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Lithuania lifts air alert after suspected drones approaching from Belarus diverted - Europe live

Incident comes just a day after Nato had to shoot down a suspected stray Ukrainian drone over EstoniaLithuanian authorities have not received any notifications about drones crashing in their territory, LRT reported.The drone alert in Lithuania has just been lifted. Continue reading...

Jakub Krupa 3 months ago

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Starmer to face Commons grilling at PMQs as Streeting plans resignation speech – UK politics live

The former health secretary will give resignation speech after prime minister’s questions Dan Tomlinson, a Treasury minister, defended the government’s decision to relax some sanctions on Russian oil in interviews this morning. He also insisted the move would be time-limited.On the Today programme,...

Andrew Sparrow 3 months ago

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Rachel Reeves to protect ‘critical’ clean energy projects from legal challenges

Chancellor’s planning shake-up would ‘reduce exposure from judicial review on all but human rights grounds’Rachel Reeves is ​preparing to announce a planning shake-up ‌that would fast-track clean energy ​and infrastructure projects by curbing judicial reviews, the ​Treasury said.The chancellor will...

Lauren Almeida 3 months ago

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‘Vein of racism’: Race discrimination commissioner accuses One Nation and Coalition of scapegoating immigrants

Exclusive: Australia faces a ‘pronounced political fault line’, Giridharan Sivaraman tells Brisbane seminar on human rights Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation and the federal opposition are “dehumanising” and “scapegoating” immigrants while drawing on a “deep vein...

Andrew Messenger 3 months ago

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EU agrees to implement US trade deal struck last summer

MEPs had twice frozen ratification process in protest at Trump’s threats to increase tariffs and take control of GreenlandThe EU has finally agreed to implement its trade deal with the US after five hours of talks between members of the European parliament and member states in the hope of averting m...

Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent 3 months ago

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UK relaxes strict sanctions on Russian crude oil

Decision to allow import of jet fuel and diesel refined in third countries is criticised by Tories as ‘insane’The UK government has relaxed strict sanctions on Russian crude oil, allowing for the import of jet fuel and diesel refined in third countries amid surging costs.A trade licence that came in...

Caroline Davies 3 months ago

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Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade threats but Trump insists Tehran wants deal

Trump says he could strike Iran again as Tehran threatens ‘new fronts’ in war if an attack takes placeTrump threatens ‘a big hit’ if Tehran does not make deal soonA South Korean oil tanker is passing through the strait of Hormuz, marking the first such case involving a Korea-managed ship since the I...

Taz Ali 3 months ago

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Albanese’s department among those blocking 80% of FoI requests, scathing report finds

Report finds culture of ‘resistance and delay’ in the Australian parliament with more than 60% of requests having longer response times than mandated 30-day deadlineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA scathing audit repor...

Tom McIlroy Political editor 3 months ago

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Lax rules and rise in for-profit childcare allow predators to abuse children, NSW inquiry finds

Greens MLC Abigail Boyd – who chaired inquiry – says system ‘failing too many children, families and educators’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSystemic weaknesses in New South Wales’ childcare sector have allowed predat...

Penry Buckley 3 months ago

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Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged

Campaigners warn against blanket restrictions and say focus should be on blocking teenagers from platforms with ‘risky’ featuresOnline safety campaigners have urged Keir Starmer to block under-16s from accessing social media apps that do not meet strict safety standards, instead of implementing a br...

Dan Milmo Global technology editor 3 months ago

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Scrap stamp duty and council tax to fix London housing crisis, thinktank says

Centre for London report finds levy on property wealth would free up homes, fund social housing and help renters save for depositsStamp duty should be scrapped and replaced with a new property wealth tax to fix London’s housing crisis, a leading thinktank has proposed.A report on the capital’s prope...

Anna White 3 months ago

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Children in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E for specialist bed in England

Nurses’ union criticises ‘catastrophic system-wide failure’ in NHS as more under-18s getting stuck in emergency wardsChildren and young people in England having a mental health crisis are spending up to three days in an A&E unit before they get a bed in a specialist unit, NHS figures reveal.One...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor 3 months ago

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AI engineer says Google unfairly sacked him after he protested against work for Israel

Exclusive: Employment tribunal claim says worker lost his job after distributing leaflets throughout London officeGoogle is facing a legal challenge from an AI engineer who claims he was unfairly dismissed after he protested against its work for the Israeli government, in the latest sign of growing...

