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About 120 journalists and broadcast staff expected to protest about pay freeze as STV invests in new radio stationUK politics live – latest updatesCoverage of Scotland’s election counts by STV, the commercial broadcaster, is expected to be heavily hit by strike action in an escalating dispute over pay.The National Union of Journalists and the technical union Bectu have targeted STV’s election rep...
Governor asks people to ‘pray for Mississippi’ while National Weather Service reported ‘very large and dangerous tornado’Powerful storms that included at least one confirmed tornado tore through parts of Mississippi, collapsing hundreds of homes, tearing up trees and downing power lines, authorities said Thursday.There were no immediate reports of deaths or severe injuries from the storms that str...
Organisers of nationwide protest say its aim is to stop the government turning young Germans into ‘cannon fodder’Tens of thousands of pupils across Germany are expected to boycott the classroom and take to the streets in a nationwide protest organisers say is to stop the government’s rearmament policy turning young people into “cannon fodder”.Despite threats from teachers’ associations and educati...
At least three households in Barry, south Wales, identified as having contracted the liver infectionHealth authorities have asked parents and carers to be “vigilant with their children’s hand-washing” after a hepatitis A outbreak in Barry, south Wales.Public Health Wales said at least three households in the seaside town had been identified as having contracted the same liver infection, and there ...
Tory leader tells Sun that there won’t be council tie-ups as Farage’s party is not ‘serious’ as votes under way in England, Wales and ScotlandAnd here is the eve-of-poll statement that Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Plaid Cymru leader, issued yesterday.Service is a value which has always sustained Wales. It’s a value instilled in me from a young age by my parents, both teachers. It’s a value I’ve sought to...
Report using research from senior Blair and Clinton pollster comes as Labour braces for dismal election resultsMay elections: What’s at stake across England, Wales and Scotland?UK politics live – latest updatesProgressive voters have been driven away from Labour by a lack of argument and vision from Keir Starmer, according to a report using research from a senior pollster to Tony Blair and Bill Cl...
Crowds were invited to stand in silent solidarity with the family of the Warlpiri girl who was allegedly murdered in Alice Springs last weekWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe national body representing First Nations children has called for an end to the politicisation of the death of Kumanj...
CEO of Danish shipping group says increased costs due to higher fuel bills passed on to customersBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of the shipping company Maersk has said the reopening of the strait of Hormuz would have a “limited impact” on cargo flows, as the industry grapples with a sharp rise in energy costs.Vincent Clerc, chief executive of the Danish shipping group, said its fuel bill h...
Such a move could reshape the electoral map ahead of the midterms by carving up a majority-Black congressional districtSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to push through a plan later today that would carve up a majority-Black congressional district.Jeffrey Epstein’s...
A group of 13 women and children landed on Thursday with one woman held in Sydney and two arrested in Melbourne Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree women with links to Islamic State have been arrested on their arrival back in Australia after being detained for more than seven years in Syrian detention camps.They were part of a group of 13 women and children who arrived...
A group of 13 women and children landed on Thursday with one woman held in Sydney and two arrested in Melbourne Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree women with links to Islamic State have been arrested on their arrival back in Australia after being detained for more than seven years in Syrian detention camps.They were part of a group of 13 women and children who arrived...
A group of 13 women and children landed on Thursday with one woman held in Sydney and two arrested in Melbourne Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree women with links to Islamic State have been arrested on their arrival back in Australia after being detained for more than seven years in Syrian detention camps.They were part of a group of 13 women and children who arrived...
Suspect accused of enrolling under false identity before arrest, in case echoing similar US incidentsA 28-year-old woman pretended to be age 16 and enrolled at a Bronx high school under a false identity before New York City police jailed her recently, according to officials.Kacy Claassen pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal impersonation in the second degree as well as trespassing on 28 April...
Ministers to mandate use of tools that record individuals’ cumulative exposure to harrowing incidentsPolicing in England and Wales faces a reckoning over the levels of trauma experienced by officers and staff as “trauma tracker” tools are to be mandated by ministers to ensure the psychological toll caused by exposure to death, abuse and neglect is recorded.A Home Office white paper published in Ja...
