NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee camps Timeline: Sudan’s two years of war and its devastating toll Sudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction […]
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European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record The home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year affected 413,000 people, a report has found, as fossil fuel pollution forced the continent to suffer through its hottest […]
Government’s rapprochement with Beijing may risk national security in wake of British Steel crisis, party members say Senior Labour figures have urged the government to review Chinese investment in UK infrastructure in the wake of theBritish Steel crisis, warning that a rapprochement with Beijing could risk national security. Government officials […]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy decries attack on ‘ordinary city street’ while people were going to church for Palm Sunday At least 34 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people were going to church for Palm Sunday, […]
Nobel laureate, a star of the international boom in Latin American literature, also once ran for president in Peru Interview: ‘The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year’ Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the pivotal figures who ignited a global boom […]
Northern Irishman shot 73 before playoff Secures first major since 2014 PGA Championship Rory McIlroy, Masters champion. Four words that belie what this remarkable Northern Irishman achieved on a spine-tingling afternoon at Augusta National. They ignore, too, the torturous process McIlroy endured to realise this lifetime goal. Did he win […]
Exclusive: Government is weighing up security concerns against economic benefits of closer ties with Beijing The government could target parts of China’s security apparatus under new foreign influence rules, the Guardian has learned. Ministers are considering including parts of the Chinese state accused of interference activities on the enhanced tier […]
Firm in race against time to get key materials as business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needs British Steel is to deploy emergency measures in a race against time to save the blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, as the business secretary refused to guarantee the plant could […]
Lord Peter Hendy apologises after being spotted texting behind wheel of vintage Routemaster in London The rail minister, Lord Peter Hendy, has reported himself to the police after he was spotted using a mobile phone while driving a vintage Routemaster bus in London during a charity tour. The former Transport […]
47-year-old had been feeling unwell ‘for a number of days’ Howe admitted on Friday and is receiving expert care Eddie Howe will miss Newcastle’s match with Manchester United on Sunday after being admitted to hospital for tests late on Friday night. The 47-year-old has been told he will not be […]