US lawmakers fight Trump administration cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’
Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator, joins Democrats in bid to stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories InitiativeUS politics live – latest updatesA ...
BBC News braces for major round of job cuts in broadcaster’s £500m cost-saving drive
All departments will be affected but biggest cuts are in news, with job losses expected to run into the hundredsBBC News is braced for a major round ...
Cabinet ministers asked to look for cuts to fund UK defence spending increase
Lisa Nandy says discussions are taking place about how to ‘keep this country safe’ after John Healey’s resignationUK politics live – latest updatesCab...
Butler warns Coalition against using NDIS cuts as ‘pawn in bigger game’ and says bill delays could cost billions
Opposition and Greens could team up to extend inquiry into changes but health minister ‘utterly convinced’ federal government’s plan is rightFollow ou...
Global HIV prevention declined drastically after Trump aid cuts, U.N. finds
Cuts from the U.S. and others have hit hard, with the number of people receiving PrEP dropping by 38% from 2024 to 2025, according to data from 62 cou...
Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order
On Friday evening, the government ordered Anthropic to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nations, both inside and outside the US, d...
Lammy’s cuts to jury trials could have ‘far-reaching’ effect on race relations, say MPs
Justice secretary’s plans likely to increase black people’s suspicion of court system, committee suggestsDavid Lammy’s planned changes to the criminal...
Australia news live: poll piles pressure on Jacinta Allan; women ‘biggest losers from NDIS cuts’
Survey puts Labor behind the Coalition and One Nation in state election race; advocacy groups say care burden will shift to womenGet our breaking news...
Burnham pledges business rate cuts for pubs, cafes and other small businesses
Greater Manchester mayor’s proposals amount to a notable criticism of Keir Starmer’s policy in the areaUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham h...
England’s poorest communities face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds
Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme environmental disparities, charity coalition warnsThe poorest and most nature-deprived...
Thousands sign petition against cuts to tech support for disabled students in England
DfE plans to withdraw funding for assistive software, saying it is now rarely needed due to ‘widely available free tools’Disability campaigners have c...
Microsoft’s next-gen quantum chip cuts timeline to useful quantum computing
Microsoft claimed last year that it had made a key breakthrough in quantum computing with Majorana 1, the company's first quantum processor. While phy...
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley lays into CBS leadership over cuts
Pelley reportedly rebuked ousting of show’s executive producer, executive editor and two top correspondentsScott Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes correspo...
How aid cuts are hampering the frontline response to the Ebola crisis
Aid workers in Uganda are watching the Ebola crisis unfold in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for...
Trump’s cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say
Community programs are more effective at reducing violence than simply making arrests, advocates sayHomicides in the US have fallen dramatically in re...
Wes Streeting calls for NI tax cuts for businesses to ‘incentivise’ hiring
Labour should also drill for oil and gas in North Sea, says former health secretary and leadership candidateWes Streeting has called for national insu...
Conservationists alarmed by drastic cuts to key UK fund for global nature protection
Conservation groups warn slashing Darwin Initiative will put species and habitats in jeopardy, and set back efforts to halt decline in natureOne of th...
Friday briefing: What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC?
In today’s newsletter: As the virus spreads across borders, health workers warn that weakened global support is making a prolonged crisis more likelyE...
UK universities warn of cuts for impoverished students if dire funding issues continue
Nearly a third of vice-chancellors would cut hardship support if necessary over next three years, according to pollVice-chancellors have said they may...
US voters support HIV/Aids relief – will Trump’s cuts backfire in the midterms?
Global Pepfar program has long had Republican leadership and bipartisan support, but initiative is under fire US midterm voters overwhelmingly support...
UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study
As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggestsCuts to foreign aid budgets ...
Sabalenka cuts news conference short as top French Open players protest prize money
Leading players, including Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Jannik Sinner, limit their French Open media duties to 15 minutes in a row over prize money...
Standard Chartered boss apologises for ‘lower-value human capital’ comments amid job cuts
Bill Winters faced backlash over remarks about some of near 80,000 staff set to lose roles to AIThe chief executive of Standard Chartered has apologis...
