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Assisted dying bill could return after ballot for private member’s bills
Two MPs who came in top five of draw backed Kim Leadbeater’s bill in the CommonsCampaigners have a narrow path to revive the assisted dying bill after two MPs who backed it came i…
Israel deports foreign Gaza-bound flotilla activists after global outcry
Move comes amid condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after video posted showing detained protesters being tauntedIsrael has said it has deported all the foreign activists it seized fro…
New weight-loss shot appears to outperform other obesity drugs on market
Eli Lilly says participants in a sizable trial of retatrutide lost much more weight compared to other weight-loss drugsA new weight-loss drug has helped participants in a sizable …
TUC leader ‘angry’ at state of Labour but says it can recover to win next election
Exclusive: Paul Nowak recognises frustration with Keir Starmer’s government but urges party not to be fatalisticThe UK’s most powerful union leader has said he is angry at the sta…
Many Nato countries not spending enough to support Ukraine, says Rutte – as it happened
Nato chief delivers speech in Sweden as he hints at further changes to US military commitments to EuropeJust as Pavel was speaking in Prague, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson…
OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem
Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoningOpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully ta…
Five arrested after police investigate alleged electoral fraud in Tameside
Greater Manchester police make arrests after concerns over several independent candidates in May’s local electionFive people have been arrested as part of a police investigation i…
Nervy time for Havana neighbours of top officials as fears of US attack grow
Cubans express outrage at US charges against Raúl Castro but view military strikes as serious possibilityA new question in being asked in Havana as people digest the news that the…
Oil markets nearing ‘red zone’ as Iran crisis continues, warns IEA chief
Surging demand, low reserves and reduced Middle East exports predicted to cause global crunch by AugustOil markets will enter the “red zone” by July and August as stocks dwindle b…
Music industry risks excluding working-class talent, says Tinie Tempah
Singer Skye Newman also highlights how becoming a performer is becoming inaccessible to those without moneyThe music industry risks becoming a more hostile place for working-class…
The far-right Israeli minister taunting detained Gaza activists – The Latest
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has triggered global outrage after sharing footage of himself taunting bound activists who had been detained as the…
Macron under pressure over reparatory justice for France’s role in slave trade
Demands grow for launch of formal discussion process on how country should address legacies of enslavementEmmanuel Macron is under pressure to open discussions on reparatory justi…
WiseTech begins redundancies – but omits ‘AI’ from emails to Chinese employees, workers say
ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countriesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWi…
One Nation’s rapid national expansion in disarray as ‘significant risks’ force dissolution of new branches
Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia also show new branches and members will be subject to strict gag ordersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastO…
MPs urged to ignore fearmongering and pass Labor’s ‘long overdue’ negative gearing and CGT changes
Exclusive: Any attempt to use the budget measures as an excuse to raise rent is opportunistic profiteering, housing advocates sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily new…
Hungary to limit PMs to eight years in office, warding off any Orbán comeback
Péter Magyar’s draft amendment would prevent his predecessor from returning to the roleEurope live – latest updatesHungary’s new government, led by Péter Magyar, has put forward a…
Parody Cockroach Janta political party’s rise reflects youth anger in India
Satirical project is viral sensation and outlet for protest on social media as it taps into young people’s frustrationIt began as a satirical online project after India’s chief ju…
Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash
Firms given maximum fine of €225,000 each and are expected to appeal after lower court had cleared themA Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate ma…
‘It’s broken English’: MP’s attempt to speak Jamaican in parliament sparks language row
Parliamentary rule that only English is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy and postcolonial identityWhen the Jamaican MP Nekeisha Burchell stood up to give he…
Record number of dams dismantled in Europe in effort to help wildlife thrive
Weirs, culverts and sluices among 602 barriers demolished in year in attempt to restore 15,500 miles of rivers by 2030A few miles downstream from a lava field in western Iceland, …
Record 274 climbers summit Everest from Nepalese side in single day
Climbers take advantage of clear weather after threat of ice fall on normal route delayed start of spring season A record 274 climbers have reached the summit of Mount Everest fro…
EasyJet summer holiday bookings down on last year amid Iran war uncertainty
Airline, which took £25m hit on jet fuel in March, says passengers are waiting later to book tripsBusiness live – latest updatesThe airline easyJet has said its summer holiday boo…
Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle
Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?Several hours after dark in a quiet Caribbean neighbourhood, a …
US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say
Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceledA previously undetected outbreak of Ebola is coursing through parts of ce…
Pauline Hanson announces Norway-inspired gas policy as she decries 25% export tax as ‘economic vandalism’
One Nation proposal would abolish offshore gas profits tax and acquire 30% equity in new projects in a move the Coalition says is ‘borrowed from Venezuela’Get our breaking news em…
One Nation reveals gas policy – as it happened
This blog is now closedPauline Hanson announces Norway-inspired gas policy as she decries 25% export tax as ‘economic vandalism’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
Papua New Guinea warns against fishing in New Ireland after mystery deaths of marine life
Initial testing found evidence of metals in water samples, months after province’s residents began reporting unusual numbers of dead fish washing ashorePapua New Guinea’s governme…
Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video
Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detaineesIsrael’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked a dipl…
US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime
Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996The United States issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s for…
Bolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
Clashes between demonstrators and police in La Paz have entered second week, shaking centre-right presidentProtests blocking roads across Bolivia and turning the centre of the cap…