More than 80 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since ceasefire announcement, Gaza civil defence agency says – live

16/01/2025 19:15 The Guardian

US secretary of state Antony Blinken says he is ‘confident’ ceasefire will happen; Israeli cabinet to convene on Friday morning to ratify the dealThe devastating impact of 15 months of war on GazaHow Trump loomed over Gaza ceasefire negotiationsKey mediator Qatar said that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory.Israel earlier said it would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in the first stage of a Gaza truce agreement, Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Tuesday. Continue reading...

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California wildfires: efforts to put out blazes ratchet up as extreme winds ease

National Weather Service says ‘wind siege has finally ended’ and forecasts higher humidity but warns high winds could return next weekCalifornia wildfires – live updatesThe extreme winds behind the disastrous fires in Los Angeles are forecast to calm the rest of the week into the weekend, maki...

16/01/2025 19:02 The Guardian

‘We will be betrayed’: cold, fearful and still under fire, Gaza’s people wait

Palestinians describe grief and anxiety as they seek news that the ceasefire is going ahead, and airstrikes continueMiddle East crisis – live updatesAmid continuing airstrikes, bitter cold and news of delays, millions in Gaza were waiting anxiously on Thursday for confirmation that the ceasefire-f...

16/01/2025 18:52 The Guardian

Yvette Cooper announces urgent national review on grooming gangs

Officials say review is not national inquiry ministers have been pressed for after series of X posts by Elon Musk• UK politics live – latest updatesYvette Cooper has announced an urgent national review of the scale of grooming gangs amid a raft of other new measures to tackle them, in a signific...

16/01/2025 18:30 The Guardian

UK politics: Kemi Badenoch describes Rachel Reeves as a ‘woman problem’ for Keir Starmer – as it happened

Opposition leader says PM’s ‘woman problem is not my concern’ when asked jokingly if she would back Starmer if he sacked the chancellorRichard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.Thirty-two sixth form colleges across England will be hit by more strikes over a pay disparity between staff...

16/01/2025 18:24 The Guardian

Arab states urge Israel and US to let Palestinian Authority oversee Gaza recovery

Arab diplomats fear political vacuum and say PA should work in conjunction with UN relief agency UnrwaIsrael and the incoming Trump administration are being urged by Arab states to avoid a dangerous political vacuum in Gaza and allow the Palestinian Authority (PA), in conjunction with the UN Palesti...

16/01/2025 18:08 The Guardian

Donald Trump reportedly weighing up TikTok ban delay

President-elect ‘has warm spot’ for platform and wants political solution to ‘preserve app but protect data’Sophia Smith Galer: TikTok is the only truly democratic social platformDonald Trump is considering suspending a TikTok ban in the US with an executive order when he enters the White Ho...

16/01/2025 17:59 The Guardian

Russian diplomats accessed private area of UK parliament in security breach

Exclusive: MPs warned not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament after incident said to have alarmed ministersRussian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a major security breach just before Christmas that has alarmed security officials and prompted private warnings from the speaker...

16/01/2025 17:49 The Guardian

Islamist groups in Middle East will emerge from Gaza war weakened

Hamas, Hezbollah and other militia are enfeebled – but Palestine is likely to stay at forefront of global politicsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe ceasefire due to come into force on Sunday, barring a major last-minute problem, will cement massive and rapid changes across the Middle East and...

16/01/2025 17:41 The Guardian

Polarized reactions to Biden’s farewell speech validate divisions he highlighted

Responses from lawmakers underlined the very democratic fragility the president looked to highlightJoe Biden’s farewell address warning that “an oligarchy is taking shape” which threatens American democracy sparked polarized reactions from lawmakers that seemed to validate the very democratic...

16/01/2025 17:20 The Guardian

LA fires live updates: California weather eases up as firefighters report gains against massive wildfires

Improved conditions should help fire crews and allow residents to return to their neighborhoodsEasing of extreme winds expected to strengthen efforts to put out blazes“A warning to all the residents, no matter where you live in LA county, if you have slopes behind your homes, or if you’re locate...

16/01/2025 16:57 The Guardian

Badenoch: UK getting poorer and failing to compete on world stage

Tory leader says her party offered policies without plans while in government and politicians are not being honest with publicUK politics live – latest updatesKemi Badenoch has said the UK is getting poorer and people should be honest that it is failing to compete with the rest of the world.In a s...

16/01/2025 16:22 The Guardian

Democrats concerned after Mike Johnson fires top Republican from House committee reportedly at Trump’s request – live

House speaker removed intelligence committee chair Mike Turner, whose stances have run afoul with TrumpBloomberg News reports that Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, has denied that Donald Trump had anything to do with his decision to remove Mike Turner as chair of the House intelligence commit...

16/01/2025 15:55 The Guardian

Arctic blast to bring dangerously cold temperatures to much of US

Inauguration on track to be coldest in 40 years as more than 300 million people could be hit by below-average freezeArctic air is expected to sweep across much of the United States later this week and into next week, bringing dangerously cold temperatures and severe wind chills.The National Weather...

16/01/2025 15:48 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: Keir Starmer says UK will deliver new mobile air defence system to Ukraine – as it happened

UK prime minister meets Ukrainian president as they sign 100-year partnership agreement to deepen security ties between nationsStarmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on visitCity officials say there have been no casualties after the reported Russian drone attack on Kyiv, but s...

