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UN human rights office spokesperson says risk of starvation in Gaza is a ‘direct result of the Israeli government’s policy’The UN’s human rights office on Tuesday condemned a far-right Israeli minister for taunting a Palestinian prisoner in his cell and sharing the footage online, Reuters reports.National security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published a video on Friday last week showing him confronting Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/19/aid-ship-food-gaza-cyprus-israel-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates-news Author : Jane Clinton Publish date : 2025-08-19 10:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sales growth at German-owned discounter is more than double that of the wider marketBusiness live – latest updatesLidl is close to overtaking Morrisons to become the UK’s fifth biggest supermarket chain after a sales rise as shoppers attempted to offset higher household bills with cheap groceries.The German-owned discounter increased sales by 10.7% in the three months to 11 August, according to the latest market share data from analysts at Worldpanel, formerly known as Kantar. This was more than double the pace of the wider market, which rose 4.5%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/19/lidl-overtake-morrisons-uk-supermarket-sales Author : Sarah Butler Publish date

In today’s newsletter: The Ukrainian president and fellow continental leaders descended on the White House to squeeze support from the US – did they get it?Good morning. Last night, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House flanked by a dream team of hastily assembled European heavyweights. Their aim: to coax Donald Trump out of pro-Russian positions he adopted after his Alaska meeting with Vladimir Putin last Friday.The meeting was a sign of both panic and resolve from Europe. The fact Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and more cleared their diaries at such short notice to fly to Washington is an indication of

Roger Cook describes ‘horrifying scenario’ after tradespeople found child’s body while cleaning drain on MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA baby girl found dead in a storm water drain is believed to have been there for two weeks.The horrifying discovery of the infant’s body was made in Alexander Heights in Perth’s north on Monday afternoon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/19/dead-infant-storm-water-drain-perth-roger-cook-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-08-19 03:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Moscow has yet to confirm meeting after day of intense diplomacy at White House with European leaders Follow it live: Trump arranging a meeting between Zelenskyy and PutinVladimir Putin has agreed to face-to-face talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a peace deal in Ukraine, according to Donald Trump and European leaders, although Moscow has not confirmed the meeting.The potential breakthrough came after a day of tense diplomacy at the White House in which Trump ruled out a ceasefire while Zelenskyy and his allies pushed for US-backed security guarantees as part of any long-term agreement. The Ukrainian president said that following

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFinance minister says government disappointed, but ‘not surprised’ after Israel revokes visasFinance minister Katy Gallagher said the government is disappointed after Israel revoked the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority overnight. Gallagher said the Labor government was not surprised by the move, which came after Anthony Albanese said Australia would recognise a Palestinian state and after the country refused a visa yesterday for a far-right member of Israeli parliament.At a time when we need more diplomacy and more dialogue between countries, it is a disappointing

US president holds meeting with Zelenskyy and European leaders after touting ‘very substantial progress’ in Putin talksTrump tells Zelenskyy ceasefire not needed for Russia-Ukraine peace dealA Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said.The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/18/ukraine-war-live-update-russia-zelenskyy-washington-trump-europe-meeting-talks-latest-news Author : Lucy Campbell (now); Jakub Krupa, Jane Clinton

Javon Riley had ‘key role’ in Dalston drive-by that injured three men and left child with bullet in brainA man has been found guilty for his role in the shooting of a nine-year-old girl outside an east London restaurant in a long-running gang feud.The girl was hit in the head by one of six bullets fired by a man on a passing motorbike as she sat with her family in the Evin restaurant in Kingsland High Street, Hackney, on 29 May last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/18/javon-riley-man-found-guilty-for-role-in-east-london-shooting-of-nine-year-old-girl-evin-restaurant-dalston Author : Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2025-08-18 13:48:00 Copyright for

Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well as overhaul of council taxBusiness live – latest updatesThe Treasury is considering a new tax on the sale of homes worth more than £500,000 as a step towards a radical overhaul of stamp duty and council tax, the Guardian has been told.As Rachel Reeves prepares the ground for tax rises in this autumn’s budget, senior ministers have tasked officials to study how a new “proportional” property tax could be implemented and model its impact before reporting back to ministers, who have been briefed on the

Most of more than 147,000 customers affected reconnected by Monday as category 4 storm not forecast to make landfallHurricane Erin’s outer bands pelted the US territory of Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm winds during the day on Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers, according to officials.At one point, more than 147,000 utility customers were without power in Puerto Rico, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees the transmission and distribution of power on the island. By 5.30am on Monday, 96.3% of customers had electric service, with most who were affected by outages

South Carolina and Ohio are also sending members of their national guard to capital as Trump administration takes over police departmentWhite House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine and has to stop, while adding that New Delhi was “now cozying up to both Russia and China.”“If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner of the US, it needs to start acting like one,” Navarro wrote in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times, adding that it was risky for American companies to transfer cutting-edge military capabilities to

Former defence secretary allowed to take role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace, as long as he avoids defence mattersThe parliamentary standards body has been criticised for clearing Grant Shapps, a former Conservative defence secretary, to join a defence startup as long as he promises not to work on defence matters.In a ruling that drew scorn from political ethics experts, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), which monitors and advises on the revolving door between Westminster and the business sector, gave Shapps the green light to become the chair of Cambridge Aerospace. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/18/watchdog-condemned-for-clearing-grant-shapps-to-join-defence-startup Author :

