Trump reportedly fires watchdog who oversees USAid after damning report

12/02/2025 01:01 The Guardian

Paul Martin, an independent inspector general and Biden appointee, warned of drastic effects of shuttering USAidDonald Trump reportedly fired the federal watchdog responsible for overseeing the US Agency for International Development (USAid) on Tuesday, one day after the independent inspector general issued a damning report detailing the impact of the president’s sudden dismantling of the agency.Paul Martin, who was appointed by Joe Biden in December 2023, was dismissed in an email from Trent Morse, deputy director of the White House office of presidential personnel, seen by the Washington Post. Continue reading...

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Russia ‘ready to legally confirm it has no intention of attacking EU or Nato’ – Europe live

Comments from deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov carried by state news agencyThe Guardian’s Russian affairs reporter, Pjotr Sauer, has some more detail on this developing story. Here is an extract from his report:Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, who oversees combat training and readiness for Russia’s...

22/12/2025 14:55 The Guardian

Larry Ellison provides personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

WBD had urged shareholders to reject $108.4bn hostile takeover bid from Paramount, which is controlled by the Ellisons, following $82.7bn Netflix deal The tech billionaire Larry Ellison has agreed to provide a personal guarantee of more than $40bn for Paramount Skydance’s fight to gain control of...

22/12/2025 14:11 The Guardian

‘A champion of Aboriginal rights’: Alice Springs leader Geoffrey Shaw dies aged 79

The 79-year-old Vietnam war veteran and founding member of the Central Land Council ‘believed deeply in service’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWarning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have diedOne of Central Australia’s m...

22/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back

Online activity shows the Base, headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro, sees US and Ukraine as key centersAmid high-profile arrests in its Spanish cell, the American-born and designated neo-Nazi terrorist group the Base – once a major preoccupation of FBI counter-terrorism efforts – has...

22/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Revealed: how big businesses are rolling back public support for Pride

Guardian analysis of 20 major companies in UK and US shows mentions of Pride on social media have fallen substantially in past two yearsThe UK’s biggest businesses are rolling back their public support for Pride celebrations, Guardian analysis suggests, prompting warnings that “clear signals”...

22/12/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Tories call EHRC chair’s comments a ‘disgrace’ after she warns ‘demonisation of migrants’ bad for UK – politics live

Chris Philp says Mary-Ann Stephenson is dismissing ‘legitimate concerns about mass migration’Mary-Ann Stephenson, the new chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has said that the “demonisation of migrants” is bad for Britain. (See 10.21am.)This morning we have published a video r...

22/12/2025 12:04 The Guardian

Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, say investigators

Russia’s Investigative Committee says it is looking into whether Ukraine intelligence services were behind attackA Russian general has been killed after an explosive device detonated beneath his car in what Moscow described as a likely assassination carried out by Ukrainian intelligence services.L...

22/12/2025 08:54 The Guardian

UK leaving European convention on human rights would be a mistake, equalities chief warns

Mary-Ann Stephenson defends convention as ‘really important’ and warns against demonisation of migrantsTaking the UK out of a European human rights treaty to quell rightwing anger over immigration would be a mistake, the new head of Britain’s equalities watchdog has said, as she warned against...

22/12/2025 08:31 The Guardian

2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast

Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates in south Cornwall and Devon, wildlife charity saysRecord numbers of sightings of one of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates over the summer have led the Wildlife Trusts to declare 2025 “the year of the octopus” in its annual review of B...

22/12/2025 06:01 The Guardian

‘Slightly haunted but manageable’: new signs cause confusion – and delight – in Christchurch

Six absurdist signs resembling official city council information boards have popped up across New Zealand’s second-largest cityOutside an abandoned building in New Zealand’s second-biggest city, a sign reads “slightly haunted but manageable”. In the middle of a busy shopping strip, pedestria...

22/12/2025 02:28 The Guardian

UK economy entering 2026 amid sharp private sector downturn, says CBI

Business lobby survey finds firms ‘put brakes on key spending decisions’ before autumn budgetHeather Stewart: Four reasons to be cheerful about UK plc in 2026Wes Streeting urges closer EU trading ties to grow economyUK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands firms pile of paperworkBusiness leade...

22/12/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Ukrainian and European officials had ‘productive’ talks on ending war, US envoy says

Steve Witkoff says representatives share goals to stop killing, support Ukraine and end war with RussiaA White House envoy said on Sunday he held “productive and constructive” talks in Florida with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine....

21/12/2025 23:04 The Guardian

Kremlin renews criticism of Europe’s efforts to amend US plan to end Ukraine war

Putin’s top foreign policy aid says proposals could prolong conflict as talks with US negotiators are held in MiamiRussia has renewed its criticism of efforts by Europe and Ukraine to amend US proposals to end the war in Ukraine, saying they did not improve prospects for peace.Vladimir Putin’s t...

21/12/2025 16:52 The Guardian

Starmer has no coherent social mobility plan, says top government adviser

Exclusive: Warning from Social Mobility Commission chair comes after UK report found ‘entrenched disadvantages’Keir Starmer has no coherent strategy to tackle entrenched inequalities harming the life chances of millions of people, the government’s social mobility commissioner has said.A report...

