How does the current global oil crisis compare with the 1973 oil embargo? | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera2 hours agoAl Jazeera The United States-Israeli war on Iran has caused the biggest oil disruption in history, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency was founded in 1974 as a direct response to the 1973 oil embargo, which saw Arab nations, led by Saudi Arabia, cut production in response to Washington’s support for Israel during its war with Egypt and Syria that year. In 1973, embargoed countries faced a combined shortage of 4.5 million barrels of oil per day, about 7 percent of the global supply at the time. Today, Iran has strangled transit through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, allowing only a handful of ships to go through and halting the transport of more than 20 million barrels of oil per day – roughly one-fifth of global petroleum consumption.
[full article] [see deals]Australia and EU seal trade deal to cut reliance on China’s rare earths | News | Al Jazeera2 hours agoAl Jazeera Australia and the European Union have signed a trade deal removing tariffs for nearly all exports of Australian critical minerals, amid concerns over China’s dominant position in the supply of rare earths. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said the deal, which was eight years in the making, meant the EU and Australia were “moving even closer together”. “We ⁠cannot be over-dependent on any supplier for such crucial ingredients, and that is precisely why we need each other,” von der Leyen told Australia’s parliament.
[full article] [see deals]Palestinians struggle as Gaza endures severe fuel and gas shortages | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera1 hour agoAl Jazeera Gaza City – Palestinians in Gaza say the cost of electricity provided by private generators has surged, even as residents increasingly rely on them after Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave destroyed its public power network. With fuel supplies severely limited and prices at record highs compared with pre-war levels, the cost of electricity has risen sharply. The price per kilowatt-hour has increased from about 2.5 shekels ($0.80) to between 20 and 30 shekels ($7 and $10) – nearly 10 times higher – placing it beyond the reach of many households. The price means that many Palestinians, already suffering from a war-induced economic crisis, have to seek alternatives.
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Israel kills two in Beirut as it intensifies attacks across Lebanon | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera5 hours agoAl Jazeera An Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Bchamoun in the capital Beirut killed at least two people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, as the Israeli army pressed ahead with its attacks on Lebanon and issued a new evacuation threat for Burj Shemali in the country’s south. The Israeli strike came without warning and hit an area outside Beirut’s southern suburbs, where the Israeli military had previously issued evacuation notices.
[full article] [see deals]Lebanon declares Iranian ambassador persona non grata amid Israeli attacks | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera2 hours agoAl Jazeera Lebanon ⁠has ⁠withdrawn accreditation from the Iranian ambassador ⁠and declared him ⁠persona non grata, demanding his departure from Lebanon ‌by Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. The ministry ⁠also summoned the ⁠Lebanese ambassador to Iran for consultations, ⁠citing what it ⁠described ⁠as Tehran’s violation of diplomatic norms and ‌established practices between the two countries. The decision comes as the Israeli army continues to attack Lebanon with air strikes and pushes forward with a ground offensive in southern Lebanon since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2, in response to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Despite Trump’s peace talk claims, US-Israeli attacks continue to hit Iran | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera6 hours agoAl Jazeera United States-Israeli attacks have hit several cities across Iran with no sign of de-escalation, even as US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington was in talks with Tehran to end the war. Huge explosions were reported overnight on Tuesday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, while attacks also targeted the cities of Tabriz, Isfahan and Karaj. Iranian media reported on Tuesday that Israeli-US strikes hit two gas facilities and a pipeline, hours after Trump postponed planned attacks on power infrastructure. “As part of the ongoing attacks carried out by the Zionist and American enemy, the gas administration building and the gas pressure regulation station on Kaveh Street in Isfahan were targeted,” said the Fars news agency.
[full article] [see deals]Iran launches waves of missiles towards Israel | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera4 hours agoAl Jazeera Iran has launched a round of missiles targeting Israel, causing damage and injuries in Tel Aviv, as uncertainty swirled over possible talks to end the three-week US-Israel war on Iran. The missiles triggered air raid sirens in Israel on Tuesday, including in Tel Aviv, where gaping holes were torn through a multistorey apartment building.
[full article] [see deals]Amazon says AWS Bahrain region ‘disrupted’ following drone activity | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera3 hours agoAl Jazeera United States tech giant Amazon has said its Amazon Web Services (AWS) region in Bahrain was “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle ⁠East, following Iran’s threats to target US offices and infrastructure run by top US companies. An Amazon spokesperson on Monday confirmed the disruption due to drone activity, the Reuters news agency reported, marking the second time in a month that the company’s operations have been affected by the war. Amazon did not immediately comment on whether its Bahrain facility was directly hit by a drone attack or ‌if the disruption was due to nearby attacks.
