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No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubtDonald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicated, paving the way for the UK to cede sovereignty over its last African colony after a six-month standoff.Under the terms of the deal, the UK will give up control of the Chagos archipelago while paying to maintain control of a joint US-UK military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia, under a 99-year lease. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/donald-trump-signs-off-uks-handover-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent

A press conference at Tory HQ at least had some entertainment value even if there was nothing of importance to sayThere was a time when you knew where you were with a press conference. You would go along on the assumption that the person or organisation who had called it had something important to say. Something that might approximate to news.But we live in ever more confusing days. So now we’ve reached the point where Kemi Badenoch and Mel Stride will do almost anything for attention. Where a press conference is just another excuse for a therapy session where they

New Jersey Democrat began talking on Monday night to highlight ‘a nation in crisis’ and is still going Wisconsin and Florida voters head to polls in test of Trump’s popularityUS voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida in elections that some see as a test of Donald Trump’s popularity and the political clout of his billionaire ally Elon Musk.The most closely watched contest is a battle for a seat on Wisconsin’s seven-member supreme court. Conservatives are trying to flip ideological control of the court, which currently has a 4-3 liberal majority. The contest, which features

Far-right leader says guilty verdict was ‘a nuclear bomb’ used against her as her party president calls for protestsLe Pen ban is ‘political and partisan’, says French far-right party’s presidentIn Kyiv, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha has offered an update on the talks with the United States over a new minerals deal.Sybiha told a press conference held with his Lithuanian counterpart, Kestutis Budrys, that one round of consultations had already taken place and that an agreement providing for a strong American business presence in Ukraine would contribute to his country’s security infrastructure, Reuters reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/01/marine-le-pen-guilty-france-national-rally-eu-ukraine-russia-europe-news-live

IDF says residents should evacuate Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Zayed, al-Manshiya and Tal al-ZaatarHere are some of the latest images sent to us over the newswires from Dahiyeh, the southern suburbs of Beirut where airstrikes have hit what Israel claims to be Hezbollah targets:We reported in the opening post that officials had said three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut in the middle of the night. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/01/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-lebanon-beirut-hezbollah-hamas-latest-news Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2025-04-01 10:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Starmer said that a future trade deal with the US might lead to the UK getting some exemptions from the tariffsRichard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is giving evidence to the Treasury committee. There is a live feed here.Hughes started by telling the committee that he wrote to the chancellor earlier this year to say that, when his five-year term ends later this year, he would like to have a second term in office.We are of course negotiating an economic deal which will, I hope … mitigate the tariffs.The US is our closest ally. Our defence, our

Industry leaders say there is little detail on how the opposition’s policy will work and it is ‘difficult to predict’ what the final price would beElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastGas industry leaders have expressed confusion and concern about a Coalition plan to force them to sell more of the fossil fuel in Australia and cast doubt over whether Peter Dutton’s target to cut gas prices can be delivered.Speaking at an Australian Domestic Gas Outlook conference in Sydney, several executives argued the policy to create what the opposition

Vast scheme aims to counter disinformation and increase awareness in country where low HPV vaccine take-up means many die from the preventable diseaseTens of thousands of doctors across India are being trained to promote the HPV vaccine, in a push to eliminate cervical cancer in the country.They will check with mothers attending medical appointments that they intend to vaccinate their daughters, and visit schools and community centres armed with facts and slideshows to counter vaccine disinformation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/01/india-trains-doctors-hpv-vaccine-cervical-cancer Author : Kat Lay, Global health correspondent Publish date : 2025-04-01 05:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Reserve Bank of Australia leaves cash rate unchanged amid hotly contested federal election campaignElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank of Australia has left rates on hold at 4.1% in a widely anticipated decision that keeps the independent central bank on the sidelines amid a hotly contested election campaign.In an accompanying statement that is likely to firm bets for a cut at the next meeting in May, the monetary policy board showed building confidence that inflation is returning to target – even if members remained “cautious about

Group’s chief executive condemns president’s ‘dangerous’ agenda and says funding cuts will cause ‘devastation’The reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said on Monday the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control, cancer screenings and other services for low-income people.Planned Parenthood said that nine of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as Title X, which has supported healthcare services for the poor since 1970. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-planned-parenthood Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-04-01 01:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US Investment Accelerator will oversee the semiconductor production boosting law signed in to law in August 2022Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday setting up a new entity to take over the Chips Act program and speed up corporate investments in the US.The United States Investment Accelerator within the commerce department will oversee implementing the Chips and Science Act, a 2022 law that made $52.7bn in subsidies available for semiconductor chips manufacturing and production. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-order-chips-act Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-03-31 23:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

