Why Snowden – not Russia or Syria – could tank Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination

01/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Trump’s pick to lead national intelligence has upset foreign policy hawks by not condemning the NSA whistleblowerA smooth path to the pinnacle of America’s intelligence pyramid was never in the cards for Tulsi Gabbard.Dogged by a catalogue of eyebrow-raising past statements about Russia, Ukraine and Bashar al-Assad, accusations of parroting Kremlin talking points, and a lack of experience in intelligence (not even having sat on a relevant congressional committee), Gabbard was always a counterintuitive choice to sit atop the 18 US spy agencies and their roughly 70,000 employees. Continue reading...

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Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages and freed Palestinians return home as Rafah crossing opens

Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time since MayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage relea...

01/02/2025 16:00 The Guardian

Dozens killed as opposition RSF forces attack open market in Sudan

Assault by the Rapid Support Forces in city of Omdurman also leaves more than 150 people woundedFighters with the opposition Rapid Support Forces have attacked an open market in the Sudanese city of Omdurman, killing 54 people. The attack on Sabrein market also wounded at least 158 others, Sudan’...

01/02/2025 15:44 The Guardian

Ron DeSantis tried to crusade against undocumented students. Florida is fighting back

Latest anti-immigration agenda pushes to strip in-state tuition rates from tens of thousands of college studentsIt was a week in which two of Ron DeSantis’s flagship culture war crusades – education and immigration – collided. And it did not end well for Florida’s hard-right Republican gover...

01/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: will they spark a trade war?

As the US president imposes import taxes on three key trading partners, we examine potential repercussionsDonald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China.There will be 25% tariffs on goods coming into the US from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on imports from C...

01/02/2025 13:51 The Guardian

‘People wanted change’: Scranton felt the pinch – but are Trump tariffs the answer?

Voters in Biden’s home town turned to Trump to lower prices, but some are wary of the president’s economic plansThe annual Downtown on Ice festival is under way in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Ice sculptures are dotted around the city – there was little chance of them melting as an Arctic blast pul...

01/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’

New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to complySmall businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December while they work out how to comply with new EU prod...

01/02/2025 07:00 The Guardian

‘Are we dating the same guy?’: Women turn to Facebook to uncover cheating and violence

Experts say use of groups to warn others about dangerous men is indictment on governments’ failure to keep women safe“Any info on Chris* please? Thanks.” The words in a Facebook post, above three pictures of a man. In the comments, a woman replies: “He was also posted a few days ago by someo...

01/02/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Russian spy ship fire exposes poor state of Mediterranean fleet, say experts

Incident reveals Russia’s maritime presence in the area is in a state of disrepair and disarray, argue western sourcesA fire onboard a Russian spy ship off the coast of Syria has underlined the poor state of the Russian navy as its toehold in the Mediterranean hangs in the balance, analysts and we...

01/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

‘This is sacred land’: an off-grid Wales community battles to keep their home

Legal action has begun to remove the tenants after the 80-acre site was sold to be turned into a healing retreatLunch around the huge sycamore and oak table in the farmhouse kitchen of the off-grid Brithdir Mawr community in the Preseli mountains of west Wales is a warm, gentle affair.Members of the...

01/02/2025 06:00 The Guardian

‘The next 24 hours will be critical’: flooding to second-storey level possible as torrential rain soaks Queensland

Townsville warned of ‘very serious and dangerous event’, with flooding likely to continue into middle of next week for state’s northGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCyclonic rainfall totals have lashed the regions of north Queensland as prepare-to-leave warnings were...

01/02/2025 05:34 The Guardian

Democrat calls firing of FBI officials ‘deeply alarming’ as some federal websites appear to go dark – as it happened

Mark Warner criticizes the Trump administration’s decision to fire top FBI officials; Census and FAA websites appear to be down Friday evening. This blog is now closed.FBI launches sweeping staff cuts as Trump seeks to purge career officialsTrump orders USDA to take down websites referencing clima...

01/02/2025 01:44 The Guardian

Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze

Samoa’s prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is ‘very disappointing’ and puts the survival of Pacific countries at greater riskLeaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agr...

01/02/2025 00:00 The Guardian

Trump to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China

US neighbors hit with 25% tariff and China with 10% as Trudeau pledges ‘forceful but reasonable’ responseDonald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting this weekend, potentially setting the stage for a damaging trade war between the US and three of its big...

31/01/2025 22:04 The Guardian

Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs, Trudeau says

White House has claimed goods shipped from Canada and Mexico to the US would face a 25% levy starting SaturdayUS politics – live updatesJustin Trudeau says Canada will bring a “forceful but reasonable” retaliation to any tariffs imposed by the US as his country braces for the economic fallout...

31/01/2025 19:39 The Guardian

‘Perfect rat storm’: urban rodent numbers soar as the climate heats, study finds

Sharp rise in population in 11 of 16 cities expected to continue as rising temperatures make it easier for the animals to breed, say researchersRat numbers are soaring in cities as global temperatures warm, research shows.Washington DC, San Francisco, Toronto, New York City and Amsterdam had the gre...

