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28  mars     09h30
It’s mission impossible’: fear grows in Kenya over plan to deploy police to Haiti
Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi and Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent    Deal to send hundreds of officers to Caribbean country amid spiraling gang violence is facing intense public and legal scrutiny Haiti’s raging gang insurrection has prompted growing concern in Kenya over plans to deploy hundreds of paramilitary police officers from the East African country on a UN...
27  mars     14h25
We are finally free’: Senegal hails new anti-establishment president
Annika Hammerschlag in Dakar    Bassirou Diomaye Faye promises to overhaul democracy in west African country blighted by corruptionJust days before being elected president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was in prison.Years of political turmoil have left the west African state’s democracy teetering on the brink of collapse,...
    07h00
Recruitment of nurses from global south branded new form of colonialism’
Kat Lay, global health correspondent    African nurse leaders say poorer nations face severe shortages despite rules intended to stop wealthy countries poaching staffThe UK and other wealthy countries have been accused of adopting a new form of colonialism in recruiting huge numbers of nurses from poorer nations to fill their own...
25  mars     16h19
Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate almost certain to become president
Mark Townsend    Radical change candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye pulls off stunning election win after main rival Amadou Ba concedes defeatSenegal’s anti establishment candidate looks almost certain to become president after a stunning election victory that is likely to steer the west African country in a radical...
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Speaker of South African parliament accused of taking 135,000 and a wig in bribes
Associated Press in Pretoria    Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula denies allegations she took bribes over three years while defence ministerSouth African prosecutors said on Monday they intended to charge the parliamentary speaker with corruption, alleging she took , , and a wig in bribes over a three year period while she...
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Libya to investigate claims oil smuggling is fuelling Sudan civil war
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor    Authorities to launch inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at country’s national oil corporationLibyan authorities have said they will investigate allegations of wholesale mismanagement in the country’s National Oil Corporation, with officials telling the Guardian rampant smuggling is helping...
28  mars     03h00
How gangs took control of Haiti - podcast
Presented by Michael Safi with Monique Kleska and Widlore Mérancourt; produced by Courtney Yusuf, Nyima Jobe and Eli Block; executive producer Phil Maynard    Haiti has erupted into violence after gangs laid waste to the capital and forced the prime minister to resign. But Haitians are wary from bitter experience of outside forces intervening to find a solution to the crisisA few weeks ago, two of the main criminal gangs in Haiti joined forces, staging a...
27  mars     23h36
Details emerge on Baltimore bridge collapse victims: They were wonderful family people’
Chris Michael and Maya Yang    Six men presumed dead reportedly were construction workers from Latin American countries, including a father of threeThe six men presumed dead in the Baltimore bridge collapse on Tuesday all appeared to be construction workers originally from Latin American countries, according to reports,...
    19h01
Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes
Natalie Alcoba in Buenos Aires    Eleven found guilty of crimes against humanity after trial that heard testimony on torture, rape and forced disappearances A court in Argentina has convicted former military, police and government officials of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s last dictatorship in a...
26  mars     18h46
Brazil and Colombia voice concern as Venezuela bans opposition candidate
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent    South American neighbours respond to blocking of Corina Yoris, who was favoured to beat strongman Nicol s Maduro in electionsA chorus of Latin American nations, including Brazil and Colombia, have voiced concern over the deteriorating political situation in Venezuela after the opposition politician...
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Jamaica condemns Frank Hester’s Diane Abbott comments amid concern over contract
Matthew Weaver    Ministers condemn allegedly racist remarks and say they knew about them only after signing deal The Jamaican government has joined widespread condemnation of comments by the Conservative’s party’s biggest donor, Frank Hester, amid concerns about a contract it signed with his digital health company...
25  mars     21h53
Brazil summons Hungarian envoy to explain why Bolsonaro hid in embassy
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro    Former Brazil president spent two nights at legation after two close aides were detained in February over alleged coup plotBrazil’s foreign ministry has summoned the Hungarian ambassador to explain why the South American country’s embattled former president Jair Bolsonaro spent two nights hiding ...