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Mbappe fit and ready to play every Real Madrid game before World Cup | Football News | Al Jazeera7 hours agoAl Jazeera France ‌striker Kylian Mbappe says he has ⁠fully recovered ⁠from a knee injury and wants to play all of Real Madrid’s remaining ⁠matches in the season run-in as he builds towards the FIFA World Cup 2026. The 27-year-old missed ⁠four league games this year due to a lingering knee issue from last season, but featured off the bench in the 64th minute ‌of Madrid’s 3-2 win over Atletico on Sunday. Mbappe has been named in the national squad for friendlies against Brazil on March 26 and Colombia three days later in the United States, which is cohosting the June ⁠11-July 19 World Cup ⁠with Canada and Mexico.
[full article] [see deals]Eritrea to end 18-year AFCON isolation by playing Eswatini in qualifier | Football News | Al Jazeera6 hours agoAl Jazeera Eritrea will end 18 years of isolation from the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday when they host Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, in the Moroccan city of Meknes in the first qualifier for the 2027 tournament. The preliminary round first leg at the 20,000-seat Stade d’Honneur has been moved from East to North Africa because Eritrea lacks an international-standard venue. Popularly known as the Red Sea Camels, the East African country have not played in the premier African national team competition since drawing a 2008 qualifier in Swaziland.
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US-Israel war on Iran: What’s happening on day 25 of attacks? | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera8 hours agoAl Jazeera The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran entered its 25th day on Tuesday, as conflicting claims emerged over possible peace talks. US President Donald Trump said Washington was holding discussions with Tehran and suggested a broader agreement could be reached, but Iranian officials rejected the claims, accusing the US of trying to buy time as it deploys more forces to the region. Trump also ordered the US military to postpone planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days. Major US financial markets opened higher after US President Donald Trump announced he was postponing strikes on Iran.
[full article] [see deals]Amid muted Eid celebrations, violence surges across the West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera7 hours agoAl Jazeera As Muslims across the world marked Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, and as the United States-Israel war on Iran stretched into its fourth week, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have endured an outpouring of violence. Gates at the entrances to many Palestinian communities in the territory, which many Israelis want to illegally annex into their state, were blocked by Israeli settlers, who also burned homes and bulldozed olive groves. In a move particularly symbolic of the current Israeli policy towards expressions of Palestinian national identity, the Israeli authorities used the current conflict with Iran to justify the emptying of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound of Muslim worshippers during Eid, reportedly for the first time since Israel captured the holy site in 1967.
[full article] [see deals]ICE agents deployed to US airports: Which airports are affected? | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera7 hours agoAl Jazeera United States immigration agents have begun deploying to major airports across the US to help ease long security lines as a government funding standoff leaves many airport security staff off work. The partial government shutdown affects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), meaning many airport security officers are working without pay. I mean, I’ve never experienced anything like this… I’ve never seen an airport like this,” Andres Campos, a passenger in Arlington, Virginia, told Al Jazeera. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were reportedly sent to 14 airports, including Atlanta and New York’s JFK airport. Officials say the agents will support airport operations but will not carry out passenger screening.
[full article] [see deals]Where do reported US-Iran ‘negotiations’ leave Israel? | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera7 hours agoAl Jazeera Israeli analysts have described a sense of disappointment and confusion in the country after United States President Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with Iran to wind down the war would continue. Trump’s comments come despite his threats to launch a wave of strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure, and denials from Iran that any negotiations are taking place. Throughout the war, Israeli leaders have framed themselves as being at the forefront of the fight against Iran, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu frequently boasting of having convinced the US to join what he has repeatedly framed as an existential threat posed to Israel by Iran.
[full article] [see deals]The US should end the war asap | US-Israel war on Iran | Al Jazeera1 hour agoAl Jazeera United States President Donald Trump’s instincts are correct. He wants to end the current engagement as soon as possible. He is using both a carrot and a stick to achieve that result. The carrot he offers is to spare Iran’s electricity grid and energy industry from further destruction. The stick, of course, is more bombing and possibly a ground invasion. Destroying Iran’s energy infrastructure would result in an environmental disaster and make it an economic basket case for years to come. If we called a unilateral ceasefire and simply left the region, the Iranian regime would have a vested interest in opening the Strait of Hormuz because it would help its economy. The American people do not want it, and they certainly do not want the higher petrol prices that have accompanied it.
