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Peter Reynolds, 79, detained with his wife Barbie since February, says prison is ‘nearest thing to hell I can imagine’A Briton held captive by the Taliban for more than nine weeks has said he is living in dire conditions in a prison in Kabul, describing it as “the nearest thing to hell I can imagine”.In a recording of a phone call from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, Peter Reynolds, 79, also spoke of his fears for the safety of his wife, Barbie, who is being held in the women’s section of the the maximum-security jail. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/06/british-couple-held-by-taliban-describe-dire-conditions-in-kabul-jail Author :

David Lammy says it is ‘unacceptable’ the parliamentary delegation had been detained and deportedThe UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of planning to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky News and Politics UK. Yang, who represents Earley and Woodley in Berkshire, and Mohamed, the MP for Sheffield Central, flew into Ben Gurion airport from Luton with their aides, according to

PM says he will use policy to shelter British businesses following the stock market turmoil prompted by Trump’s announcementStarmer orders economic reset amid Trump’s tariff mayhemWelcome back to our live coverage of the economic fallout from Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs last week.Almost $5tn (£4tn) was wiped off the value of global stock markets after the US president made his shock announcement last Wednesday, which included a 10% base tariff on imports into the US from the UK. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/06/donald-trump-tariffs-keir-starmer-uk-world-live-news-updates Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2025-04-06 07:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Survey says queues outside emergency departments are leading to ‘car park care’ and fatalitiesParamedics across England are watching patients die in the back of ambulances because of delays outside emergency departments, according to a survey by Unison.The gridlock of patients in some of the country’s hospitals has led to queues of up to 20 ambulances outside casualty departments in certain areas. In a number of cases, crews have been forced to wait more than 12 hours before handing over patients. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/06/englands-nhs-crews-watching-patients-die-in-back-of-ambulances-due-to-ae-delays Author : Jon Ungoed-Thomas Publish date : 2025-04-06 05:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Australian federal police say the man, 46, allegedly tried to open the rear emergency exit door of the plane from Malaysia on SaturdayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Jordanian national has been charged after he allegedly attempted to open the doors of a Sydney-bound plane mid-flight.Australian federal police (AFP) say a man, 46, allegedly tried to open the rear emergency exit door of the plane, travelling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday night.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/06/man-charged-after-allegedly-attempting-to-open-plane-door-on-flight-to-sydney-ntwnfb

The Nationals leader said he was going to work to get more gas into the system from the Gippsland region in Victoria. Follow today’s news livePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong says a million households will take up solar batteries by 2030Penny Wong has defended Labor’s announcement today that it will assist householders with rooftop solar to buy batteries, after being quizzed on how many people the policy would actually help.

Police urge people to stay away, as helicopters try to extinguish flames in Galloway and surrounding regionFirefighters are dealing with a wild blaze that has spread over a large area of forest in Scotland with police urging people to stay away from the area. Emergency services were called to Glentrool in Galloway, southern Scotland, at about 11.50pm on Friday with fire crews still on the scene on Saturday afternoon.Police Scotland said the wildfire was expected to reach the Loch Doon area of East Ayrshire at about midnight Helicopters are being used in efforts to extinguish the flames which have also

Party suspends North East Somerset MP after he is taken into custody following police raid on his constituency home Labour have suspended Dan Norris, the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, after he was arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences.Norris, a former Labour minister who defeated Jacob Rees-Mogg as MP at last year’s general election, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/05/labour-mp-dan-norris-arrested-over-and-child-abuse-allegations Author : David Connett Publish date : 2025-04-05 19:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than a thousand events expected in a show of defiance against US president’s ‘authoritarian overreach’Maxwell Frost, Florida’s Democratic representatve, is now adddressing the crowd in Washington DC.We see the foundations of our society, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, the very safety nets that people have fought for, for generations, to ensure that our country lives up to its promise, are being targeted by the billionaires and the oligarchs and the corporations.This insidious rise of authoritarianism is fueled by corrupt billionaires and mega corporations who believe that they have the right to control every aspect of our lives, our healthcare, to

‘It is up to all of us to fix this,’ former president said in speech at Hamilton College in New YorkBarack Obama has called on US citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Donald Trump’s political agenda – and warned Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.“It has been easy during most of our lifetimes to say you are a progressive or say you are for social justice or say you’re for free speech and not have to pay a price for it,” Obama said during a speech at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, on

Teenager, named by police as Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim, received a single wound to the neck and died in hospitalA man has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck in Huddersfield.Officers were called to Ramsden Street in the town centre at about 2.45pm on Thursday, West Yorkshire police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/05/man-charged-with-after-boy-16-stabbed-in-huddersfield Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2025-04-05 11:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next week‘It could’ve been much worse’: how UK avoided a bigger blow from Trump tariffsWhen Jonathan Reynolds gathered with officials around the large television screen in his office to watch Donald Trump unleash his global trade war, he knew little more than anyone else about what was to come.It was Wednesday night and the US president was about to upend a century of global trade with the imposition of sweeping taxes on US imports from around the world.Our view

