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EU plans to strengthen defence spending could cost €800bn, says von der Leyen – Europe live

04/03/2025 09:28 The Guardian

EU Commission president says bloc is ready to massively increase defence spending and military capabilitiesUS has suspended all military aid to Ukraine, White House official says, in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy rowNew EU plans to strengthen Europe’s defence industry and increase military capabilities could mobilise close to €800bn ($841.4bn), EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday in Brussels.The EU will propose to give member states more fiscal space for defence investments, as well as €150bn euros in loans for those investments, and will aim to mobilise private capital as well, Reuters reports von der Leyen said Continue reading...

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‘Be prepared’: Tropical Cyclone Alfred changes direction and heads towards Queensland coast

Weather system bears down on south-east Queensland with BoM forecasting landfall between Brisbane and Sunshine CoastWhen and where is Tropical Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastView the BoM path trackerTropical Cyclone Alfred has made a dramatic...

04/03/2025 09:45 The Guardian
Starmer won’t be derailed from Ukraine plan, Rayner says, amid claims Trump’s aid decision ‘humiliated’ PM – UK politics live

Few hours after Starmer’s statement to Commons on Monday, White House suspended all military aid to UkraineThe Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said President Trump’s decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine is “profoundly worrying”. In a post on social media this morning, she says:T...

04/03/2025 09:25 The Guardian
China and Canada retaliate after Trump trade tariffs come into effect

Markets tumble as US president’s levies against Canada, Mexico and China come into effectChina and Canada unveiled retaliatory measures against the US after Donald Trump imposed his sweeping tariffs plan at midnight US time, despite warnings it could spark an escalating trade war.US tariffs have c...

04/03/2025 08:57 The Guardian
Communities warned to prepare as weather system takes right turn – as it happened

This blog is now closed‘Be prepared’: Tropical Cyclone Alfred changes direction and heads towards Queensland coastWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhy should Australia trust president Donald Trump, given how he’s treated...

04/03/2025 07:31 The Guardian
Tuesday briefing: Where Gaza’s fragile ceasefire stands – and what it will take to move it forward

In today’s newsletter: With talks stalled, aid blocked and a truce in question, can the path to peace get back on track?Good morning. The first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza expired over the weekend – and now, the only thing stopping the resumption of Israel’s assault on the territory is the...

04/03/2025 06:30 The Guardian
Russia sending ‘suicidal missions’ to win foothold over Dnipro River, says Ukraine

Moscow trying to improve its claim to entire Kherson region in time for peace negotiations, says governorRussian forces are repeatedly trying to seize a foothold across Ukraine’s Dnipro River, dispatching troops on high-casualty missions to gain territory for future peace negotiations, according t...

04/03/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Donald Trump pauses all US military aid to Ukraine – live

Aid to Kyiv being reviewed to ensure country is ‘committed’ to goal of peace deal, White House says, as JD Vance says US economic interest in Ukraine would guarantee its securityDonald Trump will lay out his priorities tomorrow evening in a prime-time speech to Congress, his first since returnin...

04/03/2025 04:13 The Guardian
JD Vance says US economic interests in Ukraine the best way to guarantee its security

Vice-president says best way to prevent another Russian invasion is to ‘give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine’US vice-president JD Vance said that the best way to protect Ukraine from another Russian invasion is to guarantee the US has a financial interest in Ukraine’s future...

04/03/2025 04:13 The Guardian
Albanese says Australian government now ‘open to consideration’ of sending troops to Ukraine

Prime minister departs from government’s earlier stance that support for possible ‘coalition of the willing’ was ‘not under consideration’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s prime minister says his g...

04/03/2025 04:10 The Guardian
US suspends all military aid to Ukraine in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row

Decision affects ammunition, vehicles and other equipment including weapons in transitThe Trump administration has suspended delivery of all US military aid to Ukraine, blocking billions in crucial shipments as the White House piles pressure on Ukraine to sue for peace with Vladimir Putin.The decisi...

04/03/2025 02:55 The Guardian
Customers urged to test for HIV and blood-borne viruses after Sydney beauty clinic searched

‘Highly concerning’ infection-control practices, including use of veterinary equipment, discovered by NSW HCCC and public health unit at Ketthip Beauty ClinicFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCustomers of a central Sy...

04/03/2025 02:36 The Guardian
Most school leaders in England, Wales and NI say pupils’ parents have abused them

Parents banned from school sites after leaders spat at and trolled, poll findsFour in five school leaders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland say they have suffered abuse from pupils’ parents in the past year, according to a poll that found they had been spat at, trolled on social media and eve...

04/03/2025 00:01 The Guardian
The LA Times published an op-ed warning of AI’s dangers. It also published its AI tool’s reply

‘Insight’ labeled the argument ‘center-left’ and created a reply insisting AI will make storytelling more democraticBeneath a recent Los Angeles Times opinion piece about the dangers of artificial intelligence, there is now an AI-generated response about how AI will make storytelling more de...

03/03/2025 23:58 The Guardian
More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report

Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to healthMore than half of adults and a third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, posing an “unparalleled threat” of early death, disease and enormous...

03/03/2025 23:30 The Guardian
King Charles ‘determined to play part’ in diplomacy as he welcomes Trudeau

Monarch keen to put his soft power to use amid Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Canada and tension over UkraineKing Charles is “very conscious” of his global responsibility and unique diplomatic role, and is determined to put that to use, a royal source said, after his meeting with the Canadian...

