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Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The 32.3m surpasses those caused by disasters for the first time, as 82.2m people displaced in total around worldThe number of internal displacements triggered by conflict or violence around the world reached a record high in 2025, surpassing the number of disaster-driven internal displacements for the first time.A report published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) shows that b...

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Soft-left Tribune group issues thinly disguised attack on Keir Starmer, calling for bold policy renewalBusiness live – latest updatesUK politics live – latest updatesAn influential group of MPs has said that Labour needs an urgent renewal of economic strategy to offer voters “more than better management of decline” before the next general election.With Keir Starmer fighting to ward off a leadershi...

Five former Carillion executives banned by accountancy regulator

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Richard Adam, Zafar Khan and three others are also fined by Financial Reporting CouncilBusiness live – latest updatesFive former executives at the collapsed government contractor Carillion have been bannedby the UK’s accountancy regulator, effectively ending the career of its former finance chief, after they “acted recklessly”.Before Carillion collapsed into compulsory liquidation in January 2018 ...

EU defence ministers meet for talks on Ukraine – Europe live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ministers to also discuss how to ramp up defence manufacturing and the situation in the Middle EastAs the UK goes through a yet another major government crisis, EU defence ministers are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the bloc’s threat assessment, its support for Ukraine, and what Europe could do to help in the Middle East.The ministers will consider “how we can use the €90bn loan, and how do...

Man charged with arson over alleged attack on ex-synagogue in east London

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Moses Edwards, 45, from Wanstead, to appear in court in connection with incident in Whitechapel last weekA 45-year-old man has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life after reports of a fire at a former synagogue in east London.Moses Edwards, from Wanstead, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday after the alleged arson attack on the building in Nelson Street, Whitecha...

Lorry gets stuck in hole it was sent to fix in Somerset

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Lorry left at near 45-degree angle after ground gave way on road near WaltonA lorry became stuck in a sinkhole after being sent to fix it.Contractors from a company called Stabilised Pavements were sent to fix the sinkhole on Butleigh Drove, near Walton in Somerset, when the ground gave way, the Times reported. Continue reading...

2026 UK elections: full results from local, Scottish and Welsh votes

The Guardian • 4 months ago

From devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales to councils and mayoralties in England, find out what happened in your areaElections mapped: how Labour lost ground in different directions Continue reading...

Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Chief secretary, Darren Jones, says PM is ‘listening to colleagues’ but will make own decisions on way forwardUK politics live – latest updatesOne of Keir Starmer’s closest aides has declined to say whether he would lead his party into the next election amid mounting calls for him to resign.The prime minister is “listening to colleagues” who are asking him to set out a timetable for departure but ...

Gaborone gold rush: how Botswana rose to the top of men’s sprinting

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threatIt was a fairytale ending to the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. In the final strait, Collen Kebinatshipi surged past South Africa’s Zakithi Nene to win the men’s 4x400m relay for Botswana. The home crowd, a sea of light blue, went wild.“It means so many things to us,” Lets...

Buyers of Liza Minnelli memoir claim it was not signed by hand

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Premium editions of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! cost up to $250 but some say signatures are unnaturally identicalLiza Minnelli fans who bought signed copies of her memoir are seeking refunds because they believe her signature is fake.Copies of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by the American 80-year-old singer were marketed around the world as “hand-signed collectibles”, with premium editions cos...

Trump heads to China to spread the gospel of American tech while emulating Xi Jinping on AI

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Tim Cook and Elon Musk, among other tech CEOS, will accompany the US president on a trip to ChinaDonald Trump is heading to China this week. If his guest list is any clue, he wants to discuss technology with Xi Jinping, though perhaps after the war in Iran.On Monday, news broke that outgoing Apple CEO, Tim Cook, as well as SpaceX and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, would join the US president. Other guests ...

Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Party says leader has ‘immediately taken steps’ to pay any tax owed after ‘unintentional mistake’The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has admitted he may have failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a London houseboat.Polanski had faced mounting questions over whether the houseboat, moored in east London, was his primary residence. Continue reading...

Minister says Starmer is ‘listening’ but refuses to say if PM will stay on ahead of critical cabinet meeting – UK politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Darren Jones says the prime minister is ‘listening to colleagues’, and does not rule out PM announcing resignation timetableStarmer on the brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quitThere will be huge interest in what happens to UK government borrowing costs today. Graeme Wearden is covering this on his business live blog.Yesterday gilt yields (the cost of borrowing for the Treasury) edged up, in ...