Trump’s economic assault on the world stunned economists and sent stock markets into a spiral. Who will pay the price?‘It could’ve been much worse’: how UK avoided a bigger blow from Trump tariffsDonald Trump’s vast overhaul of US trade policy this week has called time on an era of globalization, alarming people, governments and investors around the world. No one should have been surprised, the US president said.The announcement of 10% to 50% tariffs on US trading partners tanked stock markets after Trump unveiled a “declaration of economic independence” so drastic it drew comparison with Britain’s exit from the European

Most senior American prelate in Catholic church to face accusations of sexual abuse died in state of MissouriThe first cardinal to be defrocked by the Pope over allegations of sexual abuse has died in the United States, a senior US churchman said on Friday.Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and the most senior American prelate in the Catholic church to face claims of abuse, died in the state of Missouri aged 94, the New York Times reported, citing a Vatican statement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/former-washington-archbishop-theodore-mccarrick-defrocked-over-abuse-allegations-dies-aged-94 Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-04-05 04:18:00 Copyright for syndicated

Disgraced Republican congressman ‘made a mockery’ of election system and merits long sentence, US officials sayProsecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.The US attorney for the eastern district of New York argued in a court filing on Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/george-santos-prosecutors-campaign-fraud Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-04-05 01:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

People in western Queensland left without work will get federal help, PM says; main parties both vow to reclaim strategic facilityAnywhere 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 ourafternoon election email,free app ordaily news podcastWe’ve made it to a week into the election campaign. So who’s winning?According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Labor is exposed to a slump in support in Australia’s two most populous states despite a political recovery in recent weeks, putting

Number of cases of highly contagious disease so far this year now at more than double amount seen all of 2024Texas on Friday reported another large jump in measles cases and hospitalizations, leaving the US with more than double the number of measles cases so far this year than it saw in all of 2024.Other states with active outbreaks – defined as three or more cases – include New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. The virus has been spreading in undervaccinated communities, and since February, two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/texas-measles-spread Author

Lawmakers say dismissing head of US Cyber Command puts country at risk at a time of ‘unprecedented cyber threats’Top congressional Democrats are protesting against the firing of Gen Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe”.Haugh and his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, have been dismissed from their roles, the Washington Post reported late on Thursday, with CNN reporting likewise, both outlets citing multiple unnamed officials and other senior sources close to the matter who had requested anonymity. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/democrats-decry-reported-dismissal-of-nsa-director-tim-haugh

Rosie Sandri says she wanted to prioritize students’ safety after receiving hateful comments, including death threatsA trans teacher at a Texas high school has resigned after becoming the target of conservative backlash and online attacks.Rosie Sandri came out as a trans woman about seven months ago. Her colleagues at Red Oak high school and the Red Oak independent school district were very supportive, she recalled to NBC News. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/texas-trans-teacher-resigns-online-attacks Author : Marina Dunbar Publish date : 2025-04-04 15:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers Emerging into the springtime sun from gate 17 at Volkswagen’s main factory in Wolfsburg at the end of his shift on Thursday afternoon, Carsten, 63, pulled heavily on a cigarette and shook his head when asked about Donald Trump’s US tariff policies.“It’s just another nail in the coffin for the German car industry,” the assembly line worker said. He cited managers’ plans to slash jobs and close factories earlier this year, and a decade before that the ‘dieselgate’ scandal, costly both financially and reputationally,

Joanne Sharkey had previously admitted to manslaughter after incident when she was suffering postnatal depressionA woman who killed her newborn baby 27 years ago while suffering from postnatal depression has been spared jail as a judge said the case “calls for compassion”.Joanne Sharkey, 55, was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility over the death of her days-old son, whose body was found wrapped in bin bags in woodland in 1998. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/04/mother-who-killed-newborn-baby-callum-27-years-ago-spared-jail-joanne-sharkey Author : Josh Halliday North of England editor Publish date : 2025-04-04

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementThe official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns, Andrew Gregory reports.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, is at the Nato HQ in Brussels this morning, where Nato foreign ministers are meeting. Speaking to the media, he said President Trump was taking US economic policy back almost a century by embracing protectionism. He said:The United Kingdom,

US president attacks French judiciary as frustration grows in France with Trump’s policies; part of French left prepares counter demonstration in ParisSomewhere between ecstatic posts about the effect of tariffs – leaving markets in turmoil with losses in trillions of dollars …and about $5m Trump golden card for wealthy immigrants looking to move to the US… Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/04/marine-le-pen-rally-paris-emmanuel-macron-france-europe-latest-updates-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-04-04 08:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Temperature could hit 24C in central England on Friday amid ‘very high to extreme’ risk of wildfires across BritainThe UK could experience its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots, after firefighters tackled wildfires across the country.Much of the country will be dry and sunny on Friday, and some parts of central England may hit 24C as weather “nearer to what we’d expect in July” continues, the Met Office said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/04/uk-weather-warmest-day-of-year-firefighters-tackle-wildfires Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-04-04 06:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Hard-hitting internal investigation found roots of scandal lay in racist immigration legislationAt least £22,000 was spent by the Home Office on hiring lawyers in a failed attempt to prevent the release of a hard-hitting internal report that found that the roots of the Windrush scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation, officials have acknowledged this week.The government spent three years attempting to bury a report written by a Home Office commissioned historian, which described how “the British empire depended on a racist ideology in order to function” and noted that immigration laws in the postwar period were designed