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Most cuts are schemes to assist foreign countries hit by disease, war and natural disasters Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with the news that the US Senate has approved Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the Republican president another victory as he exerts control over Congress with little opposition.In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the far-right network created to host Steve Bannon’s podcast,

ONS data shows jobless rate climbing to highest rate since June 2021 with growth in average earnings slowing to 5%.Business live – updatesUnemployment climbed and wage growth fell in the three months to May, according to official figures that will put pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates next moth.Data from the Office for National Statistics, released on Thursday, showed that Britain’s official unemployment rate rose to 4.7% in the three months to May, up 0.1% from April. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/17/rise-in-uk-unemployment-and-slowing-wage-growth-add-new-pressure-for-interest-rate-cut Author : Phillip Inman Publish date : 2025-07-17 06:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Premier Chris Minns says former One Nation MP’s alleged remarks about female MPs in messages to his then partner ‘troubling’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales housing minister, Rose Jackson, has labelled independent MP Mark Latham a “pig” after allegations he took covert photographs of female colleagues in the upper house and shared them.The messages, reportedly sent to his former partner Nathalie Matthews and published in the Daily Telegraph on Thursday, allegedly included disparaging comments about the female politicians’ appearance. Continue reading... Source link :

President faces Maga backlash over claims of hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich elite – including TrumpUS politics live – latest news updatesDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading... Source

Resolution Foundation says unpaid carers on low incomes pay ‘very heavy price’ for looking after loved onesThe carer’s allowance benefit should be overhauled and the basic rate of payment increased to lift more unpaid carers and disabled people out of financial hardship, according to a living standards thinktank.The Resolution Foundation said unpaid carers on low incomes were paying a “very heavy price” – a typical penalty of 10% or as much as £7,000 a year compared with non-carers – for looking after loved ones full-time. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/17/ministers-urged-to-overhaul-and-raise-carers-allowance Author : Patrick Butler Social policy editor Publish date

PM to visit Cochlear base in south-western city; economists wait for jobs figures later this morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA German backpacker who was lost in the Australian outback for 11 nights has been discharged from hospital.Carolina Wilga hit her head in a car crash and left her car in a “state of confusion” before going missing in the Western Australian outback. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/17/australia-news-live-albanese-china-chengdu-cochlear-backpacker-carolina-wilga-abs-employment-data-victoria-childcare-nsw-labor-coalition-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2025-07-16 20:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

NHS Fife says there is insufficient evidence against Sandie Peggie as her tribunal case against the trust resumesA nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender woman doctor has been cleared of gross misconduct allegations.Sandie Peggie, who has worked as a nurse for the health board for more than 30 years, is claiming she was subject to unlawful harassment under the Equality Act when she was expected to share a changing room with a trans woman, Dr Beth Upton. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/16/nurse-sandie-peggie-cleared-of-misconduct-in-trans-doctor-changing-room-row-in-scotland Author : Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Publish date : 2025-07-16 18:19:00

President tries to downplay issue amid growing outrage from conservativesTrump says people interested in Epstein inquiry are ‘bad people’As Democrats reckon with a deep inter-party divide that threatens their ability to repair the party’s image and win back voters, Ken Martin said he was not focused on “internal bullshit” because “most people could care less about the internal drama and soap opera of the Democratic party”.Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, told the Guardian that he knows Democrats have to earn back trust from communities across the country before the midterms. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/16/donald-trump-epstein-files-jd-vance-us-politics-live-news-updates Author

US president says first deliveries of Patriot missile systems via Germany are ‘already being shipped’Separately, the European Commission has just confirmed that EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will travel to Washington DC today for talks with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and US trade representative Jamieson Greer.The meetings come as part of the EU’s push to get an agreement with the US on tariffs before 1 August. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/16/donald-trump-backtracks-ukraine-target-moscow-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-latest-europe-live-news-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-07-16 13:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president’s attempt to help his rightwing ally avoid jail has sparked wave of anger and given boost to rival LulaSilvana Marques was one of thousands of Brazilians who flocked to São Paulo’s most famous art museum one afternoon last week. But the 51-year-old teacher wasn’t there to marvel over fog-filled London landscapes at Masp’s new Monet retrospective. She had come to join a protest heaping scorn on Donald Trump.Beneath the museum’s brutalist hulk, Marques spotted a cardboard effigy of the US president and took a picture with her phone before the Trump dummy was set on fire. “Laranjão safado,”

Israeli-backed logistics group the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claims people trampled in Khan Younis while health officials say they were suffocatedIran’s parliament said the country should not resume nuclear negotiations with the United States until preconditions are met, in a statement reported on Wednesday by Iranian state media, Reuters reports.The statement said:When the U.S. use negotiations as a tool to deceive Iran and cover up a sudden military attack by the Zionist regime (Israel), talks cannot be conducted as before. Preconditions must be set and no new negotiations can take place until they are fully met, Continue reading... Source link :

Optus says cheque refunds are not standard practice but are implemented ‘where electronic banking is unavailable’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOptus Sport customers who paid an annual fee for the service will receive a refund when it shuts down next month – but only by cheque in some cases.Optus announced on 30 June its sport streaming service would close on 1 August, after it transferred the rights to broadcast the Premier League, FA Cup and other competitions to Nine Entertainment and Stan.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking

Jason Clare says racism exists in ‘all its ugly forms’ at universities and the government will consider two other key reports before respondingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will defer its response to Jillian Segal’s contentious plan to address antisemitism on campuses until after it has received a broader review of racism at universities and a separate report from the Islamophobia envoy, the education minister has confirmed.Jason Clare outlined the process to reporters on Wednesday, saying he wanted to “tackle racism in whatever form it

