

Investigative journalist says ‘legal strategy’ he referred to in secret recording was reference to war veteran allegedly telling his ex-wife to lie to courtGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastInvestigative journalist Nick McKenzie has denied in a Sydney court that he...

02/05/2025 07:38 The Guardian

Nine journalist Nick McKenzie allegedly told of Ben Roberts-Smith’s planned legal action

Roberts-Smith argues his unsuccessful defamation case against McKenzie and Nine newspapers should be retried because of a ‘miscarriage of justice’Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nine journalist Nick McKenzie was told about a legal action war veteran Ben Robert...

02/05/2025 06:40 The Guardian

Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour

Result will heighten government’s fears it could lose scores of MPs to Nigel Farage’s party at next general electionResults come in from across England – follow liveStarmer told to ‘start listening’ after Reform election gainsAnalysis: Is Farage’s quest to rid Reform of ‘amateurism’...

02/05/2025 06:07 The Guardian

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