Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supply Britain’s gas power stations should be nationalised to prevent their owners from holding the electricity market “to ransom”, a thinktank has urged. The country’s dwindling fossil fuel power plants are ripe for nationalisation as ministers aim to reduce gas consumption to just 5% of the electricity system by 2030, according to a report by Common Wealth. Continue reading...

From the Canadian elections to universities and civil society, the campaign to turn the tide against anti-liberal nationalists is well underway, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sex Britain’s first transgender judge is taking the UK to the European court of human rights over the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex. The UK supreme court ruled earlier this month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex, with subsequent guidance from the equalities watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

In his first 100 days, the president has taken a sledgehammer to institutions and the constitution. We can only guess what’s next

Owen Lawrence, 38, is believed to have shot two women with crossbow on Saturday afternoon before turning weapon on himself A man suspected of attacking two women in the Headingley area of Leeds on Saturday afternoon during an attempted misogynistic “massacre” has died overnight, counter-terrorism police have confirmed. Owen Lawrence, 38, is believed to shot the women, aged 19 and 31, with a crossbow before turning the weapon on himself at the scene on Otley Road, a popular pub crawl route. Continue reading...

White House accuses Amazon of ‘hostile and political act’ after report says company will display tariffs costs on site The White House accused Amazon of committing a “hostile and political act” after a report said the e-commerce company was planning to inform customers how much Donald Trump’s tariffs would cost them as they shopped. The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was responding to a report in Punchbowl News, which, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that Amazon would begin displaying on its site how much the tariffs had increased the prices of individual products, breaking out the figure from the total listed price. Continue reading...

Foreign ministry says Russian military intelligence has attacked a dozen French entities since 2021 including a TV station France has accused Russian military intelligence of carrying out a massive cyber-attack on Emmanuel Macron’s first presidential campaign in 2017 as well as several other recent major hacks, including on a TV station and an organisation involved in the Paris Olympics. The French foreign ministry said for the first time on Tuesday that it was Russian hackers who had targeted Macron’s campaign team in 2017, adding that other Russian targets had included French media and an organisation involved in the 2024 Olympic games. Continue reading...

Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture * UK politics live – latest updates Tony Blair has called for the government to change course on climate, suggesting a strategy that limits fossil fuels in the short term or encourages people to limit consumption is “doomed to fail”. In comments that have prompted a backlash within Labour, the former prime minister suggested the UK government should focus less on renewables and more on technological solutions such as carbon capture. Continue reading...

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Long-awaited ruling means country must scrap its much criticised cash-for-citizenship programme

Data shows aircraft parts from more than 100 western companies reached Russian aviation industry via India British firms are among more than 100 western companies, including the aerospace giant Boeing, which have exported aircraft parts to India that…

As administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’ As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and retreats from funding global public health…

Exclusive: As chancellor scans budget for savings, Simon McDonald says need for humanitarian spending is ‘greater than ever’ The former head of the Foreign Office has warned Rachel Reeves not to cut Britain’s international aid spending, amid signs the…

Corporate conglomerate Akima subject of critical audits and complaints over detainee treatment at facilities in US A corporate conglomerate now running the US government’s immigration detention center at the Guantánamo Bay naval base on a lucrative…

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Greenpeace says PM has ‘swallowed industry spin whole’ after plans unveiled to expand in England and Wales * UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has channelled his inner Donald Trump and promised to “build, baby, build” in his push for…