Middle East crisis live: Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘massive life support’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

US president says Tehran’s peace proposal ‘totally unacceptable’ and ‘a piece of garbage’We are restarting our live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran after Donald Trump said the ceasefire was “on life support” after rejecting Tehran’s peace proposal, calling it “totally unacceptable”.Referring to the ceasefire in force since 7 April, Trump said: “I would call it the weakest, right now, after ...

Minister says Starmer is ‘listening’ and refuses to say if PM will stay on ahead of critical cabinet meeting – UK politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Darren Jones says the prime minister is ‘listening to colleagues’, and does not rule out PM announcing resignation timetableStarmer on the brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quitDarren Jones, the chief secretary to the PM, is the minister doing the broadcast interview round this morning.Yesterday Peter Kyle, the business secretary, was the government spokesperson speaking in this slot. He was ...

Federal budget 2026 live updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech tonight – latest news

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The treasurer will deliver the 2026 federal budget later tonight. Follow the latest updatesFederal budget 2026: what we know so farSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Let’s build more houses … not start taxing them’, shadow finance minister saysClaire Chandler, the shadow minister for finance, spoke a moment ago.You don’t make more ...

UK households cut back spending at fastest rate in 16 months, Barclays says

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Dip in credit card spending in April, particularly on travel, suggests Britons preparing for harder times amid Iran war falloutHouseholds cut back on their spending in April at the fastest pace in 16 months, as the conflict in the Middle East provoked fears of another cost of living crisis, a report from one of the UK’s biggest banks has suggested.Barclays, which processes nearly 40% of the UK’s c...

Keir Starmer to face crucial cabinet meeting as ministers and MPs urge him to resign – UK politics live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

PM on the brink with Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood believed to be among those urging him to set out a timetable for departureStarmer on the brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quitGood morning. “Stories beat spreadsheets,” Keir Starmer declared in his speech yesterday. But yesterday was a day when the spreadsheets had the upper hand. Most news organisations were using them to keep a track o...

Mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby asks politicians not to leverage child’s death: ‘My heart is broken into a million pieces’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Labor introduced condolence motions in parliament on Tuesday to honour the five-year-old who was allegedly murdered in Alice Springs last monthWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby has directly asked politici...

It’s parliament, not Love Island: Queensland’s ministerial affair drama becomes a sordid distraction

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Tuesday’s question time seemed more suited to prime time; full of sordid allegations, only the cast seems far less likableFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQuestion time in the Queensland parliament is not a ratings juggernaut.Nielsen doesn’t publish ratings data about the live stream from Brisbane’s George Street, but ...

British Steel nationalisation: what went wrong, and what happens now?

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Keir Starmer’s plan for full state ownership marks latest chapter in Scunthorpe plant’s troubled historyFull nationalisation of British Steel expected in king’s speechNils Pratley: More questions than answers on the futureFour queens – blast furnaces named after Anne, Bess (Elizabeth), Victoria and Mary – loom over the British Steel works at Scunthorpe. Within days the queens could be under public...

Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Calbee to switch its brightly coloured packaging to black and white because war has disrupted supply of certain raw materials used in inkJapan’s biggest snack maker has been forced to use black-and-white packaging for some flagship products because of ink ingredient shortages caused by the strait of Hormuz blockade.Calbee said on Tuesday 14 of its products would switch to monochrome branding by th...

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

The Guardian • 4 months ago

In today’s newsletter: Our policy editor on what Keir Starmer said, how his leadership challengers have reacted, and what lies aheadGood morning. Yesterday, Keir Starmer gave a speech which he hoped would draw a line under any potential moves within Labour to replace him, after the nation resoundingly punished his party at the ballot box.However his words were not enough to quell disquiet. Pressur...

Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Health secretary’s soft-right credentials put him at a disadvantage even with reduced membership under StarmerUK politics live – latest updates“Country first, party second” is a mantra Keir Starmer and his cabinet have repeated since being in opposition, seeking to draw a dividing line between Labour and their Conservative predecessors’ inclination for self-destruction.But party members do matter ...

Teen bedroom art installation shines spotlight on Ukraine’s stolen children

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Since the start of the current conflict, more than 20,500 Ukrainian children have been taken by RussiaIt looks like a typical teenager’s bedroom: football shirts on the wall, crumpled clothes on the floor, exercise books open on the desk. But it is a work of political art, intended to evoke the empty rooms of more than 20,500 Ukrainian children unlawfully taken to Russia.The work was on display on...