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Israel-Gaza war live: hopes rise over hostages and ceasefire deal | Israel-Gaza war

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePatrick WintourThe shock election of Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran’s new president is as...

The Kostopil hospital received another aid from benefactors

Kostopil City Council reports: "Dozens of mattresses and pillows and more than twenty beds were handed over to the KNP "Kostopil multidisciplinary intensive care hospital"...

Oleksandr Frolov is a new star of Ukrainian boxing.

Over the past decade, "Ukrainian" news has mostly been associated with armed conflict or another tragedy.However, we should not forget that Ukraine is not...

‘Everywhere is dangerous’: Russia’s attacks on Kharkiv’s homes, shops and resorts | Ukraine

The apartment at 24 Liubovi Maloi avenue was an eerie ruin. Its roof and outer walls had disappeared. In one corner a row of...

Does Labour’s manifesto deliver what the country needs? Our panel’s verdict | George Monbiot, Polly Toynbee, Devi Sridhar, Jonn Elledge, Peter Apps, Frances Ryan,...

George Monbiot: The climate crisis demands radical green policies. Unfortunately, Labour doesn’t have themIt’s a story of the good, the bad and the absent....

Too ill to work, too poor to get better: how debt traps families working at India’s kilns | Global development

The phrase “khat rahein hain” (“being worn down”) is how Suma Devi describes her 16 years of labouring at the brick kilns near the...

Sunak warns of Labour ‘blank cheque’ as Tories fall behind Farage in poll | General election 2024

Labour would be handed a “blank cheque” if current polling were replicated at the election, Rishi Sunak has said after Nigel Farage’s party overtook...

Trump celebrates 78th birthday with fee-paying fan club as questions linger over mental capacities: Live updates

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Tesco under fire over CEO’s £10m pay as Elon Musk celebrates $45bn deal approval – business live | Business

Introduction: Tesco to face fire over CEO's £10m pay packageGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets, and the...

Warren Beatty offered to send Eddie Redmayne money after falling for email scam

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEddie...

Don’t you know who I am? Why vox-poppers failing to spot celebrities is such a good thing | Movies

Henry Winkler has long had a reputation as one of the nicest men in Hollywood. There is no situation that his presence cannot brighten...

US Open golf 2024: first round – live | US Open

Seamus Power, who tied for 12th at Brookline a couple of years ago, birdies 11 to join the lads at -1. On Sky, pundit...

Confidence in UK housing market dips after rise in mortgage rates; Musk says Tesla shareholders back his mega pay package – business live |...

UK housing market falters as rate cut hopes fadeThere are signs this morning that the UK housing market is losing momentum, as recent increases...

G7 summit live: world leaders gather in Italy with Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars on the agenda | G7

What's happening today?The agenda for today’s summit features Italy’s president of the council of ministers Giorgia Meloni greeting delegation leaders from 10.30am local time...

The US Treasury delivers a severe blow to Russia’s banking system

On 12 June, the US Treasury Department announced the expansion of the mechanism that provides for the imposition of secondary sanctions - that is,...

General election live: Labour launches ‘manifesto for wealth creation’ and ‘plan to change Britain’ | Politics

Labour launches ‘manifesto for wealth creation’ and ‘plan to change Britain’Starmer describes the manifesto and “a manifesto for wealth creation, a plan to change...

‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocity | Global development

Máximo Jérez was not on any hitlist. On his way home from a birthday party, the 11-year-old stopped to buy juice from a small...

UK housebuilder Crest Nicholson slides into loss amid property market woes | Construction industry

The UK housebuilder Crest Nicholson has tumbled into the red and slashed its dividend, highlighting the struggles in the UK property sector.Warning for the...

I was struggling with sex in my first queer relationship. Then we started taking mushrooms | Drugs

A couple of months ago, I had an experience I’ll describe as “when I saw God”. I was lying on my back and had...

Trial date set for two men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree | England

A trial date has been set for two men accused of felling the famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland.Daniel Graham, 38, of Carlisle, and...

Who is Mr X? How a true crime podcast helped identify a 1975 murder victim | US crime

As the producer of a true crime podcast mainly focused on a decades-old double murder, Brad Willis has had plenty of experience with dramatic...

Met police ‘using human rights laws to block trooping the colour protest’ | Monarchy

The anti-monarchy campaign group Republic has accused the Metropolitan police of seeking to use human rights legislation to block protests at this weekend’s trooping...

Hezbollah fires big salvo of rockets at Israel after senior commander killed | Hezbollah

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has launched its biggest salvo of rockets at Israel since the war in Gaza began in apparent retaliation for...

Emmanuel Macron holds press conference amid political disarray in France – Europe live | France

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMacron is now speaking about economic goals.ShareMacron calls for democratic parties to join...

General election live: Tories fighting to prevent Labour ‘supermajority’, says Shapps | General election 2024

Grant Shapps suggests Tories are fighting to prevent Labour securing a 'supermajority'Defence secretary Grant Shapps suggested the Tories were fighting to prevent Labour securing...

Israel-Gaza war live: UN report says both Hamas and Israel have committed war crimes | Israel-Gaza war

UN report finds that both Hamas and Israel have committed war crimes on and after 7 OctoberA UN report has said that in its...

Scattered by Aamna Mohdin review – the road to survival | Autobiography and memoir

In her first book, Guardian journalist Aamna Mohdin explores her Somali family’s refugee experience in Kenya, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands and Britain, confronting many different...

There is no recovery for the Conservative party until it purges itself of Reform-lite ideas | Justine Greening

Rishi Sunak looked relieved as he took the final press question from a local reporter after the launch of his Conservative manifesto yesterday. It...

US ‘evaluating’ Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire proposal | Israel-Gaza war

The US has said it is “evaluating” Hamas’ formal response to its Gaza ceasefire proposal, as the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, attempts to...

UK GDP stagnated in April, in blow to claims economy has turned corner – business live | Economic growth (GDP)

Introduction: It's UK GDP DayGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets, and the world economy.Rishi Sunak’s claim that...

UK economy flatlines in blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of recovery | Economic growth (GDP)

The UK economy flatlined in April as the signs of a recovery from last year’s recession began to fade.In a blow to Rishi Sunak’s...

Global heating will increase risk of parasite outbreaks, say South West Water owners | Pennon

The owner of South West Water has warned that global heating will increase the risk of outbreaks of the parasite that caused diarrhoea and...

Azerbaijan accused of media crackdown before hosting Cop29 | Cop29

Azerbaijan’s government has been accused of cracking down on media and civil society activism before the country’s hosting of crucial UN climate talks later...

‘We’re writing history’: Spanish women tackle Wikipedia’s gender gap | Wikipedia

Packed into the back room of a feminist bookshop in Madrid, 17 women hunched over their laptops, chatting and laughing as they passed around...

Record number of people leave New Zealand amid cost of living pressures | New Zealand

New Zealand citizens are leaving the country in record numbers, with large numbers heading to Australia, new figures show.Stats NZ’s provisional international migration data...

China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government | Chinese economy

All across China, from Beijing in the north, to Shenzhen in the south, millions of newly built homes stand empty and unwanted. There were...

Ukraine war briefing: Washington clears Azov brigade for US weapons and training | Ukraine

The US has lifted a ban on providing weapons and training to Ukraine’s Azov Brigade, which had far-right roots but proved key to...

Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist | Music

Yé-yé was France’s homegrown response to rock’n’roll: pretty young singers – almost all female – performing a lightweight Francophone adaptation of American music with...