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PM due to take questions on growth, international affairs and defence, and on welfare and health ahead of the Easter recessThe Green party says it is offering “positive change” at the local elections to people fed up with the “old, tired parties”.It is formally launching its campaign later this morning and, according to extracts released in advance, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s co-leader, will argue...

Beijing announces 34% retaliatory tariffs on the United States and US president threatens to cancel any trade talks with China The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, met with Donald Trump on Monday for the second time since the US president’s return to office, marking the first effort by a foreign leader to negotiate a deal after Trump announced sweeping tariffs last week.Speaking alongside Trump...

Prime minister and Coalition leader go head-to-head tonight in debate hosted by Sky News. Follow livePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastTen minutes until leaders’ debate kicks offThe media pack for both campaign buses have joined together in the Wenty Leagues club. Continue reading...

Beijing says US threat to escalate tariffs against China is a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ and amounts to blackmailHow ‘liberation day’ rout compares with other notorious stock market crisesWall Street traders on Trump tariffs: ‘Without doubt, we’re hitting a recession’Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory leviesSouth Korea’s government has approved Tuesday 3 June as the date for a snap...

Those who lose benefit payments will find it difficult to access care and support services, says Policy in PracticeHundreds of thousands of seriously ill and disabled people will become “invisible” and cut adrift from local support services as a result of the government’s £5bn programme of disability benefit cuts, experts have warned.Claimants who do not qualify for personal independence payment (Pip) or incapacity benefits...

Conservation groups condemn the move along with the government’s decision to extend the life of coal power stationsGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2035 could face the scrap heap, with the state energy minister ordering a review of the ambitious legislation.The Clean Economy Jobs Bill was passed into law last...

Health secretary says chaos caused by fears of a global trade war will be ‘another layer of challenge’US tariffs could adversely affect the supply of medicines to the UK, the health secretary has said.Donald Trump announced a wide range of “reciprocal” tariffs on goods imported into the US, including a 10% levy on the UK as well as 20% on the EU, 34% on...

Chief economist Phil O’Donaghoe says ‘global shock’ from protectionist US trade policy justifies more aggressive move from Reserve BankGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastDeutsche Bank says the Reserve Bank of Australia will follow the script from previous crises and deliver a double rate cut when it next meets in May, as Donald Trump’s threats of even higher tariffs on...

FTSE 100 up as investors hope reports of planned US trade talks with Japan mean US will be open to negotiationsBusiness live – latest updatesEuropean stock markets have risen on Tuesday in early signs of a rebound from the punishing global sell-off triggered by US trade tariffs.Stock markets in the UK and across the EU were in positive territory in early trading on Tuesday...

This blog is now closedWhen is the leaders’ debate tonight? What time to watch Albanese v Dutton on Sky NewsAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastGallagher reiterates...

Backbench groups revive controversial issue to counter threat of Reform UK and tackle unauthorised workingMore than 40 Labour MPs from three influential backbench groups have called on ministers to introduce digital IDs, which they claim would boost productivity in delivering public services and crack down on illegal employment.The open letter – organised by the Rother Valley MP, Jake Richards – has been signed by...

Nathaniel Smith, previously a NSW state MP, is a member of the party’s religious conservative factionElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe new Liberal candidate for the seat of Whitlam...

Benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closes up more than 2%, representing its biggest one-day gain in more than two yearsElection 2025 live update: Australia’s federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastInvestors piled back into Australian shares on Tuesday, ignoring a looming showdown between the US and China in a tariff battle that threatens to paralyse global trade.The benchmark S&P/ASX 200...

Beijing accuses US of blackmail and adding a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ as Wednesday deadline for latest levies loomsTariff market reaction –live updatesChina’s government says it will “fight to the end” if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs in response to China’s retaliatory measures.On Tuesday, China’s commerce ministry accused the US of “blackmail”...

Ex-Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean says cut of 0.5 points needed because of ‘crazy situation’ in USThe Bank of England should use its meeting next month to cut interest rates by at least half a percentage point to 4% in response to the financial turmoil created by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, the former deputy governor Charlie Bean has said.He believes an aggressive...

Community-based approach in England has had good results so far in cutting urgent demand for GPs and A&EThe NHS is attempting to ease the pressure on GPs and A&E by sending a new type of health worker door to door in deprived areas to help detect illnesses before people need urgent care.Community health and wellbeing workers (CHWW) are already deployed in 12 areas of...

Series of events mark 165th anniversary of birth of forgotten pacifist who exposed conditions in British concentration campsShe took on the might of establishment and empire to expose the suffering of women and children held in British concentration camps but her story has “faded” from the history books.From 12 April a series of events are being held at the Cornish home where the pacifist,...

Elections set for 3 June after months of political turmoil triggered by Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law and subsequent impeachmentSouth Korea will hold a presidential election on 3 June, the country’s acting president said on Tuesday, after predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and removed from office over a disastrous declaration of martial law.The government “is to set June 3 as...

Campaigners claim NI is being used as a ‘whipping boy’ to feed Irish republic’s energy-hungry datacentresAn ambitious €350m (£300m) plan to connect electricity grids across the island of Ireland is heading for the high court after a challenge brought by campaigners claiming Northern Ireland was being used as a “whipping boy” to feed the republic’s energy-hungry datacentres.An estimated 150 landowners representing 6,500 residents have...

This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage hereEU ministers are in Luxembourg to consider the European Union’s response to Trump’s sweeping tariff regime amid continuing market turmoil and heightened fears of a global economic recession.It comes after Trump doubled down on his tariff policy in comments aboard Air Force One overnight. He said Europe “has treated us...

In 5-4 ruling, court laid down terms for invoking Alien Enemies Act, stating any challenges to law must take place in TexasDonald Trump may continue using a 1798 law to deport alleged gang members to Venezuela, the supreme court ruled on Monday, however it will apply certain limits. Any challenges to the wartime law, called the Alien Enemies Act, must take place in Texas,...

Prince Laurent had argued that his work entitled him to the same benefits as independent entrepreneurs but a court in Brussels disagreedA Belgian prince has lost a legal battle to claim social security benefits on top of his royal allowance, with a court ruling his claim – the first of its kind in the country’s nearly 200-year history – “unfounded”.Prince Laurent, the youngest of...

Health secretary makes announcement as EPA reviews ‘new scientific information’ into potential health risksRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he’s assembling a taskforce to focus on the issue.Also on Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was reviewing “new scientific...

President poised to further impose taxes after Beijing announced a 34% tariff on US imports as global markets fallDonald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on imports from China on Wednesday unless the country rescinds its retaliatory tariffs on the United States by Tuesday.The news comes on the third day of catastrophic market falls around the globe since Trump announced his...