Trump administration poised to ‘strand rural America with worse internet’ to help Musk, official warns

17/03/2025 14:31 The Guardian

US official urges stop to plan to re-evaluate Biden program to connect communities to high-speed internet, which will likely benefit StarlinkUS politics live – latest updatesSmall town USA is facing a “significant risk” that the Trump administration is going to abandon key elements of a $42.45bn Biden-era plan to connect rural communities to high-speed internet so that Elon Musk can get even richer, a top departing commerce department official warned in an email.Evan Feinman, who headed up the so-called Bead program for the last three years, urged governors across the country to lobby their congressional delations in Washington to stop the Trump administration from implementing plans he said could have “deeply negative outcomes” for American homes and businesses. Continue reading...

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Judge in Trump deportation case calls administration lawyers’ argument a ‘heck of a stretch’ – live

Trump administration lawyers argue they only had to comply with judge’s written order, not the order made orally during hearingWhite House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alaw...

17/03/2025 21:46 The Guardian

Driver admits to causing deaths of three teenagers in Warwickshire car crash

Edward Spencer, 19, had only passed his driving test five weeks before fatal crash in 2023A teenage motorist has admitted causing the deaths of three passengers, who died in a collision in Warwickshire five weeks after he passed his driving test.Police said the case of Edward Spencer showed the “d...

17/03/2025 21:34 The Guardian

Australia news live: OECD economists slash growth estimates for Australian economy and warn trade wars may push prices up

Jim Chalmers says nation must focus on resilience, not retaliation to Trump tariffs. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabour-hire flight attendants to get pay boostMore than 750 domestic flight attendants funnelled to Qantas by labour-hire firms wi...

17/03/2025 20:49 The Guardian

Carney visits Macron and Starmer as he seeks alliances amid Trump trade war

Canadian PM stresses importance of ‘reliable allies’ in Paris before travelling to London where he was received by kingCanada is the “most European of the non-European countries”, Mark Carney has said during his first overseas trip as prime minister to France and the UK, where he is seeking...

17/03/2025 20:32 The Guardian

Keir Starmer to unveil drastic disability benefit cuts despite opposition

Changes could deny benefits to people who need help to wash or to remember to go to the toiletKeir Starmer will unveil drastic cuts to disability benefits on Tuesday, despite deep opposition from Labour MPs and poverty campaigners, and warnings from economists against making kneejerk savings to hit...

17/03/2025 20:29 The Guardian

White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportations

Trump administration used Alien Enemies Act to deport about 250 alleged gang members to El SalvadorUS politics live – latest updatesThe White House has denied allegations that it engaged in a “a blatant violation” of a judge’s order by deporting about 250 Venezuelan alleged gang members to E...

17/03/2025 20:13 The Guardian

Chuck Schumer postpones book tour stops amid shutdown vote backlash

Senate majority leader cites security concerns as fury grows over New Yorker’s support for Republican funding billUS politics live – latest updatesThe Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, has postponed several stops on a tour to promote his new book, citing security concerns, as the New York D...

17/03/2025 20:00 The Guardian

David Lammy says G7 considering further moves to pressure Russia into agreeing Ukraine ceasefire – as it happened

‘We have more cards we can play,’ foreign secretary tells MPs as he says G7 foreign ministers found ‘common ground’ when meeting last weekThe Reform UK press conference is about to start. There is a live feed here.Nigel Farage is going to announce that 29 councillors have defected to his par...

17/03/2025 18:13 The Guardian

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S shares take £4bn hit amid Asda price war fears

Asda claims to have ‘pretty significant war chest’ but analyst says it is unclear if it can commit to months of cutsMore than £4bn has been wiped off the value of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer stock since Friday amid fears that rival Asda will step up the grocery price war.Tesco,...

17/03/2025 18:03 The Guardian

EU’s foreign policy chief laments US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe

Kaja Kallas says the bloc cannot automatically fill the gap left by the USThe EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, expressed disappointment over US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe and said the EU could not automatically fill the gap.The US Agency for Global Media stopped grants over the weeke...

17/03/2025 18:02 The Guardian

Trump cuts to have ‘chilling effect’ on climate science and ‘degrade’ Australia’s ability to forecast weather

Australian meteorologists and scientists will be affected by mass firings at Noaa, experts warnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStaff cuts and a freeze on international collaborations at a leading US science agency will...

17/03/2025 18:00 The Guardian

Surrogate parents too afraid to return to Italy after ‘procreative tourism’ law

The gay couple, who travelled to the US for the birth of their son, could be among the first Italians prosecuted under a new ban on domestic surrogacyThe Italian parents of a child who was recently born in the US via surrogacy say they are too afraid to return home since Giorgia Meloni’s governmen...

17/03/2025 17:57 The Guardian

French politician jokes US should return Statue of Liberty for siding with ‘tyrants’

Raphaël Glucksmann quips that US should give back 19th-century gift from France over Trump’s approach to UkraineA French European parliament member has quipped that the US should return the Statue of Liberty, which it received as a gift from France about 140 years ago, after Donald Trump’s deci...

17/03/2025 17:53 The Guardian

Pentagon webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner restored after outcry

Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s website amid Trump administration’s DEI purgeUS politics live – latest updatesThe US defense department webpage celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient that was removed and had the letters “DEI” added to the site’s ad...

