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Only a quarter of staff are satisfied with how their department tackles bullying and harassment, FoI requests revealOnly a quarter of staff at Cambridge University are satisfied with how their department tackles bullying and harassment, according to an internal survey seen by the Observer.Cambridge undertook its staff culture survey in January 2024 and is now facing accusations from academics that it tried to cover up the “grim” results, which have been released through freedom of information (FoI) requests. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/12/cambridge-university-accused-of-bullying-cover-up-as-internal-survey-revealed Author : Anna Fazackerley Publish date : 2025-04-12 15:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Abbas Araghchi says ‘initial understanding’ could be reached in Oman and lead to ‘path of negotiations’Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has arrived in Oman for mediated talks with the US special envoy Steve Witkoff, saying there is a chance the two sides can reach an initial understanding that leads to a timetable for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme.The aim is to agree a format and parameters for talks that in months could lead to some US economic sanctions on Tehran being lifted and a recasting of Iran’s civil nuclear programme. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/iran-foreign-minister-oman-us-nuclear-programme-talks Author : Patrick Wintour

Inmates in several prisons given chance to study ethics and rhetoric ‘to inform contemporary life’ and skillsA classical education, once the preserve of Eton, Oxbridge and the likes of Boris Johnson, is being made available to inmates serving time in prisons.In a break from the kind of curriculum usually on offer inside – lessons in literacy, numeracy, tiling and decorating – a small number of prisoners are being offered the opportunity to learn life skills from the ancient philosophers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/12/classics-philosophy-england-jails-prison-education-durham Author : Sally Weale Education correspondent Publish date : 2025-04-12 10:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content

MPs to debate emergency law that will give the business secretary the power to direct the companyThe industry minister has said there would be “no extra costs” for the taxpayer as a result of taking control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe site, beyond the £2.5 billion already budgeted for supporting the industry.Sarah Jones said:We are hoping that the company will co-operate with what we are asking them to do, we hope that we will give them a notice and they will continue.If they do not, we will step in. Now the company will be liable for any costs that we incur,

Golani troops were under command of reservist Armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda VachThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month was under the command of a brigade led by a notorious Israeli general previously accused by some of his own troops of having “contempt for human life”.The IDF has confirmed that troops from Golani, one of the army’s five infantry brigades, opened fire on two convoys of ambulances in Rafah on 23 March and dug a mass grave to

Tanya Plibersek says she feels ‘anxious’ at prospect of Peter Dutton becoming prime minister and defends Labor’s stance on salmon industry in TasmaniaAnywhere 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 podcastPlibersek deflects question over whether she would be opposition leader in event of Labor lossPlibersek was asked: “If on May 4 prime minister Peter Dutton gets up and does his acceptance speech, will you be

White House has claimed that Khalil’s ‘beliefs and associations’ are counter to US foreign policy interestsMahmoud Khalil case – live updatesMahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organizer, is eligible to be deported from the United States, an immigration judge ruled on Friday during a contentious hearing at a remote court in central Louisiana.The decision sides with the Trump administration’s claim that a short memo written by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, which stated Khalil’s “current or expected beliefs, statements or associations” were counter to foreign policy interests, is sufficient evidence to remove a lawful permanent resident from

School district says DHS agents, seeking five students in first through sixth grades, were barred from entering Immigration officials attempted to enter two Los Angeles elementary schools this week, but were turned away by school administrators. The incident appears to be the Trump administration’s first attempt to enter the city’s public schools since amending regulations to allow immigration agents to enter “sensitive areas” such as schools.At a Thursday press conference, the Los Angeles unified school district superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, confirmed that agents from the Department of Homeland Security were seeking five students in first through sixth grades. Continue reading... Source

Judge calls administration’s failure to comply with court order ‘extremely troubling’Lawyers for the Trump administration were unable on Friday to tell a federal court exactly where the Maryland resident who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month is or how he is, as the judge admonished the government at a heated hearing.The US district judge Paula Xinis said it was “extremely troubling” that the Trump administration failed to comply with a court order to provide details on the whereabouts and status of the Salvadorian citizen Kilmar Abrego García and she wanted daily updates on what the government is doing

