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Trump tariffs likely to drag down weak UK growth, Bank policymaker warns

10/04/2025 17:43 The Guardian

Sarah Breedon says too early to judge impact on inflation of ‘most significant change in trade policy in a century’Business live – latest updatesUK economic growth will be hit by US tariffs, which are the biggest trade policy change in a century, a senior Bank of England official has warned.Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s deputy governor for financial stability, said on Thursday that business activity was likely to be adversely affected by Donald Trump’s tariff regime, dragging down the UK’s already weak growth rate. Continue reading...

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Russia-Ukraine war live: Rubio threatens to walk away from peace talks as outline of US minerals deal revealed

‘We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,’ US secretary of state saysThe Kremlin said on Friday that some progress had already been made in talks about a possible peace settlement to end the war in Ukraine but that contacts were rather complicated with the U...

18/04/2025 11:05 The Guardian
UK wildfires expose ‘postcode lottery’ of firefighting resources, says union

Exclusive: Head of Fire Brigades Union calls for statutory body to set national standards amid fears for public safetyNational parks warn of ‘catastrophic’ risk this EasterWildfires across the UK during hot, dry springs and summers have exposed a “postcode lottery” of firefighting resources...

18/04/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Senate Democrat meets Ábrego García in El Salvador as legal battles continue – US politics live

Visit by Maryland’s Chris Van Hollen comes as a federal appeals court rules against the Trump’s administration’s efforts to block return to the USUS secretary of state Marco Rubio said Friday that the US may “move on” from trying to secure a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is no progres...

18/04/2025 10:54 The Guardian
Dramatic rise in fake political content on social media as Canada prepares to vote

Report finds over a quarter of Canadians exposed to ‘more sophisticated and more politically polarizing’ fake contentMore than a quarter of Canadians have been exposed to fake political content on social media that is “more sophisticated and more politically polarizing” as the country prepar...

18/04/2025 10:30 The Guardian
UK national parks warn of ‘catastrophic’ risk from wildfires this Easter

Weeks of fires amid warm and dry spell have decimated ecosystems and threatened endangered species, say expertsWildfires expose ‘postcode lottery’ of firefighting resourcesBritain’s national parks have warned of a “catastrophic” risk from wildfires this Easter after one of the driest early...

18/04/2025 10:25 The Guardian
US forges ahead with plans for steep port fees on China-built vessels

New rules part of effort to revive US shipbuilding, but penalties scaled back after warnings about impact on consumersThe Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to charge steep fees on Chinese-built ships for stopping at US ports in an effort to revive its shipbuilding industry, but scaled...

18/04/2025 09:44 The Guardian
US ready to abandon Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress, says Marco Rubio

Secretary of state threatens to pull plug ‘within days’, as Kyiv says it has signed mineral deal memorandumRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe US will abandon its efforts “within days” to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine unless there are clear signs a settlement...

18/04/2025 09:23 The Guardian
Macron hosts ‘excellent’ ceasefire talks with top US, European and Ukrainian officials

Senior diplomats set to meet again in London next week after ‘very productive’ Paris summit to revive stalled effortsSenior US, European and Ukrainian diplomats will meet again in London next week, the Élysée Palace has said, after what a French official described as an “excellent” day of...

17/04/2025 21:26 The Guardian
Trump administration moves to narrow protections for endangered species

Environmentalists warn new proposal from US wildlife agencies could lead to habitat destruction and extinctionThe Trump administration is planning to narrow protections for endangered species, in a move that environmentalists say would accelerate extinction by opening up critical habitats for develo...

17/04/2025 20:56 The Guardian
Trump signals support for EU-US trade deal amid mixed messages on Ukraine in Meloni White House visit – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Trump-Meloni meeting, read our full report:Meloni says Trump to visit Rome after Washington talks over tariffsAs we await further updates from the talks taking place at the Élysée, let me bring you some other stories from around Europe.Meanwhile,...

17/04/2025 19:35 The Guardian
NHS warned it must change guidance on single-sex spaces after court ruling

Equality watchdog says health service ‘now has clarity’ as managers draw up new policy for hospitals and surgeriesNHS bosses are scrambling to overhaul guidelines for single-sex spaces in thousands of hospitals and GP surgeries after the equality watchdog warned they would be pursued if they fai...

17/04/2025 18:15 The Guardian
Trans activists accuse UK equalities chief of ‘overreach’ for suggesting bans

EHRC’s Kishwer Falkner says trans women may be barred from some women’s spaces after supreme court rulingTrans rights campaigners have accused the head of the UK’s equalities regulator of “overreach” after she said trans women could be banned from women’s toilets, sports and hospital war...

17/04/2025 16:46 The Guardian
Russia removes Taliban from list of banned terrorist groups

Move paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with leadership of Afghanistan Russia has suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation, in a move that paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership of Afghanistan.No c...

