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Exclusive: Police Federation condemns deployment of US firm’s tech to analyse behaviour as ‘automated suspicion’ Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned. The Metropolitan police has previously declined to confirm or deny whether it used technology supplied by the compan…

Official US social media accounts posted about rise of ‘violent radical leftism’ after killing of Quentin Deranque in Lyon last week The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, has said he will summon Charles Kushner, the US ambassador to France, over comments related to the killing of the French far-right activist Quentin Deranque. Deranque was beaten to death in Lyon last week during a fight…

Battle-tested Ukrainian startup that advertises a ‘Killbox’ drone recruited Prince as non-executive chair After multiple sources previously told the Guardian that Erik Prince – Maga ally and founder of the now defunct mercenary company Blackwater – was looking to work with Ukraine ’s invaluable drone sector, recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents confirm he now is . Swarmer, wh…

In an edited extract from her latest book, Hazel Sheffield sets out a new blueprint for community stewardship It was a Saturday in February 2020 when the flood came. It had been a wet winter, so wet it seemed that before the month was out, the brown trout of the River Taff might be washed clean out into Cardiff Bay before the fishing season had even begun. But this is Wales. People are used to a …

Bridget Phillipson defends changes, saying the government is ‘not taking away support’ from children UK politics live – latest updates Bridget Phillipson has pledged that under the government’s overhaul of special needs support for children in England will begin within weeks not months, as she prepares to announce the controversial revamp. Speaking before publication of the white paper on the ref…

Friedrich Merz to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing as China overtakes US as country’s leading export destination China has overtaken the US as Germany’s top trading partner, figures have shown, as the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, prepares for his first visit to Beijing since taking office. Merz will head to China on Tuesday and will be welcomed with military honours on Wednesday in Beijing by the prime …

Welsh Rugby Union is to cut number of professional teams from four to three, with Ospreys the likely choice For Ian Gough, a lock forward who had been dropped by the Wales national rugby union team, signing with Swansea’s Ospreys in 2007 was life-changing: he credits his time at the club with resurrecting his international career. “It was great fun playing for the Ospreys,” he said. “They did it …

Defence minister rebuffs US president’s claim that Arctic islanders are ‘not being taken care of’ Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries, Denmark’s defence minister has said, after Donald Trump said he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory that he wants to acquire. “The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare it needs. They receive it eithe…

Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of remains of 13th-century saint Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors. Inside a nitrogen-filled plexiglass case with the Latin inscription “Corpus Sancti Francisci” (the body of Saint Francis), the rema…

The government plans to halve the attainment gap in England Bridget Phillipson is asked about the government’s school reforms, namely around those concerning children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in England. Trevor Phillips points out to her that there are 1.7 million children with special educational needs, nearly 500,000 of whom are school pupils. He says the proportio…

Major chains agree to halve default sweetness, but street vendors and cafes remain outside sugar tax rules A crowd of customers, holding phones aloft, watch intently as Auntie Nid mixes up her bestseller: an iced Thai tea. Condensed milk is poured into a glass, followed by three heaped tablespoons of sugar, and then freshly strained tea. The end product – a deep orange, creamy treat – is poured i…

Trade minister Don Farrell says Australia has ‘consistently advocated’ against the ‘unjustified tariffs’, after the US president announced new levies Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia will “examine all options” after the US president Donald Trump announced a temporary 15% tariff would apply to US imports f…

One woman is subject to temporary exclusion order over security concerns, but home affairs minister says group is ‘not consistent’ in their beliefs Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Tony Burke says authorities “know the state of mind” of each of the 34 Australian women and children stuck in a Syrian detention camp, …

Six additional skiers survived tragedy in Sierra Nevadas near Lake Tahoe, a popular winter sport destination ‘They were mothers, wives, friends’: how a ski trip turned deadly in the California mountains Officials announced on Saturday that the bodies of all nine missing skiers who were killed in a devastating avalanche in California had been recovered, following days of search efforts. The avalan…

‘Intelligence-based, selective operations’ carried out against Pakistani Taliban camps, says information ministry Pakistan carried out strikes along the border with Afghanistan on Saturday night, stating it was targeting hideouts of Pakistani militants it blames for recent attacks inside the country. Islamabad did not say in precisely which areas the strikes were carried out or provide other deta…