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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>World news | The Guardian</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world</link> <description>Latest World news news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</copyright> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 02:35:23 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2024-05-15T02:35:23Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language> <dc:rights>Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</dc:rights> <image> <title>The Guardian</title> <url>https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png</url> <link>https://www.theguardian.com</link> </image> <item> <title>‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/14/impossible-heatwave-philippines-april-scientists</link> <description><p>Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila</p><p>The record-breaking heatwave that scorched the Philippines in April would have been impossible without the climate crisis, scientists have found. Searing heat above 40C (104F) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/04/inside-an-oven-how-life-in-south-east-asia-is-a-struggle-amid-sweltering-heat">struck across Asia</a> in April, causing deaths, water shortages, crop losses and widespread school closures.</p><p>The extreme heat was made 45 times more likely in India and five times more likely in Israel and Palestine, the study found. The scientists said the high temperatures compounded the already dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where displaced people are living in overcrowded shelters with little access to water.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/14/impossible-heatwave-philippines-april-scientists">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">Climate crisis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/extreme-heat">Extreme heat</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/philippines">Philippines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/extreme-weather">Extreme weather</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/environment">Environment</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel">Israel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories">Palestinian territories</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/india">India</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/asia-pacific">Asia Pacific</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-and-central-asia">South and central Asia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:00:21 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/14/impossible-heatwave-philippines-april-scientists</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f60c4b0614208123b6687904a2b550c2cb30be91/0_258_3872_2323/master/3872.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5e561cf690619f34470c873e903097c4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f60c4b0614208123b6687904a2b550c2cb30be91/0_258_3872_2323/master/3872.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4fe31c1933a3ac14a3400e8fc3f425e5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Damian Carrington Environment editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T21:00:21Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Niger’s prime minister blames US for rupture of military pact</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/niger-us-military-agreement</link> <description><p>Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine says in interview that US troops ‘stayed on our soil, doing nothing while terrorists killed people’</p><p>Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, Niger’s prime minister, has blamed the US for a rupture in an important military pact between the two countries that allows US forces to station in the west African nation.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/14/us-threats-led-rupture-vital-military-ties-nigerien-official-says/">In an interview with the Washington Post,</a> Zeine said US officials had attempted to dictate which countries Niger could align with, had failed to justify the presence of US troops in the country while “doing nothing” to counter an Islamist insurgency in the region.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/niger-us-military-agreement">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/niger">Niger</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-foreign-policy">US foreign policy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:08:04 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/niger-us-military-agreement</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/efc2f8751acc0a9dfb224edfdee455197d9c792f/0_261_3900_2339/master/3900.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7f2f1578e6923803ed417ecefcce0e04"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Sam Mednick/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/efc2f8751acc0a9dfb224edfdee455197d9c792f/0_261_3900_2339/master/3900.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c988b0a5c73989eb169619a78811633d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Sam Mednick/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Edward Helmore</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T14:08:04Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Global violence causing record numbers of internally displaced people</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/global-violence-causing-record-numbers-of-internally-displaced-people</link> <description><p>Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to a total of 68m IDPs across the world</p><p>Conflict has forced more than 68 million people to leave their homes as of the end of 2023 – the highest figure since data became available 15 years ago.</p><p>Natural disasters made a further 7.7 million people homeless, pushing the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) to a record 75.9 million, <a href="https://api.internal-displacement.org/sites/default/files/publications/documents/IDMC-GRID-2024-Global-Report-on-Internal-Displacement.pdf">according to figures</a> published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/global-violence-causing-record-numbers-of-internally-displaced-people">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/global-development">Global development</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/internally-displaced-people">Internally displaced people</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/sudan">Sudan</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories">Palestinian territories</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 05:00:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/global-violence-causing-record-numbers-of-internally-displaced-people</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/85c4903e839c92c501fd7eef2f4379f5b52db0c3/0_300_4500_2700/master/4500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=54717d08e8102e3e945058d34265909e"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/85c4903e839c92c501fd7eef2f4379f5b52db0c3/0_300_4500_2700/master/4500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=caadcc7a91d2efdddb37ab0f9f8c8169"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Kaamil Ahmed</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T05:00:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Death, disease and despair as fighting closes in on besieged Sudanese city</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/12/fighting-besieged-sudanese-city-el-fasher-rsf-darfur</link> <description><p>Darfur is on the brink of another disaster as fighting intensifies around El Fasher, the last city in the region not controlled by the Rapid Support Forces</p><p>At the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people on the northern fringe of El Fasher in North Darfur, about seven people a day arrive with injuries sustained from nearby clashes between fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and groups allied to the Sudanese army.</p><p>For months now the RSF have been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/02/essential-supplies-running-out-as-rsf-encircles-darfur-largest-city-sudan">besieging El Fasher</a>, the capital of North Darfur state, trapping a million people in the last major population centre in Sudan’s vast Darfur region not under paramilitary control.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/12/fighting-besieged-sudanese-city-el-fasher-rsf-darfur">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/sudan">Sudan</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/darfur">Darfur</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/global-development">Global development</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 16:00:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/12/fighting-besieged-sudanese-city-el-fasher-rsf-darfur</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4764c0d9a0ea08ccad5444741cc7805a83d18c7f/0_149_3936_2362/master/3936.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fbd36ffd14e147ffa3cf0189ed1f3162"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mohamed Zakaria/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4764c0d9a0ea08ccad5444741cc7805a83d18c7f/0_149_3936_2362/master/3936.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e8eccdd5a625a4fab920fa6543771bc4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mohamed Zakaria/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Zeinab Mohammed Salih in El Fasher</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-12T16:00:06Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Starmer has laid out his plan to tackle asylum. Will it actually work? | Sunder Katwala</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/12/starmer-plan-asylum-rwanda-scheme-dover-speech-labour-leader</link> <description><p>The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the Rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argument</p><p>Could Keir Starmer “Make Asylum Boring Again”? That would be the ultimate test of success for his claim that he can grip the issue that has caused <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/29/uk-not-accept-return-asylum-seekers-ireland-rishi-sunak">Rishi Sunak more trouble</a> than any other. Starmer’s message is that he is no less committed to securing the borders and stopping the small boats crossing the Channel, but that achieving this requires a serious plan to tackle smuggling gangs and fix the asylum system in Britain too. So how different is Labour’s plan – and would it work?<br><br>Labour’s analysis should be that making asylum work depends on blending control and compassion. The Dover speech was a political exercise in asymmetric triangulation. Robust messages about control were loudly proclaimed. More liberal ideas about a rules-based system could be found, but mostly by reading between the lines.<br><br>Starmer did confirm that Labour would scrap the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/07/asylum-seekers-hide-or-flee-to-ireland-to-avoid-uk-rwanda-detentions">Rwanda scheme</a>. Labour had seemed to wobble in the face of premature Conservative confidence that Rwanda is already working to deter. Ironically, the biggest risk for Sunak’s deterrent argument would come if he finally gets to test it practically. Send the first flights to Rwanda this summer and further arrivals across the Channel will surely outpace any removals 10 times over.<br><br>There is a clash of principle over asylum. Labour would process the asylum claims of those who arrived without permission. The Conservatives have now passed several laws vowing they will not. Yet ministers are in denial. Whether or not up to 500 people go to Rwanda does not give the government any plan for the next 50,000 people it still claims it intends to remove. So flagship new duties on the home secretary to refuse these claims for ever have not been given legal force – as the courts would strike that out in all those cases where the government has no realistic alternative. Yet the government has ceased to process asylum cases, reversing last year’s success in clearing the historic backlog.</p><p>Starmer is right to deny the charge that Labour’s policy is an “amnesty”, since processing the backlog would see some asylum claims granted and others refused. But he confusingly blurs his own argument with a tit-for-tat labelling of government policy as a “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/09/starmer-pledges-to-rip-up-rwanda-scheme-and-tackle-people-smuggling">Travelodge amnesty</a>”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/12/starmer-plan-asylum-rwanda-scheme-dover-speech-labour-leader">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/immigration">Immigration and asylum</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer">Keir Starmer</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour">Labour</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/rwanda">Rwanda</category> <category 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url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c000f002d6caff8b1a6a01f3c108de422648b644/0_140_4626_2776/master/4626.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2f7a621c696416c95340e70e2fdaebce"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Sunder Katwala</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-12T08:00:52Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Bank and IMF can press Ghana to rethink ‘punitive’ LGBTQ law, charities say</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/11/world-bank-and-imf-can-press-ghana-to-rethink-punitive-lgbtq-law-charities-say</link> <description><p>Charities and campaign groups are calling on bodies to say they may stop funding country if legislation comes into effect</p><p>The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are coming under pressure to use their financial might to persuade Ghana to reconsider a proposed law that could lead to anyone who identifies as LGBTQ+ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/28/ghana-intensifies-crackdown-on-rights-of-lgbtq-people-and-activists">being jailed for three years</a>.</p><p>Charities and campaign groups are calling on the global development bodies to tell Ghana they may stop funding the country if the proposed legislation – which will be challenged in the country’s supreme court next week – comes into effect.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/11/world-bank-and-imf-can-press-ghana-to-rethink-punitive-lgbtq-law-charities-say">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/worldbank">World Bank</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/imf">International Monetary Fund (IMF)</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ghana">Ghana</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/lgbt-rights">LGBTQ+ rights</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/economics">Economics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/global-economy">Global economy</category> <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 07:00:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/11/world-bank-and-imf-can-press-ghana-to-rethink-punitive-lgbtq-law-charities-say</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e5aa25b54c0f86442bb1e24dd89dcb891ad9e65/125_75_3715_2229/master/3715.