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Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power

12/04/2026 20:05 The Guardian

Péter Magyar’s Tisza party wins election as prime minister concedes defeat, in result likely to reshape ties with EUHungary election liveHungary’s opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, has won the election, bringing an end to Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power, in a result that is likely to rattle the White House and reshape the country’s relationship with the EU.Less than three hours after polls closed on Sunday, Orbán conceded defeat after what he described as a “painful but unambiguous” election result. Continue reading...

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Magyar celebrates as Orbán’s 16-year rule ends - as it happened

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12/04/2026 23:59 The Guardian
Australia news live: PM and Wong to visit Brunei and Malaysia to shore up fuel supply

Government seeks to shore up Australia’s supply of diesel, fertiliser and other critical goods. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPrime minister Anthony Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong will visit Brunei and Malaysia this week as the gover...

12/04/2026 21:19 The Guardian
Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail

Iran warns move would breach ceasefire as US president also repeats threats to strike critical infrastructureMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has said the US will begin blockading the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to take control of the strategic waterway from Iran in the aftermath o...

12/04/2026 18:33 The Guardian
Britain could adopt single market rules without MPs’ vote as part of UK-EU reset

Exclusive: Ministers planning new legislation for alignment without full parliamentary scrutiny if in national interestMinisters are planning to fundamentally reshape Britain’s relationship with the European Union, with new legislation that could result in the UK signing up to EU single market rul...

12/04/2026 17:58 The Guardian
US lawmakers split on party lines over negotiations’ failure to end Iran war

Republicans call on Trump to ‘finish the job’ while top Democrats warn against resuming hostilitiesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe failure of negotiations to end the US war with Iran has unleashed a barrage of starkly partisan political responses,...

12/04/2026 17:24 The Guardian
Votes for populist parties in May elections will put NHS at risk, Streeting says

Exclusive: Health secretary warns of dangers of protest vote as he pitches NHS as key elections battlegroundVoters in May’s local and devolved elections risk putting the NHS in jeopardy if they vote for populist parties, Wes Streeting has said, as he sought to make the health service a key battleg...

12/04/2026 15:55 The Guardian
Interest in EVs surges in Europe as fuel prices jump after Iran war

Demand at online marketplaces could settle at a new, higher normal, with the crisis leaving consumers ‘scarred’Car buyers’ interest in electric cars has surged across Europe since the start of the war in Iran, as the rising cost of petrol highlights the cheaper power available from a plug.Onli...

12/04/2026 15:53 The Guardian
Wes Streeting attacks Trump’s ‘outrageous’ Iran war rhetoric

Health secretary says failure of peace talks disappointing and UK-US relations have undoubtedly been strainedMiddle East crisis – live updatesWes Streeting has criticised Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Iran as “incendiary, provocative and outrageous” and called the failure of US-Iran peace talks...

12/04/2026 10:09 The Guardian
‘Too powerful for the public’: Inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war

The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this was hype to lure investmentThis week, the AI company Anthropic said it had created an AI model so powerful that, out of a sense of overwhelming responsibility, it was not going to release it to the public.The US tre...

12/04/2026 09:00 The Guardian
‘We’re trapped’: despair for sellers as Iran war knocks confidence in UK housing market

Estate agents say rising mortgage costs have created a mood of fear, with Canterbury among the cities being hitHave you lost a mortgage deal or seen your rate rise?On a warm, spring morning in Canterbury, the cobbled streets are buzzing with activity and the white Tudor houses gleam in the sun.It is...

12/04/2026 06:00 The Guardian
‘Your photos will be deleted’: Apple users warned over ‘nasty’ iCloud storage scam

Fraudsters send emails claiming storage is full or nearly full, then trick people into clicking on links that can expose bank and personal detailsFor a while you’ve been getting messages from Apple saying “your iCloud storage is full”. They say you have exceeded your storage plan, so documents...

12/04/2026 06:00 The Guardian
Chalmers warns of ‘more polarising politics’ – as it happened

This blog is now closedPenny Wong calls failed peace talks between US and Iran ‘disappointing’ and urges resumptionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSeven-year-old girl drowns at swimming spot on Brisbane RiverA seven-year-old girl has drowned at a popular swimming spot...

12/04/2026 05:01 The Guardian
Islamabad negotiations end without a deal – as it happened

US vice-president says Iran chose not to accept American terms for a deal, including to not build nuclear weaponsJD Vance and US delegation leave Pakistan after failing to reach deal with IranUS officials claim Iran unable to find mines it laid in strait of HormuzThe UK will host a strait of Hormuz...

12/04/2026 03:06 The Guardian
New relief for households being considered as Albanese government warns of ‘long tail’ from Iran war

Catherine King says while peace talks were ‘best chance’ at lowering fuel prices, further help may be included in budgetFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesTrack Australia’s fuel prices, service station outages and shipments in chartsGet our breaking news email, free app or d...

12/04/2026 01:35 The Guardian
Russian drone attacks persist despite Kremlin’s Easter ceasefire, Ukrainian forces say

Ukraine reports 469 violations of Putin’s 32-hour ceasefire, hours after deadly drone attacks on Odesa and KhersonRussia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones after a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire took effect on Saturday, a Ukrainian military officer said.“The ceasefire is not...