Kimberley Cookson, 22, faces one count of gross negligence manslaughter for Noah Sibanda’s death following incident at nurseryA nursery worker from Dudley has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a 14-month-old boy.Noah Sibanda, described by his parents as “a beautiful, happy and easy-going little boy”, died after an incident at Fairytales Day Nursery in Bourne Street in Dudley on 9 December 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/11/nursery-worker-dudley-manslaughter-death-noah-sibanda-cps Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2025-04-11 16:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Col Susannah Meyers removed amid reports she distanced base from Vance’s criticism of Denmark’s oversight of territory• Europe live – latest updatesThe head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired for criticising Washington’s agenda for the Arctic island after JD Vance visited two weeks ago.Col Susannah Meyers, who had served as commander of the Pituffik space base since July, was removed amid reports she had distanced herself and the base from the US vice-president’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/col-susannah-meyers-head-of-us-military-base-greenland-fired-after-jd-vance-visit Author : Miranda Bryant and agencies Publish date

Supreme court upholds earlier order that Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be released after being improperly sent to prisonThe Mississippi library commission, which offers services such as specialized research assistance to libraries in the state, has ordered the deletion of two research collections: the race relations database and the gender studies database. The collections were stored in what’s called the Magnolia database, which is used by publicly funded schools, libraries, universities and state agencies in Mississippi.The commission’s executive director, Hulen Bivins, confirmed the deletion to the Guardian, and said:We may lose a lot of materials.All of the states, we are in

Chancellor says government ‘will remain pragmatic and cool-headed’ while seeking US trade dealThe care minister has defended the government’s cautious response to developments in global trade after the sweeping imposition of tariffs by the US administration in Washington.Stephen Kinnock said “If we were to just jump in one direction or the other every time there’s a new development, we would be jumping around all over the place. I don’t think that that’s going to be in the interest of our economy or of our national security or of our business community.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/11/keir-starmer-local-elections-growth-ukraine-uk-politics-live-updates Author : Martin

The prime minister has been speaking to reporters in Karratha in Western Australia. 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 podcastAustralian shares are poised to open sharply lower this morning, as concerns about Donald Trump’s unsettling policy shifts and deteriorating trade relations between the world’s two biggest economies take hold.Futures prices are pointing to a 1.6% fall in the benchmark S&P/ASX

After doubling down on his promise not to pause his latest tariffs, Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for most countries except China. Why did he change his mind?Jonathan Freedland speaks to James Bennet of the Economist about who might have forced the president’s hand, and what could happen nextArchive: Fox News, CBS Minnesota, BBC News, WCNC, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/apr/11/why-did-strongman-trump-back-down-on-tariffs-podcast Author : Presented by Jonathan Freedland, with James Bennet. Produced by Danielle Stephens; the executive producer is Zoe Hitch Publish date : 2025-04-11 04:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

US stocks tumble once more after historic rally following US president’s shock retreat on ‘reciprocal’ tariffsUS stocks fall again after rally following Trump’s shock retreat on tariffsJapan’s Nikkei has now tumbled more than 5% while gold hit another record high as continuing tariff jitters hit Asian stocks in early trade today.The Nikkei 225 benchmark index was off 5.4%, having soared 9.1% on Thursday after Donald Trump paused many tariffs for 90 days. Other markets also handed back many of their gains of the previous day, Agence France-Presse reports, with the Kospi in Seoul off 1.64%. Continue reading... Source link :

