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It’s almost as if KemiKaze herself believes Labour’s mantra that the Tories are the source of all hopelessnessThere will come a moment when the Labour claim that the Tories are to blame for everything will no longer stick. People will start shaking their heads and reckon that Labour have something to answer for. But we’re not quite there yet. At least not at prime minister’s questions. For half an hour in the Commons every Wednesday the Conservatives remain the villains of the piece.Partly it’s the size of the Labour majority. The sheer volume of half-witted Labour MPs who are happy

UK financial regulator claims Jes Staley feared telling the truth could end his career and fuel potential lawsuits by victims The former chief executive of Barclays Jes Staley took a “chance” in lying to the UK regulator about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, amid fears that being truthful could end his career and fuel potential lawsuits by victims of the jailed paedophile, a court has heard.The allegations were made by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) during closing statements for the high-profile case at the upper tribunal in London on Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/02/ex-barclays-boss-took-a-chance-in-lying-about-his-links-to-jeffrey-epstein-court-hears Author : Kalyeena Makortoff

Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal says he is ‘being mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4 March, his family have claimed. Johal is still facing the exact same charges in a parallel case in a clear example of double jeopardy, his brother Gurpreet said when giving testimony at Westminster to an all party committee on arbitrary detention. He said the Indian courts have

Defence minister Israel Katz says large areas of the territory will be seized and added to the security zones of IsraelAirstrikes continued on Gaza on Wednesday morning after the Israeli defense minister announced that Israel intended to expand its war. In a statement, Israel Katz said the offensive was “expanding to crush and clean the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and capture large areas that will be added to the security zones of the state of Israel.”The move has been condemned by the Hostages Families Forum, who said it appeared that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government were making the return of

State police anti-terrorism unit investigating whether blaze in Torre Angela was started by anarchistsItaly’s interior ministry has written to police forces across the country to increase security at Tesla dealerships after 17 of the electric cars made by Elon Musk’s company were destroyed in a fire in Rome.Italy’s state police anti-terrorism unit, Digos, is investigating whether the fire at the Tesla dealership in Torre Angela, a suburb in the east of the capital, was started by anarchists. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/02/italian-police-increase-security-at-tesla-dealerships-after-17-cars-destroyed-in-rome-fire Author : Angela Giuffrida in Rome Publish date : 2025-04-02 12:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

PM hopes to reach economic deal with US but growing numbers call for unified retaliation to US tariffsThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons after PMQs. At around 12.30pm a Foreign Office minister will respond to a question from Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, about the Chagos Islands. And then another Foreign Office minister (or the same one?) will reply to a UQ from the Green co-leader Carla Denyer about Gaza.After that Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, will make a statement about nursery provision.With new US tariffs coming, Welsh businesses face even more uncertainty.The UK must make

Liberal judge Susan Crawford wins race for seat on Wisconsin supreme court in litmus test for Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s popularityLiberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidateThe result in Wisconsin means that liberals will keep a 4-3 ideological majority on the state supreme court.That majority is hugely significant because the court will hear major cases on abortion and collective bargaining rights. The court could also potentially consider cases that could cause the state to redraw its eight congressional districts, which are now drawn to advantage Republicans. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/02/donald-trump-tariffs-trade-latest-live-us-politics-news Author : Tom Ambrose (now) and Tom Bryant

Bridget Phillipson warns of ‘difficult period’ ahead for trade, but government ‘working through every eventuality’Business live – latest updatesThe UK government will not engage in a “kneejerk” response to any tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, as it warned there will be a “difficult period” ahead in trade relations with the US and called for calm.The US president is to announce his latest round of tariffs on Wednesday – which he has called “liberation day” – sparking concerns over a global trade war. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/02/uk-response-trump-tariffs-trade-relations Author : Alexandra Topping Publish date : 2025-04-02 08:34:00 Copyright for syndicated

Some government sources anticipate tariffs of up to 20% across all exports to the US in broad-brush regimeElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will consider taking its ally America to the World Trade Organization (WTO) if it is targeted in the Trump administration’s “liberation day” tariff regime, to be imposed from Thursday.The US president was expected to announce a new round of global reciprocal tariffs

Wild 5.5 metre swells hammer the eastern NSW coastline, causing damage to key walkways and closing beachesElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLocals in Sydney’s east woke on Wednesday to discover the city’s most famous beaches and walkways battered and damaged by huge overnight swells.Bondi, Bronte, Clovelly and Cronulla beaches were among the areas smashed by 5.5 metre swells.Bondi’s world famous Icebergs pool was hit hard by the wild surf. Some glass fences by the pool were broken and railings mangled. The wreckage of a large water tank was

Report finds police mistook girl for missing woman in blunder that has appalled political leadersAn 11-year-old girl was restrained, injected with anti-psychotic drugs and placed on a mental health ward after New Zealand police mistook her for a missing woman, a report found on Wednesday.Health officials and police have scrambled to explain the mix-up, which has appalled political leaders and stoked outrage across the country. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/02/new-zealand-girl-sent-psych-ward-identity-mix-up Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-04-02 04:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Shadow resources minister tells Sydney conference Coalition would give gas the same status as a critical mineral to boost industry fundingElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has told a gas industry conference in Sydney it would give gas the same status as a critical mineral, to allow the industry to access a $4bn export finance fund set up to support the transition to net

