Trump is targeting sanctuary cities to settle political scores and potentially arrest his opponents

15/08/2025 17:48 The Guardian

The president’s war on Democratic-run cities will not stop with Washington DC – it could get much worseUS politics live – latest updatesIt’s not about immigration – or rather, it’s not just about immigration.Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, sent letters this week to dozens of cities and counties around the country, warning them that their leaders could be prosecuted and federal funds stripped from their cities if they don’t “cooperate” with Donald Trump’s deportation scheme. Continue reading...

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Tropical storm turns into Hurricane Erin as it approaches Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

Hurricane is predicted pick up steam toward Florida before veering away from the US mainlandA tropical storm sped up to become Hurricane Erin mid-morning on Friday, as it approached Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides on its way to becomi...

15/08/2025 18:43 The Guardian

Guardian Australia wins Kennedy awards for outstanding digital innovation, photography and columnist

Leaving Gaza interactive, a portrait by Carly Earl, and columnist Ranjana Srivastava claim media accoladesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia has won three Kennedy awards for outstanding digital innovation, outstanding portrait photography and outstanding co...

15/08/2025 18:09 The Guardian

Public warned to keep away from injured dolphin filmed with Dorset swimmers

Conservationists flag dangers of human interaction after ‘Reggie’ filmed playing with familyThe public has been warned to keep away from an injured dolphin that was filmed dancing and playing with swimmers off the coast of Dorset earlier this month.The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), a gov...

15/08/2025 18:04 The Guardian

Trump says he wants to see a ceasefire and ‘won’t be happy if it’s not today’ – as it happened

Trump-Putin summit live updates: US and Russian leaders to meet in Alaska to discuss ending Ukraine warUS president says Russia needs to show willingness to seriously talk about the end of the war in Ukraine, as he travels to meeting in Anchorage, AlaskaAsked if his conversation with Trump will cove...

15/08/2025 17:57 The Guardian

Democrats introduce joint resolution to end Trump’s ‘lawless’ DC takeover

Legislation says special emergency conditions that would warrant federalization of DC police have not been metDemocratic lawmakers have introduced a joint resolution aimed at ending what they call Trump’s unlawful and unprecedented move to federalize the Metropolitan police department (MPD) in Was...

15/08/2025 16:52 The Guardian

King Charles leads 80th VJ Day commemoration in UK

The queen, Keir Starmer and veterans of second world war in Asia hear testimonies at remembrance serviceKing Charles led VJ Day commemorations in the UK as a national service of remembrance and two-minute silence marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the second world war and the end...

15/08/2025 16:49 The Guardian

Climate wars are simmering among the NSW Liberals – and they could pose a problem for Mark Speakman

Energy policy had been an area of mostly bipartisan agreement for the NSW opposition – until nowGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe never-ending war within the Coalition over energy policy and climate targets appears to have infected the New South Wales Liberals, as they...

15/08/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Ukraine says it has bombed Russian ship carrying drone parts at Caspian port

Attack on cargo vessel more than 500 miles from frontline is show of force before Trump-Putin meetingUkraine says it has conducted a long-range drone attack on a supply ship that it claims was carrying drone components from Iran, striking it at a port north of the Caspian Sea, in a show of force hou...

15/08/2025 14:55 The Guardian

Ukraine is fighting for the same values as allies did in second world war, says Keir Starmer – as it happened

Addressing reception marking 80th anniversary of VJ Day, prime minister says he spoke to Zelenskyy about allies’ values as Trump prepares to meet PutinAsylum seekers locked in detention centres as part of Labour’s “one in, one out” deal have said they had not heard of the scheme before arriv...

15/08/2025 14:42 The Guardian

Bondi sends ‘sanctuary cities’ letters to 32 mayors as Washington DC homeless encampments are cleared – live

US attorney general warns she intends to prosecute political leaders who are not, in her view, sufficiently supportive of immigration enforcementWashington DC’s only Home Depot was busy with contractors and customers on Thursday morning – but the Hispanic day laborers who usually gather and wait...

15/08/2025 13:20 The Guardian

Putin ready to make Ukraine deal, Trump says before Alaska summit

US president’s comment that Russian and Ukrainian leaders may have to ‘divvy’ things up likely to raise alarmDonald Trump has said he believes Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on the war in Ukraine as the two leaders prepare for their summit in Alaska on Friday, but his suggestion that t...

15/08/2025 12:34 The Guardian

UK rights watchdog warns against ‘heavy-handed’ policing of Gaza protests

EHRC calls for clearer guidance for officers to avoid creating a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expressionUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s official human rights watchdog has written to the government and police expressing concern at a potentially “heavy-handed” approach to prot...

15/08/2025 11:41 The Guardian

USSR sweatshirt and chicken kyiv: Russia dials up trolling before Alaska summit

Foreign minister’s attire and inflight menu for Russian media are latest in series of provocations towards UkraineIn a not-so-subtle act of trolling, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Alaska on the eve of the US–Russia summit wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with “CCCP”,...

15/08/2025 11:23 The Guardian

Democrats are fighting fire with fire over redistricting – but will democracy burn?

Trump’s plan to boost Republican House seats in the midterms through gerrymandering has provoked a reactionThe mid-decade redistricting war looming between Republicans and Democrats is exposing an idea that’s corroding American democracy – voters may not matter that much in determining who con...

