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Yarden Bibas scheduled for release with Keith Siegel and Ofer Calderon on Saturday in latest handover of hostagesMiddle East crisis – live updatesHamas has announced it will release Yarden Bibas on Saturday, the Israeli father of a young family kidnapped to Gaza who have been one of the most enduring symbols of Israel’s hostages in the coastal strip.The Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida said on its Telegram channel that Bibas would be released with Keith Siegel, a joint US citizen, and Ofer Calderon, who also has French nationality. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/hamas-to-release-israeli-hostage-yarden-bibas-wife-children-family Author : Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and

Scheme backed by €170m fund crucial to getting agreement from farmers, politicians and environmental groups“Plant-based foods are the future.” That is not a statement you would expect from a right-wing farming minister in a major meat-producing nation. Denmark produces more meat per capita than any other country in the world, with its 6 million people far outnumbered by its 30 million pigs, and it has a big dairy industry too. Yet this is how Jacob Jensen, from the Liberal party, introduced the nation’s world-first action plan for plant-based foods.“If we want to reduce the climate footprint within the agricultural sector,

Donald Trump says tariffs will start at 25% and ‘may or may not’ rise over timeHere’s more on those comments from President Trump threatening to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, two of the US’ largest trading partners.He said he was making the threat “for a number of reasons” but that he wants both countries to do more to secure their borders to reduce illegal migration and the flow of fentanyl into the US. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/31/donald-trump-latest-news-politics-live-canada-mexico-tariffs Author : Christy Cooney Publish date : 2025-01-31 11:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Bundestag set to review Influx Limitation Act, which looks to tighten rules in existing laws on residence as Friedrich Merz grapples with rise of far rightin BerlinThe Bundestag debate has been delayed for half an hour on request of the CDU, thought to be to do with misgivings within the party over the debate, not least due to large numbers of protesters outside the CDU headquarters in Berlin. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/31/europe-live-germany-parliament-migration-latest-updates-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-01-31 10:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Diana Johnson says Labour is ‘starting from a difficult position’, after Essex police say they could get rid of PCSOsPolice forces in England and Wales are facing “difficult and challenging” circumstances, the policing minister has accepted, as some have been forced to cut their number of officers.Diana Johnson said forces would need to make decisions locally on how many officers to have, days after Essex police said they could get rid of all 99 police community support officer roles within the force, pending consultation, amid a £12.5m budget shortfall for 2025-26. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/31/policing-minister-police-forces-england-wales-challenging-cuts Author : Aletha

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as US president said he would impose first tariffs of new administration on 1 FebruaryEuropean stock markets have moved in lockstep at the opening bell on Friday morning.Here are the opening snaps via Reuters:EUROPE’S STOXX 600 UP 0.2%BRITAIN’S FTSE 100 UP 0.2%; GERMANY’S DAX UP 0.1%FRANCE’S CAC 40 UP 0.2%; SPAIN’S IBEX UP 0.2%EURO STOXX INDEX UP 0.2%; EURO ZONE BLUE CHIPS UP 0.2%We’ll be announcing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a number of reasons. Number one is the people that have poured into our country so horribly and

Public sector union criticises opposition leader’s ‘lack of understanding of modern workplaces’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has foreshadowed the axing of diversity and inclusion positions in the public service as part of wider cuts to the commonwealth bureaucracy if he wins the federal election.The main public sector union said the idea was straight out of the playbook of US president Donald Trump, who has declared war on so-called DEI measures (diversity, equity and inclusion) since returning to the White House. Continue reading...

