6 h. ago The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent | Editorial

Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe partiesIt is too early to declare Sir Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” migration deal with France a failure, but nor can the government claim that it is working as intended. This week, the Guardian revealed that one of the first people deported under the treaty had found his way back to the UK via a small boat. On the same day, Home Office data revealed that the number of people who had made the journey so far this year – 36,886 – had surpassed the total for 2024. The usual partisan recriminations followed. Opposition parties accuse Labour of failing to grip the problem; ministers say they are burdened by a long legacy of Conservative mismanagement. Both things can be true.For all its deficiencies, Sir Keir’s deal with France recognises two facts that his Tory and Reform UK opponents cannot accept. First, engagement with EU states is...

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8 h. ago Inquests into deaths of synagogue terror attack victims due to open

Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby lost their lives in the atrocity

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30 h. ago The Guardian view on the cloud crash: an outage that showed who really runs the internet | Editorial

A failure at Amazon’s server centre paralysed global services for 15 hours. It was not just a glitch but a stark reminder of our digital dependency and fragilityAn outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday disrupted apps and websites around the world, affecting more than 2,000 companies and leaving millions of users unable to access services like Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, Duolingo and even Amazon’s own operations. Removing the tech from our tech-dependent existence led to workers being sent home and exams delayed. The crash, which lasted 15 hours, underlined how deeply our digital lives depend on a small number of cloud providers – and how vulnerable many everyday systems are to a single failure.If data is the new oil, then cloud computing is the pipeline, the refinery, the tanker fleet and, increasingly, the pump too. The big three – AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – account for 60% of global cloud computing. They own the networks and cables that move data across the worl...

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54 h. ago The Guardian view on Sarkozy’s first day in prison: no citizen is above the law | Editorial

Attempts by the former French president and his supporters to discredit the legal process by which he was sentenced have been irresponsible and unjustifiedAs he was transported to La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday, Nicolas Sarkozy posted a message brimming with defiance on X, writing “It’s not a former president of the republic who is being jailed this morning, it’s an innocent man”. A court of appeal will eventually give its view on the veracity of the second clause of that statement. But unfortunately for Mr Sarkozy, the drama and significance of his fall cannot simply be wished away.President of France between 2007 and 2012, Mr Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy to obtain illicit campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Handed a five‑year sentence, he has become the first former leader of an EU country to go behind bars, and the first French leader since the disgraced head of Vichy France, Philippe Pétain...

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on the price of a prince: what Virginia Giuffre’s story says about palace accountability | Editorial

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has exposed a constitutional blind spot: royal privilege remains beyond democratic scrutiny. MPs must be able to question powerThe tragic story of Virginia Giuffre raises the question of who governs when royal privilege and public outrage collide. As a vulnerable teenager she was drawn into a world of sexual exploitation by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Ms Giuffre alleged that Epstein trafficked her and that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew on three occasions, including when she was 17. He has denied all the claims. Despite previously insisting he had no memory of meeting her, the prince reportedly paid £12m to settle her civil case in 2022. The money was said to have come from his mother, the late queen – who, just six weeks later, was photographed walking beside him at her husband’s memorial service.With a posthumous memoir, Ms Giuffre has brought the issue back into the spotlight. In his calamitous 2019 Newsnight interview,...

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on Ukraine peace talks: Europe must ensure Zelenskyy can resist Trump’s bullying | Editorial

The US president’s attempts to broker a deal fail to distinguish between the aggressor and the victim. No just agreement is possible on that basisIt wasn’t quite the calamity of February, when Volodymyr Zelenskyy was publicly humiliated in the Oval Office by Donald Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance. But the Ukrainian president’s latest visit to the White House on Friday was, by all accounts, a disquieting experience. Mr Trump’s public musings before the meeting suggested that his stance had hardened towards Vladimir Putin, to the strategically significant extent of being willing to sell long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv. But by the time Mr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington, the US president had changed his mind, instead lecturing his guest on the need to make territorial concessions to Russia.So far, so familiar. Since being re-elected, Mr Trump has repeatedly resiled from following up tough talk on Russia with meaningful action. Faux deadlines for Mr Putin to make substa...

