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Jordan Bardella, who is seen as the RN’s ‘Plan B’ if Le Pen fails her appeal, said he refused to consider this scenarioIn 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...

IDF says residents should evacuate Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Zayed, al-Manshiya and Tal al-ZaatarGaza’s Government Media Office has issued a statement following the reported killing of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Saleh al-Bardawil by Israeli forces in Khan Younis at dawn (see post at 08.47 for more details).The media office, which now says 209 journalists have been killed during the war,...

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...

Doctors helping with aftermath of disaster and UN special rapporteur say aid is disappearing or being blocked in areas controlled by resistance groupsAftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guideMyanmar’s military is facing criticism over continued airstrikes and claims it is blocking aid to earthquake survivors, as international agencies urged “unfettered access” to humanitarian aid in the conflict-riven nation.The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit...

Jordan Bardella declares ‘total loyalty’ to Le Pen after court finds her and RN officials guilty of embezzlementEurope live – latest updatesThe president of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party has described a court’s decision to ban Marine Le Pen from public office for five years, wrecking her hopes of becoming president in 2027, as “disproportionate, political and partisan”.Jordan Bardella said the punishment for...

Many of the people displaced by Eacop project were inadequately rehoused or compensated, report saysPeople displaced from their homes alongside the site of an oil pipeline under construction in Uganda have complained of being inadequately rehoused or compensated.When completed, the East African crude oil pipeline (Eacop) will transport oil from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields in western Uganda to the port of Tanga in...

Investors defrauded by 49-year-old before her 2020 disappearance and death to get back portion of their $23m in lossesGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastInvestors defrauded by Melissa Caddick before her disappearance and death will recoup a portion of their $23m in losses after settling a class action lawsuit with her auditors.Victims have already been repaid $7.25m after liquidators of...

Lidl and Ocado grow strongly, but Asda loses market share despite recent reset, Kantar figures showBusiness live – latest updatesFood inflation increased last month, driven by price rises in chocolate and confectionery, while Britons have already splashed out more than £130m on Easter eggs and other seasonal sweets despite the late fall of the holiday.Sales at the UK’s main grocers rose 3.2%, just behind...

Reserve Bank of Australia governor says board did not ‘explicitly’ consider case for a rate cut on Monday and TuesdayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Michele Bullock, says the central bank is ready and able to cut interest rates if needed to shield the economy...

Industry leaders say there is little detail on how the opposition’s policy will work and it is ‘difficult to predict’ what the final price would beElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastGas industry leaders have expressed confusion and concern about a Coalition plan to force them to sell more of the fossil fuel...

Coalition of former allies Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria fought armed insurgents including Boko HaramNiger’s ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed Islamist groups in west Africa’s Lake Chad area, cementing an acrimonious split from former allies in the region.The decision to exit the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) was announced in a bulletin on state television over the weekend. The move...

Capital records lowest annual price growth in the country as Northern Ireland races ahead, Nationwide findsBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices stagnated last month as London clocked up the lowest price growth in the country, while thousands of Britons raced to complete purchases before the end of a stamp duty holiday.The average price of a home was unchanged at £271,316 in March, compared...

This blog is now closedLabor accuses Dutton of copying Trump with suggestion children being ‘indoctrinated’ at schoolInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all ourAustralian election 2025 coverageAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWill Labor make a deal with...

NSW Health Care Complaints Commission is investigating the man, who has been the subject of multiple complaintsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAn unregistered Sydney beauty practitioner who advertises unauthorised Botox injections and “butt lifts” via Instagram and Snapchat is being investigated by New South Wales health authorities.The man, who performs injectable and...

ACT watchdog says report into former judge’s conduct during Lehrmann trail inquiry may be protected by parliamentary privilegeElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe former judge who scrutinised Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution may be legally thwarted from overturning a finding he engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” during the inquiry.Walter Sofronoff KC has gone...

In today’s newsletter: Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction bans her for five years from public office. More on the charges, the sentence and what happens nextGood morning. Marine Le Pen appeared to have been expecting a guilty verdict in her trial for embezzling millions in European parliament funds to pay her party’s workers in contravention of the rules – and even to have anticipated that...

Inferno spread to nearby homes, trapping residents, while full extent of damage still being assessedA colossal fire has erupted in a Malaysian suburb outside Kuala Lumpur due to a burst gas pipeline, prompting evacuations of nearby homes.The inferno near a gas station in Putra Heights in central Selangor state on Tuesday was visible for kilometres. National oil company Petronas said the fire broke out...