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Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault and ordered to pay $19.25m17 hours agoThe Guardian A California jury found Bill Cosby guilty of sexual assault in a civil trial on Monday, awarding Donna Motsinger $19.25m in damages. Motsinger alleged in the case that while working as a restaurant server in 1972, she was drugged and raped by Cosby after he gave her a glass of wine in his limousine. Motsinger sued Cosby after California amended its laws to change the statutes of limitations on when accusers can file sexual assault cases. In addition to the dozens of women who have accused Cosby of drugging and sexual assault, he has faced a series of civil trials – including Los Angeles county jurors in 2022 finding that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy mansion in 1975.
[full article] [see deals]Bill Cosby found guilty of 1972 sexual assault, victim awarded nearly $60m | News | Al Jazeera3 hours agoAl Jazeera A United States jury has found stand-up comedy and television superstar Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972, awarding her $59.25m. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, California, jurors on Monday found the 88-year-old guilty of the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger, who was a server at a restaurant in Sausalito near San Francisco at the time of the aggression. In her lawsuit, filed in 2023, Motsinger said Cosby had invited her to his stand-up comedy show at a theatre in nearby San Carlos.
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Colombian military plane crashes with scores of soldiers on board, officials say21 hours agoThe Guardian Scores of Colombian soldiers are feared dead after military transport plane crashed on takeoff in the south of the country. The defense minister, Pedro Sánchez, said the accident happened as the Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 plane was taking off from Puerto Leguízamo, deep in Colombia’s southern Amazon region on the border with Peru, as it transported troops from the armed forces. “The exact number of victims and the causes of the crash have not yet been determined,” he said.
[full article] [see deals]Colombian military plane with 125 on board crashes after takeoff | Military News | Al Jazeera19 hours agoAl Jazeera A Colombian military plane with 125 people on board has crashed after takeoff in the south of the country, the Colombian Air Force said. Air Force Commander Carlos Fernando Silva said in a video posted on social media that the plane was carrying 114 passengers and 11 crew ⁠members, and that authorities were still investigating the cause of the crash. Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez said the accident occurred when the Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 plane took off from Puerto Leguizamo on the border with Peru while transporting troops.
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Ofcom to investigate complaints of climate change denial for first time since 201720 minutes agoThe Guardian A U-turn by the UK’s broadcasting regulator Ofcom means it will investigate complaints of climate change denial on television and radio for the first time since 2017. The move marks a victory for campaigners who have accused the regulator of allowing some broadcasters “to spout dangerous climate lies” and “flout” rules on accuracy and impartiality. Complaints about programmes on TalkTV and Talk Radio were assessed by Ofcom, which then decided not to investigate, the same result as more than 1,000 other climate complaints since 2020. However, after a letter from the Good Law Project (GLP) in January, requesting an explanation for the rejections, Ofcom said it had withdrawn its original decision and would “consider afresh” the complaints.
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IPL champions Bengaluru to keep 11 seats empty in honour of stampede dead | Cricket News | Al Jazeera52 minutes agoAl Jazeera Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will keep 11 seats at their M Chinnaswamy Stadium empty in memory of the fans crushed to death in title celebrations last year, the team management has said. “This is a tribute to our fans, who will always remain a part of our journey,” RCB CEO Rajesh Menon said on Tuesday. Eleven supporters aged between 14 and 29 died in a stampede outside the stadium in June after RCB won the IPL for the first time.
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UK medical council overhaul may mean more doctors struck off for racism and antisemitism60 minutes agoThe Guardian An overhaul of the General Medical Council is expected to lead to more doctors that face accusations of racism and antisemitism on social media being struck off. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a consultation on changes to the legislation governing the regulation of doctors, saying the move will lead to the biggest reform of the medical regulator, the GMC, in four decades.
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Adolescence dominates Bafta TV award nominations 20261 hour agoThe Guardian Adolescence, Jack Thorne’s groundbreaking drama about a teen accused of murder, has been nominated for the most 2026 TV Bafta awards. Reviewed by the Guardian as being “the closest thing to TV perfection in decades”, the Netflix psychological crime drama leads the pack with 11 nominations, including the first Bafta TV performance nominations for supporting actor and actress awards for four of its actors: Ashley Walters, Christine Tremarco, Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper. Created by Thorne and Stephen Graham, and directed by Philip Barantini, the drama was also nominated for Bafta’s Memorable Moment award, the only honour voted for by members of the public, for the scene where Jamie snaps at the psychologist.
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Epic river migrations of fish rapidly collapsing, UN report finds1 hour agoThe Guardian “It’s very hard to imagine what’s going on beneath the water when you look at a river – but you have billions of fish making these epic migrations, some of the largest animal migrations on Earth,” said Dr Zeb Hogan, at the University of Nevada in the US. The longest migration of any freshwater fish species is the dorado catfish, which makes a migration of 7,000 miles (11,000km), from spawning in the foothills of the Andes to feeding in the Amazon estuary and back again. The silver-gold fish themselves were incredible, said Hogan: “They get to about 2 metres long.” Such fish migrations happen in rivers across the world – salmon and eels are more familiar examples – but many are rapidly collapsing, according to the most comprehensive assessment to date.
