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Trump’s foreign aid cuts could be ‘big strategic mistake’, says Lammy

07/02/2025 16:00 The Guardian

Exclusive: Move allows China to further global influence, UK foreign secretary says on Ukraine visitDonald Trump’s plans to make dramatic cuts to the United States’ international aid budget could be a “big strategic mistake” that allows China to step in and further its global influence, the UK foreign secretary has said.David Lammy cautioned that Britain’s own experience of merging the Department for International Development into the Foreign Office, announced by Boris Johnson in 2020 with little fanfare, was a serious blow to Britain’s “soft power” in developing countries and beyond. Continue reading...

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Trump calls for closure of USAid as analysts warn of disastrous effects on humanitarian aid and ceding ground to China – live

Sudden 90-day USAid funding suspension has resulted in chaos: employees locked out of offices, shipments left to rot, and lifesaving assistance stoppedJust 611 essential USAid employees will remain – reportThe International Criminal Court has condemned US sanctions against its staff, saying the mo...

07/02/2025 17:55 The Guardian
Hamas names three Israeli hostages to be released after alleging ceasefire breach – as it happened

Hamas accuses Israel of delaying humanitarian aid trucks before next round of hostage and prisoner releases due on Saturday. This live blog is closedIran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Friday that his country would reciprocate if the United States threatened or carried out actio...

07/02/2025 17:21 The Guardian
Trump’s Gaza plan suggests his pro-settler advisers are in the ascendant

Idea of US occupying Gaza and pushing out the Palestinians delights Israel’s pro-settler movement and its US alliesWhen Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington this week, his first stop was to meet evangelical Christian leaders, who have cheered on Israel in the war in Gaza in an alliance with th...

07/02/2025 17:16 The Guardian
Netflix increases UK subscription prices despite record audience

Analysts warn streaming service needs to tread carefully as its standard subscription rate goes up by 18%Whether you are binging The Night Agent or American Primeval, getting a Netflix fix has become pricier in the UK as the streaming giant increased subscription costs despite a record audience.The...

07/02/2025 17:01 The Guardian
Some people on sickness and disability benefits ‘taking the mickey’, says Liz Kendall – as it happened

The work and pensions secretary said those who think they were unable to work probably could with the right support. This live blog is closedLord Hermer, the attorney general, must be getting used to bad publicity, but there is an article in the Times today that ought to worry him more than others.A...

07/02/2025 16:03 The Guardian
UK can’t say ‘job done’ on fighting inflation, says Bank of England’s Huw Pill

Chief economist warns that ‘cautious’ approach to further interest rate reductions is requiredThe Bank of England is not in a position to declare “job done” in tackling inflation amid concerns over rising prices hitting households, Threadneedle Street’s chief economist, Huw Pill, has said....

07/02/2025 15:50 The Guardian
Greenland could hold referendum on independence from Denmark – as it happened

Greenlandic parliament calls for snap election for 11 March as ruling party, Siumut, proposes accelerating independence process. This live blog is closedGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that US president Donald Trump was wrong to impose sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC)...

07/02/2025 15:23 The Guardian
Extremists who were targeted by FBI cheer Trump Maga pick to head agency

Experts warn if Kash Patel is confirmed the agency will ‘abandon any serious efforts to confront far-right groups’Some extremists who were recently the targets of the FBI are applauding Donald Trump’s appointment of Maga loyalist Kash Patel as its new director, which experts are warning is a s...

07/02/2025 15:00 The Guardian
Sudanese military reports sweeping gains in battle for capital

Army making rapid advances across the country and closing in on RSF-held Republican Palace in KhartoumSudan’s brutal civil war appears to be approaching a decisive phase as the country’s military reported sweeping gains in the symbolic battle for the capital.As a ruinous conflict, often characte...

07/02/2025 14:44 The Guardian
FBI gives in to justice department demand for list of January 6 investigators

Agency submitted list, excluding names, of up to 6,000 agents involved in investigating 2021 Capitol attackUS politics live – latest updatesThe FBI has complied with a US justice department demand for a list of names of agents who worked on investigations related to the 6 January 2021 insurrection...

07/02/2025 14:36 The Guardian
Azerbaijan escalates rare standoff with Russia over downing of passenger plane

Baku reportedly preparing to appeal to ‘an international court’ unless Moscow takes responsibility for crash Europe live – latest updatesAzerbaijan is escalating its rare standoff with the Kremlin as the fallout from the downing of an Azerbaijani passenger jet continues, highlighting Russia’...

07/02/2025 10:00 The Guardian
‘Blatantly racist’: ABC arguing Lattouf must prove Middle Eastern races exist angers cultural groups

Arab Council Australia calls broadcaster’s legal defence ‘disturbing’, while Australian Lebanese Association notes ‘irony’ considering nature of caseAntoinette Lattouf hearing day five – as it happenedSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereThe ABC’s legal p...

07/02/2025 07:52 The Guardian
BoM warns of life-threatening flash floods in Queensland and severe storms in north-east Victoria – as it happened

This blog is now closedABC executive tells court there was ‘pressure from above’ over Antoinette Lattouf’s positionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastO’Neil makes housing announcements in lead-up to electionThe housing minister, Clare O’Neil, is in Parramatta today...

07/02/2025 06:45 The Guardian
Antoinette Lattouf hearing day five – as it happened

This blog is now closedABC executive tells court there was ‘pressure from above’ over Antoinette Lattouf’s positionStrong exchanges over Lattouf’s views on Israel-GazaOliver-Taylor is being strongly questioned about his understanding of Lattouf’s political views before she was removed from...