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=44feb2bdf8e812bf1d58ee936d411778"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e5aa25b54c0f86442bb1e24dd89dcb891ad9e65/125_75_3715_2229/master/3715.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a67de27cc920efb5c304fca7b164e427"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rupert Neate</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-11T07:00:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Canada city devastated by 2016 wildfire faces evacuations as new blaze nears</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/canada-wildfires-evacuation-notice</link> <description><p>Residents of suburbs in Fort McMurray ordered to leave as officials monitor a fire nearby that has grown to cover 9,600 hectares </p><p>Residents of four suburbs in the Canadian city of Fort McMurray have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire approaches the city, stirring grim reminders of the country’s costliest natural disaster.</p><p>Officials in the western province of Alberta issued evacuation orders for the neighbourhoods of Beacon Hill, Abasand, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace on Tuesday, telling all residents to leave by 4pm MT.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/canada-wildfires-evacuation-notice">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada-wildfires">Canada wildfires</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/wildfires">Wildfires</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:52:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/canada-wildfires-evacuation-notice</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/985d169f0c06f3099b74b5e63b51e676aca86908/0_273_2847_1708/master/2847.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=cedba16f6a0a17dcdcd8db21c09027f1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: KOSAR/@superkosar Twitter account/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/985d169f0c06f3099b74b5e63b51e676aca86908/0_273_2847_1708/master/2847.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=69665462003412905d4d232e481ea33d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: KOSAR/@superkosar Twitter account/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Leyland Cecco in Toronto</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T21:52:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>British Columbia to bar those guilty of serious crimes from changing names</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/british-columbia-name-change-law</link> <description><p>Health minister makes announcement following revelations that a man who killed his children legally changed his name</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada</a>’s westernmost province has says it will stop people who committed serious crimes from changing their names, following revelations that a child-killer tried to keep his new identity secret.</p><p>British Columbia’s health minister said on Monday his government would introduce legislation to amend the province’s name act.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/british-columbia-name-change-law">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 16:16:09 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/british-columbia-name-change-law</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/804d2871c5427719b71b0fdfb04e3a47f29da644/0_71_2619_1573/master/2619.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=aff326f24a14cb74b99a0befab97b000"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/804d2871c5427719b71b0fdfb04e3a47f29da644/0_71_2619_1573/master/2619.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=cec58c686603a869e8c195b7b5bd4285"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Leyland Cecco in Toronto</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T16:16:09Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>British Columbia ‘extremely concerned’ as wildfire threatens to destroy town</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/canada-wildfires-british-columbia-evacuation</link> <description><p>Out-of-control Parker Lake fire, which has already forced thousands to evacuate, bears down on Fort Nelson</p><p>Officials in western Canada were bracing for “volatile wildfire activity” on Monday as an out-of-control blaze, which has already forced the evacuation of thousands, threatened to destroy a northern British Columbia town.</p><p>The province’s wildfire service said the blaze was burning just 2km (1.2 miles) north-west of Fort Nelson, which has already seen about 3,500 people evacuated from there after an order to leave was issued on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/canada-wildfires-british-columbia-evacuation">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/wildfires">Wildfires</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">Climate crisis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas">Americas</category> <category 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Axenov/BCEHS/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Leyland Cecco in Toronto and the Associated Press in Fort Nelson</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-13T22:53:21Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Weather tracker: Geomagnetic storms trigger northern lights</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/13/weather-tracker-geomagnetic-storms-northern-lights</link> <description><p>Strong solar flares produce breathtaking displays across Europe and the US, with southern lights illuminating skies in New Zealand</p><p>Night skies were lit up around the world by a spectacular display of the northern lights on Friday, with sightings seen widely across Europe, the US and even New Zealand (as the southern lights). The lights occur when charged particles emitted from the sun reach the Earth’s atmosphere and collide with gases around the magnetic poles triggering breathtaking night-time auroras.</p><p>In the US, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a “severe” G4 geomagnetic storm event, but by Friday evening it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/northern-lights-severe-storm">announced</a> conditions had reached “extreme” G5 levels, <a href="https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation">the highest level on the space weather scale</a>, for the first time since October 2003.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/13/weather-tracker-geomagnetic-storms-northern-lights">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/science/northern-lights">Northern lights</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/newzealand">New Zealand</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/mexico">Mexico</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/extreme-weather">Extreme weather</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/environment">Environment</category> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 08:55:45 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/13/weather-tracker-geomagnetic-storms-northern-lights</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dc13146f3283c5de9725f6f331068b4ec21fc4a7/0_268_5505_3303/master/5505.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=32533a945230f2e68860c7905f8eed4a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dc13146f3283c5de9725f6f331068b4ec21fc4a7/0_268_5505_3303/master/5505.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4712ea58115b97937d0bf18ba4a47204"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Matt Williams for MetDesk</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-13T08:55:45Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Brother and lawyer of Peru president held as corruption inquiry widens</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/peru-president-corruption-investigation-rolex</link> <description><p>Dina Boluarte, caught up in ‘Rolexgate scandal’, denies accepting watches in exchange for favours amid police raids on key allies</p><p>Police in Peru have detained the brother and the lawyer of the country’s embattled president, Dina Boluarte, as part of a widening corruption inquiry, weeks after a similar raid on the Peruvian leader’s home.</p><p>Boluarte’s brother Nicanor and her lawyer Mateo Castañeda were placed under preliminary detention on Friday, accused of influence trafficking and belonging to a criminal organisation. Six other people were also detained.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/peru-president-corruption-investigation-rolex">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/peru">Peru</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas">Americas</category> <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 19:01:34 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/peru-president-corruption-investigation-rolex</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7a97f2fc6addc19a2505a8804887cfed6b4b659a/0_231_5205_3123/master/5205.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a7e324324bf0751af529240535167004"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martín Mejía/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7a97f2fc6addc19a2505a8804887cfed6b4b659a/0_231_5205_3123/master/5205.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=02cefe53ac8a10539dba5fe5547a4cd2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martín Mejía/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Dan Collyns in Lima</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-10T19:01:34Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Vulnerable Biden tries to straddle both sides with new asylum rules</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/biden-asylum-rules-us-border-immigration</link> <description><p>The president is under pressure from Republicans and progressives as humanitarian crisis builds and immigration remains a key voter issue</p><p>The Biden administration has said its proposed changes to asylum standards, unveiled on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/migrant-asylum-process-biden-administration">Thursday</a>, that would fast-track some deportations will enhance security and speed up a backlog of cases amid <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/07/mexico-border-explained-chart-immigration">record numbers</a> of arrivals at the US-Mexico border.</p><p>The changes will also, by Biden’s own admission, be limited in scope and only affect a “small” number of people who have been convicted of serious crimes or may pose a national security risk.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/biden-asylum-rules-us-border-immigration">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/usimmigration">US immigration</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/joebiden">Joe Biden</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-mexico-border">US-Mexico border</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/mexico">Mexico</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas">Americas</category> <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 01:37:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/biden-asylum-rules-us-border-immigration</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/968cf2f79a287b7e1eccccf9c20c87c473c50347/0_183_5500_3300/master/5500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=84fcf881d5bd93ba7b56264b0ac2199c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/968cf2f79a287b7e1eccccf9c20c87c473c50347/0_183_5500_3300/master/5500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9e0c8be5221237497e8f6bf2478f8aa8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Maanvi Singh</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-10T01:37:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Political activist held in Thai jail dies after 65 days on hunger strike</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/political-activist-held-in-thai-jail-dies-after-spending-65-days-on-hunger-strike</link> <description><p>Netiporn Sanae-sangkhom, 28, faced seven court cases including two for criticising Thailand’s monarchy</p><p>A political activist charged with insulting the king of Thailand has died in pre-trial detention after spending 65 days on hunger strike calling for an end to the imprisonment of political dissidents.</p><p>Netiporn Sanae-sangkhom, 28, had been detained since 26 January and maintained a hunger strike until the end of April, refusing food and water, according to her lawyers. The corrections department said she had experienced cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning and was unresponsive to treatment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/political-activist-held-in-thai-jail-dies-after-spending-65-days-on-hunger-strike">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/thailand">Thailand</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/asia-pacific">Asia Pacific</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/protest">Protest</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:49:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/political-activist-held-in-thai-jail-dies-after-spending-65-days-on-hunger-strike</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8971d45e5f651973742eeb306dc17888d9e902bc/0_0_5283_3170/master/5283.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a83d003ff5236638f86aae44afbef75c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8971d45e5f651973742eeb306dc17888d9e902bc/0_0_5283_3170/master/5283.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=edf4351316d6d9680fab883f18adaadf"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T15:49:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/14/joe-biden-tariff-chinese-made-electric-vehicles</link> <description><p>White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensions</p><p>The US president, Joe Biden, has announced a 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles as part of a package of measures designed to protect US manufacturers from cheap imports.</p><p>In a move that is likely to inflame trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, the White House said it was imposing more stringent curbs on Chinese goods worth $18bn.