Some federal workers given just 30 minutes to leave amid Trump layoffs

14/02/2025 19:49 The Guardian

As many as 200,000 US workers slated to be affected by mass terminations as Musk leads crusade to slash spendingUS politics – live updatesSome federal employees who have been laid off were reportedly given only 30 minutes to pack their belongings and vacate federal offices. Federal agencies were ordered by Donald Trump to fire mostly probationary staff, with as many as 200,000 workers set to be affected and some made to rush off the premises, the Washington Post reported.More mass layoffs came on Friday as approximately 2,300 employees have been fired from the US interior department. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Israel launches ‘wave of strikes’ on Tehran as Iran prepares for Ali Khamenei’s funeral

US-Israeli war on Iran enters fifth day, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in east of TehranTrump administration has still not settled on reasons for warMiddle East attacks intensify as Trump rejects Iran’s attempt to talkLebanese state media said that four people were killed and six m...

04/03/2026 10:16 The Guardian

Spain’s Sánchez says ‘no to war’ after Trump’s threats over Nato spending and use of bases – Europe live

Spain’s PM says he opposes ‘repeating the mistakes of the past’ as EU tells US president it stands ‘in solidarity with all member states’in MadridSánchez’s defiant speech may have been made in response to Trump’s threat to cut off all trade with Spain, but his words were also aimed ev...

04/03/2026 10:16 The Guardian

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’Middle East crisis – live updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat to cut of...

04/03/2026 10:14 The Guardian

Ex-Nato commander defends Starmer after Trump’s ‘no Winston Churchill’ jibe

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff says US president has launched war of choice in Iran with no clear grasp of how it will endUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain cannot become embroiled in a war “without a clear end point”, a former senior Nato commander has said,...

04/03/2026 10:10 The Guardian

War in Middle East ‘could wipe out growth in UK living standards’

Rising oil and gas prices may hit increase of £300 a year for typical working-age households, says leading thinktankBusiness live – latest updatesConflict in the Middle East could trigger an energy price shock that wipes out anticipated growth in living standards in the UK worth £300 for a typic...

04/03/2026 09:31 The Guardian

Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn

US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpileMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but it runs the risk of backfiring and drivin...

04/03/2026 09:30 The Guardian

Major parties knock back inquiry into racism and sexism in the Senate – as it happened

This blog is now closedAustralia sends crisis teams to Middle East as thousands of travellers and expats remain strandedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFarrell says $15bn of trade could be impacted by warLabor’s trade minister, Don Farrell, says a “relatively small”...

04/03/2026 07:05 The Guardian

Middle East conflict offers economic lifeline to Russia’s flagging war machine

With much of the world’s oil supplies out of action, Russia could step in to meet demand in China and IndiaA prolonged energy crisis triggered by the widening war in the Middle East could offer an economic lifeline to Russia’s war machine at a moment when it was beginning to show signs of strain...

04/03/2026 06:00 The Guardian

Iran war live updates: Trump says US may escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz; IDF launches strikes on Iran

US president orders Washington to provide insurance for commercial shipping in the crucial strait; Israeli military says it has launched a ‘broad wave’ of strikesTrump administration has still not settled on reasons for warMiddle East attacks intensify as Trump rejects Iran’s attempt to talkUS...

04/03/2026 01:43 The Guardian

Pentagon names four of six US soldiers killed in Iranian strike on Kuwait base

Trump said service members killed were ‘true American patriots’ but warned more US deaths in Iran war likelyThe US Department of Defense on Tuesday identified four of the six American soldiers who were killed Sunday during a drone strike on a US base in Kuwait. Donald Trump said “there will li...

04/03/2026 01:28 The Guardian

Ukraine war briefing: Merz tells Trump Ukraine must not give up more territory

German chancellor says that he underscored need for continued support for Kyiv during US visit; Trump says Ukraine is ‘very high’ on his priority list. What we know on day 1,470The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in Washington for talks with Donald Trump, said he stressed that Ukraine should...

