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Card giants processing payments for unlicensed operators as customers report losing thousandsMastercard and Visa are processing payments for illegal gambling websites accused of scamming UK customers out of thousands of pounds.An investigation has found that the payment giants are failing to stop their networks being used to make transactions on unlicensed sites despite a previous pledge to do so. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/09/mastercard-and-visa-linked-to-gambling-sites-accused-of-scamming-uk-customers Author : Shanti Das and Maxence Peigné Publish date : 2025-03-09 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Germany, France and UK sweep away old rules in pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend Europe from Russian threatWhen he rose to his feet at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Keir Starmer delivered a stirring tribute to six British soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan 13 years ago.He read out their names very deliberately, one by one. The House was silent. The prime minister then added a tribute to a 22-year-old British Royal Marine, also killed on 6 March, but in 2007 in Helmand province. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/09/after-80-years-of-transatlantic-ties-europe-forges-a-new-alliance Author : Toby Helm, Jennifer Rankin

Members of Putin’s United Russia party in Murmansk said gifts were initiative of the women’s wing Local officials from Russia’s ruling party have caused controversy by presenting mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine with gifts of meat grinders, an appliance widely used to describe Russia’s brutal tactics on the frontline.The United Russia party in the northern Murmansk region posted photos on social media showing officials smiling as they visited bereaved mothers with gifts of flowers and boxed meat grinders for International Women’s Day on Saturday, which is widely celebrated in Russia. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/09/russian-officials-criticised-for-giving-meat-grinders-to-mothers-of-soldiers-killed-in-ukraine Author : Agence

Up to 700mm in rainfalls and destructive gusts predicted to hit south-east Queensland and northern NSWEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSwathes of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales were on alert for flash flooding and damaging winds as more than 330,000 buildings were without power on Sunday morning due to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.After the downgraded cyclone made landfall just north of Brisbane overnight as a tropical low, the Bureau of Meteorology was still predicting up to 700mm of rain and destructive gusts to hit the region through

Michael Murphy outed himself as subject of Icac investigation that found he had mismanaged a conflict of interestGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory’s police commissioner has been given his marching orders after a jobs-for-mates scandal uncovered by a corruption watchdog.Michael Murphy outed himself as the subject of an Independent Commissioner Against Corruption investigation that found improper and unsatisfactory conduct against an unnamed public official who had mismanaged a conflict of interest in the recruitment of a senior officer.Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/09/nt-police-commissioner-ousted-amid-jobs-for-mates-scandal-ntwnfb Author

Free training classes for firefighters and other first responders are provided through Fema at the Maryland siteThe country’s pre-eminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by Donald Trump’s administration.The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy (NFA) courses had been canceled amid a “process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities”, according to a notice sent to instructors, students and fire departments. Instructors were told to cancel all future travel until further notice. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/trump-administration-national-fire-academy

State agencies responding around Pine Barrens, where homes, chemical factory and Amazon warehouse are at riskQuick-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on New York’s Long Island on Saturday, fanned by high winds that spewed thick grey smoke into the sky and prompted the evacuation of a military base and the closure of a major highway.Kathy Hochul, the state governor, declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, a wooded area that is home to commuter towns east of New York City. Continue reading... Source link :

US pushes to remove references to sanctions and Russia’s war in Ukraine from a Canadian draft statementThe US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, according to reports last night.Canada, which has the current Group of Seven presidency, proposed the measure ahead of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Quebec later this week. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/america-vetoes-g7-proposal-to-combat-russias-shadow-fleet-of-oil-tankers Author : David Connett Publish date : 2025-03-08 21:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Conservative bloc and SPD to start full coalition talks as chancellor-in-waiting plans to revive ailing economyGermany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz came a step closer on Saturday to forming a government that he says will revive Europe’s top economy and its armed forces with massive new spending.The bold moves are part of his plan to rebuild Berlin’s standing in Europe, which Merz has said must respond to the sweeping changes driven by US president Donald Trump that have rocked the transatlantic alliance. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/german-election-winner-merz-moves-step-closer-to-forming-government Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-03-08 19:35:00 Copyright for syndicated

Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countriesBritain performed worse than most other developed nations in its response to the Covid pandemic, according to an Observer analysis of international data, five years on from the first lockdown.The UK spent more money than most other countries on economic help yet still ended up with larger drops in life expectancy, more people too sick to work, huge levels of homelessness and soaring mental health problems among young people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/five-years-on-britons-among-hardest-hit-by-covid-fallout Author : James Tapper

From Istanbul and Warsaw to Athens and Madrid, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violenceWomen took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence.On the Asian side of Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, a rally in Kadiköy saw members of dozens of women’s groups listen to speeches, dance and sing in the spring sunshine. The colorful protest was overseen by a large police presence, including officers in riot gear and a water cannon truck. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/international-womens-day-observed Author : Associated Press

‘Coercive’ tariffs and federal funding cuts could worsen flow of illicit drugs into US, ex-government officials warnDonald Trump’s policies could leave the US more vulnerable to dangerous synthetic drug trafficking from abroad, even as the administration has vowed to stop fentanyl from entering the country, former government officials say.This week, Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, ostensibly as a tactic to stem the flow of illicit drugs into the US. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/trump-policies-drug-trade-fentanyl Author : Hannah Harris Green Publish date : 2025-03-08 16:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Latest attacks came hours after Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin was ‘doing what anybody would do’Ukraine war – live updatesRussia launched a devastating attack on Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, hours after Donald Trump defended Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin leader was “doing what anybody would do”.Two ballistic missiles hit the centre of Dobropillia in the eastern Donetsk region. Fire engulfed a five-storey apartment building. As emergency services arrived, Russia launched another strike on the same area. Eleven civilians were killed, with five children among the 30 injured. Continue reading... Source link