Exclusive: More Danish people regard US as a threat than see North Korea or Iran as danger Almost half of Danish people now consider the US to be a considerable threat to their country and the overwhelming majority oppose Greenland leaving to become part of the US, new polling has found.The research by YouGov, shared exclusively with the Guardian, comes after weeks of tension between Denmark, Greenland and the US over Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that he plans to take control of the autonomous territory, which is part of the Danish kingdom. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/nearly-half-of-danes-see-us-as-threat-and-78-oppose-greenland-sale-poll-shows Author :

Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors ‘want to stir the pot’ with federal election coming, says AEC Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“Sovereign citizens, conspiracy theorists and keyboard warriors” are among the domestic threats being monitored ahead of the upcoming federal election, the electoral authority has warned.The Australian Electoral Commission, deep into its preparations for the yet-to-be announced polling day, said the mis- and disinformation threats to the 2025 federal election were coming from within the country, rather than from overseas actors.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s

National Transportation Safety Board announces recorders are now at a lab for evaluation; operation to recover bodies continuesFull report: cockpit voice and flight data recorders recoveredVictims: world champion Russian pair and US skaters were onboard crashed planeVisual guide – how did the DC plane crash unfold?What caused this tragic aviation disaster is not yet known, but the National Transportation Safety Board investigators has said it will have a preliminary report within 30 days.Despite the lack of clarity, newly inaugurated US president Donald Trump has accused his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden of lowering hiring standards and suggested the Federal Aviation Administration’s

An American Airlines passenger jet with 64 onboard was coming in to land at Ronald Reagan National airport when it collided with a military helicopterWashington DC plane crash – latest updatesWashington plane crash: officials say no survivors expected Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/30/american-airlines-plane-crash-washington-death-toll-details Author : Helen Livingstone, Martin Belam and Archie Bland Publish date : 2025-01-31 01:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Conservative New Orleans court ruling for people between 18 and 21 comes amid major shifts in firearm legal landscapeA conservative US appeals court on Thursday ruled that a ban on handgun sales to people between the ages of 18 and 21 violates the second amendment.The ruling, handed down by a panel of three judges on the fifth US circuit court of appeals in New Orleans, comes amid major shifts in the national firearm legal landscape following a landmark US supreme court decision that expanded gun rights in 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/30/guns-sales-second-amendment-ruling Author : Associated Press Publish date

National Audit Office says government attempts to tackle misogynistic violence are hampered by poor coordinationAn “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in the UK is getting worse despite years of government promises and strategies, a highly critical report from Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said.The National Audit Office report comes four years after a major government response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) was launched after the murders of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard.The Home Office did not have “centrally coordinated funding” for VAWG, unlike that for the 2021 illegal drugs strategy, and had underspent on its own VAWG

Vessel commissioned by previous Tory government to house asylum seekers was decommissioned in NovemberEighteen months after it arrived at Portland Port in Dorset, the empty asylum seeker barge Bibby Stockholm has been towed away from its mooring.The barge, which only ever provided accommodation for about 400 single male asylum seekers a night, at maximum occupancy, has cost the taxpayer at least £34.8m, according to the National Audit Office.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988,

Bodies of 28 people have been retrieved from Potomac River after collision of passenger jet and military helicopterWashington DC plane crash – latest updatesFirst confirmed victims include figure skating championsA collision on Wednesday between an American Airlines jet and a US military helicopter near Washington DC killed all 67 people onboard both aircraft and sparked questions over whether understaffing in an air traffic control tower played a role in the United State’s worst aviation disaster in years.As it approached Reagan National airport around 9pm, American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a US army Black Hawk helicopter, plunging wreckage of the

Former chief resigned 10 days ago, after Elon Musk, a close adviser to Donald Trump, called for him to quitWashington DC plane crash – latest updatesFirst confirmed victims include figure skating championsQuestions swirled in Washington on Thursday as the Federal Aviation Administration began its investigation of the Reagan airport crash without a permanent leader – its former chief resigned 10 days ago, after Elon Musk, the SpaceX CEO and close adviser to Donald Trump, called for him to quit.Michael Whitaker, a 30-year aviation industry veteran, was unanimously confirmed as FAA administrator by the Senate in October 2023. He resigned last