Suspect, 28, accused of enrolling under false identity before arrest, in case echoing similar US incidentsA 28-year-old woman pretended to be age 16 and enrolled at a Bronx high school under a false identity before New York City police jailed her recently, according to officials.Kacy Claassen pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal impersonation in the second degree as well as trespassing on 28 ...
As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop themThe utility industry is quietly dispatching a network of front groups to thwart the growing push for public power across the US – a push that comes amid mounting frustration over sky-high utility bills, electric outages, a slow transition to clean energy and private ...
Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to itWalking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital’s cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National Palace als...
Powerful property and farming firm Grosvenor Group says knock-on effect of Iran war could arrive next yearFertiliser shortages caused by the Iran war have driven up costs for UK farmers by up to 70% and will have a “dramatic” impact on food prices globally next year, according to one of Britain’s most powerful property and farming companies.Mark Preston, executive trustee of the 349-year-old Grosv...
On its fourth day of public hearings, royal commission into antisemitism also hears Jewish Australians have been pressured to resign and verbally abusedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJewish Australians have been told to use “less obviously Jewish” names, felt pressure to resign and been verbally abused by colleagues in the wake of 7 October 2023.On its fourth day of pub...
Relations between the Vatican and Washington are increasingly fraught after the US president lashed out at the pope over his criticism of the war in Iranin PalermoMeanwhile, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is to meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday in an effort to ease tensions after Donald Trump’s repeated criticisms of the first North American pontiff.“If anyone wants to criticise me...
Two British nationals who left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected are already self-isolating at home, say officialsWhat is hantavirus?British passengers onboard a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus will be asked to self-isolate in the UK for 45 days, a health official has suggested, as two passengers who left the vessel continue to isolate at home in Britain.Neither of the t...
Retail group with 4,800 stores worldwide expects drop in profits this year amid ‘muted market’Business live – latest updatesThe sports fashion retailer JD has warned that profits will fall this year amid a “muted market” hit by weaker spending by young people and concerns about the Middle East conflict.The company, which runs 4,800 stores worldwide including the JD, Blacks and Millets chains in th...
Retail group with 4,800 stores worldwide expects drop in profits this year amid ‘muted market’Business live – latest updatesThe sports fashion retailer JD has warned that profits will fall this year amid a “muted market” hit by weaker spending by young people and concerns about the Middle East conflict.The company, which runs 4,800 stores worldwide including the JD, Blacks and Millets chains in th...
In an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating against the governmentA woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards.Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was stripped naked by two male guards in a room monitored ...
The US and Iran have offered conflicting messages over the likelihood of a deal being reached imminentlyMorning and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.The US and Iran have offered conflicting messages over the state of negotiations to end the war, with Donald Trump signalling the talks were “very good” and a deal “very possible”.News of a possible deal f...
People gathered at dusk under the fig tree canopy of Sydney’s Hyde Park to pay tribute to 32-year-old, who laid undiscovered for up to a weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNo one should be left to die in the middle of Sydney, alone and unseen.That was the powerful message delivered by homelessness support worker Erin...
Pair left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected and are not reporting symptoms, according to UK Health Security AgencyTwo people who were onboard a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have returned to the UK and are self-isolating, British health officials have said.Neither of the two British people, who left MV Hondius at St Helena in late April, are reporting symptoms, accordi...
Jason Atherton, who has restaurants in Dubai, St Moritz and now Tuscany, says it’s tough to stay afloat in UK hospitality industryA British Michelin-starred chef says he is opening restaurants abroad to subsidise his UK venues against a backdrop of high taxes and a struggling hospitality sector.Jason Atherton is now in Forte dei Marmi, on the Tuscan coast in Italy, where he is preparing his newest...
Four empty oil tanks were reportedly damaged, although it’s unclear whether the drones belong to Ukraine or RussiaLatvia is investigating two drones which entered its airspace from Russian territory overnight and crashed in eastern part of the country near an empty oil storage facility.Four empty oil tanks were reported damaged, with minor smouldering reported in one of the tanks. The local public...
The group of 13 women and children left Syria for Australia on Wednesday, with authorities saying some adults may be chargedThirteen women and children have landed in Australia, after being detained for more than seven years in Syrian detention camps following the fall of Islamic State.Some of the women may face arrest and possible criminal charges – including terrorism and slavery related offence...