17/04/2025 15:04 The Guardian
‘Why be toxic?’: Russell T Davies hits back at claims Doctor Who too woke

Screenwriter says he has no time for ‘online warriors’ criticising show, which now has two minority ethnic leadsThe Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies has said he has no time for “online warriors” who claim the show is too woke.Speaking to BBC Radio 2, the Welsh writer – who was also...

17/04/2025 13:39 The Guardian
Queen Elizabeth II’s solicitor managed offshore wealth for Assad’s uncle

Exclusive: Mark Bridges of Farrer & Co was trustee for Rifaat al-Assad, who was charged with war crimes in 2024Queen Elizabeth II’s private solicitor spent eight years helping to manage the offshore wealth of the uncle of the recently deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, an investigation h...

17/04/2025 13:31 The Guardian
Germany will not invite Russia and Belarus to second world war commemoration

Moscow and Minsk ambassadors excluded over concerns they could ‘exploit’ event for anti-Ukraine propagandaThe ambassadors of Russia and Belarus will not be invited to the German parliament’s commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war over concerns they could “e...

17/04/2025 13:15 The Guardian
ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’

United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil warThe international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on whether the United Arab Emirates can be plausibly found “complicit in the commission of genocide” by arming the...

17/04/2025 13:00 The Guardian
Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again

Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattleBibles, bullets and beef: Amazon cowboy culture at odds with Brazil’s climate goalsThe life and death of a ‘laundered’ cow in the Amazon rainforestThe world’s largest meat company, JBS,...

17/04/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Sainsbury’s expects supermarket price war and rising costs to hit profits

Group joins UK retailers’ £1bn profits club but warns of flat year ahead despite cost-cutting plansBusiness live – latest updatesSainsbury’s has warned that profits are not likely to rise this year as it braces for an expected price war among the UK’s supermarkets and faces rising costs fro...

17/04/2025 10:07 The Guardian
Donald Trump calls Harvard a ‘joke’ and says it should be stripped of funds – US politics live

President says university should lose government research contracts after it refused demands to accept outside political supervisionPronouncing himself “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s favorable attitude to Russia and Vladimir Putin, the former UK defence minister Grant Shapps said the US preside...

17/04/2025 08:57 The Guardian
Temu and Shein warn of US price hikes from next week due to Trump tariffs

Shein says ‘operating expenses have gone up’ as both Chinese retailers also drop ad spending in USTwo of China’s largest fast fashion retailers, Temu and Shein, have warned US customers that they will face price increases from next week, as Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs on Chinese imports com...

17/04/2025 08:12 The Guardian
Australia news live: Turnbull says negative gearing ‘examined by every government’; measles warning issued for greater Melbourne area

Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, fr...

17/04/2025 07:27 The Guardian
Putin’s play for an Indonesian airbase was always likely to fail – but Russia has wider ambitions

Russia remains a key arms supplier in South-east Asia, and Trump’s unstable leadership is providing more opportunities to make inroadsA defence industry report claiming that Russia requested a permanent base for its warplanes in Indonesia’s remote Papua region, right on Australia’s northern do...

17/04/2025 05:13 The Guardian
A third of UK school staff report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students

A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household itemsA third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets to buy basic household items such as cookers, bedding...

17/04/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Australia to woo US’s ‘smartest minds’ disfranchised by Trump research cuts

New talent program aims to attract academics fleeing US as administration slashes higher education funding Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe “smartest minds” in the United States will be beckoned to...

17/04/2025 04:46 The Guardian
Ex-UK defence minister ‘disgusted’ by Trump’s attitude to Putin and Russia

Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civiliansPronouncing himself “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s favorable attitude to Russia and Vladimir Putin, the former UK defence minister Grant Shapps said the US president calling...

17/04/2025 04:01 The Guardian
Trump press secretary attacks Maryland senator for traveling to El Salvador – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can read our latest story hereUS attorney general Pam Bondi on Wednesday unveiled legal action against Maine, in an escalation of Donald Trump’s conflict with the state for refusing to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports.Reuter...

17/04/2025 01:37 The Guardian
Fed chair says Trump tariffs could make inflation worse as US stocks slide further

Value of Nvidia dropped by billions on Wednesday after president imposed new restrictions on the chip giantThe US Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, warned Donald Trump’s tariffs were generating a “challenging scenario” for the central bank and were likely to worsen inflation.Powell’s com...

16/04/2025 20:26 The Guardian
Whole ecosystems ‘decimated’ by huge rise in UK wildfires

Blazes in some parts of the country are up by 1,200% since last year, as charities warn about effects on wildlifeEntire ecosystems have been “decimated” and endangered species put at risk after one of the worst wildfire seasons on record in the UK, charities have warned.Vast areas of habitat for...

16/04/2025 19:16 The Guardian
Israeli minister met David Lammy on ‘private’ visit to UK, Foreign Office says

Activist groups make request for arrest warrant to be issued for Gideon Sa’ar after unannounced trip to LondonThe UK Foreign Office has confirmed that the foreign secretary, David Lammy, met his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa’ar, while Sa’ar was on an unannounced visit to London.The Foreign Of...

16/04/2025 18:58 The Guardian
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