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More than 300 flood warnings or alerts across UK as homes left without power, sporting events cancelled and transport disrupted Flights, trains and ferries were cancelled, motorists faced long delays and thousands of properties were left without power across the UK and Ireland after Storm Bram brought heavy rain and strong winds. By Tuesday night, there were more than 300 flood warnings or alerts…

Market operator says capital cost of infrastructure under optimal path would be $128bn in today’s dollars, but price of delay is even higher Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The capacity of Australia’s main electricity grid will need to triple by 2050 – including a fivefold expansio…

Daniella Levine Cava wished the piglet ‘a long happy life’ in speech alluding to the several pardons issued by Trump It might not have been at the same level as pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys , or January 6 US capitol attack participants – but the mayor of Miami-Dade had her own Donald Trump moment Tuesday in ritually sparing the life of a pig named Six Seven. Daniella Levine Cava performed the s…

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders We must protect our borders to defend our democracies – and that means the ECHR must change Keir Starmer has called on European leaders to urgently update joint human rights laws so that member states can take tougher action to protect their borders and see off the rise of the populis…

The closer you get to Kalu’s endless sinewy trails of old VHS tape, the harder it is to know where their forms stop and the space around them begins Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize Nnena Kalu’s forms come at you with their almost alien unknowable presence. They bulge and bifurcate and multiply. The viewer gets caught up in all the roaring, spilling, …

Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’ Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner prize for her colourful drawings and sculptures made from found fabric and VHS tape, becoming the first artist with a learning disability to take home the £25,000 prize. Ale…

Worcestershire council leader Jo Monk sent city councillor Ed Kimberley a cease and desist letter over his criticism of her The leader of a Reform UK-run local authority has been criticised for an “authoritarian” attempt to silence opposition after sending a legal threat to a Labour councillor, demanding he stops mentioning her name in public. Ed Kimberley, a Worcester city councillor, said he re…

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels clash with Congolese army and other groups as they march on strategic eastern town About 200,000 people have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic eastern town just days after Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace . The UN said at least 74 people had been killed, mostly civil…

Meanwhile, federal government deadlocked with states over extra health funding. Follow the latest updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Nick Visser with the main action. The eyes of the world are on Australia this morning after the long-awaited soc…

NHS Providers chief urges better infection control, while No 10 stresses choice and Kemi Badenoch warns against mask mandate People experiencing flu or cold symptoms should wear a mask in public places as the UK grapples with a “tidal wave” of illness, an NHS leader has said. Daniel Elkeles, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents NHS trusts, said the country is seeing a “very nasty st…

Series prompts high-water rescues as it passes Washington state and Oregon as flood watches put in effect along coast A series of powerful storms hit the Pacific north-west, dumping heavy rain, swelling rivers and prompting high-water rescues in several states. An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river is passing through the region, bringing heavy rainfall across western Washin…

First lady seen making sexist and derogatory reference to women who had disrupted theatre show by Ary Abittan Brigitte Macron was facing criticism on Tuesday after video emerged of her using a slur to denounce feminist protesters. The scene filmed on Sunday showed France’s first lady in discussion backstage at the Folies Bergère theatre in Paris with Ary Abittan, a French actor and humorist previ…

US treasury accuses Colombian nationals and companies of aiding the RSF, which has committed horrific war crimes The United States has sanctioned four people and four companies accused of enlisting Colombian mercenaries to fight for and train a Sudanese paramilitary group accused by Washington of committing genocide. Announcing the sanctions on Tuesday, the US treasury said the network was largel…

Ministry says Briton, who has not publicly been named, was injured while observing a test, away from the frontline A member of the UK armed forces was killed in an accident in Ukraine on Tuesday morning, believed to be the first time a serving member of the British military has been killed in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion. The victim was not immediately named, though the Ministry …

More than 300,000 signatures delivered to secretary of state to force referendum on Republican-drawn map Organizers challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map say they turned in enough signatures on Tuesday to block the map from going into effect and to force a referendum on the map next year. People not Politicians, the main organization behind the effort, said they submitted more th…