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Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal, clearing way for Paramount takeover

27/02/2026 11:28 The Guardian

Streaming service says ‘deal no longer financially attractive’ at price required to match Paramount Skydance offerBusiness live – latest updatesNetflix has walked away from its planned takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, declining to raise its offer for the media conglomerate’s storied Hollywood studios and streaming business after it determined a sweetened rival offer from Paramount Skydance to be “superior”.In a statement on Thursday evening, the Netflix co-chief executives Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said: “At the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive.” Continue reading...

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France condemns decision to provisionally apply divisive Mercosur trade deal – Europe live

Trade between the EU and two South American countries may start within two months under a provision application of the dealTrade between the EU and two South American countries may start within two months under a provision application of the Mercosur deal.“The law allows the provisional applicatio...

27/02/2026 13:03 The Guardian
Science of sex and gender being misrepresented by Trump officials, experts warn

Scientists say crackdown on gender-affirming care could have impact on healthcare of all AmericansAs more health systems end gender-affirming care for patients amid a crackdown from the Trump administration, scientists and advocates say the science of sex and gender is being misrepresented – and w...

27/02/2026 13:00 The Guardian
‘Our patience has now run out’: Pakistan declares ‘open war’ against Afghanistan after cross-border attack – live news

Pakistani forces launched airstrikes against military targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as well as other provinces close to the borderBoth sides are reporting they have inflicted heavy casualties on each other, but it is difficult to know the true numbers when they are presenting sharply diverge...

27/02/2026 12:39 The Guardian
Man arrested after Churchill statue outside UK parliament sprayed with graffiti

Met arrests man on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after slogans including ‘Zionist war criminal’ sprayedA 38-year-old man has been arrested after the statue of Winston Churchill outside the Houses of Parliament was defaced with graffiti calling the former prime minister a “Zi...

27/02/2026 11:14 The Guardian
CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle

Decision by Netflix to walk away from takeover leaves workers anxious about possible merger of news networksNetflix’s decision to walk away from its $83bn bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has left some staffers working at CBS News and CNN panicking about the future as the two top-tier news oper...

27/02/2026 11:00 The Guardian
Weather tracker: US cities close schools and cancel flights amid heavy snowfall

Winter Storm Hernando, which struck north-eastern regions this week, described as a ‘bomb cyclone’Winter Storm Hernando swept across the north-eastern US on Sunday and into the start of the week, unleashing blizzard conditions across much of the region as heavy snowfall combined with gale-force...

27/02/2026 10:00 The Guardian
Friday briefing: Is the result in Gorton and Denton a sign of things to come?

In today’s newsletter: ​This byelection has long been mooted as a foreshadowing of upcoming elections in Wales, Scotland and eventually the whole of the UKGood morning. Hannah Spencer is the new MP for Gorton and Denton after the Green party’s first ever parliamentary byelection victory. In a...

27/02/2026 06:45 The Guardian
‘A living, moving exhibition’: Ukraine Museum opens in Berlin air-raid bunker

Exhibits pay homage to Ukrainians’ resilience and bring home the reality that war is going on in EuropeDescending into the windowless basement of a second world war air-raid bunker built for civilians in central Berlin is arguably an eerie enough evocation of what it means to endure life in a conf...

27/02/2026 05:00 The Guardian
Counting underway in Gorton and Denton amid high turnout for crucial byelection – UK politics live

Turnout in Gorton and Denton byelection over 47%, with 36,903 verified votes cast as Greens, Reform and Labour contest the seatWhile byelections tend to see lower turnouts than general elections, 47.62% voted on Thursday, only marginally less than the 47.8% who voted in 2024. The difference of just...

27/02/2026 03:19 The Guardian
Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts

Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office dataHospitals and care homes in the UK face “an impending car crash”, experts have warned, as research shows the number of overseas nurses and carers has collapsed.Analysis of Home Of...

26/02/2026 23:25 The Guardian
Judge sides with salmon against Trump administration in hydropower ruling

Federal judge in Oregon rejects bid to overturn Biden-era agreement to protect endangered fish populationsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts direct to your inboxA federal judge in Oregon sided with salmon against the Trump administration on Wednesday, ordering the federa...

26/02/2026 22:26 The Guardian
Oman says US-Iran talks end with ‘significant progress’ but no deal reached – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Latest US-Iran nuclear talks conclude with claims of ‘significant progress’How Trump shifted from opposing foreign wars to threatening war in IranThe nuclear talks today are the third between the US and Iran since June 2025, when the US joined Israel’s war against...

26/02/2026 22:07 The Guardian
US-Iran nuclear talks end without a deal as threat of war grows

Mediators say more talks to be held next week but no clear evidence two sides any closer on uranium enrichmentHigh-stakes talks between the US and Iran over the future of Tehran’s nuclear programme ended on Thursday without a deal, as the White House weighs a military operation that would mark its...

26/02/2026 21:53 The Guardian
Australia news live: Don Farrell says Trump’s 10% tariffs ‘unjustified’; Victoria to scrap ‘good character’ defence

Trade minister will meet Jamieson Greer in US to argue for tariffs to be removed. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictim-survivors need financial support to leaveMore than two in three Australians want women to get direct Centrelink payments for 12 month...