31/01/2025 19:00 The Guardian

‘I curse this war’: hunger and fear in Goma after rebel takeover

M23 rebel group swept into Congolese city after a rapid advance in recent weeksPeople living in Goma on the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern border with Rwanda have spoken of their fear and acute hunger after the M23 rebel group swept into the city earlier this week.“We are very afraid...

31/01/2025 18:33 The Guardian

Trump’s aid freeze shuts down ‘gold standard’ famine-monitoring system

Without Fews Net, recognised as ‘a vital life-saving tool’ for preventing food crises, people will die, experts warnThe system for monitoring global food crises appears to have been suspended after President Donald Trump’s executive order froze US foreign aid.The website for the US-funded fami...

31/01/2025 18:10 The Guardian

‘We’d go absolutely nuts’: PM warned of Labour fight if he backs huge oilfield

Exclusive: MPs and ministers say they would oppose Starmer if he tries to approve Rosebank developmentSenior Labour figures are warning of a serious fight if Keir Starmer tries to give the go-ahead to a giant new oilfield off Shetland later this year.MPs and ministers have told the Guardian they are...

31/01/2025 17:59 The Guardian

UK politics: Philp’s ‘patronising’ comment about Britons’ work ethic show Tories ‘out of touch’, TUC says – as it happened

General secretary highlights ‘legacy of 14 years of falling living standards under the Tories’In an article for the Guardian, the Labour MP Clive Lewis said Rachel Reeves’ growth speech this week means the party has abandoned its pre-election green commitments.Here is an extract.A growing susp...

31/01/2025 16:36 The Guardian

Britain’s favourite fish at risk of wipeout within decades, predicts report

Brown trout unlikely to survive in most rivers at height of summer by 2080, says Environment AgencyIt has been native to Britain for thousands of years and was heralded as the national fish on the BBC’s Springwatch, but a government report suggests the brown trout risks being wiped out in large pa...

31/01/2025 14:58 The Guardian

Washington DC plane crash live: preliminary report into disaster will be prepared within 30 days, say investigators

National Transportation Safety Board investigators say they will have report into crash within 30 daysCockpit voice and flight data recorders recoveredChampion Russian pair and US skaters were on planeVisual guide – how did the DC plane crash unfold?Reagan national’s main runway is the busiest i...

31/01/2025 12:21 The Guardian

Trump baselessly blames ‘diversity’ and Democrats for deadly DC plane crash | First Thing

Sixty-seven people die in deadliest US air tragedy since 2001. Plus, Israeli-Hamas deal leads to release of eight hostages and 110 prisonersGood morning.Donald Trump used the plane crash in Washington DC to attack his political enemies, claiming Democrats were responsible for declining standards in...

31/01/2025 11:55 The Guardian

Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico

Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish’s The Struggle Against Terrorism revealed as some fear resurgence of fascismA long-neglected 1930s mural in Mexico that warns about the rise of fascism has been revealed and restored – just as some historians say the world faces that threat once more.The mural, wh...

31/01/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Police missed red flags before WA man killed a mother and daughter on hunt for ex-wife, report finds

After Ariel Bombara claimed WA police ignored repeated warnings her father was dangerous and had guns, eight officers now face disciplinary actionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice officers missed red flags and should have seized the guns of a man who went on to kill a...

31/01/2025 08:31 The Guardian

Peter Dutton’s push to axe DEI public service positions ‘straight from the Donald Trump playbook’

Public sector union criticises opposition leader’s ‘lack of understanding of modern workplaces’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has foreshadowed the axing of diversity and inclu...

31/01/2025 06:28 The Guardian

Children in UK suffering ‘irreversible harm’ due to physiotherapy delays

Teenagers face lifelong trauma from untreated chronic pain while children as young as four waiting 18 months, say physiotherapistsChildren in the UK are suffering “irreversible harm” and lifelong consequences as a result of “unacceptable” delays in accessing physiotherapy, experts have warne...

31/01/2025 05:00 The Guardian

‘Doing this to ourselves’: misinformation threat is local, Australian Electoral Commission warns

Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors ‘want to stir the pot’ with federal election coming, says AEC Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard w...

31/01/2025 04:15 The Guardian

Australia news live: Groovin the Moo music festival cancelled for 2025; police warn 5,000 over romance scams

Organisers announced the event will not run for the second year in a row, joining a growing list of music festivals cancelled in 2025. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCyclone threat looms in northern Australia as drenched region braces for yet mor...

31/01/2025 03:12 The Guardian

Confirmed victims of Washington DC plane crash include US figure skating champions

Promising young skaters also among those onboard as well as passengers from Germany, the Philippines and RussiaWashington DC plane crash – latest updatesAmong the confirmed victims of the American Airlines jet carrying 64 people that collided in midair with an army Black Hawk helicopter carrying t...

31/01/2025 02:37 The Guardian

Human Rights Commission considers discrimination complaint against Peter Dutton over Gaza comments

Complaint lists numerous public comments by the Liberal leader, a staunch supporter of Israel, which it alleges show discriminatory behaviour towards Palestinians, Muslims and JewsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Aus...

30/01/2025 23:57 The Guardian

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