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At least 18 die as thousands of migrants reach Spain’s African enclave of Ceuta – Europe live
PM Pedro Sanchez expected to visit territory today as Italy demands Spain be suspended from the Schengen area amid concerns over fresh migration crisisin MadridThe opposition People's party (PP) is calling on Sanchez to produce a swift and tough response, saying the small military and police reinforcements announced last night are insufficient.In Melilla, too, around 400 irregulars have entered. I insist that Sanchez must defend our national security, our territorial integrity, and our coexistence.As prime minister, he has instruments and means at his disposal, and all that remains is for him to give the orders. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Gaza deal reached; Iran targets US bases in Kuwait
Response from Hamas and Israeli officials suggest Gaza deal still faces obstacles; Tehran launches drone strikes at Kuwait in retaliation for recent US attacks
Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus
As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle to slow the outbreakThe latest numbers of confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has made this latest outbreak the fastest growing in the known history of the virus.At 3,360 confirmed cases, the disease is now affecting people in five provinces in the east of the DRC, with 1,487 deaths recorded, representing an overall case fatality rate estimated at about 45%, according to Congolese health officials. Health responses to the outbreak have been badly hampered by conflict in many of the affected areas. Continue reading...
At least 18 die trying to cross to Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco
Some drowned and others caught up in crush, official says, and thousands sleep on streets or in parksAt least 18 people have died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after about 49,000 migrants breached the border with Morocco and poured into the tiny territory.Spain sent military and police reinforcements to Ceuta on Thursday after people crossed by land and sea. Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, is expected to join the interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, on a visit to Ceuta on Friday morning. Continue reading...
BP to sell North Sea business; AI companies lead record surge on Korea’s stock market – business live
Live, rolling coverage as British oil company looks for buyer amid political dispute over future drilling licencesAnother of the top risers on the FTSE 100 this morning is Sainsbury's. The supermarket chain is up 4% after it said it had agreed the 120m sale of catalogue shopping business Argos to a trio of retail veterans - a decade after buying the company for more than 1bn.Sainsbury's said it would be able to fully focus on its core food business and creating a simpler business with higher margins, higher growth and stronger free cash flow generation".What attracted us to Argos is the strength of the business, with a trusted brand, loyal customers and dedicated colleagues. We believe strongly in Argos's future and see real opportunities to invest and build on its progress.Argos's combination - of a strong digital business supported by standalone stores, stores inside Sainsbury's and local fulfilment centres - gives it a distinctive position in the market and an excellent platform for growth. Continue reading...
UK house prices up 0.1% in July as buyers remain cautious on interest rates
Price of an average home now 277,542, up from 277,484 the previous month but lower than in May, says Nationwide
Icac hears of friendship breakdown between Reformers members – as it happened
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Suffolk wildfire near Sizewell nuclear plant ‘stabilising’ after 24 hours
More than 100 firefighters remain at scene after Dunwich Heath blaze spread across 150 hectares and forced evacuationsFire crews tackling a large wildfire burning for more than 24 hours near Britain's biggest nuclear power station have said the situation is stabilising".More than 100 firefighters have been battling the blaze in Dunwich Heath, near Leiston, on the Suffolk coast since Wednesday evening. Continue reading...
Labour hire firm paid Mick Gatto more than $1m to secure work on Big Build, CFMEU inquiry told
M Group's lawyer tells inquiry while the firm's directors may have done business with Gatto' they were not frontmen' for him
‘Rob has the bucks cash’: NSW Liberals used Reformers funds to pay for ‘personal expenditure’, Icac hears
Robert Assaf separately tells anti-corruption inquiry money funnelled through lobbying firm to create maximum benefit from a tax perspective'
Medical colleges condemn scrapping of NHS placements for overseas doctors
Scheme brought in up to 500 foreign-trained doctors a year and was seen as example of British soft power'The NHS has scrapped a longstanding scheme that let overseas doctors boost their skills in UK hospitals and was seen as an example of British soft power".Senior doctors have criticised NHS England's decision to axe the Medical Training Initiative, under which 400 to 500 foreign-trained doctors were given placements in Britain every year. Continue reading...
Calls grow ‘to flunk’ Portugal’s education minister amid exam marking fiasco
Fernando Alexandre's push to digitise marking process deemed a failure with some students and parents contemplating legal actionPressure is growing on Portugal's education minister to resign amid student and teacher protests over his handling of this year's national school exams.Fernando Alexandre is accused of failing to take responsibility for what critics say is an unprecedented and chaotic school exam season affecting children aged 14 to 18, prompting student protesters to call for him to be flunked". Continue reading...