Republican-led committee accused UC Berkeley, City University of New York and Georgetown University of biasKey takeaways from the House antisemitism hearingRich Lyons, the University of California, Berkeley, chancellor, challenged US House Republicans on Tuesday as they questioned Lyons and leaders of Georgetown University and the City University of New York in the latest hearing on antisemitism in higher education.The committee accused the schools of failing to respond adequately to allegations of bias or discrimination, however the university leaders said that disciplinary action had been taken where appropriate and stressed the importance of protecting free speech. Continue reading... Source link :

Labor MP says ‘we should be focusing on what brings us together’ in response to Segal’s proposal to strip universities and artists of funding. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSUV driven into luxury Sydney CBD store in ram raid targeting handbags, police sayPolice in Sydney are investigating after an SUV was driven into a luxury store in the city’s CBD early Wednesday morning, part of a ram raid targeting handbags.I think the critical point that it makes is we’ve all got a role to play in combating antisemitism, that everyone, not

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino returned to work yesterday, NBC News reports; Trump says attorney general handled Epstein case ‘very well’ amid Maga base furorDonald Trump has said that Democratic senator Adam Schiff “has engaged in a sustained pattern of possible mortgage fraud” and “needs to be brought to justice”.In a post on Truth Social this morning, Trump said Schiff, who holds a seat in California, had listed his primary address in Maryland “to get a cheaper mortgage” from 2009 until 2020, when he listed the property as his second address. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/15/donald-trump-supreme-court-education-epstein-files-mike-waltz-us-politics-live-news-updates Author : Lucy

At the Mansion House dinner she will call for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growthRachel Reeves will say that rules and red tape are acting as a “boot on the neck” of businesses and risk “choking off” innovation across the UK without bold reforms.In a speech to City bosses attending the Mansion House dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday evening, the chancellor will heap further pressure on regulators to allow for more risk in order to boost economic growth. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/15/rachel-reeves-rules-red-tape-boot-on-neck-innovation-mansion-house Author : Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent Publish date :

Chipmaker’s CEO, Jensen Huang, recently met with Donald Trump as US-China trade rivalry deepensNvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, says the chipmaker has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China.“Today, I’m announcing that the US government has approved for us filing licenses to start shipping H20s,” Huang told reporters in Beijing. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/trump-nvidia-jensen-huang-chips-china Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-07-15 14:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Comments come after Oval Office meeting with Nato’s Mark Rutte signalled a shift in tone on conflictFrench foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot told reporters that he hoped the new language from the US and more sanctions from the EU will force Russian president Vladimir Putin “to face the facts: he has gone too far and he is now at an impasse.”He said he was hoping for more alignment between the US and the EU on sanctions, as he met with American senators last week in Rome to discuss their proposed bipartisan bill on Russia.“So we have some progress. We have some

US president praises PM and says world leaders who flatter him are ‘just trying to be nice’Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is announcing plans to cut red tape for the City, which she claims will have trickle-down benefits for households across Britain. Here is our overnight story on this from Kalyeena Makortoff and Heather Stewart.And Graeme Wearden has the latest on the announcement, which is being made now, on his business live blog. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/15/starmer-reeves-farage-trump-tax-welfare-uk-politics-live-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-07-15 09:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges figures show 15.9% drop in export of cars, vans, trucks and tractors to USThe Port of Antwerp-Bruges has been turned into a giant car park with thousands of cars, vans, trucks and tractors bound for the US sitting idle as manufacturers try to avert the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs.Figures released by the port show a 15.9% drop in the transport of new passenger cars and vans to the US in the first six months of 2025 compared with the same period last year, with a sharp decline emerging in May – one month after the US

Four more childcare centres added to list of Brown’s workplaces and additional employment dates added for 10 other centresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 800 additional children are being recommended for testing for sexually transmitted infections after four more childcare centres were added to a list of known workplaces of alleged paedophile Joshua Dale Brown.Additional dates have been added for 10 other childcare centres, with police citing incomplete records from the providers for the discrepancies.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailKids Academy Waratah Estate in

‘Ditch the bitch’ was emblazoned on a fire truck at a rally against the state’s new emergency services levyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian opposition leader, Brad Battin, and firefighters union boss, Peter Marshall, have sparked backlash after attending a rally in Melbourne’s west where the slogan “ditch the bitch” was emblazoned on a fire truck.The phrase, apparently directed at the premier, Jacinta Allan, echoes the infamous “ditch the witch” poster that Tony Abbott stood in front of during a 2011 rally, which was widely condemned

Conservative justices lift federal judge’s order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffsWith Trump’s headache not showing any signs of going away, Politico learned that “an ally supportive of the Trump DOJ’s handling of the Epstein case, has pitched senior White House officials on the idea of Bondi and deputy attorney general Todd Blanche doing an all-questions-addressed news conference in an attempt to exhaust the press and put the story to bed.”Maga influencer and far-right activist Laura Loomer also told Politico on Sunday that “there should be a special counsel appointed to do an independent investigation of

Home affairs minister says antisemitism envoy is not responsible for giving money to Advance; murder investigation under way after discovery in Balcatta. Follow today’s live newsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCheck out the Full Story – on Segal’s antisemitism plansAs chance would have it, today’s edition of the Full Story podcast is about Jillian Segal and whether her recommendations have the potential to silence debate and dissent.This is where a lot of the discussion – and I respect why – has gone straight to the edges of what would the punishment and the penalty be?