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/14/joe-biden-tariff-chinese-made-electric-vehicles">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/internationaltrade">International trade</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/electric-cars">Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/chinese-economy">Chinese economy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/china">China</category> <category 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news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/technology">Technology</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/motoring">Motoring</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/joebiden">Joe Biden</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 09:00:10 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/14/joe-biden-tariff-chinese-made-electric-vehicles</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ee05bb1ec9ff89671256eccf87b323afe1b736b/0_110_4000_2399/master/4000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=13e36bb95e42de2ed3d9984783fbdbbe"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: VCG/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ee05bb1ec9ff89671256eccf87b323afe1b736b/0_110_4000_2399/master/4000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=46bc4c0a6943033d2412b1e34a093c3a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: VCG/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Larry Elliott Economics editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T09:00:10Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/indonesia-mudslides-sumatra-cold-lava-floods-death-toll-mount-merapi</link> <description><p>Nearly 20 missing after monsoon rains trigger flash floods, sending torrents of volcanic material and mud down slopes of Mount Marapi volcano</p><p>Heavy rains triggered flash floods and caused torrents of cold lava and mud to flow down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 41 people and leaving more than a dozen others missing, officials have said.</p><p>Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Marapi caused a river to breach its banks and tear through mountainside villages in four districts in West Sumatra province just before midnight on Saturday. The floods swept away people and submerged more than 100 houses and buildings, national disaster management agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said on Sunday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/indonesia-mudslides-sumatra-cold-lava-floods-death-toll-mount-merapi">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/indonesia">Indonesia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/asia-pacific">Asia Pacific</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/volcanoes">Volcanoes</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/extreme-weather">Extreme weather</category> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 01:19:53 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/indonesia-mudslides-sumatra-cold-lava-floods-death-toll-mount-merapi</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ab7b18f086d40a9f1c288adc84a253df767ffeb/0_68_5184_3110/master/5184.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6141323d21fb91cfe1530dedfab05670"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ab7b18f086d40a9f1c288adc84a253df767ffeb/0_68_5184_3110/master/5184.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=650c5380d68511ddc24abc011f04ee44"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-13T01:19:53Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Sake takes UK by storm as Japan’s national drink goes mainstream</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/12/sake-uk-japan-national-drink-goes-mainstream</link> <description><p>No longer just drunk for courage at karaoke clubs, the ‘food-friendly’ rice spirit is becoming a first choice of connoisseurs</p><p>When sommelier Erika Haigh opened the UK’s first independent sake bar, in London’s West End in 2019, passersby would wander in and try to order milkshakes, bewildered by the unfamiliar drink advertised in the window.</p><p>“Today, that confusion has largely disappeared,” said Haigh, who has since opened Mai Sake, a shop offering tasting events and meals. “You can now go on a sake bar crawl across London, and you’ll find it featured on the beverage lists of many restaurants – including non-Japanese establishments.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/12/sake-uk-japan-national-drink-goes-mainstream">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/fooddrinks">Food & drink industry</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lifeandstyle">Life and style</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/food/food">Food</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/food/japanese">Japanese food and drink</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/alcohol">Alcohol</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan">Japan</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/asia-pacific">Asia Pacific</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 05:00:49 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/12/sake-uk-japan-national-drink-goes-mainstream</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/06dbc7eae624994930ae0f37ae27691349000cb3/0_4039_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=415e9898e0d139ddefec956d39e6f2e2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Berry Bros & Rudd</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/06dbc7eae624994930ae0f37ae27691349000cb3/0_4039_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=51ebd92636e2a903e25d4fb25b2a7d9e"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Berry Bros & Rudd</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Alice Fisher</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-12T05:00:49Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/11/zhang-zhan-chinese-citizen-journalist-to-be-freed-covid-wuhan-pandemic</link> <description><p>Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan’s search for the truth during the early days of the pandemic was seen as a threat by the authorities</p><p>A Chinese citizen journalist who has been in prison for four years after reporting on the early days of the Covid-19 epidemic in Wuhan is due to be released on Monday.</p><p>Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020 to document the Chinese government’s response to what became the start of a global pandemic. She shared her reports on X (then known as Twitter), YouTube and WeChat. She was one of the few independent Chinese reporters on the ground as Wuhan and the rest of China went into lockdown.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/11/zhang-zhan-chinese-citizen-journalist-to-be-freed-covid-wuhan-pandemic">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/china">China</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/asia-pacific">Asia Pacific</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/journalist-safety">Journalist safety</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">Coronavirus</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/science/science">Science</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/science/infectiousdiseases">Infectious diseases</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/journalism-publishing-and-public-relations">Journalism, publishing and public relations</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/xi-jinping">Xi Jinping</category> <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 11:00:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/11/zhang-zhan-chinese-citizen-journalist-to-be-freed-covid-wuhan-pandemic</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e0c9cc522b9bcdc3857c14bc6e44991f0dedda90/0_36_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=001c085a70c8b9d7a8aff5b6d8c93765"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: YOUTUBE/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e0c9cc522b9bcdc3857c14bc6e44991f0dedda90/0_36_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e92c4282e60e8f726bab8251236229e5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: YOUTUBE/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-11T11:00:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Shein ‘steps up plan for London IPO’ amid US listing hurdles</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/10/shein-steps-up-plan-for-london-ipo-amid-us-listing-hurdles</link> <description><p>Sources say Singapore-based online fashion retailer founded in China prefers a float in New York but faces tougher scrutiny than expected</p><p>The fast-fashion company Shein is stepping up preparations for a London listing after its attempt to float in New York faced regulatory hurdles and pushback from US lawmakers, sources have told Reuters.</p><p>The online clothing retailer plans to update China’s securities regulator on the change of the initial public offering (IPO) venue and file with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as soon as this month, said one source.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/10/shein-steps-up-plan-for-london-ipo-amid-us-listing-hurdles">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/ipos">IPOs</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/londonstockexchangegroup">London Stock Exchange</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/securities-and-exchange-commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/regulators">Regulators</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/stock-markets">Stock markets</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/china">China</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/singapore">Singapore</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/asia-pacific">Asia Pacific</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/online-shopping">Online shopping</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/retail">Retail industry</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-industry">Fashion industry</category> <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 16:45:35 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/10/shein-steps-up-plan-for-london-ipo-amid-us-listing-hurdles</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8bd2e67b887c9ac95cb1c82e12444042126ab4b5/0_182_3794_2277/master/3794.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=88e61af2c68a9ea0199df38501d0e496"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8bd2e67b887c9ac95cb1c82e12444042126ab4b5/0_182_3794_2277/master/3794.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c24bec6e7da02a0a0cee36a0003872e6"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Reuters in Hong Kong and New York</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-10T16:45:35Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Federal budget 2024 live updates: reaction and fallout from the Australia federal budget – latest news</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/15/australia-politics-live-budget-2024-reaction-labors-cost-of-living-chalmers-dutton-prepares-for-reply</link> <description><p>Peak farming groups stage walkout during agriculture minister’s post-budget speech. Follow the day’s news live</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-budget-2024">Find our full coverage of the 2024 budget here</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">morning and afternoon news emails</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p><strong>Jim Chalmers</strong> said the government didn’t create a new system for the energy payments (so everyone gets it) because it is done through the energy retailers, who don’t have people’s income data.</p><p>It’s not a cash payment paid directly to you – instead, it is paid through the energy sector, which takes money off your bill. In this case, $75 a quarter.</p><p>I don’t see it in political terms. I think primarily the motivation of this budget is to help people who are doing it tough. More help is on the way for people who are doing it tough via the tax system, via their energy bills and with rent assistance and cheaper medicines and in other ways as well. That’s our primary motivation.</p><p>Once you go beyond providing this to people on pensions and payments, you have to design a whole new system in order to create a new distinction. We are providing this energy bill relief to every household. We think that’s a good way to help things make things easier. Some of the other measures are more targeted.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/15/australia-politics-live-budget-2024-reaction-labors-cost-of-living-chalmers-dutton-prepares-for-reply">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-politics">Australian politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/anthony-albanese">Anthony Albanese</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/labor-party">Labor party</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/peter-dutton">Peter Dutton</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/coalition">Coalition</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-budget-2024">Australian budget 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-political-donations">Australian political donations</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/tax-australia">Tax</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/australia-economy">Australian economy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/business-australia">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/housing">Housing</category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 02:29:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/15/australia-politics-live-budget-2024-reaction-labors-cost-of-living-chalmers-dutton-prepares-for-reply</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f12b4aea174f363bede78fa720fe1dd1df964db6/0_198_6048_3628/master/6048.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1696241680daaa72ec824b9ecac48da1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f12b4aea174f363bede78fa720fe1dd1df964db6/0_198_6048_3628/master/6048.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=de3bc89e905b6160d2c0395afd97b024"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Amy Remeikis</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-15T02:29:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Future Made in Australia: what’s in the $23bn package meant to create a ‘renewable energy superpower’</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/australia-federal-budget-2023-future-made-in-australia-package</link> <description><p>Jim Chalmers’ budget didn’t answer all the questions about what projects will be funded but there is a lot more clarity now</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/australia-federal-budget-2024-future-made-in-australia-investments-renewables-net-zero-national-interest-framework-small-business-tax-solar-hydrogen-education">Future Made in Australia: $23bn for ‘biggest transformation since Industrial Revolution’</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-budget-2024">Explore all of our 2024 Australia federal budget coverage</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">morning and afternoon news emails</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>The federal government has been talking up its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/australia-federal-budget-2024-future-made-in-australia-investments-renewables-net-zero-national-interest-framework-small-business-tax-solar-hydrogen-education">Future Made in Australia (FMIA) policy</a> in recent months and more detail was revealed in Tuesday night’s budget.</p><p>Here’s what we know so far.