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French PM ousted after losing confidence vote
François Bayrou has been ousted in a confidence vote after only nine months as prime minister, collapsing his minority government and plunging France into a political crisis.
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September 09, 2025
The Guardian
The stability Macron says he needs at home is proving to be more elusive by the day
As the French president, Emmanuel Macron, faces a crucial moment on the international stage this month, with the recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly and diplomacy over Gaza and Ukraine, he has again been shaken by a damaging political crisis at home.
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Revealed Johnson traded PM contacts for business deals
A trove of leaked data from Boris Johnson's private office reveals how the former prime minister has been profiting from contacts and influence he gained in office in a possible breach of ethics and lobbying rules.
3 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
'Afraid of nothing' Tuchel certain England are ready for Belgrade bearpit
Thomas Tuchel has said England's youngsters will have no fear against Serbia and he has backed his team to make a statement in their daunting World Cup qualifier in Belgrade.
3 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Stately Shakespeare drama finds an emotional flourish
Maggie O'Farrell's lauded 2020 novel, Hamnet, is a dense and lyrical imagining of the lives of William Shakespeare's family, full of interior thought and lush descriptions of the physical world.
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Scam central Myanmar's brutal boom in web fraud compounds
Five years ago, the land now home to KK Park - a vast, heavily guarded complex stretching for 210 hectares (520 acres) along the churning Moei River, which forms Myanmar's border with Thailand - was little more than empty fields.
3 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
England's rout of South Africa fails to mask deeper issues
Team's crushing victory in final ODI match showcased great potential but struggle for series wins continues
3 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Ex-chancellor to 'miss out on large windfall' from bank sale
George Osborne is expected to miss out on a large windfall payment from the $196m (£145m) takeover of Robey Warshaw, the investment bank where the former Conservative chancellor has been working since 2021.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Ministers revive league table rankings of English hospitals
Labour has published the first football-style league tables to rank hospitals in England from best to worst since the early 2000s, despite warnings they will not help patients choose where to seek their NHS care.
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Kane hoping to see 'best version of ourselves' in Belgrade test
England captain has good memories of the old Red Star Stadium, despite its intimidating reputation
4 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Lawsuits looming over 'entirely unfair' debt-trap mortgages
Two of Britain's biggest banks face being sued over \"unfair\" mortgages that have left some people owing up to 20 times the sum they originally borrowed.
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Wear Sorry!: Great North Run mixes up cities on medal
The organisers of the Great North Run have apologised after finisher T-shirts and medals were printed with a map of the rival north-east city Sunderland instead of Newcastle.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Man stabbed during Southport attack describes his 'terror'
A man who tried to apprehend the Southport killer said he thought he was \"dying at every stage\" after being stabbed in a scene of \"horror\".
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Londoners turn to bikes and buses as tube workers strike
Downing Street said Londoners would be \"rightly fed up\" after commuters turned to other trains, buses and bikes - or just stayed at home - as strikes by the RMT union closed the underground yesterday.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
'A massacre' Spain's PM piles pressure on Netanyahu to stop killing civilians
Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has stepped up his scathing criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza, accusing Benjamin Netanyahu's government of \"exterminating a defenceless people\".
3 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
What are the Boris Files? Former PM's commercial interests in the spotlight
The Boris Files are a cache of leaked data from the Office of Boris Johnson, the former prime minister's private office.
4 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Peter Kyle New business secretary widely seen as being friendly to big tech
When Peter Kyle begins a 7,000-mile flight from Washington to Beijing this week, Britain's new business secretary may reflect on how far he has already come.
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
UK may suspend visas over rejected asylum seekers
Countries that refuse to take back rejected asylum seekers from the UK could face visa suspensions, Shabana Mahmood said yesterday, as she promised to move \"further and faster\" as home secretary.
3 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Union Chiefs PM Urged to 'Up Game' Against Populist Right
Union chiefs have warned Labour must do more to tackle the threat of the populist right amid concerns the party is losing support among working people to Reform UK.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Barristers who have sex with junior staff 'must face sanctions'
Sexual relations between barristers and pupils and anyone undertaking work experience in their chambers should be banned to prevent predatory abuse at the England and Wales bar, a review by the Labour peer Harriet Harman has concluded.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
McCullum labels upcoming Ashes as 'biggest series of all of our lives'
Brendon McCullum has ramped up the Ashes hype before the trip to Australia this winter, describing England's pursuit of the urn they last won a decade ago - and have brought back from tour once since 1986-87 - as \"the biggest series of all of our lives\".
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Mounting hurdles Athletics can't keep kidding itself - only a rescue plan can save track and field
The world's fastest man is being trash-talked by a YouTuber. \"Are you ready man?\" asks Darren Watkins, AKA IShowSpeed, on a live stream broadcast around the world.
4 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Slime scene: German police find slug is culprit in doorbell prank
Residents in a block of flats in Bavaria who called police to investigate the relentless buzzing of their doorbells late at night were surprised to find the culprit was not a teenage prankster, as they had suspected, but a slug.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Crisis? What crisis? Starmer sends out his very own tribute act to insist all is under control
Don't panic! Don't panic! Over the weekend the newly promoted Darren Jones, Keir Starmer's very own Keir Starmer tribute act, was out and about on the airwaves trying to convince everyone - himself included - that the government was not in crisis.
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
How Johnson sought business links with Saudi officials he met while PM
Boris Johnson recently approached senior Saudi officials he had met when prime minister to pitch the services of a consultancy firm he claimed \"could be useful\" to the petrostate's autocratic crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, leaked files suggest.
5 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Banksy artwork showing judge attacking protester covered up
A painting by Banksy depicting a judge using a gavel to beat a helpless protester appeared on a wall at the Royal Courts of Justice before quickly being covered up by guards.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Piastri and Norris back call for team to be 'priority No 1'
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have insisted protecting their teammates was central to McLaren's use of team orders at the Italian Grand Prix.
2 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
City end fight with Premier League over sponsor rules
Manchester City and the Premier League have settled their dispute over rules that limit the ability of top-flight clubs to sign sponsorship deals with companies related to their ownership.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
VW Close to Tariff Deal With US After Levies Cost It 'Billions'
Volkswagen is closing in on a tariff deal with the US, the boss of the German carmaker has said, as it eyes up the market for affordable electric cars in Europe.
1 min |
September 09, 2025
The Guardian
Butterfly numbers bounce back in annual survey
Butterflies have bounced back after the dismal summer of 2024, but the hottest summer on record has delivered only an average number of sightings of the insects in the annual Big Butterfly Count.
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