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Netanyahu rejects US-backed 15-point Gaza peace plan | First Thing

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Israeli PM is insisting on a full Hamas disarmament before the deal can be implemented. Plus, what it feels like to get locked into an opera performance that lasts nearly 24 hoursGood morning.Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a US-backed 15-point peace plan for Gaza in a rare public break with Donald Trump. In a statement, Israel’s prime minister said he was confronting a “wave of rumours about Isra...

Reform UK would free up jail spaces in UK by sending offenders abroad, claims Zia Yusuf – UK politics live

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage says an adviser to the party would go to El Saldavor for talks on how the country might house foreign prisonersZia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking at the press conference now.He claims that a combination of sending foreign prisoners to serve their sentences in jails abroad, and building “Nightingale prisons”, could create an extra 22,000 jail spaces.We will r...

Mother of Briton fatally shot by father in Texas urges Miliband to press US for new inquiry

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Jane Coates says foreign secretary should draw attention to coroner’s finding that Lucy Harrison was unlawfully killedThe UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is being urged to push US authorities to reopen an investigation into a man who shot dead his 23-year-old British daughter while she was visiting him in Texas.Lucy Harrison, from Warrington in Cheshire, was fatally shot on 10 January 2025, the...

‘Shoved the tube so hard it tore my nose’: Kurdish film-maker recounts ‘inhumane’ ICE force-feeding

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Gabar Choli tells of how, for months, he was shackled, pinned and forcibly fed – and the physical and emotional scars the ordeal has leftIn June 2025, a sluggish and thin Gabar Choli, with sunken temples and bones visible under his skin, braced himself for the immigration detention center guards to charge into his cell once again.Choli was in a solitary confinement medical cell inside the Port Isa...

New head of Australian trade union movement named after Sally McManus steps down

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Melissa Donnelly, the national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, will replace the outgoing ACTU headGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMelissa Donnelly, the national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, will take on the role as the next head of the trade movement in Australia, after the resignation of Sally McManus.The Australian Council of ...

Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in TexasA Kurdish man who was force fed over the course of eight months while on hunger strike in US immigration detention has spoken out about it for the first time, describing how much the process harmed him physically and psychologically.Gabar Choli, a film-maker and activist now living ...

Amber heat-health alerts issued for most of England as temperatures could reach 36C or higher this week – latest updates

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

The upgraded alerts will be in place from 9am on Tuesday until 6pm on WednesdayMore than 25 million people face restrictions on water use, according to the Environment Agency, with millions under hosepipe bans, including all South East Water and Thames Water customers.Another record is likely to tumble this week after Sunday was the 34th day this year on which temperatures exceeded 30C somewhere i...

Harvey Nichols warns it could collapse without rescue deal, as bidders circle

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is frontrunner to buy Knightsbridge-headquartered department store chainCan Harvey Nichols find its way back to being Ab Fab again?Business live – latest updatesHarvey Nichols has warned that it will not be able to survive another year without new investment, as bidders for the Knightsbridge-headquartered department store chain circle.The retailer’s Hong Kong-based owne...

Tupac Shakur: former gang boss to go on trial nearly 30 years after rapper’s killing

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Prosecutors to allege Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rapperThe trial is to begin of a former gang leader over the decades-old killing of the rapper Tupac Shakur, one of the most high-profile unsolved murders in the US.The proceedings, which begin in Las Vegas on Monday and are expected to last a month, are unlikely to make clear who fired t...

Trial of former gang leader to begin over Tupac Shakur murder

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Prosecutors to argue that Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rapperThe trial is to begin of a former gang leader over the decades-old killing of the rapper Tupac Shakur, one of the most high-profile unresolved murders in the US.The proceedings, which begin in Las Vegas on Monday and are expected to last a month, are unlikely to make clear who f...

Weather tracker: Europe breaks more heat records as temperatures soar

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Drought and wildfires intensify across continent, while tropical storms bring heavy rain and disruption to east AsiaEurope live – latest updatesHigh pressure has dominated central and eastern Europe in early August, breaking temperature records across the region. Austria recorded a high of 41.2C (106.2F), while Slovakia reached 42.2C. Hungary hit a peak of 41.8C, surpassing a record set in 1905, ...

More parts of England to be declared in drought amid another summer heatwave – latest updates

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

The heat and continuing dry conditions are being supercharged by the escalating climate crisisThe National Drought Group (NDG) is expected to meet this afternoon and declare that more parts of England are officially in drought, as parts of the UK head into a potential fifth heatwave of the year this week.All of Wales and more than half of England are already in drought after an unprecedented perio...

