UK momentum on Ukraine has dropped under Labour, Ben Wallace says

09/11/2024 12:12 The Guardian

Former Tory defence minister says leadership of Sunak era is lacking and bureaucracy is holding up equipmentMomentum on Ukraine has “dropped back” since Labour took office, according to the ex-Tory defence minister and former army officer Sir Ben Wallace.Responding to recent comments by Kyiv officials that Ukraine’s relationship with the UK has “got worse” since Keir Starmer was elected prime minister, Wallace said that was because “the leadership that Britain showed right from the start has started to drop back into the pack”. Continue reading...

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Canadian minister says ‘not everyone is welcome’ amid Trump migrant threat

Immigration minister Marc Miller’s comments come as country braces for migrant rise when Trump takes officeUS politics – live updatesCanada’s immigration minister has said “not everyone is welcome” in the country as officials brace for an increase of migrants when Donald Trump returns to t...

12/11/2024 21:06 The Guardian

Sue Gray rejects envoy role amid warnings Keir Starmer was to withdraw offer

Allies of Starmer’s ex-chief of staff say she has turned down nations and regions roleSue Gray has decided not to take up the post of nation and regions envoy after it became clear Keir Starmer was planning to withdraw his offer, the Guardian understands.Sources said the prime minister’s former...

12/11/2024 18:25 The Guardian

Trump builds hawkish team with Rubio and Waltz tipped for top jobs

President-elect expected to pick Marco Rubio for secretary of state and Mike Waltz for national security adviserDonald Trump has chosen a pair of establishment Republicans from Florida for senior roles in his administration as he builds a national security team that looks more hawkish than the isola...

12/11/2024 18:12 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Aid entering Gaza is lowest in months, says Unrwa, as US deadline approaches

US had warned Israel a month ago that it had just 30 days to address humanitarian crisisImages sent over the news wires show smoke billowing over Beirut after Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital.Lebanese media is reporting that two people have been killed and six wounded i...

12/11/2024 17:53 The Guardian

‘Toxic cocktail’ led to Amsterdam violence, mayor says

Antisemitism, hooliganism and anger over Gaza war all factors in trouble that broke out last week, report saysThe violence that erupted in Amsterdam last week was sparked by “a toxic cocktail” of hooliganism and antisemitism, according to a detailed report published by the city’s mayor.The cit...

12/11/2024 17:08 The Guardian

Spain braces for new storms as flooding disaster’s political fallout continues

King Felipe VI reportedly plans to revisit Valencia amid alerts for heavy rain, high waves and strong windsPeople in flood-hit Spain stacked sandbags and braced for new storms on Tuesday as the political repercussions from last month’s deadly climate disaster rumbled on.Amid fresh weather warnings...

12/11/2024 16:43 The Guardian

Inquiry told of hunt for ‘ground zero’ in novichok poisoning of Sergei Skripal

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12/11/2024 16:04 The Guardian

Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show

Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interestsMajor oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954, newly unea...

12/11/2024 15:00 The Guardian

UK jobs market cools as businesses warn over budget hit to hiring and prices

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12/11/2024 14:48 The Guardian

Moscow doctor accused by patient of criticising war is jailed for five years

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12/11/2024 14:47 The Guardian

China must face ‘higher cost’ for backing Russia in Ukraine, says next EU foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas says Ukraine’s victory in war is ‘a priority for us all’, adding that it is also in the US interestChina should face “a higher cost” for supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine, the EU’s incoming foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said.The former Estonian prime minis...

12/11/2024 14:29 The Guardian

Why the Trump administration will be bad for Americans’ health

Experts say president-elect is likely to oppose policies such as universal healthcare and measures to reduce smokingDonald Trump will take office with a pledge to “make America healthy again”, even as growing evidence shows the president-elect’s conservative policy agenda is associated with wo...

12/11/2024 14:00 The Guardian

Trump poised to appoint Rubio; judge decides whether to overturn criminal conviction – US politics live

Former Republican challenger likely to become secretary of state as further developments expected in Trump’s legal battlesRobert Tait is a journalist based in Washington DCDonald Trump has demanded that the three frontrunners to lead the Senate allow him to appoint officials to his new administrat...

12/11/2024 11:16 The Guardian

Philippines set to be hit by fifth major storm in less than a month

Tropical Storm Usagi is days away from making landfall, after Typhoon Toraji, Severe Tropical Storm Trami, Typhoon Yinxing and Super Typhoon Kong-reyThe Philippines issued new weather warnings on Tuesday as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago, days after thousands were...

12/11/2024 04:19 The Guardian

Cheapest economy airfares more than doubled on some routes after collapse of Rex flights

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12/11/2024 02:34 The Guardian

Trump reportedly picks China critic Mike Waltz as national security adviser – as it happened

This blog is closed, thanks for following along. Trump picks ally Lee Zeldin as environment chief and vows to scrap rulesWho else could be in Trump’s cabinet?US president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), will...

12/11/2024 02:33 The Guardian

‘Days of severe storms’ to rumble across Australia, with hail and millions of lightning strikes expected

Low pressure troughs sitting over swaths of the country are being charged by warmer-than-average ocean temperatures, weather expert saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDays of severe storms have been forecast for every...

12/11/2024 02:02 The Guardian

UK disability charities say NICs rise will cause ‘life-changing’ cuts

Groups providing vital services say impact of tax and minimum wage rises will lead to cutbacksCharities have warned of “life-changing consequences” for a million vulnerable children and adults as a result of cuts to state-funded disability services driven by tax changes and wage rises announced...

12/11/2024 00:03 The Guardian

Harriet Tubman awarded posthumous rank of general on Veterans Day

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11/11/2024 23:01 The Guardian

Assisted dying bill’s ‘strict’ safeguards to include long jail terms for coercion

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s proposed legislation also includes powers for judges to cross-examine patientsA historic bill to legalise assisted dying will set out hardline safeguards, including lengthy prison sentences for coercion and powers for judges to cross-examine patients.The Labour MP Kim Le...

11/11/2024 22:07 The Guardian

Trump picks ally Lee Zeldin as environment chief and vows to roll back rules

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11/11/2024 21:50 The Guardian

Wreck of lost US second world warship known as ‘the dancing mouse’ found

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11/11/2024 21:01 The Guardian

Australia news live: Qantas faces inquiry over use of airport slots; Chalmers warns ‘nobody wins from a trade war’

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11/11/2024 20:19 The Guardian

Trump to name immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy

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11/11/2024 18:44 The Guardian

Pay for NHS chiefs to be linked to performance with ‘no more rewards for failure’, Wes Streeting says – as it happened

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11/11/2024 17:45 The Guardian

Official feared child would find discarded novichok, inquiry hears

Ex-chief medical officer says it is possible she may not have made a public warning over risksThe former chief medical officer for England claimed she had a “strong recollection” of advising the public not to pick up objects they found near the scene of the novichok attack on the Russian ex-spy...

11/11/2024 17:45 The Guardian

Trump demands Senate allow him to circumvent hearings to appoint cabinet

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11/11/2024 17:03 The Guardian

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11/11/2024 16:51 The Guardian

Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy

Art police and Pisa prosecutor say 38 people being investigated, with about 2,100 fake artworks seizedItalian police have dismantled a Europe-wide forgery network suspected of producing sophisticated replicas of works by some of the world’s most famous artists, including Banksy, Pablo Picasso, And...

11/11/2024 16:37 The Guardian

Arizona attorney general says she won’t drop Trump fake electors case

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11/11/2024 14:29 The Guardian

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