03/03/2025 22:32 The Guardian
Trump says ‘no room left’ for deal that avoids tariffs on Mexico and Canada

Announcement leads to sharp sell-off on Wall Street as Trump also vows tariffs on farm products starting in AprilThe US will press ahead with steep tariffs on Canada and Mexico from Tuesday, Donald Trump has said, setting the stage for a trade war with his country’s two largest economic partners.H...

03/03/2025 22:25 The Guardian
White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia

Sources say work on so-called ‘options paper’ comes as Trump seeks to restore Moscow ties and end Ukraine warThe United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a US official and another...

03/03/2025 19:52 The Guardian
Britain is back: did Ukraine crisis talks create a post-Brexit turning point?

Keir Starmer won praise for taking the UK ‘back to the heart of Europe’ at the weekend, but will it be a long-term move?Britain is back. That was the concise verdict of Eléonore Caroit, the vice-chair of the French national assembly’s foreign affairs committee. And the optics of Sunday’s cr...

03/03/2025 19:30 The Guardian
Slim majority of Americans support Ukraine, poll finds

Poll conducted before meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy says 52% of respondents ‘personally support’ UkraineA US poll taken before the diplomatic meltdown in the Oval Office on Friday between Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, found that only 4% of surveyed Americans...

03/03/2025 19:19 The Guardian
Minister said NHS could use Dyson ventilators to help firm’s marketing, Covid inquiry told

Machines could be marketed as ‘used in UK hospitals’ after James Dyson spoke to PM, inquiry hearsA minister warned a senior official that ventilators might need to be bought from Sir James Dyson “so that he [could] then market [them] internationally” as “being used in UK hospitals” after...

03/03/2025 19:04 The Guardian
German citizen, 40, identified as Mannheim suspect after two killed as car driven into crowd – as it happened

Police say no evidence that more suspects were involved in incident which left several people badly injured. This live blog is closedTwo dead after car driven into crowds in German city of Mannheimin DublinThe Irish government has drafted legislation to remove a de facto ban on any more than 12 troo...

03/03/2025 18:25 The Guardian
Trump criticises European leaders at Starmer’s Ukraine summit for saying they need US support – as it happened

US president claims admission that Europe needs US help to deter Russia ‘not great in terms of a show of strength’. This live blog is closedAs Jakub Krupa and Martin Belam report on our Europe live blog, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is floating proposals for a month-long ceasefire in U...

03/03/2025 18:22 The Guardian
Trump outraged at Zelenskyy saying end of Russia-Ukraine war could be ‘very far away’

US president responds to Ukrainian president’s most recent interview, following blow-up in the Oval Office last weekUS politics live – latest updatesThe rift between Washington and Kyiv over a potential ceasefire in the war with Russia deepened on Monday as Donald Trump was said to be considerin...

03/03/2025 18:22 The Guardian
Western countries must keep military aid flowing to Ukraine, Starmer warns

PM tells MPs that Kyiv will need money and weapons even after a peace deal as US considers stopping supportWestern countries must keep military aid flowing to Ukraine, Keir Starmer has warned, amid reports that the US president, Donald Trump, is considering stopping US support to Kyiv altogether.The...

03/03/2025 18:21 The Guardian
UK-France tensions over plan to seize $350bn Russia assets for US arms

Macron fears approach would breach principle of immunity of sovereign assets and undermine efforts to strengthen European defence Tensions have surfaced between France and the UK over whether $350bn of frozen Russian assets can be seized and then offered to the US to buy defence equipment, binding A...

03/03/2025 18:11 The Guardian
Israel prepares Gaza ‘hell plan’ to pile pressure on Hamas – reports

Israel may cut off electricity to try to secure more hostage releases, as both sides prepare for war to restartThe Israeli government is reportedly planning to ratchet up its blockade on Gaza as part of what it has called a “hell plan” to pressure Hamas into further hostage releases without a tr...

03/03/2025 18:04 The Guardian
Jubilant Brazilians hail I’m Still Here’s Oscar as landmark in fight for justice

Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie turns focus on dark time in country’s history and more recent coup attemptAhead of the Oscars ceremony, Brazil’s Fernanda Torres – star of Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie I’m Still Here – had warned her compatriots not to get into a “Worl...

03/03/2025 17:11 The Guardian
France suggests partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine

Such a truce would determine whether Putin is ‘acting in good faith’, French foreign minister saysFrance is proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister have said, as European efforts to bolster support for Kyiv accelerate in the face o...

03/03/2025 17:09 The Guardian
UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US

Volker Türk alarmed at growing power of ‘unelected tech oligarchs’ and warns gender equality is being rolled backThe UN human rights chief has warned of a “fundamental shift” in the US and sounded the alarm over the growing power of “unelected tech oligarchs”, in a stinging rebuke of Wa...

03/03/2025 16:18 The Guardian
Tories compare Nigel Farage to Jeremy Corbyn over Ukraine war

Reform leader accused of ‘equivocating over Russia’s illegal war’ after criticising Volodymyr ZelenskyyThe Conservatives have compared Nigel Farage to Jeremy Corbyn after the Reform UK leader said Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been “rude” to Donald Trump, as well as criticising the Ukrainian pre...

03/03/2025 16:08 The Guardian
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