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Sick British crew member to be urgently evacuated as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Spain says MV Hondius will be received in Canary Islands and passengers and crew treated before repatriationWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?A British crew member who became ill after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean will be medically evacuated, as the World Health Organization (WHO) said rare human-to-hum...

Rare pregnancy complication has put UK women into ‘emergency surgery’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Scores of women have told how they were affected by placenta accreta spectrum for an awareness campaignWomen have had to undergo major emergency surgery, including a hysterectomy, when medical staff failed to detect they had a rare but potentially fatal complication of pregnancy.Scores of women have come forward to tell their stories of how they were affected by placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) sin...

Palestinian ambassador protests to Foreign Office over ’erasure’ by British Museum

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Objection after museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from list of countries of ancient Levant and Egypt and from some explanatory panelsThe Palestinian ambassador to the UK has called for Foreign Office intervention after the British Museum removed references to Palestine from its exhibits.The UK recognised the state of Palestine in September 2025, but the same year the museum removed the name “Palesti...

EU trade deal could force UK to restrict use of weedkiller linked to cancer

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Glyphosate is currently sprayed on cereal and pulse crops to dessicate them and make them easier to harvestA new trade deal with the EU could lead to restrictions on the use of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate on UK food crops.The full-spectrum herbicide, which kills almost every plant it touches, is often sprayed on wheat, oats and other cereal and pulse crops immediately before harvest to...

Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as island still has no treatment plantRaw sewage from nearly 40,000 people and businesses is being pumped straight into the sea because the British overseas territory of Gibraltar does not have, and has never had, a wastewater treatment plant.For decades, untreated sewage has poured into the Mediterranean from the souther...

Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles set back because walls cannot take extra weight, prison governors sayWeak and crumbling walls in Victorian prisons are hampering attempts to halt drones from delivering drugs and weapons to inmates.Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles to stop drones from entering have been hampered because the walls have been unable to take the ext...

Four in five Britons worried Iran war will make food more expensive, poll finds

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Shoppers concerned about effect of Middle East conflict, as UK retailers say government running out of time to cut costsFour in five people are worried that the Iran war will make food more expensive, according to a new poll, as businesses warned the “window is closing” for ministers to cut energy costs for UK retailers.Research by Opinium found that 80% of people are worried about the rising pric...

Australia news live: Craig Silvey books permanently removed from WA public school curriculum; Canva fined by corporate regulator

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Education minister confirmed a temporary ban would be made permanent after author pleaded guilty to child exploitation offences. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflationThe federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could ...

Primary elections: crucial showdowns set in Ohio; Indiana races yield ‘big night for Maga’ as Trump asserts control of party – as it happened

The Guardian • 4 months ago

This live blog is now closed.Jon Husted and Sherrod Brown set for Senate showdown after Ohio primary victoriesTrump-backed Republicans win big in Indiana primaries in coup for presidentSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics” because “he thinks it’s fine for Iran to have a nucl...

Australia news live: PM announces $10bn fuel and fertiliser security budget package; corporate regulator fines Canva

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflationThe federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could add to inflation.Unfortunately when the government hasn’t take inflation seriously, we’ve ended up in this situation and the risk...

Australia news live: PM announces $10bn fuel and fertiliser security budget package; alleged Bondi terror attacker to face 19 extra charges

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflationThe federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could add to inflation.Unfortunately when the government hasn’t take inflation seriously, we’ve ended up in this situation and the risk...

US military kills three people in boat strike in eastern Pacific

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Without offering details or evidence, US Southern Command describes the people killed as ‘narco-terrorists’The US military said on Tuesday it had struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people, in the latest such attack that rights groups label as “extrajudicial killings” and Washington describes as targeting “narco-terrorists”.US Southern Command posted about the strike on social me...

US military kills three in another strike in eastern Pacific that rights groups label as ‘extrajudicial killings’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Without offering details or evidence, US Southern Command described the people killed as ‘narco-terrorists’The US military said on Tuesday it struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people, in the latest such attack that rights groups label as “extrajudicial killings” and Washington describes as targeting “narco-terrorists”.US Southern Command posted about the strike on social media ...

