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Rudy Giuliani says Trump will stay loyal to him but jokes that he has 'insurance' Exclusive: president’s personal lawyer has emerged as a key figure in the impeachment inquiry, with speculation Republicans will seek to paint him as a rogue actorRudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has said he is confident the president will remain loyal to him as an impeachment inquiry unfolds in which the former New York mayor has become a central figure.But Giuliani joked that he had good “insurance” in case Trump did turn on him, amid speculation Republicans will seek to frame him as a rogue actor. Continue reading... Go to Source

Prince Andrew to be quizzed on Epstein in Newsnight special BBC to broadcast ‘no holds barred’ interview with royal on Saturday nightPrince Andrew has agreed to speak publicly for the first time about his friendship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, in a “no holds barred” interview with the BBC’s Newsnight programme to be broadcast on Saturday night.The prince has been the subject of fierce speculation over his relationship with the financier, who was found dead in a New York jail cell three months ago. Continue reading... Go to Source

Labour pledges free broadband for all homes and firms in UK Party says BT would be part nationalised under £20bn scheme which would also be funded by higher taxes on Google, Facebook and AmazonLabour has promised free full-fibre broadband for every home and business by part-nationalising BT.In a speech due to be delivered in Lancaster on Friday, Jeremy Corbyn will outline his proposals to create a new British broadband public service, saying they will “bring communities together in an inclusive and connected society”. Continue reading... Go to Source

EU launches legal action after UK fails to nominate commission candidate Taxpayers could face paying for large fine after Downing Street fails to put forward nomineeLatest UK politics news – live updatesBritish taxpayers face paying out for a large fine after the EU launched a legal action against Boris Johnson’s government over his failure to abide by the law and nominate a candidate for the new European commission.Despite knowing for weeks that the UK would remain in the EU beyond 31 October, when a new EU executive had been due to be in place, Downing Street failed to put someone forward to join the bloc’s 28-strong top team. Continue reading... Go to Source

Council leaders demand huge funding rise after floods Politicians in northern England warn of lasting damage, after 1,758 properties badly hitLeaders of councils across northern England have called for “massive” increases in funding to deal with major incidents, as the Guardian learned that around 1,800 homes and businesses have been badly flooded in the region.Dozens of weather warnings remain in place around the country, from Oxfordshire to Yorkshire and across the West Midlands, where more than 100 schools were forced to close on Thursday. Continue reading... Go to Source

England celebrate 1,000th game with seven-goal charge into Euro 2020 finals It was a night when England celebrated their football history and threatened to run up an historic scoreline. As the goals flew in during a first-half blitz, embossed by a Harry Kane hat-trick, it felt necessary to check the team’s previous 999 internationals for record scorelines.The post-war highs were the 10-0 drubbings of Portugal (1947) and the United States (1964) and they looked in peril as Gareth Southgate’s youthful team poured forward from all angles and went into the interval with a 5-0 lead. Continue reading... Go to Source

Santa Clarita: at least two dead and several hurt in high school shooting LA county sheriff says suspect is in custody at a hospitalShooting happened at Saugus high school in CaliforniaAt least two students have been killed and three more injured after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire at a southern California high school, the latest deadly school shooting to hit the US.Early reports of the shooting at Saugus high school in Santa Clarita, 30 miles north of Los Angeles, came just before 8am as students were starting the school day, sending law enforcement scrambling to confront the shooter. Continue reading... Go to Source

Briton arrested at Heathrow after Turkey said it deported Isis suspect ‘Syria-related’ arrest comes amid Turkish push to repatriate foreign Isis suspects held in Turkish jailsCounter-terror police have arrested a British man at Heathrow airport after Turkey said it had deported an Islamic State suspect to the UK.The Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command said a 26-year-old British man was arrested on arrival at Heathrow on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, adding that the unidentified suspect remained in police custody and the arrest was “Syria-related”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Labour antisemitism row: public figures say they cannot vote for party under Corbyn John Le Carré, Simon Callow and Tom Holland among signatories to letter condemning party’s stanceLetter: Antisemitism concerns mean we cannot vote LabourAuthors John Le Carré and William Boyd are among a string of public figures declaring they refuse to vote Labour because of its association with antisemitism.In a letter to the Guardian, they said ignoring antisemitism “because Brexit looms larger is to declare that anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Boris Johnson accused of running scared from public in Somerset PM cancels stop-off in Glastonbury after being heckled on visit to schoolLatest UK politics news – live updatesBoris Johnson has been accused of refusing to meet members of the public and running scared of protests during a visit to Somerset.Johnson was in south-west England to try to bolster the campaigns of Tory colleagues against strong Liberal Democrat challenges. But in Taunton he was heckled by protesters as he visited a school and a planned stop-off at a bakery on the edge of Glastonbury was ditched. Continue reading... Go to Source