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/australia-federal-budget-2023-future-made-in-australia-package">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-budget-2024">Australian budget 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/australia-economy">Australian economy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-politics">Australian politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-">Jim Chalmers (Australian politician)</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/anthony-albanese">Anthony Albanese</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/energy-australia">Energy</category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 01:58:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/australia-federal-budget-2023-future-made-in-australia-package</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ca1b695e89c152fdef0b6e9a82c7fd6b398e663c/0_76_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6e0cf0a482cebad7142ff031c190d340"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ca1b695e89c152fdef0b6e9a82c7fd6b398e663c/0_76_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b3ed77eaa5a8fb90f18dd8f0d0580330"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Peter Hannam</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-15T01:58:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How it began v how it’s going: 2024 budget shows limits of financial forecasting</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/federal-budget-2023-how-it-started-v-how-its-going-australia</link> <description><p>Australia’s financials have generally improved compared with forecasts made a year ago but there are threats to the country’s outlook lurking</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/15/australia-politics-live-budget-2024-reaction-labors-cost-of-living-chalmers-dutton-prepares-for-reply#maincontent">Federal budget 2024 reaction – live updates</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-budget-2024">Explore all of our 2024 budget coverage</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/australia-budget-2024-the-six-graphs-you-need-to-see">Budget: the six graphs you need to see</a></strong></li><li><strong>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">morning and afternoon news emails</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></strong></li></ul><p>Financial forecasting is difficult at the best of times, let alone during a period marked by persistent inflation against a backdrop of global economic unease.</p><p>But forecasts still provide a framework for governments to build their policy and spending plans around. Australia’s financials have generally improved compared with forecasts made a year ago but there are more than a few threats to the country’s outlook lurking.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/federal-budget-2023-how-it-started-v-how-its-going-australia">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-budget-2024">Australian budget 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/australia-economy">Australian economy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-politics">Australian politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 00:52:43 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/federal-budget-2023-how-it-started-v-how-its-going-australia</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/65bc3e5cf7903b797c183ab94c017d9bc992565f/0_1_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5fc6e194396c8886b73c666cd22956b5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/65bc3e5cf7903b797c183ab94c017d9bc992565f/0_1_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=95f878c2aa0da7a7e3d636c7a088b709"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Jonathan Barrett Senior business reporter</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-15T00:52:43Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Car companies spending up on ads for SUVs despite Australia’s new fuel efficiency standards</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/car-companies-spending-up-on-ads-for-suvs-despite-australias-new-fuel-efficiency-standards</link> <description><p>Advertising expenditure on the large, highly polluting vehicles leapt by 29% between 2022 and 2023</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/15/australia-politics-live-budget-2024-reaction-labors-cost-of-living-chalmers-dutton-prepares-for-reply">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">morning and afternoon news emails</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>Carmakers continue to aggressively market SUVs and 4x4s to Australians even as the government rolls out <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/26/labor-new-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-standard-emission-rules-suvs">new fuel efficiency standards</a>.</p><p>Advertising expenditure on the large, highly polluting vehicles leapt by 29% between 2022 and 2023 – and 59% since 2010 – undermining the environmental benefits of rising electric car use and countering new vehicle efficiency standards, according to climate advocacy group Comms Declare.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/car-companies-spending-up-on-ads-for-suvs-despite-australias-new-fuel-efficiency-standards">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/transport">Transport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/automotive-emissions">Automotive emissions</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/carbon-emissions">Greenhouse gas emissions</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/environment">Environment</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:22 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/car-companies-spending-up-on-ads-for-suvs-despite-australias-new-fuel-efficiency-standards</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7e7b7068a84249dc7637cd4aa1f4932923159fe7/0_0_4000_2400/master/4000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5ce19a223fcc69e4d05adffb31ed0124"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7e7b7068a84249dc7637cd4aa1f4932923159fe7/0_0_4000_2400/master/4000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0a050ffa0118b2cf5d370222fba91e0d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Daisy Dumas</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T15:00:22Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Victoria moves to protect sexual assault victims from defamation action for reporting crimes</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/victoria-sexual-assault-victims-law-bill-amendment-defamation-immunity</link> <description><p>Exclusive: Government hopes proposed law will encourage people to come forward to police without fear of legal action</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/15/australia-politics-live-budget-2024-reaction-labors-cost-of-living-chalmers-dutton-prepares-for-reply">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">morning and afternoon news emails</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>Victims of sexual assault and harassment will be immune to defamation lawsuits for reporting crimes to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/26/victoria-police-criminal-charges-sexual-assault">Victorian police</a> under new legislation, over concerns the threat of legal action was having a “chilling effect” on people coming forward.</p><p>The state government is set to introduce the justice legislation amendment (integrity, defamation and other matters) bill on Wednesday, which will also make it easier to gather evidence in family violence matters.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian 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<guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/15/victoria-sexual-assault-victims-law-bill-amendment-defamation-immunity</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5a6034b97e87a57f2bc232a750762e101a61bf95/0_286_7334_4403/master/7334.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=acfcdd62b2c284309d77a5eee852b564"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Ross/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5a6034b97e87a57f2bc232a750762e101a61bf95/0_286_7334_4403/master/7334.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=19d60519821db26267c8145cc7f21540"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Ross/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T15:00:21Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>AFP must explain deal allowing Chinese ‘secret police’ to conduct operations in Australia, Coalition says</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/afp-deal-chinese-secret-police-operations-australia</link> <description><p>Opposition questions extension of bilateral security treaties amid ‘gravely concerning’ reports of activities on Australian soil</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/may/14/budget-2024-live-updates-australia-federal-treasurer-jim-chalmers-speech-australian-government-anthony-albanese-labor-cost-of-living-latest-news">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">morning and afternoon news emails</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>The Australian federal police must explain why it renewed a cooperation deal with China’s ministry of public security (MPS) after “gravely concerning” reports about the agency’s activities on Australian soil, the Coalition has said.</p><p>The opposition has identified at least seven active agreements relating to AFP cooperation with Chinese agencies, three of which were extended only last month.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/afp-deal-chinese-secret-police-operations-australia">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australia-news">Australia news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/china">China</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/coalition">Coalition</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-federal-police">Australian federal police</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-politics">Australian politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/liberal-party">Liberal party</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 14:01:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/afp-deal-chinese-secret-police-operations-australia</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7c43c85adc67c3e5611f5ad08c33f45a24ac998f/0_451_8256_4954/master/8256.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a7b4fa2a24b8de1b1f86731ade9271d8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7c43c85adc67c3e5611f5ad08c33f45a24ac998f/0_451_8256_4954/master/8256.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ea939a105ca3dbd9b8984d2146c93d07"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T14:01:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Georgia protests: Thousands close major intersection in Tbilisi – as it happened</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/14/georgia-tbilisi-protests-riot-police-demonstrations-foreign-agents-bill-live-latest-updates</link> <description><p>Georgia PM GeorIrakli Kobakhidze pushes back against sanctions threat; Heroes Square blocked by demonstrators after controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill passes. This blog is now closed.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/georgia-parliament-approves-foreign-agent-bill-amid-ongoing-protests">Police fire teargas at protesters and MPs brawl as Georgia passes ‘foreign agents’ bill</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/us-warns-georgia-not-to-side-with-moscow-against-the-west">US warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west</a></li></ul><p>Petre Tsiskarishvili, a secretary-general of the main opposition United National Movement and a former Georgian MP, said the election in October election is when the Georgian public should “basically go on a referendum” and make a final decision which way we want to go, the BBC reported.</p><p>“What is the aspiration of the Georgian people? Is it the European integration or these Russia style laws and this government that initiates and tables the legislation that copies the Russian style authoritarianism.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/14/georgia-tbilisi-protests-riot-police-demonstrations-foreign-agents-bill-live-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/georgia-news">Georgia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/protest">Protest</category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 01:20:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/14/georgia-tbilisi-protests-riot-police-demonstrations-foreign-agents-bill-live-latest-updates</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/319db5162b9b49d90f5d7c1326487c172d7968d1/0_317_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8826a512b0418a3c79927c3d5721c4bb"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/319db5162b9b49d90f5d7c1326487c172d7968d1/0_317_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ba69c973de48d8afbdd5fc1e0ca84bb8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nadeem Badshah (now) and Fran Lawther (earlier)</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-15T01:20:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Dublin video portal to New York shuts temporarily due to unruly behaviour</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/14/dublin-video-portal-to-new-york-shuts-temporarily-due-to-unruly-behaviour</link> <description><p>Livestream artwork with 2.4m-wide screen allowed people in both cities to see but not hear each other, leading to offensive conduct</p><p>Authorities in Dublin are to temporarily shut down the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/smiles-waves-flashed-body-parts-video-portal-links-dublin-new-york">live video portal </a>with New York because of unruly behaviour.</p><p>The city council said in a statement on Tuesday it would switch off the interactive webcam at 10pm Irish time while technicians try to tweak – or censor – a project that has brought delight and notoriety.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/14/dublin-video-portal-to-new-york-shuts-temporarily-due-to-unruly-behaviour">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/video-art">Video art</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york">New York</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ireland">Ireland</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/artanddesign">Art and design</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 20:28:43 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/14/dublin-video-portal-to-new-york-shuts-temporarily-due-to-unruly-behaviour</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0f3a14980579e7aae0403192fa1b2b3f9ab5357d/0_0_7070_4242/master/7070.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8f0cbe365bc22b0858decaacb310e934"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0f3a14980579e7aae0403192fa1b2b3f9ab5357d/0_0_7070_4242/master/7070.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=89a72a28cffe2db3c84e0985bf3fd065"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T20:28:43Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>US warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/us-warns-georgia-not-to-side-with-moscow-against-the-west</link> <description><p>Official suggests US funding could be pulled as new ‘Kremlin-inspired’ law provokes mass protests</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/01/why-are-georgians-protesting-against-foreign-agents-bill-explainer">Why are Georgians protesting against a ‘foreign agents’ bill?