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Meningitis B vaccine scheme widened to include some year 11 pupils in Kent2 hours agoThe Guardian The meningitis B vaccination programme will be expanded to include year 11 pupils at schools affected by the outbreak in Kent, health officials have said. Figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show the number of cases of the illness have fallen. As of 12.30pm on Monday, 20 cases of meningitis had been confirmed, with a further three under investigation, bringing the total to 23.
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Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling dies aged 542 hours agoThe Guardian Married At First Sight relationship coach Mel Schilling has died aged 54, her family has announced. The Australian dating expert was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023 but said this year that it had spread to her brain. Schilling died on Tuesday according to a statement shared on her Instagram account.
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Manchester United fan, 76, feeling ‘helpless’ as family seat is given to VIPs3 hours agoThe Guardian A Manchester United fan said he feels “helpless and hopeless” after being evicted from the seat his family have held since just after the second world war to make way for £300-a-head VIPs. Tony Riley, whose father-in-law played for United under Sir Matt Busby, is among 1,100 supporters forced to move under cash-boosting plans overseen by Sir Jim Ratcliffe. The prime seats near the dugout in the Sir Bobby Charlton stand will be reallocated to hospitality from next season. “We feel it’s an injustice, not just for us but all the others as well,” said Riley, 76, whose family has used the seat continuously since 1949, when United returned to Old Trafford after the war.
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Supporter groups file lawsuit against FIFA over World Cup ticket prices | Football News | Al Jazeera3 hours agoAl Jazeera The Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and Euroconsumers have filed a lawsuit with the European Commission against football’s world governing body FIFA over “excessive ticket prices” for this year’s World Cup final. “Euroconsumers and Football Supporters Europe (FSE) have filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against FIFA, alleging that the football body has abused its monopoly position to impose excessive ticket prices and opaque and unfair purchasing conditions and processes on European fans ahead of the 2026 World Cup,” the FSE said in a statement on Tuesday. “FIFA holds a monopoly over ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup and has used that power to impose conditions on fans that would never be acceptable in a competitive market,” the group added.
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More North Sea drilling will put UK at mercy of fossil fuel markets, ministers say4 hours agoThe Guardian Ministers have said expanding North Sea drilling would put the UK at further risk of volatile fossil fuel markets, amid calls from the Conservatives and some Labour MPs to breach the manifesto pledge of no new oil and gas licences. The energy minister, Michael Shanks, said the UK was “learning the right lessons from this conflict so that we’re not exposed to fossil fuels in the same way again, because this isn’t the first time that households across the country have paid the price of our exposure to gas”. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is expected to set out plans in the Commons on Tuesday for how the government can protect people from higher energy bills owing to the crisis caused by the US-Iran conflict.
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McCullum to continue as England’s all-format cricket head coach | Cricket News | Al Jazeera5 hours agoAl Jazeera Brendon McCullum will ⁠continue as England’s head coach ⁠in all three formats, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has said, despite the team’s lacklustre performances and lingering questions about their dressing-room culture. Ben Stokes will remain as Test captain with Harry Brook as his vice-captain, and ⁠Rob Key will stay as managing director of England’s men’s cricket, the ECB said on Monday, following a review centred around a humbling Ashes series. England suffered a 4-1 defeat in Australia this year, and the criticism included their casual preparations for the marquee Test series.
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Hong Kong grants police power to demand phone and computer passwords | News | Al Jazeera5 hours agoAl Jazeera Hong Kong police are now empowered to require anyone suspected of violating the semi-autonomous city’s national security law to hand over passwords to their mobile phones or computers. The measure, which took effect on Monday, is part of the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 following large, sometimes violent, pro-democracy protests in this Chinese territory. The city government gazetted the new amendments to the implementation rules of the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020, using powers to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature.
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UK vets face crackdown over fees as pet owners ‘left in the dark’ on bills6 hours agoThe Guardian The UK’s competition watchdog has ordered vets to cap prescription fees at £21 and proposed a price comparison website, after finding consumers had faced huge price rises and been “left in the dark” over bills. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said public satisfaction with the cost of services was “low” after an investigation into the £6.3bn market found “there is not strong competition between veterinary businesses”, with large chains dominant.
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Polls open in key Denmark elections clouded by Trump’s Greenland threat | Politics News | Al Jazeera7 hours agoAl Jazeera Polls have opened in Denmark for the parliamentary election, with Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seeking a third term after her defiant stance against United States President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland. Voting started at 8am (07:00 GMT) and will close at 8pm (19:00 GMT), with the first results expected in the evening.