Police foil plan to steal Rembrandt paintings from art gallery Officers located the paintings after intruders removed them from Dulwich art exhibitionPolice are investigating a foiled attempt to steal two Rembrandt paintings from England’s oldest public art gallery.One or more intruders broke in to Dulwich picture gallery in south London late on Wednesday and removed two paintings from the Rembrandt’s Light exhibition. Continue reading... Go to Source

Alfie Lamb death: man jailed after crushing boy with car seat Stephen Waterson imprisoned for seven years after killing three-year-old boy from KentA former government minister’s son who killed his girlfriend’s toddler with a car seat has been jailed for seven years and six months by a judge who described him as “cunning and manipulative”.Stephen Waterson, the adopted son of the former MP Nigel Waterson, killed Alfie Lamb in 2018 in what police have said was the first case of death from crush asphyxiation as a result of an electronic car seat. Continue reading... Go to Source

Tory pledge to cut immigration triggers Labour 'fake news' row Labour dismisses Priti Patel’s claim immigration would soar under party as ‘make-believe’General election latest – live newsPriti Patel, the home secretary, has said the Conservatives would reduce immigration, as one of her ministers acknowledged people had felt “let down” by the party’s failure to hit its targets in the past.Patel said levels of immigration would be lower but clearly dropped David Cameron’s failed target to cut net migration to the tens of thousands. Continue reading... Go to Source

A&E waiting times in England hit worst-ever level One in six patients waited longer than four hours in A&E last month, NHS figures show One in six patients waited longer than four hours in A&E in England during October – the worst-ever performance since a target was introduced in 2004, according to data.Just 83.6% of patients arriving at A&E were treated or admitted in four hours, figures from NHS England show. Continue reading... Go to Source

Behrouz Boochani, voice of Manus Island refugees, is free in New Zealand Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist – a multiple award-winner for documenting life in Australia’s offshore detention system – has left Papua New Guinea•The story behind Behrouz Boochani’s flight to freedomBehrouz Boochani, the Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist who became the voice of those incarcerated on Manus Island, has landed in New Zealand and says he will never return to Papua New Guinea or Australia’s immigration regime.“I will never go back to that place,” he told the Guardian, shortly after leaving PNG. “I just want to be free of the system, of the process. I just want to be somewhere where I am a person, not just a number, not just a label ‘refugee’.” Continue reading... Go to Source...

Trump cared more about investigating Biden than Ukraine, key witness reveals House begins public hearings with testimonies from Bill Taylor and George Kent as president struggles to prevent investigationTrump impeachment inquiry public hearings – live updatesDonald Trump cared more about investigating his political rival Joe Biden than the fate of Ukraine, according to dramatic testimony from a key witness in the first impeachment inquiry hearing before the American public. Related: Lights, camera, impeachment: TV phase of inquiry carries pluses and pitfalls Continue reading... Go to Source

Norwegian wealth fund blacklists G4S shares over human rights concerns Sovereign wealth fund cites risk of company contributing to ill-treatment of migrant labour in Qatar and UAENorway’s sovereign wealth fund has banned all holdings of shares in British security services company G4S because of the risk of human rights violations against its workforce in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.Norway’s Council of Ethics, which monitors investments in the country’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), said there was an “unacceptable risk of the company contributing to systematic human rights violations”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Boris Johnson heckled over floods but does not apologise for 'slow response' Government working ‘round the clock’ to help deluged regions, prime minister saysBoris Johnson declined to apologise over his government’s slow response to the flooding across parts of the north of England, insisting that a huge amount of work was going on to help and compensate victims.The prime minister faced difficult questions over whether enough had been spent on flood defences in deluged regions of Yorkshire, the east Midlands and Lincolnshire, after giving a speech on how he would give billions of pounds to research and development. Continue reading... Go to Source

Donald Trump says US military presence in Syria 'only for the oil' – live Bill Taylor and George Kent testify in first day of public impeachment inquiry – follow for live updatesTrump impeachment hearings: five things to watch forIn this defining moment for America, support The Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 11.53pm GMTSome non-impeachment news courtesy of The Guardian’s Nina Lakhani: 11.18pm GMTThe Guardian’s Washington correspondent David Smith: Continue reading... Go to Source

McCluskey sparks Labour backlash over tough line on free movement Unite leader infuriates activists who campaigned for radical pro-migration motionJeremy Corbyn’s key union supporter, Unite’s Len McCluskey, sparked a backlash on Tuesday as he told the Labour leader that victory in the general election means taking a tough line on free movement of workers.In a Guardian interview, the Unite general secretary said shadow cabinet members should not upset Labour’s carefully crafted Brexit position during the election and that he would oppose any attempts to extend free movement as voted for at the party’s annual conference in Brighton. Continue reading... Go to Source

Hillary Clinton warns of path to 'fascism' after MPs stand down Former US secretary of state concerned that female MPs cited online threatsOnline threats which intimidate people into standing down as MPs are “the path to authoritarianism [and] fascism”, Hillary Clinton has said.Speaking to an audience in London, Clinton said she took “very seriously” the fact that significant numbers of female MPs had opted not to run again for parliament in the coming election, in many cases citing online intimidation and threats against their safety. Continue reading... Go to Source