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/14/georgia-tbilisi-protests-riot-police-demonstrations-foreign-agents-bill-live-latest-updates">Georgia protests – live updates</a></li></ul><p>Georgia has been warned by the US not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow, as its parliament defied mass street protests to pass a “Kremlin-inspired” law.</p><p>Washington’s assistant secretary of state, Jim O’Brien, spoke of his fears that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/georgia-parliament-approves-foreign-agent-bill-amid-ongoing-protests">passing by Georgia’s parliament</a> of a “foreign agents” bill on Tuesday could be yet another “turning point” in the former Soviet state’s troubled history.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/us-warns-georgia-not-to-side-with-moscow-against-the-west">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/georgia-news">Georgia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-foreign-policy">US foreign policy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia">Russia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/protest">Protest</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/eu">European Union</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 19:14:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/us-warns-georgia-not-to-side-with-moscow-against-the-west</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c310fba690767eddf144c23f29ae4cd0edda2ff8/0_394_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=50a7e746177639df1fda1ad37d04d34b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c310fba690767eddf144c23f29ae4cd0edda2ff8/0_394_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6e4d03031d4e059331be6a02a978ffda"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Daniel Boffey in Tbilisi</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T19:14:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>German court fines senior AfD politician €13,000 for using banned Nazi phrase</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/german-court-fines-afd-bjorn-hocke-using-banned-nazi-phrase</link> <description><p>Björn Höcke, party’s candidate to lead Thuringia state, found to have deliberately used SA slogan in 2021 speech</p><p>A German court has fined a leading member of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party for using a banned Nazi phrase at a political rally, in a high-profile trial just months before an election in which he aims to become a state leader.</p><p>The state court in Halle convicted Björn Höcke, the firebrand chief of the AfD in the eastern region of Thuringia, of deliberately using a slogan associated with the Nazi party’s paramilitary wing, the SA, in a speech at a campaign event in May 2021.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/german-court-fines-afd-bjorn-hocke-using-banned-nazi-phrase">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/far-right">The far right</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/germany">Germany</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/alternative-fur-deutschland-afd">Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/nazism">Nazism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 18:44:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/german-court-fines-afd-bjorn-hocke-using-banned-nazi-phrase</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ae3ceb7b34e7a6a0553ac2728a5c8ccecb40c6f7/24_50_5363_3219/master/5363.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=db0ad4fe4bb4a7a9c5818a7b3e594562"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: dts News Agency Germany/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ae3ceb7b34e7a6a0553ac2728a5c8ccecb40c6f7/24_50_5363_3219/master/5363.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=10db2053c486cd762fde45d9053b96ef"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: dts News Agency Germany/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Deborah Cole in Berlin</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T18:44:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Blinken delivers message of US support to Kyiv as thousands flee Kharkiv region</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/blinken-delivers-message-of-us-support-to-kyiv-as-thousands-flee-kharkiv-region</link> <description><p>US secretary of state promises long-awaited $60bn Ukraine aid package will make ‘real difference on battlefield’</p><p>The US secretary of state has arrived in Kyiv delivering a message that Washington remains committed to supporting Ukraine as the country’s forces face their toughest situation on the battlefield for months.</p><p>In recent days, Russia has launched an offensive in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, forcing thousands to flee their homes, and on Tuesday hit the centre of Kharkiv, the country’s second biggest city, with airstrikes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/blinken-delivers-message-of-us-support-to-kyiv-as-thousands-flee-kharkiv-region">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">Ukraine</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/antony-blinken">Antony Blinken</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia">Russia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/foreignpolicy">Foreign policy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour">Labour</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/david-lammy">David Lammy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/john-healey">John Healey</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/nato">Nato</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/eu">European Union</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 18:42:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/blinken-delivers-message-of-us-support-to-kyiv-as-thousands-flee-kharkiv-region</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dd1ae3ebb34fdcebe7110292521c7dcfdbd5b14b/0_269_4879_2928/master/4879.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=630cd4ac5821dafc432cdfe711cdd7d6"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dd1ae3ebb34fdcebe7110292521c7dcfdbd5b14b/0_269_4879_2928/master/4879.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=95310b8f55e9d3c29ee6ae6b7bfb53d1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Shaun Walker in Kyiv</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T18:42:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Greta Gerwig: ‘The number of female directors has gotten better. We’re not done yet’</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/14/greta-gerwig-cannes-film-festival-female-directors-jury-president</link> <description><p>While this year’s Cannes film festival jury president declared her role ‘a dream come true’, storms over sexual abuse and workers’ rights are expected</p><p>The reviews were gushing on the first day of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/cannes-2024">77th Cannes film festival</a>, as Barbie director Greta Gerwig took up her duties as this year’s jury president. Festival bosses variously hailed the American film-maker as a “cultural phenomenon”, a “heroine for modern times” and a woman who embodies “the future of cinema”. The fanfare was such that it almost drowned out the discord as the world’s premier movie showcase opened against a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/11/cannes-film-festival-faces-strike-disruption-over-seasonal-workers-rights">backdrop of threatened labour disputes</a> and a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/11/secret-list-abusers-cannes-film-festival">rumoured report of alleged sexual abuse</a> within the industry.</p><p>“This is beyond a dream come true,” said Gerwig, who presides over a nine-member jury that includes Japanese director <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/11/minus-40-siberia-director-hirokazu-kore-eda-shoplifters-monster-pow-russia">Hirokazu Kore-eda</a> and actors <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/24/lily-gladstone-native-hollywood-actors-artists">Lily Gladstone</a> and Eva Green. “One of the favourite things that I do is to watch cinema and discuss it – and now I’m getting to do it with the most wonderful minds for 10 whole days. I’m still in shock that I’m here.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/14/greta-gerwig-cannes-film-festival-female-directors-jury-president">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/cannes-2024">Cannes 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/cannesfilmfestival">Cannes film festival</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/greta-gerwig">Greta Gerwig</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/festivals">Festivals</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/film">Film</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/eva-green">Eva Green</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/metoo-movement">#MeToo movement</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 16:04:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/14/greta-gerwig-cannes-film-festival-female-directors-jury-president</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/33a03ac8e4d0dad992eccd403915122d9ce7db08/141_455_4738_2845/master/4738.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1ebd15815e871c9b203a14c81eaf1ee8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/33a03ac8e4d0dad992eccd403915122d9ce7db08/141_455_4738_2845/master/4738.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4c60c6ac9b10c9880a4ad31dc09dc823"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Xan Brooks</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T16:04:36Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>US advances $1bn Israel weapons package amid Rafah tensions</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/biden-israel-weapons-package-rafah</link> <description><p>Package in congressional review process after Biden delayed shipment of bombs over fears they would be used to attack Rafah</p><p>The US state department has moved a $1bn package of weapons aid for Israel into the congressional review process, two US officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>The latest weapons package includes tank rounds, mortars and armored tactical vehicles, one of the officials told Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/biden-israel-weapons-package-rafah">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-foreign-policy">US foreign policy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel">Israel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/joebiden">Joe Biden</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/biden-administration">Biden administration</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">Israel-Gaza war</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories">Palestinian territories</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">US Congress</category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 01:19:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/biden-israel-weapons-package-rafah</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/423a8e9d867c1752fca78acfec02c5c17d6525f4/0_116_4896_2938/master/4896.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=eb9e5ad0d99f2bc5ba2d1305d8f0a373"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/423a8e9d867c1752fca78acfec02c5c17d6525f4/0_116_4896_2938/master/4896.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=917845ebde2cb472310d44c7caca5908"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-15T01:19:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Israeli tanks reach residential areas as IDF pushes further into Rafah</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/israeli-tanks-residential-areas-idf-push-further-rafah</link> <description><p>Witnesses report clashes in streets after seeing tanks cross strategically important Salah al-Din road</p><p>Israeli tanks have advanced further into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts of the southern border city in Gaza.</p><p>Witnesses reported seeing tanks crossing the strategically important Salah al-Din road into the Brazil and Jneina neighbourhoods. “They are in the streets inside the built-up area and there are clashes,” one person told Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/israeli-tanks-residential-areas-idf-push-further-rafah">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">Israel-Gaza war</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel">Israel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories">Palestinian territories</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:46:35 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/israeli-tanks-residential-areas-idf-push-further-rafah</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/419a161738450a7a358752b2a461dc69e871a9f5/123_0_5301_3181/master/5301.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9a4f50d4cb240b586b126a3894a2f575"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/419a161738450a7a358752b2a461dc69e871a9f5/123_0_5301_3181/master/5301.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=22bf29fe5bbf2a53be7859d12457216a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Lorenzo Tondo and Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Rafah</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T13:46:35Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>At least eight Israeli strikes on Gaza aid groups since October, says report</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/israel-strikes-aid-groups-gaza-october-human-rights-watch</link> <description><p>Human Rights Watch says warnings were not issued before attacks, which have killed or injured dozens</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage</a></li></ul><p>Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since October, even after aid organisations provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.</p><p>HRW said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) did not issue warnings to the aid organisations before the strikes, which killed or injured at least 31 people.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/israel-strikes-aid-groups-gaza-october-human-rights-watch">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">Israel-Gaza war</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/humanitarian-response">Humanitarian response</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/aid">Aid</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel">Israel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories">Palestinian territories</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/global-development">Global development</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 04:00:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/israel-strikes-aid-groups-gaza-october-human-rights-watch</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/13080c5a08d9110cc4cfc3784126a41af69ff193/0_47_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=91015a643b553a6cd99e01fc908e2b30"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/13080c5a08d9110cc4cfc3784126a41af69ff193/0_47_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=44cc914791c62453751ec748689dd090"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T04:00:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>US gives Saudis green light to try to revive peace deal with Houthis</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/us-saudi-arabia-revive-peace-deal-with-houthis-yemen</link> <description><p>Saudis are keen to end their engagement in Yemen and US needs Saudi support to end Gaza conflict</p><p>US determination to keep Saudi Arabia engaged in a peace process with Israel has led Washington to give Riyadh an informal green light to try to revive a peace deal with the Houthis, the Yemen-based rebels who have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea since November.