Woolworths’ profit slumps as cost of living drives shoppers elsewhere

26/02/2025 02:44 The Guardian

Grocery chain, which has also been rocked by industrial disruptions at warehouses, suffers a near 21% drop in its six-month net profitFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWoolworths has recorded a rare slide in profit after customers grappling with rising living costs abruptly shifted some of their weekly grocery spend away from Australia’s biggest supermarket chain.The financial result, a near 21% drop in its six-month net profit to $739m, was also weighed down by industrial disruptions at Woolworths’ warehouses and an intense focus by customers searching for discounts.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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David Lammy says key projects in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan to be protected as aid spending slashed – UK politics live

The foreign secretary described the decision to cut development aid to fund defence as ‘extremely difficult’Yesterday the Institute for Fiscal Studies criticised Keir Starmer for saying that increase in defence spending would be worth £13.4bn a year from 2027. They pointed out that you can only...

26/02/2025 10:04 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war live: Trump says Zelenskyy to visit White House and is set to sign rare earth minerals deal

Announcement follows negotiations in which Zelenskyy claimed US was pressuring him for deal that would force ‘10 generations’ of Ukrainians to pay it backThe Kremlin said on Wednesday that expert level talks between the US and Russia were being prepared. In his daily media briefing Kremlin spoke...

26/02/2025 09:51 The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: Why Keir Starmer cut foreign aid to pay for defence – and who loses out

In today’s newsletter: The prime minister announced a significant increase in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, funded entirely by a cut in the aid budgetGood morning.On Tuesday, Keir Starmer confirmed that the government will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, with plans to raise it...

26/02/2025 06:44 The Guardian

Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit White House on Friday to sign minerals deal

President says ‘I hear he’s coming on Friday’ amid reports that terms of US-Ukraine aid exchange have been reachedDonald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia...

26/02/2025 05:14 The Guardian

UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government ‘a long way’ from containing the problem, says NAOSuperbugs are on the rise in the UK and the government is failing in its efforts to tackle them, ministers have been warned.The World Health Organizatio...

26/02/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Dutton accuses Albanese of ‘ducking and weaving’ as PM at odds with ADF timeline of Chinese live-fire drill notification

Opposition leader says Albanese ‘failing to answer basic questions’ as PM claims civilian and military notification happened ‘at around the same time’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says Austral...

26/02/2025 03:22 The Guardian

Trump says Zelenskyy could visit White House on Friday to sign minerals deal – live

Trump had asked Ukrainian president for deal worth $500bn to pay for military aid for defence against RussiaFull story on deal reportedly being reachedAnalysis: Macron attempt to heal transatlantic divide with TrumpIt’s coming down to the wire for beleaguered House speaker Mike Johnson, who is try...

26/02/2025 01:37 The Guardian

Australia news live: defence ‘can’t be definitive’ whether Chinese nuclear submarine accompanying flotilla now south of Hobart

Chinese warships south of Tasmania appear likely to sail through the Great Australian Bight, the chief of the Australian defence force has said. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastABC pays tribute to Antony Green as he announces upcoming election wil...

26/02/2025 00:23 The Guardian

UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI

Survey of 1,000 students shows ‘explosive increase’ in use of generative AI in particular over past 12 monthsBritish universities have been warned to “stress-test” all assessments after new research revealed “almost all” undergraduates are using generative artificial intelligence (genAI)...

26/02/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Israel strikes targets in southern Syria after demanding demilitarisation

Military sites hit as Tel Aviv says it ‘will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon’Israeli warplanes have carried out several airstrikes on military targets outside Damascus and in southern Syria, as Israeli officials warned the country’s army not to move south of the capital cit...

25/02/2025 23:50 The Guardian

Newsom threatens to pull funds unless California cities crack down on homelessness

‘We’re not going to fund failure,’ says governor, who warned local authorities they could lose out on millions of dollarsCalifornia’s governor warned cities and counties that they could lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding if they do not make progress in clearing out...

25/02/2025 21:20 The Guardian

House Republicans to vote on spending deal that could slash Medicaid funding

Budget central to Trump’s agenda might get stalled before 14 March deadline as lawmakers warn of nearly $1tn in cutsHouse Republicans are planning to vote on Tuesday on a spending blueprint central to Donald Trump’s agenda, but the package faces potential derailment over nearly $1tn in Medicaid...

25/02/2025 19:36 The Guardian

Starmer slashes aid to fund major increase in defence spending

Announcement prompts concerns that PM is pandering to US president and warnings over consequences of aid cutsKeir Starmer has announced that Britain will “fight for peace in Europe” with a generational increase in defence spending paid for by slashing the foreign aid budget.The move, just two da...

25/02/2025 19:21 The Guardian

Scottish government ‘firmly’ backs single-sex spaces amid equality watchdog warning

EHRC raises issues from tribunal brought by nurse who objected to sharing women’s changing room with trans doctorThe Scottish government “stands firmly behind” the provision of single-sex spaces, a minister has said after the UK equality watchdog addressed issues raised by an employment tribun...

