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The French president will have to choose a new prime minister after resistance to austerity budget unites left and far-right in oppositionEurope live – latest updatesAs the French president, Emmanuel Macron, faces a crucial moment on the international stage this month, with the recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN assembly and diplomacy over Gaza and Ukraine, he has once again been shaken by a damaging political crisis at home.The centrist prime minister, François Bayrou, was toppled on Monday night in a parliamentary confidence vote, leaving Macron scrambling to appoint his third prime minister in a year, and the

Bayrou would be third prime minister to lose the post in a year, leaving Macron in a difficult political position and an impossible vacancy to fillAnd over in Brussels, EU diplomats have been briefing journalists that the European Commission is expected to propose a 19th package of sanctions against Russia by Friday, Reuters said.The EU has stepped up its listings and is no longer shying away from larger entities in third countries, and it could list banks in two central Asian countries too, they said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/08/europe-live-macron-france-prime-minister-francois-bayrou-confidence-vote-latest-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-09-08 14:40:00

Artist’s latest work is thought to refer to pro-Palestine demonstrationsA painting by Banksy of a judge using a gavel to beat a helpless protester appeared on the walls of the Royal Courts of Justice before quickly being covered up by guards.Banksy confirmed the artwork was his by posting a picture of it on Instagram on Monday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/08/court-staff-cover-up-banksy-image-of-judge-beating-a-protester Author : Kaamil Ahmed Publish date : 2025-09-08 12:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economyThey were places of crushing hardship for the poorest people in Britain for centuries but a new report highlights how closely workhouses in England and Wales were linked with slavery and British imperialism.Workhouses, perhaps best known in popular culture through the Charles Dickens story Oliver Twist, were routinely funded and administered by people involved in the slave trade, the study says.The paper Racial Capitalism and the Workhouse–Plantation Nexus in the Atlantic World was published in Antipode. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/britain-workhouses-transatlantic-slavery-research Author : Steven

NSW premier initially supported the controversial bill which would have allowed recreational hunters to shoot feral animals on public landsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales premier has backtracked on a central element of a Shooters and Fishers’ private member’s bill – enshrining a right to hunt – saying it could undermine gun control and send the state down the US path of a right to bear arms.“We won’t be supporting any provision in that will water down gun laws in NSW. They’ve been important

Fugitive father who has been on the run with his children for four years was shot by police after an attempted burglary of a building in Piopio. Police are now searching for two of his missing childrenFull report: Tom Phillips shot dead after attempted burglary, NZ police confirmThe mayor of Waitomo, John Robertson, told the Guardian this morning’s events were the worst possible outcome for the community.“I’m shattered, to be honest, and there will be many in the community that are devastated that this was the outcome after three and a half, four years,” he said.So it’s just devastating news.

Ian Wilkinson thanked police, prosecutors and health services after Erin Patterson sentenced to life in prison with 33 years non-parole. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s supreme court will hand down the triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s sentence shortly. The state’s supreme court will allow a television camera inside the courtroom to broadcast the sentencing hearing – with a 10 second delay – for the first time.Patterson, 50, faces the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. Justice Christopher Beale will deliver her sentence from 9.30am in a hearing expected to

Stalling house prices and shift back to office working are affecting people’s ability to move out of city, say expertsLondoners are buying the lowest share of houses outside the capital in more than a decade as their moving plans are curtailed by a stalling local market and the shift back to office working.They were behind just 5.3% of house purchases elsewhere in the country in the first seven months of this year, the lowest proportion since 2013, research has found. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/08/londoners-buying-lowest-share-of-property-outside-capital-since-2013 Author : Sarah Butler Publish date : 2025-09-07 23:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Billionaire Scott Bessent dismisses concerns about president’s levies and predicts ‘acceleration’ in US economy US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has refused to acknowledge that the sweeping trade tariffs imposed by Donald Trump around the world are taxes on Americans.In a new interview on Sunday with NBC host Kristen Welker, Bessent, a former billionaire hedge fund manager, dismissed concerns from major American companies including John Deere, Nike and Black and Decker who have all said that Trump’s tariffs policy will cost them billions of dollars annually. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/07/us-treasury-secretary-trump-tariffs Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-09-07 21:02:00

