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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.

UK PM hosting international summit in London in attempt to crack down on organised immigration crimeGood morning. Keir Starmer is opening a big international summit in London this morning which shows, according to Downing Street, that Britian is “spearheading the toughest ever international crackdown on organised immigration crime”. Here is the news release from No 10 and here is Kiran Stacey’s overnight preview story.To coincide with the event, Starmer has written an article for the Daily Mail summing up his approach to illegal immigration. He starts by saying people are right to be angry about the problem.I know many of

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsA Myanmar Muslim organization says more than 700 worshipers were killed when the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the country at Friday prayer time during the holy month of Ramadan. The country’s military-led government has put the death toll so far at 1,7000, Associated Press reports.The news agency states that it is not clear at this moment whether the 700 worshippers, reported dead by the Spring Revolution Myanmar Muslim Network, are included in the government figures given by government spokesperson Maj Gen Zaw Min Tun on

Sixth-formers discuss the hit show and what it is really like to be a young male in Britain todayWarning: contains spoilersPodcast: What teenage boys really think of girls, influencers and pornEveryone from the prime minister down seems to have a view on Adolescence, the Netflix smash about a teenage murder fuelled by social media and toxic masculinity.But there is one voice missing from the debate: teenage boys themselves. We gathered a group of sixth-formers from Xaverian college in Manchester to get their views on the show, and find out what it is really like to be a teenage boy in

Adelaide records driest period in decades and Perth swelters through temperatures above 35C as BoM forecasts record rainfall in QueenslandElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFrom intense rain and floods to heatwaves and drought, Australians across the country faced weather extremes as politicians headed into their first full week of campaigning.Queensland cities and towns were still dealing with the effects of flooding on Monday, including extensive stock losses and widespread damage, after a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of days.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news

Testing had previously revealed the mine was emitting more than 11 times the legal limit of dust containing heavy metalsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe operators of Cadia goldmine have been ordered to pay $350,000 in fines and convicted of three offences after a prosecution by the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority.Cadia Holdings Limited, trading as Cadia Valley Operations, pleaded guilty to three offences under the environmental protection act relating to breaches of clean air regulations at the mine in central west NSW.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s

Federal court hears Nick McKenzie allegedly told a witness that Roberts-Smith’s ex-wife and her friend were ‘actively briefing us on his legal strategy’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith has argued his case should be retried because there was a “miscarriage of justice” caused by the alleged “misconduct” of Nick McKenzie, the Nine journalist whom Roberts-Smith unsuccessfully sued for defamation.In an interlocutory application, published by the federal court in Sydney on Monday, Roberts-Smith claimed that McKenzie “engaged in wilful misconduct in the proceedings by improperly and unlawfully obtaining

More than 300,000 without power as storm, expected to continue overnight, pummels Ottawa, Quebec and OntarioMore than 300,000 Canadians faced power outages in parts of Ontario on Sunday as an ice storm pummeled the region over the weekend, according to electricity provider Hydro One.Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings for freezing rain in Ottawa, parts of Quebec and Ontario, with the risk of snow mixed with or transitioning to ice pellets expected to continue until Monday morning in some regions. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/30/canada-ontario-ottawa-quebec-power-outage Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-03-30 22:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Red Cross says devastation is of a level not seen in Asia for over a century as more than 1,700 people killedRescue volunteers, many of them poorly equipped local people, raced to find survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings across central Myanmar, two days after a huge earthquake killed more than 1,700 people in the country and at least 18 in neighbouring Thailand.Red Cross officials said Myanmar was facing “a level of devastation that hasn’t been seen over a century in Asia”, after a 7.7-magnitude quake struck near the centre of the country on Friday afternoon, followed minutes later

Two girls, boy and 46-year-old woman all in stable condition after the attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree children and a woman have been taken to hospital after a stabbing attack on Monday morning in a suburb in Sydney’s north-west.According to a press release from New South Wales police, about 5.20am on Monday emergency services were called to a home in Baulkham Hills, following reports that multiple people had been stabbed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/31/three-children-and-woman-in-hospital-after-stabbing-attack-in-sydney-suburb Author : Guardian reporters Publish date : 2025-03-30

In interview Trump said he wasn’t joking when he alluded to a purported loophole for a third term as presidentDonald Trump has said there are “methods” – if not “plans” – to circumvent the constitutional limit preventing US presidents from serving three terms.In an interview aired Sunday on NBC, Trump was asked about his trying to stay in office beyond his second presidency, a specter he has repeatedly raised while sometimes claiming he is just joking. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/trump-third-term-president Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-03-30 19:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president tells NBC he did not like his Russian counterpart questioning Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibilityDonald Trump has said he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin for his approach towards a ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened to levy tariffs on Moscow’s oil exports if the Russian leader did not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in a month.The US president indicated he would levy a 25% or 50% tariff that would affect countries buying Russian oil, in telephone interviews with NBC News where he also threatened to bomb Iran and did not rule out using force in Greenland. Continue reading... Source

Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonethelessA test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from Norway on Sunday, in what the German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test.The Spectrum started smoking from its sides and crashed back to Earth in a powerful explosion just after its launch from from the Andøya spaceport in the Arctic. Images were broadcast live on YouTube. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/30/first-orbital-rocket-launched-europe-crashes-launch-spectrum Author : Oliver Holmes and agencies Publish date

Exclusive: Most only take a week’s leave, and paternity pay for back-office staff in Met is nearly three times higherPolice officers have described being ostracised for taking paternity leave, as it is revealed that back-office staff in the Metropolitan police are entitled to nearly three times as much paternity pay as frontline fathers.A freedom of information request has revealed that most serving police officers in England and Wales only take one week of paternity leave, with some describing being on “blue lights” duty and carrying Tasers a week after the birth of their babies. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/30/police-officers-mocked-ostracised-paternity-leave-england-wales