Fury as UK’s only all-female chess team promoted – then told they must recruit a man
She Plays to Win face losing one of their female players after being told team must include a maleThe UK's only all-female chess team have been promoted to the game's top tier - only to be told they will have to add a man to their squad.She Plays to Win Lionesses A Team have fallen foul of a rule designed to boost female participation in the sport. Continue reading...
Forced out of Australia’s military due to his sexuality, David says an apology is ‘long overdue’ for veterans like him
Exclusive: ADF personnel who were discriminated against for being LGBTQ+ are owed a national apology, federal government told
AOC 2028: Could the US elect its first female president? – podcast
Leftwing Democrats are having their moment in the sun, with Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and endless calls for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028. Has Democratic socialism shifted from the political fringe to the mainstream? And can this group lure back the all-important swing voters?Jonathan Freedland speaks to Bhaskar Sunkara, president of the Nation magazine, founding editor of Jacobin and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme InequalitiesArchive: AP, ReutersWatch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channelSend your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.comHelp support the Guardian. Go to theguardian.com/politicspodus Continue reading...
Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?
Campaigners worry politicians will have moved on by time of elections in which Marine Le Pen is expected to challengeAs dozens of forest wildfires burned across France this week amid the summer's fourth brutal heatwave and increasing air pollution, some wondered whether voters' first-hand experience of the climate emergency would change the political debate ahead of next year's presidential election.The Green leader, Marine Tondelier, who cut short a tour of France on medical advice that at seven months pregnant she should avoid breathing smoke-filled air in the south-west near a huge wildfire in Gironde, said the political class still had its head in the sand. Continue reading...
‘A car in the bus!’: Toyota becomes airborne and then wedged in side of Brisbane bus
Queensland police fine driver of another car that allegedly caused Yaris to swerve before it hit kerb and catapulted into air - and busA Queensland driver has been fined after being involved in a stunning crash that saw a car become airborne and then stuck in the side of a bus.The drama unfolded at Rocklea in Brisbane's south on Wednesday evening. A blue Toyota Yaris hit a traffic island and was catapulted into the air before smashing into the side of the council bus. The back of the car was left protruding from the bus. Continue reading...
Pauline Hanson’s comments on ‘good Muslims’ don’t breach hate speech laws, Australian federal police finds
One Nation leader's how can you tell me there are good Muslims?' remarks were the subject of complaints, but police say the matter has now been finalised
Trump claims agreement for ‘complete disarmament’ of Hamas in Gaza but support uncertain
US president's Board of Peace hails critical step', but responses of Israeli and Hamas officials suggest disagreements remain
Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers
Local leaders say plan will transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projectsEngland's regional mayors will be able to break out of the death grip of the Treasury" by borrowing to invest in big projects under transformational" plans to shift power out of Whitehall.For the first time, mayors will keep a share of income tax generated in their area from 2028, as well as business rates totalling tens of millions of pounds by April 2027. Continue reading...
Australian Rose Davies wins gold in 5,000m in second Commonwealth Games triumph
Netflix sued for $105m over stolen Nicolas Cage war thriller
Makers of unreleased $45m film Fortitude sue after hard drive stolen from streamer's Los Angeles officeNetflix is being sued for $105m over the theft of a hard drive including an unreleased Nicolas Cage war movie.The streamer's Los Angeles office was the target of a theft involving a number of hard drives, one of which contained a copy of second world war spy thriller Fortitude. Continue reading...
French riot police used teargas on people trying to board small boat, charity claims
CRS officers funded by UK tried to stop boarding of boat, on day four asylum seekers died trying to cross ChannelFrench riot police funded by UK taxpayers used teargas on asylum seekers in an attempt to stop them from boarding a boat in which three women were later found dead, a charity has claimed.Footage and photographs seen by the Guardian show CS gas canisters being fired towards groups of people on Plage du Braek near Dunkirk at 4am on Thursday. At 6am, three women were found dead in a boat near the same beach. Continue reading...
Race to extinguish blazes across Europe as fire weather breaks records
Figures show hot, dry, windy conditions in EU are 43% more severe than the average over last 20 yearsFire weather in the EU has broken records for severity for this time of year, data shows, as firefighters race to extinguish blazes across the Mediterranean.Inflamed by carbon pollution, the hot, dry and windy weather across the EU from the start of the year until the end of July has been 43% more severe than the average for the same period over the last two decades, data from the European Forest Fire Information Service (Effis) shows. Continue reading...
