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Europe’s politicians spent the night sending carbon copy messages hailing their country’s ‘special’ or ‘strategic’ relationship with the USRest assured that we will be covering all key events in the build up to next month’s elections in Germany in our Europe Live blogs here, but if you want to keep track of how the polls look at any given moment, you can use (and...

Annual growth in average weekly earnings increases by 5.6% in three months to end of NovemberBusiness live – latest updatesUK pay growth rose in November, official figures show, keeping pressure on the Bank of England to hold interest rates amid concerns over lingering inflationary pressures.With the government under pressure on the economy, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said annual growth in average weekly...

PM says ministers would never have been forgiven if they had released information about the attack that led to the collapse of a future trialStarmer says nothing will be off the table in the inquiry.There are also questions about the accountability of the Whitehall and Westminster system – a system that is far too often driven by circling the institutional wagons, that does not...

Axel Rudakubana bought items on Amazon to make lethal poison three years after he came to attention of authoritiesWarning: contains descriptions of violence that readers may find upsettingUK politics live – latest updates Continue reading...

On his first day on office the US president sought to undo much of Joe Biden’s legacy, also vowing to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling Trump sworn in as 47th president as US braces for a new era of disruption and divisionDonald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol four years ago will begin to leave prison on Tuesday, after the newly installed president...

Humanitarian organisations express cautious hope truce deal will allow to scale up aid from 18 to 500 truckloads a dayDisplaced Palestinian people making their way home have spoken to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency about their hopes and fears for the future.Ghadeer Abdul Rabbo, 30, told AFP she hopes that the ceasefire will hold “with or without Trump”and world governments will help “maintain...

US dollar hits five-year highs against Canadian currency as Japan’s Nikkei index swings between losses and gainsBusiness live – latest updatesFinancial markets swayed after Donald Trump took office and did not immediately impose new trade tariffs in his executive orders, but later signalled punitive tariffs on Mexico and Canada.The new US president told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office that he was thinking...

Doctor calls situation ‘an absolute disaster’ for public mental health system and vulnerable patientsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMental health wards have begun to close in New South Wales as negotiations to avert the mass resignations of psychiatrists continue.At Cumberland psychiatric hospital, the largest mental health facility in NSW and the oldest in Australia, the acute and rehabilitation wards...

Germany will elect a new Bundestag on 23 February. Find out who is ahead in opinion polls and what coalitions are possibleGermany is preparing for a general election to the Bundestag, the lower house of its parliament, on 23 February, after its “traffic-light” coalition of social democrats, liberals and greens collapsed. The country’s electoral system is highly proportional, so polls give a good indication...

State and territory leaders also agree to set up new database tracking antisemitic crime after national cabinet meeting Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal police are investigating whether “overseas actors” are paying local criminals to carry out antisemitic attacks in Australia and whether children are being radicalised online after a wave...

This blog is now closedAFP investigating whether foreign actors paid local criminals cryptocurrency to carry out antisemitic attacksThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, says it was a “privilege and honour” to be the first Australian foreign minister to “be invited and to attend an inauguration on behalf of our country”.She spoke with the Today show from Washington DC, where she attended Donald Trump’s inauguration.My...

Whitesnake’s David Coverdale and Slash of Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to musician described as an ‘exceptional talent’John Sykes, a guitarist with the rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65. A statement said his death followed “a hard-fought battle with cancer”.It added: “He will be remembered by many as a man with exceptional musical talent but for those who didn’t know...

Rachel Reeves hopes expansion will increase economic growth but Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan oppose it Business live – latest updatesA reported plan to approve a third runway at Heathrow and an expansion of Gatwick and Luton airports has been labelled “desperate”, as the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, faces opposition from within Labour to the decision.Reeves is poised to make a swathe of announcements intended...

Finding upholds Human Rights Commission’s earlier ruling to deny group a five-year exemption under Sex Discrimination ActFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian lesbian group cannot exclude transgender and bisexual women from its public events as doing so would constitute unlawful discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.In 2023 the Lesbian Action Group...

NSW premier Chris Minns says police will track down people behind Maroubra attack and foreshadows new anti-hatred lawsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore detectives will be assigned to track down the perpetrators of a spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney after a childcare centre was set alight and targeted with graffiti...

Prime minister acknowledges US president’s move would ‘impact the globe’ but says Australia remains a sovereign nation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has vowed to continue Australia’s action on climate change after the United States president, Donald Trump, once again moved to pull his country out of the Paris...

Move is part of £300m investment that includes deepwater quay and building of hundreds of homes near city centreBelfast harbour is to invest £90m to upgrade its port to serve a wave of wind energy projects and cruise ships as part of a £300m investment plan.A new deepwater quay capable of supporting wind projects will be the largest part of an investment plan that...

Andrew Cheung defends city’s legal processes as ‘transparent, fair and independent’ despite mounting concerns from departing legal officersHong Kong’s top judge has claimed the exodus of foreign judges from the judiciary’s benches since the introduction of the national security law is due to escalating geopolitical tensions and “orchestrated harassment”.The city’s chief justice, Andrew Cheung, made the remarks at the ceremonial opening of the city’s...

This blog has closed. You can follow live coverage on our new liveblog hereMy colleague Joseph Gedeon in Washington DC also had this look at what Trump might have planned for day one:In the grand theatre of American politics, presidential inaugurations typically follow a familiar script: the oath, the speech, a few carefully chosen executive orders to satisfy campaign promises. Franklin D Roosevelt used...

Cheaper foodstuffs and being able to go out without fear of death or mutilation bring relief but conditions remain direOn the first morning of the first day after the ceasefire, the market of Asdaa camp, a sprawling area of tents and makeshift shelters on the central Gaza coast, was busy.Some shoppers had come because prices of the small range of basic necessities available had...

Dozens of children fall ill during rollout of program that was a centrepiece of President Prabowo Subianto’s election campaignDozens of Indonesian schoolchildren have suffered food poisoning after consuming free meals offered through a new flagship program of President Prabowo Subianto, his office has confirmed.Rolled out this month, Prabowo’s multi-billion dollar policy was a centrepiece of the former general’s election campaign, with a pledge to...

Ohio State Buckeyes 34-23 Notre Dame Fighting IrishJeremiah Smith’s big play clinches championshipInstead of having to mull over another collapse, Ohio State can celebrate another national title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid on Monday night to walk away with a nailbiter of a 34-23 victory over the Fighting Irish.Will Howard hit big-play receiver Jeremiah Smith for 56 yards on a late...

Most leaders were diplomatic about their differences, while others more ideologically aligned with the new US president voiced their joyDonald Trump inauguration – live updatesInternational leaders have responded with a mixture of wariness, anger and enthusiasm to Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, with Panama pushing back on his pledge to retake the Panama Canal and Mexico vowing to defend its people ahead of...

More than 1,600 people eligible to resettle in the United States are waiting to flee Afghanistan and Pakistan, say advocatesMore than 1,600 Afghans eligible to enter the US as refugees will see their entry blocked under an executive order signed by Donald Trump on Monday evening that suspends the resettlement of all refugees to the United States for an indefinite period of time.The decision...