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Prince William makes surprise appearance on Graham Norton show

The Guardian • 6 hrs ago

Cate Blanchett and Hannah Waddingham join William on sofa for special edition to celebrate prince’s Earthshot prizeThe Prince of Wales has braved the chatshow sofa, making a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show.In the pre-recorded show, to be aired on Friday on BBC One, William made a surprise appearance in a special Earthshot prize edition to promote his environmental initiative, which h...

US supreme court sides with Republicans on rejecting student IDs in New Hampshire midterms

The Guardian • 6 hrs ago

Voting rights advocates say directive would disenfranchise young and low-income voters, but Republicans say it’s needed to combat voter fraudUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to prohibit student IDs as a form of voter identification ahead of November’s midterm elections.In a brief unsigned order, justices sided with a Republican National Co...

UK politics: Andy Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ – as it happened

The Guardian • 6 hrs ago

The prime minister said the government is having conversation about emergency preparednessA DUP minister has said he is confident MP Carla Lockhart will stay in the party despite leaving its main decision-making body amid a row with party leadership over the future of Stormont.Lockhart is at odds with DUP leader, fellow MP Gavin Robinson, over whether the party should withdraw deputy first ministe...

Nobody Wants This creator says she disagrees with Adam Brody’s ‘free Palestine’ comments

The Guardian • 7 hrs ago

After Brody called out the ‘death and misery’ in Palestine, the Netflix hit’s Jewish creator said they don’t see eye to eyeThe creator of the hit Netflix comedy Nobody Wants This has responded to star Adam Brody’s recent support of Palestine amid the Israel-Gaza war.“Everyone is entitled to a different opinion,” Erin Foster said in an interview with the Not Skinny Not Fat podcast when asked about ...

Allegations against Thomas Markle Sr challenge media’s Meghan narrative

The Guardian • 7 hrs ago

Duchess of Sussex’s decision to cut ties with elderly father cast in new light as he faces sexual abuse image claimsMeghan ‘deeply distressed’ by allegations against fatherThe depiction of the Duchess of Sussex by certain sections of the media has often been one of a fame-hungry daughter casting off an elderly father in his declining years and keeping him from his grandchildren as she embraces the...

Melania Trump has helped broker ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town, says White House – Europe live

The Guardian • 7 hrs ago

Residents in Oleshky have been enduring a worsening humanitarian crisis due to the lack of food, electricity and other resourcesThe French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has just issued a statement on a shooting in a town west of Paris this morning where one person was killed and four others injured.Police said a gunman had opened fire in Trappes, in the Yvelines, and neighbouring La Verriere. T...

Reader Q&A: what’s next for France? Ask our Europe columnists – live

The Guardian • 7 hrs ago

Guardian Europe columnists Rokhaya Diallo and Alexander Hurst are taking questions from readers about the riots and protests in France. Join the discussion in the comments here.Eamon McCrisken notes: Comparisons are being made with May 1968 but I think the following should be borne in mind from those times:‘De Gaulle and Pompidou warned the country was threatened with a Communist coup. De Gaulle a...

Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus

The Guardian • 7 hrs ago

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in UgandaHealth officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient ⁠in more than a decade ⁠became infected, amid fears ​the outbreak could spread further after reaching a fourth African country.The Swiss foreign ministry said on Friday the patient in Nigeria, the...

UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills

The Guardian • 7 hrs ago

Exclusive: Angela Eagle tells utility bosses next price review ‘must focus on value for money for customers’UK politics live – latest updatesMinisters will make an unprecedented intervention in water bills and how companies prioritise investment, directing bosses to bring down costs and stop leaks and sewage overflows.Angela Eagle, the environment secretary, has told suppliers in England and Wales...

Ebola patient in Nigeria did not visit DR Congo, escalating concern over spread of virus

The Guardian • 8 hrs ago

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in UgandaAn Ebola patient in Nigeria is a Swiss woman who has not travelled to the epicentre of the current outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo and is believed to have contracted the virus while travelling ⁠with her husband in Uganda, the Swiss foreign ministry has said.The new inform...

Oil price rises above $115 a barrel amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran

The Guardian • 8 hrs ago

Brent crude increase follows Tehran threatening retaliatory attacks on Gulf oil and tech facilitiesBusiness live – latest updatesOil has hit its highest level in more than five months as fears of fresh escalation in the Middle East conflict grip the energy markets.Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by 1% on Friday morning to above $115 a barrel – its highest level since May. Co...

Netanyahu orders ‘very extensive’ operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers killed

The Guardian • 8 hrs ago

Israel’s prime minister gives order after military says it thwarted ‘terror attack’ by two armed PalestiniansBenjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to prepare for a “very extensive” operation in the occupied West Bank after two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire near a checkpoint in Hebron.The Israeli military said it had thwarted a “terror attack” by two arm...

Met police searching for suspect after man shot near Royal Artillery barracks

The Guardian • 8 hrs ago

Victim left with life-threatening injuries after incident in Frances Street, Woolwich, south-east LondonPolice are searching for a suspect after a man was shot near the Royal Artillery barracks in south-east London.The victim has been left with life-threatening injuries after the incident, which took place in Frances Street, Woolwich, located 600 metres from the barracks. Continue reading...

