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Twenty-seven entries shortlisted in 21 categories including website of the year and newspaper of the year The Guardian has been nominated for more than 20 honours at this year’s Press Awards, including for website of the year, daily newspaper of the year and newspaper of the year (daily and Sunday). Twenty-seven entries from the Guardian have been shortlisted across 21 different categories by the…

President warned prior to the vote that any Republican who voted against tariffs would ‘suffer the consequences’ Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with news that the House has voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year , in what has been seen as a r…

Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car. Plus, US jobs rise by 130,000 in January Good morning. Newly released evidence has shown that Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year. Mari…

ACT government confirms it raised reports of boy’s fate with foreign affairs department, amid unverified claims he died last week Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast There are concerns for a former Canberra high school student following disputed claims he was killed in Iran, amid representations by the Australian gove…

Teenager also accused of possession of a knife and allegedly spraying an unnamed substance at a third child A 13-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after two pupils were stabbed at a secondary school in north-west London. The teenager, who has not been named because of his age, is due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday, the Metropolitan police said. Continue r…

British asset management group’s deal with Nuveen will create one of world’s biggest fund managers Schroders has agreed a £9.9bn takeover by a US investor, ending two centuries of family ownership of the historic British asset management group. Chicago-based Nuveen will buy the City firm, it said on Thursday, in a deal that will create one of the world’s biggest fund managers, controlling about $…

Local officials say strikes were part of widespread attacks across the country targeting energy infrastructure Our sports team have the latest on the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to ban Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing in the Winter Olympics over the use of a helmet honouring Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia. The IOC said the helmet…

Justice minister says ‘man who moved to Monaco to save tax is now lecturing us about immigration’ Good morning. As Joe Coughlan and Rob Davies report, last night Downing Street said that said the Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for his comments that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants. Although Ratcliffe’s claim that the UK population had increased by 12m over the …

Manchester United co-owner, who lives in Monaco, faces growing backlash for using ‘far-right narratives’ The Monaco-based billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has been accused of hypocrisy and using “far-right narratives”, as a backlash grew over his claims that the UK was being “colonised” by immigrants. Fans called the Manchester United co-owner’s comments “disgraceful and deeply divisive”, while Keir Sta…

A handful of votes may decide the next Liberal leader, with Sussan Ley to stare down her challenger, Angus Taylor, on Friday morning The Libspill is on: Taylor v Ley set for Liberal leadership showdown on Friday morning – podcast Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Liberal party is on the brink of dumping its first female leader, with Angus Taylor’s backers confident …

Prime minister stresses importance of repairs to graves in Gaza being conducted as soon as possible in meeting with Isaac Herzog Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has raised the issue of Australian war graves bulldozed by the Israeli military in Gaza directly with the Israeli pr…

Nigel Dalton says he sought to redeem himself ‘in the eyes of God’ by crossing the floor in an attempt to overturn the LNP’s abortion debate gag order Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The rebel Liberal National party Queensland MP Nigel Dalton, who earlier this week defied the state’s premier, David Crisafulli, ove…

Leaders to discuss once-taboo policy of favouring European companies, in attempt to regain economic competitiveness EU leaders are expected to diverge on whether “Buy European” is an answer to Europe’s waning economic fortunes, at a summit on how to secure the continent’s future in a more volatile global economy. At a moated castle in the east Belgian countryside, the EU’s 27 leaders will gather …

Referendum on immigration limit could threaten EU agreements and cripple economy, say Swiss businesses Switzerland will vote this summer on a proposal from the far-right Swiss People’s party (SVP) to limit the country’s population to 10 million, a move that would threaten key agreements with the EU and, opponents say, cripple its economy. The government said on Wednesday the referendum on the SVP…

Move is a ‘backwards step’, company spokesperson says, amid concerns Kremlin is seeking more state control via messaging apps such as Max Russia has attempted to “fully block” WhatsApp in an attempt to push users towards its own state-sponsored communications app, Max, a spokesperson for the Meta-owned company has said. The company did not reveal more detail on what extent the attempt succeeded o…