Randy Fine beats Josh Weil in Mike Waltz’s former district, and Jimmy Patronis wins seat vacated by Matt GaetzRepublicans on Tuesday won special elections for two US House of Representatives seats in Florida vacated by Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, dashing Democratic hopes for an upset victory in the first federal special elections held since the president began his second term.But Democratic candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont are likely to lose the solidly red districts by much smaller margins than the more than 30 points that Democrats lost the districts by in November. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/republicans-florida-special-elections-results Author

Óscar Arias, 84, who won Nobel peace prize in 1987, said US president was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’Former Costa Rican president and Nobel winner Óscar Arias said on Tuesday that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like “a Roman emperor”.Arias, 84, was president between 1986 and 1990 and again between 2006 and 2010. A self-declared pacifist, he won the 1987 Nobel peace prize for his role in brokering peace during the Central American conflicts of the 1980s. Continue reading... Source link :

Trevor Lock tackled leader of 1980 siege and saved life of SAS soldier after he was among 26 taken hostageA police officer who received a medal for bravery for his heroics during the Iranian embassy siege in London in 1980 has died aged 85.Trevor Lock and 24 of the hostages were freed after a six-day standoff between members of a dissident Iranian group and the SAS at the building in Kensington. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/01/pc-awarded-medal-for-bravery-in-iranian-embassy-siege-dies-aged-85 Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-04-01 22:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Recovery mission under way after 11-year-old entered water near London City airport on MondayAn 11-year-old girl who is missing after entering the River Thames in London on Monday has been named by police as Kaliyah Coa.Kaliyah, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered the water near Bargehouse Causeway near London City airport in east London. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/01/girl-missing-in-river-thames-in-east-london-named-as-kaliyah-coa Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-04-01 20:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Labor’s submission to Fair Work Commission annual review argues for a higher-than-inflation boost to wages. Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastWatt ‘certainly concerned’ ahead of Trump’s tariff announcementDonald Trump’s next round of tariffs will be announced tomorrow, and Watt says the government hasn’t been told yet – either way – on how Australian industries may be hit.We haven’t been

Silver fire leading to fears about Methuselah, a nearly 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine in eastern part of stateFirefighters have managed to make “strong progress” containing a fire burning through eastern California near the world’s oldest trees, but the blaze remains an active threat, officials said.Since igniting on Sunday afternoon, the Silver fire has scorched nearly 1,600 acres (647 hectares) in the eastern Sierra Nevada, and forced residents of about 800 homes to evacuate. Strong winds fanned the flames, which burned through dry grass and brush in Inyo county, threatening neighborhoods, endangered species and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Continue reading... Source

No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubtDonald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicated, paving the way for the UK to cede sovereignty over its last African colony after a six-month standoff.Under the terms of the deal, the UK will give up control of the Chagos archipelago while paying to maintain control of a joint US-UK military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia, under a 99-year lease. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/donald-trump-signs-off-uks-handover-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent

A press conference at Tory HQ at least had some entertainment value even if there was nothing of importance to sayThere was a time when you knew where you were with a press conference. You would go along on the assumption that the person or organisation who had called it had something important to say. Something that might approximate to news.But we live in ever more confusing days. So now we’ve reached the point where Kemi Badenoch and Mel Stride will do almost anything for attention. Where a press conference is just another excuse for a therapy session where they

Judge claimed mistrial in case of Read, 45, who claims she was framed in death of Boston police officer boyfriendJury selection begins on Tuesday in the retrial of Karen Read, who says she was framed by law enforcement in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.Read, of Mansfield, is accused of striking her boyfriend, the Boston police officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm outside a house party in Canton. Her attorneys have said that O’Keefe was actually killed by someone else, possibly another law enforcement agent who was at the

New Jersey Democrat began talking on Monday night to highlight ‘a nation in crisis’ and is still going Wisconsin and Florida voters head to polls in test of Trump’s popularityUS voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida in elections that some see as a test of Donald Trump’s popularity and the political clout of his billionaire ally Elon Musk.The most closely watched contest is a battle for a seat on Wisconsin’s seven-member supreme court. Conservatives are trying to flip ideological control of the court, which currently has a 4-3 liberal majority. The contest, which features

Far-right leader says guilty verdict was ‘a nuclear bomb’ used against her as her party president calls for protestsLe Pen ban is ‘political and partisan’, says French far-right party’s presidentIn Kyiv, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha has offered an update on the talks with the United States over a new minerals deal.Sybiha told a press conference held with his Lithuanian counterpart, Kestutis Budrys, that one round of consultations had already taken place and that an agreement providing for a strong American business presence in Ukraine would contribute to his country’s security infrastructure, Reuters reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/01/marine-le-pen-guilty-france-national-rally-eu-ukraine-russia-europe-news-live

IDF says residents should evacuate Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Zayed, al-Manshiya and Tal al-ZaatarHere are some of the latest images sent to us over the newswires from Dahiyeh, the southern suburbs of Beirut where airstrikes have hit what Israel claims to be Hezbollah targets:We reported in the opening post that officials had said three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut in the middle of the night. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/01/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-lebanon-beirut-hezbollah-hamas-latest-news Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2025-04-01 10:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Starmer said that a future trade deal with the US might lead to the UK getting some exemptions from the tariffsRichard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is giving evidence to the Treasury committee. There is a live feed here.Hughes started by telling the committee that he wrote to the chancellor earlier this year to say that, when his five-year term ends later this year, he would like to have a second term in office.We are of course negotiating an economic deal which will, I hope … mitigate the tariffs.The US is our closest ally. Our defence, our