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News agencies will continue to independently review content and provide warning ‘labels’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGrowing inequality erodes social cohesion – LeighIn his speech, Andrew Leigh will say growing inequality is an issue because it erodes social cohesion.When wealth is concentrated among a few, society becomes fragmented. Our sense of collective responsibility diminishes, and the fabric that binds us as Australians weakens.This approach contrasts with our predecessors, whose tax policies disproportionately benefited the highest earners, widening the gap between rich and poor. By maintaining a fair and responsible tax structure,

One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution in his home country, not a gang memberA lawyer for one of the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador has accused the Trump administration of waging a “sickening” campaign of psychological warfare against asylum seekers and migrants.“In my 15 years of representing people in removal proceedings in the United States, this is the most shocking thing that I’ve ever seen happen to one of our clients,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, a California-based lawyer for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef)

Ruling party now projected to form majority government months after political wipeout seemed inevitableIn January, Canadian pollsters and political pundits struggled to find fresh ways to describe the bleak prospects of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, musing whether it would be a wipeout of existential proportions, or merely a catastrophic blowout.But fresh polling released by three companies this week shows a stunning reversal of fortunes for the party: newly minted prime minister Mark Carney’s Liberals are projected to secure a majority government. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/canada-liberals-polls-mark-carney Author : Leyland Cecco in Toronto Publish date : 2025-03-18 17:24:00 Copyright for

US president’s post marks a significant escalation of rightwing attacks on the judiciary; judge tells White House to provide more details about deportation flights by noon ETWhite House’s defense for not recalling deportations ‘one heck of a stretch’, says judgeDonald Trump has called for the impeachment of the judge handling lawsuits over his administration’s deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, a significant escalation of rightwing attacks on the judiciary.While allies of the president such as Elon Musk have repeatedly said judges who rule against him should be impeached, this appears to be the first time the president has backed such

Billionaire denies conflict of interest as he heads Trump initiative to cut costs throughout federal governmentUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk’s Starlink internet service is now available at the White House, the New York Times reported, exacerbating conflict of interest concerns that are growing with each day the world’s richest person spends at the heart of government.Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, said the installation was done to “improve wifi connectivity on the complex”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/musk-starlink-internet-white-house Author : Martin Pengelly Publish date : 2025-03-18 14:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

President attends board meeting of prestigious arts center, criticizes its buildings and says he never liked HamiltonTouring the Kennedy Center in Washington for the first time since his controversial takeover in February, Donald Trump criticized its buildings, mused about hosting its annual honors since he was “the king of ratings, whether we like it or not”, and took a shot at a hit musical that canceled its run in protest of his actions.“I never liked Hamilton very much,” the president said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-kennedy-center-awards Author : Martin Pengelly in Washington Publish date : 2025-03-18 13:29:00 Copyright for

Suzie Miller’s award-winning monologue hits the road next year, with the Killing Eve actor playing a barrister who defends men of rape and is assaulted herself Jodie Comer is to reprise her Olivier and Tony award-winning performance in Prima Facie “one last time” on tour next year, including a visit to her hometown of Liverpool.The monologue, written by Suzie Miller, stars Comer as a barrister who defends men of rape and is assaulted herself. The Killing Eve actor made her West End debut in 2022 in the show, which sold out and then broke box-office records when it played in

Pat McFadden, Cabinet Office minister, says changes to be announced today are about giving people ‘hope of work in the future’Badenoch is now taking questions.Q: You don’t wnat to get to net zero by 2050, but what is your date? What do you say to people who argue that, without a date, you don’t have a plan?That’s not how it works. You can’t just pull out of the air. And what we did was pick a target and then start thinking of how to get there.We need to start thinking about it in a different way. How does this impact

US and Russian presidents will speak on the phone as Ukraine says it hopes to achieve peace but will not recognised occupied territories as RussianWe have just heard from the Kremlin on the exact timing of the Putin-Trump phone call, with officials saying it is scheduled for 1pm to 3pm GMT (2pm to 4pm CET).“There is a large number of issues from the normalisation of our relations and the Ukrainian issue, all of which the two presidents will discuss,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, quoted by AFP. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/18/trump-putin-call-ukraine-ceasefire-proposals-european-council-meeting-europe-live-news-latest Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date :

In today’s newsletter: Why Benjamin Netanyahu ordered new attacks on dozens of sites in Gaza – and what happens nextGood morning. Just before 2.30am local time, Israel launched airstrikes on dozens of targets across Gaza. War planes hit sites across the territory, from Gaza City in the north to Khan Younis in the south. At least 330 people have been reported dead so far, Gaza’s health ministry said, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s office appeared to suggest that the two-month-old ceasefire is now over: “Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,” it said.You can follow the latest

Hunter Wildlife Rescue started receiving numerous reports of sick and dead birds on Monday, centred on the suburbs Hamilton and CarringtonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales authorities are calling for the public’s help as it investigates the suspected poisoning and mass deaths of more than 200 little corellas across multiple Newcastle suburbs.The NSW Environment Protection Authority said it was interrogating pesticide misuse as the possible cause of the “serious incident”, based on its observations and advice from local veterinarians.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news

Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contestIt was once crowned the “world’s ugliest animal” and now the disgruntled-looking gelatinous blobfish has a new gong to its name: New Zealand’s fish of the year.The winning species of blobfish, Psychrolutes marcidus, lives in the highly pressurised depths off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia and has developed a unique anatomy to exist. Blobfish do not have a swim bladder, a full skeleton, muscles or scales. Instead, their bodies are made up of blobby

