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Chinese leader canvasses Spain and other trading partners on how to tackle economic fallout as market turmoil continuesBusiness live – latest updatesWhy did ‘strongman’ Trump back down on tariffs? – podcastChina has raised its tariffs on US products to 125% in the latest salvo of the trade dispute with Washington, just hours after Xi Jinping said there were “no winners in a tariff war”.Xi...

Exclusive: Government source confirms action at nine establishments including one near Windsor CastleUK politics live – latest updatesHundreds of people seeking asylum are to be removed from nine hotels across England within weeks as the Home Office attempts to show it has got to grips with the issue.The crackdown will remove asylum seekers from a hotel in a village near Windsor Castle after claims...

This blog is now closed.Anywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian shares are poised to open sharply lower this morning, as concerns about Donald Trump’s unsettling policy...

Exclusive: Police confirm report of two offensive signs targeting Bruce MP Julian Hill, who is gay, hung on overpass bridgeElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have removed two offensive...

It would take an ‘extraordinary deal’ for any country to improve on 10% rate, says Kevin HassettTrump’s about-face on tariffs reveals chaos at core of presidencyBusiness live – latest updatesA senior economic adviser to Donald Trump has said it would take “an extraordinary deal” for any country, including the UK, to improve on the 10% tariff rate the US has imposed almost worldwide, pouring...

Benchmark S&P/ASX 200 falls 2.4% after another sell-off on Wall Street overnight triggered by changes to the US tariff regimeElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian sharemarket closed lower on Friday, ending a volatile week on a sour note as concerns about Donald Trump’s unsettling policy shifts and deteriorating trade relations between...

Twice-daily hiking trips for civilians in Golan buffer zone recently seized by Israel sold out almost immediatelyIsrael’s military is organising hiking tours for civilians in newly occupied Syrian territory during the Passover holiday, local media has reported.The twice-daily tours in the contested Golan Heights will run for a week beginning this Sunday. Tickets sold out almost immediately. Continue reading...

February GDP rise bigger than forecast but impact from Donald Trump’s tariff war yet to comeBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy unexpectedly expanded by 0.5% in February, figures show, in a boost for Rachel Reeves before an expected downturn triggered by Donald Trump’s tariff war.The increase in gross domestic product in February was five times larger than the 0.1% that a poll of...

Clean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transitionDonald Trump’s upending of the global economy has raised fears that climate action could emerge as a casualty of the trade war.In the week that has followed “liberation day”, economic experts have warned that the swathe of tariffs could trigger a global economic recession, with far-reaching consequences...

Vice-chancellors urge Office for Students to provide more clarity to protect students and academics from abuseA ruling by the higher education regulator for England on freedom of speech breaches at the University of Sussex has sparked anxiety in the sector, as vice-chancellors scramble to review their policies to avoid potential violations.Two weeks after the Office for Students (OfS) handed out a record £585,000 fine,...

Taiwan launches first such prosecution, alleging the captain of the Chinese-crewed Hong Tai 58 dropped anchor near an undersea cable that then damaged itProsecutors in Taiwan charged, for the first time, a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.Prosecutors say the man was captain...

In today’s newsletter: Momentum is growing for stricter smartphone rules for children, as schools, parents, and ​t​he Children’s Commissioner push for bans amid rising concernsGood morning. If your child is using their smartphone at school, they are very likely to be breaking the rules. That is the conclusion of a new report from the Children’s Commissioner, Rachel de Souza, which says that 90% of...

PM reaches out to opposition leader as Brisbane teenager, 16, charged with commonwealth offenceElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister has reached out to Peter Dutton after allegations the opposition leader was the target of a terror plot.A Brisbane schoolboy allegedly planned an attack...

Exclusive: Opposition leader says he has ‘no choice’ but to challenge Yoweri Museveni’s regime, despite threats and previous attacksThe musician turned opposition leader Bobi Wine has said he will stand again against Uganda’s authoritarian leader, Yoweri Museveni, in next year’s presidential elections. Despite being jailed, attacked, shot, and facing threats of violence, including from Museveni’s son, Wine said he felt he had little choice...

Opposition under pressure to release secret modelling and costings revealing how it plans to downsize the public service by 41,000 jobs by 2030Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton has dodged revealing how many voluntary redundancies could be offered as part of the opposition’s plan to downsize the public service by 41,000...

Exclusive: Jewish Council of Australia says it was told there were protests planned against the screening of No Other Land in ElsternwickElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA fundraising screening of the Oscar-winning documentary film on the Israeli displacement of the Palestinian community, No Other Land, has been cancelled by a Melbourne cinema...

Leader of Turkey’s largest opposition party has hit out at the PM for failing to condemn attacks on a ‘sister party’The leader of Turkey’s largest opposition party has hit out at Keir Starmer, accusing the British prime minister of ignoring the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul and democratic backsliding in Turkey.Speaking to the Guardian, the leader of the left-leaning Republican People’s party (CHP),...

After doubling down on his promise not to pause his latest tariffs, Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for most countries except China. Why did he change his mind?Jonathan Freedland speaks to James Bennet of the Economist about who might have forced the president’s hand, and what could happen nextArchive: Fox News, CBS Minnesota, BBC News, WCNC, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News Continue reading...

Bloc is ‘very committed’ to laws on big tech and is not targeting US companies, says European Commission’s Henna VirkkunenThe EU will not rip up its tech rules in an attempt to reach a trade deal with Donald Trump, the bloc’s most senior official on digital policy has said.Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission vice-president responsible for tech sovereignty, indicated the EU was not going...

Rümeysa Öztürk says she’s experienced difficulty getting care and had her hijab ripped off without permissionRümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student who was detained by US immigration authorities last month, says she has had multiple asthma attacks since she was arrested and detained and has had difficulty getting medical attention.Öztürk, 30, was detained by masked, plainclothes officers as she walked in a Boston-area suburb...

This live blog is now closed.Supreme court orders US to help return man wrongly deported to El SalvadorThe House on Wednesday passed a bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in a move that would vastly diminish the ability of courts to block Donald Trump’s policies, The Hill reports.Dubbed the No Rogue Rulings Act, the legislation would limit judges to providing relief...

Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil defence workers in southern Gaza on 23 March. Bethan McKernan reports on the emerging evidence of what happenedIsraeli forces shot dead 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil defence workers on 23 March and buried them in a mass grave in the Tel al-Sultan district of Rafah.The Israeli military claimed their vehicles had been “advancing suspiciously” and without...

Workers had spent weeks in limbo amid legal rollercoaster but letters confirm block on terminations no longer in effectLetters went out to hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) on Thursday, informing them their jobs had been terminated – again.The probationary employees, many who performed important roles at the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, have spent weeks in limbo after...

Justices uphold judge’s order and say Trump officials must ‘facilitate’ return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to United StatesThe US supreme court upheld on Thursday a judge’s order requiring Donald Trump’s administration to facilitate the return to the United States of a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was deported in error to El Salvador.US district judge Paula Xinis last week issued an order...