Zelenskyy bound for Berlin with Merz boxed in by German coalition

27/05/2025 17:43 The Guardian

The German chancellor’s desire to lift restrictions on longer range weapons for Ukraine has been frustrated by his SPD and Social Democrat partnersThe German chancellor’s drive to keep a campaign pledge of more robust backing for Ukraine is running into blocks within his own government as he prepares to welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin.Friedrich Merz made a full-throated declaration on Monday, hours before Zelenskyy’s one-day visit was announced, that Germany was for the first time lifting previous range restrictions on weapons supplied to Kyiv, along with Ukraine’s other main western supporters. Continue reading...

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UK politics live: minister defends Labour’s justice record after warnings of threat to public safety

Housing minister says previous government left prison system in state of ‘criminal neglect’ amid warnings over early release plan Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has defended the government’s record on prisons and sentencing in England and Wales after criticism from senior security official...

28/05/2025 07:48 The Guardian

Zelenskyy to meet Merz amid German wrangling over weapons go-ahead – Ukraine-Russia war live

Chancellor’s coalition partners opposing any moves to allow Ukraine to use long-range Taurus missilesZelenskyy bound for Berlin with Merz boxed inRussia will announce the next round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine soon Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.The neutral...

28/05/2025 07:43 The Guardian

‘Nonsense and stupid’: Trump’s tariff war will cause global damage, says Grosvenor boss

Policy will eventually right itself, adds Mark Preston, who heads Duke of Westminster’s property groupDonald Trump’s global tariff trade war is “nonsense and stupid” and will damage every country in the world, including the US, the boss of one of Britain’s most powerful property companies...

28/05/2025 06:23 The Guardian

Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates

Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occurThe excess pollution emitted as a result of the Dieselgate scandal has killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in children, according to a new analysis. A further 6,000 prematur...

28/05/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Alleged victim gives evidence in NSW MP Gareth Ward’s rape trial: ‘I felt dirty and confused’

Alleged victim, now in his 30s, tells court he moved away from Ward in 2015 and said ‘no’ when the politician ‘groped’ his backsideAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA staffer says he felt “dirty” and questioned himself...

28/05/2025 05:42 The Guardian

Early release puts public safety at risk without funding, say police and MI5 – report

Times newspaper cites letter from chiefs of police and security agencies to justice ministry, while joint article calls for ‘serious investment’ in law and order Police chiefs and MI5 have called for the government to give them enough funding amid pressures from the latest plans to release priso...

28/05/2025 05:10 The Guardian

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aidThree hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating t...

28/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Top Russian security official dismisses Trump’s ‘playing with fire’ warning to Putin – as it happened

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28/05/2025 01:57 The Guardian

Erin Patterson murder trial live: police informant to continue evidence on day 21 of mushroom case

Australian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder after a mushroom lunch at her house in regional Victoria in 2023. Follow live updates‘Who died?’: Erin Patterson ‘surprised’ when police told her of mushroom lunch guests’ deaths, tri...

28/05/2025 01:31 The Guardian

Albanese government will shut down substandard childcare operators, minister vows

In her first interview since joining the frontbench, Jess Walsh pledges to withdraw subsidies from businesses that put profit before safetyAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor’s new childcare minister says she will drive shonk...

28/05/2025 00:00 The Guardian

Trump warns Putin he is ‘playing with fire’ after Russian attack on Ukraine

US president launches fresh criticism of Russian counterpart and suggests US sanctions could be increasedDonald Trump has warned Vladimir Putin that he is “playing with fire”, launching a fresh broadside at his Russian counterpart over stalled Ukraine peace efforts.Trump’s latest comments came...

27/05/2025 17:29 The Guardian

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes

Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving in war zone and is one of dozens of minors who have died in recent attacksHer life was one of war but Yaqeen Hammad somehow found a reason to smile. The 11-year-old was Gaza’s youngest influencer, whose bright smile reached tens of thousands, including othe...

27/05/2025 17:28 The Guardian

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says his country is committing war crimes

Leader from 2006 to 2009 says Palestinian victims are at ‘monstrous proportions’ and Netanyahu heads a ‘criminal gang’The former prime minister of Israel Ehud Olmert has said Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, and that “thousands of innocent Palestinians are being killed, as well as...

27/05/2025 16:47 The Guardian

Trump accuses EU of dragging its heels on a tariff deal with the US

Fears of trade war reignited as the American president makes veiled threat on his Truth Social platformDonald Trump said the EU had been dragging its heels “to put it mildly” on sealing a tariff deal with the US, repeating his assessment that his threat of a 50% tariff on imports from the bloc w...