04/03/2026 01:05 The Guardian

Fight between Texas Republicans for US Senate seat leaves party on edge

Party worries a victory by Maga darling Ken Paxton over John Cornyn would open door to Democrats in red stateFour-term Republican US senator John Cornyn is fighting for his political life against Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, in a bitter primary contest that will likely end in a runoff.As polls...

04/03/2026 01:00 The Guardian

Trump denies that Israel forced US’s hand in launching strikes against Iran

Democrats have decried Marco Rubio’s briefings as inadequate in articulating the goals of warDonald Trump attempted to counter a simmering anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions that he had been bounced into attacking Iran because Israe...

03/03/2026 23:46 The Guardian

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges

Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify warMiddle East crisis – live updatesUS military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about biblical “end times” to justify involvement in the Iran war to tro...

03/03/2026 21:21 The Guardian

Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran

The rationale keeps changing – from Iran planning a preemptive strike to lobbying by IsraelUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesIt took months for the Bush administration’s falsehoods about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to come to light, after an invasion, regime change, an investigation,...

03/03/2026 19:54 The Guardian

Shadow of Iraq war lies over Westminster as MPs consider US-Israeli attack on Iran

Despite rebukes from Donald Trump, many MPs back Keir Starmer’s stance so far, and say lessons from conflict in Iraq must not be forgotten Calvin Bailey keeps his Iraq medal, issued to members of the British armed forces who served as part of Operation Telic, safe in a drawer in his home. It featu...

03/03/2026 19:38 The Guardian

Middle East attacks intensify as Trump says he rejects Iran’s attempt to talk

US president claims ‘they want to talk. I said: Too Late!’, while Rubio threatens the ‘hardest hits are yet to come’US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesIsrael and the US intensified their attacks on Iran on Tuesday, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strat...

03/03/2026 19:34 The Guardian

Chaos signals Iran struggling to function as war turns into fight for survival

Strikes on Iranian leadership are putting Tehran under unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure Middle East crisis – live updatesThe war in the Middle East in maps, video and photosIran endured a day of unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure on Tuesday as US airstrikes pushed the dea...

03/03/2026 19:32 The Guardian

Unemployment set to hit 5.3% this year amid ‘worrying’ rise in young jobless

OBR raises forecast from 4.9% and downgrades UK’s growth prospects for 2026 – while also warning of war uncertaintyUnemployment in the UK is set to peak this year at a higher rate than previously estimated, with a “worrying” increase in young people being out of work, the government’s offi...

03/03/2026 18:18 The Guardian

British boy back in UK after being stranded in Dubai airport amid airstrikes

Ahmad Ali, 12, from Wiltshire, spent three nights in the airport while travelling back from PakistanUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesBusiness live – latest updatesA British boy who spent three nights stranded in Dubai airport is among the latest tourists to arrive back in the UK since conflic...

03/03/2026 18:05 The Guardian

Iran conflict could have ‘very significant’ impact on UK economy, OBR warns; FTSE 100’s biggest fall in 11 months – as it happened

Spring forecast show UK unempoyment to peak higher than feared, as tax take heads for a record, but headroom against fiscal rules has increasedSpring forecast: Reeves insists Labour has ‘right economic plan’ as 2026 growth downgradedUK grocery price inflation has risen, showing that people are b...

03/03/2026 17:58 The Guardian

Game of Thrones film adaptation in the works at Warner Bros

Blockbuster adaptation of George RR Martin’s fantasy world will focus on events 300 years before the HBO series’ pilotA Game of Thrones film is set for the big screen, with Warner Bros officially developing a prequel set in the world of Westeros.House of Cards showrunner and Andor writer Beau Wi...

03/03/2026 17:45 The Guardian

Trump claims Iran was planning to attack first, adding he ‘might have forced Israel’s hand’ as he meets German chancellor – live

US president meets Friedrich Merz in first face to face talks with an ally since Iran war began People in the US: share your views of the Iran conflictSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxIn a late night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said that the US muni...