Met police searching for suspect after man shot near Royal Artillery Barracks

The Guardian • 8 hrs ago

Victim left with life-threatening injuries after incident in Frances Street, Woolwich, south-east LondonPolice are searching for a suspect after a man was shot near the Royal Artillery barracks in south-east London.The victim has been left with life-threatening injuries after the incident, which took place in Frances Street, Woolwich, located 600 metres from the barracks. Continue reading...

Andy Burnham says he has emergency stockpile of beans, soup and Twiglets

The Guardian • 8 hrs ago

PM’s revelation follows launch of advice for households to have enough water and food to get by in civil emergencyAndy Burnham has stockpiles of beans, soup and Twiglets in case of a civil emergency, he has said, adding that a new government campaign was not reason for panic buying.The prime minister was questioned on his domestic supply situation after the Be Ready campaign advised households to ...

Trump’s top border official defends Big Bend border wall plan despite mounting opposition

The Guardian • 9 hrs ago

CBP commissioner Rodney Scott says $46bn Texas project is justified amid court-ordered pause on wall’s constructionThe Trump administration’s top border official defended plans to build a wall and other infrastructure in the Big Bend of Texas despite mounting opposition against the project and a court-ordered pause on construction, saying his goal of fortifying the country’s borders was “non-negot...

Russia and Ukraine agree to local ceasefire in Oleshky amid deepening humanitarian crisis

The Guardian • 9 hrs ago

People in Russian-occupied city facing severe shortages of food, water and electricity, with some reportedly surviving on weedsThe White House said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, where a deepening humanitarian crisis has left thousands of civilians struggling to survive.In a statement, the White House said both sides had agreed ...

Ukraine troops report continuing Starlink problems despite Trump claims

The Guardian • 9 hrs ago

Communications system still faces speed restrictions after US president said Musk had resumed full serviceTrump, Musk, Zelenskyy: who is blaming who in the Ukraine-Starlink row?Ukrainian forces continue to report widespread disruptions to the Starlink satellite network, despite Donald Trump’s claim that Elon Musk had lifted restrictions on the service.The slowdown, which has affected the key commu...

Ukraine troops report ongoing problems with Starlink satellite network

The Guardian • 9 hrs ago

Communications system still faces speed restrictions despite Trump claim that Musk had resumed full serviceTrump, Musk, Zelenskyy: who is blaming who in the Ukraine-Starlink row?Ukrainian forces continue to report widespread disruptions to the Starlink satellite network, despite Donald Trump’s claim that Elon Musk had lifted restrictions on the service.The slowdown, which has affected the key comm...

Potholes, bus fares and headphone dodgers: will Burnham’s strategy of ‘everyday fixes’ succeed?

The Guardian • 9 hrs ago

Since Burnham took office Labour has prioritised small fixes to try to show voters it can make a genuine difference, with government insiders delighted at the public reactionIn the first episode of Armando Iannucci’s political satire The Thick of It, the hapless minister Hugh Abbot is in the back of a taxi, frantically brainstorming for an on-the-hoof policy he can announce to the assembled nation...

‘An orchestra being gassed should be an alarm signal’: the musical activists targeted in Paris

The Guardian • 9 hrs ago

New World Orchestra’s musicians are shocked at French police targeting peaceful gathering with teargasEurope live – latest updatesAs riot police encircled Place de la République last week, lobbing teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators, the conductor Étienne Jarrier and his orchestra played on. They kept playing even after everyone else had disappeared and teargas was being fired into the cen...

Trump to rally in Florida after stoking Ramaswamy ad furor – US politics live

The Guardian • 9 hrs ago

Trump to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who has distanced himself from president; Trump doubled down on support for RamaswamyAmericans heading to the polls for next month’s midterm elections are not just choosing whom to send to Washington, or their state capitols. There are also 145 statewide measures on ballots across 39 states, polling voters on actions from a novel wealth ...

Oil hits five-month high amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran

The Guardian • 10 hrs ago

Brent crude rises to $114.72 a barrel after Tehran threatens retaliatory attacks on Gulf oil and tech facilitiesBusiness live – latest updatesOil has hit its highest level in more than five months as fears of fresh escalation in the Middle East conflict grip the energy markets.Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by 1% on Friday morning to $114.72 a barrel – its highest level sin...

Thousands of homes without power as Storm Austen hits south-west England

The Guardian • 10 hrs ago

Dozens of schools in Cornwall also affected by conditions as another storm heads for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of EnglandThousands of homes are without power and schools have been closed as the first named storm of the year hits UK shores.Storm Austen brought severe conditions to parts of the south-west, with a gust of 76mph recorded at St Mary’s Airport on the Isles of Scilly on Fr...

The mega-Maga contender in deep-red Florida who doesn’t want to talk about Trump

The Guardian • 10 hrs ago

Byron Donalds removed mentions of the president from his website and has barely uttered his name – will his ploy prove successful in a tight governor’s race?It took Byron Donalds, addressing a wildly supportive crowd at a rally in Florida’s bluest county, some time to list those he blamed for any “affordability” issues they might be experiencing.Joe Biden, and the radical policies of the Democrats...