Footage of raid by US immigration officials showed detained workers in handcuffs and with chains around their anklesSouth Korea announced on Sunday that the roughly 300 of its nationals detained during an immigration raid in Georgia would be released and flown home, as the sudden detention of workers appeared to strain the longstanding diplomatic and economic relationship between the two nations.Nearly 500 workers, among them at least 300 South Koreans and at least 23 Mexicans, were arrested at the Hyundai-LG battery plant in the city of Ellabell on Thursday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/07/300-south-koreans-detained-at-hyundai-plant-in-us-to-be-released-says-seoul Author : Victoria Bekiempis and

Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales, celebrated by wildlife groups, has drawn a mixed reaction from the state’s Coalition.The opposition leader, Mark Speakman has hedged his party’s support, saying while he “supports the ambition of protecting koalas”, he was concerned about job losses and the cost of the park. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/08/minns-140m-great-koala-national-park-regional-towns-coalition-nsw Author : Anne Davies and Lisa Cox Publish date : 2025-09-07 15:00:00 Copyright

Democrat Analise Ortiz shared post warning of Ice activity near school; critics say she endangered federal agentsA Democratic lawmaker in Arizona who is facing calls for expulsion for resharing an Instagram post warning of immigration enforcement activity near an elementary school said that state senate Republicans “absolutely are trying to make an example out of me”.Analise Ortiz, a Democratic state senator in Arizona, shared an Instagram post from a community organization that warned, in text only, that immigration enforcement agents were near a local elementary school. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/07/arizona-democrat-expulsion-republicans-ice Author : Rachel Leingang Publish date : 2025-09-07

London-born Italian, who died in 2006, built websites to spread Catholic teaching and is credited with two miraclesPope Leo XIV has declared the London-born Italian Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 age 15, the Catholic church’s first millennial saint during an open-air mass in a packed St Peter’s Square.Carlo, who died of leukaemia, built websites to spread Catholic teaching, earning him the nickname “God’s influencer”. He was canonised alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati, another young Catholic activist, who died a century ago. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/07/pope-leo-xiv-declares-15-year-old-computer-whiz-carlo-acutis-gods-influencer-saint Author : Angela Giuffrida in Rome and agencies Publish date : 2025-09-07 10:30:00

New home secretary Shabana Mahmood expected to to say asylum seekers will be moved from hotels to barracksJohn Healey is being interviewed by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. He touches on Angela Rayner’s resignation and what her departure means for government.As a reminder, Rayner, who as housing secretary underpaid about £40,000 stamp duty on her seaside flat, stepped down after breaching the ministerial code over her tax arrangements.Our government will miss Angela Rayner. She has not been a victim, she’s under a lot of pressure … she’s been an inspiration to many, particularly to working class women.She’s been a very effective

Inspectorate issues summons after water supply infected 140 people with diarrhoea-type disease in Brixham last yearSouth West Water is being taken to court over a parasite that infected the water supply in parts of Devon last summer and left dozens sick.More than 140 people were confirmed to have the diarrhoea-type disease, which also causes stomach pains and vomiting, typically lasting for about two weeks. Four people were hospitalised at the time. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/07/south-west-water-taken-to-court-over-cryptosporidium-outbreak-in-devon Author : Helena Horton Environment reporter Publish date : 2025-09-07 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

City and suburbs pull local events tied to Mexican Independence Day on 16 SeptemberDonald Trump’s plan to deploy national guard troops and federal immigration agents to Chicago is already having an impact on the city’s Mexican community.Organizers have canceled several local events tied to Mexican Independence Day, which occurs on 16 September. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/06/chicago-mexican-independence-day-trump Author : Eric Berger and Siri Chilukuri in Chicago Publish date : 2025-09-07 02:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A Department of Homeland Security official confirmed the action in a statement, blaming mayor’s sanctuary policiesThe Trump administration has targeted Massachusetts as its next location to begin arresting and deporting immigrants, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to NBC News on Saturday.DHS and its US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm are calling the operation Patriot 2.0, modifying the name of a May deportation surge that led to the arrest of 1,500 people in the state, according to the reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/06/trump-administration-immigration-crackdown-massachusetts Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-09-06 23:59:00 Copyright for syndicated

The Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing account of a Palestinian child’s death in Gaza, won the runner-up Silver LionUS indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival on Saturday with Father Mother Sister Brother, a three-part meditation on the uneasy tie between parents and their adult children.Although his gentle comedy received largely positive reviews, it had not been a favourite for the top prize, with many critics instead tipping the Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing true-life account of the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl during the Gaza war. In the

Police say offences include assault and support for a proscribed group as 1,500 defied ban in Parliament SquareAbout 300 people have been arrested at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.Defend Our Juries, who organised the demonstrations, said there were 1,500 sign-holders in Parliament Square on Saturday at a fresh protest in London against the ban. At the previous major demonstration last month, 532 people were arrested for taking part. Participants gathered in Parliament Square by 1pm, many holding signs that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/06/police-make-arrests-at-london-palestine-action-ban-protest Author :

Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’A controversial doctor given top billing at the Reform party conference has used his main-stage speech to air a claim the Covid vaccine caused cancer in the royal family.The speech by Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who was appointed as a senior adviser to the US Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy, drew sharp intakes of breath in the Birmingham auditorium where he was handed a prime speaking slot. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/06/doctor-aseem-malhotra-reform-conference-speech-royal-family-cancer-covid-vaccine Author : Ben Quinn Publish date

Unicef says it expects total for August to exceed 15,000 new patients, more than seven times February figureMore than 7,000 children under the age of five were put on recovery programmes for acute malnutrition at clinics run by Unicef in Gaza in just two weeks of last month, figures reveal.The overall total for August is being compiled by Unicef but is expected to exceed 15,000 new patients, more than seven times the total in February. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/06/unicef-under-5s-recovery-programmes-acute-malnutrition-gaza Author : Jason Burke International security correspondent Publish date : 2025-09-06 14:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Chef and host of BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen to join 18th series as judge after Wallace dropped from programmeThe television host and chef Matt Tebbutt will replace Gregg Wallace as a judge on the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals after a turbulent period for the show.Tebbutt, best known for hosting BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen, will join chefs Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti for the 18th series of the cooking competition programme, along with a range of guest judges who will appear in the first stage of the competition. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/06/matt-tebbutt-to-replace-gregg-wallace-masterchef-the-professionals-bbc Author : Jamie Grierson Publish

Rayner resignation ‘brought forward’ reshuffle, says chief secretary Darren Jones, but he insists there is no split within Labour partyFirefighters are continuing to battle a blaze at the the old Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze at the the old BBC Television Centre in west London, with smoke billowing from the rooftop rotunda PA reportDozens of fire engines are at the scene as crowds gather on the street to watch and take photos. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/06/no-early-election-angela-rayner-resignation-nigel-farage-reform-uk-politics-live-news-latest Author : Hayden Vernon Publish date : 2025-09-06 09:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Kayleigh Smith, 36, and William Nelson, 44, among passengers who died when the Elevador da Glória derailed A British couple killed in Lisbon after a funicular streetcar derailed on Wednesday have been named as Kayleigh Smith and William Nelson.Smith, 36, and Nelson, 44, died alongside 14 other people after the Elevador da Glória hurtled down a hill and careered into a building. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/06/british-couple-killed-in-lisbon-funicular-crash-named Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-09-06 06:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Beaches from Manly to Narrabeen closed after death of 57-year-old who leaves behind wife and childGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has died near Dee Why on Sydney’s northern beaches after being bitten by what is believed to be a large shark, in what police have called “a great tragedy”.Shortly after 10am on Saturday, New South Wales emergency services were called to Long Reef beach following reports a man had suffered critical injuries. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/06/fatal-shark-attack-long-reef-beach-sydney-northern-beaches-nsw Author : Petra Stock and Ben Doherty Publish date : 2025-09-06 04:49:00 Copyright for syndicated