After the US president’s vow to take over the Arctic island, pro-independent voices are growing louder but some want to work with WashingtonWhen it comes to the issues on the table – schools, healthcare, independence – Tuesday’s election is “not that exceptional”, says Greenlandic politician Aaja Chemnitz Larsen. And yet, it will potentially be the most consequential in the Arctic island’s history.What makes this general election unlike any other, says the Inuit Ataqatigiit member of the Danish parliament, is the global spotlight on it. “What we’re seeing is influence from the US, Denmark and other places, it is not the

Police say suspects are male, with one in a black balaclava seen fleeing the scene at the Piper Arms in a silver carThree suspects are at large after a mass shooting at the opening night of a pub in Toronto that left a dozen people injured, Canadian police say.The shooting at the Piper Arms pub near Scarborough town centre in eastern Toronto happened at 22:39pm on Friday local time (03:39 GMT). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/three-suspects-at-large-after-shooting-at-toronto-pub-leaves-a-dozen-injured Author : Daniel Lavelle Publish date : 2025-03-08 11:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police put up cordon and close Westminster Bridge as at least eight emergency service vehicles attend the sceneEmergency services have cordoned off the area surrounding Big Ben after a man scaled one of the buildings in the Palace of Westminster.Video on social media shows a barefoot man stood on a ledge holding a Palestinian flag several metres up Elizabeth Tower, which houses the Westminster clock and its world-famous bell. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/08/area-big-ben-closed-man-palestinian-flag-climbs-elizabeth-tower-westminster-bridge Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-03-08 10:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Nineteen ambulances dispatched to incident, which reports indicate was a large troop transport vehicle, with some personnel ‘seriously’ injured.Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 35 people have been injured in a road incident involvingtwo Australian Defence Force vehicles at Lismore, in northern New South Wales.Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 5pm with inital reports that 22 people had been injured. This was increased to 36 people shortly after 6pm. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/08/people-injured-in-crash-involving-adf-vehicle-near-lismore-northern-nsw Author : Henry Belot Publish date : 2025-03-08 08:06:00

High-rise apartment blocks in centre of Dobropillia town hit in attack a day after US suspended intelligence sharing with KyivSee all our Ukraine war coverageFive children were among the 30 wounded in Russian attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dobropillia overnight which also killed at least 11 people, the Ukrainian interior ministry said on Saturday.It said Russian forces attacked Dobropillia with ballistic missiles, multiple rockets and drones, damaging eight multi-storey buildings and 30 cars, Reuters reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/08/russia-ukraine-war-live-putin-trump-zelenskyy-donetsk-latest-news-updates Author : Adam Fulton Publish date : 2025-03-08 07:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Exclusive: More than a dozen authorities have bought more than 850 properties in English towns and cities since 2017London councils and housing companies they own have spent more than £140m buying up homes to relocate homeless people out of the city.More than a dozen councils in the capital have collectively spent millions buying up more than 850 properties in towns and cities across England since 2017, Guardian analysis of property ownership data found. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/08/london-councils-buy-140m-property-move-homeless-people-out-city Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish date : 2025-03-08 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President Slava Kir appeals for calm while analysts say escalating tensions could lead to full-blown conflictA South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers have been killed after a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of Nasir came under attack, the government has said.The UN said Friday’s incident, which could deal a blow to an already fragile peace process, was “utterly abhorrent” and a possible war crime. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/south-sudan-general-among-dozens-killed-in-attack-on-un-helicopter Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-03-08 04:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

PM Donald Tusk says country needs army of 500,000 and backs withdrawal from treaty banning landminesPoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in response to the changing security situation in Europe.He said there was a need for an army of 500,000 soldiers, which would include reservists. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/poland-plans-military-training-for-every-adult-male-amid-growing-european-security-fears Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-03-08 03:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot dead by prison staff despite outcry over ‘cruel’ method and calls for clemencyThe US has conducted its first execution by firing squad in 15 years, with South Carolina prison officials shooting to death Brad Sigmon, 67, on Friday evening, despite widespread concerns about the safety and cruelty of this method.Sigmon was the oldest person to be executed in the state’s history and his death was part of a series of rapid killings the state has pursued in the last six months as it revives capital punishment. There had been growing calls for clemency, but minutes

State named 57% of new commemorative places after women in 2024, up from 35% in 2023Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailIn 1898, Ethel Mary Vaughan Cowan became the first female doctor at Melbourne’s children’s hospital, blazing a trail for many who came after her.In 2024, she was honoured through the naming of Cowan Lane in Carlton, a short walk from the site of the hospital. Cowan’s legacy was just one of those recognised in 31 new place names that commemorated women in Victoria last year, with 23 place names commemorating men.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email

Andrea Michelle Reyes was two when her mother took her from her father in Connecticut and fled the countryA woman who was abducted in Connecticut as a toddler has been found alive 25 years later in Mexico.Andrea Michelle Reyes was two years old when she was taken by her mother, Rosa Tenorio, in October 1999, according to a news release from the New Haven police department. Tenorio did not have legal custody of Reyes, who was in the care of her father at the time of the kidnapping, police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/andrea-michelle-reyes-kidnapped-toddler-mexico Author : Léonie Chao-Fong

Cause of Betsy Arakawa’s death was hantavirus pulmonary syndrome while Hackman died of heart disease, with advanced Alzheimer’s disease contributingThe actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, succumbed to a rare respiratory virus, authorities said on Friday.Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome while Hackman died of heart disease, with advanced Alzheimer’s disease contributing, said Dr Heather Jarrell, the chief medical investigator for the New Mexico office of the medical investigator. The couple’s partially mummified bodies were discovered last month at their home in New Mexico. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/07/gene-hackman-death-investigation Author : Dani