25/02/2025 18:39 The Guardian

Israel ‘wants to extend first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal’ as talks stall

Israel ready to resume fighting if there is no progress in crucial talks this week, reports sayIsrael is seeking to extend the first stage of the ceasefire agreement in the war with Hamas in Gaza and is prepared to resume fighting if there is no progress in crucial talks this week, according to repo...

25/02/2025 18:37 The Guardian

German parliament in race against time to sign off on new defence fund

Friedrich Merz, expected to be next chancellor, has spoken of urgent need for ramped-up defence, but ‘blocking minority’ could form in future BundestagGermany’s outgoing parliament could be asked to sign off on a new defence fund in its final weeks as the conservative winners of Sunday’s ele...

25/02/2025 18:11 The Guardian

Ukraine reconstruction and recovery will cost $524bn over next decade, says report – as it happened

Cost of damages over three years is almost three times estimated GDP of Ukraine for 2024, says report by Ukraine government, World Bank, European Commission and UNUkraine’s presidential press service has issued a photograph showing president Volodymyr Zelenskyy introducing the world leaders visiti...

25/02/2025 17:41 The Guardian

Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts

Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has “taken from the mouths of the hungriest people in the world” by cutting aid spending, campaigners have warned.The announcement th...

25/02/2025 16:54 The Guardian

US consumer confidence plunges in February in its biggest decline in four years

Index reflects consumer optimism, which is shaky as inflation seems to be stuck and a trade war over tariffs loomsUS consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said on Tuesday, with inflation seemingly stuck and a trade w...

25/02/2025 15:59 The Guardian

Kremlin casts doubt on Trump claim Russia would accept European troops in Ukraine

Spokesperson reiterates position as sources say Putin is committed to Russian control of Ukraine’s political futureRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Kremlin has appeared to reject Donald Trump’s claim that Vladimir Putin is open to European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, underscorin...

25/02/2025 15:31 The Guardian

Farmers worried if they will make it to 2026 amid ‘cashflow crisis’, says NFU

Union conference dominated by row over planned inheritance tax changes as farmers battle the bad weather and turbulent geopoliticsFarmers are warning of a “cashflow crisis” that has left many in the agricultural sector wondering how they will make it to the end of the year.At the annual meeting...

25/02/2025 14:59 The Guardian

Ex-US security officials urge funding for science research to keep up with China

Appeal from officials, including two senior figures from Trump’s first term, comes amid reports National Science Foundation’s budget will be slashedChuck Hagel, the former US defense secretary, and other former US national security officials, including two senior figures from Donald Trump’s fi...

25/02/2025 14:40 The Guardian

Starmer must take baton from Macron in effort to sway Trump on Ukraine

UK and France need to convince US to align with them over Ukraine, while at the UN Trump openly sides with RussiaKeir Starmer, when he visits the White House on Thursday, will have to pick up the many loose threads left by another chaotic day of diplomacy in the US in which America voted with Russia...

25/02/2025 14:26 The Guardian

XL bullies are like loaded guns, UK police say after attack on man, 84

Officers had to fire 19 rounds into two dogs to stop incident in Warrington that left victim fighting for his lifeHaving an XL bully is “like owning a loaded firearm”, police have said after officers had to unload 19 rounds into two dogs to stop a “ferocious” attack on an 84-year-old man.The...

25/02/2025 14:01 The Guardian

Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spending

PM confirms rise in military spending to at least 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than plannedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has confirmed drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a major increase in defence spending as European nations attemp...

25/02/2025 13:00 The Guardian

US officials have been absent from global climate forums during Trump 2.0

Exclusive: The ‘deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramificationsUS officials have missed recent international climate forums sparking concerns about a potentially significant shift from Donald Trump’s first term, a review of meeting records and intervi...

25/02/2025 13:00 The Guardian

‘He believes he is the law’: anti-Maga conservatives view Trump as threat to constitution

Speakers at Principles First summit warned of peril Trump and allies posed, urging people ‘to be in the streets’Michael Fanone, the former police officer who defended the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, looked out at the attendees of the Principles First summit and denounced Donald Trump in the st...

25/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian

First Thing: Macron warns Trump against ‘surrender’ in Ukraine

US and French presidents disagree over aid and efforts to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. Plus, are airships the future again?Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The meeting was cordial, at times even warm, but the fracture lines in the transatlantic partnershi...

25/02/2025 11:12 The Guardian

Macron to brief European leaders after Trump meeting with bloc set to propose strengthening defence – Europe live

French president to speak to European leaders after White House visit EU’s António Costa is in Warsaw today, where he just held a press conference with the Polish prime minister Donald Tusk.He said that the European Commission “is coming with a package of proposals to strengthen defence capabil...

25/02/2025 10:50 The Guardian

Yvette Cooper says it’s ‘unacceptable’ jailed ex-Labour MP still qualifies for parliamentary salary – UK politics live

Mike Amesbury was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for assault but is still being paid his Commons salaryKemi Badenoch will be giving a speech shortly on foreign policy. CCHQ released a chunk of extracts overnight, and here are the key points.Badenoch will says she is a “conservative realist” on fo...

25/02/2025 10:21 The Guardian

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