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Humza Yousaf says deal with Greens ‘has served its purpose’ and ‘balance has shifted’ – UK politics live
First minister says deal was no longer providing stability in parliament and parties will cooperate but less formally in future HUMZA YOUSAF, the SNP leader and Scottish first minister, is hold...
Europe live: Venice residents protest as city begins visitor charging scheme
Locals say city is against plan and accuse authorities of turning Venice into a ‘theme park’ by charging day trippers for visits Tourists arriving in Venice on Thursday were welcomed by tic...
Russia-Ukraine war live: Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets UK finance minister in Kyiv
Ukrainian president meets Jeremy Hunt and calls for sanctions against Russia to be tightened RUSSIA has vetoed a UN SECURITY COUNCIL resolution calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous n...
SNP ends power-sharing deal with Scottish Greens over climate strategy
Cabinet votes to leave historic Bute House agreement after government abandons emissions target UK politics – latest updates The historic power-sharing agreement between the Scottish Nationa...
Protesters arrested amid crackdown on pro-Palestine student rallies across US campuses
At least 34 arrested at University of Texas in Austin and 50 more detained at University of Southern California while House speaker jeered at Columbia University Dozens of protesters were arres...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/palestine-protests-columbia-nyu-mike-johnson
Middle East crisis live: White House says it wants ‘answers’ from Israel after mass graves found near hospitals in Gaza
Israel says the graves were dug by people in Gaza a few months ago but the corpses had been examined by IDF soldiers Here are some of the scenes in JERUSALEM, where people, including Israeli in...
Estate of Tupac Shakur threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track
Drake used AI to simulate the voice of the late rapper and have him chide Kendrick Lamar, which the estate calls a ‘flagrant violation’ The estate of the late Tupac Shakur has sent a cease ...
Barclays profits tumble 12% as UK interest rates hit mortgage demand
Pre-tax profits drop to £2.3bn between January and March, down from £2.6bn last year • Business live – latest updates Profits at Barclays tumbled by 12% in the first quarter, as higher...
Twenty-nine pilot whales dead after mass stranding on WA beach
Up to 160 whales have beached themselves at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough, more than 250km south of Perth Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news ...
US Congress passes foreign military aid package with $5bn boost for Aukus agreement with Australia
Defence minister Richard Marles welcomes confirmation of congressional funding that ensures US can produce Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines for Australia Follow our Australia news live b...
Moulin Rouge windmill blades collapse in Paris
Blades of famous cabaret venue fall from roof overnight The blades of the Moulin Rouge windmill, one of the most famous landmarks in Paris, have collapsed, firefighters have said, just months b...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/moulin-rouge-windmill-blades-collapse-in-paris
UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT armed forces personnel to be built
Fighting With Pride charity will lead work for memorial at National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire The UK’s first memorial commemorating the “lost legion” of LGBT people who have ser...
Peter Dutton backs Elon Musk and contradicts Sussan Ley on ‘silly’ demand for global removal of stabbing footage
The opposition leader says Australia ‘can’t be the internet police of the world’ amid dispute between the eSafety commissioner and X over Wakeley stabbing content removal Get our morning an...
Runaway horses in ‘serious condition’ after bolting through central London
Animals ran through rush-hour streets, colliding with vehicles and leaving four people in hospital Two of the military horses that broke loose during a morning exercise and bolted through centr...
Activist groups not directly involved in Tiwi Island lawsuit must hand over documents to Santos, court rules
Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts say Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast ...
Spanish PM considers resigning, blaming political ‘harassment’ of wife
Pedro Sánchez halts public duties, hitting out at opponents after court launches inquiry into alleged corruption by Begoña Gómez Spain’s socialist prime minister has cancelled his public d...
Sussan Ley ‘really disappointed’ with Elon Musk – as it happened
This blog is now closed Thousands gather for dawn services and marches to mark Anzac Day around Australia Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast HUNDREDS ...
David Pecker, Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’, to resume testimony in hush-money trial
Former National Enquirer publisher says he helped Trump to suppress negative stories that threatened 2016 election campaign The former tabloid publisher David Pecker will continue testimony at ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/david-pecker-testimony-trump-trial
Lack of action on Iran could lead to more threats and attacks in UK, says journalist
Dissidents and broadcasters feeling unsafe after stabbing of Pouria Zeraati in London call for ‘deterrent signal’ A former BBC journalist has said the UK government will “pay a heavy pric...
Australian women alleging ‘unlawful’ treatment at Doha airport launch appeal
Five women who say they were forced to undergo invasive examinations seek to overturn judgment finding they could not directly sue Qatar Airways Follow our Australia news live blog for latest upd...
Indonesia election: Prabowo formally declared president-elect after court rejects legal challenges
Rivals had said February election won by former general was undermined by state interference and unfair rule changes Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto pr...
Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist
Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says Wanjira Mathai Africa must take greater control in the industries it supplies with raw materials ...
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire
Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’ Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas wh...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/israel-gaza-ceasefire-adam-smith
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism Authorities in Venice have been accused of transforming the famous lagoon city i...