Robert Booth UK technology editor 3 months ago

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Melbourne teenager Bianca Adler becomes youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest

The 18-year-old high school student reached the top of the world’s tallest mountain on her second attemptAn 18-year-old high school student from Melbourne has become the youngest Australian to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Wednesday.According to her Garmin data and a post on Instagram, Bianca...

Josh Taylor 3 months ago

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‘Attainment at all costs’ approach could undermine Send changes, school leaders in England say

Union says emphasis on academic goals conflicts with proposed measures on special educational needs provisionChanges to special educational needs provision in England could be thwarted by “academic attainment at all costs” policies that prioritise exam results and punish inclusive schools, headteach...

Richard Adams Education editor 3 months ago

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‘A world-class producer’: English wines toast record gold medal haul

England wins highest percentage per entry at International Wine Challenge, with Kent the country’s best regionEnglish wines won the highest percentage of gold medals per entry in a global competition, with experts describing the improvement as remarkable.At the International Wine Challenge, English...

Helena Horton 3 months ago

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Georgia’s Republican races for governor and US Senate head to June runoffs

Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic primary outright, while Republicans Burt Jones and Rick Jackson will face offThe Republican primary campaign for Georgia governor will go to a June runoff, with the lieutenant governor Burt Jones facing off against healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson – and lockin...

George Chidi in Atlanta, Georgia 3 months ago

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Broadcasters too reliant on vox pop interviews and failing to challenge politicians, says study

Researchers also question whether UK’s impartiality rules allow for proper scrutiny in era of multiparty politicsBroadcasters are letting down voters by relying on so-called vox pop interviews and failing to scrutinise political claims during election campaigns, according to researchers.The study by...

Jamie Grierson 3 months ago

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‘How are we going to survive this?’ Wellington faces six-month wait to halt sewage spill

Millions of litres of sewage have been spilling into the capital city’s waters since February after the catastrophic failure of a Moa Point wastewater plantA fix to stop millions of litres of sewage continuing to pour into the waters off the coast of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington will be in plac...

Michelle Duff in Wellington 3 months ago

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British diplomat James Roscoe leaves posting at Washington embassy

Abrupt exit for charge d’affaires who stood in after Peter Mandelson’s removal as US ambassadorA diplomat in Washington who stood in as interim ambassador after the sacking of Peter Mandelson has abruptly left his post.In a brief statement, a Foreign Office spokesman said: “James Roscoe has left his...

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Did Trump really rescue Venezuela? – podcast

Tom Phillips on life in the country four months after the US abduction of the former president Nicolás Maduro“The last time I flew out of Venezuela was right at the start of August 2024, just after the disputed presidential election,” the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, tells A...

Presented by Annie Kelly with Tom Phillips; additional reporting by María de los Ángeles Graterol; produced by Tom Glasser and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producers Homa Khaleeli and Elizabeth Cassin 3 months ago

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Thailand tightens visa rules for tourists, citing crime by foreigners

Move brings an end to a 60 day visa-free stay that was agreed with 93 countries, including the UK, US and much of EuropeThailand is drastically cutting the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 90 countries in an effort to curb crime involving foreign nationals, officials said on Tue...

Agence France-Presse 3 months ago

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Trump critic Thomas Massie defeated in Kentucky Republican House primary

Massie says opponents ‘decided to buy the seat’ as victory for Ed Gallrein shows strength of president’s grip on partyMidterm primaries – live updatesDonald Trump displayed his supremacy over the Republican party on Tuesday when voters in northern Kentucky rejected the maverick congressman Thomas Ma...

David Smith in Washington 3 months ago

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Google announces glasses are back and search is getting an AI makeover

At annual I/O conference, company debuts a product for everyday consumers to create autonomous AI agentsGoogle announced Tuesday that it would expand its search bar, the centerpiece of the most-visited website in the world, with a heavy dose of artificial intelligence. The tech giant is also trying...

Blake Montgomery in Mountain View, California 3 months ago

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