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About a thousand people marched outside of Tom Homan’s home in village of less than 1,500 after family was detainedA mother and her three children who were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents as part of a sweep in the tiny hometown of the Trump administration’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, have been released following days of outcry from community figures,...

Cars and other goods were to be included, according to EU trade commissioner, who says offer is still on table The EU has said it offered the US a “zero-for-zero” tariff deal on cars and industrial goods weeks before Donald Trump launched his trade war, but that it would “not wait endlessly” to defend itself.Maros Šefčovič, the EU commissioner for trade, said he had...

A three-yearly environmental update issues stark warning over biodiversity – and reports air pollution has improved in some areasA major new report on New Zealand’s environment has revealed a worrying outlook for its unique species and highlighted declining water health, while also noting some improvements in air quality.The ministry of the environment’s three-yearly update, Our Environment 2025, collates statistics, data and research across five...

Flemming Hansen and Mette Helbæk, now in Guatemala, had racked up large tax debt at Stedsans forest retreatA Danish chef couple who attracted international acclaim with a “forest resort” in Sweden have been tracked down to Guatemala after apparently going on the run from tax authorities, leaving behind 158 barrels of human waste.Flemming Hansen and Mette Helbæk founded their purportedly eco-friendly retreat, Stedsans, in...

Ministers and more than 70 MPs attended photo call with Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed whose travel ban was called unacceptableCabinet ministers and more than 70 parliamentarians staged a show of solidarity with two MPs who were detained and barred from entry to Israel in what was the first time British MPs had been banned from the country.The health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the...

PRCS calls for international investigation after postmortem results add to evidence contradicting Israel’s accountAutopsies conducted on 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil emergency responders who were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza show they were shot in the upper body with “intent to kill”, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, which is demanding an international investigation into the attack.The killings took place in the southern...

The country’s best-known director was refused by Greece’s culture ministry when he applied to shoot scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at iconic Athens siteGreece’s leading contemporary director has had a request to shoot footage for his new film at the Acropolis in Athens denied by his country’s culture ministry.Yorgos Lanthimos had filed a request to film scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at the fifth-century...

Barbados PM and Caricom chair calls on Washington to engage in talks to ‘keep prices down for all of our people’The Caribbean is a friend, not an enemy, leaders in the region have told Donald Trump after the US president’s imposition of worldwide import tariffs.The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, invited Trump to talk with leaders in the region and “work together to...

Elaborate deception was only recently discovered when judge visited government office to renew his ID cardPolice in the Brazilian state of São Paulo have uncovered that a judge spent 23 years working under a false identity – and a distinctly British one.Born José Eduardo Franco dos Reis – a name fairly typical in a country once colonised by Portugal – he entered law school...

Dozens seriously injured as fire engulfs tents used by Palestinian journalists in hospital complex in Khan YounisMiddle East crisis – live updatesAn Israeli airstrike on a tent camp within a hospital complex in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis has killed 10 people, including a journalist, while seriously injuring dozens more after their encampment caught fire.Images and video from the courtyard of Nasser...

Relatives of Agnes Wanjiru say 13-year fight for justice has taken ‘heavy toll’ after meeting with John HealeyThe family of a Kenyan woman who was allegedly killed by British soldiers have said their 13-year fight for justice has taken a “heavy toll”, and that they have been offered “too many empty promises” after a meeting with the defence secretary.Agnes Wanjiru was 21 when she...

Prime minister to focus on car industry, which has been hit by 25% tariffs on exports to US, but manufacturers say ‘greater action almost certainly needed’Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has confirmed that the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate changes announced today are the result of a consultation that started at the end of last year, before the US tariffs were announced and before Donald...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbles nearly 9% on Monday as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng down 8% and South Korea trading temporarily halted amid Trump tariff concernsHong Kong stocks have plummeted more than 9% at open, while Singapore stocks dropped over 7%, according to reports.Hong Kong and Chinese stocks dived on Monday as markets around the world crumbled in the face of the widening global trade...

Meeting in Luxembourg follows EU trade commissioner’s meetings with US counterparts last week as Trump signals no intention to back downOutgoing German economy minister Robert Habeck is not mincing his words this morning in response to a question on US tariffs and how they were calculated.He says:“The calculations, from my point of view, are nonsense. Even the basis of the calculation is nonsense. The...

US president tells reporters foreign governments will have to pay ‘a lot of money’ to lift leviesBusiness live – latest updatesStock markets across Europe slumped on Mondayafter Donald Trump said foreign governments would have to pay “a lot of money” to lift sweeping tariffs that he characterised as “medicine”.Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One late on Sunday, the US president indicated he was...

Airstrikes hit media tent outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, say medics, injuring nine othersIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to visit US President Donald Trump at the White House later today.The close allies will meet on Monday to “discuss tariffs, efforts to bring back Israeli hostages (from Gaza), Israel-Turkey relations, the Iranian threat, and the fight against the international criminal court”, which...

Average price fell by 0.5% in March to £296,699, the steepest decline since March last year, Halifax saysBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices have suffered their steepest decline in a year as the market cools after a buyer rush to beat changes to stamp duty changes in England and Northern Ireland.The average price of a property fell by 0.5% last month to £296,699,...

Exclusive: Opposition leader has ‘opened the doors’ to abolishing the department of education and cutting funding to schools, Jason Clare claimsPolls 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 education minister has written to the peak independent and Catholic...

George Freeman urges country to act as global lead for space regulation, insurance and financeThe UK’s role in the next generation of interplanetary exploration should be that of a space “watchdog” leading on regulation, insurance and finance, a former science minister has said, in an effort to rein in a situation he compared to the wild west.George Freeman, the MP for Mid Norfolk who...

Transport secretary says overhaul in response to Trump tariffs supports car firms and climate goalsUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesLabour’s changes to electric vehicle (EV) rules in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs will have a negligible impact on emissions, the transport secretary has said.Keir Starmer has confirmed plans to boost manufacturers, including reinstating the 2030 ban on the sale of...

Cold spell will move south this week with temperatures about 5-10C below average from Russia to GermanyAfter a cold weekend in north-eastern Europe, chilly conditions are expected to spread southwards this week. This cold spell is due to a large area of high pressure over the North Sea, which allowed very cold Arctic air to sink southwards over the weekend and will continue to...

Exclusive: 136 organisations call on PM to stop using ‘demonising language’, after his remarks before crime summitMore than 130 refugee and human rights organisations have called on Keir Starmer to stop using language that demonises migrants, after he made controversial remarks before an international people-smuggling summit.The criticisms are contained in a letter to the UK prime minister, coordinated by the campaign coalition Together With...

Business owners say they are already struggling and furnace closures would make trading worse, but some residents say it’s time to move on“Everyone is despondent,” said Roj Rahman when trying to sum up the mood of a town where thousands of people could be out of work and 160 years of iron and steelmaking history could come to a juddering end in just a...

Economist Warwick McKibbin says ‘economic and policy flexibility’ puts Australia in better position to escape fallout from Trump tariffsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA global trade war will not drive Australia’s economy into recession, new Treasury modelling suggests, even as Jim Chalmers says he is realistic about “substantial” risks to growth from...