BYD reveals new platform with charging speeds of 1,000 kW, which would be twice as fast as Tesla’s superchargersChinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD has unveiled a new charging system that it said could make it possible for EVs to charge as quickly as it takes to refill with petrol and announced for the first time that it would build a charging network across China.The so-called “super e-platform” will be capable of peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts (kW), enabling cars that use it to travel 400km (249 miles) on a five-minute charge, founder Wang Chuanfu said at an event

Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Rogers’s site as officials argue that it’s wrong to call diversity a strengthUS politics live – latest updatesThe US defense department webpage celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient that was removed and had the letters “DEI” added to the site’s address has been restored – and the letters scrubbed – after an outcry. But defense department officials have continued to argue publicly that it is wrong to say that diversity is a strength, and that it’s essential to dismantle all “diversity, equity and inclusion” efforts.On Saturday, the Guardian reported that US army

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office blames Hamas’s refusal to release hostages for IDF strikes that are reported to have killed at least 30 peopleIsrael’s military said it was conducting “extensive strikes on terror targets” in Gaza early on Tuesday, with officials there reporting at least 30 deaths in the most intense airstrikes since the 19 January ceasefire began.An unnamed senior Hamas official told Reuters that Israel was “unilaterally” ending the ceasefire. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/israel-gaza-strikes-deaths-latest-update Author : Helen Livingstone and agencies Publish date : 2025-03-18 01:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105.The Royal Air Force (RAF) said Hemingway, a member of “the Few” who took to the skies during the second world war, died peacefully on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/17/john-paddy-hemingway-the-last-battle-of-britain-pilot-dies-aged-105 Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-03-17 23:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Minister Pat McFadden says at least half will be permanently cancelled in effort to reduce wasteful purchasesThousands of Whitehall officials will have their government “credit cards” suspended this week in Labour’s latest crackdown on what it regards as wasteful spending in the civil service.Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister, said on Monday he would freeze almost all of the 20,000 government procurement cards (GPCs) within days with a view to permanently cancelling at least half of them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/17/thousands-whitehall-credit-cards-suspended-spending-crackdown Author : Kiran Stacey Political correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-17 22:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Lawyers say many of at least 27 who drowned in 2021 might have survived if rescue services had searched for longerMany of the people who drowned in the biggest ever loss of life in a migrant dinghy in the Channel could have been saved if rescue services had searched for them for longer, lawyers for their families have said.Their comments came after the independent Cranston inquiry which is scrutinising the circumstances surrounding the mass drowning, heard evidence from an expert into survivability in the water. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/17/many-victims-of-channel-dinghy-tragedy-could-have-been-saved-inquiry-hears Author : Diane Taylor Publish date : 2025-03-17 20:46:00

Jim Chalmers says nation must focus on resilience, not retaliation to Trump tariffs. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor more on the OECD’s gloomy outlook, you can see our global story.TLDR: The Paris-based boffins have downgraded the prospects for global growth this year and next, including a sharp hit to activity in the US, Canada and Mexico. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/18/australia-news-live-trade-tariffs-budget-jim-chalmers-economy-inflation-cost-of-living-election-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2025-03-17 19:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ivy League school is latest US university to make step with aim to make it affordable to ‘more students than ever’Harvard University is offering free tuition to more students, the Ivy League school announced on Monday, joining a growing number of higher education institutions in the US to take such a step.The announcement from Harvard says that undergraduate tuition at the institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will be free for students of families who make annual incomes of $200,000 or less. The university will also make schooling completely free for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less, with

Chancellor tells financial, environmental and health watchdogs she wants to cut down on overlapping regulationRegulators will face twice-yearly performance reviews from ministers, aimed at forcing them to be more growth-friendly, as the chancellor warned that “too much bureaucracy” is holding back the economy.Rachel Reeves met financial, environmental and health regulators in Downing Street on Monday and urged them to continue to streamline their approach, to make it more pro-business. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/17/rachel-reeves-tells-regulators-too-much-bureaucracy Author : Heather StewartHelena Horton Publish date : 2025-03-17 17:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

James Boasberg sets 4pm ET hearing as rights groups say Trump deportation of Venezuelans could be ‘blatant violation’ of court orderWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?Professor deported despite judge’s order, defying US courtThe justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite

US official urges stop to plan to re-evaluate Biden program to connect communities to high-speed internet, which will likely benefit StarlinkUS politics live – latest updatesSmall town USA is facing a “significant risk” that the Trump administration is going to abandon key elements of a $42.45bn Biden-era plan to connect rural communities to high-speed internet so that Elon Musk can get even richer, a top departing commerce department official warned in an email.Evan Feinman, who headed up the so-called Bead program for the last three years, urged governors across the country to lobby their congressional delations in Washington to stop

Judges dismiss appeal from campaigners who argued ‘eye-watering’ cost of loan was not in public interest The court of appeal has upheld Thames Water’s £3bn emergency bailout loan, in a decision published on Monday.Appeal court judges dismissed an appeal from environmental campaigners and a small group of Thames creditors after a three-day hearing last week. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/17/appeal-court-rules-in-favour-of-3bn-bailout-for-thames-water Author : Sandra Laville Environment correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-17 13:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a yearAmanda Spielman, the former head of Ofsted, has accused the government of putting the interests of teaching unions ahead of the needs of pupils.In an article for the Daily Telegraph, she launched a wide-ranging attack on the eduction secretary, Bridget Phillipson, arguing that her policies would put educational improvement in England into reverse.There is much interest from other countries in what has been achieved in England, and in learning from us. Just in the past year I have been working in Flanders