28  mars     02h02
Why didn’t New Zealand impose sanctions on China?
Eva Corlett in Wellington and Jonathan Yerushalmy in Sydney    New Zealand did not follow the US and UK in imposing financial restrictions after accusing Beijing of links to cyber attacksPoliticians, journalists and critics of Beijing were among those targeted by cyber attacks run by groups backed by China, western intelligence services said this week.The...
27  mars     16h22
The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words
Ella Creamer    More than half of the borrowed words relate to cooking, while Kintsugi, the increasingly popular art of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer is also includedKatsu, donburi and onigiri are among Japanese words added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update.More than half of the...
    15h20
UK Libor trader Tom Hayes loses appeal against rate-rigging conviction - as it happened
Julia Kollewe    The former star UBS and Citigroup trader was convicted of conspiracy to defraud by manipulating financial benchmark and served years in prisonBritain’s financial regulator has identified shortcomings in how some motor insurance firms are valuing written off or stolen vehicles.A review by the...
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Thailand poised to legalise same-sex marriage after parliament passes bill
Michael Tatarski    Lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to make country the first in south east Asia to recognise same sex unionsLawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill that would make the country the first in south east Asia to legalise equal rights for...
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Japan dietary supplement recalled amid investigation into two deaths and 100 hospitalisations
Staff and agencies    Cholesterol lowering supplements containing beni koji’ recalled by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical over possible link to kidney diseaseA nationwide recall of a dietary supplement that lowers cholesterol has been issued in Japan amid concerns it could be linked to two deaths and more than ...
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Sign of the times in Japan as nappy company switches production to adult nappies
Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies    Oji Holdings said it would stop making children’s nappies in September amid a sharp decline in demand. Japan has a rapidly ageing societyA nappy manufacturer in Japan is to stop making the products for babies and instead raise production of adult diapers, in a reflection of the country’s rapidly...
28  mars     08h41
Tasmanian senator Tammy Tyrrell quits Jacqui Lambie Network
Josh Butler    The party whip says she plans to stay in the Senate as an independent after Lambie suggested she should go it alone’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Tasmanian senator Tammy Tyrrell says she is quitting the Jacqui Lambie Network, but plans to stay in the...
    07h56
Australian officials scrambled to understand allegations before Unrwa funding suspended, documents show
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent    Exclusive: Dfat official said there was precious nothing in the public domain’ on claims against aid agency hours before pause announcedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian officials scrambled to understand what the allegations are against Unrwa...
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China scraps tariffs on Australian wine
Josh Butler    Prime minister Anthony Albanese says China’s duties on Australian bottled wine will come to an end from FridayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChina has dropped tariffs on Australian wine, a long awaited decision heralded by the Albanese government as...
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Senator quits party to sit as independent - as it happened
Natasha May and Emily Wind (earlier)    This blog is now closed.Australian officials scrambled to understand allegations before Unrwa funding suspended, documents showGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLocal MP says government had to do something’ about weeks of unrest’ in Alice SpringsMP for...
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Newington college alumni chief ousted amid controversy over move to co-education
Kate Lyons    Admission of girls to the private school will proceed despite almost former students voting out alumni union president Alexander PagonisFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe president of Newington...
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NSW police commissioner backflips on appointment of Steve Jackson as new media adviser
Amanda Meade    Decision announced on eve of Easter long weekend following weeks of controversy over Jackson’s former work as a journalistFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales police commissioner, Karen...
    11h35
Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin rules out attacks on Nato countries
Amy Sedghi    Kyiv’s forces shoot down drones overnight as Russian president says suggestion of attacks on nearby Nato states is drivel’The Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has restricted access to channels in the Telegram messaging app with terrorist content over the past two days,...
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Sport is never just sport’: Olympics exhibition in Paris reflects 20th century’s highs and lows
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris    Les Jeux Olympiques: Miroir des Sociétés opens ahead of Paris Olympics and puts previous games in context of conflicts and injusticesFrom the Nazi stadium propaganda in Berlin to the Mexico City podium protest of medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who were expelled from the...