11/04/2026 19:50 The Guardian
Why the Nato alliance is not as likely to dissolve as Trump makes it seem

Trump has upped the stridency and threatening nature of his complaints, but the US and Europe need each otherCollateral damage is a universally acknowledged hazard of war – more commonly known for its impact on truth and non-combatant civilians.Its consequences are much less frequently visited on...

11/04/2026 14:00 The Guardian
Tories would reinstate two-child benefit cap to fund defence, says Badenoch

Conservative leader promises biggest peacetime rearmament effort in UK history if her party is re-electedThe Conservatives would reinstate the two-child benefit cap and use the savings for a wide-ranging spending splurge on defence in what Kemi Badenoch said would be “the biggest peacetime program...

11/04/2026 13:17 The Guardian
Democrats urged to reclaim anti-war identity amid Trump’s assault on Iran

War spurs debate on US power and role in the world – and progressives eye chance to reorient American foreign policyWell over a year into Donald Trump’s disruptive second term, few believed the US president could still genuinely shock. But at 8.06am on Tuesday he did just that, with an apocalypt...

11/04/2026 12:00 The Guardian
US officials claim Iran unable to find mines it laid in strait of Hormuz, report says

Iran dropped explosives in the waterway erratically and may not have marked where it put all of them, US suggestsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran is unable to find the mines it laid in the strait of Hormuz and does not have the capacity to remove the explosives, preventing Iran from allowing...

11/04/2026 11:54 The Guardian
Record number of homes in Great Britain turn to green energy as fuel prices soar

Iran war drives demand for solar panels, heat pumps and EVs, with energy bills expected to rise 18% from JulyBritish households are turning to green home energy upgrades in record numbers to try to keep bills down as the Iran crisis sends global oil and gas prices soaring, data from leading energy s...

11/04/2026 11:00 The Guardian
Explosives found near pipeline in Serbia probably ‘Russian provocation’, says expert

Former Ukrainian major general says 4kg of material was most likely an attempt to influence Hungary’s electionHungary elections explainerThe amount of explosives discovered in Serbia last week would not have been enough to destroy the Balkan Stream gas pipeline, prompting an expert to conclude it...

11/04/2026 09:36 The Guardian
The war over Omagh’s gold: the £21bn mine plan tearing a community apart

On Monday, a public inquiry will reopen, nine years after the plan was proposed and a toxic local battle beganWhen Fidelma O’Kane retired more than a decade ago from her career as a social worker and lecturer, she thought she would be “travelling and having a glass of wine and eating chocolate...

11/04/2026 05:00 The Guardian
SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists

Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfacesDrivers who choose SUVs are compounding the pothole problem, experts have warned, as research showed hundreds of thousands of people bought bigger cars to navigate damaged roads.Scientists said...

11/04/2026 05:00 The Guardian
New Zealand’s North Island braces for Cyclone Vaianu with thousands ordered to evacuate

Vaianu, forecast to bring heavy rain and winds of up to 130 kmh (80 mph), is expected to hit on SundayThousands of New Zealanders were ordered to evacuate their homes on Saturday as the country’s North Island braced for Cyclone Vaianu, which authorities warned could cause coastal flooding and land...

11/04/2026 03:49 The Guardian
Trump warns of fresh strikes if Iran talks fail – as it happened

US president says that warships are being reloaded with weaponry to strike Iran if Saturday’s Islamabad talks fail to produce a dealJD Vance warns Iran against trying to ‘play’ the US in peace talksNetanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikesThe streets of I...

11/04/2026 02:36 The Guardian
Multiple people face charges, including murder, in California fireworks blast

Massive fire followed explosion at 5,000-sq-ft warehouse near Esparto, an hour from Sacramento, on 1 July Multiple people have been charged with murder in connection to a fatal fireworks-warehouse explosion in California that killed seven people and injured two others in July.The explosion at the 5,...

11/04/2026 00:22 The Guardian
JD Vance dispatched to negotiate Iran peace with few cards to play

Vice-president’s war doubts and his boss’s desperation to reopen the Hormuz strait constitute a weak deck against bolstered opponentsMiddle East crisis – live updatesAs JD Vance arrives in Islamabad to negotiate a peace deal with Iran, his first high-profile assignment of the war looks to be a...

10/04/2026 23:05 The Guardian
Fuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway

Irish drivers told to buy only fuel they need as filling stations run out and hauliers and farmers block motorways in fourth day of actionMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesProtests over fuel prices have caused chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway in a knock-on effect from the conflict in th...

10/04/2026 21:26 The Guardian
Worker who allegedly set fire to California warehouse compares self to Luigi Mangione

Chamel Abdulkarim was charged with felony and state arson counts after allegedly destroying property worth nearly $600mSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAn employee who allegedly burned down a California warehouse compared himself to Luigi Mangione in a mes...

10/04/2026 20:19 The Guardian
‘God does not bless any conflict’: pope issues new rebuke over Iran war

Social media post names no names but criticizes attempts to use religion to glorify US war in Middle EastPope Leo XIV on Friday offered a new criticism of war, in a social media post that named no names but appeared to hint at the Trump administration leadership harnessing Christian nationalism to g...

10/04/2026 19:28 The Guardian
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