Adam Bandt to announce $8.1bn plan to make all public transport fees just 50c a ride. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian police have charged a man over a series of ‘Pam the Bird’ images graffitied on city landmarks.The 21-year-old man, from Yarraville, was arrested on 30th January, police said in a statement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jan/31/australia-news-live-antisemitism-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-dural-caravan-frydenberg-adam-bandt-greens-public-transport-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2025-01-30 19:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Steve Samson given whole-life order and Gemma Watts at least 30 years after killing and dismembering 38-year-oldA couple who killed a woman and dumped her dismembered body in different parts of south London have been jailed for murder.Steve Samson was out of prison on a life licence for the murder of a taxi driver in 1998 when he and his partner, Gemma Watts, killed Sarah Mayhew, 38, at his flat in Sutton last spring. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/30/couple-jailed-murder-sarah-mayhew-london Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2025-01-30 18:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

UN aid agency says work in West Bank and Gaza will continue despite order to halt operations at East Jerusalem HQMiddle East crisis – live updatesInternational staff working for the UN’s main agency serving Palestinians have been forced to leave after Israel’s ban on Unrwa came into effect.The UN flag flew above the headquarters building in Jerusalem on Thursday morning, but Palestinian staff were also not present at the site over security concerns amid a planned “celebration” by Israeli rightwingers, some of whom later vandalised signs and replaced the UN flag with an Israeli one. Continue reading... Source link :

Trump’s pick for health secretary says ‘I don’t think anybody can say’ Covid vaccines saved millions of livesRobert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination to lead America’s top health agency faced strong headwinds as he struggled to provide clear answers on his past vaccine statements for a second straight day of bruising hearings on Capitol Hill.In a tense back-and-forth before the Senate health committee on Thursday morning, Kennedy dodged direct questions about whether he still believes vaccines cause autism, despite extensive scientific evidence to the contrary. When pressed by Senator Bernie Sanders about studies showing Covid-19 vaccines saved millions of lives, Kennedy

Refugee Council says ‘many refugees themselves could also be prosecuted’ under proposalsRichard Madeley goes next.Q: The Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says you are wrong, and the third runway won’t be built until you are 70. You are 45 now. Why is he wrong?We’re signing off decisions on wind farms, on solar farms, a commitment to a new stadium at Old Trafford. We are upgrading the Transpennine route to make journey times easier between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield. Those things are happening right now. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jan/30/rachel-reeves-keir-starmer-heathrow-growth-latest-politics-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-01-30

Hundred-metre wide asteroid rises to top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December by automated telescopeA 100 metre-wide asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedures for the first time after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.Asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted by an automated telescope in Chile on 27 December last year but has since risen to the top of impact risk lists maintained by the US and European space agencies. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/30/asteroid-spotted-chance-colliding-with-earth-2032 Author : Ian Sample Science editor Publish date : 2025-01-30 14:25:00 Copyright for syndicated content

US president signs executive order to prepare huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay he says could hold 30,000 immigrantsRights groups were swift to condemn Donald Trump’s announcement that he would order the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantánamo Bay.Amnesty International said Guantánamo has been a “site of torture, indefinite detention without charge or trial and other unlawful practices”.Sending scores of immigrants to an inaccessible military base in Cuba could enable the government to deprive them of basic human rights, far from lawyers, the press, and Congressional oversight. Unfortunately, that appears to be the point.If that’s what conditions at

Online gambling firm’s service ‘issues’ left bettors apparently unable to ‘cash out’ on busy night in European footballThe online gambling company Bet365 has been flooded with complaints after it suffered an outage during one of the busiest nights of European football this season.Customers claimed to have lost out on thousands of pounds due to what the company called “issues with our service” during the second half of Wednesday night’s 18 Champions League games. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/30/bet365-gamblers-complain-tech-issues-champions-league-matches Author : Rob Davies Publish date : 2025-01-30 12:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

EU migration commissioner says bloc is working on ‘tighter rules’ following German plan chancellor describes as ‘unforgivable’… and as the ministers go to talk behind the closed doors, let us take a look at what’s happening elsewhere in Europe.Ingrid Gercama spoke with students protesters in Serbia to give you an idea on what is happening on the ground after the country’s prime minister Miloš Vučević resigned earlier this week following months of protests over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.Sitting on the balustrade of a viaduct in Belgrade, Uroš Pantović wasn’t in the mood to mince