27/05/2025 15:13 The Guardian

Israel-Gaza war: UN says it is unsure how much aid has been delivered inside Gaza by Israeli-backed logistics group – as it happened

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says lorry loads of food have been delivered to sites in Gaza but UN humanitarian agency says it is unaware if any aid has been distributedIsraeli-backed logistics group says Gaza operations have begun after its director resignedFormer Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert...

27/05/2025 14:54 The Guardian

Reform UK’s income tax plans ‘to cost up to £80bn’ warns IFS – as it happened

Research institute says costs of plan to exclude those earning less than £20k from the tax will dwarf those of party’s winter fuel and two-child benefit changesThe co-leader of the Green party of England and Wales, Adrian Ramsay, has renewed his call for Russia to face greater sanctions. Posting...

27/05/2025 14:22 The Guardian

Trump orders agencies to cut all federal ties with Harvard

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27/05/2025 14:02 The Guardian

Wildfire damages historic Fort Stanton, forces evacuations in New Mexico

Blaze scorches 3 sq km, hitting a civil war-era site as crews battle flames near fire-hit RuidosoA wildfire swept through portions of a civil war-era fort and historical site in southern New Mexico on Monday, forcing the evacuations of campgrounds and a horse ranch.The fire damaged structures at For...

27/05/2025 13:23 The Guardian

Liverpool parade collision: Starmer says whole country stands with city as mayor warns four people ‘very, very ill’ – latest updates

Steve Rotheram, who was at the parade, also praises police for tackling misinformation by releasing details of the arrested man so quicklyFull report: Car ploughs into crowd at Liverpool football paradeDay of joy and celebration for Liverpool turns to horrorTell us, have you been affected by the tra...

27/05/2025 13:18 The Guardian

White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims

Exclusive: Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aidesThe White House has lost confidence in a Pentagon leak investigation that Pete Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides last month, after advisers were told that the aides had...

27/05/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Trump is ‘remarkably like’ 1930s far-right fascists, billionaire investor warns

Ray Dalio writes in book president wants to ‘dictate’ Maga policies and calls his skirting of democratic norms more ‘aggressive’ than Andrew Jackson and FDRDonald Trump wants to “dictate” policies like those of far-right regimes in the 1930s, a leading billionaire investor has warned.Ray...

27/05/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Trump’s safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn

Layoffs at US occupational safety and health agency leave people vulnerable to illness and injury, ex-workers cautionDrastic cuts at a federal workplace safety research agency increase the risk of illness and injury for workers across the US and undermine preparations for public health emergencies,...

27/05/2025 10:00 The Guardian

NSW MP Gareth Ward allegedly raped political staffer after Parliament House event, trial hears

Independent MP for Kiama has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 24-year-old in 2015 and an 18-year-old in 2013Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales independent MP Gareth Ward allegedly raped a political staffer in his home in 2015 after he invited the ma...

27/05/2025 09:19 The Guardian

ABC doing ‘all the heavy lifting’ as commercial networks abandon local kids’ TV drama

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27/05/2025 09:02 The Guardian

More interstate dust storms expected if South Australia drought continues, expert warns

Haze hits Sydney suburbs on Tuesday morning after crossing NSW from SA and VictoriaAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastParts of Sydney faced “extremely poor” air quality warnings on Tuesday morning as a dust storm swept eastwards...

27/05/2025 07:40 The Guardian

Erin Patterson murder trial day 20 – as it happened

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27/05/2025 06:57 The Guardian

Poorest 750 nations face ‘tidal wave’ of debt repayments to China in 2025, study warns

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27/05/2025 05:54 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: Trump’s statements about Putin have changed. Will his actions catch up?

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27/05/2025 05:51 The Guardian

‘Who died?’: Erin Patterson ‘surprised’ when police told her of mushroom lunch guests’ deaths, trial hears

Homicide detective who searched Leongatha home a week after fatal beef wellington lunch gives evidence in murder trialWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson appeared surprised when told by homicide squad detectives during a search of h...

27/05/2025 05:29 The Guardian

Almost 800 homes destroyed by NSW floods with tally to rise as damage assessments continue

Anthony Albanese visits mid-north coast as police warn of ‘un-Australian’ looting during clean-upAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has warned the recovery from floods on the New South Wales mid-north coast coul...

27/05/2025 05:22 The Guardian

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