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Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 20258 hours agoThe Guardian The amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online rose by 14% last year, with the majority of videos showing the most extreme type of content, according to a safety watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation said it identified 8,029 AI-made images and videos of realistic child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2025.
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Mr Motivator urges government to treat ’bed poverty’ as a national crisis8 hours agoThe Guardian Mr Motivator is lobbying the government to tackle the number of children in the UK who have no bed of their own as Barnardo’s reveals demand for furniture from struggling families has surged by 40% in the last year. The children’s charity said beds had become“like a luxury item” as the war in Iran threatens to exacerbate cost of living pressures. Meanwhile, TV and online fitness coach Mr Motivator, real name Derrick Evans, who lives in Greater Manchester, is urging government to treat “bed poverty” as a national crisis and include it in child poverty planning.
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Property company denies trying to mass-evict tenants before England’s no-fault evictions ban8 hours agoThe Guardian A property company accused of trying to mass-evict tenants in the weeks before no-fault evictions are banned has denied doing so, saying it is simply implementing “routine and lawful tenancy management”. A statement from Criterion Capital, set up by the billionaire property magnate Asif Aziz, was issued in response to Matthew Pennycook, the housing minister, who wrote to the company to seek “urgent” answers about its plans. Criterion has reportedly sent section 21 notices, which give notice of proposed eviction, to large numbers of its tenants.
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Eel fisher takes on authorities at Belfast court over pollution in UK’s largest lake8 hours agoThe Guardian An eel fisher is to argue at the high court in Belfast that the authorities have allowed the ecological collapse of Lough Neagh by failing to take action over pollution. Declan Conlon, whose family have for generations fished the inland lake in Northern Ireland that once hosted the largest wild eel fishery in Europe, is seeking to take a judicial review against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera). He will argue the department has failed to act against polluters despite clear evidence of the ecological collapse of the lake.
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Tiger Woods eyes Masters return with competitive golf outing at TGL | Golf News | Al Jazeera8 hours agoAl Jazeera Tiger Woods will return to competitive ‌golf, minus most of the walking, when he tees it up for Jupiter Links ⁠Golf Club on ⁠the last night of the Tomorrow’s Golf League (TGL) finals on Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Sahith Theegala birdied the final hole, giving Los Angeles Golf Club two points ⁠and a 6-5 comeback win over Jupiter Links Golf Club in the first match of the title series on Monday.
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Zinedine Zidane to take over as France coach this summer: Report | Football News | Al Jazeera9 hours agoAl Jazeera French football ‌icon Zinedine Zidane has ⁠agreed ⁠to take over his national team’s head coaching duties following this ⁠summer’s FIFA World Cup, ESPN reported on Monday. Zidane, 53, reportedly ⁠reached a verbal agreement with the Federation Francaise de Football to replace Didier Deschamps, who has held ‌the role since 2012. Zidane, who managed La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid for two stints (2016-18, 2019-21), has long been expected to eventually become the skipper ⁠for France. As a player, ⁠the dynamic midfielder won the 1998 Ballon d’Or and was a three-time ⁠FIFA World Player of the Year (1998, ⁠2000 and 2003).
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Punk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London9 hours agoThe Guardian “This is what it’d sound like if there was a fire!” shouts Jon Swinstead, the driving force behind the Museum of Youth Culture, as he tries to make himself heard above the din. It’s hard to imagine but in a few weeks this empty, slightly soggy space will be transformed into an institution dedicated to all things teenage – a project Swinstead has been working on in one way or another for almost 30 years. Swinstead says the museum is filling an obvious void in the UK, which has an award-winning Young V&A aimed at children, but nothing substantial dedicated to the teen years and the incredible amount of subcultures generated in the UK.
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Irish metals refinery is in supply chain that feeds Russian war machine, records suggest9 hours agoThe Guardian A leading Irish metals refinery is part of an international aluminium supply chain that appears to conclude with shipments to arms producers feeding the Kremlin’s war machine in Ukraine, leaked records and public data suggests. Trading records show that shipments to Russian smelters from Aughinish Alumina, which is located on the Shannon estuary in the west of Ireland and has been owned by the Russian aluminium group Rusal since 2006, have increased sharply since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ireland exported $243m (£180m) of alumina to Russia in 2022, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), a data analytics website,and this rose by 55% to $376m in 2024.
