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Output reduction to ‘around 790’ planes comes after French firm issued recall over software glitch affecting 6,000 jets Business live – latest updates Airbus has cut its plane delivery target for this year after it identified a problem with the fuselage panels on its bestselling A320 family of aircraft that has forced it to inspect hundreds of jets. The world’s largest plane manufacturer said it …

Vincent Chan, 45, pleads guilty to 26 offences from 2022 to 2024 including attacks on four young girls Warning: this article contains descriptions of offences readers may find distressing A paedophile passed vetting to get a job at a London nursery where he sexually assaulted toddlers, some during their nap time, while they were in his care. Vincent Chan, 45, who worked at a north London branch o…

Trust announces major grant to exhibit £4m Chew Valley Hoard, which was found by metal detectorists in 2019 The coins were buried in a valley in the English West Country almost 1,000 years ago at a time of huge political and social turmoil. A millennium on, plans have been announced to bring the Chew Valley Hoard , 2,584 silver coins hidden shortly after the Norman conquest, back to the south-wes…

Cleta Mitchell was compelled to testify in North Carolina over a recent law that hiked up requirements During a federal trial in North Carolina over whether a new voter registration law discriminates against college students, a prominent rightwing election integrity activist previewed Republicans’ long-range plans to end same-day registration. Judge Thomas Schroeder is deliberating over the futur…

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAE Warnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistleblower whose testimony raises fresh concern over British failures to act on the atrocities unfolding in the war-ravaged country. The threat analyst …

President yesterday also halted immigration for people from 19 nations including Somalia, Afghanistan and Yemen Trump had threatened the dramatic crackdown on immigration from the 19 already-targeted countries, following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers by an Afghan suspect last week. He said he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the US system to…

City of London corporation names Albert Island near City airport in Docklands for meat and fish markets A former industrial site in London’s Docklands has been named as the new home for the capital’s ancient Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market, under plans unveiled by their owner. The proposal by the City of London Corporation – the governing body that runs London’s Square Mile an…

Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal. Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the or…

Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board Trump administration officials have defended carrying out a follow-up strike on a drug boat that killed survivors on 2 September by arguing that its objective was to ensure the complete destruction of the boat, an action the Pentagon had internal legal approval to conduct. The Whi…

Exclusive: Compilation of data to be shared with ‘appropriate agencies’ prompts fears of immigration crackdown The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is in the process of creating an urgent and massive new internal database of non-US citizens who are “employed or affiliated” with the government department, a sensitive memo leaked to the Guardian has revealed – prompting alarm within the sprawlin…

Reform UK leader says report of an election deal with Conservatives is ‘false’, but suggests only under their current leadership Labour says the Financial Times story (see 9.33am ) shows that Nigel Farage is willing to be propped up by the Conservative party. A Labour spokesperson said: Nigel Farage isn’t even hiding it anymore – he’s happy for failed Tories to prop up his party, whether they cho…

Lachlan Marchant says the massive cloud over the Tanami desert in Northern territory ‘reminded us of Uluru’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Lachlan Marchant and his colleagues were driving their golf buggies back to their shed when they saw the earth sweeping towards them. “It reminded us of Uluru, the sheer size and width of this thing,” Marchant says. “It was just r…

The Kremlin said the meeting with Trump’s envoys was ‘constructive’ but they were no closer to ending the war with Ukraine Meanwhile, European Union lawmakers and member states reached a deal to ban all imports of Russian gas by autumn 2027, as the bloc seeks to choke off key funds feeding Moscow’s war chest, AFP reported. The overnight accord aims to break a dependency the bloc has struggled to …

The proposed changes, which the government claims are needed to combat AI-generated requests, would also reduce what documents can be released Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government’s proposal to introduce fees for freedom of information requests and reduce what documents can be released has been widely slammed by opposition and crossbench senators as…

In today’s newsletter: With US pressure mounting and Ukraine signalling cautious openness, Moscow continues to project military momentum Good morning. On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin welcomed Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow for talks on ending the war on Ukraine, nearly four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. The summit came amid intense diplomatic activity. Two …