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Who could fill key No 10 vacancies – and win the battle for Starmer’s ear?

10/02/2026 19:01 The Guardian

Everyone around PM agrees ‘chaos’ at No 10 has to be sorted, but there are competing factions trying to gain upper handWith three vacancies opening up at the very top of Keir Starmer’s operation, there is already a battle over who will win the war for his ear – and the direction of the government.The departure of Starmer’s most important political advisers – his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who was focused on the fight against Reform in Labour’s working-class heartlands; and Tim Allan, the director of communication, considered a Blairite – has immediately raised hopes on Labour’s soft left of a shift in their favour. Continue reading...

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Ministers warned not to copy Wes Streeting’s release of messages with Peter Mandelson

Cabinet Office, PM and Met urge caution amid police investigation linked to release of Epstein documentsMinisters have been warned not to publish their messages with Peter Mandelson after Wes Streeting released his private WhatsApp exchanges with the disgraced former ambassador.In a message to offic...

10/02/2026 19:47 The Guardian
Norway defence chief says Russia could invade to protect nuclear assets

Exclusive: Eirik Kristoffersen, who served in Afghanistan, rejects Trump’s claim that Nato troops stayed off frontlinesNorway’s army chief has said Oslo cannot exclude the possibility of a future Russian invasion of the country, suggesting Moscow could move on Norway to protect its nuclear asset...

10/02/2026 19:07 The Guardian
Mark Carney reminds Trump that Canada paid for key border bridge US president says he won’t open

Trump earlier had ranted against bridge and also warned that China would ‘terminate’ hockey in CanadaMark Carney said he had held a “positive” conversation with Donald Trump after the US leader threatened to block a new key bridge between their two countries, reminding the president that Can...

10/02/2026 18:28 The Guardian
EU’s von der Leyen calls for bloc to ‘deepen’ the single market – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage hereCuriously, US vice-president JD Vance – who dominated the headlines with his highly confrontational speech on Europe last year – is not attending the MSC this year.He spent the weekend in Italy attending the Olympi...

10/02/2026 16:25 The Guardian
UK sleepwalking into joblessness epidemic, Tesco boss warns

Ashwin Prasad says far fewer people in work than there could be with ministers ‘tinkering at the edges’ of problemThe UK is “sleepwalking into a quiet epidemic” of joblessness with millions of people out of work and on benefits, the boss of the nation’s biggest supermarket chain has warned...

10/02/2026 16:21 The Guardian
Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals

Bill limits type of science used to determine health risks and gives industry major role in chemical review processA new Republican House bill proposes sweeping changes to US toxic chemical laws that would gut protections for consumers, workers and the environment, public health advocates mobilising...

10/02/2026 13:00 The Guardian
Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world

Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observationThe scientific community is celebrating the cancellation of a project which would have threatened the clearest skies in the world in Chile’s Atacama Desert.The proposed $10bn, 3,000-hecta...

10/02/2026 12:48 The Guardian
BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie

As trust in Russia and China’s state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the serviceThe BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks with no future deal with the government currently in place, the corporation’s director general, Tim Davie, h...

10/02/2026 12:35 The Guardian
Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers a ticking bomb for sea life, say experts

Exclusive: Analysts say there will be oil spill catastrophe that could be far bigger than Exxon Valdez disasterDecrepit oil tankers in Iran’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet are a “ticking time bomb”, and it is only a matter of time before there is a catastrophic environmental disaster, maritim...

10/02/2026 11:50 The Guardian
Philippe Gaulier, clown guru and mentor to theatre and comedy greats, dies aged 82

Sacha Baron Cohen pays tribute to teacher who ran school outside Paris and was a formative influence on countless comedians and actorsMaster clown Philippe Gaulier, the influential founder of France’s École Philippe Gaulier, has died aged 82. Gaulier taught the art of clowning for decades and his...

10/02/2026 10:18 The Guardian
Ed Miliband says Starmer wants to end ‘class divide’ in push to move past leadership turmoil – UK politics live

The prime minister is hosting a meeting of his cabinet as he attempts to push forward following a bruising week for his leadershipThe Telegraph is running a story today saying that “Wes Streeting has been accused of orchestrating a leadership coup against Sir Keir Starmer”.The report says that W...

10/02/2026 10:09 The Guardian
Keir Starmer must lead ‘moment of change’ after Labour turmoil, says Ed Miliband

Minister calls for party’s briefing wars to end as MPs rally around ‘liberated’ prime minister after speech in parliamentEd Miliband has said Keir Starmer must lead a “moment of change” for the government, saying Labour needs to end the briefing wars against its own members and show “a g...

10/02/2026 09:13 The Guardian
£700m ‘fish disco’ plan could save 90% of marine life, says Hinkley Point C study

Scientists find underwater acoustic project to stop fish being sucked into cooling systems could save 44 tonnes a yearScientists have found that plans to use a “fish disco” to deter migratory marine life from the nearby Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor could help save 90% of fish from the power p...

