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Kate McCann tells court that alleged stalker called her 'Mum'

Kate McCann has described how it was hard to hear an alleged stalker refer to her as “Mum”, as she gave evidence to the trial of the woman who claimed to be her missing daughter.

3 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Germany to give police power to shoot down rogue drones

German police will be allowed to shoot down drones under new legislation aimed at increasing safety after a spate of sightings across Europe.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Clark cool on Katy Perry but hopes for fireworks

Even close proximity to a global superstar cannot divert Scotland’s attention from their World Cup dream. Or is it a teenage one? Katy Perry shared a city centre hotel with Steve Clarke and his squad this week as the singer’s Lifetimes tour stopped off in Glasgow. Clarke did not quite go as far as saying “Katy who?” but he was nonplussed by his squad rubbing shoulders with a bestselling artist.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Pelicot tells rape appeal trial she never gave consent

Gisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape by dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, has told a French court that she never gave consent for anyone to abuse her while she was in a comatose state and that no victim should ever feel shame.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Police powers 'Inflammatory chants' at protests to be curbed

Keir Starmer will order the home secretary to look at further curbs on protests, including potential powers to take action against specific inflammatory chants at pro-Palestinian protests.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Thousands more driving test slots being added to tackle severe backlog

More driving test slots are being made available to tackle a severe backlog, as figures show a 15% increase in learner drivers with tests booked compared with this time last year.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Ovo pricing change could double charging costs for some EV owners

The cost of charging an electric vehicle could double for some owners after the energy supplier Ovo announced changes to a popular deal.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Spending Treasury cuts ministers' access to its reserve fund

Cabinet ministers have been told they will not be able to use the Treasury reserve to fund public sector pay rises and cannot access it unless there are exceptional circumstances.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Top legal experts question why CPS dropped China 'spies' charges

Legal experts have questioned the explanation given by the Crown Prosecution Service for its sudden decision to drop charges against two Britons accused of spying for China, amid a political row over who was responsible.

3 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

'Existential threat' What could EU's 50% tariffs on steel mean for British industry?

The EU shocked the UK on Tuesday by announcing a plan for 50% import tariffs on steel. UK Steel, an industry lobby group, said the plan poses an \"existential threat\" to British steelmakers. Here's what we know about the issue.

3 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Wife of synagogue attacker says he was 'aggressive' but did not seem extremist

The Manchester synagogue terrorist was “intimidating, aggressive and controlling” but had showed no sign of extremism before carrying out his lethal antisemitic attack, one of his wives has said.

3 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

'I'd like Pakistan to play like Klopp but you need to be realistic'

Nolberto Solano remains a folk hero in Newcastle but now eyes changing the game as a coach in south Asia

4 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Climate crisis is a threat to UK's security, defence chiefs to warn

The UK's national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, a powerful report by the UK's defence chiefs is expected to warn.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Stephen Lawrence's mother calls killer a coward at parole hearing

The mother of Stephen Lawrence has called one of her son’s killers a coward after he refused to show his face at a parole hearing or name his accomplices to the murder.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

MEPs back ban on use of 'burger' and 'steak' for plant-based foods

Veggie burgers, tofu steak and cauliflower schnitzel will be off the menu if the European parliament gets its way after a vote on food names.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Last Everest trekkers rescued after days stranded by blizzard

Rescuers have guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders, authorities have said, ending one of the region’s largest search-and-rescue operations.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Ex-Guardian columnist drowned in marina, inquest finds

A journalist and author who wrote much-admired columns from prison drowned in a Devon marina after spending an evening in a harbour-side pub, an inquest has concluded.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Streaming sites to bid for global Champions League rights

Europe’s top clubs are aiming to secure at least €5bn (£4.3bn) annually from the sale of television rights to Champions League, Europa League and Conference League gamesin the next cycle, potentially sealing a 10% increase on their existing value.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Tour operator Intrepid drops 'unreachable' emissions goal

One of the travel industry's most environmentally focused tour operators is scrapping carbon offsets and abandoning its emissions targets as unreachable.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Starmer to study India's ID scheme while in Mumbai

Keir Starmer is to examine India's digital ID system on his visit to Mumbai as a potential model for the UK, praising the controversial system as a “massive success”.

3 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Rivers Thousands take legal action over sewage pollution

Almost 4,000 people are taking legal action over what they allege is six years of sewage pollution that has devastated three rivers.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

$10 cottage raffle offers escape route for Americans fed up with Trump's US

On the edge of a Buckinghamshire village, autumn leaves fall around a quaint Victorian cottage nestled among ancient trees, while horses graze in a nearby paddock. It is a quintessentially English scene, but one its owner hopes will appeal to liberal Americans desperate to escape Donald Trump’s America - for the cost of a $10 (£7.50) raffle ticket.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Hopes for deal as top US, Qatari and Turkish officials join negotiations

Top US, Qatari and Turkish officials joined the third day of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Egypt as cautious optimism grew that a lasting truce to end the two-year war in Gaza could be on the horizon.

3 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Chancellor gets extra £3bn for budget after VAT error is fixed

Mistakes in recent public finances data mean government borrowing has been overstated by a cumulative £3bn, the Office for National Statistics has said.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Sister's prayer request prompts alarm over Dolly Parton's health

Dolly Parton’s sister says she has been “up all night praying” for the singer as she continues to deal with unspecified health problems.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Twenty killed when military bombs village sit-in protest in Myanmar

A Myanmar military operation that used a motorised paraglider to drop bombs on a village this week killed at least 20 people, including children, and injured dozens more, according to local media.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

The AI bubble has echoes of the dotcom disaster - and there are strong signs that it could go pop

It is easy, at the distance of a quarter of a century, to forget the full madness of the late-1990s dotcom bubble.

3 min  |

October 09, 2025
The Guardian

The Guardian

Trump calls for elected officials to be jailed as troops arrive in Chicago

Donald Trump called yesterday for the imprisonment of Brandon Johnson, Chicago's mayor, and JB Pritzker, the Illinois governor, accusing them of failing to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Le Tissier realises her dream and gets United off to the races

It was hardly thrilling and it was not the entertaining opening to life in the Women's Champions League that Manchester United might have hoped for but, more importantly than that, the English side got up and running with three points as they beat Vålerenga in a low-key affair in Leigh.

2 min  |

October 09, 2025

The Guardian

Price of gold tops $4,000 an ounce for the first time

The price of gold has risen above $4,000 (£2,980) an ounce for the first time as investors continue to seek a safe place to put their money at a time of global political and economic uncertainty.

1 min  |

October 09, 2025