</p><p>The proposed Yemen UN roadmap for peace was agreed in outline in early December but progress was immediately frozen as the Houthis escalated their campaign of attacks in the Red Sea in what they billed as an act of solidarity with Palestine.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/us-saudi-arabia-revive-peace-deal-with-houthis-yemen">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/yemen">Yemen</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/houthi">Houthis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/saudiarabia">Saudi Arabia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-foreign-policy">US foreign policy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/unitednations">United Nations</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 04:00:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/us-saudi-arabia-revive-peace-deal-with-houthis-yemen</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/49cd4814a4d34cb14a090ff9a31ba3092a34450f/0_356_4962_2977/master/4962.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=00aebc4758d425272ade5bb2c9537ca8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/49cd4814a4d34cb14a090ff9a31ba3092a34450f/0_356_4962_2977/master/4962.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ba2da4ac8887bd53907e4a8e59635655"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T04:00:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed</link> <description><p>Spokesperson says confusion results from Gaza health ministry’s new way of classifying those not yet fully identified</p><p>The UN has denied that the estimated death toll of women and children in the war in Gaza has been revised downward, pointing towards a confusion between the total numbers of dead bodies recorded, and the number of those who have so far been fully identified.</p><p>After the Gaza health ministry’s revised totals of those killed first appeared on the website of the UN’s office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (Ocha), they were quickly seized on as proof by pro-Israel media and commentators that the UN had previously been exaggerating the toll.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war">Israel-Gaza war</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories">Palestinian territories</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/hamas">Hamas</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/law/human-rights">Human rights</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/unitednations">United Nations</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 03:19:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8c59b5f4728651c18b7d8bb09d35e0b54a018484/0_334_5004_3002/master/5004.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dacc11870e72ca982601fa54a35ddc88"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8c59b5f4728651c18b7d8bb09d35e0b54a018484/0_334_5004_3002/master/5004.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=09ce602b7da07f1f11ec15cbe0cb2df5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Peter Beaumont and Julian Borger in Washington</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T03:19:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Ex-US military intelligence official says he quit over ‘moral injury’ of Gaza war</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/military-resignation-gaza-war</link> <description><p>Harrison Mann, who resigned from Defense Intelligence Agency in November, said he kept quiet about motives out of fear</p><p>A former US military intelligence official released a letter on Monday that explained to his colleagues at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that his November resignation was in fact due to “moral injury” stemming from US support for Israel’s war in Gaza and the harm caused to Palestinians.</p><p>Harrison Mann, an army major, would be the first known DIA official to quit over US support to Israel. A US airman fatally set himself on fire in February outside Israel’s embassy in Washington and other military personnel have protested.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/military-resignation-gaza-war">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-military">US military</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-foreign-policy">US foreign policy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel">Israel</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/palestinian-territories">Palestinian territories</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 19:20:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/military-resignation-gaza-war</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4b8e561d02c7f6d30e09ee6593a29cd65ea36a01/0_162_4856_2913/master/4856.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d85c82af0337062851d69fe4ea4f8a74"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4b8e561d02c7f6d30e09ee6593a29cd65ea36a01/0_162_4856_2913/master/4856.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3213541e41f6de1910b433d6e79e3661"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-13T19:20:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Kazakh court jails former minister for 24 years for brutal murder of wife</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/kazakh-court-jails-former-minister-for-24-years-for-brutal-of-wife</link> <description><p>Kazakhstan to toughen penalties for domestic violence as killing of Saltanat Nukenova prompts national outcry and shines spotlight on high femicide rates </p><p>A former Kazakh government minister has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the torture and murder of his wife in one of the most high-profile cases of domestic violence in Kazakhstan’s history.</p><p>Kuandyk Bishimbayev, 44, was shown in surveillance footage repeatedly beating Saltanat Nukenova, 31, after they quarrelled in a restaurant he owned in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, in November 2023. A forensic examination later found evidence of strangulation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/kazakh-court-jails-former-minister-for-24-years-for-brutal-of-wife">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/global-development">Global development</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/domestic-violence">Domestic violence</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/femicide">Femicide</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-and-central-asia">South and central Asia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/womens-rights-and-gender-equality">Women's rights and gender equality</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 11:40:11 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/kazakh-court-jails-former-minister-for-24-years-for-brutal-of-wife</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7825505e67dc47ebd81d08bc44555be0c3f3e26c/0_79_6163_3698/master/6163.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7c0c4425a2cb1c10b6705600d01db022"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7825505e67dc47ebd81d08bc44555be0c3f3e26c/0_79_6163_3698/master/6163.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8c506e36d3d8ed6116df971f7221ea8d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Aigerim Turgunbaeva</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T11:40:11Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Rohingya being forcibly conscripted in battle between Myanmar and rebels</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/rohingya-being-forcibly-conscripted-in-battle-between-myanmar-and-rebels</link> <description><p>Myanmar military has conscripted 1,000 Rohingya men and boys since February, with fears some are being used as human shields, according to NGOs</p><p>For more than four hours Abdullah* waited in the darkness as soldiers marched 30 of his neighbours from their homes in the Myanmar border state of Rakhine and forced them by gunpoint to join him on the truck that would take them all to a military base.</p><p>By the morning they were standing in front of a military commander ordering them to fight with the army against a local rebel group – some of the 1,000 Rohingya people the Myanmar military has <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/10/myanmar-military-forcibly-recruiting-rohingya#:~:text=The%20junta%20is%20using%20a,arrest%2C%20abduction%2C%20and%20beatings.">conscripted since February</a>, according to Human Rights Watch.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/rohingya-being-forcibly-conscripted-in-battle-between-myanmar-and-rebels">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/rohingya">Rohingya</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/global-development">Global development</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/myanmar">Myanmar</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-and-central-asia">South and central Asia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/conflict-and-development">Conflict and arms</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 04:00:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/rohingya-being-forcibly-conscripted-in-battle-between-myanmar-and-rebels</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5280f6e320ce82262aa36acf7c34efb7ea23f40b/0_252_4243_2547/master/4243.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=22627208efdbecfe315e1ba682670c3d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Riva Press</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5280f6e320ce82262aa36acf7c34efb7ea23f40b/0_252_4243_2547/master/4243.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1e24dd92cea6637f5683d80a2a906030"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Riva Press</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Kaamil Ahmed</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T04:00:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>‘Pressured to withdraw’: BJP accused of intimidation tactics in India polls</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/bjp-accused-intimidation-india-elections-gujarat</link> <description><p>Opposition say ruling party undermining democracy by using police to harass candidates into not contesting in elections</p><p>When the people of Gujarat cast their votes last week in India’s six-week-long election, there was one constituency in the state that stood silent. There were no polling stations or impatient queues of people, and no one with the tell-tale inky finger. In Surat, no voting was necessary – the outcome was already decided.</p><p>Mukesh Dalal, from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), won the seat by default after every other candidate was either disqualified or dropped out of the race. It was the first time in 73 years that Surat’s candidate was appointed, not elected.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/bjp-accused-intimidation-india-elections-gujarat">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/india">India</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-and-central-asia">South and central Asia</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 02:00:22 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/bjp-accused-intimidation-india-elections-gujarat</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8b6264c156d34e06833ef579aeaaa78218b53894/0_252_5775_3466/master/5775.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=210f0b96ee62330d29f665cfd1e54054"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Aakash Hassan</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8b6264c156d34e06833ef579aeaaa78218b53894/0_252_5775_3466/master/5775.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2f7144fea4d0cf543a6f0bcf5911f9e7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Aakash Hassan</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Gandhinagar</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T02:00:22Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/12/afghanistan-flash-floods-kill-more-than-300-as-torrents-of-water-and-mud-crash-through-villages</link> <description><p>Survivors pick through debris-littered streets and damaged buildings as rescue workers dispatched amid warning some areas cut off by flooding</p><p>More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple provinces in Afghanistan, the UN’s World Food Programme said, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured.</p><p>Many people remained missing after heavy rains on Friday sent roaring rivers of water and mud crashing through villages and across agricultural land in several provinces, causing what one aid group described as a “major humanitarian emergency”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/12/afghanistan-flash-floods-kill-more-than-300-as-torrents-of-water-and-mud-crash-through-villages">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/afghanistan">Afghanistan</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/flooding">Flooding</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/extreme-weather">Extreme weather</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">Climate crisis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-and-central-asia">South and central Asia</category> <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 02:50:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/12/afghanistan-flash-floods-kill-more-than-300-as-torrents-of-water-and-mud-crash-through-villages</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5711356e8e560cc13edf76a2a1399d8135ed4ea9/0_363_5568_3341/master/5568.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ab5eaceaf6dd8ddcccb683fab8caec12"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Atif Aryan/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5711356e8e560cc13edf76a2a1399d8135ed4ea9/0_363_5568_3341/master/5568.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=de2fed4e076a1803c11e0492ff17091d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Atif Aryan/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Agence France-Presse in Laqayi, Afghanistan</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-12T02:50:36Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>At least 50 dead after flash flooding in northern Afghanistan</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/deaths-flash-floods-in-north-afghanistan-women-and-children</link> <description><p>Death toll may rise as search continues for victims under mud and rubble and as more rain approaches</p><p>At least 50 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in flash flooding in the northern Afghanistan province of Baghlan.