Survey shows between 56% and 79% across seven countries in favour if Trump introduces ‘Liberation Day’ leviesA large majority of western Europeans support retaliatory tariffs against the US, a survey has shown, if Donald Trump introduces sweeping import duties for major trading partners as expected this week.The US president appears likely to unleash a range of tariffs, varying from country to country, on Wednesday,...

Vast scheme aims to counter disinformation and increase awareness in country where low HPV vaccine take-up means many die from the preventable diseaseTens of thousands of doctors across India are being trained to promote the HPV vaccine, in a push to eliminate cervical cancer in the country.They will check with mothers attending medical appointments that they intend to vaccinate their daughters, and visit schools...

Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UK’s biggest such development“Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya we are actually in Cheshire so the weather is slightly different,” admits Chester zoo boss, Jamie Christon, on a fresh and very grey Monday morning.But ignore the chilliness and screw your eyes and you could well be transported to a...

Taiwan says it has detected nearly 20 vessels off its coast as Beijing orders large scale sea and air exercises and calls leaders in Taipei ‘parasites’China has launched large-scale military drills around Taiwan, accusing its leaders of being “separatists” and “parasites” who were pushing the democratically run island into war.The drills, accompanied by a propaganda campaign, were launched without warning on Tuesday morning. China’s...

Attempts to seal porous borders through which guns, drugs and fuel flowed in Assad times are turning local tensions deadlyHidden trails snake through the mountains in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley, the furrowed earthen paths veering off before entirely disappearing into the mountainside scrub. “That’s Syria,” said Haidar, a smuggler using a pseudonym, tracing with his finger the contours of a route that if followed...

Exclusive: Charities say freeze to housing benefit will push more people into rent arrears and homelessnessOnly 2.5% of private rented homes in England were affordable for people on housing benefit last year, with charities warning that more people will be pushed into rent arrears and homelessness as a freeze on the benefit takes effect.From Tuesday, housing benefit rates will be locked at current rates...

Ministers urged to act as energy, water, car tax, TV licences and a string of other increases squeeze householdsBill rises Britons face, from council tax to energy and carsWill bills continue to rise and what does it mean for Labour?‘It’s relentless’: Britons react to April bill risesMillions of households are bracing themselves for a raft of price increases across a range of bills –...

Increases in council tax, energy and water come less than week after Rachel Reeves revealed raft of cuts to welfareBill rises Britons face, from council tax to energy and carsWill bills continue to rise and what does it mean for Labour?‘It’s relentless’: Britons react to April bill risesMillions of households are braced for higher costs from this week, as energy, water and council tax...

President backs ‘commonsense reforms’ to stop soaring resale prices as singer urges Congress to pass legislationDonald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aimed to protect fans by cracking down on “exploitative ticket scalping” and introduced “commonsense reforms” to the way live entertainment events are priced.Flanked by a bespangled Kid Rock in the Oval Office, Trump signed what he called a “very serious”...

This liveblog is now closed.Immigration remains a strength for Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback, according to a poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of US adults approve of Trump’s approach to immigration, the survey shows, but only about four in 10 have a positive view of the way he’s handling the...

Groups say Trump’s demands set out in executive order threaten to ‘silence potentially millions of Americans’Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul the nation’s elections faced its first legal challenges Monday as the Democratic National Committee and a pair of nonprofits filed two separate lawsuits calling it unconstitutional.The Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund brought the first lawsuit Monday afternoon. The...

President promises he will be ‘very kind’ but critics warn his strategy risks triggering chain reaction and global trade warAs Donald Trump prepared to unveil a swathe of reciprocal tariffs, global markets braced and some Republican senators voiced their opposition to a strategy that critics warn risks a global trade war, provoking retaliation by major trading partners such as China, Canada and the European...

Group’s chief executive condemns president’s ‘dangerous’ agenda and says funding cuts will cause ‘devastation’The reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control, cancer screenings and other services for low-income people.Planned Parenthood said that nine of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as Title X,...

Administration accuses university of failing to protect students and plans to look into federal grants and contractsThe Trump administration announced a review on Monday of $9bn in federal contracts and grants at Harvard University over allegations that it failed to address issues of antisemitism on campus.The multi-agency joint task force to combat antisemitism said it will review the more than $255.6m in contracts between...

Live-action animated film starring John Cena and Will Forte will hit cinemas in 2026, after it was controversially shelved in favour of a $30m tax write-downFor once, things are working out for Wile E Coyote.The film Coyote vs Acme, which stars John Cena and Will Forte acting alongside beloved Looney Tunes cartoon characters, will finally be released to the public, almost two years after...

Elon Musk attacks decision along with other figures from the right including Viktor Orbán and Geert WildersNationalist and populist figures around the world, from Elon Musk to Viktor Orbán, have united in condemnation of a Paris court verdict barring Marine Le Pen from running in the country’s 2027 presidential elections.In a bombshell ruling many believe could boost support for the party, the figurehead of...