Simcha Rothman – a supporter of plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza – was scheduled to appear at events in Sydney and MelbourneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA far-right Israeli politician, who has described Gazan children as “enemies” and called for Israel’s total control of the West Bank, has been denied entry into Australia ahead of an upcoming “solidarity tour”.Simcha Rothman, a member of the Knesset for the far-right party Religious Zionism, was scheduled to appear at two public events in Sydney and Melbourne in August and

Justice Michael Lee says lengthy legal battle with Transport Workers Union ‘no ordinary case’ nine months after $120m compensation settlementFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas has been fined $90m for illegally firing 1,820 baggage handlers and other ground staff in 2020, taking the cost of its controversial outsourcing decision to more than $200m.Justice Michael Lee handed down his decision on the penalty on Monday, nine months after Qantas and the Transport Workers’ Union agreed the airline would pay $120m in compensation to the sacked workers. Continue reading...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow education minister says childcare safety reforms should come more quicklyJonno Duniam, the shadow minister for education, said governments on both sides of the spectrum had failed for years to institute reforms on the childcare sector, issuing calls for the Labor government and states to act quickly to make such changes.Both governments of all persuasions have dropped the ball. The government I was a part of dropped the ball. We should have acted on that at the time. The fact that we didn’t and the fact that

New South Wales police said two people were shot multiple times by assailants who left Forest Lodge scene by carGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne man is dead and another has been taken to hospital with serious wounds after a shooting outside a Sydney hotel.Emergency services were called to the location on Ross Street in Forest Lodge in Sydney’s inner west at about 6.40pm on Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/18/man-dead-another-wounded-after-shooting-outside-sydney-hotel-pub-forest-lodge-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-08-17 20:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’Ukraine war live – latest updatesEuropean leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.As well as the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Italy’s PM, Giorgia Meloni, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Continue reading... Source link

Devon and Cornwall police confirm child was recovered from water and confirmed dead at the sceneAn 11-year-old girl has died after an incident in the water at a beauty spot in Cornwall.Emergency services were called to Wacker Quay on the Lynher River near Torpoint at about 6pm on Saturday after being alerted about a person in the water, police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/17/girl-11-dies-after-incident-at-river-in-cornwall Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-08-17 15:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The 11 victims ranged in ages from 27 to 61 after multiple gunmen opened fire inside Crown Heights in Crown HeightsThree people were killed and eight others wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a crowded Brooklyn hookah lounge and restaurant early Sunday morning, according to authorities.Police officers responded to reports of a shooting inside the Taste of the City lounge in Crown Heights just before 3.30am, New York police department (NYPD) commissioner, Jessica Tisch, said at a press briefing later Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/17/brooklyn-lounge-shooting Author : Edward Helmore in New York Publish date : 2025-08-17 13:21:00

Ryan Wardwell was rappelling down Seven Teacups falls when ‘extreme hydraulics’ trapped him behind a cascadeA California man who recently became trapped behind a waterfall for two days while climbing was dramatically rescued by police utilizing a helicopter.Ryan Wardwell, 46, of Long Beach, went to waterfalls known as the Seven Teacups on 10 August with plans to rappel down, the sheriff’s office of Tulare country said in a social media post. But the “extreme hydraulics” of the waterfalls pushed Wardwell off his rappelling lines and trapped him behind a cascade of the Kern river, according to the sheriff’s office. Continue

Leaders set to meet to try to protect peace deal after Putin demands Ukraine withdraws from Donetsk and LuhanskUS President Donald Trump said after the meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Friday that he wants to bypass a ceasefire and move straight to a permanent peace deal.Ukrainian and European leaders fear that a straight-to-peace deal, skipping over a preliminary ceasefire, gives Moscow an upper hand in talks.Although Luhansk is almost entirely under Russian control, Ukraine still holds key parts of Donetsk, including the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk and heavily fortified positions whose defence has cost tens of

A biotech firm has announced trials for a dog implant that mimics the drugs taken by humans to help tackle obesityWhere humans lead, their dogs tend to follow – now it seems that might even apply to weight-loss wonder drugs.Medications such as Wegovy have become ubiquitous among people hoping to shed pounds quickly. But businesses keen to cash in on the science behind the weight-loss jabs are now investigating other applications for the drugs, and our four-legged friends could be the next in line for a slimming solution. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/17/puppy-fat-jabs-are-our-pets-next-in-line-for-weight-loss-drugs Author : Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Exiled former lawmaker with $200,000 bounty for his arrest, who now works as a solicitor in Adelaide, says he and his family granted protection visas this weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui, who is wanted by authorities in the Chinese city, has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain jailed.The special administrative region, handed back to China by the UK in 1997, has seen dissent

On eve of economic roundtable, Chalmers downplays prospect of major tax changes. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTim Wilson sidesteps question about whether Coalition will dump support for net zeroFinally, Wilson was asked about internal pressure within the Coalition to abandon support for any policies that might help Australia achieve net zero and to address the climate crisis.We should make sure that we have net zero outages, net zero price increases, and net zero emissions, because you need to have things in a position of balance of policy to make sure that

Troops requested by Trump team are ‘ready to respond’ but ‘not on a political policing mission’, veteran group saysWest Virginia is to deploy 300 to 400 national guard troops to Washington DC at the request of the Trump administration, the state’s governor said on Saturday.West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey’s office said in a statement that the deployment is “a show of commitment to public safety and regional cooperation” and the state will provide equipment and “approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/west-virginia-national-guard-troops-dc-trump Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2025-08-16 22:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content