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Denmark election: far right has slowed under Frederiksen – but at what cost?9 hours agoThe Guardian Mayasa Mandia, a recent graduate living in the small Danish town of Kokkedal, will be voting for the left in Tuesday’s general election – but it won’t be for Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats. The 23-year-old, a practising Muslim, says that under Frederiksen’s government far-right commentary has become normalised in the Danish mainstream. “There are more important issues to talk about than the skin tone of someone or whether or not they wear a scarf on their head and whether that scarf is reflective of our Danish values or not,” said Mandia. But, under Frederiksen’s centrist coalition, anti-immigrant rhetoric and Islamophobia have become increasingly commonplace in Danish politics, she feels.
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Top English schools take in half as many Send pupils as average comprehensive14 hours agoThe Guardian The top 500 secondary schools take in half as many disadvantaged pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) as the average comprehensive, in what is believed may be a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances. New research from the Sutton Trust has found that pupils with Send, and especially those who also come from a low-income background, are significantly less likely to attend top state schools, even if there is one in their local area. The top schools for attainment take in half as many disadvantaged pupils with Send as the average comprehensive, and 36% fewer than live in their catchment area, polling shows.
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English and Welsh winemakers report sharp rise in production in 202514 hours agoThe Guardian English and Welsh winemakers have reported a sharp rise in production, after the hot, dry summer in 2025 and an increase in vineyard planting resulted in the third-largest UK harvest. The equivalent of 16.5m bottles were produced across the UK last year – or 124,377 hectolitres – according to figures from the wine regulator, the Food Standards Agency (FSA). This represents a 55% increase on the volumes produced a year earlier, the result of favourable growing conditions throughout the season that delivered good fruit quality and yields not seen for many years.
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Ministers delay new rules for low-carbon housing in England14 hours agoThe Guardian Buyers of new homes are likely to be shackled to high gas prices for years to come, as the government has delayed bringing into force new regulations on low-carbon housing. Most newly built homes will come equipped with solar panels and heat pumps from March 2028, according to updated regulations for England called the “future homes standard” (FHS), but the government has relented on plans for more stringent rules under pressure from housebuilders. A loophole in the regulations that allows for wood-burning stoves in new homes could also help to scupper plans for homes to be fully carbon-free.
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Ministers rebuff trade body’s call to boost North Sea oil and gas production14 hours agoThe Guardian The UK government has dismissed a warning from an energy trade body that failing to produce more homegrown North Sea oil and gas will leave the UK increasingly reliant on imports at a time of rising global instability. The industry group, Offshore Energies UK, has said the UK “urgently” needs a greater supply of domestically produced energy or consumers will be left “more exposed to global volatility and higher emissions”.
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Iran war live: Tehran says Trump’s peace talk claims are ‘fake news’ | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera14 hours agoAl Jazeera Al Jazeera Live As we’ve been reporting, an air attack that hit a military base used by the Iran-aligned Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq’s western province of Anbar has killed several people. In a statement, the PMF confirmed that Saad Duwai al-Baiji, its commander in Anbar province, was among those killed. Trump has announced a five-day pause on strikes against Iranian power plants, claiming the US is close to a deal with Iran, though Tehran has denied any direct negotiations.
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UN expert says world has given Israel ‘licence to torture Palestinians’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera15 hours agoAl Jazeera A United Nations expert says the world has given Israel a licence to torture Palestinians, with life in the occupied Palestinian territory “a continuum of physical and mental suffering”. Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the rights situation in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, said on Monday that “torture has effectively become state policy” in Israel. “Israel has effectively been given a licence to torture Palestinians, because most of your governments, your ministers, have allowed it,” she said, as she presented her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council.
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Smotrich urges Israel to annex southern Lebanon as assault intensifies | Israel attacks Lebanon News | Al Jazeera16 hours agoAl Jazeera Israel’s far-right minister of finance, Bezalel Smotrich, has urged his country to annex southern Lebanon, as the military has destroyed bridges and homes in an intensified assault on the area. In an Israeli radio interview on Monday, Smotrich said that the bombardment of Lebanon “needs to end with a different reality entirely”, which includes a “change of Israel’s borders”. “I say here definitively … in every room and in every discussion, too: The new Israeli border must be the Litani,” he said, referring to the Litani River, a critical waterway that cuts through southern Lebanon, about 30km (19 miles) from the border with Israel.
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Air Canada crash at LaGuardia Airport: What happened, who were the victims? | Aviation News | Al Jazeera18 hours agoAl Jazeera Two people have died after an Air Canada plane struck a fire truck while landing at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States. Authorities are now investigating the cause of the collision, including whether air traffic control coordination may have played a role. Here is what we know: The CRJ-900 aircraft, operated by Jazz Aviation as Air Canada Flight AC8646 from Montreal, was landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York with 72 passengers and four crew members on board. Minutes before the crash, a Port Authority fire truck was responding to a United Airlines flight that had reported an odour on board. At approximately 11:40pm on Sunday (03:40 GMT on Monday), the Air Canada aircraft collided with the fire truck on the runway while landing.
