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California-based Grimmway Farms recalls carrots amid 39 reported illnesses in 18 states, including 15 hospitalizationsA California-based farm is recalling its carrots, including whole and baby organic carrots, following an E coli outbreak that has infected multiple people across the country.In a statement on Saturday, Grimmway Farms in Bakersfield said that it has issued its recall of the carrots “that should no longer be in...

Prime minister wants bilateral at G20 to lead to closer ties with China, which he sees as key to faster growthKeir Starmer will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, promising to turn the page on UK-China relations by building “a pragmatic and serious relationship”.Starmer and the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, have been pursuing a thawing...

Pollster announces she’s moving on ‘to other ventures’ after poll wrongly predicted strong shift in state to Kamala HarrisJ Ann Selzer, the celebrated Iowa election pollster, announced on Sunday that she is moving on “to other ventures and opportunities”, two weeks after her survey in the state wrongly predicted a strong shift to Kamala Harris in the days before the election.That poll, which projected...

Richard Besser criticizes Trump’s health secretary pick, and says falsely linking vaccines to autism is a ‘cruel thing to do’The former acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has criticized Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination by Donald Trump as secretary of the country’s health and human services (HHS), calling his false vaccine theories “cruel”.In a new interview on ABC, Richard...

As President-Elect Trump talks up negotiations, Putin has made clear his position hasn’t changed since launching invasion in 2022Millions of Ukrainians woke up early on Sunday morning to a massive Russian missile and drone attack on their country’s infrastructure, the biggest assault from Moscow since the end of August and the first large-scale attack since the US election.Donald Trump once promised to settle the...

This blog is now closed. Read today’s full report hereA Lebanese soldier has been killed, with three wounded after Israel attacked an army post in a Lebanese town.The Lebanese Army posted on X that one of those injured was in a critical condition after the attack on Sunday. Continue reading...

Attack came without warning on day dozens killed in airstrikes in Gaza and Israel struck other targets in LebanonHezbollah’s chief spokesman has been killed by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, as Israel intensifies its air offensive in Lebanon despite ongoing indirect negotiations for a ceasefire.Mohammed Afif, who has been the public face of Hezbollah for months, was killed in a strike on offices of...

UK prime minister to meet world leaders at summit in Brazil that Vladimir Putin has declined to attendUkraine will be “top of the agenda” this week at a meeting of leaders from the world’s most powerful economies, Keir Starmer has pledged, though he said he had “no plans” to follow the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and speak directly to Vladimir Putin.Starmer will meet world...

Peter Hegseth, pick for defense department, says encounter was consensual but woman was paid undisclosed sumPeter Hegseth, the military veteran, Fox & Friends chat host and Donald Trump’s pick to head the department of defense, reportedly paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault – an encounter that he insists was consensual.According to the Washington Post, the unnamed woman was paid an unknown...

Attorneys and lawmakers who oppose pardons for Capitol rioters would not be able to stop him, legal analysts warnlf Donald Trump follows through on his promise to pardon people who participated in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, attorneys and lawmakers who oppose such moves would not be able to stop him, according to legal experts.If Trump does issue the pardons, it...

Pro-business party internally referred to its plans as ‘D-day’Germany’s pro-business Free Democratic party, which collapsed Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition this month in a dispute over the budget, reportedly plotted its exit weeks before the final split, referring to the plans internally as “D-day”.Newspapers Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the FDP had intended from at least September to force a situation that would...

The tradition of chomping through a kilo of sweets once a week is under threat as demand soars for sugary sweetsSwedes love sweets. So when an American TikToker sparked a craze for Swedish candy this year, there was pride that an important part of national culture was being recognised around the world. The Danes may have Ozempic but the Swedes have lördagsgodis – Saturday...

Biggest air strike in months raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter monthsAnother 1,640 Russia troops were killed in the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have announced.According to the daily statistics, which have not been verified by the Guardian, about 720,880 Russian personnel have been killed since the invasion on February 2022. Continue reading...

Researchers are baffled by 12th-century corpses uncovered at a heritage learning centre built in the garden of Leicester Cathedral after discovery of Richard III’s remainsIn gardens a few metres from Leicester Cathedral, archaeologists have made a disturbing discovery. Their excavations have revealed a narrow vertical shaft filled with the remains of 123 men, women and children.It is one of the largest pit burials ever...

New data reveals an extra 5,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill or incineration from November to MarchPlastic bottles are reviled for polluting the oceans, leaching chemicals into drinks and being a source of microplastics in the human body.They even cause problems with recycling. When plastic bottles are mixed with cardboard in recycling bins, in the wet winter months the sodden cardboard wraps...

Allegations that tutors in the fast-growing sector are letting bullying between students go uncheckedWhen Sally Mumford enrolled in a training course to become a psychotherapist in 2020, she was excited to start a new career.She hoped to help people understand how their feelings and behaviour were shaped by their pasts. But she quickly realised that the course might not be what she had expected....

ALP denies reforms rushed into parliament are designed to target Simon Holmes à Court and Clive PalmerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s two major political parties will more than double their public funding at the 2028 federal election to reap a combined $140m under the government’s proposed changes to electoral laws, according to the organisation which funded successful teal...

Blasts heard in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and the Black Sea port of Odesa as Poland scrambled fighter jets within its airspace as a precautionBlasts rang out across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile attack since August and targeted power facilities with the winter setting in, officials said.Ukrainians have been bracing for a major attack on the...

With the hearings in their final phase, there has been less movement on the issues besetting the organisation than might have been hopedThe final phase of the long-running inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has delved into the current operations and culture at the Post Office, as well as the issue of compensation payments to the hundreds of branch operators who were wrongly prosecuted.If...

Health secretary risks tainting the debate by turning it into an issue of pounds and pence, Labour grandee saysLabour divisions over the controversial bill on assisted dying have intensified as party grandee Harriet Harman demanded the immediate cancellation of work ordered by the health secretary, Wes Streeting, into the potential costs to the NHS of legalisation.In an interview with the Observer, Harman said Streeting’s...

Firefighters battle two out-of-control blazes as other communities brace for winds, storms and possible flash floodingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo out-of-control bushfires in Victoria have forced townships to evacuate and destroyed at least one home as parts of Australia’s east remain on alert for fires while being hit with wild...

This blog is now closedWarning for heavy rainfall, damaging winds and potential flash flooding in north-east VictoriaThe Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for the north-east of Victoria, with forecasts of heavy rainfall and “damaging to locally destructive wind gusts”:Heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding is forecast with areas of rain and thunderstorms for the northeast of Victoria from...

Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the regionRightwing settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described top officials in Donald Trump’s new administration as a “dream team” which will offer a “unique and special opportunity” to expand Israel’s hold on occupied territory and permanently end any prospect of a Palestinian state.Palestinian groups and leftwing NGOs...

They celebrated his victory - but Trump’s trade tariffs and America first policies could backfire on the likes of Orbán, Meloni and WildersIn the end Viktor Orbán didn’t, as he’d promised, celebrate Donald Trump’s win with “several bottles of champagne”. He was in Kyrgyzstan, he apologised, “where they have different traditions” – so it was vodka. But it was still a “fantastic result”.“History has...