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Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a yearAmanda Spielman, the former head of Ofsted, has accused the government of putting the interests of teaching unions ahead of the needs of pupils.In an article for the Daily Telegraph, she launched a wide-ranging attack on the eduction secretary, Bridget Phillipson, arguing that her policies would put educational improvement in England into reverse.There is much interest from other countries in what has been achieved in England, and in learning from us. Just in the past year I have been working in Flanders

US says airstrikes are intended to deter rebel group from attacking Red Sea shippingIranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said earlier today that Iran will respond to Trump’s letter “after full scrutiny”.The Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, has been reporting on the significance of Trump sending the letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who as Iran’s supreme leader is the highest authority in the country, and what it signals about the fraught relationship between Washington and Tehran. Here is an extract from his piece:The letter, the first step Trump has taken towards Iran since he announced the US was seeking to

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says the conditions Russia has presented suggest Putin doesn’t really want peaceTens of thousands of people from across Serbia joined an anti-corruption rally in Belgrade on Saturday, in what is regarded as the culmination of months of protest that have shaken the grip of the country’s autocratic president, Aleksandar Vučić.The anti-government rally is likely to be the biggest ever held in the Balkan country. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/17/russia-us-ukraine-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ceasefire-peace-talks-europe-latest-live-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-03-17 08:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

At least 34 people killed as storms sweep midwest and southern states, while rain causes chaos in Melbourne raceAt least 34 people have died across six states in the US in the past week as a powerful storm system swept through the midwest and south, impacting states such as Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mississippi. The storms brought a devastating combination of dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, flash flooding and large hailstones, and left behind a trail of wrecked vehicles, severely damaged buildings and widespread power outages. More than 60 million Americans have been affected by the severe weather.Since Friday,