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Italy’s Meloni concedes referendum defeat, calling it ‘a lost opportunity’ | Courts News | Al Jazeera19 hours agoAl Jazeera Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has conceded defeat in a referendum on her justice reforms, while confirming she would not hand in her resignation. And we respect this decision,” she said in a statement on X on Monday, alongside a video, saying the result of the referendum was “a lost opportunity to modernise Italy”. Meloni’s hard-right government wanted to change Italy’s constitution to separate the roles of judges and prosecutors and reform their oversight body.
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EU calls for clarification after Hungary accused of leaking info to Russia | European Union News | Al Jazeera19 hours agoAl Jazeera The European Commission has called for clarity from Hungary after a United States media outlet reported that the country’s foreign minister passed on information about negotiations with the European Union to Russia. The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto had regularly called his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, during breaks in EU meetings to provide “direct reports on what was discussed” and possible next steps.
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Starmer signals support for household bills next winter amid energy price shock19 hours agoThe Guardian Ministers are looking at providing support for household bills next winter, Keir Starmer said, as he suggested the energy price shock unleashed by the Iran conflict could continue for months to come. The prime minister indicated he would prefer to focus any taxpayer-funded help on the poorest households, rather than an expensive universal bailout, ahead of an emergency meeting on the economic fallout of the Middle East crisis. Addressing the Commons liaison committee on Monday, he said there would not necessarily be a “quick and early end” to the conflict, despite Donald Trump postponing US strikes on Iranian power plants.
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Iran denies any talks with US after Trump claims ‘productive’ discussions | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera19 hours agoAl Jazeera Senior Iranian officials have denied that Iran held talks with the United States, just hours after US President Donald Trump claimed “very good and productive conversations” had taken place towards ending the war. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a social media post on Monday that “no negotiations have been held with the US”. “Fakenews [sic] is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped,” Ghalibaf wrote on X. That echoed earlier remarks from Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, who also denied that any discussions with the US had taken place.
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Why the oil and gas price shock from the Iran war won’t just fade away | Oil and Gas | Al Jazeera20 hours agoAl Jazeera The US-Israeli war on Iran will have a profound impact on the global energy markets. It has already sent the price of the benchmark Brent crude oil soaring to nearly $120 per barrel, close to its highest point of $147 recorded in July 2008. In 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Brent crude also spiked, reaching $139 per barrel in March, before stabilising at roughly pre-war rates the following year. The price of natural gas also registered a peak in 2022, and so it has this month, as a result of the attacks on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Some may point to the energy shock of the Russia-Ukraine war and argue that the Iran war will follow the same pattern: a temporary shock and eventual market normalisation.
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Ministers tell HS2 to consider slower train speeds to cut costs20 hours agoThe Guardian Ministers have told High Speed Two to consider running its trains at lower speeds, in an attempt to rein in the spiralling budget and begin operations as soon as possible. HS2 Ltd will assess whether limiting the speed to 186mph (300km/h) instead of 224mph could save money – potentially billions of pounds – and bring the railway into being earlier in the 2030s. Most fast trains in the UK run at a maximum of 125mph, while high-speed trains to Kent and the Channel tunnel using the HS1 line run at up to 186mph, the typical European maximum. She said Wild’s work so far showed that HS2 Ltd “did not have an accurate assessment of how much work had been delivered, or of how much was left to do.
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Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries20 hours agoThe Guardian Six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the home secretary of racial discrimination and launched legal action to try to overturn a ban on them taking up university places in the UK. The students – five from Sudan and one from Afghanistan – have undergraduate degrees in medicine and science-based subjects and received offers from universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London. However, this month the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced a ban on student visas for people from Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon, which will come into force on 26 March.
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MPs urge UK government to halt contract giving Palantir FCA data access20 hours agoThe Guardian MPs have urged the government to halt its latest contract with Palantir, after the Guardian revealed the US spy-tech company is to gain access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data. The Financial Conduct Authority, the watchdog for thousands of financial bodies from banks to hedge funds, has hired Palantir to apply its AI systems to two years’ worth of internal intelligence data to help it tackle financial crime. But the Liberal Democrats on Monday called for a government investigation into the contract, which the party said could be “a huge error of judgment”, while the Green party said it should be blocked over Palantir’s links to Donald Trump.
