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Sergei Udaltsov, Putin critic affiliated with the Communist party, convicted of justifying terrorismA court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison.Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist party, was arrested last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/sergei-udaltsov-terrorism Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-12-25 19:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Emergency services launched major search at Budleigh Salterton after reports of people in difficulty in the waterTwo men are believed to be missing in the water off a beach in Devon, after a number of people were reported to be in difficulty.Emergency services were called to Budleigh Salterton at 10.25am on Christmas Day following concerns for people in the water. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/25/two-men-feared-missing-in-sea-off-devon-beach-on-christmas-day Author : Nadeem Badshah and PA Media Publish date : 2025-12-25 17:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

High streets and online sellers set to benefit as cash-strapped consumers eke out post-Christmas bargainsUK shoppers are expected to spend £3.8bn this Boxing Day, 2% more than last year, with online sellers experiencing most of that growth but high streets also enjoying a boost from a renewed appetite for post-Christmas bargains.Boxing Day remains one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but in recent years the dash for the high street has eased as more people opt to search for bargains from the sofa. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/25/renewed-zeal-for-boxing-day-sales-retailers-consumers Author : Sarah Butler Publish date : 2025-12-25 15:58:00

Exclusive: Scientists find a way to forecast hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which affects millions worldwideScientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition.Millions of people worldwide have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease of the heart muscle where the wall of the heart becomes thickened. It is caused by a change in one or more genes and mostly passed on through families. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/25/blood-test-predict-risk-inherited-heart-condition-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy Author : Andrew Gregory Health editor Publish date : 2025-12-25 13:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’Donald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on working people,” according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in the US. Now they’re preparing to fight back.Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, said it was gearing up to challenge the US president’s “Billionaire First” agenda in 2026 – and drive candidates in key elections to stand up for “struggling” Americans. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/trump-labor-unions-afl-cio Author : Michael Sainato Publish date : 2025-12-25 11:00:00 Copyright for

Kateryna Endeberia says teachers made the ‘hurtful’ request when she had difficulty with other subjectsA Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drop out of sixth-form college after she said she was put under pressure to study Russian.Kateryna Endeberia moved to Stoke-on-Trent after fleeing Ukraine in 2022, after the start of Russia’s invasion. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/ukrainian-refugee-leaves-uk-sixth-form-college-that-urged-her-to-study-russian Author : Rachel Hall Publish date : 2025-12-25 08:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Royal Horticultural Society’s call backs government aim to increase woodland cover from 10% to at least 16.5% by 2050Gardeners should plant native “tredges” – foliage between the size of a tree and a hedge – to boost England’s tree cover, the Royal Horticultural Society has said.Taking inspiration from ancient woodlands could boost wildlife across England’s 25m gardens, according to experts, and help increase native tree cover. The UK’s woodland cover is approximately 10% and the government aims to increase this to at least 16.5% of all land in England by 2050.Beech (Fagus sylvatica)Holly (Ilex aquifolium)Western red cedar (Thuja plicata)Common yew

Winning margin of 28,000 votes announced a month late but before review of all ‘inconsistent’ ballots was completedDonald Trump-backed candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a vote count that dragged on for almost a month and was marred by fraud allegations and criticism of interference by the US president.The rightwing Asfura, 67, a construction magnate and former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, secured 40.27% of the vote, against 39.53% for the centre-right Salvador Nasralla, a margin of just 28,000 votes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/honduras-nasry-tito-asfura-declared-president-donald-trump-backed Author : Tiago Rogero South America

Tropical Cyclone Grant to pass close to Cocos Islands while a flood watch is in place for much of northern AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Sydney to Hobart yacht race is forecast to be cold, wet and bumpy but without a repeat of last year’s fatal conditions, as the rest of the country experiences the full range of weather events over the Christmas period, including cyclone and bushfire danger in the west.A race briefing from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Wednesday predicted the 129 starters in this year’s Sydney to Hobart will face

Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve massPope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/pope-leo-christmas-message-kindness-strangers-poor Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-12-24 22:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

DoJ says more documents have been uncovered amid criticisms for missing 19 December deadline for full releaseThe US justice department said on Wednesday that it has been told by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI that they have uncovered more than a million more documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and processing these for release could take “a few more weeks”.In a post on X, the justice department said it had received the documents from the US attorney for the southern district of New York and the FBI in “compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes,

Anonymous official from Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence says the agency carried out the attackTwo traffic police officers and a third person have been killed in a car explosion in Moscow, Russia’s investigative committee has said.The committee, which investigates major crimes, said in a statement on Wednesday that an explosive device had been triggered when the officers approached a “suspicious person” near their police vehicle on Yeletskaya Street in the south of the capital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/three-killed-in-moscow-car-explosion-say-russian-authorities Author : Pjotr Sauer and agencies Publish date : 2025-12-24 17:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is marked by mass killings and large-scale deportationAlgeria’s parliament has unanimously approved a law declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations.Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag, chanted “long live Algeria” on Wednesday as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds “legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/algeria-passes-law-declaring-french-colonisation-crime Author : AFP Publish date : 2025-12-24 14:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Francisco Gaspar-Andrés died in El Paso hospital after being detained at Fort Bliss – his wife was deported to Guatemala without a chance to see himA Guatemalan man has become the first person to die in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas. His wife of 25 years was deported from the same camp without a chance to see her dying husband.Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, 48, died on 3 December at a hospital in El Paso, as Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates were ramping up demands that the camp be closed down amid

Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’This is what Sarah Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy at the US state department, said on her social media thread last night about why Imran Ahmed is being sanctioned.WE’VE SANCTIONED: Imran Ahmed, key collaborator with the Biden Administration’s effort to weaponize the government against U.S. citizens. Ahmed’s group, Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), created the infamous “disinformation dozen” report, which called for platforms to deplatform twelve American “anti-vaxxers”, including now-HHS Secretary @SecKennedy. Leaked documents

Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreamsIt is better known for its viral dances and for making hits out of forgotten songs, but the social media site TikTok is becoming a force to be reckoned with as a shopping platform.Major retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Samsung, QVC, Clarks, and Sainsbury’s are now selling their wares on the site’s e-commerce service, TikTok Shop, alongside more than 200,000 UK small and medium businesses. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/24/uk-small-businesses-sign-up-to-tiktok-shop Author : Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent Publish date : 2025-12-24

Introduced in response to the Bondi beach terror attack, the laws give police powers to ban on protests for up to three months after a terrorist eventTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesThe New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has said it is up to the state’s police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, when to activate controversial new powers to ban protests – although he made it clear he would like them triggered quickly.The new laws, were assented to on Wednesday after being passed in a late-night sitting of the

Blackstone says it has agreed to buy popular Whitsundays island from Australian winemaking familyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHamilton Island, a popular tropical holiday destination on the Great Barrier Reef, has been sold to a US private equity firm, reportedly for $1.2bn.New York-headquartered Blackstone – which owns the casino-hotel chain Crown Resorts – released a statement on Tuesday night announcing it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Hamilton Island resort from the Oatley family, subject to customary regulatory approvals. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/24/hamilton-island-great-barrier-reef-sold-blackstone

Libyan PM says Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad died after aircraft lost radio contact above AnkaraThe Libyan army’s chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has been killed in a plane crash after leaving Turkey’s capital, Ankara.The prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognised government confirmed on Tuesday evening that Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad had died and that four others were on the jet with him. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/23/libyas-army-chief-dies-in-plane-crash-in-turkey Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-12-23 23:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Home affairs minister says royal commissions ‘always ask for extensions’ and Dennis Richardson will urgently lead review of intelligence agencies insteadGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSabra Lane signs off as host of AM after eight yearsThe ABC journalist Sabra Lane has signed off as the host of flagship radio current affairs program AM after more than eight years in the role. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/24/nsw-gun-and-protest-laws-bondi-terror-attack-hate-crime-database-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-chris-minns-labor-coalition-ntwnfb Author : Penry Buckley Publish date : 2025-12-23 21:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Top Democrat Chuck Schumer says justice department should release more information on ‘at least ten Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirators’Newly released Epstein files include references to Donald TrumpIn another released email exchange from November 2001, Ghislaine Maxwell appears to be organizing an instructor for Epstein who “has to be female youngish and attractive otherwise he will lose interest rapidly”.Maxwell emails someone called “Gibby”, saying: “JE is looking for an exercise instructor to work out with. He is looking for someone who can tone, flex and stretch.” “I am counting on you,” she adds.He likes, well you know what he likes. Continue reading...

Philip Young appears at Swindon magistrates court charged with 56 offences relating to 13-year periodA former Tory councillor has appeared in court charged with drugging and raping his former wife over a period of 13 years.Philip Young, 49, and five other men have been accused of more than 60 rapes and sexual offences against Joanne Young, 48. She can be named as the alleged victim because she has waived her right to anonymity, which would otherwise apply in such cases.Norman Macksoni, 47, a black British national of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, who has been charged with one count of rape and possession

Epstein files reveal messages between his accomplice and a man who appears to be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor A man identified as “A” who appears to be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed facilitating meetings with “inappropriate friends” with Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.Among the latest tranche of Epstein files are email exchanges in 2001 and 2002 between Maxwell and a correspondent who appears as “The Invisible Man” in the email thread and says that he is writing from Balmoral. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-files-email-a-balmoral-ghislaine-maxwell-inappropriate-friends Author : Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2025-12-23 13:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The US press have suffered about as many assaults this year as in the previous three years combinedThe United States has seen a dramatic increase in violence against journalists since Donald Trump again took office.Most of the reporters and photographers who were allegedly attacked by law enforcement officials were covering protests over the Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants, according to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit that tracks such incidents. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/violence-against-journalists-increase-trump Author : Eric Berger Publish date : 2025-12-23 11:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Denise Coates’s gambling empire reports turnover of £4bn in year to March 2025, up from £3.7bnDenise Coates, the billionaire boss of Bet365, a self-described “ultimate gambler” and Britain’s highest-paid woman, took home at least £280m in pay and dividends in 2025 despite a slump in pre-tax profits.Coates’s Stoke-based gambling empire recorded turnover of £4bn in the year to March 2025, up from £3.7bn the year before. Pre-tax profits fell to £349m from £627m in the previous year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/bet365-boss-denise-coates-receives-at-least-280m-in-pay-and-dividends-despite-profit-slump Author : Rob Davies Publish date : 2025-12-23 07:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked