Ex-Foreign Office official says he saw conduct that ‘crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes’ Mark Smith: I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, subject to political manipulation and has seen conduct […]
Month: February 2025
MP apologises for messages posted in same group chat Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over The Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour party over “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group. Ryan said he was a member of the WhatsApp chat that […]
Email david.lengel@theguardian.com with your thoughts Latest updates from the Superdome in New Orleans Follow our half-time show and ads blog here Because it’s 2025 and he is legally obliged to be in everything, Bob Dylan tribute act (but what a tribute act) Timothée Chalamet pops up chatting to Kendrick Lamar […]
Prime minister takes home test at No 10 with soul singer Beverley Knight to promote HIV Testing Week Keir Starmer has taken a public HIV test in an effort to destigmatise testing for the virus and to highlight HIV Testing Week. The prime minister took a home test at 10 […]
Ukrainian president says he would be ready for talks in any format if he has ‘an understanding that America and Europe will not abandon us’. What we know on day 1,083 See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…
Pledge to fix broken welfare system follows new evidence that people are worried about returning to work for fear that benefits will be withdrawn Britain’s broken welfare system is fuelling the “greatest unemployment challenge of a generation”, ministers have concluded as they draw up a root-and-branch overhaul designed to counter […]
Meta accounts of those affected flooded with ads for casinos and betting sites We didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been? Gambling companies are covertly tracking visitors to their websites and sending their data to Facebook’s parent company without consent in an […]
US president also offers asylum to Afrikaners and criticises law that allows land seizures without compensation in some circumstances The US president, Donald Trump, has signed an executive order to cut financial assistance to South Africa, accusing the country’s government of “unjust racial discrimination” against white Afrikaners and offering them […]
Those affected were accused of being bots and asked to fill out a form for the tour’s promoters to review Oasis fans have said their “dreams have been crushed” after Ticketmaster cancelled their tickets to the band’s reunion tour, accusing them of being bots. Several people have received an email […]
Weakened state of three freed Israelis shocks country, while several released Palestinians also need hospitalisation Hamas freed three hostages from Gaza and Israel released 183 prisoners and detainees on Saturday, the fifth exchange under a fragile, three-week-old ceasefire deal. The gaunt appearance of the three Israeli men shocked the country, […]