‘Waiting for Trump’: Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes
Exclusive: Hungary’s PM and EU’s most isolated leader says he is pursuing ‘friendship with everybody’ – particularly the former US president Europe’s most isolated leader was beamin...
Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group
Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly in, amid intensifying conflict Burkina Faso’s military summarily executed 223 civili...
Dozens arrested in California and Texas as campus administrators move to shut down protests – as it happened
More than 60 people, including a journalist, arrested at University of Southern California and University of Texas at Austin. This blog is now closed. Campus protests: full story MIKE JOHNSON,...
Chicago’s infamous sidewalk ‘rat hole’ removed by officials
City officials made the decision after saying the sidewalk in Roscoe Village was damaged and needed to be replaced A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately referred to as the �...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/chicago-rat-hole-landmark-removed-roscoe-village
Netanyahu labels US student protests ‘antisemitic’ and calls for them to end
Israeli prime minister terms pro-ceasefire rallies ‘horrific’ as students demand universities divest from weapons makers The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/us-campus-protests-benjamin-netanyahu-ceasefire
Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly
Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030 Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda “indefinitely”, the h...
Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/13/will-us-ban-tiktok
Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah
Two reservists brigades mobilised for Gaza missions while rows of tents put up in Khan Younis Israel appears to be readying to send troops into Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, the only cor...
Barbados leader halts £3m payout to UK MP for Drax Hall plantation
Government U-turn as PM Mia Mottley acknowledges anger from reparations movement over plan to buy Barbados land from Dorset MP Richard Drax The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has halt...
Biden signs $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for Kyiv Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that rushes $95bn in fo...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-signs-foreign-aid-ukraine-israel
Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president
Critics of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa say behind remarks is lack of national recognition that slavery should be discussed in schools Portugal needs to “pay the costs” of slavery and other colo...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/portugal-pay-costs-slavery-colonialism-president
Middle East crisis: Germany to resume working with Unrwa af...et to supply evidence to back terror claims – as it happened
Government to resume cooperation with UN agency for Palestinians in Gaza after report finds Israel had yet to back up accusations on employees having terror ties AN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT MINISTER ...
Biden praises Congress for foreign aid bill and says he will sign it immediately
The $95bn package allots funds to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, which desperately needs munitions for its war with Russia Joe Biden praised congressional leaders and lawmakers for what he called ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-foreign-aid-bill
Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown
Video evidence shows multiple arrests after regime launched new draconian campaign against women and girls Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and deta...
UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’ The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliber...
Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally Sudan had the world’s largest number of people f...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/sudan-extreme-food-shortages-2023-food-insecurity
Antony Blinken arrives in China with warning for Beijing over support of Russia
US secretary of state to hold talks with Chinese counterpart and most likely with President Xi Jinping Antony Blinken has landed in China amid a worsening rift between the world’s two most po...
Lost luggage leaves New Zealand’s band without instruments for Anzac Day at Gallipoli
Bags went missing in Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and a handful of dress uniforms for defence force musicians Australia’s and New Zealand’s defence ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/lost-luggage-new-zealand-band-anzac-day-gallipoli
Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban
Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after being raped Honduras is being taken to a global human rights body for the first time over its total ...
AfD politician’s aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China
Man worked as assistant to Maximilian Krah, top candidate in European parliament elections, say prosecutors A close adviser to a leading member of Germany’s far-right populist Alternative fü...
Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist
Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest upda...
Designer Nancy Gonzalez sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile and python handbags
Celebrity fashion designer, who recruited couriers to transport bags from her native Colombia to US on commercial flights, receives 18-month sentence A leading fashion designer whose accessorie...
Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues
Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rules India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been accused of hate speech during a ca...
‘Children won’t be able to survive’: inter-American court to hear from climate victims
Historic hearing will receive submissions from people whose human rights have been affected by climate change Julian Medina comes from a long line of fishers in the north of Colombia’s Gulf o...
Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave
Anticyclonic conditions have allowed temperatures to reach 35-45C across much of the country Mexico has been undergoing its first heatwave of the season. The heatwave started on Sunday 14 April...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/weather-tracker-mexico-first-heatwave-of-season
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn
For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds Global military expenditure has reached a record high of $2440bn (£1970bn) af...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/global-defence-budget-jumps-to-record-high-of-2440bn
Fighting rages at Myanmar’s border with Thailand as rebels target junta troops
Thousands of civilians flee as resistance fighters fight to flush out soldiers holed up at eastern bridge border crossing Fighting raged at Myanmar’s eastern border with Thailand on Saturday,...
‘Messianic spell’: how Narendra Modi created a cult of personality
Experts say Indian PM is hoping to be ‘bigger than Gandhi’ as he aims to win a third term in office As the distant rumble of a helicopter drew closer, cheers erupted from the gathered crowd...
Voting begins in India’s election with Modi widely expected to win third term
First phase in world’s largest democratic exercise begins, with 969 million people eligible to vote over six-week period Voting has begun in India’s mammoth general election, as Narendra Mo...
Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India
Scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15 metres long, weighed a tonne and would have constricted its prey Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/fossils-largest-snake-found-western-india