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Announcement makes UK the first country to agree deal with US since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs in AprilAston Martin and Rolls-Royce share prices soar as manufacturers welcome US tariff cutsAnalysis: new UK/US trade deal is a relief for Starmer but doubts, and tariffs, remainUS politics live – latest updatesThe UK and US have agreed a “breakthrough” trade deal slashing some of Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars, aluminium and steel and that the prime minister said would save thousands of British jobs.Keir Starmer said it was a “fantastic, historic day” as he announced the agreement, the first by the White House

The prime minister will rally his partyroom as women outnumber men. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“We do need to reflect a modern Liberal Party,” Ley says. She is speaking on Sunrise ahead of the Liberal’s party room on Tuesday, where they will select a new leader:It’s about making sure that I am listening to my colleagues and … demonstrate to them we want a strong approach that includes everyone. I want to harness all of the talent in my team, take it forward under my leadership and meet the Australian people

Pakistan tried to hit Indian-administered Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, according to India, which reported ‘no losses’Kashmir crisis live – latest updatesIndia claims it has thwarted retaliatory missile and drone strikes launched by Pakistan on Thursday evening that attempted to hit sites in Indian-administered Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan.Residents in Jammu, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, reported missiles and drones over the city and the noise of explosions, amid a city-wide blackout. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/india-pakistan-kashmir-tensions-airstrike Author : Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad Publish date : 2025-05-08 18:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president rejects suggestion he is overstating significance of deal as UK and US hail ‘first announcement’ of trade agreement Starmer and Trump to announce UK-US trade dealThe winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers.New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands. Continue reading... Source

Commemorations take place across the UK and Europe against backdrop of Ukraine conflictAnother from the Guardian archive:St Peter Port, Guernsey Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/08/ve-day-80th-anniversary-victory-europe-uk-live-latest-news Author : Amy Sedghi (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Publish date : 2025-05-08 13:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Pakistan says four soldiers wounded in Indian drone attackImages on the news wires show the aftermath of alleged attacks on both sides of the India-Pakistan border and in the long-disputed territory of Kashmir.India’s government has said it has been recovering debris from a number of locations after it accused Pakistan of launching an attack using drones and missiles. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/08/india-pakistan-kashmir-latest-live-news Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2025-05-08 11:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Up to four rounds of voting expected with history suggesting white smoke might be seen todayExplainer: how does the conclave work?Leading candidates to be the next pope The chimney cam is back (and so are the seagulls; I will come back to this later).Our live stream at the top is showing the chimney, too – although, as explained earlier, there is no guarantee we are going to get any smoke after the first round of voting. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/08/new-pope-conclave-vatican-white-black-smoke-papacy-catholic-cardinals Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-05-08 08:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president teases announcement with ‘big and highly respected country’ at 10am (3pm BST) in WashsingtonIn the morning Politico newsletter, Andrew McDonald makes the following point worth bearing in mind. He writes:This was never meant to be a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, of the sort that previous Tory governments tried and failed to win. Instead, this had been pitched by UK officials as a narrow economic pact to avoid tariffs and work together on AI and critical tech. How narrow or otherwise, we should know soon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/08/donald-trump-us-uk-keir-starmer-trade-deal-politics-live-news Author : Martin Belam

Patterson has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s lawyer Colin Mandy cross-examining Kylie AshtonMandy asks about the previous evidence from medical witnesses that Erin was present at the hospital for five minutes before she discharged herself.I said these could be symptoms of illness and we needed to do further investigation to ensure she was safe. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/08/erin-patterson-trial-live-evidence-continues-mushroom-cooks-trial-day-eight-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date

Projects including solar, wind and batteries expected to create 3,200 jobs and power 2.7m homes. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Raue’s predictions for Menzies, Bullwinkel and BradfieldAnalyst Ben Raue also predicted that Labor’s Gabriel Ng lead by 1,145 votes in Menzies, Victoria, will “grow slightly”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/08/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-environment-labor-cabinet-liberal-leadership-sussan-ley-angus-taylor-ntwnfb Author : Cait Kelly Publish date : 2025-05-08 01:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Brian Murphy rules in favor of immigrant rights advocates as reports suggest US military planned to begin deportations later this weekBritain is in “active discussions” with US officials over the extraordinary 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the US proposed by Donald Trump, as it tries to protect one of its biggest creative industries.“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected,” creative industries minister Chris Bryant told parliament. Continue

Georgetown professor called to testify says Republican-led proceedings ‘an attempt to chill protected speech’A congressional panel investigating antisemitism on US college campuses on Wednesday was accused of trying to chill constitutionally protected free speech and likened to a cold-war era committee notorious for wrecking the lives of people suspected of communist sympathies.The comparison was made by David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University law centre, who told the House education and workforce committee that its proceedings resembled those staged by the House un-American Activities Committee (Huac) during and after the second world war. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/house-committee-campus-antisemitism Author

Loss of the vast Hornsea 4 offshore wind project is bad news but it reveals a big flaw in setting a deadlineDanish firm shelves huge UK windfarm project over rising costs“Immensely challenging” and pushing the limits “of what is feasibly deliverable”. That was the state-owned National Energy System Operator’s description of its own proposals on how to decarbonise electricity generation in Great Britain by 2030. In short, it thought clean power by that date, a key Labour manifesto pledge, was “credible” and “achievable” as long as little went wrong along the way.Neso’s £200bn plan, detailing a rapid rollout of offshore

