ECB raises eurozone interest rates as Iran war stokes inflation

11/06/2026 12:18 The Guardian

European Central Bank increases main deposit rate to 2.25%, with two further rises expected by next springBusiness live – latest updatesThe European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 in response to higher inflation caused by the war in Iran.The ECB raised its main deposit rate from 2% to 2.25% in a move that financial markets expect to be the first of three rises by next spring. Continue reading...

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Trump threatens to seize control of Iranian oil and gas facilities as tensions escalate

US president warns of further military action as both sides accuse each other of breaching temporary ceasefireMiddle East crisis – live updatesUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said the US will take control of Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure and launch further strikes on Iran...

11/06/2026 14:20 The Guardian

Supreme court to release opinions with major cases still to be decided before end of term – live

With the final weeks of the US supreme court’s term approaching, the justices are due to release another round of opinions today at 10am ETSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe House will vote at 10am ET on a short-term extension of the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...

11/06/2026 13:59 The Guardian

El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather

Meteroogists forecast it will rival – or exceed – record El Niño from 1997 and further heat globe El Niño, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced on Thursday.Experts said the El Niño, a n...

11/06/2026 13:50 The Guardian

Toronto police officer shot while investigating US consulate attack

Officer shot before 6am on Thursday while searching an apartment allegedly linked to March shooting in TorontoA Toronto police officer has been shot as police raided an apartment allegedly linked to the March attack on the US consulate.Toronto police confirmed an officer was shot before 6am while co...

11/06/2026 13:49 The Guardian

Care worker fears being parted from unborn child and family after Home Office ‘go home’ letters

Pregnant woman in Scotland ‘stressed’ and unsure what will happen as result of UK government visa clampdownA heavily pregnant mother living and working in the UK legally fears the Home Office could try to separate her from her unborn baby after her husband and first child were sent “go home”...

11/06/2026 12:31 The Guardian

Fund linked to key Trump allies backed push to sow doubt about 2024 election

Guardian review finds group tied to Cleta Mitchell and Heather Honey funded misleading ads in swing statesAs the 2024 election approached, advertisements began popping up in key swing states suggesting local officials had discretion not to certify elections.The advertisements, reported at the time b...

11/06/2026 11:00 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade strikes again, after Trump warns Tehran will ‘pay the price’ for stalled talks

US launches second round of airstrikes on Iran, and Tehran responds by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and JordanUS strikes Iran for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapseThree Indian seafarers were killed in a US attack on an oil tanker earlier this week, India’s shipping minister, ‌Sarba...

11/06/2026 09:19 The Guardian

Burke brushes off One Nation threat to his seat – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong not ‘interested’ in One Nation’s fundraisingWong says she isn’t concerned about One Nation’s fundraising efforts, but more about their policies. Pauline Hanson’s party says it has raised more than $1.5...

11/06/2026 07:57 The Guardian

We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government

Coalition also criticises swift timeline for proposed NDIS changes with Melissa McIntosh saying ‘we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastState and territory disab...

11/06/2026 07:56 The Guardian

US and Iran exchange strikes for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapse

Explosions reported across Iran after Donald Trump vowed to ‘hit them hard again’, with Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan targeted by TehranMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US launched a new round of airstrikes on Iran into Thursday morning after Donald Trump warned Tehran would “pay the price...

11/06/2026 05:45 The Guardian

Aukus is among Australia’s worst foreign policy decisions and requires ‘heroic’ optimism, Gareth Evans says

Former Labor foreign affairs minister says belief US would defend Australia in event of an existential attack is a ‘ludicrous delusion’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAukus will prove to be one of the worst defence...

11/06/2026 04:54 The Guardian

Convicted gang rapist Mohammed Skaf hit with two dozen drug charges in Sydney

NSW police say two men and a woman will face court on Thursday over alleged involvement in large-scale drug supply schemeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMohammed Skaf, a notorious gang rapist, has been arrested in Sydne...

10/06/2026 22:46 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Iran accuses US of ‘calculated war crime’ as Pete Hegseth says military will be ‘hitting Iran hard’ tonight

Spokesperson for Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs says US deliberately targeted two reservoirs, leaving 20,000 people without drinking waterIf the US genuinely wants a deal it will have to engage with Iranian demands on sanctions relief, says Danny Citrinowicz, the former head of the Iran branch...

10/06/2026 21:44 The Guardian

FBI searches southern California facility where chemical incident spurred evacuation

Chemical tank overheated in May and forced evacuation of 50,000 nearby residents due to danger of explosionThe FBI is searching a southern California aerospace facility where an overheated chemical tank forced 50,000 residents to evacuate last month, after federal authorities served a search warrant...

10/06/2026 19:29 The Guardian

Trump presses on with plan to install Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief

Lawmakers warn appointment of presidential loyalist will scuttle bipartisan agreement to renew Fisa surveillance lawDonald Trump stood firm on his decision to install the controversial loyalist Bill Pulte as the country’s top intelligence official, demanding Congress pass a short-term extension of...

