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National Institutes of Health said the $4bn in cuts will affect ‘indirect’ funding of buildings, equipment and staffThe Trump administration is cutting billions of dollars in medical research funding for universities, hospitals and other scientific institutions by reducing the amount they get in associated costs to support such research.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said that it was reducing the amount of “indirect” medical research funding going to institutions, which will cut spending by $4bn a year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/trump-administration-medical-research-funding-cuts Author : Oliver Milman Publish date : 2025-02-08 20:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

MP removed from government and suspended from Labour party over posts on internal group Andrew Gwynne, a minister in the Department of Health and Social Care, has been sacked from the government over comments posted on an internal WhatsApp group. Gwynne, 50, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has also been suspended by the Labour party over the messages reported by the Mail on Sunday.Gwynne, who has been an MP for 20 years, has been accused of making racist, sexist and antisemitic comments in messages posted to the chat group. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/08/health-minister-andrew-gwynne-sacked-over-whatsapp-comments Author : Nadeem Badshah

Reform has surged in the polls, panicking both Labour and the Conservatives. It’s a trap, and the risks are highNigel Farage is making trouble again. Reform, his latest political vehicle, has surged in the polls, moving into first place with some pollsters, and ruffling feathers on Labour back benches.While Farage has caused headaches for every prime minister since David Cameron, his recent rise is something new. Reform scored an average of almost 25% in January polls, past the peaks achieved by Ukip or the Brexit party in earlier parliaments. And while past Farage surges were spikes driven by circumstances –

Scotland’s botanic gardens suffer ‘unimaginable’ loss of rare specimensFor more than a century, whenever winter came to Scotland, they stood tall against the wind and rain and snow. But last month, battered by Storm Éowyn, hundreds of rare and historic trees in the living collection of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh were lost.The charity has four sites in Scotland. Its tallest tree in Edinburgh, a 166-year-old Himalayan cedar, fell during Éowyn’s gusts of up to 80mph, while Benmore Botanic Garden on the west coast has suffered “unimaginable” devastation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/08/kew-rescue-mission-arborists-head-to-scotland-after-hundreds-of-trees-and-plants-felled-by-storm-eowyn Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date

Rita and Philip Potter ‘never gave up hope’ after their labrador Daisy was stolen by suspected backyard breedersA couple whose dog was stolen more than seven years ago have said it was a “dream come true” when the RSPCA reunited them.Rita and Philip Potter, from Norfolk, said they “never gave up hope on her being found one day” after thieves stole theirlabrador Daisy from their garden in November 2017. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/08/norfolk-couple-reunited-with-their-dog-stolen-seven-years-ago Author : Daniel Lavelle Publish date : 2025-02-08 14:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Jocelyn Samuels says her dismissal from EEOC is part of greater strategy to target inequity and roll back rights for trans employeesSeven days after Donald Trump was inaugurated, Jocelyn Samuels received a message from the White House saying that the president – who had first appointed her as a commissioner to the US government agency tasked with fighting workplace discrimination – now wanted her gone.Like so many other officials Trump has axed since retaking office, Samuels was informed she was being terminated from the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) because of her “support for radical Biden administration guidance, DEI

Families at Downing Street meeting on Wednesday will call for judge-led inquiry into killingsThe families of those killed in the Nottingham attacks will meet the prime minister next week to call for a judge-led statutory inquiry into the killings.On Wednesday a report found that Valdo Calocane, who killed students Barnaby Webber, 19, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, before attempting to kill three other people in a spate of attacks in the city in June 2023, was not forced to take injectable antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/08/nottingham-attacks-victims-families-to-meet-keir-starmer Author :

The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathiesElon Musk is not a people person, as millions around the world will be able to attest after the planet’s richest man cut off food supplies, healthcare and probably even life itself to some of the most vulnerable without so much as a fore- or afterthought.Musk sees himself as a data man, wielding numbers like a machete to slash and burn his way through government waste and corruption as he

Demoralised clergy speak of church in freefall and crisis of trust in run-up to governing body meetingMutiny may be in the air when the Church of England’s normally staid ruling body, the General Synod, meets for a five-day session next week.The gathering of the 500-member church parliament follows a series of tumultuous events that have resulted in the unprecedented resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury, repeated calls for the archbishop of York to stand down, and the sudden departure of the bishop of Liverpool. Behind all are cases of abuse, alleged abuse and the church’s failure to deal with abuse.

Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as ‘Silicon Valley’ planned between Oxford and CambridgeThe University of Cambridge risks “losing unbelievable talent” owing to a drop-off in funding for PhDs, the vice-chancellor has cautioned.Prof Deborah Prentice, who took over as vice-chancellor in 2023, described PhD students as “the lifeblood” of the university’s research and innovation work, and expressed concern that funding from research councils had “dropped off significantly”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/08/cambridge-risks-losing-unbelievable-talent-amid-phd-funding-cut Author : Sally Weale Education correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-08 08:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Names of three Israeli civilians to be released by Hamas unveiled ahead of expected release of 183 Palestinian prisonersSee all our Middle East coverageToday’s expected release of another three Israeli hostages comes against the backdrop of uncertainty over the Israel-Hamas ceasefire after US president Donald Trump’s surprise announcement this week that he envisions the US taking over Gaza, moving Palestinians to other countries, and developing the territory into the “Riviera of the Middle East”.“We’re in no rush on it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, referring to his Gaza plan. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/08/gaza-ceasefire-live-hamas-hostages-release-israel-exchange-palestinian-prisoners Author

As humanitarian aid organisation is gutted by Trump administration, Rudd’s office says neither he nor Asia Society received fundingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKevin Rudd, Australia’s ambassador in Washington DC, has hit back at “fake” claims an institute he once led received money from USAid, the US foreign aid agency being targeted by Donald Trump.The office of Rudd, a former Australian prime minister and current ambassador to the US, has issued a statement seeking to dispel claims circulating online suggesting Rudd and the Asia Society – where he has held various roles since 2015 –

Leaders praise each other at White House but president warns Japan could face tariffs if it doesn’t cut US trade deficit to zeroThe Japanese prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, and the US president, Donald Trump, struck a warm tone at their first meeting on Friday, with Tokyo avoiding tariffs that Trump has slapped on other allies – for now.Heaping praise on each other at the White House, the two leaders pledged to stand together against Chinese “aggression” and said they found a solution for a blocked deal for troubled US Steel. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/trump-and-japanese-pm-ishiba-talk-tariffs-and-vow-to-stand-against-chinese-aggression Author : Agence France-Presse

Half allocated to state’s justice department while other half set aside for legal groups to defend immigrantsGavin Newsom, the California governor, signed laws on Friday setting aside $50m to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans.One of the laws allocates $25m for the state’s department of justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another sets aside $25m in part for legal groups to defend immigrants facing possible deportation. During his first presidency, Trump sparred with California over climate laws, water policy, immigrant rights and

Exclusive: Move allows China to further global influence, UK foreign secretary says on Ukraine visitDonald Trump’s plans to make dramatic cuts to the United States’ international aid budget could be a “big strategic mistake” that allows China to step in and further its global influence, the UK foreign secretary has said.David Lammy cautioned that Britain’s own experience of merging the Department for International Development (DfID) into the Foreign Office, announced by Boris Johnson in 2020 with little fanfare, was a serious blow to Britain’s “soft power” in developing countries and beyond. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trumps-international-aid-cuts-usaid-china-lammy Author : Pippa

Monsoon trough and forecast heavy rain is a hammer blow to residents who have begun returning to their inundated homesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlready sodden parts of north Queensland are set for further heavy rainfall following near-record flooding that isolated towns and required defence force assistance.Totals in excess of 200mm were possible in areas spanning from Tully to Ayr, south of Townsville, before additional rainfall blankets the region through Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/08/more-severe-weather-to-hit-north-queensland-as-insurance-claims-rack-up Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-02-07 23:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Karim Khan, court’s British chief prosecutor, said to be focus of move decried as attack on international rule of lawGovernments around the world have rushed to defend the international criminal court after Donald Trump launched sanctions against the global body, which is seen as a vital last resort to prosecute powerful individuals accused of atrocities including war crimes and genocide.Set up more than two decades ago to serve as an impartial and incorruptible body that had the heft to take on criminals – from militant warlords to heads of state – the ICC has found itself under attack from Washington