03/03/2026 17:12 The Guardian

Benign transition or bloody civil war: what next for Iran after the bombing?

With the US and Israel apparently without a postwar plan for the country, we explore four possible scenariosMiddle East crisis – live updatesPiecing together what US and Israeli officials have said about the attack on Iran, its objectives appear to be to inflict maximum damage on the pillars of th...

03/03/2026 17:05 The Guardian

Macron to address the nation on Middle East as first wave of stranded Europeans start to return home – Europe live

French president will make his speech this evening; first wave of European travellers arrive home, but hundreds of thousands remain stuck in regionAirlines in Middle East rule out services resuming before ThursdayAhead of von der Leyen’s call with Zelenskyy later today, the European Commission was...

03/03/2026 16:00 The Guardian

UK considering sending warship to Cyprus; government to charter flight from Oman ‘in the coming days’– as it happened

Multiple sources say the deployment of HMS Duncan is under consideration; Yvette Cooper says flight will take off from Muscat this weekUK considers sending Royal Navy destroyer to CyprusUK will charter flights from Oman to evacuate Britons from regionEllie Chowns, the Green party’s foreign affairs...

03/03/2026 15:59 The Guardian

Reeves’s talk of stability may be misplaced amid Iran war turmoil

Attempt to project calm in spring forecast may be short-lived if living costs and unemployment keep climbingReeves insists Labour has ‘right economic plan’Business live – latest updates“This government has restored economic stability,” Rachel Reeves told the House of Commons on Tuesday.Yet...

03/03/2026 15:55 The Guardian

South Sudan risks return to full-blown civil war as violence escalates

At least 169 killed in raid near Sudan border as clashes between government and opposition forces intensifySouth Sudan is reeling from an escalating conflict between the government-aligned army and opposition forces and allied groups that observers say risks returning the country to a full-blown civ...

03/03/2026 15:49 The Guardian

Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say

Stockpiles of the most advanced US-made weapons are limited – while few know how large Iran’s arsenal isMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe war in the Middle East in maps, video and photosThe outcome and duration of the war in the Middle East may be decided by a grim calculus based on the siz...

03/03/2026 15:44 The Guardian

Iran continues to hit back at US-Israeli strikes as Trump says it is too late to talk

Iranian drones hit US embassy in Riyadh as Israel bombs Tehran and sends troops into southern LebanonUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesIran continued its bombardment the Gulf and Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for further Israeli-US airstrikes, as Donald Trump said it was too late for dialogue...

03/03/2026 15:21 The Guardian

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03/03 21:37 - African leaders call for dialogue amid escalating Iran crisis 03/03 21:36 - Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain over Iran war refusal 03/03 21:29 - Have America and Israel just started a forever war with Iran? 03/03 21:22 - Oman renews push for diplomacy, says ‘off-ramps available’ in Iran war 03/03 21:22 - Oman renews push for diplomacy, says ‘off-ramps available’ in Iran war 03/03 21:21 - US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges 03/03 21:18 - 'Not Churchill': Trump criticises UK PM Starmer over Iran strikes 03/03 20:54 - 'The patience for Hezbollah's actions has worn out', analyst says 03/03 20:47 - Iran’s Strategy: Expand the War, Increase the Cost, Outlast Trump 03/03 20:39 - England deliver Wiegman's 'clear win' to make World Cup statement 03/03 20:30 - US midterm primary season kicks off in shadow of Iran war 03/03 20:30 - US midterm primary season kicks off in shadow of Iran war 03/03 20:22 - 'A feeling of bitter betrayal' - Gulf States' fears grow over Iran war fallout 03/03 20:19 - UK, France send warships, air defence assets to Cyprus after drone attack 03/03 20:19 - UK, France send warships, air defence assets to Cyprus after drone attack 03/03 20:17 - You Break It, You Own It? 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