</p><p>The number was confirmed by Hedayatullah Hamdard, the head of the provincial natural disaster management department, who said it could increase in the coming days.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/deaths-flash-floods-in-north-afghanistan-women-and-children">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/afghanistan">Afghanistan</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/flooding">Flooding</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">Climate crisis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/extreme-weather">Extreme weather</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-and-central-asia">South and central Asia</category> <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 14:53:58 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/deaths-flash-floods-in-north-afghanistan-women-and-children</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7abe03343d6105a38a026ef6fbcb32faa1cd047b/0_82_2407_1444/master/2407.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d7a2feddad10547c66723e38a2d4f6aa"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7abe03343d6105a38a026ef6fbcb32faa1cd047b/0_82_2407_1444/master/2407.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=161e2a3cdf3fe89ce9d423525cdd6786"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Agence France-Presse in Kabul</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-11T14:53:58Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Jailed Indian opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/jailed-indian-opposition-leader-arvind-kejriwal-granted-bail-take-part-election-campaign</link> <description><p>Supreme court judges order Arvind Kejriwal’s release until 1 June and question timing of his arrest on corruption charges</p><p></p><p>One of India’s best-known opposition leaders, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has been granted bail by the country’s supreme court to allow him to take part in general election campaigningafter being kept behind bars for almost two months.</p><p>Kejriwal, who heads the Aam Aadmi party (AAP), has been held in jail since March when he was arrested on money-laundering charges. He has maintained that his arrest and detention was politically motivated to prevent him taking part in the election, which began in April and will continue until June.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/jailed-indian-opposition-leader-arvind-kejriwal-granted-bail-take-part-election-campaign">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/india">India</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-and-central-asia">South and central Asia</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/india-elections-2024">India elections 2024</category> <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 14:52:34 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/10/jailed-indian-opposition-leader-arvind-kejriwal-granted-bail-take-part-election-campaign</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9abada3465d9f873d1467fae01b77e7accbff79c/0_74_2232_1339/master/2232.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=afe0dbb4ada2c6696449283261213164"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dinesh Joshi/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9abada3465d9f873d1467fae01b77e7accbff79c/0_74_2232_1339/master/2232.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a73aa40925d8264a6eab84d6efb0e89b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Dinesh Joshi/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-10T14:52:34Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Call waiting times at HMRC rise 350% in five years, says NAO report</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/15/call-waiting-times-at-hmrc-rise-350-in-five-years-says-nao-report</link> <description><p>Report from public spending watchdog comes soon after similar data from parliamentary committee</p><p>Average call waiting times at HM Revenue and Customs have soared by more than 350% in five years, with increasing numbers of people not getting through in the first place or having their calls terminated, according to an official report that says the public is being “let down”.</p><p>The National Audit Office (NAO) said the quality of customer service provided by HMRC had been “far below” the levels expected in recent years, and that its phone lines in particular were “not delivering”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/15/call-waiting-times-at-hmrc-rise-350-in-five-years-says-nao-report">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/hmrc">HMRC</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/taxandspending">Tax and spending</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/civil-service">Civil service</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 23:01:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/15/call-waiting-times-at-hmrc-rise-350-in-five-years-says-nao-report</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a81cc7260ad8505843da6f9fa163ad15788f64d1/0_192_5760_3456/master/5760.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=656131ff734046431a27329e26482b22"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PaulMaguire/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a81cc7260ad8505843da6f9fa163ad15788f64d1/0_192_5760_3456/master/5760.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3e2235af629a1a7d0a861090c3c9fb68"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PaulMaguire/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rupert Jones</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T23:01:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Vulnerable children in England ‘safer at school’ than being educated at home</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/vulnerable-children-in-england-safer-at-school-than-being-educated-at-home</link> <description><p>Review of serious safeguarding failures finds young people from abusive environments ‘less visible’ to agencies</p><p>Children who grow up in neglectful or abusive environments are safer attending school than being educated at home, according to a review of serious safeguarding failures in England in which six children died and 35 were harmed in one year.</p><p>The report, by the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/child-safeguarding-practice-review-panel/about">Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel</a>, emphasised that while home education was not a safeguarding risk, it found that vulnerable children were “less visible” to safeguarding agencies than those regularly in school.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/vulnerable-children-in-england-safer-at-school-than-being-educated-at-home">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/homeschooling">Home schooling</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/school-attendance-and-absence">School attendance and absence</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/children">Children</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/localgovernment">Local government</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/schools">Schools</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/department-for-education">Department for Education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/childprotection">Child protection</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/education">Education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 23:01:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/15/vulnerable-children-in-england-safer-at-school-than-being-educated-at-home</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7103350d25df4674235f9afb05d6eeed284d5d93/49_70_591_354/master/591.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8bc3c26ae3c81ff621294aac298b5437"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jack Sullivan/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7103350d25df4674235f9afb05d6eeed284d5d93/49_70_591_354/master/591.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=11d35b01b57bc35d8e01eb397fdb25ac"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jack Sullivan/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Richard Adams Education editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T23:01:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Young people buying large knives on Telegram and TikTok, police say</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/15/young-people-buying-large-knives-on-telegram-and-tiktok-police-say</link> <description><p>Commander says authorities scrambling to keep up with supply trends as knife crimes rise</p><p>Young people are using sites such as Telegram and TikTok to buy large knives for use in attacks and intimidation, with some linked to Britain’s drug wars, police said.</p><p>Stephen Clayman, national lead for knife crime for the National Police Chiefs’ Council, made it clear on Tuesday that police want tougher action after a 7% year-on-year rise in knife offences, with a 20% rise in knife-point robberies.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/15/young-people-buying-large-knives-on-telegram-and-tiktok-police-say">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/knifecrime">Knife crime</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/tiktok">TikTok</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/snapchat">Snapchat</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/ukcrime">Crime</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/technology">Technology</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/social-media">Social media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/digital-media">Digital media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/meta">Meta</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/police">Police</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/metropolitan-police">Metropolitan police</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 23:00:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/15/young-people-buying-large-knives-on-telegram-and-tiktok-police-say</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ba9edfd3f26a44da8fc314073c7baa2109164d00/0_111_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=26a70d928aa574f9fcd003db351e8c82"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ba9edfd3f26a44da8fc314073c7baa2109164d00/0_111_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9fee73e6ab153369e2b7b02928d5cdd3"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T23:00:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Sex education in English schools set to be banned before children are nine</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/14/sex-education-in-english-schools-set-to-be-banned-before-children-are-nine</link> <description><p>Education secretary Gillian Keegan to announce guidelines for phased discussion of topics depending on pupils’ age</p><p>Sex education in England’s primary schools is to be limited to those aged nine and over, with “explicit” discussions on topics such as contraception to be delayed until the age of 13, according to new guidance to be proposed by the government.</p><p>The revised guidance on relationships, sex and health education is expected to be published this week by the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, and is likely to contain further restrictions on teaching about gender and identity, with teachers told to instead explain “biological” facts, according to reports.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/14/sex-education-in-english-schools-set-to-be-banned-before-children-are-nine">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/education">Education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/sexuality">Sexuality</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/schools">Schools</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/primary-schools">Primary schools</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/secondary-schools">Secondary schools</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:59:53 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/14/sex-education-in-english-schools-set-to-be-banned-before-children-are-nine</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/249ebd702c56106d76ead15be80fe1c78b324192/0_90_3500_2101/master/3500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d7ea7759a2995f7cd7926c414a1adf15"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/249ebd702c56106d76ead15be80fe1c78b324192/0_90_3500_2101/master/3500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=719f795536b0d994ade9f180901c792f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Richard Adams and Pippa Crerar</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T22:59:53Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Policing minister calls for officers to conduct more stop and searches</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/14/police-must-do-more-stop-and-searches-to-tackle-knife-says-minister</link> <description><p>Chris Philp says police should not ‘tiptoe around using these powers in an aim to appease’ despite concerns over racial bias</p><p>Police officers must carry out more stop and searches to address knife crime as the tactic is “not used nearly often enough”, according to the policing minister.</p><p>Chris Philp said that police forces cannot afford to “tiptoe around using these powers in an aim to appease”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/14/police-must-do-more-stop-and-searches-to-tackle-knife-says-minister">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/law/stop-and-search">Stop and search</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/police">Police</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/metropolitan-police">Metropolitan police</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/race">Race</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/london">London</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/knifecrime">Knife crime</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:42:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/14/police-must-do-more-stop-and-searches-to-tackle-knife-says-minister</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f212e148133ad7d92131e74cbce0513b2e8e9fac/744_0_2646_1588/master/2646.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=827064274c2dd110c33f275315811d5d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Stuart Emmerson/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f212e148133ad7d92131e74cbce0513b2e8e9fac/744_0_2646_1588/master/2646.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a312a4de341e83afd1f5d90bd80ea400"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Stuart Emmerson/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nadeem Badshah</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T22:42:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Co-op Live finally hosts first gig after spate of cancellations</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/14/co-op-live-finally-hosts-first-manchester-gig-after-spate-of-cancellations</link> <description><p>£450m Manchester venue opens doors with Elbow concert two weeks after debris falling from ceiling forced shutdown</p><p>It has been billed by its American owners as the greatest music venue ever built: a state-of-the art arena to put Manchester back on the musical map.