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Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBy rolling back a bedrock climate legal determination, the Trump administration has undercut its attacks on a groundbreaking state climate accountability law, green groups have argued in court.Trump’s justice department has asked a judge to kill a first-of-its-kind 2024 Vermont “climate superfund” policy requiring major polluters to pay for damages caused by their past planet-heating pollution, partly on the grounds that that federal law, not state law, governs

Foreign secretary hits back at former prime minister, saying Britain had to ‘learn the lessons’ of Iraq warMiddle East crisis – live updatesYvette Cooper has rejected Tony Blair’s assertion that the UK should have supported Donald Trump’s initial airstrikes on Iran, saying Britain had to “learn the lessons” of mistakes made in Iraq.At a private lunch event on Friday, the former Labour prime minister said Keir Starmer “should have backed America from the very beginning” and let the Trump administration use British airbases, adding: “If they are your ally and they are an indispensable cornerstone for your security … you

Reports of explosions in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as smoke billows above TehranFull report: Iran rejects Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender as a ‘dream’From ‘peace president’ to Operation Epic Fury: Trump’s road to warThe Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes “across Iran” on Sunday, targeting military sites.A military statement said it had “initiated a wave of strikes targeting the Iranian terror regime military infrastructure across Iran”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-china-warns-world-cannot-return-to-law-of-the-jungle-trump-says-iran-being-decimated Author : Yohannes Lowe (now) and Hannah Ellis-Petersen (earlier) Publish date : 2026-03-08 08:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Exclusive: Campaigners urge Keir Starmer to back ‘Philomena’s Law’ to protect payments for up to 13,000 survivors living in BritainSurvivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes have started to have benefits cut in Britain because they accepted compensation from the Irish government.The cuts to the means-tested benefits of survivors in Britain come as campaigners including the actors Siobhán McSweeney and Steve Coogan called on Keir Starmer to back a bill known as Philomena’s Law, which would ringfence survivors’ benefits. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/survivors-of-irelands-mother-and-baby-homes-face-benefit-cuts-in-uk-after-accepting-compensation Author : Ben Quinn Political Correspondent Publish date : 2026-03-08 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content