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Macron calls proposed EU-Mercosur trade pact very bad deal’ lacking strong climate commitments
Reuters    French president tells Brazil forum both parties need to be much stronger’ on biodiversity and climateEmmanuel Macron has called a proposed trade agreement between the EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc a very bad deal that lacks proper climate considerations. As it is negotiated today, it...
27  mars     21h39
French PM backs school head who faced death threats after Muslim veil row
Agence France-Presse in Paris    Gabriel Attal says state will file a complaint against student over accusation against principal who had to resign for his safetyThe French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, has defended French secularism following the resignation of a Paris school principal who received death threats after asking a...
    18h54
Luis Rubiales faces possible 30-month jail sentence for Jenni Hermoso kiss
Mark Dobson    Spanish prosecutors issue two charges against RubialesThree others alleged to have coerced HermosoLuis Rubiales could face a prison sentence of two and a half years if convicted of kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips against her will, court documents have shown. The former Spanish football federation...
    18h41
Dover health authority says inland border facility will be open door for disease’
Jack Simpson    Sevington site was never designed to handle volume of imports envisaged by post Brexit changes due in April, port’s health chief warnsAn inland facility set up to carry out checks on nearly all EU meat and dairy imports coming through Dover will be unable to cope when post Brexit rules come in next...
28  mars     11h03
Middle East crisis live: US and Israel in talks to revive Washington trip to discuss Rafah
Sammy Gecsoyler    Israeli PM had cancelled officials’ US visit to discuss planned offensive in southern Gaza after the US refused to veto a UN security council vote on a ceasefireSee all of our Israel Gaza war coverage hereIn the UK, pro Palestine protesters have occupied the entrance to the government’s trade...
27  mars     22h25
Ireland backs bid to include blocking of aid in definition of genocide
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent    Dublin joins South Africa’s case in the international court of justice, arguing that stopping delivery of essentials may constitute genocidal intent’Ireland is to seek to widen the definition of genocide to include blocking humanitarian aid in a landmark international court of justice ICJ case...
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Middle East crisis: Israel intensifies strikes on southern Gaza as eight killed in fighting on Lebanese border - as it happened
Amy Sedghi and Lili Bayer    Attacks around Rafah come despite growing pressure for ceasefire. This live blog is closedSee all our Middle East coverageThe UK is facing legal action over its pause in funding for Unrwa, after Israel’s allegations that staff at the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees were involved...
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MPs and peers sign letter urging UK government to ban arms sales to Israel
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor    Ministers under growing pressure to act amid signs Israel intends to ignore UN ceasefire resolutionParliamentary pressure is building on the UK government to ban arms sales to Israel, amid signs that Israel intends to ignore the UN security council resolution passed this week calling on all sides...
26  mars     19h47
Twelve people reported drowned off a Gaza beach trying to reach aid drop
Reuters in Gaza    Palestinian authorities say deaths resulted from attempts to recover crates that fell in water after parachutes went wrong Twelve people drowned trying to get to aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities have said, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months into...
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Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote
Peter Beaumont    Tone in parts of Israeli media borders on contempt, as prime minister’s growing friction with Biden linked to US abstentionThe Israeli prime minister’s handling of relations with the Biden administration, which led the US on Monday to decline to veto a ceasefire resolution at the UN security...
28  mars     01h10
India summons envoy after US criticises Delhi chief minister’s arrest
Agence France-Presse in New Delhi    US called for fair legal process for opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal amid claims that challengers to Narendra Modi are being targeted ahead of national electionsIndia has summoned a top US diplomat after Washington warned it to ensure a fair, transparent and timely legal process for a senior...
26  mars     14h00
I noticed nothing strange’: suspect’s colleagues express shock at Moscow attack
Pjotr Sauer    Limited details have emerged about background of Muhammadsobir Fayzov and three other Tajik men accused of carrying out atrocityFormer colleagues and clients at the small barber shop where Muhammadsobir Fayzov once worked were stunned when they saw the news.They knew the year old as a promising,...
