Category: News
Scotland ‘likely to miss net zero climate target by up to 20m tonnes’
Scotland is likely to miss its legally binding climate target by up to 20m tonnes, according to official data seen by the Guardian. The Scottish [more…]
Labour hopes to heal rift with farmers with public sector food targets
Hospitals, schools and prisons are to be urged to buy more British food, as part of a government push to heal a rift with farmers [more…]
Met Office warns of danger to life from flooding in parts of UK
A period of torrential rain will cause danger to life from fast-flowing or deep flood water in parts of the UK, forecasters say. The Met [more…]
Starmer condemns Farage and Reform UK for ‘fawning over Putin’
Keir Starmer has condemned Nigel Farage and Reform UK for talking the language of workers’ rights online but wanting to charge people to use the [more…]
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama
The former US ambassador to Panama has launched a stinging critique of Donald Trump’s approach towards Latin America, comparing his conduct to that of the [more…]
Colombian city faces worst violence in decades as armed groups wreak havoc
Residents of a violence-torn province in northern Colombia are bracing for further bloodshed as a conflict between rival armed groups spread to a regional capital [more…]
‘Trump and Musk are gaslighting’: anti-apartheid artist on how US president and his billionaire ally are attacking South Africa
For more than 50 years, Sue Williamson’s art has been shining a light on South Africa’s problems – first to campaign against the apartheid state, [more…]
‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another
To uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the stuff of [more…]
Woman charged in dating app druggings and one death of older men in Las Vegas
A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds [more…]
US congresswoman ‘rooting’ for Canada and Mexico against Trump’s threats
The congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has revealed she is “rooting” for Canada and Mexico over Donald Trump in their attempts to stand up to him, saying [more…]