US reaches deal with China to speed up rare earth shipments, White House says, amid efforts to end trade war

27/06/2025 03:32 The Guardian

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick quoted as saying US countermeasures will be removed once US receives rare earthsThe United States has reached an agreement with China on how to expedite rare earth shipments to the US, a White House official has said, amid efforts to end a trade war between the world’s biggest economies.President Donald Trump said earlier on Thursday that the US had signed a deal with China the previous day, without providing additional details, and that there might be a separate deal coming up that would “open up” India. Continue reading...

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European leaders fail to agree on latest package of Russian sanctions – Europe live

Hungary and Slovakia oppose measures and separate EU proposal on phasing out Russian energy importsBut it’s worth noting that the EU has agreed on rolling over the already existing sanctions against Russia, which were due to expire.Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk told a late night briefing t...

27/06/2025 07:59 The Guardian

Israeli closure of northern crossing to aid points will directly affect distribution, say aid officials – Middle East crisis live

Israeli government orders closure of Zikim crossing, which is most direct route to food distribution points located in central and south GazaAt least 11 Palestinian people were killed in Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks on southern Gaza this morning, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.Isr...

27/06/2025 07:58 The Guardian

Ukrainians who fled to UK being refused asylum on grounds it is ‘safe to return’

Law firm says it hears weekly from Ukrainians, including vulnerable women and children, who were turned downUkrainians who fled to the UK after the Russian invasion are being refused asylum by the Home Office on the grounds it is safe to return to Ukraine.Families are trying to obtain a route to set...

27/06/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Trump celebrates ‘big, beautiful bill’ despite Senate parliamentarian rejecting key elements – as it happened

This blog has closed. Read our latest story hereUS voters: share your views on Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill’By taking military action, Trump “created the conditions to end the war, decimating, obliterating Iran’s nuclear capabilities”, Hegseth says, contrary to early US intelligence f...

27/06/2025 01:50 The Guardian

Australia news live: white supremacist organisation reportedly listed as terror group; fatal stabbing of Sydney man investigated

Group promotes militant accelerationism, which calls for violent acts to destabilise society. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTaylor says he does not support quotas to bring women into the Liberal party because “I don’t believe in subverti...

26/06/2025 21:36 The Guardian

Trump is making US intelligence parrot his line on Iran - it echoes Bush’s invasion of Iraq

Tailoring assessments to suit political prejudices undermines their very function and led us to the Iraq warIn the run-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, journalists covering the preparations for war became familiar with the concept of “stovepiping”.The term described the tactic of pushing inte...

26/06/2025 18:09 The Guardian

Office for National Statistics has ‘deep-seated’ problems and needs an overhaul

Devereux Review on the UK’s main statistics body also says a revision of past figures may be requiredThe UK’s main statistics body needs a £10m overhaul and its top role split in two after a series of management failings and errors that have plagued the organisation for several years, a scathin...

26/06/2025 18:04 The Guardian

US pediatricians criticize RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel: ‘Truly an embarrassment’

Pediatric health experts slam ACIP’s plans to reassess current vaccination schedules for childrenRobert F Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel is facing criticism from pediatricians after its announcement of plans to reassess the current vaccination schedules for children and adol...

26/06/2025 16:53 The Guardian

Netanyahu thanks Trump for public call to cancel his corruption trial

Others accuse US president of interfering in Israel’s judicial system after he said case against PM was a ‘witch hunt’Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Donald Trump after the US president publicly called for the Israeli prime minister’s long-running corruption trial to be cancelled.Trump on Wed...

26/06/2025 16:39 The Guardian

Khamenei says Iran will strike back if US hits again in first remarks since ceasefire

Iran’s supreme leader says attack on US base in Qatar was ‘slap to America’s face’Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has threatened to respond to any future US attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, in his first public comments since a ceasefire with Isr...

26/06/2025 16:28 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Iran delivered ‘heavy slap to US’s face’, says Khamenei as he threatens further attacks on American bases – as it happened

In his first comments since the ceasefire, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US ‘gained no achievement’ when it joined the war with Israel against TehranKhamenei says Iran will strike back if US attacks againIsrael’s national security minister called for a “complete halt” of humanitarian aid...

26/06/2025 16:12 The Guardian

Growing signs of slowdown in UK jobs market, says Bank of England governor

Andrew Bailey warns of ‘significant decline in wage growth in year ahead’ as Bank prepares for interest rates decisionBusiness live – latest updatesThere are growing signs that the UK jobs markets is slowing as employers respond to higher national insurance contributions (NICs) by cutting hiri...

26/06/2025 16:03 The Guardian

Members of British Jewish body suspended after criticising Israel to launch appeal

Board of Deputies representatives hit by disciplinary action say they remain ‘deeply concerned’ about Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesThirty-six elected representatives to the UK’s largest Jewish organisation are to appeal against disciplinary action taken against them after they cr...

26/06/2025 15:49 The Guardian

European leaders meet in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East, defence and migration – as it happened

European Council will also discuss broader enlargement policy of European Union towards the western Balkans Ireland’s Martin also continues on the US trade situation:“I do genuinely detect an atmosphere that’s focused on getting a deal, both on the US side and on the European Union side, and t...