26/02/2026 21:49 The Guardian
How Trump shifted from opposing foreign wars to threatening war in Iran

The rationale to justify the US striking first has shifted from the country killing protesters to its developing weaponsAs senior Democrats emerged from a classified briefing on Iran with the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, earlier this week, the leaders of the opposition delivered reserved, crypti...

26/02/2026 19:58 The Guardian
Playwrights’ ‘thrilling’ debuts share the Susan Smith Blackburn prize

Hannah Doran’s The Meat Kings! (Inc) of Brooklyn Heights and Ro Reddick’s Cold War Choir Practice declared joint winners of award for female, transgender and non-binary writersThe Susan Smith Blackburn prize for female, transgender and non-binary playwrights has been awarded to joint winners, b...

26/02/2026 19:45 The Guardian
TikTok and Snapchat posts urge London pupils to join ‘school wars’ fights

Met urges pupils not to get involved and asks platforms to ban accounts promoting ‘fights’ with images of weapons Pupils aged 11 to 16 are being encouraged to join in school fights in posts circulating on TikTok and Snapchat, prompting police to urge children not to get involved.The Metropolitan...

26/02/2026 19:32 The Guardian
Ocado failing to deliver on its potential as one of UK’s great technology hopes

Firm’s automated warehouses are struggling to compete against swift deliveries from stores by bike ridersOcado to cut 1,000 jobs in £150m cost-saving driveOnly six years ago, the boss of Ocado Group was writing the obituary for supermarkets as he predicted that a surge in online grocery shopping...

26/02/2026 18:44 The Guardian
Anxiety mounts across Middle East amid fears of US-Iran war

People across region are bracing for possibility of conflict as embassies evacuate staff and flights are cancelledMiddle East crisis – live updatesAnxiety is growing over a potential war between Iran and the US in the Middle East, with embassies evacuating staff and airlines cancelling flights as...

26/02/2026 18:10 The Guardian
Democrats urge dropping plan to double gas exports as US energy prices soar

Families are ‘struggling with cost of heating their homes’, letter says as Trump repeatedly pledges to slash utility billsAs energy prices for US households soar nationwide, Democratic and progressive lawmakers are calling on the energy department to end its plan to double exports of liquefied n...

26/02/2026 18:10 The Guardian
Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen calls March election amid ‘Greenland bounce’ in polls – as it happened

‘It will soon be spring – and the Danes will soon be going to the polls,’ Danish PM tells the parliament in a special statementNordic correspondentFrederiksen is speaking now. Continue reading...

26/02/2026 17:03 The Guardian
UK parents fear young will be worse off for first time in a century, ex-minister warns

Alan Milburn says people feel ‘social contract is being broken’ as number of Neets climbs to 957,000The number of young people in the UK not working or in education has risen closer to a million, figures show, as a government adviser warned that for the first time in a century parents do not thi...

26/02/2026 15:35 The Guardian
ICE warns of vetting delays amid rapid hiring surge under Trump

Internal email outlines how to handle misconduct claims as expansion raises concerns about background checksImmigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling to keep pace with vetting new hires during its historic recruitment push and is laying out a process to deal with allegations of past miscondu...

26/02/2026 14:50 The Guardian
Albanese should demand reparations from Israel, say families of Australian soldiers whose graves were bulldozed

A third family says the Australian government must do more to hold Israel and the Israeli Defence Force to account, including demanding an apologyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe families of dead Australian soldiers...

26/02/2026 14:00 The Guardian
Hundreds of film-makers back Berlinale director in row over winners’ Gaza comments

Tilda Swinton among those to sign petition supporting Tricia Tuttle, who reportedly faces sack after pro-Palestine speeches at galaProminent directors and actors have rallied in support of the American head of the Berlin film festival in response to reports she could be sacked over comments by award...

26/02/2026 13:07 The Guardian
Far-right Base group claims murders in Ukraine amid questions over Russia ties

Leaked information obtained by Guardian paints disturbing picture of violence waged by terror group’s Ukrainian cellThe Ukrainian wing of an internationally proscribed terrorist organization with suspected links to Russia is continuing to claim multiple murders in Ukraine, which comes after it was...

26/02/2026 13:00 The Guardian
US and Iranian negotiators meet for critical nuclear talks in Geneva | First Thing

Tehran insists deal is possible if Trump abides by preconditions agreed with Witkoff. Plus, will Andrew bring down the British monarchy?Good morning.Iran enters critical talks on its nuclear program with the US in Geneva today, insisting a deal is possible as long as Washington sticks by three preco...

26/02/2026 12:29 The Guardian
Hillary Clinton to testify in House Oversight Committee’s Epstein investigation – US politics live

Deposition will be filmed but take place behind closed doors, with former president Bill Clinton scheduled to answer questions tomorrowSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxIran and US negotiators will be meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva today for a third ro...

26/02/2026 11:08 The Guardian
Mumsnet calls for under-16s social media ban with cigarette-style health warnings

Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs Mumsnet has launched a campaign to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s featuring health warnings in the style of those on cigarette packets.The deliberately provocative national advertising campaig...

26/02/2026 07:28 The Guardian
Blaring sirens on smartphones to warn Australians of major disasters under emergency alerts overhaul

Alerts to be sent for bushfires, floods, biosecurity threats and other events which put lives at riskFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians will soon receive intrusive alerts on their smartphones to warn of impendi...

26/02/2026 03:43 The Guardian
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