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Minister told to name sources in Afghan inquiry or face potential jail term
Ben Quinn Political correspondent    Johnny Mercer given days to reveal source of claims British troops engaged in war crimesThe minister for veterans’ affairs, Johnny Mercer, has been given days to reveal the source of allegations British troops engaged in war crimes in Afghanistan, or face a potential prison sentence.Mercer in...
22  mars     16h54
Delhi chief minister to be held for six days after arrest on corruption charges
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi    Judge says Arvind Kejriwal can be held until next Thursday, as his party’s leaders condemn accusations as politically motivated An Indian court has ruled that Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, will be kept in custody for six days after his dramatic arrest on corruption charges.Kejriwal, the...
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Everest climbers prepare to pick up their own poo as season gets under way
Reged Ahmad    Authorities are now mandating that climbers remove their waste from the mountain using biodegradable bagsIt’s one of the more unedifying challenges involved in scaling to the highest point on Earth how best to relieve oneself in the freezing, inhospitable environment of Mount Everest.That...
21  mars     19h30
Indian opposition claim conspiracy’ as Delhi chief minister arrested
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi    Aam Aadmi party leader Arvind Kejriwal is held as part of corruption case a month before electionsDelhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, has been arrested in a corruption case, a move condemned by his party as a conspiracy by Narendra Modi’s government to target the opposition before next...
28  mars     11h40
Bill tabled in Scotland could make assisted dying legal for terminally ill adults
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent    If law is passed Scotland would become first part of UK to offer terminally ill people assistance to end their livesUK politics latest updatesScotland could become the first part of the UK to offer terminally ill adults assistance to end their lives if Holyrood approves a new bill.The Scottish...
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Snow falls in Devon as UK prepares for unsettled’ Easter weekend weather
PA Media    Rain and snow move north and south as England braces for strong winds before bright and breezy’ weekendSnow has fallen in parts of south west England and Wales.A covering of in settled overnight on the ground in North Wyke, near Dartmoor national park, while nearly in was recorded in...
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Fresh blow for Rwanda deportation plan as report shows extreme poverty and hunger
Diane Taylor    Foreign Office paper says not enough being done, with over half the population living on less than . a dayUK politics latest updatesNew fears have arisen about the suitability of Rwanda as a destination to send UK asylum seekers after a damning government assessment about the prevalence of...
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Sellafield nuclear waste dump to be prosecuted for alleged IT security offences
Alex Lawson and Anna Isaac    Charges relate to four year period between and early , and follows Guardian investigationThe Sellafield nuclear waste dump is to be prosecuted for alleged information technology security offences, the industry watchdog has said.The Office for Nuclear Regulation ONR said on Thursday that...
    10h15
Man seriously injured in stabbing on south London train
PA Media    Police searching for suspect after incident at Beckenham Junction that left man with life threatening injuriesPolice are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed on a train in south London and left with life threatening injuries.British Transport Police BTP said they received reports of...
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Rayner denies wrongdoing over council house sale amid police review
Eleni Courea Political correspondent    Labour deputy leader says she can provide tax advice given at time after Tory complaint to Manchester forceUK politics latest updatesAngela Rayner has said she did absolutely nothing wrong when she sold her council house after the police announced they were reviewing a decision not to...
    11h35
Two bodies recovered after Baltimore bridge collapse First Thing
Vivian Ho    Four other construction workers who were on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed this week remain missing and are presumed dead. Plus: the cost of a burritoGood morning.The bodies of two men trapped in their vehicle have been recovered from the Patapsco River beneath the Francis Scott Key...
    11h19
US rearranging cancelled Washington talks after Netanyahu climbdown
Peter Beaumont    Israeli prime minister facing criticism at home for snubbing White House over security council abstentionMiddle East crisis live updatesThe White House says it is working to rearrange a visit by an Israeli delegation to Washington that was abruptly cancelled by Benjamin Netanyahu after the US...