26/06/2025 15:24 The Guardian

Ex-world leaders call for ‘powerful shift’ as they warn of extreme inequality

Former leaders urge current state heads to work together to end poverty amid potential of first trillionaires emergingThe world is facing a looming crisis of inequality that could see the first trillionaires emerge while nearly half of humanity still languishes in poverty, a group of 40 former presi...

26/06/2025 15:23 The Guardian

Ro Khanna calls on Democrats to reclaim identity as ‘the anti-war party’

‘We should be the party of peace abroad, good jobs at home. Donald Trump took that from us,’ says congressmanIn the days since Donald Trump authorized strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, and then forged a shaky ceasefire agreement, Congressman Ro Khanna has called on Democrats to reclaim a politic...

26/06/2025 14:21 The Guardian

C of E prepares spiritual response to war as UK military warns of rising threat

Bishop to armed forces says he is does not want to repeat church’s lack of preparedness during Covid pandemicThe Church of England is considering how it could offer spiritual comfort and leadership to a nation at war as the world faces mounting conflict.Rev Hugh Nelson, the C of E’s bishop to th...

26/06/2025 13:26 The Guardian

Cancer experts alarmed over ‘gut-wrenching’ Trump plan to cut research spending by billions

More people will die due to White House’s plans to slash nearly $2.7bn from National Cancer Institute, workers warnMore patients may die as a result of plans drawn up by the Trump administration to cut billions of dollars from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), veteran federal government workers...

26/06/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Reform Warwickshire council head quits after five weeks, leaving 18-year-old in charge

Rob Howard says ‘health challenges’ are behind resignation and teenage deputy George Finch will lead until replacement foundUK politics live – latest updatesA Reform UK councillor has resigned as leader of Warwickshire county council just five weeks after he was elected, leaving his 18-year-ol...

26/06/2025 10:51 The Guardian

Britain’s biggest biofuel plant could close over impact of UK-US trade deal

ABF threatens to shut Vivergo site in Hull in September amid warnings bioethanol industry could collapseBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Britain’s biggest bioethanol plant is threatening to close the Hull site by mid-September, putting 160 jobs at risk, after it warned that concessions...

26/06/2025 09:15 The Guardian

UK schools and offices not equipped for impact of global heating, report warns

Exclusive: UK Green Building Council calls for adaptation of millions of buildings and warns of flood threats to townsThe UK’s schools, care homes and offices are not equipped for the effects of global heating and face lengthy heatwaves even in optimistic scenarios, according to a groundbreaking r...

26/06/2025 08:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: war of words between online safety chief and YouTube continues; fire ants intercepted in WA

Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We’ve got to be a Liberal party that is proudly for women’: LeyReviews will look into where the Liberal party went wrong in their recent failed election campaign, Sussan Ley says.I stood on polling booths...

26/06/2025 07:30 The Guardian

EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners

Observers shocked at scale and speed of deregulation drive they say is watering down European Green Deal and lawsThe European Union’s rollback of environment policy is gaining momentum, campaigners have warned, in a deregulation drive that has shocked observers with its scale and speed.EU policyma...

26/06/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Iran intensifies internal security crackdown with executions and mass arrests

Iranian rights group has recorded 705 arrests on political or security charges since the start of the war with IsraelIranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, pa...

25/06/2025 20:49 The Guardian

Change in Nato mindset brought on by Vladimir Putin as much as Donald Trump

Allies agreed to raise defence spending to counter likely prospect of Russian remilitarisation if Ukraine war endsThe price was high, but for now, at least, a crisis in Nato has been averted. Donald Trump may like to take the credit for almost all of the 32 allies agreeing to a sharp increase in def...

25/06/2025 18:57 The Guardian

Costa Rican court orders government to free migrants who were deported by US

About 200 people were brought to the country in February under an agreement with the Trump administrationA court in Costa Rica has ordered authorities to release foreign migrants who were locked up in a shelter after being deported by the US, according to a resolution issued on the eve of a visit by...

25/06/2025 17:21 The Guardian

Pakistan debates Trump Nobel peace prize nomination after US strikes on Iran

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25/06/2025 17:05 The Guardian

‘Nothing less than a punishment’: Serbian artists criticise theatre role for ex-paramilitary chief

Dragoslav Bokan to head national theatre’s board of directors as authorities crack down on culture sectorArtists in Serbia have criticised the appointment of a nationalist ex-paramilitary chief as the head of the national theatre board, as authorities crack down on the culture sector days before a...

25/06/2025 14:59 The Guardian

How and why is Britain obtaining access to nuclear gravity bombs?

UK purchase of F-35A squadron means US nuclear warheads are likely to be stored on British soil once againBritain is to obtain air-launched nuclear weapons by buying a squadron of 12 F-35A fighter jets, which are capable of carrying the US B61-12 gravity bomb as well as conventional arms, Keir Starm...

25/06/2025 14:09 The Guardian

Israel-Iran live news: Donald Trump likens US strikes on Iran to atomic bombing of Hiroshima

US president says ‘I don’t want to use an example of Hiroshima… but that was essentially the same thing that ended that war’ as he speaks at NatoSee all our Middle East coverageAt the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world lead...

25/06/2025 13:34 The Guardian

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