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Trump can declare victory in Iran – and he should | US-Israel war on Iran | Al Jazeera20 hours agoAl Jazeera Since Donald Trump entered the political fray, critics have opined that if he ever faced a direct confrontation with Iran as United States president, the result would be chaos, endless war, and global instability. Today, the world is witnessing the swift decisive assertion of US power that is leading to a clear military victory over a terrorist state that has long threatened US as well as global peace and security. Iran expanded its influence across the Middle East, funded proxy militias, threatened global energy supplies, and openly challenged Washington’s credibility by attacking US interests, personnel and assets. Trump rejected the conventional Washington approach even before assuming public office.
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Reform mayoral candidate likens Jewish community group to ‘Islamists on horseback’20 hours agoThe Guardian A Reform UK mayoral candidate has described members of a Jewish neighbourhood watch group as “cosplayers” and likened them to “Islamists on horseback” in comments made after an attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity. Chris Parry, who remains Reform’s mayoral candidate for Hampshire despite a previous controversy in which he said David Lammy should “go home” to the Caribbean, made the comments on Monday about Shomrim, a group of volunteers who safeguard communities including Orthodox Jewish families. Parry, a retired rear admiral, retweeted a post on X by Catherine Blaiklock, a co-founder of the Brexit party, hours after news of the attack on the ambulances in north London emerged.
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Kinks guitarist Dave Davies hits back at Moby for calling 1970 single Lola ‘gross and transphobic’20 hours agoThe Guardian The Kinks co-founder and guitarist Dave Davies hit back at Moby after the US electronic musician said that he could no longer listen to the band’s 1970 hit Lola on the grounds that he found it “gross and transphobic”. Moby told the Guardian Saturday magazine’s Honest Playlist feature that he was repulsed by the song after it came up on a Spotify playlist. He also shared a letter from trans punk icon Jayne County, who he said wrote to him and his brother to express her delight over the song: “Of course, when I first heard the name Lola, it conjured up memories of Marlene Dietrich standing on a stage in a crowded, smokey room singing one of her most famous songs, ‘Lola!’
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Hillsborough campaigners accuse Starmer of ‘insult’ after failing to introduce promised law21 hours agoThe Guardian Families whose relatives were killed in disasters and who have suffered state injustice have written to Keir Starmer, accusing the government of an “insult” for failing to introduce the promised Hillsborough law in this session of parliament. Labour has promised for almost a decade to implement the law, which will impose a “duty of candour” on the police and public authorities, but the government pulled the bill in January during its passage through parliament. Families, including those whose relatives were killed in the 2017 terrorist bombing at the Manchester arena, insist the duty of candour must apply in full to the security services, MI5 and MI6.
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Italian voters reject overhaul of judiciary pushed by Giorgia Meloni21 hours agoThe Guardian Italian voters have rejected an overhaul of the country’s judiciary pushed by the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni,, an outcome expected to tarnish her reputation and make winning next year’s general election more challenging. In a two-day referendum, 54.63% of voters said “No” to the reforms to reorganise the judiciary compared with 45.37% for the “Yes” camp. “The Italians have decided and we respect this decision,” said Meloni as the results came through on Monday afternoon. “We will move forward, as we always have done, with responsibility, determination and respect towards the Italian people and Italy.”
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Man who used false gaming alibi found guilty of Natalie McNally’s murder22 hours agoThe Guardian A man who set up a false alibi involving himself livestreaming a video game on YouTube has been found guilty of murdering his pregnant partner. Natalie McNally, 32, was 15 weeks’ pregnant when she was violently attacked and killed at her home in Lurgan, County Armagh, in December 2022. Stephen McCullagh, 36, of Woodland Gardens, Lisburn, was convicted by a jury during the fifth week of the trial at Belfast crown court. During the trial the jury heard how McCullagh had concocted a “cover story” that he had been livestreaming himself playing video games on the evening of Sunday 18 December 2022. However, McCullagh had recorded six hours of himself playing video games, which he broadcast as live that evening while he took a bus to McNally’s home in Lurgan.
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Private investigator in Prince Harry case says admissions in his name ‘a pack of lies’22 hours agoThe Guardian A private investigator whose disputed confessions of illegal activity form a key part of the case brought by Prince Harry and others against the Daily Mail’s publisher has said the admissions were “a thing of fiction”. Giving highly anticipated evidence at the high court, Gavin Burrows said the claimants in the case, as well as their lawyers, had been “very misled” over his work, adding that the supposed admissions in his name were “a pack of lies”. Burrows, who only agreed to give evidence from a secret location overseas, said he believed his signature had been traced on to a witness statement outlining extensive alleged wrongdoing. The court has already heard claims that Burrows bugged the windowsills of celebrities and hacked the information of those close to them, such as John’s gardener.
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