WHO head warns countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit cruise shipThe head of the World Health Organization ha...
Middle East crisis live: Trump rejects Iran response to US peace proposal as Tehran warns of new attacks
US president calls Iranian response ‘totally unacceptable’ while Tehran says it will retaliate against any new US strikes or foreign warships in strai...
Whirlpool warns of ‘recession-level’ slump as Iran war and tariff ruling hit sales
Appliance giant slashes earnings forecast and hikes prices by 10% with another 4% spike plannedWith the war in Iran and economic concerns putting pres...
JD Sports warns Iran war could hit consumer spending and raise prices
Retail group with 4,800 stores worldwide expects drop in profits this year amid ‘muted market’Business live – latest updatesThe sports fashion retaile...
Fertiliser shortages will have ‘dramatic’ effect on global food prices, warns farming boss
Powerful property and farming firm Grosvenor Group says knock-on effect of Iran war could arrive next yearFertiliser shortages caused by the Iran war ...
Iran War Live Updates: Iranian Official Warns of Escalation in Strait of Hormuz Standoff
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator, accused the United States of violating the shaky cease-fire, after Iranian forces fired at vessels th...
Cabinet minister warns Labour against ‘doomscrolling’ through leaders like the Tories
Communities secretary Steve Reed urges MPs not to move against Keir Starmer and says most people are ‘sick and tired of all this psychodrama’Labour sh...
Modern slavery at record levels in UK and expected to worsen, report warns
Government’s anti-slavery commissioner says traffickers are exploiting a growing pipeline of vulnerabilitySlavery in the UK is at record levels and is...
U.S. government warns of severe CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and datacenters th...
‘Increasingly unsafe’: Australia’s in-home childcare program under threat from rising costs, advocate warns
The little-known publicly funded scheme is used by about 800 families with children who cannot access mainstream careGet our breaking news email, free...
Zack Polanski warns against banning London pro-Palestine protest
Green leader also says he would discourage ‘globalise the intifada’ chant but outlawing it would restrict free speechZack Polanski has said he would d...
Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live
Robert Hayward predicts Reform will be big winner, taking seats from both Labour and the ConservativesGood morning. We are now into the final week of ...
Oil price tops $120 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’
Oil markets spooked as US president appears willing to maintain US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut The price of Brent oil s...
UK faces £35bn hit and risk of recession this year over impact of Iran war, thinktank warns
Niesr says even under best-case scenario, economy would grow at slower pace in 2026 and 2027 because of conflictBritain is facing a £35bn economic hit...
‘Shortcomings and failures’ could sink Aukus nuclear submarines plan, UK inquiry warns
Australia is dependent upon UK’s ability to deliver new submarines, but report finds ‘cracks are already beginning to show’ “Cracks are already beginn...
Mexico warns US involvement in anti-drug operation should not to be repeated
Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crashClaudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, sa...
Australians will call ‘bullshit’ on green energy without clearer benefits, Rudd warns
Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices, while Malcolm Turnbull points to some progress in USGet our brea...