Cardinals set to meet behind closed doors to decide on successor to Pope FrancisWho will be the next pope? Potential candidatesPapal in-tray: new pontiff will have to hit ground runningHow does the conclave work?If you’d rather get up to date on the pomp and the politics of the conclave, the process to elect Pope Francis’s successor, good news: we’ve got you covered.It is, as Guardian journalist Harriet Sherwood explains, an election rich in ceremony and ritual. Yet it can get very dirty too: cardinals lobbying in corridors and Vatican gardens; allegations of leaks to the media to discredit rivals; even

Iranian leaders are already pushing back, saying renaming the gulf would be ‘indicative of hostile intent toward Iran’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the “Arabian Gulf” or the “Gulf of Arabia”, according to two US officials.The move has prompted a push back from Iranian leaders. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/trump-rename-persian-arabian-gulf Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-05-07 12:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Senior Conservatives praise deal and say tax exemptions for seconded workers are routineUK politics live – latest updatesA series of senior Conservatives have contradicted Kemi Badenoch after she criticised a landmark UK-India trade deal because it temporarily exempts seconded Indian workers from national insurance payments in the UK.Tories including Oliver Dowden, who was deputy prime minister under Rishi Sunak, said the deal should be hailed as a dividend of Brexit that would bring economic growth and cheaper goods from India. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/07/tory-brexiters-contradict-kemi-badenoch-criticism-uk-india-trade-deal Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish date : 2025-05-07 10:12:00 Copyright for

Increasingly desperate Palestinians struggle for food as gangs exploit breakdown of law and orderMedical officials in Gaza report rising cases of acute malnutrition, and community kitchens that served 1m meals a day are shutting down for lack of basic essentials. Aid agencies say they have distributed all remaining stocks of food. Dozens of bakeries that supplied vital free bread closed last month.“By the time a famine is declared, it will be too late. The crime wave is because you have 2 million or more desperate, traumatised people packed together with virtually no policing,” said one humanitarian official in Gaza. Continue

She will cover world affairs across all platforms including the Asia Pacific newsroom and Foreign CorrespondentSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesGet our breaking news email,free app ordaily news podcastThe political editor for 7.30, Laura Tingle, is taking on a new role at the ABC as global affairs editor, providing analysis on world events across TV, radio and online.Tingle joined the broadcaster in 2018 after 35 years as a political journalist for newspapers including the Australian Financial Review, the Australian, the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.Sign up to

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Don and Gail had dined at Erin’s before, court hearsAnna Terrington also recalls a lunch that her parents, Don and Gail, had at Erin’s house in 2023 – before the fateful mushroom meal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/07/erin-patterson-trial-live-witnesses-to-continue-giving-evidence-on-day-seven-of-mushroom-cooks-trial-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-05-07 02:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ex-housekeepers accuse Motown legend of sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violenceMotown legend William “Smokey” Robinson has been accused of sexual assault and misconduct by four women – identified only as Jane Does 1, 2, 3 and 4 – who worked as housekeepers for the Robinsons.A complaint filed in Los Angeles superior court on 6 May lists charges including sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violence. The complaint seeks $50m total in damages for the four women. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/smokey-robinson-accused-sexual-assault Author : Cy Neff Publish date : 2025-05-07 00:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

People should not underestimate the risk of catching flu, health professionals say. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCan we cut the reams of waste in election paper trail?A mountain of waste is created each time Australians go to the polls to vote in local, state and federal elections, and experts say we need to find creative ways to reduce it. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/07/australia-news-live-flu-election-undecided-seats-kooyong-monique-ryan-melbourne-adam-bandt-greens-liberal-leadership-anthony-albanese-ntwnfb Author : Rafqa Touma Publish date : 2025-05-06 21:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Kathy Hochul announces ‘first-ever’ plans to distribute $2bn, as well as plans for free meals for 2.7 million studentsNew York governor, Kathy Hochul, announced that the state will be distributing inflation refund checks to more than 8 million New Yorkers.Last week, as part of New York’s fiscal year 2026 budget, Hochul announced the state’s “first-ever inflation refund checks” which is slated to put $2bn back into the pockets of millions of New Yorkers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/new-york-inflation-refund-checks-kathy-hochul Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-05-06 18:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Trump claims he wants ‘friendship’ between US and Canada as new PM visits White HouseTrump and Carney to meet in closely-watched encounterA group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The six senators – Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch – wrote to Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general, asking him to launch an investigation by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office into the US government’s implementation of laws regarding the

Leftwingers say winter fuel payment cuts need to be reversed to win back votersIn his interviews this morning Wes Streeting, who is seen as a Blairite, said that if the Labour government did not deliver change for voters, it would be out. (See 9.08am.) According to Politico, at a conference in Los Angeles yesterday, Tony Blair made the same argument himself. Talking about progressive parties generally, he said.If you end up just being the managers of the status quo and the status quo isn’t working for people, they’re going to put you out.Two senior backbenchers have confirmed to The Independent