Climate crisis will affect lifelong health of young, warn doctors Lancet Countdown tracks impacts of global heating covering disease, wildfires and malnutritionThe climate crisis will determine the lifelong health of today’s children, doctors have warned, noting that global heating was already causing harm.Children are especially vulnerable and the global team of researchers say rising temperatures mean the bacteria causing deadly diarrhoea will thrive while poorer crop yields could lead to more malnutrition. Continue reading... Go to Source

General election: McDonnell says 95% of taxpayers won't face income tax or NI increases under Labour – live news The prime minister will deliver the first big set-piece speech of the campaign as Labour pledges £26bn extra per year for NHSSign up to the Guardian’s morning briefingThe leave-voting seat where the library matters as much as BrexitLabour vows £26bn rescue plan for NHSFarage working in cahoots with Boris Johnson, says Rayner 11.55am GMTQ: What would you do on social care, and on free movement?Ashworth says Labour will be making an announcement about social care later in the campaign. 11.53am GMTJohn McDonnell and Jonathan Ashworth are now taking questions.Q: Are you worried that you might be raising expectations unreasonably? Continue reading... Go to Source

Two reported dead as Venice flooded by highest tide in 50 years High waters peaked at 1.87 metres as the flood alarm sounded across the Italian city of canalsIn pictures: flooding in VeniceThe mayor of Venice is poised to declare a state of emergency after the city was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years, with another surge expected to cause further widespread flooding and destruction on Wednesday.Flooding in the lagoon city reached its second-highest level ever in the wake of the aqua alta, or high waters, which reached 1.87 metres late on Tuesday night amid heavy rain, just short of the record 1.94 metres (78 in) recorded in 1966. Continue reading... Go to Source

Labour vows to outspend Tories with £26bn ‘rescue’ plan for NHS Health service in England would get £5.5bn more a year by 2023-24 than the £20.5bn promised by Conservatives Labour is to unveil a “rescue plan” for the NHS in England with an extra £26bn of funding a year paid for by higher taxes on companies and the wealthiest in society, as the party puts the health service at the heart of its election offer to voters. Related: How will Labour put an extra £26bn into the NHS by 2024? Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump fumes as Democrats get ready for 'sober and rigorous' public hearings TV crews move into halls of Capitol for first public testimonyTrump calls on Republicans to defend him from ‘total scam’Only three times in the history of the American republic has Congress initiated public testimony that could result in the removal of the president by impeachment. The tally will rise to four on Wednesday. Related: Lights, camera, impeachment: TV phase of inquiry carries pluses and pitfalls Continue reading... Go to Source

Rift in Lib Dem ranks as candidate stands aside in bid to thwart Tories Party seeks replacement as Tim Walker drops out in Canterbury to avoid dividing pro-remain vote I’m a Liberal Democrat candidate – here’s why I’m stepping aside for LabourThe Liberal Democrats face a revolt from a local party over plans to replace a candidate who unilaterally stood down in a marginal Labour-held seat, saying he wanted to avoid the “nightmare” of handing the constituency back to the Conservatives.Tim Walker announced in an article for the Guardian that although he did not trust Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit, he wanted to give Rosie Duffield, the Labour candidate who took Canterbury from the Tories for the first time in 2017 by just 187 votes, the best chance of winning. Continue reading... Go to Sou...

Windrush victim dies without compensation or apology Hubert Howard has died three weeks after being granted British citizenship, 59 years after arriving in UKAnother prominent Windrush victim has died without receiving compensation or a personal apology from the government. Hubert Howard died on Tuesday, just three weeks after finally being granted British citizenship, 59 years after he arrived in London aged three.Howard spent much of the last two months of his life still fighting for British citizenship from his intensive-care bed in hospital. He was granted it at the end of October when his lawyer informed the Home Office that he was critically ill, and highlighted the urgency of his case. Continue reading... Go to Source

Greta Thunberg leaves US with simple climate crisis message: vote Thunberg: ‘My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone – to unite behind the science and to act on the science’If world leaders fail us, my generation will never forgive themAs Greta Thunberg departs the US to sail across the Atlantic for the second time in a few months, she is leaving behind a simple message for those who care about the climate crisis: you must vote. Related: Giant Greta Thunberg mural to watch over San Francisco's downtown Continue reading... Go to Source

Google's secret cache of medical data includes names and full details of millions – whistleblower Whistleblower tells Guardian of growing alarm over secret transfer of medical history data, which can be accessed by Google staffA whistleblower who works in Project Nightingale, the secret transfer of the personal medical data of up to 50 million Americans from one of the largest healthcare providers in the US to Google, has expressed anger to the Guardian that patients are being kept in the dark about the massive deal. Related: Mick Mulvaney drops impeachment lawsuit but will not comply with House subpoena – live Continue reading... Go to Source