New weather warnings as snow and ice cause travel havoc and school closures in UK

06/01/2025 12:59 The Guardian

Flooding closes main roads as cold air forecast to return from Monday – and possibility of more snow later in weekNew yellow warnings of more snow and ice have been issued by the UK Met Office as wintry weather caused travel disruption and the return to school was abandoned for thousands of pupils.A warning for snow and ice is in place across most of south-west England and Wales, and parts of north-west England and the West Midlands, for between 5pm on Monday until 10am on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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Rise in UK borrowing costs could push Reeves to new public spending cuts

Analysts say costs hitting highest level since 1998 risk wiping out almost all of chancellor’s £10bn bufferRachel Reeves could be forced to make fresh cuts to public spending at her March “spring forecast” as a rise in government borrowing costs risks the chancellor breaking her own fiscal ru...

07/01/2025 19:31 The Guardian

US declares Sudan’s paramilitary forces committed genocide during civil war

Blinken details pattern of systematic ethnic violence in which RSF killed civilians and blocked access to suppliesThe United States has formally declared that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have committed genocide during the country’s ongoing civil war, marking the second time in less than 30 year...

07/01/2025 18:57 The Guardian

Party time at Damascus airport as international flights resume

First direct flight from Doha in 13 years touches down amid hopes SyrianAir fleet can be restored after warInternational flights resumed at Damascus airport for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, including the first direct flight from Doha in 13 years, to a party atmosphere in the arr...

07/01/2025 17:15 The Guardian

Austria’s far-right leader to invite centre right for coalition talks

Herbert Kickl’s move could pave way for anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Freedom party to govern countryThe leader of Austria’s anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Freedom party has said he intends to invite the mainstream centre-right party for coalition talks, potentially paving the way for the far rig...

07/01/2025 16:48 The Guardian

Bitter cold envelops US south as central states recover from freeze

Polar vortex chilled central US, downing trees, blasting snow, shuttering schools and causing traffic pile-upsThe next round of bitter cold enveloped the southern US on Tuesday, after the first significant winter storm of the year blasted a huge swath of the country with ice, snow and wind as far so...

07/01/2025 16:34 The Guardian

Thailand bans imports of plastic waste to curb toxic pollution

Campaigners welcome move but say success depends on enforcement and global agreement on a treatyThailand has banned plastic waste imports over concerns about toxic pollution, as experts warn that failure to agree a global treaty to cut plastic waste will harm human health.A law banning imports of pl...

07/01/2025 14:05 The Guardian

Farage refuses to condemn Musk for calling Jess Phillips a ‘rape genocide apologist’– UK politics live

Reform UK party leader says comments by billionaire are free speechThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons after 12.30pm. Foreign Office ministers will reply to both; the first is about the situation in Gaza, and the second is about “Hong Kong police offering rewards for the arrests of p...

07/01/2025 11:45 The Guardian

French minister warns of ‘threat from within’ on Charlie Hebdo attack anniversary

Comments by Bruno Retailleau, who is known for his hardline views, comes as country marks decade since attack that killed 12 peopleThe threat of a terrorist attack on France is being fuelled by social media and has never been greater, the country’s interior minister has said, 10 years after gunmen...

07/01/2025 11:26 The Guardian

UK house price growth slowed to 3.3% over 2024, says Halifax

Experts say affordability could end up hampering further rises in the months aheadBusiness live – latest updatesUK annual house price growth slowed last month, with experts warning that mortgage affordability could counter some demand from house hunters in the year ahead.Data released by Halifax,...

07/01/2025 08:29 The Guardian

Scottish man killed while serving as medic with Ukrainian army

Jordan Maclachlan, 26, died on Friday while serving on the frontline in Ukraine, his family saysA Scottish man has been killed while serving on the frontline with the Ukrainian army, his family has said.Jordan Maclachlan, 26, from Ardnamurchan in the Scottish Highlands, died on Friday while serving...

07/01/2025 08:17 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: How Britain has coped with an Arctic blast

In today’s newsletter: Widespread flooding, snow and power outages have left thousands of households and travellers facing the aftermath of a cold snap – with more disruption to comeGood morning.British winters have grown markedly milder over the past century: analysis has shown that the average...

07/01/2025 06:34 The Guardian

Luxury tights brand Wolford apologises for delays to orders and refunds

Exclusive: Skinwear firm admits delivery services overstretched amid heavy criticism from customersThe luxury tights and lingerie brand Wolford has apologised after heavy criticism from customers over delays to orders and refunds, admitting its delivery services were overstretched.Shoppers have take...

07/01/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Shortage of foster carers causing ‘very real’ UK crisis, Barnardo’s warns

Charity calls on government to launch national campaign amid rise in number of children entering care homes‘We’re very glad we’ve done it’: the Liverpool couple who fostered more than 40 childrenThe UK is facing a fostering crisis where retiring carers are not being replaced by younger peopl...

07/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian

‘We’re very glad we’ve done it’: the Liverpool couple who fostered more than 40 children

Charles and Dianne Hubbert retired after receiving an MBE for services to foster careShortage of foster carers causing ‘very real’ UK crisis, Barnardo’s warnsOver 23 years, Charles and Dianne Hubbert have fostered more than 40 children in their home in Croxteth, Liverpool. They have just retir...