Woman assaulted after Travelodge staff gave room key to her abuser

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

The woman had gone to London hotel for a ‘night away from the fear’ in latest incident of chain giving keys to men without checking firstTravelodge staff gave a room key to the domestic abuser of a woman, who then physically attacked her.The woman, who is remaining anonymous, told the BBC that she was staying in a branch of the hotel in London to escape the man, but he followed her and was given a...

Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Campaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise itBusiness live – latest updatesThames Water has paid its chief financial officer, Steve Buck, a £1m signing fee despite intense scrutiny of Britain’s biggest water company’s finances as it tries to avoid being taken into public control.The utility revealed that it made the payment last month, in a le...

Labour says Farage has ‘no serious answers’ to prisons crisis – UK politics live

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Reform says it will free up space in jails in England and Wales by rapidly deporting all foreign offendersGood morning. Andy Burnham has said Middlemarch is his favourite novel, but he may not remember George Eliot’s line about the genial businessman Mr Vincy who “blustering as he was, had as little of his own way as if he had been a prime minister”. Burnham only took over in No 10 three weeks ago...

Ukraine launches drone attack on Russian oil refining facilities – Europe live

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that strikes on such facilities were directly linked with putting more pressure on MoscowA Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s Tatarstan region killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, Russian authorities said.The city, some 1,000 kilometers within Russia, hosts a major oil refinery, with facilities long targeted by Ukrainian army. Ukraine previous...

SA premier announces royal commission into AI – as it happened

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice say the remains found in a suitcase near Goulburn are not human.Supt Linda Bradbury with NSW police said:Some good news here that we don’t have a suspicious death of a human on our hands. … We are still undertaking more forensic work to identify what they are. But we can identify that they’re not human.But we’...

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beachHarry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf.The character was laid to rest on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, during the...

Two workers temporarily stood down after near-miss collision at Sydney airport

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Transport minister says improved staff rostering will be in place from next month after ‘unacceptable’ delays and incident involving Qatar Airways and Jetstar planesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe transport minister, Catherine King, has said improved staff rostering will be in place at Sydney airport from next mon...

Australia news live: SA premier announces royal commission into AI; Icac witness questioned on fake invoices says ‘every tradie in Sydney has wife as the director’

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice say the remains found in a suitcase near Goulburn are not human.Supt Linda Bradbury with NSW police said:Some good news here that we don’t have a suspicious death of a human on our hands. … We are still undertaking more forensic work to identify what they are. But we can identify that they’re not human.But we...

UK temperatures could hit 36C as fifth heatwave of summer looms

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Met Office considers amber or red warning as forecasters say Thursday is likely to be hottest day of the weekTemperatures could reach 36C (97F) or higher this week, forecaster have said, with possible disruption to railway lines and power networks as the Met Office considers issuing rare amber or red extreme heat warnings.Parts of the UK are forecast to experience their fifth heatwave of the summe...

Lobbyist tells Icac there’s not a ‘shred of evidence’ he was involved with Reformers

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Jeremy Greenwood tells inquiry he instructed the conservative Liberal group ‘not to keep going’ because ‘it became so toxic’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Liberal figure under investigation for allegedly accepting illegal donations has told the corruption watchdog that it does not have a “shred of evidence” that he...

Two workers were temporarily stood down after near-miss collision at Sydney Airport

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Transport minister says improved staff rostering will be in place from next month after ‘unacceptable’ delays and incident involving Qatar Airways and Jetstar planes The transport minister, Catherine King, has said improved staff rostering will be in place at Sydney Airport from next month after “unacceptable” delays and a near-miss collision that resulted in two workers being stood down.King call...

Albanese gives ground on gambling inducements as Labor and Coalition inch towards deal

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Prime minister and opposition leader meet in Canberra to advance agreement on gambling advertising Anthony Albanese has bowed to pressure and will limit gambling inducements as part of a deal between Labor and Angus Taylor, even as some Liberals warn it might not do enough to help vulnerable people.The prime minister and the opposition leader met in Canberra on Monday to negotiate the deal, a week...

Australia news live: SA premier announces royal commission into AI and ‘how it will be deployed’; Albanese confirms Labor will amend gambling legislation

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice say the remains found in a suitcase near Goulburn are not human.Supt Linda Bradbury with NSW police said:Some good news here that we don’t have a suspicious death of a human on our hands. … We are still undertaking more forensic work to identify what they are. But we can identify that they’re not human.But we...