‘Large-scale’ emergency response launched but later scaled down, while girl’s next of kin given supportA search is under way to find an 11-year-old girl after she fell into the River Thames in east London, police have said.Metropolitan police officers were called to reports that the child had entered the river close to Bargehouse Causeway, near London City airport, at about 1.15pm on Monday. Emergency services launched a “large-scale response” to the incident, the force said, but the search was later scaled down. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/31/search-under-way-for-girl-11-who-fell-into-thames-in-east-london Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-03-31 20:45:00 Copyright for syndicated

Move is latest in controversial method of deporting people from Guantánamo to prison abroad without US due processThe 17 additional people the US shipped off to a prison in El Salvador on Sunday and accused of being tied to transnational gangs were sent there from immigration detention at Guantánamo Bay, a White House official confirmed to the Guardian on Monday afternoon.The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the overnight military transfer, asserting that the group included “murderers and rapists” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs, which the Trump administration has recently labeled foreign terrorists. Continue reading... Source link

PM in South Australia to commit $150m towards Flinders hospital clinic. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe fight for Boothby and Sturt in South AustraliaMore from Dan who is travelling with the prime minister today. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/01/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-cost-of-living-housing-interest-rates-rba-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2025-03-31 19:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President issues full pardon to veteran Thomas Caldwell and commutes Jason Galanis’s 14-year prison sentenceDonald Trump has issued a full pardon to another person involved with the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and commuted the sentence of a former business associate of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son.Thomas Caldwell, 69, of Berryville, Virginia has been granted a pardon for his alleged role in the Capitol attack following a series of pardons Trump has given out to those involved with or present during the events on 6 January 2021. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-pardon-jan-6-hunter-biden Author : Marina Dunbar

Trump administration’s slashes to prevention and access expansion likely to erode progress on eliminating epidemicThe federal government has cancelled dozens of grants to study how to prevent new HIV infections and expand access to care, decimating progress toward eliminating the epidemic in the United States, scientists say.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) terminated at least 145 grants related to researching advancements in HIV care that had been awarded nearly $450m in federal funds. The cuts have been made in phases over the last month. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts Author : Rosalind Adams Publish date : 2025-03-31 17:12:00 Copyright

Donald Trump accused of damaging US ability to respond to disasters through cuts to foreign aid programmes.As aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap in global support from the world’s richest country: the US.The powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar on Friday has caused widespread destruction, flattening swathes of the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay, and even a tower block in the Thai capital, Bangkok, more than 600 miles (1,000km) away. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/myanmar-earthquake-us-slow-to-act-as-other-countries-step-in Author : Kate Lamb and Rebecca Ratcliffe Publish date : 2025-03-31 15:47:00

Downing Street says it ‘reserves right’ to respond to protect national interest when US levies are announced this weekUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has admitted the UK will be hit by more tariffs when Donald Trump announces his latest round of trade barriers on Wednesday, and said it “reserves the right” to respond to protect the national interest.Ministers are now expecting the UK to be hit by a tariff that will apply to all countries as part of the US president’s “liberation day”, despite hoping to have secured a carve out. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/31/no-10-concedes-uk-will-be-hit-by-new-trump-tariffs Author

The drama teachers behind the young actors in the Netflix smash say their lack of recognition ‘has caused wide upset’Adolescence’s stratospheric success has catapulted its young cast of unknown actors into the limelight. Reams of headlines have suggested that they have come from nowhere – yet the grassroots regional drama schools that trained them say this overlooks their hard work.To find undiscovered talent for the show, Adolescence’s casting director, Shaheen Baig, visited two northern drama schools that work with children from underrepresented and deprived communities. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/31/adolescence-drama-schools-hit-out-at-stars-from-nowhere-narrative Author : Rachel Hall Publish date : 2025-03-31 12:54:00

President tells NBC ‘there are methods’ in securing a third term despite constitutional barriersImmigration remains a strength for Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback, according to a poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of US adults approve of Trump’s approach to immigration, the survey shows, but only about 4 in 10 have a positive view of the way he’s handling the economy and trade negotiations. The poll indicates that many Americans are still on board with Trump’s efforts to ramp up deportations and restrict immigration. But it also

Sweeping order from military covers most of city in southern GazaThe Israeli military said on Monday that an inquiry had found that on 23 March, troops opened fire on a group of vehicles that included ambulances and fire trucks when the vehicles approached a position without prior coordination and without headlights or emergency signals.It said several militants belonging to the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad were killed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/31/israel-orders-rafah-evacuation-yemen-iran-middle-east-crisis-live Author : Tom Ambrose (now) and Vicky Graham (earlier) Publish date : 2025-03-31 10:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty in embezzlement caseThe judges have begun reading their verdicts.Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was at stake was the embezzlement of European taxpayers’ funds. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/31/france-marine-le-pen-embezzlement-verdict-europe-news-live Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-03-31 09:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.