Mayor tells Suella Braverman of his shock at people from Manston facility being left cold and hungry in capital ‘We were left by the road’: asylum seekers stranded in London describe experience Suella Braverman is facing demands from Sadiq Khan to launch an urgent review of how dozens of people […]
Month: November 2022
Longest serving prime minister, who is still facing corruption charges, is expected to lead far-right coalition Israel’s prime minister, Yair Lapid, has called Benjamin Netanyahu to offer his congratulations on the opposition leader’s election win following the conclusion of vote counting in this week’s election. Netanyahu, the chair of the […]
Exclusive: People who had been held at Kent centre left ‘stressed and disoriented’ at Victoria station for hours, some in flip-flops The Home Office left asylum seekers from the Manston immigration centre in central London without accommodation or warm clothing, as officials attempted to reduce acute overcrowding, the Guardian can […]
Trend of faster warming over last 30 years likely to cause exceptional heat, wildfires and floods, warn scientists Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average in the last 30 years, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The effects of this warming […]
Exclusive: Olivier de Schutter says cuts could violate human rights laws, calling instead for higher taxes on rich The United Nations’ poverty envoy has warned Rishi Sunak that unleashing a new wave of austerity in this month’s budget could violate the UK’s international human rights obligations and increase hunger and […]
In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, rumors of job cuts swirl and employees report being left in the dark Twitter is facing fresh uncertainty amid a growing exodus of top management and reports that mass layoffs and major changes to the platform could be coming within […]
Former inmate, who claimed to be only man to escape from Strangeways, joined paper at 60 and worked to expose cruelty of prison system Eric Allison, who became the Guardian’s prison correspondent aged 60 after spending much of his life in jail, has died. He had been recently diagnosed with […]
Inspectorate uncovers widespread vetting failures with officers cleared to join after committing serious crimes Defective vetting and failures by police leaders have allowed a “prevalent” culture of potentially thousands of officers who are “predatory” towards women to join and stay in the ranks, a damning official report has concluded. Officers […]
Exclusive: Whitehall officials have ‘war gamed’ Programme Yarrow, a blueprint for coping with outages for up to a week The government has “war gamed” emergency plans to cope with energy blackouts lasting up to seven days in the event of a national power outage amid growing fears over security of […]
Defeated president speaks after two days but fails to congratulate opponent and does not explicitly say he respects result Brazil election: how Lula won the runoff against Bolsonaro Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has broken his almost two-day silence over his defeat in Sunday’s presidential election – but refused to […]