17/03/2025 17:34 The Guardian

Trump says he and Putin will discuss land and power plants in Ukraine ceasefire talks

Trump says negotiators have already discussed ‘dividing up certain assets’ and that he will talk to Putin on TuesdayUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump is to speak to Vladimir Putin on Tuesday – with the two expected to discuss territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear powe...

17/03/2025 17:24 The Guardian

UK regulators to face twice-yearly reviews as Reeves says there’s ‘too much bureaucracy’

Chancellor tells financial, environmental and health watchdogs she wants to cut down on overlapping regulationRegulators will face twice-yearly performance reviews from ministers, aimed at forcing them to be more growth-friendly, as the chancellor warned that “too much bureaucracy” is holding ba...

17/03/2025 17:15 The Guardian

Kremlin confirms Trump-Putin call on Tuesday as European leaders question Russia’s intentions – as it happened

Russian leader and US president to speak by phone and discuss Ukraine ceasefire planPolish prime minister Donald Tusk has commented on the Lithuanian prosecutor general’s report on Russian-linked acts of sabotage and arson in the EU (9:42), linking it to peace negotiations with Russia, as he warne...

17/03/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Russia behind arson attack on Ikea store in Lithuanian capital, says prosecutor

People suspected of involvement in 2024 Vilnius attack also accused of links to crimes in PolandLithuanian prosecutors have blamed the Russian military intelligence service for being behind an arson attack on an Ikea store in Vilnius last year, calling it “an act of terrorism”.Lithuania, a Nato...

17/03/2025 16:54 The Guardian

Brown University professor deported despite judge’s order, defying US court

US prosecutors allege Rasha Alawieh had ‘sympathetic photos and videos’ related to key Hezbollah figuresUS politics live – latest updatesA Brown University medical professor was deported to Lebanon over the weekend despite having a valid US work visa, defying a judge’s order blocking her imm...

17/03/2025 16:51 The Guardian

Yale professors warn international students new Trump travel ban may be imminent

Email urges students from ‘targeted’ countries to consider returning to US in case administration implements restrictionsUS politics live – latest updatesYale Law School professors have sent a warning to international students about an imminent US travel ban, as the Trump administration appear...

17/03/2025 16:26 The Guardian

Ex-Project 2025 chief says Trump’s actions are beyond his ‘wildest dreams’

Project 2025 alarmed progressives by pushing deep cuts to government, LGBTQ+ protections and DEI effortsThe director of Project 2025, a rightwing plan to dismantle the federal government which Democrats warned about last year and forced Donald Trump to attempt to disown it, said Trump’s actions in...

17/03/2025 16:13 The Guardian

Tens of thousands attend rallies in Yemen after deadly US airstrikes – as it happened

Huge demonstrations in Houthi-controlled areas come as more than 50 people die in strikes responding to Red Sea attacksMore than 200 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in incidents involving war remnants in the three months since the fall of the Assad regime, as bomb dis...

17/03/2025 16:01 The Guardian

Trump administration pulls US out of body investigating Ukraine invasion

Russia and allies were target of International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against UkraineThe Trump administration is withdrawing from an international body formed to investigate responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine in the latest sign that the White House is adopting...

17/03/2025 14:49 The Guardian

Trump makes unsupported claim Biden pardons are ‘void’ as he used autopen

President claims without evidence that January 6 panel members’ pre-emptive clemency was not signed personallyUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump claimed on Monday, without offering evidence, that pardons signed by Joe Biden were “void, vacant and of no further force and effect” be...

17/03/2025 14:35 The Guardian

Nearly half of Australia’s year 6 students can’t swim 50 metres or tread water for two minutes

‘Range of factors’ behind fall in swimming skills to below national benchmarks, including cost of lessons, researchers sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNearly half of all year 6 students are falling below Australi...

17/03/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Former Bank of England deputy warns Rachel Reeves against kneejerk cuts

Charlie Bean says OBR forecasts are ‘flaky’ and cautions against trying to hit targets five years awayThe former Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean has warned the chancellor against making kneejerk cuts in next week’s spring statement to try to hit fiscal targets that are five years...

17/03/2025 13:39 The Guardian

First Thing: Kremlin confirms Trump-Putin call to go ahead

The Russian and US presidents will discuss a Ukraine ceasefire plan, as the EU aims to ramp up pressure by insisting ‘the ball is in Russia’s court’. Plus, how the Irish are ruling pop cultureDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The Kremlin has confirmed that...

17/03/2025 11:58 The Guardian

Trump trade wars are slowing global growth and fuelling inflation, says OECD

Economic organisation downgrades forecasts for growth in UK as well as US, Canada and Mexico due to tariffsBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s trade wars are splintering the global economy and unpicking progress made to reboot growth and tackle inflation, the Organisation for Economic C...

17/03/2025 11:55 The Guardian

Jim Chalmers to call Trump’s tariffs ‘senseless’ and urge Australia to focus on resilience over retaliation

The treasurer will say ‘we deserve better as a long-term partner and ally’ in major economic address on Tuesday one week before delivering budgetGina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest upda...

17/03/2025 11:30 The Guardian

‘I will spend my life rebuilding’: Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war

Palestinian experts and British archaeologists say more than two-thirds of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites in Gaza have been damagedHamouda al-Dahda stands in the ruins of Pasha Palace in Gaza City, where before the war the golden limestone walls of the 800-year-old building towered abov...

17/03/2025 10:00 The Guardian

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