21/12/2025 16:21 The Guardian

Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies aged 105

Schab was a 21-year-old navy musician aboard USS Dobbin when Japan carried out surprise attack in 1941A second world war veteran who was among the last survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor died on Saturday.Ira “Ike” Schab, who served in the US navy at the time of the bombing, w...

21/12/2025 14:40 The Guardian

Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending

Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out The notion of humanitarian aid being used to combat poverty and hunger is being replaced in Europe with geopolitical “games” as states redirect aid to Ukrain...

21/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Sea change: the drive to restore millions of oysters on the Norfolk coast

The first ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks aims to rebuild habitats – and could reshape the North SeaAllie Wharf’s career unfolded amid conflict. As a senior foreign producer for Newsnight, she reported on Iraq and Afghanistan. Just two years ago, she was filming mass graves in Ukraine...

21/12/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Alarm over ‘exploding’ rise in use of sanctions-busting shadow fleet

Fear that confrontation is on the cards as policing of ships becomes more aggressive and Russia challenges EuropeThe “shadow fleet” used by Russia, Iran and Venezuela to avoid western sanctions and ship cargo to customers including China and India is “exploding” in its scale and scope, and t...

21/12/2025 11:33 The Guardian

Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – UK politics live

Anna Turley says people will start to ‘see and feel’ change in public services and cost of living from next yearIn an interview with The Observer newspaper this weekend, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, insisted Starmer has his “absolute support”.He was forced to deny in November that he...

21/12/2025 10:19 The Guardian

Dover ferry delays hit Christmas travellers after French border IT failure

Port says it is working to resolve issues but urges passengers not to arrive more than two hours before departureThe Christmas travel plans of tens of thousands of ferry passengers at the Port of Dover have been delayed by IT problems with French border control.Millions of motorists hit the roads th...

20/12/2025 13:39 The Guardian

UK aid cuts take 40% from funds to counter Russian threat in western Balkans

Funding to tackle misinformation and cyber-attacks, and boost democracy, cut from £40m to £24mKeir Starmer’s raid on overseas aid has led to a 40% cut in funds for countering Russian aggression and misinformation in a region of Europe described by the prime minister as vital to the UK’s nation...

20/12/2025 08:00 The Guardian

Trump and top aides refuse to rule out war with Venezuela

President Nicolás Maduro orders Venezuelan navy to escort oil tankers after seizure by US forcesWhat action is Trump taking against Venezuela’s oil industry?Donald Trump and his top advisers have refused to rule out the potential for open conflict with Venezuela as Nicolás Maduro urged his navy...

19/12/2025 19:12 The Guardian

New leader says Unison will end support for ‘destructive’ Labour right wing

Blunt remarks indicate UK’s largest union may be on collision course with Wes Streeting and Labour more widelyAndrea Egan: My warning as the new head of UnisonThe new general secretary of Unison has declared the trade union will end its support for the “destructive right wing of the Labour party...

19/12/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Gaza no longer in famine but hunger levels remain critical, UN says

Monitor says almost one in eight people face food shortages as flooding and cold exacerbate humanitarian emergencyThe famine in Gaza has ended as a result of increased humanitarian aid deliveries into the territory, the UN said on Friday, though it warned that levels of hunger and the humanitarian s...

19/12/2025 17:58 The Guardian

Zelenskyy and Polish PM hail EU’s €90bn loan: ‘Scariest thing for Russians is when we’re together’ – as it happened

Ukrainian leader welcomes move as Donald Tusk says ‘it could be better’ after Russian frozen assets left out of dealEU leaders agree €90bn loan for Ukraine but without use of frozen Russian assetsIn his first comments on Ukraine, Putin swiftly blames Kyiv for the continuing war, saying “they...

19/12/2025 17:30 The Guardian

Ukraine attacks Russian ‘shadow’ tanker off Libyan coast

Reportedly critical drone strike is first in Mediterranean since full-scale invasion began as maritime conflict grows‘There are hundreds’: tracking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankersUkraine says it has attacked a Russian “shadow fleet” tanker with aerial drones 1,250 miles (2,000km...

19/12/2025 14:37 The Guardian

Trump says war with Venezuela is possible – US politics live

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19/12/2025 14:08 The Guardian

Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns

Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’A sociologist who surveyed more than 100 young transgender people and their parents following a puberty blocker ban in the UK has warne...

19/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

EU’s Ukraine loan may have been Plan B, but don’t underestimate its significance to the bloc

This €90bn agreement won out over a plan to use frozen Russian assets, but has been hailed a ‘huge deal for the EU’The EU’s failure to agree a “reparations loan” to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets was a political blow to the bloc’s big beasts, but the last-gasp alternative it d...

19/12/2025 13:36 The Guardian

First Thing: Brown University shooting suspect died from self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials say

Claudio Neves Valente, who was found dead in a storage facility, also killed an MIT professor. Plus, what will your life look like in 2035?Good morning.A man suspected of killing two people and wounding nine others at Brown University before going on to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology p...

19/12/2025 12:38 The Guardian

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