Douglas Alexander’s unpublicised trip to talk with counterparts coincides with that of Adm Sir Tony RadakinA trade minister has travelled to China for an unpublicised visit this week at the same time as the head of the British military, the Guardian has learned.Douglas Alexander, the minister for trade policy and economic security, is paying a visit to Beijing this week for talks with Chinese counterparts. He is also due to visit Hainan and Hong Kong. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/10/head-of-british-military-tony-radakin-visits-china-for-first-time-since-2015 Author : Eleni Courea and Dan Sabbagh Publish date : 2025-04-10 23:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Sell-off comes amid anger from Democrats over retreat that rattled markets, while Republicans praise Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ in actionUS politics live – latest updatesUS stocks fell again on Thursday after a historic rally following Donald Trump’s shock retreat Wednesday on the hefty tariffs he had just imposed on dozens of countries.The falls came as the president blamed “transition problems” for the market reaction and the sell-off deepened after a White House clarification noted that total tariffs on China had been raised by 145% since Trump took office. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/10/trump-tariffs-reaction-republicans-democrats Author : Anna Betts and

President claims US economy doing ‘very well’ after Janet Yellen says policies are ‘worst self-inflicted wound’ on a well-functioning economyThe House on Wednesday passed a bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in a move that would vastly diminish the ability of courts to block Donald Trump’s policies, The Hill reports.Dubbed the No Rogue Rulings Act, the legislation would limit judges to providing relief only to parties directly involved in the suit. It passed in a 219-213 vote.Since President Trump has returned to office, left-leaning activists have cooperated with ideological judges who they have sought out to take

‘Liftoff not possible’ for rocket carrying Project Kuiper satellites, due to clouds that could trigger lightning strikesWeather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink from lifting off on Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network.“Stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds make liftoff not possible within the available window,” read a liveblog update from operator United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida had originally been slated for 7pm (2300 GMT). Continue reading... Source

Summit in Brussels, hosted by UK defence secretary John Healey and French defence minister Sébastien Lecornu, considering advancing plans for supportWe’re getting a bit more details from EU spokesperson, Olof Gill, speaking at the commission’s press briefing right now (which, notably, got delayed by almost half an hour as that von der Leyen statement was being put out).He said:We are not going to offer any greater detail at this point about what we are not saying to the Americans beyond what we have already said.We want to negotiate, we want to talk. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/10/ursula-von-der-leyen-trump-tariff-pause-stabilising-global-economy-europe-latest-updates-news Author :

Israeli minister says plan is ‘prize for terror’ as French president says ‘we must move towards recognition’ and process could start at UN conference in JuneTurkish and Israeli officials began talks on Wednesday aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria, where militaries of the two regional powers are active, Turkish ministry sources said on Thursday.According to Reuters, the sources said the technical talks, in Azerbaijan, marked the beginning of efforts to set up a channel to avoid potential clashes or misunderstandings over military operations in the region. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/10/france-palestinian-state-emmanuel-macron-israel-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates-news Author : Amy Sedghi Publish date :

Supermarket deepens existing measures and forecasts lower profit for year amid price war with rivalsTesco has said it plans to slash a further £500m in costs, as the supermarket chain tries to cushion the blow of Rachel Reeves’s tax increases and invest in fighting a price war with rivals.Britain’s biggest grocery retailer said on Thursday it was deepening an existing drive to cut costs to help offset higher operating costs, as well as the £235m increase in its national insurance contributions (NICs) as a result of changes made by the chancellor. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/10/tesco-plans-to-cut-further-500m-in-costs-to-help-offset-rachel-reeves-tax-rises Author : Kalyeena

Bill which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown fails by 11 votes to 112It was the bill that launched 300,000 public submissions, sparked New Zealand’s largest ever protest on Māori rights and prompted a haka in parliament that quickly went viral.And now the treaty principles bill, which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown, is dead. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/10/treaty-principles-bill-voted-down-in-new-zealand-parliament-maori Author : Eva Corlett in Wellington Publish date : 2025-04-10 05:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

China’s 84% retaliatory tariffs on US goods, announced on Wednesday, are due to come into effect on ThursdayRead the latest full reportChina and the European Union have exchanged views on strengthening their economic and trade cooperation in response to US tariffs, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, according to Reuters news agency.In a video call on Tuesday, China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao discussed with European trade and economic security commissioner Maros Sefcovic the restart of talks on trade relief and to immediately carry out negotiations on electric vehicle price commitments, the Chinese ministry statement said. Continue reading... Source link