10/06/2026 18:42 The Guardian

Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ as rate rises to 4.2% amid Iran war pressure

Before the conflict began, inflation was at 2.4%, but the closure of the strait of Hormuz has affected energy pricesDonald Trump said “I love the inflation” after new data showed that inflation jumped to an annual rate of 4.2% in May, the third consecutive monthly increase since the start of the...

10/06/2026 17:37 The Guardian

Trump the unreliable narrator fails to force reality to match his story on Iran

A cycle of threat, detente and deadlock repeats itself wearisomely as the president’s war in Iran drags onUS politics live – latest updatesAs the story of the US-Iran war is written direct to social media, Donald Trump may be the genre’s premier unreliable narrator.Since the war began, Trump h...

10/06/2026 17:00 The Guardian

Hegseth warns Cuba against acquiring weapons in visit to Guantánamo Bay

US defense secretary continues ramp-up of pressure against country including sanctions and devastating oil blockadePete Hegseth has warned Cuba against acquiring weapons that could threaten the United States, during a visit to the US military base at Guantánamo Bay.Washington has ramped up pressure...

10/06/2026 16:38 The Guardian

Labor scraps plan to make spy agency’s 9/11-era questioning powers permanent

But Australian government will expand offences covered by rules to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on defence systemFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor has quietly backed down on moves to make spy a...

10/06/2026 15:00 The Guardian

Breast cancer and endometriosis drug Zoladex is being pulled from Australia. How will women be affected?

The vital medicine, made by AstraZeneca, will not be available from November, possibly leaving thousands of women without treatmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of women could be left without vital breast cancer and endometriosis medicine when AstraZeneca remov...

10/06/2026 15:00 The Guardian

Letter from Kyiv: The messed-up day-to-day of living under Putin’s cruel air war

People have absorbed violence and terror into their lives. Somehow, they keep going – quietly rescuing, evacuating, replacing, mending, adapting … and sometimes saving tiny animalsIt was a glorious balmy night, and I was walking home from dinner. I’d just eaten fried red mullet from the Black...

10/06/2026 14:46 The Guardian

WH Smith raises £100m as it warns on profits due to Iran war

Retailer plans to shut unprofitable stores as falling US airport traffic due to Middle East conflict hits trading Business live – latest updatesWH Smith has issued a profit warning after shopper numbers at its stores in US airports fell as a result of the war in the Middle East, prompting the comp...

10/06/2026 13:57 The Guardian

UK poised to ease steel tariffs as manufacturers warn of costs

Exemptions being considered after March announcement of measures to support domestic steel productionBusiness live – latest updatesMinisters are expected to drop some planned tariffs on foreign steel after UK manufacturers warned the measures would significantly increase their costs.Representative...

10/06/2026 13:11 The Guardian

Controversial Graham Platner overcomes allegations to seal Maine Democratic nomination for Senate race – US politics live

Marine veteran won 72% of the vote despite infidelity and abuse allegations that emerged during primary campaignPlatner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primarySign up for the Breaking News US emailUS inflation jumped to an annual rate of 4.2% in May, the third consecutive monthly...

10/06/2026 13:09 The Guardian

Four Palestine Action protesters sentenced as terrorists would be ‘constitutional threat’

Human rights lawyer warns activists’ potential sentencing when jury did not convict them violates legal principlesMiddle East crisis – live updatesOne of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers has said the potential sentencing of four Palestine Action protesters as terrorists when the jury did...

10/06/2026 11:58 The Guardian

US and Iran exchange fire as Vance says deal could be months away | First Thing

Vice-president says he expects war to end in a week – or a few months. Plus, get ready for start of Fifa men’s World CupGood morning.US forces have launched strikes against Iran in response to the downing of an Apache helicopter near the strait of Hormuz a day earlier, and Iran has retaliated by...

10/06/2026 11:54 The Guardian

Asian stocks fall as US and Iran exchange fire – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsAsian stocks have fallen sharply after Iran and the US exchanged their biggest round of fire since a ceasefire was agreed in April.The US launched strikes against Iran after Donald Trump blamed Tehran for downing a US army helicopter near the...

10/06/2026 06:33 The Guardian

Charities in England and Wales ‘donate millions to illegal Israeli settlements’

MP Melanie Ward calls on Charity Commission to look into 32 organisations she says have given at least £28mThirty-two charities in England and Wales have donated at least £28m to Israeli settlements that are illegal under international law, an MP has said.Labour’s Melanie Ward said that if gift...

10/06/2026 05:00 The Guardian

Prisoners in Western Australia are living in ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading’ conditions, report warns

Inspector of custodial services says inmates are sleeping on the floor and denied basic entitlements due to ‘a systemic failure across multiple prisons’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInmates in Western Australia ar...

10/06/2026 00:27 The Guardian

Trump meets Johnson as outcry over Bill Pulte threatens Fisa renewal

President backs Pulte for acting DNI chief despite backlash that puts reauthorization of key surveillance law at riskDonald Trump met with the House speaker, Mike Johnson, at the White House on Tuesday as pressure mounts on the president to nominate a permanent director of national intelligence, the...

09/06/2026 23:17 The Guardian

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