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Planes begin to land at airport but airlines said the closure would continue to have a ‘huge impact’ on passengers in the coming daysBritish Airways (BA) said it expects to operate about 85% of its scheduled flights at Heathrow airport on Saturday, as it recovers from a lengthy closure of the travel hub after a substation fire, reports the PA news agency.The airline would usually expect to run nearly 600 departures and arrivals on Saturday but it is understood cancellations will be made, where possible, to high-frequency routes.We are planning to operate as many flights as possible to and from

Airport expects to be fully operational on Saturday, but airlines say closure will have ‘huge impact’ in coming daysFlights began landing at Heathrow on Saturday morning as it aimed to return to normal operation after shutting down over a loss of power. Restrictions on overnight flights were temporarily lifted to help ease congestion, the Department of Transport said, and the airport said passengers should come to Heathrow on Saturday as they normally would.British Airways, which has a major presence at Heathrow, said it expected to operate around 85% of its scheduled flights at the airport on Saturday. The airline would

Boat carrying 13 people capsizes in rough seas while travelling to island of Nusa PenidaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA snorkelling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a woman and injuring two others, police said. The Sea Dragon boat was on its way from a port in Bali to Nusa Penida, a popular tiny island near Bali, when it was overwhelmed by high waves, local police spokesperson Agus Widiono said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source

PM’s pledge to protect Tasmanian industry will weaken laws already failing to protect natural sites and at-risk species, environmentalists sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Greens leader Bob Brown has urged the minor party not to preference Labor ahead of the Liberal party in Tasmanian seats at the upcoming election if the Albanese government legislates to effectively exempt salmon farming from national environment laws.Conservationists have sharply criticised Anthony Albanese’s pledge that he will rush through legislation next week to protect the salmon industry in Macquarie Harbour, on

The death of the heavyweight champion boxer was announced by his family in a post on InstagramBoxing Hall of Famer and entrepreneur George Foreman has died at age 76, his family has announced in an Instagram post on his account.“With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones,” the post read. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/22/boxing-champion-george-foreman-dies-at-age-76 Author : Guardian sport with agencies Publish date : 2025-03-22 02:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Minister announces increase in both income and property price caps as part of 2025 budgetSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor will increase the income and price caps for its signature Help to Buy scheme as part of next week’s budget, which it has promised will deliver cost-of-living relief.Under the shared equity scheme, the commonwealth provides first home buyers with 30% of the purchase price of an existing home, or 40% for a new home. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/22/changes-in-help-to-buy-housing-scheme-will-make-most-first-home-buyers-eligible-labor-says Author : Emily Wind Publish date : 2025-03-22 01:09:00

Bird of prey’s violent reign in Flamstead could soon come to an end, according to parish council It stole two woolly hats from the head of a 91-year-old pensioner. It clawed a jogger’s scalp and left him reeling. It is said to swoop in from behind without making a sound, has a penchant for tall men’s heads and – so far – has evaded capture.But the violent reign of the Flamstead hawk, which has made men in the Hertfordshire village of Flamstead afraid to go out without covering their heads, may soon be at an end. Continue reading... Source link

Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027Nasa has dropped its longstanding public commitment to land the first woman and person of color on the moon, in response to Donald Trump’s directives to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at federal agencies.The promise was a central plank of the space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027 for the first time since the final Apollo mission in December 1972. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/nasa-drops-plan-first-woman-moon Author : Richard

Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5Oleg Gordievsky obituaryOleg Gordievsky, the UK’s most significant cold war double agent inside the KGB, has died at his home in Surrey aged 86.Gordievsky, who would eventually defect to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure, was considered a key agent operating for the UK’s intelligence services working within the Soviet Union. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/21/former-kgb-double-agent-oleg-gordievsky-dies-in-surrey-aged-86 Author : Peter Beaumont Publish date : 2025-03-21 21:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President says plans for potential war with China would not be shared with billionaire due to his business interestsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said on Friday that plans for possible war with China should not be shared with Elon Musk because of his business interests, a rare admission that the billionaire faces conflicts of interests in his role as a senior adviser to the US president.Trump rejected reports that Musk would be briefed on how the United States would fight a hypothetical war with China, saying: “Elon has businesses in China. And he would be susceptible, perhaps, to

Chancellor to tell party she is making steep cuts to avoid similar fallout to that which followed 2022 mini-budgetRachel Reeves will raise the spectre of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget in the lead-up to next week’s spring statement as she tries to persuade her Labour colleagues to accept the steepest departmental cuts since austerity.The chancellor will tell her fractious party she has decided to cut public spending rather than increasing borrowing because of the risk of a similar fallout to that which followed the then prime minister’s disastrous fiscal statement in 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/21/rachel-reeves-raise-spectre-liz-truss-persuade-labour-mps-accept-cuts Author : Kiran

Thousands of troops needed to support Ukraine if ceasefire or agreement reached to end war with RussiaThe UK is to “accelerate the pace and scale” of military planning to be ready to support Ukraine next week, with No 10 saying all options including troops on the ground are still possible.Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said thousands of troops will be necessary to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire and agreement to end the war with Russia, whether by “sea, on land or in the air”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/21/uk-military-ukraine-russia-war Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Publish date :

President announces F-47 jets, telling reporters it has state-of-the-art stealth technology and is the most powerful jet of its kindIn Tempe on Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez praised Arizona voters for electing two Democratic senators. She then swiped at the state’s former one-term senator, Kyrsten Sinema, who left the Democratic party to become an independent while in office and declined to seek re-election. “One thing I love about Arizonans is that you all have shown that if a US Senator isn’t fighting hard enough for you, you’re not afraid to replace her with one who will,” Ocasio-Cortez said. Sinema recently resurfaced old comments

Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gigTell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Members of the punk rock band UK Subs have said they were denied entry and detained in the US, according to accounts from the band themselves.Bassist Alvin Bibbs shared details of the incident with local UK news website Dorset Eye on Thursday, which comes amid widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US, including a French scientist who said he was barred because of anti-Donald Trump comments

IFS says chancellor ‘boxed in’ by promises before spring statement as February figure is much worse than expectedAnalysis: Borrowing overshoot will test Reeves’s resolve on tax risesBusiness live – latest updatesWorse-than-expected public spending data has piled pressure on Rachel Reeves in the run-up to next week’s spring statement, with UK government borrowing rising by much more than expected last month to £10.7bn.In a setback for the chancellor, the monthly total – the difference between total public sector spending and income – sharply overshot a Reuters poll of experts that had predicted a deficit of £6.6bn. Continue reading... Source link :

Executive order denounced as unconstitutional. Plus, Musk’s daughter says his gesture ‘definitely Nazi salute’Good morning.Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that instructs the US education secretary, Linda McMahon, to start dismantling the Department of Education, seemingly attempting to circumvent Congress’s approval to formally close a federal department.How has the department already been affected by Trump’s state-shrinking efforts? The move comes after steps to undercut the department’s authority by instituting a round of layoffs that has reduced its workforce by nearly half and cancelled dozens of grants and contracts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/first-thing-trump-signs-executive-order-to-dismantle-us-department-of-education Author : Jem Bartholomew

The Mulholland Drive star had lunch with the director weeks before he died, and says: ‘He was not, in any way, done’Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts says that David Lynch “wanted to go back to work” before his death in January.In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Watts revealed that she had spent an afternoon with Lynch in November, along with Laura Dern, who acted in Lynch’s Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. “We had a beautiful lunch at his house. I knew he’d been unwell but he was in great spirits. He wanted to go back to work

Energy secretary accuses Conservatives and Reform of ‘total desertion and betrayal’ of future generations by failing to tackle climate crisisMy colleague Gaby Hinsliff argues in her column that after Keir Starmer watched the Netflix show Adolescence, a drama that highlights youth violence and growing misogyny among young boys, he now needs to act.Hinsliff argues that young people’s siloed information bubbles driven by manipulative algorithms need to be better regulated, and there needs to be better support for families.A YouGov poll found that 61% of people either strongly supported or somewhat supported the government’s commitment to cut carbon emissions to net

Compound was last bastion in the capital, Khartoum, held by rival paramilitary Rapid Support ForcesSudan’s military has retaken the presidential palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting.Social media videos showed soldiers inside giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan, which was Friday. A Sudanese military officer wearing a captain’s epaulettes made the announcement in the video, and confirmed the troops were inside the compound. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/21/sudan-army-recaptures-presidential-palace-khartoum-major-battlefield-gain Author : Associated Press in Cairo Publish date : 2025-03-21 07:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

More than 1,300 flights expected to be affected after airport closes down for all of Friday due to a substation fireLive coverage: significant travel disruption expectedLondon’s Heathrow airport will be closed all day on Friday, sparking global travel chaos, after a fire at an electrical substation caused a “significant power outage” there, and left thousands of homes without power.The shutdown occurred just hours before the travel hub – one of the busiest two-runway airports in the world – was due to open, forcing at least 120 flights that were already in the air to divert, according to Flightradar24, with more

Independent assessment, which was handed to government before US election, warns of ‘global geopolitical and economic fragmentation’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia faces a world more volatile and dangerous than it has known for more than four decades, and “major-power conflict is no longer unimaginable”, a review of the country’s intelligence agencies has found.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, commissioned the review of the work of the 10 agencies that make up Australia’s national intelligence community in September 2023.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailThere have been

Heathrow airport closed on Friday and travellers warned to stay away after fire in Hayes causes power outageHello and welcome to our live coverage of the closure of Heathrow airport following a fire at an electricity substation in Hayes. The fire led to a power outage that has left the airport without electricity.Airport operators said the travel hub would be closed until midnight on March 21. Significant disruption to travel is expected and passengers should avoid the airport. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/21/hayes-substation-fire-heathrow-airport-live-updates-power-cut-outage Author : Kate Lamb Publish date : 2025-03-21 03:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations The government is “absolutely up for the fight” over net zero, Ed Miliband has said, as he accused the Conservatives and Reform of “a total desertion and betrayal” of future generations by failing to tackle the climate crisis.After a turbulent week for Labour in which it has been charged with abandoning its values by slashing disability benefits, the energy secretary sought to focus attention on the party’s plans for the green energy transition. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/21/government-absolutely-up-for-the-fight-over-net-zero-ed-miliband-says Author : Pippa Crerar Political

Edward James received three-drug lethal injection under death warrant signed in February by governor Ron DeSantisA Florida man who killed an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed on Thursday.Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8.15pm after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida state prison outside Starke under a death warrant signed in February by Governor Ron DeSantis. The execution was the second this year in Florida, which is planning a third in April. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/florida-execution Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-03-21

Premier accused of ‘capitulation to the tabloid media’ as human rights groups warn changes will lead to increased criminalisation of Aboriginal and other marginalised communitiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government’s controversial bail laws have passed parliament after a marathon debate, sparking criticism from legal and human rights groups who warn it will lead to the increased criminalisation of Aboriginal and other marginalised communities.The premier, Jacinta Allan, announced the changes to the Bail Act last week, before they were fast-tracked through parliament, passing the lower house