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EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič says bloc in a ‘tough spot’ with 70% of exports being subjected to tariffs Outgoing German economy minister Robert Habeck is not mincing his words this morning in response to a question on US tariffs and how they were calculated.He says:“The calculations, from my point of view, are nonsense. Even the basis of the calculation is nonsense. The assumption that a trade budget surplus or deficit is a problem in itself, is a wrong estimation, because in the end, globalisation serves all economies, and especially the American economy, has huge growth figures in GDP, better

Prime minister to focus on car industry, which has been hit by 25% tariffs on exports to US, but manufacturers say ‘greater action almost certainly needed’The Green Alliance thinktank welcomed the fact that the government has not not changed the headline goal of 2030 for the year when the sale of petrol and diesel cars must end (apart from micro-volume supercar brands, like McLaren and Aston Martin – which are now exempt). But it has expressed concern that the changes announced today will slow progress towards making the car industry fully electric.Shaun Spiers, its executive director, said:We welcome the prime

Majority of staff who leave each year have frontline jobs, meaning the Coalition will have to replace them or break its pledgeElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition cannot meet its target of downsizing government roles by 41,000 over the next five years without losing positions in departments it has pledged to protect, a Guardian Australia analysis shows.Peter Dutton walked back his pledge to immediately

US president tells reporters the levies are ‘medicine to fix something’ as Nikkei tumbles nearly 9% in early trading, worsening huge losses from last week’s announcementMarkets react to Trump tariffs – live updatesDonald Trump said foreign governments would have to pay “a lot of money” to lift sweeping tariffs that he characterised as “medicine,” as markets in Asia plunged in early trading on Monday.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One late on Sunday, the US president indicated he was not concerned about market losses that have already wiped out nearly $6tn in value from US stocks. “I don’t want anything

Japan’s stock index plummets almost 9% on Trump tariff concerns after almost $5tn was wiped off the value of global stock markets last weekHong Kong stocks have plummeted more than 9% at open, while Singapore stocks dropped over 7%, according to reports.Hong Kong and Chinese stocks dived on Monday as markets around the world crumbled in the face of the widening global trade war and fears it will unleash a deep recession, Reuters says. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/blog/live/2025/apr/07/global-stock-markets-brace-donald-trump-us-tariffs-business-live-updates-news Author : Adam Fulton Publish date : 2025-04-07 01:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Coalition dumps policy to force public servants into the office and will not force redundancies. Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese reiterates that ‘social media companies have a social responsibility’, but details on ban not forthcomingLast week a Time magazine article about Albanese’s social media reforms and the ban on social media for under 16s described the PM as

Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, shot alongside two other teenagers in West Bank town as settler violence escalatesA Palestinian teenager with US citizenship was killed after being shot by an Israeli settler in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Palestinian officials said on Sunday, as tensions continue to escalate amid a surge in settler violence and near-daily confrontations between Israeli settlers and Palestinians across the occupied territory.Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, was shot along with two other teenagers by an Israeli settler at the entrance to Turmus Ayya, the town’s mayor, Adeeb Lafi, told Reuters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/palestinian-teen-citizen-killed-israeli-settler

Commerce secretary insists on CBS that tariffs will ‘stay in place’ as treasury secretary tells NBC negotiation is possibleSenior officials within Donald Trump’s administration officials gave conflicting messages on Sunday about the US president’s global tariffs that have caused a meltdown in stock markets, prompted warnings of a world recession and provoked rare expressions of dissent from within his Republican party.Cabinet members fanned out across Sunday’s political talk shows armed with talking points on Trump’s 10% across-the-board tariff on almost all US imports, with higher rates targeted at about 60 countries. If the intention was to calm nerves with a

Just 2% of total penalties paid, raising concerns about agency given new powers to fight economic crimeThe UK government agency responsible for overseeing a national register of companies has collected just £1,250 in fines after being given new powers to crack down on corruption, it has emerged.Companies House is implementing a series of reforms, amid embarrassing revelations about fraudsters and jokers signing up to the corporate register with names such as “Darth Vader” and “Santa Claus”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/06/companies-house-uk-fines-corruption-crackdown Author : Rob Davies Publish date : 2025-04-06 15:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Peter Reynolds, 79, detained with his wife Barbie since February, says prison is ‘nearest thing to hell I can imagine’A Briton held captive by the Taliban for more than nine weeks has said he is living in dire conditions in a prison in Kabul, describing it as “the nearest thing to hell I can imagine”.In a recording of a phone call from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, Peter Reynolds, 79, also spoke of his fears for the safety of his wife, Barbie, who is being held in the women’s section of the the maximum-security jail. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/06/british-couple-held-by-taliban-describe-dire-conditions-in-kabul-jail Author :

David Lammy says it is ‘unacceptable’ the parliamentary delegation had been detained and deportedThe UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of planning to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky News and Politics UK. Yang, who represents Earley and Woodley in Berkshire, and Mohamed, the MP for Sheffield Central, flew into Ben Gurion airport from Luton with their aides, according to

PM says he will use policy to shelter British businesses following the stock market turmoil prompted by Trump’s announcementStarmer orders economic reset amid Trump’s tariff mayhemWelcome back to our live coverage of the economic fallout from Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs last week.Almost $5tn (£4tn) was wiped off the value of global stock markets after the US president made his shock announcement last Wednesday, which included a 10% base tariff on imports into the US from the UK. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/06/donald-trump-tariffs-keir-starmer-uk-world-live-news-updates Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2025-04-06 07:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Survey says queues outside emergency departments are leading to ‘car park care’ and fatalitiesParamedics across England are watching patients die in the back of ambulances because of delays outside emergency departments, according to a survey by Unison.The gridlock of patients in some of the country’s hospitals has led to queues of up to 20 ambulances outside casualty departments in certain areas. In a number of cases, crews have been forced to wait more than 12 hours before handing over patients. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/06/englands-nhs-crews-watching-patients-die-in-back-of-ambulances-due-to-ae-delays Author : Jon Ungoed-Thomas Publish date : 2025-04-06 05:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Australian federal police say the man, 46, allegedly tried to open the rear emergency exit door of the plane from Malaysia on SaturdayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Jordanian national has been charged after he allegedly attempted to open the doors of a Sydney-bound plane mid-flight.Australian federal police (AFP) say a man, 46, allegedly tried to open the rear emergency exit door of the plane, travelling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday night.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/06/man-charged-after-allegedly-attempting-to-open-plane-door-on-flight-to-sydney-ntwnfb

The Nationals leader said he was going to work to get more gas into the system from the Gippsland region in Victoria. Follow today’s news livePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong says a million households will take up solar batteries by 2030Penny Wong has defended Labor’s announcement today that it will assist householders with rooftop solar to buy batteries, after being quizzed on how many people the policy would actually help.

Police urge people to stay away, as helicopters try to extinguish flames in Galloway and surrounding regionFirefighters are dealing with a wild blaze that has spread over a large area of forest in Scotland with police urging people to stay away from the area. Emergency services were called to Glentrool in Galloway, southern Scotland, at about 11.50pm on Friday with fire crews still on the scene on Saturday afternoon.Police Scotland said the wildfire was expected to reach the Loch Doon area of East Ayrshire at about midnight Helicopters are being used in efforts to extinguish the flames which have also

Party suspends North East Somerset MP after he is taken into custody following police raid on his constituency home Labour have suspended Dan Norris, the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, after he was arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences.Norris, a former Labour minister who defeated Jacob Rees-Mogg as MP at last year’s general election, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/05/labour-mp-dan-norris-arrested-over-and-child-abuse-allegations Author : David Connett Publish date : 2025-04-05 19:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than a thousand events expected in a show of defiance against US president’s ‘authoritarian overreach’Maxwell Frost, Florida’s Democratic representatve, is now adddressing the crowd in Washington DC.We see the foundations of our society, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, the very safety nets that people have fought for, for generations, to ensure that our country lives up to its promise, are being targeted by the billionaires and the oligarchs and the corporations.This insidious rise of authoritarianism is fueled by corrupt billionaires and mega corporations who believe that they have the right to control every aspect of our lives, our healthcare, to

‘It is up to all of us to fix this,’ former president said in speech at Hamilton College in New YorkBarack Obama has called on US citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Donald Trump’s political agenda – and warned Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.“It has been easy during most of our lifetimes to say you are a progressive or say you are for social justice or say you’re for free speech and not have to pay a price for it,” Obama said during a speech at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, on

Teenager, named by police as Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim, received a single wound to the neck and died in hospitalA man has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck in Huddersfield.Officers were called to Ramsden Street in the town centre at about 2.45pm on Thursday, West Yorkshire police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/05/man-charged-with-after-boy-16-stabbed-in-huddersfield Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2025-04-05 11:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next week‘It could’ve been much worse’: how UK avoided a bigger blow from Trump tariffsWhen Jonathan Reynolds gathered with officials around the large television screen in his office to watch Donald Trump unleash his global trade war, he knew little more than anyone else about what was to come.It was Wednesday night and the US president was about to upend a century of global trade with the imposition of sweeping taxes on US imports from around the world.Our view

Trump’s economic assault on the world stunned economists and sent stock markets into a spiral. Who will pay the price?‘It could’ve been much worse’: how UK avoided a bigger blow from Trump tariffsDonald Trump’s vast overhaul of US trade policy this week has called time on an era of globalization, alarming people, governments and investors around the world. No one should have been surprised, the US president said.The announcement of 10% to 50% tariffs on US trading partners tanked stock markets after Trump unveiled a “declaration of economic independence” so drastic it drew comparison with Britain’s exit from the European

Most senior American prelate in Catholic church to face accusations of sexual abuse died in state of MissouriThe first cardinal to be defrocked by the Pope over allegations of sexual abuse has died in the United States, a senior US churchman said on Friday.Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and the most senior American prelate in the Catholic church to face claims of abuse, died in the state of Missouri aged 94, the New York Times reported, citing a Vatican statement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/former-washington-archbishop-theodore-mccarrick-defrocked-over-abuse-allegations-dies-aged-94 Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-04-05 04:18:00 Copyright for syndicated

Disgraced Republican congressman ‘made a mockery’ of election system and merits long sentence, US officials sayProsecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.The US attorney for the eastern district of New York argued in a court filing on Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/george-santos-prosecutors-campaign-fraud Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-04-05 01:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to