Trump and Musk launch mass layoffs at several US federal agencies

13/02/2025 16:51 The Guardian

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 the stated goal of cutting costs and boosting efficiency.Termination notices were sent to employees at the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the General Services Administration (GSA), Reuters first reported on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Trump says US prices ‘could go up’ as he threatens new tariffs on trade partners

President says US will impose ‘reciprocal’ duties but no new specific tariffs were announcedUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump threatened to ramp up his economic assault on some of America’s biggest trading partners on Thursday , vowing to impose new tariffs on countries that targ...

13/02/2025 20:12 The Guardian

Trump says he trusts Putin ‘wants peace’ with Ukraine as Zelenskyy warns not to trust Russian leader’s claims – Europe live

US president makes positive comments about Russian leaders’ intentions as Ukraine’s president warns world leaders and calls for united position for talksPete Hegseth says ‘everything is on the table’ to end Ukraine warPoland’s Europe minister Adam Szłapka told Polish broadcaster TVN24 thi...

13/02/2025 20:11 The Guardian

Trump announces reciprocal tariffs; RFK Jr sworn in as health secretary – US politics live

US president says ‘whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them’; vaccine critic now in charge of US health policy Trump threatens new tariffs on US’s trade partners in latest warningDonald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no...

13/02/2025 20:09 The Guardian

Australia news live: NSW government urges Sydney commuters to avoid trains before industrial action

Rail union announces protected industrial action. Follow the latest news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCommunities are bracing as an out-of-control bushfire bears down on Tasmania’s west coast, with more than 20 blazes raging as weather conditions rapidly...

13/02/2025 20:05 The Guardian

Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by Senate

Vaccine skeptic will now lead 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-vaccine cam...

13/02/2025 19:36 The Guardian

Student died from sepsis after antibiotics error in London hospital, inquest hears

Life-saving drug was prescribed for William Hewes but not given quickly enough due to communication mix-upA consultant paediatrician warned medical colleagues treating her son that they had failed to give him life-saving antibiotics hours before he died from sepsis, an inquest has heard.William Hewe...

13/02/2025 19:24 The Guardian

Trump’s Ukraine call with Putin leaves UK sounding at odds with reality

Statements that there can be no negotiations without Kyiv ring hollow when the US president has just sidelined itEurope live – latest updatesIn the aftermath of Donald Trump’s incendiary call with Vladimir Putin, UK ministers and officials have had to do some extraordinary contortions.There is n...

13/02/2025 19:18 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 18:53 The Guardian

Colleagues of soldier, 19, found dead criticise response to sexual assault claims

Jaysley Beck’s friends tell inquest she did not report her boss because her previous complaint had been squashedColleagues of a 19-year-old soldier found dead in her barracks room after allegedly being sexually assaulted by an officer twice her age have strongly criticised how her complaint about...

13/02/2025 18:51 The Guardian

EU failed to Trump-proof Europe and now faces humiliation over Ukraine

As Putin’s actions again disrupt the start of a Munich security conference, Brussels largely has itself to blameEurope live – latest updatesThe start of the Munich security conference has a habit of being disrupted by a display of power by Vladimir Putin. In 2022, the transatlantic security esta...

13/02/2025 18:35 The Guardian

A grand exit: why four-figure coats have become a high street fixture

From John Lewis to Cos, high street stores are selling coats costing more than £1,000 in a move to cast themselves as ‘luxe’ brandsIf you were given £1,000 to splurge on the high street, what would you buy? Perhaps a head-to-toe new season wardrobe from Zara? Enough knitwear to see you through...

13/02/2025 18:28 The Guardian

‘I feel angry and betrayed’: Ukrainians react to Donald Trump’s call to Putin

While some Kyiv residents express relief over possible end to war, others predict further Russian attacks in futureThe first thing Olena Litovchenko thought, when she read the news of Donald Trump’s phone call to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday evening, was that it may finally be time for her to leave...

13/02/2025 18:20 The Guardian

Ukraine just the latest Trump wheeze for Labour to try to defend and disown | John Crace

It was left to the poor junior defence minister Maria Eagle to walk that particular tightrope in the CommonsIn his ghostwritten 1987 bestseller The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump delivers his version of the American Dream. Get as much as you can for yourself. There’s always someone out there who’...

13/02/2025 18:16 The Guardian

Rachel Reeves accused of ‘cavalier attitude’ to expenses during banking career

Chancellor and PM insist there was no wrongdoing after claims she was investigated for alleged misuse of expensesUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has been accused of having a “cavalier attitude” to expenses during her time in retail banking, forcing the chancellor and the prime m...

13/02/2025 18:13 The Guardian

Hamas ‘must release three live hostages on Saturday’, says Israel, or war will resume – as it happened

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 17:55 The Guardian

UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – as it happened

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 17:46 The Guardian

Israel says it will stick to agreed hostage demands after Trump causes confusion

Government says it will follow ceasefire agreement as long as Hamas releases three hostages on SaturdayThe Israeli government has signalled it intends to stick to the hostage release schedule agreed in the ceasefire deal with Hamas, but warned that if the anticipated three surviving hostages were no...

13/02/2025 17:42 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

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 nursesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton’s proposal to toughen citi...

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 concernsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian RSL clubs have held a “crisis meeting” to discuss a bitter figh...

13/02/2025 14:00 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

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