10/02/2026 08:30 The Guardian
Woman, 69, in hospital with four broken vertebrae after interaction with police at Sydney Herzog protest

Jann Alhafny says she feared there could be a stampede or that she might suffocate after she was allegedly pushed to the groundPunched, pepper sprayed, charged: police accused of brutality at Sydney protests – Full Story podcastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 69-year-o...

10/02/2026 08:15 The Guardian
ABC airs former Asio agent’s claims that Bondi shooters were radicalised years ago, despite agency’s criticism

Four Corners reported comments by ‘Marcus’ alleging agency was warned Sajid and Naveed Akram supported Islamic StateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereThe ABC’s Four Corners has broadcast claims by a former...

10/02/2026 02:35 The Guardian
Sussan Ley warns Liberals ‘disunity is death’ as speculation mounts Angus Taylor will launch leadership challenge

Victorian backbencher Jane Hume challenged opposition leader at closed-door meeting to outline how she planned to turn things aroundFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has warned colleagues that disunity is death...

10/02/2026 01:47 The Guardian
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to deport pro-Palestinian Tufts student

Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested as part of the government’s targeting of students protesting against Israel’s war on GazaAn immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University PhD student, who was arrested last year as part of its ta...

10/02/2026 01:03 The Guardian
Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank

Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political uneaseIt would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the current rate of growth, according to a thinktank.A two-decade stagnation in d...

10/02/2026 00:01 The Guardian
Air Canada cancels all flights to Cuba as US oil blockade cuts off fuel access

Airlines from as far away as Russia, China and Spain have also been affected as island nation warns of fuel shortageAir Canada has cancelled all flights to Cuba after the island’s authorities said they were running out of aviation fuel, as a consequence of the US oil blockade on the Caribbean coun...

09/02/2026 21:00 The Guardian
At least 18 people now dead as historic New York cold stretch nears end

City faced one of longest periods of subzero cold since 1961, forcing ‘code blue’ and extreme weather warningsDeadly cold tests New York’s ability to protect its homeless communitiesThe death toll related to New York City’s dangerous and enduring cold has risen to 18, officials said on Sunda...

09/02/2026 17:22 The Guardian
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work US politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesAn Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite hav...

09/02/2026 17:04 The Guardian
US not trying to dismantle Nato or undermine world order, says ambassador – as it happened

Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to Nato, responds to criticism in the Munich Security Conference reportJimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offencesIn its section on Europe, the Munich Security Conference report has also warned that the continent was entering “a prol...

09/02/2026 17:02 The Guardian
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon urges US to ‘keep fighting’ for right to free press

Journalist arrested after covering anti-ICE protest says it was ‘very frightening’ to experience government overreachThe former CNN anchor Don Lemon has warned the US must “keep fighting” for its right to a free press, calling it “the breath in the lungs of democracy” following his arres...

09/02/2026 15:56 The Guardian
Trump’s border czar warned deportations should be targeted to ‘keep faith of American people’

Tom Homan suggested that a widespread approach to immigration operations would lose public supportTom Homan – the Trump administration’s “border czar” sent to Minnesota in January after federal agents fatally shot two US citizen protesters – warned last year that the government’s aggress...

09/02/2026 15:52 The Guardian
Russian military scrambles to find Starlink alternative after access blocked

Elon Musk’s SpaceX curbs illicit use of satellite internet network, which Ukraine says is already affecting operationsRussia’s military is scrambling to find alternatives to Starlink satellite internet after access to the network was curtailed, disrupting a key communications system that its for...

09/02/2026 12:39 The Guardian
US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics

Corteva will discontinue a mixture of Agent Orange and glyphosate, but another of its herbicides will still use Vietnam war-era defoliantThe chemical giant Corteva will stop producing Enlist Duo, a herbicide considered to be among the most dangerous still used in the US by environmentalists because...

09/02/2026 12:00 The Guardian
Experts sound alarm over UK exports to firm linked to Russian war machine

Exclusive: Multimillion-pound contract raises concerns about controls designed to prevent firms unwittingly aiding destruction of UkraineThe government has been urged to re-examine a British company’s contract to export hi-tech machinery to Armenia, after the Guardian uncovered links to the supply...

09/02/2026 10:33 The Guardian
Trump calls Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance ‘absolutely terrible’ – US politics live

President criticises Puerto Rican musician’s half-time show as a ‘slap in the face’ in lengthy tirade on social mediaUS vice-president JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan this week to push a Washington-brokered peace agreement that could transform energy and trade routes in the strategi...

09/02/2026 10:23 The Guardian
Super Bowl 2026: Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots – live

Latest updates as teams meet for NFL title at Levi’s StadiumPredictions: Our writers’ picks for the winner, MVP and moreEmail david.lengel@theguardian.com with your thoughtsA good pregame read: Guardian US arts writer Adrian Horton on Bad Bunny – the ultrapopular star who will take over the Su...

08/02/2026 21:22 The Guardian
England and Wales brace for downpours with more than 200 active flood alerts

Met Office issues fresh yellow warning for rain as parts of England are still recovering from extensive floodingMore than 200 flood alerts were active across the UK on Sunday as parts of England and Wales braced for more downpours after the Met Office issued a fresh yellow warning for rain.The warni...

08/02/2026 19:21 The Guardian
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