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3 d. ago King Charles says Britain needs to 'deradicalise' people from the 'ghastliness of social media' as he visits Manchester synagogue after terror attack

Charles joined police officers, fire officers and ambulance staff at the Greater Manchester Police headquarters to thank them for their response to the October 2 stabbings and hear about their work.

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3 d. ago In pictures: King Charles visits scene of Manchester synagogue attack

King Charles spoke to survivors of the synagogue attack

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3 d. ago King Charles meets 'heroes' of synagogue attack in Manchester

Crowds gathered outside to get a glimpse of the monarch

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3 d. ago King Charles is greeted by huge crowds of worshippers at Manchester synagogue as monarch puts Prince Andrew furore aside to show support for Jewish community

The King expressed his sadness to survivors of the Manchester synagogue attack this afternoon as he sought to pay his respects to the Jewish communit

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3 d. ago King visits Manchester synagogue where two died in terror attack amid Andrew scandal

The monarch’s visit is his first official appearance since Prince Andrew relinquished his royal titles

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3 d. ago King Charles puts Prince Andrew furore to one side as he visits Manchester synagogue in show of support for Jewish community after terror attack

The King arrived at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester to show his support to the Jewish community after it was targeted by a knifeman earlier this month.

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3 d. ago King attends first official engagement since Andrew relinquished titles

Charles was visiting Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester following the recent attack in which two men died.

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3 d. ago Manchester synagogue killer raped me, says Muslim convert wife who reveals family tragedies behind conversion to Islam

Jihad al-Shamie reportedly told Elizabeth Davis ‘you have to fulfil your husband’s needs’ and that her children were ‘too Westernised’

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3 d. ago King Charles makes surprise visit as royals brace themselves for more Andrew claims

The King has travelled to Manchester today to visit the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, where he met members of the congregation - weeks after a terror attack there, which left two people dead

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3 d. ago King Charles in Manchester LIVE as he meets synagogue attack survivors

The royal visit takes place 18 days after the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall on Yom Kippur

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3 d. ago Married to a terrorist: Manchester Synagogue killer raped me after I converted to Islam and wed him following my family tragedy, reveals his wife

When Elizabeth Davis heard of an attack on the synagogue in Heaton Park in Manchester, she switched on the television breaking news - and recognised the blurred image of the terrorist.

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3 d. ago Married to a terrorist: Manchester Synagogue killer raped me after I converted to Islam and married him following my family tragedy, reveals his wife

When Elizabeth Davis heard of an attack on the synagogue in Heaton Park in Manchester, she switched on the television breaking news - and recognised the blurred image of the terrorist.

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on hybrid cars: profitable for carmakers but not very green | Editorial

Plug-in hybrids pollute more than their manufacturers claim – and delay the real shift to electric and shared mobility“Why the future is hybrid,” chirruped the Economist in 2004. While electric vehicles (EVs) looked like science fiction, that prediction looked prescient. Fast‑forward 20 years and battery technology has improved dramatically; EVs are affordable. Last week it emerged that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) aren’t very green. The sales pitch had been that motorists could use “clean” battery power for city jaunts and dirty petrol for longer trips. This promised sustainable travel without the anxiety of a limited range. But real‑world tests, by the European non-profit Transport and Environment, show that PHEVs emit just 19% less carbon dioxide than petrol and diesel cars – far short of the 75% claimed in the lab.Hybrid vehicles are, however, very profitable. Carmakers can charge top dollar for what are essentially re-engineered petrol cars with a battery ...

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on childbirth and medical negligence: rising payouts highlight the urgency of maternity improvements

Grave shortcomings in the care offered to mothers and babies are well documented. But it is not clear that the right lessons have been learnedThe startling rise in the cost to the NHS in England of medical negligence cases, and a sharp increase in birth injuries to mothers, are the latest warning signs of deeply troubling failures in maternity services. The £60bn estimate of negligence liabilities, from the National Audit Office, represents a quadrupling in less than 20 years. While some medical specialties have seen falling payouts, those in obstetrics rose. The reason why payments in such negligence cases are so high is that when babies are injured, awards must cover lifetime care needs.Grave shortcomings in maternity care are widely recognised, along with unjust disparities in outcomes for women from different socioeconomic and racial groups. Preventable deaths and injuries at units in Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury and Telford, and East Kent, have been among the most shocki...

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