Prime minister says US president covets northern neighbour’s vast resources as Canadians rally against threatDonald Trump’s recent fixation on absorbing Canada is “a real thing”, Justin Trudeau has told business leaders, warning that the US president wants access to his northern neighbour’s vast supply of critical minerals.The outgoing prime minister was in Toronto for a hastily called summit of business and labour leaders, seeking to coordinate a response Trump’s looming threat of a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/trudeau-trump-canada-annex Author : Leyland Cecco in Toronto Publish date : 2025-02-07 21:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Proceeds from sale of 1714 instrument will be used to fund scholarships for violinists at New England ConservatoryA Stradivarius violin crafted in 1714 sold for $11.25m (£9.1m) at a New York auction on Friday, missing the world record for a musical instrument that some predicted it might break, but still securing a solid financial future for a new generation of performers.The 311-year-old instrument, listed by Sotheby’s of Manhattan as “a masterpiece of sound”, once belonged to the celebrated 19th-century Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, a close friend of the composer Johannes Brahms. It was gifted to the New England Conservatory in

Supermodel alleges ‘concerted deception’ by fellow trustee kept her in dark over running of Fashion for ReliefThe supermodel Naomi Campbell has claimed she knew nothing of the extensive financial misconduct and mismanagement at the anti-poverty fashion charity she created and sat on the board of for more than five years.Campbell was disqualified from running a charity in May 2024, before the publication of a devastating watchdog report that revealed a trail of administrative chaos, misuse of charity funds, and chaotic record-keeping. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/07/naomi-campbell-fashion-for-relief-charity-tribunal-hearing Author : Patrick Butler Social policy editor Publish date : 2025-02-07 18:44:00 Copyright

Andrew Searle, retired fraud investigator, and wife Dawn found dead in their renovated rural home in south-west FranceFrench police are investigating the deaths of a retired British couple whose bodies were found in their renovated rural home in Aveyron in south-west France.Andrew Searle, a retired fraud investigator, and his wife Dawn were discovered dead on Thursday at their home in the village of Les Pesquiès, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/french-police-investigating-deaths-of-retired-british-couple-in-aveyron-home Author : Kim Willsher in Paris and Matthew Weaver Publish date : 2025-02-07 17:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Campaigners and retailers say Britain should follow US and EU in phasing out exemption on duties for low-value parcelsTax campaigners have joined retailers in urging the UK government to close a tax loophole to prevent a “massive influx” of cheap goods from companies such as Shein and Temu flooding the market.It comes after the EU said it was joining the US in phasing out an exemption on customs duties for low-value parcels that has been used by the companies to export goods from China cheaply. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/07/uk-tax-loophole-shein-temu-us-eu Author : Sarah Butler Publish date : 2025-02-07 16:00:00

Army making rapid advances across the country and closing in on RSF-held Republican Palace in KhartoumSudan’s brutal civil war appears to be approaching a decisive phase as the country’s military reported sweeping gains in the symbolic battle for the capital.As a ruinous conflict, often characterised by bloody stalemate, nears its two-year anniversary, the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) declared a string of rapid advances across the country against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/sudanese-military-reports-gains-battle-for-capital-khartoum Author : Mark Townsend Publish date : 2025-02-07 14:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Officials work to gather details of plane heading across Norton Sound in third US aviation incident in eight daysRescuers searched on Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle.The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot, according to Alaska’s department of public safety. Authorities were working to determine its last known coordinates. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/alaska-missing-plane Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-02-07 12:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Greenlandic parliament calls for snap election for 11 March as ruling party, Siumut, proposes accelerating independence processGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that US president Donald Trump was wrong to impose sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC) as it jeopardized an important institution.“Sanctions are the wrong tool. They jeopardize an institution that is supposed to ensure that the dictators of this world cannot simply persecute people and start wars, and that is very important,” Scholz said at a campaign event, as per Reuters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/07/greenland-independence-referendum-denmark-snap-election-sweden-belgium-europe-latest-updates-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-02-07 11:52:00