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Trump says he will meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday – US politics live

08/08/2025 22:15 The Guardian

President posts on Truth Social that meeting with Russian counterpart will take place in AlaskaFull story: Trump says he will meet Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss Ukraine warAccording to new reporting by the New York Times, the president has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that the Trump administration considers terrorist organizations.According to the Times’ sources, US military officials have started drawing up options for how the military could go after the group. The Times also notes that this escalation would be the most “aggressive step” in the administration’s “campaign against cartels”. They also noted that this continues the president’s preference for using “military forces to carry out what has primarily been considered a law enforcement responsibility to curb the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs”. Continue reading...

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Trump says he will meet Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss Ukraine war

US president said end to war will involve ‘some swapping of territories’ before announcing meetingDonald Trump has said he will meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine next week and said an end to the three-and-a-half-year war would have to involve “some swapping of territories...

08/08/2025 22:33 The Guardian
Texas attorney general seeks to remove 13 absent Democrats from office

Move is latest escalation in standoff over redistricting effort aimed at giving Republicans more House seats in midtermsUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican attorney general of Texas on Friday asked the state supreme court to vacate the seats of 13 Democratic legislators who have left f...

08/08/2025 21:36 The Guardian
‘Transnational repression’: Australia condemns Hong Kong’s attempts to silence exiled dissidents

G7 nations’ joint statement says arrest warrants and bounties for pro-democracy campaigners are undermining human rights and state sovereigntyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has signed a joint statement issued on behalf of G7 nations condemning...

08/08/2025 21:33 The Guardian
UN chief calls Israel’s Gaza City plan ‘dangerous escalation’ as security council to meet on Saturday – latest updates

Global condemnation of Israel’s takeover plan includes UK’s Starmer saying escalation will ‘only bring more bloodshed’ and Germany halting arms exportsNetanyahu announces plan to take over Gaza CityThe UK’s ambassador to Israel has said extending the war in Gaza would only lead to more dea...

08/08/2025 19:36 The Guardian
Four Labour cabinet ministers earn rental income, analysis finds

Housing campaigners say government look like hypocrites, with Rachel Reeves among those renting out propertiesMinisters who earn profits from privately owned property could be seen as hypocrites by voters who want to see the government’s promised rent reforms become law, campaigners have said.The...

08/08/2025 17:58 The Guardian
US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing

Mike Huckabee launches undiplomatic harangue after UK prime minister calls for immediate ceasefireThe US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has launched an undiplomatic attack on Keir Starmer by invoking the allied second world war bombing of Dresden after the British prime minister criticised the...

08/08/2025 17:34 The Guardian
Outrage at Israeli plan to take over Gaza City that could displace 1m Palestinians

Germany says it will halt arms deliveries to Israel amid growing international anger over planned operationMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe future of 1 million Palestinians hangs in the balance after Israel’s security cabinet approved a new ground offensive aimed at taking complete control o...

08/08/2025 16:47 The Guardian
‘Freeze’ in Ukraine war may be close, says Tusk, as US and Russia plan talks

Polish PM makes remarks after speaking with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid White House efforts to end the conflictA “freeze” in the war in Ukraine may be close, the Polish prime minister said on Friday, as the White House and the Kremlin push forward with discussions for a high-level summit between D...

08/08/2025 16:31 The Guardian
Kristi Noem responds to South Park’s crude takedown of her in episode targeting Ice

Cartoon series highlighted homeland security chief’s repeated animal killings and poked fun at her looksUS politics live – latest updatesSouth Park’s recent satirical depiction of Kristi Noem as having undergone a defective cosmetic procedure and shooting dogs has rankled the US homeland secur...

08/08/2025 16:08 The Guardian
Ukraine conflict could be ‘frozen’ sooner rather than later, says Poland’s Tusk after talk with Zelenskyy – as it happened

Ukrainian president says ‘reliable peace essential for all’ after speaking to Polish PM on Friday morning, Trump’s deadline day for Russia to move towards a ceasefireChinese president Xi Jinping held a phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday, China’s state broadcaster CCTV...

08/08/2025 14:28 The Guardian
Fort Stewart shooting suspect was relentlessly mocked for stutter, soldiers say

Friend says Quornelius Radford, man accused of shooting five fellow soldiers at army base, was ‘bullied a lot’US politics live – latest updatesA friend of the man accused of gunning down five fellow soldiers at the Fort Stewart army base in Georgia earlier this week recounted how the suspect h...

08/08/2025 13:03 The Guardian
Concerns over ‘gaps’ in police support for stalking victims in England and Wales

Campaigners say system remains ‘postcode lottery’ after NPCC report finds varying levels of provision across forcesSurvivors of stalking, campaigners for women’s safety and heads of law enforcement have raised concerns over continuing failings by police in England and Wales to tackle perpetrat...

08/08/2025 11:43 The Guardian
Vance to arrive in UK for Lammy meeting as Starmer denounces Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City – UK politics live

The foreign secretary is to welcome the US vice-president to Chevening, his grace-and-favour residence, and Gaza is expected to be on their agendaAn IT bug causing “technical issues” within the body running courts in England and Wales is “unbelievably serious” and could be compared to the Po...

08/08/2025 11:24 The Guardian
Israel’s delusional, inhuman Gaza takeover plan could be recipe for perpetual war

Decision will place huge financial burden on Israel and could lead to massive increase in Palestinian civilian deathsMiddle East crisis – live updatesOne of Israel’s most celebrated images is David Rubinger’s photograph of a trio of paratroopers at the newly captured Western Wall in 1967, an e...

08/08/2025 11:09 The Guardian
Heat alert for England as temperatures forecast to climb back above 30C

UK Health Security Agency warns of potential rise in deaths as hot weather sweeps in from MondayA yellow heat health alert has been issued across swaths of England for next week as warm weather sweeps in.Temperatures are expected to exceed 30C (86F) across parts of central, southern and eastern Engl...

08/08/2025 10:58 The Guardian
Weather tracker: heavy rainfall across India, Japan and Hong Kong causes widespread disruption

Hong Kong hit by 350mm of rain in 24 hours, while mountainous state of Uttarakhand badly affected by landslides and floodingLarge parts of Asia have been especially wet this week and the heavy rain is forecast to continue into next week. Hong Kong issued four black rainstorm warnings – the most ti...

08/08/2025 10:10 The Guardian
Starmer calls Gaza City takeover plan wrong and urges Israel to reconsider

UK prime minister says occupation approved by Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet will only bring more bloodshedMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to reconsider his plans to take over Gaza City and said the move would only bring more bloodshed.The British pri...

08/08/2025 08:32 The Guardian
Crocs shares slump 30% amid tariffs and decline of ‘ugly shoe’ trend

Footwear firm warns of falling sales because of global trade uncertainty and ‘super-cautious’ US consumersShares in the US footwear company Crocs have slumped by almost 30% after it warned of falling sales because of tariffs, “super cautious” US consumers and signs the “ugly shoe” trend...

08/08/2025 08:30 The Guardian
England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds

Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboardEnglish swimming waters are five times more likely to be polluted than those in the EU, new research has revealed.Experts have said that the country is in danger of becoming the...

08/08/2025 07:00 The Guardian
Russian football clubs given €10.8m in Uefa ‘solidarity’ funds since Ukraine invasion

Exclusive: Five Ukraine clubs failed to win similar payments due to allegedly being located in ‘zone of military operations’Uefa has paid more than €10.8m (£9.4m) in “solidarity” funds to Russian football clubs since they were banned from taking part in European tournaments after the Krem...

08/08/2025 06:35 The Guardian
Penny Wong warns Israel that occupying Gaza could violate international law

Australia’s foreign minister says two-state solution the only pathway to peace as Israel’s security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza CityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong has urged Israel not to foll...

08/08/2025 05:28 The Guardian
Emergency care at Lucy Letby hospital falls short of legal standards, CQC finds

Countess of Chester receives urgent warning notice over ‘visibly dirty equipment’ and routine corridor careEmergency care at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked is falling far short of legal standards, the healthcare watchdog has found, with routine corridor care and “critical gaps” in seps...

08/08/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Indonesia says it will treat 2,000 of Gaza’s wounded on uninhabited Galang island

Muslim-majority Indonesia says the plan to treat wounded Palestinians in island’s medical facility is temporary and patients will return to GazaIndonesia will convert a medical facility on an uninhabited island to treat about 2,000 wounded residents of Gaza, according to a spokesperson for the pre...

08/08/2025 03:12 The Guardian
Dutton blaming migrants for housing crisis ‘undermined’ Coalition at election, Andrew Bragg says

Shadow housing minister tells Guardian Australia it was a mistake not to put forward a homelessness policy before election and criticises Labor for falling behind new home targetsAndrew Bragg on AI, housing and what the Coalition got wrong – Australian Politics podcastFollow our Australia news liv...

08/08/2025 02:16 The Guardian
Democrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ – live updates

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries accuses Trump administration of attempting to ‘weaponize law enforcement to target political adversaries’Vance urges Republicans in Indiana to redraw map to help tighten House gripDonald Trump on Wednesday celebrated a commitment by Apple to increase its inv...

08/08/2025 01:58 The Guardian
Convicted rapist Gareth Ward resigns from NSW parliament moments before he was to be expelled

Ward, the now former MP for Kiama, earlier this week took action in the state’s supreme court in an attempt to remain in the lower houseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConvicted rapist Gareth Ward has resigned as a Ne...

08/08/2025 00:34 The Guardian
Australia news live: NSW parliament to debate expulsion of Gareth Ward; Victoria police issue hundreds of fines to food delivery riders

Motion expected to pass and trigger a byelection in electorate of Kiama. Follow today’s news liveNSW Labor MP says party is gagging debate on Gaza during fiery speech in parliament – videoDissent against Chris Minns spills into NSW parliament as Labor MP accuses party of gagging debate on Gaza C...

08/08/2025 00:17 The Guardian
Democrats condemn Texas senator over alleged FBI role in locating lawmakers

John Cornyn claims FBI agreed to help return Democrats to state, sparking backlash amid GOP map pushUS politics live – latest updatesDemocrats harshly criticized Donald Trump and Republicans on Thursday after a US senator said the FBI had agreed to assist in locating Texas Democratic lawmakers who...

07/08/2025 23:48 The Guardian
Trump says he will meet Putin despite Kremlin’s refusal to talk to Kyiv

US president contradicts reports Putin meeting Zelenskyy was a precondition of a US-Russia summitDonald Trump has said he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin despite the Russian leader’s refusal to meet Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dispelling speculation that direct talks between the two warrin...

07/08/2025 22:37 The Guardian
Health experts urge ban on school materials backed by food, drink and gambling firms

Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and bettingHealth experts have urged Bridget Phillipson to stop schools using educational materials funded by the food, drink and gambling industries, in order to protect children from “harmful” in...

07/08/2025 19:54 The Guardian
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