</p><p>But after a series of humiliating setbacks, the £450m Co-op Live – now referred to by some as Co-flop Live – opened its doors with a stagger rather than a swagger with a long-delayed concert by the local band Elbow on Tuesday night.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/14/co-op-live-finally-hosts-first-manchester-gig-after-spate-of-cancellations">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/manchester">Manchester</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/elbow">Elbow</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/music">Music</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/north-of-england">North of England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/co-operative-group">Co-operative Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester">Greater Manchester</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/peter-kay">Peter Kay</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/rick-astley">Rick Astley</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/harry-styles">Harry Styles</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:22:57 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/14/co-op-live-finally-hosts-first-manchester-gig-after-spate-of-cancellations</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bc460111cd90881e451369be2be4a367adb56be2/0_130_3500_2101/master/3500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=eab152886b6a23efd2603d70ec8ea95b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bc460111cd90881e451369be2be4a367adb56be2/0_130_3500_2101/master/3500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3cde42ac24434c7f48336c2d0af79579"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Josh Halliday North of England editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T21:22:57Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Democrat Angela Alsobrooks to face ex-governor Larry Hogan in Maryland Senate race</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/maryland-primary-republicans-democrats</link> <description><p>Alsobrooks beats Dave Trone and Hogan wins Republican primary, setting up November clash that could determine control of Senate</p><p>Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will face off against former Republican governor Larry Hogan in the Maryland Senate race this November, setting up an unexpectedly competitive election in the reliably Democratic state. Republicans have a rare opportunity to flip a Senate seat in Maryland, and the outcome of that race could determine control of the upper chamber in November.</p><p>Alsobrooks and Hogan won their parties’ Senate primaries on Tuesday, as Maryland voters cast ballots in the presidential race as well as congressional elections. Joe Biden and Donald Trump easily won the state’s primaries after already securing enough delegates to capture their parties’ nominations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/maryland-primary-republicans-democrats">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-senate">US Senate</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maryland">Maryland</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-politics">US politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">US Congress</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans">Republicans</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democrats</category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 02:18:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/maryland-primary-republicans-democrats</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/66e23022ba6106d037aa64e68d6455111d1bbfd6/0_0_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3d64cef89ad49ec2fc852653f46c9277"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/66e23022ba6106d037aa64e68d6455111d1bbfd6/0_0_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e33ad1bba675bd8a5321a1c3d78defc9"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Joan E Greve</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-15T02:18:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>California: Newsom advances $3.3bn for mental health centers and homeless housing</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/gavin-newsom-california-mental-health-bond-homelessness-housing</link> <description><p>Funds from plan, designed to build treatment centers and clinics, made available early as state grapples with homelessness crisis</p><p>California governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that $3.3bn would be made available from the state’s new mental health bond ahead of schedule to build more behavioral health treatment centers and homeless housing as the state grapples with a growing homelessness crisis.</p><p>It’s the first pot of money from a ballot measure designed to help cities, counties, tribes and developers build or renovate treatment centers and clinics, among other things. Voters passed it by a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/20/california-prop-1-passes-homelessness-mental-health-system">razor-thin margin in March</a> after Newsom threw all of his political weight behind it, touting it as linchpin of the state’s efforts to reduce homelessness.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/gavin-newsom-california-mental-health-bond-homelessness-housing">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gavin-newsom">Gavin Newsom</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/mental-health">Mental health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/homelessness">Homelessness</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/housing">Housing</category> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 01:52:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/gavin-newsom-california-mental-health-bond-homelessness-housing</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a5b6b27a03d1ef0bb916a3251fd35b98a45c8250/803_129_2415_1450/master/2415.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f58793e35e537cea9a4ba73a01dd8faa"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Haven Daley/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a5b6b27a03d1ef0bb916a3251fd35b98a45c8250/803_129_2415_1450/master/2415.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=724f3a644135989a17ac639fb03d26e7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Haven Daley/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian staff and agencies</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-15T01:52:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Arrest made in Florida bus crash that killed eight farm workers</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/florida-bus-crash-migrant-workers</link> <description><p>About 53 people were onboard bus heading to local watermelon farm to work for private company when crash occurred</p><p>Eight people were killed and dozens injured after a bus carrying migrant workers to a local farm crashed in Florida early Tuesday.</p><p>The crash happened around 6.30am in west Marion county, Florida, according to the Florida highway patrol, <a href="https://www.wcjb.com/2024/05/14/7-dead-marion-county-bus-crash-state-road-closed/">WCJB reported</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/florida-bus-crash-migrant-workers">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida">Florida</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/usimmigration">US immigration</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:56:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/florida-bus-crash-migrant-workers</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3053f5579d50282e2f6355c9bdf715aa48d56087/615_252_1433_860/master/1433.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e6445612b5ca2a2b83b11c3db0391f71"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Marion County Sheriff's Office via Facebook</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3053f5579d50282e2f6355c9bdf715aa48d56087/615_252_1433_860/master/1433.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e702a82561292cf8e0d95a4e57f355cc"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Marion County Sheriff's Office via Facebook</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Gloria Oladipo</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T22:56:29Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Cohen declines to bite at combative questions from Trump’s man Todd</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/cohen-cross-examination-trump-lawyer-todd</link> <description><p>Todd Blanche seemed to be looking for a ‘gotcha’ – instead there was laughter in the viewing room and one irked judge</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/michael-cohen-testimony-trump-trial">Full report: Cohen tells jury of phoney invoices to cover up payment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/trump-trial-michael-cohen-testimony-key-takeaways">Key takeaways from day two of Cohen testimony</a></li></ul><p>“Mr Trump, is Todd doing a good job?”</p><p>So shouted a pool reporter outside a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday afternoon shortly after Trump’s lead attorney, Todd Blanche, started cross examining former fixer turned prosecution witness, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/michael-cohen-testimony-trump-trial">Michael Cohen</a>, in his criminal hush-money trial.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/cohen-cross-examination-trump-lawyer-todd">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donald-trump-trials">Donald Trump trials</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/michael-cohen">Michael Cohen</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/stormy-daniels">Stormy Daniels</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 22:41:31 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/cohen-cross-examination-trump-lawyer-todd</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9f0a73cfab1b0ae01ba7eaef9a660c90fedf4a8d/0_100_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=150bad67c43869a5c4dbc82a08e52e68"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Curtis Means/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9f0a73cfab1b0ae01ba7eaef9a660c90fedf4a8d/0_100_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=179b1451f50b9d76e50344bd215a3ebd"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Curtis Means/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Victoria Bekiempis</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T22:41:31Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Michael Cohen admits he wants to see Trump convicted in hush-money cross-examination – as it happened</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/14/michael-cohen-trump-testimony-hush-money-trial-latest-updates</link> <description><p>This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting from court here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/michael-cohen-testimony-trump-trial">Michael Cohen tells hush-money jury of phoney invoices to cover up payment</a></li></ul><p><strong>Donald Trump</strong> is entering the courtroom. He was carrying papers, which he dropped on to the defense table before sitting.</p><p>Trump is joined by Florida congressman <strong>Cory Mills,</strong> North Dakota governor <strong>Doug Burgum,</strong> former Republican presidential candidate <strong>Vivek Ramaswamy</strong>, as well as <strong>Eric Trump</strong> and <strong>Lara Trump.</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/14/michael-cohen-trump-testimony-hush-money-trial-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donald-trump-trials">Donald Trump trials</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/michael-cohen">Michael Cohen</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 21:09:34 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/14/michael-cohen-trump-testimony-hush-money-trial-latest-updates</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f0f914eb1628c74f735f9b7a20df8e492ac2ef72/1_0_2998_1800/master/2998.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=912cce9678217fe53c75c783b6b15a3c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: AFP via Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f0f914eb1628c74f735f9b7a20df8e492ac2ef72/1_0_2998_1800/master/2998.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5c361de7ed25ff7662419b79c27c79d5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: AFP via Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Victoria Bekiempis and Léonie Chao-Fong</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T21:09:34Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Ship in Baltimore bridge collapse lost power hours before leaving port - report</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/baltimore-bridge-collapse-cargo-ship-investigation</link> <description><p>Cargo ship experienced electrical outage 10 hours before departing then lost power again before collision, preliminary report says</p><p>Investigators examining the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said in a preliminary report on Tuesday the cargo ship Dali experienced an electrical blackout about 10 hours before leaving the port of Baltimore while undergoing maintenance.</p><p>The power outage was caused by a crew member mistakenly closing an exhaust damper, causing the ship’s engine to stall, the report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board said. The ship lost power again and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns shortly after leaving the port on 26 March, which brought the bridge down in seconds.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/baltimore-bridge-collapse-cargo-ship-investigation">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/baltimore-bridge-collapse">Baltimore bridge collapse</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/baltimore">Baltimore</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-news">US news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/shipping-industry">Shipping industry</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maryland">Maryland</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 20:42:58 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/baltimore-bridge-collapse-cargo-ship-investigation</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/888b0f0cb114c75d9aa69ee22483a4b5d9de4cbe/0_344_5605_3363/master/5605.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2d92c24de9526e05cddb623f02b2fa4c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/888b0f0cb114c75d9aa69ee22483a4b5d9de4cbe/0_344_5605_3363/master/5605.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e1795e3cd3da0b9f73e54bc8afe9aefa"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-05-14T20:42:58Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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