15/08/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Several Palestinian people reported injured in overnight attack by Israeli settlers in West Bank – Middle East crisis live

Settlers attacked Palestinian people in village of Susya, south of Hebron, while separately settlers reportedly attacked village of Atara and set fire to vehiclesHere are some of the latest images being sent to us over the newswires from Gaza:Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has accused Lebanon’s gover...

15/08/2025 10:32 The Guardian

Palestine Action prosecutions should be suspended, say UK rights groups

Campaigners tell attorney general that proceeding with trials before judicial review raises legal and moral questionsUK politics live – latest updatesProtesters arrested for supporting Palestine Action should not be prosecuted until a legal challenge to a ban on the group has been heard, organisat...

15/08/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Farage urges Starmer to appoint Reform peers to House of Lords

Party leader’s demand dismissed by defence secretary as a plea for ‘more Putin apologists’ in parliamentUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has called for the right to nominate Reform UK supporters to the House of Lords, claiming this would address a “democratic disparity”.The...

15/08/2025 07:48 The Guardian

Friday briefing: How Palestine Action arrests expose a new authoritarian edge to UK police

In today’s newsletter: From peaceful demonstrations to political strategy, recent arrests reveal how the battle for key voters seems to be the biggest influence on the way the law is enforcedGood morning. An award-winning poet, a decorated army officer, and a retired head teacher are handcuffed...

15/08/2025 05:39 The Guardian

Putin hails ‘heroic’ North Korean troops fighting against Ukraine in letter to Kim Jong-un

Letter marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule a sign of increasingly close ties between Russia and North KoreaRussian president Vladimir Putin hailed North Korean troops sent to fight in Ukraine as “heroic” in a letter to Kim Jong-un, North Korean state media reported...

15/08/2025 04:15 The Guardian

‘What about our lives?’: emotions run high in frontline Ukrainian city over ceding land to Russia

Trump’s talk of ‘land swaps’ as a simple transaction belies grim reality of what it would mean for people in Zaporizhzhia The city of Zaporizhzhia, an industrial hub in south-east Ukraine, is as good a place as any to grasp the stakes of freezing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine along its curren...

15/08/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: UTS to ‘suspend’ 140 courses over six faculties; business council proposes plan to cut $110bn red tape

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning. Welcome to our lives news coverage this Friday - I’m Daisy Dumas and I’ll be guiding you through the headlines. Let’s get going.Australian War Memorial to mark 80th anniversary of second world wa...

14/08/2025 21:06 The Guardian

Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations

Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measuresTalks between nations to hammer out a plastics treaty to end plastic pollution continued behind closed doors in Geneva on Thursday, the final day of negotiations, as civil s...

14/08/2025 18:59 The Guardian

Republican doesn’t wear seatbelt in DC ‘because of carjacking’ despite data showing decline

Senator echoes Trump’s claims about crime in Washington DC, disputing statistics showing a drop in car thefts and other violationsUS politics live – latest updatesA Republican senator said that he doesn’t wear a seatbelt when he’s driving in Washington DC so he can act more swiftly if he get...

14/08/2025 17:38 The Guardian

King Charles to mark 80th anniversary of VJ Day with address

Monarch will pay tribute to military personnel and reflect on horrors experienced in Asia-Pacific regionKing Charles will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on Friday with a message paying tribute to the service and sacrifice of military personnel in the second world war who fought and died in the...

14/08/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Trump says Putin ‘wants to get it done’ at tomorrow’s Alaska summit, as he floats idea of second meeting with Zelenskyy – as it happened

US president indicates in interview that any deal would not be made without Zelenskyy ahead of Friday’s meeting in Alaskain BerlinGerman chancellor Friedrich Merz’s stab at heading up Ukraine diplomacy has received measured praise at home, with a perception that Donald Trump’s declarations aft...

14/08/2025 16:55 The Guardian

Protesters confront federal officers as Trump tightens grip on DC policing

Democratic leader says ‘no fucking way’ as president signals he could declare emergency to keep control past 30 daysUS politics live – latest updatesProtesters heckled federal law enforcement officials as they reportedly stopped dozens of cars at a checkpoint along a busy street in Washington...

14/08/2025 16:53 The Guardian

Scottish pupil named a Time magazine girl of the year for solar-powered blanket design

Rebecca Young, 13, named one of 10 ‘girls of the year’ for her invention intended to help rough sleepers in winterA Scottish schoolgirl has been named a “girl of the year” by Time magazine after she invented a solar-powered thermal blanket to help rough sleepers keep warm.Rebecca Young, 13,...

14/08/2025 16:27 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Bezalel Smotrich outlines plan for 3,000 new housing units in controversial West Bank settlement, reports say – as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can read all our coverage of the conflicts in the Middle East hereThe health ministry in Gaza has just issued a statement, saying four more people have died from famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours.This brings the total to 239 since the start of the war, includi...

14/08/2025 15:14 The Guardian

‘Demon’ rabbits growing hornlike warts in Colorado are no danger, scientists say

Cottontails seen in Fort Collins have mostly harmless Shope papillomavirus, which cannot be spread to other speciesA group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there is no reason to be spooked – the furry crea...

14/08/2025 14:53 The Guardian

Zelenskyy says he discussed security guarantees for Ukraine with Starmer at No 10 meeting – as it happened

Ukrainian president says leaders discussed how to make peace ‘truly durable if US succeeds in pressing Russia to stop the killings’Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has vowed to tackle the “yawning inequalities” in educational attainment.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, she...

14/08/2025 14:52 The Guardian

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