07/02/2025 06:19 The Guardian
Trump to sanction international court –- as it happened

Order says ICC issued ‘baseless’ arrest warrants targeting Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s ex-defense minister Yoav GallantSpain’s foreign minister José Manuel Albares on Thursday rejected the suggestion by Israeli defence minister Israel Katz that Spain should accept displaced Palestinians...

07/02/2025 02:16 The Guardian
Bondi disbands FBI ‘foreign influence task force’ as Musk boosts Russia-linked hoax smearing USAid and Ben Stiller – live

Attorney general dissolves taskforce aimed at combatting foreign influence operations ‘to end abuses of prosecutorial discretion’Today is the deadline for federal workers to accept a buyout offer issued to employees by the Office of Personnel Management 28 January.The Washington Post reports tha...

07/02/2025 00:33 The Guardian
Alleged Russian spy denies knowing of ‘honeytrap’ plan to target journalist

London-based Vanya Gaberova, 30, tells Old Bailey she was lied to and manipulated by alleged spy ringAn alleged Russian spy tearfully told the Old Bailey she knew nothing of plans to deploy her as a “honeytrap” and claimed she was “lied to, manipulated, used, and exposed”.London-based Vanya...

06/02/2025 21:49 The Guardian
Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs

US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to KremlinThe US justice department under Donald Trump is disbanding an effort started after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin...

06/02/2025 20:36 The Guardian
‘Stagflation’ fears as Bank of England cuts growth forecast and warns of price rises

UK economy expected to grow by just 0.75% this year, in fresh blow to Rachel Reeves’s attempts to raise confidenceRachel Reeves’s plans for growth suffered a double blow after the Bank of England halved its forecast for the year and warned households would face mounting pressure from rising pric...

06/02/2025 19:52 The Guardian
Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid

Elon Musk-led razing of US foreign aid agency led strong-arm rulers in Hungary, Belarus and elsewhere to celebrateMoscow has welcomed the impending dissolution of USAid, joining a chorus of strongman leaders declaring victory over an organisation they have long portrayed as a vehicle of American pol...

06/02/2025 19:13 The Guardian
Starmer pledges to ‘build, baby, build’ as green groups criticise nuclear plans

Greenpeace says PM has ‘swallowed industry spin whole’ after plans unveiled to expand in England and WalesKeir Starmer has channelled his inner Donald Trump and promised to “build, baby, build” in his push for more nuclear power stations, despite warnings from environmental groups about the...

06/02/2025 17:30 The Guardian
Trump doubles down on Gaza takeover proposal despite bipartisan opposition

President says territory would be ‘turned over’ to US by Israel as it emerges idea was not discussed with aidesDonald Trump has restated his proposal to take over Gaza amid widespread opposition – even from his own supporters – saying the territory would be “turned over” to the US by Isr...

06/02/2025 16:39 The Guardian
Back-to-back storms to bring snow and freezing rain to 22 US states

Weather alerts in place for 100 million people as states from Nebraska to Massachusetts brace for disruptionsA series of back-to-back winter storms will hit parts of the midwest, north-east and mid-Atlantic as weather alerts were put in place on Thursday for about 100 million people across 22 US sta...

06/02/2025 15:46 The Guardian
No room for reality as Yvette Cooper takes Nick Ferrari’s phone-in in her stride | John Crace

Neither home secretary nor presenter seemed willing to admit we live in an imperfect world we can’t fully controlThis was more like it. The kind of slow day when the government more or less looked like it was going to set the news agenda. Not be derailed by some catastrophe or cock-up. Or Donald T...

06/02/2025 14:06 The Guardian
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it

Dozens of New Orleanians have been bused to a site with no floor and no blankets days before the city is to host the Super BowlOn a pre-dawn morning in January, state police and other agencies directed by the Louisiana governor, Jeff Landry, descended on homeless encampments throughout downtown New...

06/02/2025 13:00 The Guardian
Blacklists naming ‘woke’ federal workers were funded by Project 2025 thinktank | First Thing

The American Accountability Foundation publishes pictures of federal workers it wants fired online. Plus, Spain scorns Israeli claim that it should take in Palestinians for opposing its war in GazaDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.A rightwing group behind a seri...

06/02/2025 12:14 The Guardian
Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% and halves UK growth forecast

Latest quarter-point reduction comes with warning households face inflation of 3.7% by autumnUnambiguously bleak forecasts pave way for spending cutsWhat does the rate cut mean for mortgages and savings?Business live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4.5%, as it halved...

06/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists

EU monitor says global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highsA run of record-breaking global temperatures has continued, even with a La Niña weather pattern cooling the tropical Pacific.The Copernicus Climate Change Service said last month was the w...

06/02/2025 09:41 The Guardian
Peter Dutton coy on what public servant jobs he will slash if he wins election

Public service minister Katy Gallagher says opposition leader’s words are ‘reckless’ and would bring back ‘expensive consultants’ and robodebtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton has yet to reveal any...

06/02/2025 07:54 The Guardian
Antoinette Lattouf hearing day four: ABC managing director tells court he hasn’t formed view on whether there is a Lebanese race – live

Unlawful termination claim is examining how and why reporter was taken off air after she posted about Israel-Gaza war on social mediaDavid Anderson is back in the witness box and has been promised the remaining questions won’t take long.Oshie Fagir is examining the communications between Anderson...

06/02/2025 06:05 The Guardian
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