Xi hails ‘confident’ China-Russia ties as Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ to Kremlin

08/05/2025 12:35 The Guardian

Chinese leader describes talks as ‘friendly and fruitful’ during visit for Victory Day commemorationsXi Jinping and Vladimir Putin exchanged warm words in the Kremlin on Thursday during a grand ceremony welcoming the Chinese leader for his 11th visit to Russia, ahead of a military parade to mark 80 years since the end of the second world war.After nearly four hours of talks, Xi described his meeting with his Russian counterpart as “in-depth, friendly and fruitful”. Continue reading...

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VE Day live: UK and Europe hold ceremonies to mark 80 years since end of second world war in Europe

Commemorations take place across the UK and Europe against backdrop of Ukraine conflictAnother from the Guardian archive:St Peter Port, Guernsey Continue reading...

08/05/2025 14:22 The Guardian

Pakistan minister says attack on India ‘increasingly certain’ – Kashmir crisis live

Defence minister Khawaja Asif warns of limited room to de-escalate situation amid drone incursionsThe Pakistan Aviation Authority has announced that operations at Karachi airport will be suspended until midnight, Reuters reports. It has just gone past 6pm in Karachi.Reuters is also carrying comments...

08/05/2025 14:09 The Guardian

Trump confirms ‘full and comprehensive’ trade deal with UK – US politics live

US president hails ‘first announcement’ of trade agreement and says ‘many other deals to follow’Starmer and Trump to announce UK-US trade dealThe winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, wit...

08/05/2025 14:04 The Guardian

Palestinian student arrested at citizenship interview forms group to aid other immigrants

Mohsen Mahdawi was detained after leading protests at Columbia against Israel’s war in Gaza and later freedA Palestinian student arrested during an interview about finalizing his US citizenship is helping launch an initiative to assist other immigrants facing deportation in Vermont on Thursday, a...

08/05/2025 13:21 The Guardian

UK interest rates fall to 4.25% as Bank of England announces a quarter-point cut

Move follows run of downbeat economic data and looks to cushion UK from Trump’s trade war falloutExplainer: what does it mean for mortgages and savings?Analysis: mood-boosting rate cut is a fillip for Reeves but leaves future uncertainBusiness live – latest updatesBank of England policymakers ha...

08/05/2025 13:13 The Guardian

Disability benefit cuts impossible to support, 42 Labour MPs tell Starmer

Exclusive: backbenchers sign letter calling for change in direction on plans expected to be put to vote next month UK politics live – latest updatesMore than 40 Labour MPs have warned the prime minister that planned disability cuts are “impossible to support” and have called for a pause and ch...

08/05/2025 13:05 The Guardian

‘It’s so gloomy’: some of UK’s top broadcasters admit to avoiding news

Likes of Lyse Doucet and Jonathan Dimbleby say they have at times turned away from current affairs She is perhaps the UK’s most prominent war correspondent, broadcasting from the world’s toughest regions, interpreting its most intractable and bloody conflicts. Yet, like many others when the news...

08/05/2025 12:25 The Guardian

Irish woman detained by US immigration released after 17 days in custody

Cliona Ward, who has lived legally in US for decades, was returning from trip to Ireland when held over criminal record from 20 years agoAn Irish woman who was detained by US immigration authorities because of a criminal record dating back almost 20 years has been released after 17 days in custody.C...

08/05/2025 12:01 The Guardian

Wikipedia challenging UK law it says exposes it to ‘manipulation and vandalism’

Wikimedia Foundation seeks judicial review of some requirements of Online Safety Act it claims may endanger safety of volunteer editorsThe charity that hosts Wikipedia is challenging the UK’s online safety legislation in the high court, warning some of its regulations would expose the site to “m...

08/05/2025 11:04 The Guardian

New York watchdog warns Trump cuts will usher in ‘open season’ for scammers

City comptroller Brad Lander, also a mayoral candidate, calls for state and local action to take up oversight work of Consumer Financial Protection BureauNew York City’s financial watchdog is raising the alarm about the Trump administration’s cull of a key federal agency that oversees consumer f...

08/05/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Dissidents in UK warn of growing Iran danger amid alleged Israel embassy plot

Exclusive: Tehran denies any involvement after arrests as British-Iranians speak of increased terror threatIranian dissidents in the UK have warned that Tehran is growing “more aggressive and dangerous” overseas as it emerged that the Israeli embassy in London was the target of a major alleged t...

08/05/2025 10:21 The Guardian

Trump tariffs to hit small farms in Maga heartlands hardest, analysis predicts

Major corporations are best placed to benefit from Trump polices at the expense of independent farmersThe winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from...

08/05/2025 09:00 The Guardian

Pakistan and India on high alert amid airport shutdowns and security drills in major cities

Tensions mount as Pakistani PM vows retaliation for military strikes by India that killed dozens across the countryTensions are high across India and Pakistan, with airports shut down and security drills under way in major border cities, after warnings by Pakistan that it intended to retaliate for W...

