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Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces The Sudanese city of El Fasher resembles a “massive crime scene”, with large piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) work to destroy evidence of the scale of their massacre. Six weeks after the RSF seized the city , corpses have…

Two leaders are due to hold defence and trade talks on Friday, against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, which has seen the US hit India with tariffs over its continued purchases of Russian oil Analysis: Putin and Modi to meet amid politically treacherous times for Russia and India According to Indian officials involved in the preparation for the summit, the agenda includes talks on defence, energ…

Steaming service now in exclusive talks over deal that would change film and TV landscape Warner Bros Discovery has entered exclusive talks to sell its streaming and Hollywood studio business to Netflix, a move that would dramatically change the established film and TV landscape. Netflix is in competition with Paramount Skydance and Comcast, which owns assets including Universal Studios and Sky, …

Official data cannot show what impact ECHR has on asylum cases, says leading thinktank Migration Observatory Gaps in official migration statistics are hampering public debate and policy decisions including on cases relating to human rights laws, according to a leading thinktank. The University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory has identified 10 areas where information is lacking, including immigr…

Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found. More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island,…

From ‘all at sea’ to ‘by and large’, windy weather has had quite an impact on the English language Some everyday expressions have an obvious nautical origin such as “all at sea” and “an even keel”. But plenty of others have slipped into the language unnoticed, including a number derived from how sailors talked about the wind. Surprisingly, “overbearing” was originally a nautical term , meaning ha…

Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy A group of Holocaust survivors have demanded Nigel Farage tell the truth and apologise for the antisemitic comments that fellow pupils of Dulwich College allege he made toward Jewish pupils . The Reform UK leader has said he never racially abused anyone with intent but may have engaged in “b…

‘Soilsmology’ aims to map world’s soils and help avert famine, says not-for-profit co-founded by George Monbiot George Monbiot: Over a pint in Oxford, we may well have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture A groundbreaking soil-health measuring technique could help avert famine and drought, scientists have said. At the moment, scientists have to dig lots of holes to study the soil, which is…

Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee leading trend as politicians find traditional ways to reach voters no longer work A perennial head-scratcher for progressives is how to craft a simple, compelling message on the economy. One Labour MP found the answer in a few packets of M&S biscuits. Gordon McKee, who represents Glasgow South, has racked up more than 3.3m views on X with an 101-second video in which…

Trump envoy fails to secure deal as Norway prepares to host talks on how to restore civilian government in Sudan The US is considering a much broader range of sanctions on the belligerents in the war in Sudan, in a tacit acknowledgment of the inability of the US envoy Massad Boulos to persuade the parties to accept a ceasefire. Last week Donald Trump announced that work had begun to end the war a…

Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, are under scrutiny over military strikes on suspected drug boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Tom Phillips about why people are accusing Trump of war crimes Archive: 60 Minu…

Defence secretary appears to contradict previous assurances from Penny Wong that only conventionally armed submarines will visit Australian ports under Aukus deal Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast US submarines carrying nuclear weapons could dock at Australian bases, defence officials have told the Senate, and the A…

Vincent Tarzia makes surprise announcement as opinion surveys suggest party headed for defeat at March poll Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast South Australia’s opposition leader, Vincent Tarzia, has stepped down three months out from the state election, triggering the fourth Liberal leadership change nationally in l…

‘Future of Europe’ at stake with Von der Leyen and Merz desperate to persuade Belgian PM to allow use of frozen Russian assets Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will meet the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, and Belgium’s prime minister, Bart De Wever, for emergency talks on Friday as the EU races to save its sorely needed financing plan for Ukraine. The three leaders will din…

Call for submissions from across UK could include cheese rolling, Burns Night suppers and Notting Hill carnival Bring out your cheese rolling, your niche crafts, steel drumming or Burns Night suppers for these are part of the UK’s intangible cultural heritage, and could be in line for official United Nations recognition. Eighteen months after the UK finally signed up to a UN list of recognised cu…