Saudi forces planning ‘major offensive against Houthis in central Yemen’
Yemeni sources say Saudi Arabia is preparing sea and possible land attack to break chokehold on oil exports through Red SeaSaudi Arabia is preparing for a major military offensive against the Houthis by sea and possibly by land in central Yemen, Yemeni sources believe, in a move to break the chokehold on its oil exports through the southern Red Sea.Saudi forces have been seen withdrawing from the east of Yemen in what could be preparation for a land offensive. At the same time, Riyadh is trying to organise a naval coalition to protect shipping from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait. Continue reading...
Russian missile destroys US firm’s Kyiv drone factory
Strike on Terminal Autonomy plant appears to be first time in the war that Moscow has targeted a US companyA drone factory in Kyiv destroyed by a Russian ballistic missile on Friday was owned by a US corporation registered in Delaware, in what appears to be the first time Moscow has targeted a US company in the conflict.Terminal Autonomy makes precision deep-strike" drones with guidance systems that are resistant to Russian jamming signals, according to a person familiar with the company. Continue reading...
Supreme court says Palestine Action co-founder can challenge ban on group
UK's highest court gives permission for Huda Ammori to challenge court of appeal rulingThe co-founder of Palestine Action has won permission to challenge the ban against the group at the UK's highest court.The direct action group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July last year but its co-founder, Huda Ammori, has been fighting to have the ban overturned amid a mass civil disobedience campaign. Continue reading...
More prisoners in England and Wales are recalled than released for first time
In first quarter of 2026 returns for breaches of licence conditions rose 31% creating new pressure on prison placesMore people were recalled to prison than were released during the first three months of 2026, the first time on record the recall rate" has surpassed 100% in England and Wales.Between January and March 2026, 12,977 people were released from prison while 13,193 people were returned to prison for breaching their licence conditions, up 31% from last year, new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data showed. Continue reading...
Burnham says he told Trump he would be ‘pragmatic’ on drilling for oil in North Sea – politics live
There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can't ignore that,' the prime minister says when asked about his conversation with Donald TrumpQ: [From ITV's Romilly Weeks] You say that Reform UK followed all the rules in relation to donations. But why did George Cottrell give $2m to his mother shortly before she made substantial donations to the party?Jenrick said Reform was certain all the rules were followed. Any questions for Cottrell would have to be directed to him, he said.It does seem curious that in this case the police have chosen not to take action.We'll see whether they take action against the individual who posted the original tweet, who wore the T-shirt. I'm hearing today that the police may have closed that investigation as well. [See 9.20am.] Continue reading...
Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% as inflation fears mount
Split vote comes as Iran war is rekindled and oil price climbs back above $90 a barrel
Profits boost for UK defence firms as governments increase spending
Shares in Rolls-Royce jump by 5% after it lifts earnings guidance, while BAE Systems also upgrades profit forecastsRolls-Royce and BAE Systems are expecting higher profits as governments around the world increase their defence spending.Both companies lifted their earnings guidance on Thursday morning, citing commitments from governments to raise investment in defence systems. Continue reading...
US hits dozens of targets in Iran overnight as peace efforts under threat
Central Command says strikes aimed at diminishing Iranian military while mediators say talks are continuing
Nato ‘will take all necessary measures’ to defend territory after Russian missile crashes in Poland – Europe live
Polish PM confirms the missile that crashed in Poland was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile and says he is in touch with EU and US leadersPoland's defence minister Wadysaw Kosiniak-Kamysz confirms it's most likely" it was a Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile.That's the most probable hypothesis," he says. Continue reading...
Staff at V&A site in London vote to strike over toilet and water breaks
Union calling for two paid breaks a day in what it says is punishing schedule for Storehouse order an object' workersStaff at the V&A's Storehouse site in east London have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over what they say are inadequate toilet and hydration breaks.They will join staff across V&A sites in London who on Wednesday also voted to strike in a wider dispute over pay, working conditions, and the museum having declined to seek living wage accreditation. Continue reading...
Russia accused of violating Polish airspace after missile explosion near village
Polish PM visits scene of crater thought to have occurred during deadly wave of attacks on Ukraine
Only the Middle East crisis is preventing a drop in UK interest rates
Bank's wariness about inflationary pressures from the conflict lie behind decision to hold steady at 3.75%
HMRC fines Airbus £6.4m for breaching rules on export of sensitive technology
Company self-reported offences that led to tax authority's largest out-of-court settlement for such breachesAirbus has been fined 6.4m in the UK after the European aerospace company admitted to multiple breaches of rules designed to stop sensitive goods such as military hardware falling into the wrong hands.The company, which sits at the heart of the European defence industry, said it had paid the settlement to the UK's tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, after self-reporting breaches that occurred before November 2022.Failing to keep accurate records of transfers of controlled technology as per the conditions of three of their Open General Export Licences (Ogels).Multiple occasions failures to keep registers in relation to Ogels.Failing to keep accurate records contrary to the conditions of one of their Ogels.A failure of licence conditions on a standard individual export licence (SIEL). Continue reading...
Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue
The book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wallAn Australian public library has had a book returned an estimated 150 years late after being found behind a wall during a home renovation.The book, Antiquities of Athens, published in 1858, was returned to the library in the seaside town of Kiama, south of Sydney, by a man who had found it inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplace Continue reading...
Kumanjayi Little Baby murder trial delayed until December – as it happened
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‘Grey lump with orange wings’: migrating moth descends on UK gardens
Boom in hummingbird hawk-moth sightings put down to hot weather, strong winds and food scarcity in EuropeHe had just sat down to dinner in the garden when a speedy visitor whizzed by - a grey lump with orange wings", recalled Luke Burstow, from Sussex. It was a hummingbird hawk-moth, a flying insect that migrates to the UK from continental Europe and north Africa.I was like: Wow!'," said the software project manager. I didn't even know they existed." Continue reading...
‘Warring kingdoms’: cofounder of religious Reformers compares NSW Liberal party factionalism to Braveheart
Robert Assaf tells Icac that Angus Taylor wasn't that involved' but the federal opposition leader definitely wasn't opposed' to work of conservative group
Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
Environmental groups renew calls for windfall tax to support households following Q2 earnings rise to $9.84bnShell more than doubled its profit in its second quarter of the year, as Europe's biggest oil and gas company reaped the benefits from the jump in oil and gas prices triggered by war in the Middle East.The FTSE 100 company's net profit hit $9.84bn (7.4bn) in the three months ended in June, more than double compared with the same period last year. Continue reading...
Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wineAn Italian friar has unearthed a document from the pharmacy archives of an ancient convent in Florence describing a medicinal potion made from Bolivian coca leaves and kola nuts, prompting suggestions it could have been a precursor to the famous US soft drink, Coca-Cola.Father Manuel Russo, rector of the San Marco convent, said he stumbled across the yellowed document, a sort-of promotional flyer, while sorting out the archives. Continue reading...
Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 30 as aftershock and heat hamper rescue efforts
Soldiers and emergency teams search devastated shopping centre, paper mill and homes for survivors
Judge orders Amy Winehouse’s father to pay nearly £1m to her friends
Mitch Winehouse knowingly and deliberately' made unfounded allegations against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, judge saysThe father of British music sensation Amy Winehouse has been ordered to pay 950,000 (US$1.26m, A$1.82m) to his late daughter's friends, who he unsuccessfully sued for auctioning the singer's clothes and other items.Mitch Winehouse earlier this year lost a case in the high court in London against two of Winehouse's friends who auctioned dozens of her clothes and other possessions years after her death. Continue reading...
NSW to send paramedics not police to some mental health emergencies after multiple deaths
Mental health experts to triage triple zero calls, but not all of the changes will be implemented 24/7 or statewide
UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military
Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelationsThe UK government and police chiefs are reviewing the process through which US military personnel accused of committing serious crimes on UK soil are avoiding the British justice system.The effort, involving multiple government departments, is examining why UK police forces, which have primary responsibility for investigating such cases, have been ceding jurisdiction to US military investigators. Continue reading...
‘Lenin was an enemy of humanity’: Why Kyiv wants to put Cossack chief statue in place of Soviet leader
Removal of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin's 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question their identitySince 2013 the plinth at the bottom of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in Kyiv has been eerily empty. The scruffy monument is daubed in white paint and graffiti. Someone has stuck a Ukrainian trident where Lenin once stood, gazing down during the years of Soviet communism. A crowd toppled the sculpture during Ukraine's Maidan revolution, which ousted the pro-Russian government, and smashed it with sledgehammers.In June, Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed putting a new figure on the plinth: Ivan Mazepa, a Cossack military and political leader, who broke with Moscow and fought for Ukraine's independence. I am certain that where Lenin fell, Mazepa will stand firm," Zelenskyy said. He spoke next to a bust of Mazepa in the Pechersk Lavra, an ancient Kyiv monastery hit by Russian missiles. Continue reading...
Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’
Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedCarmakers are delaying final decisions to invest in UK factories until electric car sales rules are relaxed, according to the head of the British car industry's lobby group.The chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Mike Hawes, said those with existing UK operations were considering building new models, but had held back so far. Continue reading...
Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling charged with assaulting NT administrator
Member for Solomon previously denied alleged incident with administrator David Connolly and says he will contest charges
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