Move is latest in controversial method of deporting people from Guantánamo to prison abroad without US due processThe 17 additional people the US shipped off to a prison in El Salvador on Sunday and accused of being tied to transnational gangs were sent there from immigration detention at Guantánamo Bay, a White House official confirmed to the Guardian on Monday afternoon.The secretary of state,...

Iranian officials accuse US president of breaching UN charter and say ‘violence brings violence’Iran has reacted with outrage after Donald Trump said the country will be bombed if it does not accept US demands to constrain its nuclear programme.The US president said on Sunday that if Iran “[doesn’t] make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they...

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guide The fallout from Myanmar’s earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the official death toll rose to more than 2,000, with many more missing.Rescue operations faced “significant obstacles...

US president accused of blowing up country’s ability to respond to disasters by removing fundingAs aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap in global support from the world’s richest country: the US.The powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar on Friday has caused widespread destruction, flattening swathes of the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay,...

The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capitalA devastating earthquake has wrought destruction across central Myanmar, toppling ancient sites, bringing down hospital buildings and collapsing homes.The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday was followed by a number of aftershocks along the Sagaing fault. It also caused damage in neighbouring Thailand, where a skyscraper under construction collapsed...

University called Dr Joanne Liu, ex-head of Doctors Without Borders, after planning to speak on Gaza and federal cutsThe former international head of Doctors Without Borders says she was left “stunned” after New York University canceled her presentation because some of her slides discussing cuts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) could be viewed as “anti-governmental”.Dr Joanne Liu, a pediatric emergency...

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian officeFifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces “one by one” and buried in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said.According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (Ocha), the Palestinian Red...

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsAFP has spoken to relatives anxiously waiting at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok.Daodee Paruay said she had been at the site for two days, hoping for a miracle. Her brother was an electrician working on site, and he is believed to be under the rubble. “We...

UK PM hosting international summit on illegal migration and claims Labour has achieved the highest return rate for eight yearsDowning Street has sent out more details of the enforced returns numbers quoted by Keir Starmer in his speech to the Organised Immigration Crime summit. (See 9.26am.)It says the more than 24,000 migrants made to leave the country since July 2024 meant the government has...

French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty in embezzlement caseThe judges have begun reading their verdicts.Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was at stake was the embezzlement of European taxpayers’ funds. Continue reading...

Sweeping order from military covers most of city in southern GazaAssociated Press are just reporting that Israeli police have arrested two suspects linked to the investigation into ties between Qatar and Benjamin Netanyahu.The case is under a sweeping gag order and police did not name the suspects in their announcement on Monday. The investigation is looking into accusations that Qatar, which is a key...

Research by Cycling UK finds female cyclists report more threatening incidents, as well as a lack of infrastructureIntimidating behaviour from drivers, poor infrastructure and fears over safety are deterring more women in the UK from cycling compared with men, research has found, while bike sales continue to fall after the “Covid boom”.The barriers to cycling have widened between men and women “across every measure...

KKR expected to acquire stake worth £4bn as UK’s biggest water supplier tries to stave off nationalisationThames Water has picked the US investment firm KKR to take a stake in the business, as the embattled water company fights to stave off nationalisation.The UK’s biggest water supplier, which is struggling under a debt pile of close to £20bn, said it had selected KKR as a...

Counsel for ‘Billboard Chris’, AKA Chris Elston, says takedown notice from eSafety commissioner was regulatory overreachElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Canadian anti-trans activist is testing the Australian online regulator’s power to censor an X post allegedly bullying a trans man, arguing the removal notice issued to Elon Musk’s platform was overreach...

Paul Marchant accepts behaviour fell below standards expected at owner Associated British FoodsThe boss of Primark has admitted an “error of judgment” and resigned following an allegation made by a woman about his behaviour towards her in a social situation, the retailer’s owner has said.Associated British Foods (ABF) said that Paul Marchant accepted that his actions fell below the standards it expected and had...

First-quarter deliveries will be significantly down, say analysts, with the CEO and his links with Donald Trump the ‘core toxic issue’Tesla investors are bracing for evidence of declining global demand this week as the electric carmaker battles headwinds including a consumer backlash against its chief executive, Elon Musk.On 2 April, the US company will release data for first-quarter deliveries – a proxy for sales...

More than 2,000 people sign petition in support of jazz musician and composer of River to Sea, Kellee GreenElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 2,000 people in the music industry have signed a petition supporting a jazz musician and composer whose winning entry River to Sea in the 2025 Queensland Music...