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As President-Elect Trump talks up negotiations, Putin has made clear his position hasn’t changed since launching invasion in 2022 Millions of Ukrainians woke up early on Sunday morning to a massive Russian missile and drone attack on their country’s infrastructure, the biggest assault from Moscow since the end of August and the first large-scale attack since the US election. Donald Trump once pro…

Pankaj Lamba is the main suspect in death of Harshita Brella of Corby, whose body was discovered in Ilford An international manhunt is under way for the husband of a woman who police believe was murdered and whose body was found in the boot of a car. On Sunday Northamptonshire police named Pankaj Lamba as the prime suspect in the murder of 24-year-old Harshita Brella of Corby. Continue reading...

Challenging finances and polarised political landscape blamed for closure after nearly decade of activism Members of the Women’s Equality party (WEP) have voted to dissolve the organisation after nearly a decade of activism, with its leaders blaming challenging finances and a more polarised political landscape. The move, backed by the WEP’s leader, Mandu Reid, and the party co-founders Catherine …

UK prime minister to meet world leaders at summit in Brazil that Vladimir Putin has declined to attend Ukraine will be “top of the agenda” this week at a meeting of leaders from the world’s most powerful economies, Keir Starmer has pledged, though he said he had “no plans” to follow the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and speak directly to Vladimir Putin. Starmer will meet world leaders on Monday…

PM does not rule out UK providing financial incentives to stop would-be asylum seekers making journey Keir Starmer is supporting plans to look at Italian-style migration deals with other nations to reduce the number of small boat crossings, saying that the UK has “got to do everything we can” on the issue. Refusing to rule out seeking arrangements with Vietnam, Turkey and others to provide financ…

Carmakers want ministers to ease mandate to make more electric vehicles, which would mean energy firms losing out Big UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car targets as struggling carmakers pile pressure on ministers to relax the rules before industry talks this week. The businesses said the zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate …

Extremists, including Tommy Robinson allies, expected to attend but organisers say they want event to be nonpolitical Far-right groups are seeking to hijack the farmers’ protest against tax changes introduced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves. Extremists, including close associates of Tommy Robinson, have been using social media to urge supporters to turn up at the protest in London on Tuesday, as…

Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors’ Benevolent Fund were sent notes A bitter feud that tore apart an illustrious actors’ charity has been reignited by the emergence of poison pen letters threatening former trustees. The annual meeting of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) takes place on Tuesday after at least three years of turmoil with little prospect that…

Pro-business party internally referred to its plans as ‘D-day’ Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats, who collapsed Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition earlier this month in a dispute over the budget, reportedly plotted their exit weeks before the final split, referring to their plans internally as “D-day”. Newspapers Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the FDP had intended from at least…

Minor party’s offer, which includes ban on native-forest logging, represents its second concession on stalled legislation in less than a week Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Greens have dropped their demand for a climate trigger to be incorporated in the government’s stalled Nature Positive legislation, indicating they are now prepared to pass the bills in return …

Treasury confirms cheques will stay in circulation until 2029 but then cease to be accepted as legal tender Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Businesses selling essential goods and services such as groceries, medicines and fuel will be forced to accept cash from their customers unless granted a special exemption, under a government mandate to take effect from 1 January …

Collariums, which emit UVA radiation, are often advertised on private social media accounts, thwarting search warrant efforts Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland Department of Health investigators are struggling to prosecute sunbed operators claiming the devices are “safe” because inspectors do not have the necessary UV detection equipment, and because services…

Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says William Christou reports for the Guardian from Beirut on the strike by Israeli forces on a Ba’ath party center in Ras al-Nabaa, central Beirut, on Sunday afternoon, the first strike on central Beirut in over a month: The attack on the busy residential neighbourhood came without warning, and appea…

Attack in Beit Lahiya follows reports of deadly attacks elsewhere in territory as Israel also strikes targets in Lebanon Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or injured by an Israeli strike on a multistorey residential building in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, local medics and officials in the territory have said. The government media office in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, put the number of thos…

The tradition of chomping through a kilo of sweets once a week is under threat as demand soars for sugary sweets Swedes love sweets. So when an American TikToker sparked a craze for Swedish candy this year, there was pride that an important part of national culture was being recognised around the world. The Danes may have Ozempic but the Swedes have lördagsgodis – Saturday sweets – where families…