16/01/2025 15:33 The Guardian

UK to back Ukraine ‘beyond this terrible war’ with 100-year pact, says Starmer

PM visits Kyiv to agree partnership and says Putin shows no signs of wanting to stop ‘unrelenting aggression’Keir Starmer has announced a “historic” 100-year partnership with Ukraine, saying the UK would support the country “beyond this terrible war” and into a future where it is “free...

16/01/2025 15:21 The Guardian

‘TARIFFS all the way!!!’: EU mulls carrots and sticks to counter Trump on trade

Bloc may ward off incoming president’s threats by buying more US goods, or impose its own tariffs in retaliationIf there is one thing the EU knows about Donald Trump, it is that he loves tariffs. The incoming president has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary” and ha...

16/01/2025 14:44 The Guardian

‘A ray of light’: Palestinian and Jewish leaders in UK respond to ceasefire deal

Relief at news of deal to end war in Gaza, as UK government now urged to launch family reunification schemeMiddle East crisis – live updatesA ceasefire to end the 15-month war in Gaza has been welcomed by British Palestinian and British Israeli and Jewish communities, with the government being urg...

16/01/2025 14:02 The Guardian

Human rights report lashes Australia’s ‘diabolical’ asylum seeker treatment and ‘appalling’ youth crime laws

Latest world report by Human Rights Watch describes Australia as a ‘vibrant democracy … marred by some key human rights concerns’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s “diabolical” treatment of asylum seekers and youth crime has worsened, a global human ri...

16/01/2025 14:00 The Guardian

NSW government asks private sector to take public hospital patients as hundreds of psychiatrists set to resign

Exclusive: Guardian Australia has seen an email from the director of Australia’s largest private mental health provider about the contractGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW government is considering moving public psychiatry patients into private hospitals in prepara...

16/01/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Woolworths sacks two workers and investigates dozens over alleged conduct during 17-day strike

Letters seen by Guardian Australia focus on alleged pickets on 26 November outside warehouses that were not then on strikeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo workers have been dismissed and Woolworths has told dozens of warehouse employees it is investigating their alleged...

16/01/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Only grant Trump a UK state visit if he agrees to Ukraine summit, say Lib Dems

Ed Davey says incoming US president is ‘threat to peace and prosperity’ and relations with him must be transactionalUK politics live – latest updatesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesBritain should offer Donald Trump a state visit only on the condition he agrees to a sit-down summit wi...

16/01/2025 13:04 The Guardian

Role of US servicemen in acts of extremist violence under scrutiny

Active duty servicemen and veterans statistically most likely demographic to be ‘mass casualty offender’ After the two men who carried out stateside terror attacks on New Year’s Day were revealed as veterans of the war on terror, public scrutiny about the role of American servicemen in such in...

16/01/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury pleads guilty to assault

Judge adjourns case to 24 February and tells MP for Runcorn and Helsby he is leaving all sentencing options openUK politics live – latest updatesThe MP for Runcorn and Helsby, Mike Amesbury, has pleaded guilty to assault.Appearing at Chester magistrates court, Amesbury, who was suspended by the La...

16/01/2025 12:31 The Guardian

Labour staff balloted on pay freeze as election win hits party finances

Proposal follows loss of constitutional payment given to opposition partiesUK politics live – latest updatesLabour party staff are being balloted on whether to accept a pay freeze this year, the Guardian has learned.Unite and GMB members who work for the party have until Friday to vote on whether...

16/01/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Netanyahu: no vote on Gaza ceasefire deal until Hamas accepts all terms

Israeli prime minister’s demand before expected cabinet meeting threatens to derail peace negotiationsMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has said his cabinet will not meet to vote on the ceasefire and hostage release deal announced by Qatar to pause the war in Gaza until “Hama...

16/01/2025 11:48 The Guardian

Ex-Tory candidate accused of sending unsolicited image of his ‘private parts’

Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK’s first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claimsUK politics live – latest updatesA Reform UK councillor has been accused of being expelled from the Conservative party last year over allegations he sent an unsolicited picture of his “priv...

16/01/2025 11:23 The Guardian

Drone above site of Starmer-Zelenskyy meeting in Kyiv draws anti-aircraft fire

Aircraft – possibly a Russian decoy – seen above presidential palace where UK PM is meeting Ukrainian presidentRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAnti-aircraft fire has erupted in Kyiv as Keir Starmer held talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the UK prime minister’s first official trip...

16/01/2025 10:57 The Guardian

Poland hails breakthrough with Ukraine over second world war Volhynia atrocity

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Tusk reach agreement on massacre of up to 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalistsRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesPoland has hailed a breakthrough in a painful historical dispute with Ukraine, after it said its neighbour had agreed to allow exhumations of Poli...

16/01/2025 10:51 The Guardian

Farage criticised for claim workers’ rights bill could spell end of pub banter

Unions accuse Reform leader of being ‘on the side of bad bosses, zero-hours contracts and fire and rehire’UK politics live – latest updatesLabour and trade unions have criticised an attack by Nigel Farage on a proposed law aimed at protecting workers from sexual harassment – which the Reform...

16/01/2025 10:36 The Guardian

Biden strengthens US cyber defenses against Russia and China threats

Outgoing president signs executive order to tackle US vulnerabilities after attacks that have cost country billionsThe Biden administration is making a final push to fortify America’s cyber defenses against mounting threats from China and Russia, issuing a sweeping cybersecurity executive order ju...

16/01/2025 10:30 The Guardian

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