07/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: Matthew Guy handed role as Brad Battin reveals new Victorian shadow cabinet; NSW issues mosquito bite warning

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nationals leader, David Littleproud, says “the firing gun has started” for this year’s federal election, which he predicts will be in March or April.Speaking to ABC News Breakfast just earlier, he said he...

07/01/2025 04:43 The Guardian

Southern California warned of ‘life-threatening, destructive’ windstorm

Officials warn of fire risks and potential outages as gusts could reach 80mph in Los Angeles county and VenturaSouthern California could experience a “life-threatening, destructive” windstorm this week, with forecasters warning of major fire risks unusual for January and potential power outages....

07/01/2025 02:51 The Guardian

UK retailers may have to cut thousands of jobs after bleak Christmas

British Retail Consortium figures show sales growth close to flatlining, as card spending fails to riseBritain’s largest retailers are warning they could be forced to cut thousands of jobs this year as the industry braces for higher taxes and employment costs after a bleak Christmas shopping seaso...

07/01/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Investigators receive black box data from plane that crashed in Kazakhstan

Authorities now have access to cockpit dialogue from Azerbaijan Airlines plane that went down on Christmas DayBrazil’s air force has extracted the data from two black box recorders belonging to a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku claims was downed by Russia on Christmas Day, killing 38 o...

06/01/2025 22:15 The Guardian

US winter storm leaves four dead as millions hit by snow, ice and bitter cold

Hundreds of thousands left without power and flights canceled as state of emergencies declared in several statesMillions of Americans were hit by a major winter storm on Monday that brought heavy snow, ice, strong winds and freezing temperatures as it moved east out of the center of the country and...

06/01/2025 21:34 The Guardian

Kamala Harris says ‘America’s democracy stood’, after certifying Trump’s election victory – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here:Congress certifies Trump’s election win amid unprecedented security measuresAnalysis: Four years after mob violence, Harris hands power – peacefully – to TrumpCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley, the Democratic Party representative...

06/01/2025 21:03 The Guardian

Four years after mob violence, Kamala Harris hands power – peacefully – to Trump

The outgoing vice-president presided over a January 6 without rancour as she formally certified the vote she lostShe had warned America that he is a fascist and now, in front of political colleagues, TV viewers and the watching world, she was the one who would have to officially put him back in powe...

06/01/2025 20:44 The Guardian

Reports of optimism about Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

US secretary of state says he is confident agreement can be reached in renewed push before Donald Trump takes officeIsrael and Hamas appear to be edging closer towards a ceasefire and hostage release deal that could bring the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip to an end amid reports of optimism among decis...

06/01/2025 17:29 The Guardian

Joe Biden urges Americans not to forget January 6 on anniversary of Capitol riot

President reiterates that Donald Trump threatened democracy by inciting supporters into attack in 2021US politics –live updatesJoe Biden has urged American citizens not to forget the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol – and has repeated his declaration that his presidential predecessor and...

06/01/2025 16:18 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Israeli forces ‘fired on World Food Programme convoy in Gaza’ – as it happened

Statement from UN agency ‘strongly condemns horrifying incident’ on Sunday which it says risked lives of staff‘This is basically a civil war’: West Bank in fear after shooting of journalistSocial order in Gaza will collapse if Israel ends cooperation with UN aid agency, official saysTurkey...

06/01/2025 15:51 The Guardian

US weather: seven states declare emergencies amid warnings snow could be heaviest in a decade – live updates

Snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures creating dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the east coastThe appeals for people to stay inside come amid forecasts of bone-chilling temperatures.Associated Press reports that the eastern two-thirds of the US will exp...

06/01/2025 14:53 The Guardian

Met Office issues fresh yellow weather warnings covering much of UK – as it happened

Warning for snow and ice in place across most of south-west, north-west and West Midlands in England, Wales, western and northern Scotland and Northern Ireland. This live blog is closedHow you have been affected by snow, ice and rain in the UKThe Met Office has said that it was the UK’s coldest ni...

06/01/2025 14:30 The Guardian

Austria’s far-right Freedom party tasked with forming coalition government

Austrian president asks anti-migration, pro-Kremlin FPÖ to begin negotiations with conservative ÖVPAustria’s president has tasked the anti-migration, pro-Kremlin Freedom party (FPÖ) with holding talks to form a ruling coalition, potentially paving the way for the far right to lead the governmen...

06/01/2025 13:48 The Guardian

Medals of second world war pilot who flew 500 miles with plane on fire to be auctioned

When Clive Beadon’s bomber caught fire after being hit by Japanese shell, he and crew kept flames doused with flasks of teaIt feels like a very British response to a crisis. When second world war pilot Clive Beadon’s bomber caught fire during a low-level attack on the Burma-Siam railway, he and...

06/01/2025 11:39 The Guardian

Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective

Details about Utah-based Robert Kinch, who backed ‘race war’, suggest rightwing militia has retained links with policeThe man in control of the Utah-based rightwing militia Oath Keepers USA, a recent spinoff of the national organization first established by Stewart Rhodes in 2009, is a former La...

06/01/2025 11:00 The Guardian

South Korea investigators seek extension of arrest warrant for president

Request comes after attempts to detain Yoon Suk Yeol were thwarted by presidential security service guards last weekSouth Korea’s investigating authorities have requested an extension of a warrant to arrest the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol.The corruption investigation office for...

06/01/2025 10:42 The Guardian

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