08/05/2025 07:07 The Guardian

Taiwan president says country faces similar threat to Europe before WW2

Lai Ching-te says ‘message of history is clear’ as Taiwan for first time officially commemorates end of second world warTaiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has compared his nation to the European countries heading for conflict with Nazi Germany in the 1930s, in a punchy speech commemorating the...

08/05/2025 06:48 The Guardian

Man admitted to Japan’s 2025 World Expo with 85-year-old ticket

Collector of Expo memorabilia had a ticket to the 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan, which was postponed indefinitely due to the warA man was admitted to the World Expo in Japan using a ticket to the 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan, an event that was called off as war escalat...

08/05/2025 05:09 The Guardian

Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda

UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriationsFood rations for a million people in Uganda have been cut off completely this week amid a funding crisis at the United Nations World Food Programme, raising fears that refugees will now be p...

08/05/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic at risk as Labor factions brawl over cabinet positions

The attorney general has personally appealed to the prime minister to keep his place, Guardian Australia understandsAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesGet our breaking news email,free app or daily news podcastA factional war risks overshadowing the start of Labor’s se...

08/05/2025 04:25 The Guardian

Scorpions ‘taking over’ Brazilian cities with reported stings rising 250%

Fast and unplanned growth of cities providing ideal conditions for the creatures to thrive, say researchersScorpions are “taking over” Brazilian cities, researchers have warned in a paper that said rapid urbanisation and climate breakdown were driving an increase in the number of people being st...

08/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian

The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories

On the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, survivors, including veterans from both sides, remember what happenedEighty years ago today, on 8 May 1945, the second world war in Europe came to an end with the unconditional surrender of Germany’s armed forces. The number of...

08/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Europe marks 80 years since VE day as continent faces new security realities

Events to take place against backdrop of Ukraine conflict, rises in defence spending and US foreign policy shiftSolemn ceremonies will be held at war memorials in towns and villages across France on Thursday as the country honours its dead and marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day...

08/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in police

NYPD officers entered campus’s main library building in riot gear after activists occupied area in hours-long standoffThe New York police department arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian activists who occupied part of the main library building on Columbia University’s campus on Wednesday evening, e...

08/05/2025 02:08 The Guardian

Federal Reserve keeps interest rates on hold amid Trump’s erratic trade strategy – live

US policymakers caution ‘the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen’ as they maintain benchmark interest rate for third time in a rowFederal Reserve warns of inflation and jobs risks amid Trump’s erratic trade strategyBritain is in “active discussions” with US officia...

07/05/2025 21:38 The Guardian

Vance says Russia asking ‘too much’ in ceasefire talks with Ukraine

Trump says ‘it’s possible that’s right’ about the vice-president’s remarks amid frustrations with RussiaJD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war...

07/05/2025 20:28 The Guardian

House panel on campus antisemitism likened to cold-war ‘un-American’ committee

Georgetown professor called to testify says Republican-led proceedings ‘an attempt to chill protected speech’A congressional panel investigating antisemitism on US college campuses on Wednesday was accused of trying to chill constitutionally protected free speech and likened to a cold-war era co...

07/05/2025 20:02 The Guardian

Federal Reserve warns of inflation and jobs risks amid Trump’s erratic trade strategy

Central bank says ‘uncertainty has increased’ as it opts to maintain benchmark interest rate for third time in a rowThe Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and called out growing dangers in the US economy amid Donald Trump’s erratic rollout of an aggressive trade strategy.Jerome Powell...

07/05/2025 18:50 The Guardian

Keeping Farage from No 10 is ‘a battle for UK’s future, heart and soul’, Labour MPs told

In face of ‘economic doom loop’, Labour factions call for reset and demand party tackle populist nationalism head on Labour MPs have ramped up pressure on the Treasury, calling for an economic reset after the Reform UK surge in the local elections and saying that the economy is stuck in a “doo...

07/05/2025 18:18 The Guardian

India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again

All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis could escalateKashmir crisis live – latest updatesIndia’s string of attacks on Pakistan overnight – a response, Delhi says, to the killing of 26 in a terror attack in Kashmir last month ...

07/05/2025 17:49 The Guardian

Pakistan PM promises to ‘avenge each drop of blood’ after Indian airstrikes kill 31

Fears raised of escalating conflict after Pakistan accused India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has warned that it will “avenge” the death of 31 people killed in overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force, raising fears of...

07/05/2025 17:30 The Guardian

Xi Jinping begins four-day Russia visit after Ukrainian drones attack Moscow

Chinese leader is scheduled to attend Victory Day parade and hold talks with Vladimir PutinXi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the start of a four-day visit during which he will attend Russia’s military parade commemorating the anniversary of the end of the second world war, known in Rus...

07/05/2025 16:20 The Guardian

Ohio police find pet raccoon in car driver’s seat with meth pipe in its mouth

Chewy’s owner was detained and a bulk amount of methamphetamine was discovered in vehicle, officials sayPolice in Ohio were surprised to discover a pet raccoon called Chewy with a meth pipe in its mouth during a traffic stop in the town of Springfield.In a statement, Springfield Township police de...

07/05/2025 15:36 The Guardian

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