Primary elections: crucial showdowns set in Ohio; Indiana races yield ‘big night for Maga’ as Trump asserts control of party – live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Control of Congress at stake as Ohio Senate seat could tip scale for Democrats to retake chamber in November; most Republican state senators in Indiana whose opponents were endorsed by Trump loseJon Husted and Sherrod Brown set for Senate showdown after Ohio primary victoriesSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the ponti...

Charges flagged as women and children from IS-linked families set to fly from Syria to Australia

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Home affairs minister says government continues to refuse to assist the group of 13, who are expected leave Syria soonSome of the Australian women linked to Islamic State fighters face arrest and possible charges on their return from Syria this week, with the government and federal police promising a hardline response when the group touches down.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed tha...

Trump-backed Republicans win big in Indiana primaries in coup for president

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Party’s incumbents had resisted Trump’s bruising campaign to pressure them into redrawing congressional districtsA majority of Indiana Republican legislators whose opponents were backed by Donald Trump lost their primaries on Tuesday, giving the president wins in a deep-red state just months after lawmakers there rejected his redistricting plan.Of the seven Trump-endorsed challengers to state sena...

High-stakes showdowns set in Ohio after primary elections; Indiana races yield ‘big night for Maga’ as Trump asserts control of party – live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Control of Congress at stake as Ohio Senate seat could tip scale for Democrats to retake chamber in November; most Republican state senators in Indiana whose opponents were endorsed by Trump loseJon Husted and Sherrod Brown set for Senate showdown after Ohio primary victoriesSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the ponti...

US petrol prices hit highest level in years – as it happened

The Guardian • 4 months ago

This blog is now closed. Our full report is here: Trump puts ‘Project Freedom’ on hold, saying he hopes to finalise a deal with IranIran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is travelling to Beijing later today for talks with his Chinese counterpart “on bilateral relations and regional and international developments”, his ministry said on its Telegram account.While Beijing condemned the initial US ...

Australia news live: PM announces $10bn fuel and fertiliser security budget package; refugee loses appeal against deportation to Nauru

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflationThe federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could add to inflation.Unfortunately when the government hasn’t take inflation seriously, we’ve ended up in this situation and the risk...

Search called off for Australian hiker missing in rugged Canadian national park

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Police suspend ‘extensive’ six-day air and ground search in Nova Scotia, citing ‘no new information’Teams in eastern Canada have called off an “extensive” six-day air and ground search of a rugged park for a missing Australian hiker.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said this week it had suspended operations after an effort involving dogs, 100 people, aircraft and ground crews yielded “no n...

Australia news live: IS-linked family members to return from Syria; Asio chief ‘extremely concerned’ by online radicalisation

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflationThe federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could add to inflation.Unfortunately when the government hasn’t take inflation seriously, we’ve ended up in this situation and the risk...

Women and children from alleged IS-linked families about to return to Australia from Syria, Tony Burke says

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Home affairs minister says government continues to refuse to assist the group of 13, who are expected leave Syria soonThe Albanese government has confirmed that four Australian women and nine of their children who were linked to suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria are set to travel home.The group of 13 were expected to fly into Australia very soon, the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said...

Sherrod Brown and Jon Husted set for Senate showdown after Ohio primary victories

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ohio’s Senate seat is one Democrats have prioritized in the party’s bid to retake control of the chamberSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDemocratic senator Sherrod Brown and Republican senator Jon Husted won their party’s nominations in Ohio’s primary elections on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press – teeing them up for what is expected to be a high-profile and expensive Sen...

High-stakes showdowns set in Ohio after primary elections; Indiana tests Trump’s control of Republican party – live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Control of Congress at stake as Ohio Senate seat could tip scale for Democrats to retake chamber in NovemberJon Husted and Sherrod Brown set for Senate showdown after Ohio primary victoriesSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics” because “he thinks it’s fine for Iran to have a ...

News live: thirteen women and children from IS-linked families to return to Australia from Syria, Burke confirms

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflationThe federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could add to inflation.Unfortunately when the government hasn’t take inflation seriously, we’ve ended up in this situation and the risk...