2 h. ago Spain’s climate scientists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

Environment minister says attacks on social media affect perceptions of meteorology and denigrate researchers’ workEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s environment minister has written to prosecutors to warn of “an alarming increase” in hate speech and social media attacks directed against climate science communicators, meteorologists and researchers.In a letter sent to hate crimes prosecutors on Wednesday, Sara Aagesen said a number of recent reports examined by the ministry had detected a “significant increase” in the hostile language that climate experts are subjected to on digital platforms. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Spain’s meteorologists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

Environment minister says attacks on social media affect perceptions of meteorology and denigrate researchers’ workEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s environment minister has written to prosecutors to warn of “an alarming increase” in hate speech and social media attacks directed against climate science communicators, meteorologists and researchers.In a letter sent to hate crimes prosecutors on Wednesday, Sara Aagesen said a number of recent reports examined by the ministry had detected a “significant increase” in the hostile language that climate experts are subjected to on digital platforms. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Business rates relief package a ‘sticking plaster’, Scottish ministers warned

Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced her Budget for 2026-27.

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46 h. ago UK should ban children from social media because they cannot cope with toxic hate speech, terror watchdog warns

Jonathan Hall, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism, said in a speech at the Policy Exchange think that ‘the question of how to regulate the online space is the most urgent question of our day’

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64 h. ago Starmer tells Labour MPs his foreign trips can help fix cost of living crisis

Prime minister tells parliamentary party that ‘being in the room’ for trade and defence talks will boost UK economy Keir Starmer has defended his frequent trips out of the country to Labour MPs, attempting to draw a direct link with the cost of living at home, which he warned would not be solved by isolationism.The prime minister told the meeting of the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) on Monday night that it was essential for him to be “in the room” for international negotiations on trade and defence, which would then have an impact on the domestic economy. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Elon Musk says UK wants to suppress free speech as X faces possible ban

Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consentElon Musk has accused the UK government of wanting to suppress free speech after ministers threatened fines and a possible ban for his social media site X after its AI tool, Grok, was used to make sexual images of women and children without their consent.The billionaire claimed Grok was the most downloaded app on the UK App Store on Friday night after ministers threatened to take action unless the function to create sexually harassing images was removed. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Minister says recovery will ‘take time’ as forecasters warn of more snow and ice

Fresh yellow weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued for most of Scotland over the weekend.

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6 d. ago How Treasury minister's warning on spiralling MPs' expenses was ignored

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury voiced concerns at spiralling spending on politicians and their staff.

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8 d. ago Government lacks emotional link with voters, cabinet ministers warned

Morgan McSweeney says Labour needs ‘three Es’ of emotion, empathy and evidence, sources sayUK politics live – latest updatesThe government must find ways to reconnect emotionally with voters, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is said to have warned cabinet ministers, in a meeting where the prime minister said they were in “the fight of our lives”.The prime minister sought to rally his cabinet on Tuesday, telling them to ignore the polls and to prepare to take on Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Scots MP calls for army to be deployed as snow crisis deepens amid weather warnings

Amid school closures and severe weather warnings across northern Scotland, MP Andrew Bowie has urged ministers to request military help as snow leaves remote Aberdeenshire communities cut off from food, fuel and vital medical supplies.

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9 d. ago Nicolás Maduro appears in Manhattan court; US ambassador tells UN there is ‘no war in Venezuela’ – live

Ousted president in Manhattan courthouse where the full list of charges will be read; Mike Waltz says US is ‘not occupying a country’ after strikes on VenezuelaDelcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warningA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves.Asked on Sky News why he thought Donald Trump had captured Nicolás Maduro and said America would “run” Venezuela, Home Office minister Mike Tapp said:This is for Donald Trump to answer, and I think he has said in his press conference, which I watched with interest around narco-terrorism and that threat. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Urgent warning about contaminated weight loss injections from UK Government

'Fake fat jab sellers' warning from health minister who tells the Mirror dodgy weight loss injections can cause life threatening heart and psychological problems

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1 week ago Starmer insists he WILL still be Prime Minister in 2027 as he pleads with Labour plotters ahead of New Year reset not to unleash 'chaos' by replacing him

In his first interview of 2026 the Labour leader warned those seeking to replacing him that the result would be 'utter chaos'.

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1 week ago France threatens to arrest Britons who try to stop migrant crossings as activists slash dinghies leaving for Dover

The French interior minister, Laurent Nunez, has warned that any Brits interfering involved with the crossings could be arrested for possible obstruction and aggravated violence.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer vows 'Britain turns the corner in 2026' in New Year's speech

The Prime Minister warned that "renewal is not an overnight job"

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2 w. ago Boss of Labour's biggest trade union donor says it's 'inevitable' Keir Starmer will be replaced as leader in scathing attack on 'failing' PM

Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, delivered a scathing attack on the 'failing' Prime Minister as she warned Britain had been left 'rudderless'.

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2 w. ago Elizabeth Line would ‘never’ be built, Portillo wrote when urging cancellation

Former Treasury minister warned that Crossrail London link was too costly and unnecessary, newly released papers show

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2 w. ago ‘Too important not to fight for’: Spain’s wine industry seeks infusion of new blood

Rural depopulation compounding challenges of climate emergency and changing technologies in drawing young people to sectorThe huge concrete vats that have held countless litres of verdejo white wine in the 90 years since the Cuatro Rayas cooperative winery was founded are dwarfed by the stainless steels tanks that sit opposite and serve as reminders that, even in an enterprise as ancient as winemaking, times change.Outside, a chilly but welcome rain falls on the surrounding vines, autumn-brown after another furnace-hot summer in the northern Spanish province of Valladolid. But changing technologies and the vagaries of the climate emergency are not the only challenges facing Spain’s €22.4bn (£20bn) wine industry. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago In the battle against antisemitism we must accept that Zionism means different things to different people | David Slucki

Among Jews the meaning of the term has evolved – but there is still no consensus. And when people talk past one another there are real-world consequencesThe 14 December Bondi Beach attack targeting Jews at a Hanukah celebration has brought the issue of antisemitism into sharp national focus. In response, the New South Wales government announced measures to further curb hate speech and symbols, and, more controversially, new protest powers. This event and the government’s response have once again raised questions about the relationship between Jews, Israel, Zionism and anti-Zionism.Zionism is a Jewish national movement that sought to create a Jewish state, then to secure and sustain it. But “Zionism” is also a contested label: for many Jews it signifies safety, continuity and belonging; for Palestinians – and for many others – it denotes dispossession and ongoing domination. It’s clear that for different people, the word Zionism means very different things, which leads to people talk...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at how the struggle to adapt to a dangerously warming world has become a test of global justiceThe record-breaking 252mph winds of Hurricane Melissa that devastated Caribbean islands at the end of October were made five times more likely by the climate crisis. Scorching wildfire weather in Spain and Portugal during the summer was made 40 times more likely, while June’s heatwave in England was made 100 times more likely.Attribution science has made one thing clear: global heating is behind today’s extreme weather. That greenhouse gas emissions warmed the planet was understood. What can now be shown is that this warming produces record heatwaves and more violent storms with increasing frequency. Continue reading...

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