Trump says tariffs on foreign-made cars would would lead to increased sales of US-made carsDonald Trump said on Saturday he did not warn car industry executives against raising prices as tariffs on foreign-made autos come into force, telling NBC News he “couldn’t care less” if they do.The president’s comments came as the White House prepared to impose new tariffs on a range of consumer goods on 2 April, a move that has drawn criticism from international leaders and concerns about potential price increases for consumers.Guardian staff contributed reporting Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/trump-car-tariffs Author : Reuters Publish date :

Sophie Chandauka claims there is ‘significant correlation’ with drop in funders and prince’s move to the USDonors abandoned the charity Prince Harry founded in memory of his late mother when he left the UK, the chair of Sentebale has said amid a bitter media row.There was a “significant correlation” between a drop in funders and the Duke of Sussex’s departure to the US following controversy caused by his rift with the royal family, Sophie Chandauka told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/30/donors-quit-prince-harry-charity-left-uk-sentebale-chair Author : Robyn Vinter Publish date : 2025-03-30 12:14:00 Copyright

Government looks at use of human rights law to argue for people being allowed to stay, which PM called a ‘loophole’Ministers are reviewing how international human rights law is being applied to allow people to stay in the UK after entering by irregular means, Yvette Cooper has said.The home secretary said on Sunday she was looking into the implementation of article eight of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees people the right to a family life and has been used by people to argue for their right to stay in the UK. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/30/yvette-cooper-reviews-right-to-family-life-for-people-who-enter-uk-irregularly Author :

Once a tranquil haven in the Cotswolds, Bibury now grapples with overtourism as hordes of selfie-snapping visitors pour into its narrow lanesStanding on the stone bridge that crosses the River Coln in the heart of Bibury on a clear spring day, it is not hard to see why the 19th-century designer William Morris described it as “the most beautiful village in England”.Chances are, however, the picturesque Cotswold view will not be enjoyed alone.I don’t believe they contribute to the village in terms of supporting pubs, restaurants, because they’re not here long enough. They’re only here for 20 minutes Continue reading...

At least 1,600 people killed with at least 139 missing as UN says rescue operations are severely hindered by blocked roads and lack of medical suppliesWelcome back to our live coverage of the aftermath of the deadly Myanmar earthquake which has killed at least 1,600 people and injured over 3,400 others, with at least 139 more missing.Rescue efforts are entering their third day and attempts to find survivors are intensifying after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the country and neighbouring Thailand, where at least 17 people in Bangkok have died. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/30/myanmar-earthquake-search-for-survivors-un-warning-medical-supplies-shortage-news-updates Author : Yohannes

Joakim Medin, who works for the Dagens ETC newspaper, was arrested on Thursday when his plane landed A Swedish journalist who was detained on his arrival in Turkey to cover protests over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor has been arrested on terror-related charges and for “insulting the president”, the Turkish presidency has said.Joakim Medin, who works for the Dagens ETC newspaper, “has been arrested on charges of ‘membership in an armed terrorist organisation’ and ‘insulting the president’”, the presidency said on Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/30/turkey-says-swedish-journalist-detained-on-terror-charges-and-for-insulting-the-president Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-03-30 06:52:00 Copyright for syndicated

Dmitry Krymov, who fled Moscow after the Ukraine invasion, plans Dickens hybrid with UK and Russian actorsThe acclaimed Russian stage director Dmitry Krymov the winner of many of Moscow’s top theatre prizes before his exile due to public criticism of the invasion of Ukraine, has spoken angrily of the impact of the war ahead of his first work with British actors. The Moscow-born director, 70, plans to use Dickens’s two stories Great Expectations and Hard Times to create a new performance.Arriving in London this weekend for a short stay, Krymov, who is regarded by many western theatre pundits as among

Popular student demonstrator Berkay Gezgin, 21, snatched off street by police outside office of detained Istanbul mayorWhen 21-year-old Berkay Gezgin left the interior of Istanbul city hall, a squad of police was waiting for him outside. Protests that flooded the streets outside the headquarters of his political hero, detained mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, had begun trickling away by midnight, but hundreds of riot police remained clustered around the municipality building.Gezgin became the face of youth support for İmamoğlu when he met him on the campaign trail during his first run for mayor in 2019, coining the slogan “Everything will be fine”,

British artist, 87, who was visited by the king in his London home, said he did not know him well enough to paint himRenowned artist David Hockney has said he did not offer to paint King Charles when the monarch visited his London home on Monday because he doesn’t know him well enough.This is not the first time that Hockney has shied away from painting royalty. The 87-year-old also refused a number of offers to paint the late Queen Elizabeth II because he only paints people he knows. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/29/hockney-says-he-did-not-know-king-charles-well-enough-to-paint-him Author : Daniel Lavelle Publish date

Man had been attempting to cross a causeway through rising flood waters that have now cut off a campsite, stranding more than 20 peopleElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have resumed the search for an elderly man who was swept into a flooded river on Saturday night, as authorities warn more heavy rain could isolate inland parts of New South Wales and Queensland for up to six weeks.Flood warnings remain in place for vast areas of eastern Australia, after a record-breaking rain event. Continue reading... Source link :

Anthony Albanese says his government, if re-elected, will establish taskforce to investigate ‘excessive’ pricing regimes, and it will be enforced by ACCCInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionGina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has promised that a re-elected Labor government will outlaw price gouging by supermarkets by the end of the year, marking the first big policy announcement of the campaign.The prime minister on Sunday announced Labor will act on recommendations made by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission