The Guardian - March 19, 2025

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March 19, 2025

Over 1m disabled people 'at risk' of big benefit cut

Up to 1.2 million disabled people would lose thousands of pounds under the government's welfare overhaul, experts said yesterday as campaigners warned that the plan would also exacerbate the country's mental health crisis and push more children into poverty.

3 mins

Putin agrees to limited ceasefire in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has agreed to a limited ceasefire against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, but the Russian leader declined to commit to a month-long full truce, after a high-stakes phone call with Donald Trump.

3 mins

'Only the beginning': hundreds die as Israel shatters Gaza truce

Netanyahu defiant after bloodiest day since first months of conflict

4 mins

Over 1m disabled people 'at risk' of big benefit cut

Up to 1.2 million disabled people would lose thousands of pounds under the government's welfare overhaul, experts said yesterday as campaigners warned that the plan would also exacerbate the country's mental health crisis and push more children into poverty.

1 min

UN warns of climate crisis disasters as effects worsen

The devastating effects of the climate crisis reached new heights last year, with scores of unprecedented heatwaves, floods and storms across the globe, according to the UN's World Meteorological Organization.

2 mins

Art review Murky masterpieces reveal Victor Hugo's huge heart

Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo Royal Academy, London

3 mins

A minute's silence for the 'dead' man walking to the stadium

A Bulgarian footballer honoured with a minute's silence by his former club, despite not being dead, has shared his side of the story and admitted \"being buried alive is quite stressful, really\".

1 min

Moscow's demand to halt military support is nowhere near an offer that Kyiv can accept

The Kremlin's key condition would mean ending military aid, not just from the US but from Britain, France and elsewhere

2 mins

Ex-minister defends Covid VIP supply lane despite 'one or two crooks'

A former minister behind the controversial VIP lane for supplying personal protective equipment during the pandemic has said \"some crooks\" were probably awarded contracts, but defended the scheme as necessary to plug shortages.

1 min

Man who killed his family wanted notoriety from mass school killing, court hears

A 19-year-old man who shot dead his mother and two younger siblings had planned to kill 30 children at a primary school, a court has heard.

3 mins

Probably not what Kendall entered politics for - but by the end she was a true believer

Call it a process of radicalisation.

2 mins

Scapegoating' Campaigners and peer say cuts unfair

Toxic rhetoric around benefits cuts has stirred up hatred for disabled people, Tanni Grey-Thompson has said, as campaigners warned the government's welfare reform plans are \"brutal and reckless\".

2 mins

Analysis Patrick Butler Earnest promises fail to mask brutal effect on the poorest

Liz Kendall's disability benefit reforms statement, along with £5bn of cuts, felt like Labour's latest attempt to answer the question that seems to arise when it tackles a thorny social policy issue and delivers bad news, namely: how is this different from life under the Tories?

2 mins

Ban smartphones for under-16s, says co-author of TV show Adolescence

Smartphones should be treated like cigarettes and banned until the age of 16, according to the writer of Adolescence, which explores the insidious influence of \"incel-culture\".

3 mins

Comer to reprise barrister role 'one last time' for tour

Jodie Comer is to reprise her award-winning performance in Prima Facie \"one last time\" on tour next year, which will include a visit to her home town of Liverpool.

1 min

Robert Smith to curate 2026 Teenage Cancer Trust gigs

The Cure's Robert Smith will take over from Roger Daltrey as the curator of the Teenage Cancer Trust's Royal Albert Hall concerts for 2026.

1 min

Campaigners try to arrest water bosses over 'public nuisance'

Environmental activists have attempted citizen's arrests of the chief executive and chief financial officer of Thames Water on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.

1 min

Most back pain treatments don't work, researchers find

Most treatments for back pain do not work and even the few that do are little help, a global review has found.

3 mins

Smoking rate in southern England rises for first time since 2006

Smoking rates in parts of England have increased for the first time in nearly two decades, according to research.

1 min

Ex-hospital chiefs' call to halt Letby inquiry labelled 'opportunistic'

Former bosses at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked have been accused of \"opportunistically\" calling for the inquiry into her crimes to be halted to hide their \"catastrophic\" failures.

2 mins

Two men found guilty over theft of golden toilet valued at £4.8m

Two men have been found guilty over the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from the Oxfordshire country house where Winston Churchill was born.

2 mins

Chinese firm unveils cars that can be charged in five minutes

A Chinese vehicle maker has unveiled technology it says could make it possible to charge electric cars in the time it takes to fill a petrol tank.

1 min

Woman killed as van mounts pavement in central London

A woman was killed and two pedestrians injured, including one seriously, when a van mounted the pavement on the Strand in central London.

1 min

Stage review Southgate's exit adds extra time for reboot

It's unusual for an award-winning, commercially successful play to be revived with a substantially rewritten second half and multiple new characters.

1 min

Labour's curriculum review to propose pupils sit fewer GCSEs but Sats will stay

Pupils should sit fewer GCSEs and Michael Gove's English baccalaureate faces being scrapped under plans set to be recommended in Labour's long-awaited curriculum review.

2 mins

Gammon out, sliders in as inflation shopping basket gets an update

Virtual reality headsets, yoga mats and men's pool sliders have been added to the shopping basket used to calculate the cost of living in Britain, while local newspaper adverts and oven-ready gammon joints have been removed.

2 mins

Lost generation Lockdown legacy for children is school refusal and anxiety

Five years from the start of the UK's first lockdown, the Guardian considers how the pandemic changed children's lives

4 mins

Strikes Nightmare returns as Israel hits Gaza again

Thousands of Palestinians were on the move in Gaza yesterday after a wave of Israeli airstrikes signaled the end of almost two months of calm in the devastated territory.

3 mins

PM sides with far-right parties rather than those who wanted to prioritise return of hostages

As the ceasefire in Gaza went from days to weeks, and newly freed hostages began sharing grim details of their captivity, Benjamin Netanyahu's political room for manoeuvre seemed to shrink.

2 mins

Courts should let protesters justify their actions as a defence, say academics

Protesters who are charged with non-violent offences should not be forced to disavow their motives in court, academics have said.

1 min

Astronauts buckle up for 'the trip downhill' after unscheduled nine months in space

Two Nasa astronauts \"stranded\" onboard the International Space Station since June 2024 were due to return to Earth last night, more than nine months after technical problems with Boeing's pioneering Starliner capsule dramatically extended their week-long mission.

2 mins

Deaths of three newborn babies were all avoidable, judge rules

A Scottish judge has ruled the deaths of three babies during childbirth could have been avoided if maternity staff had been correctly trained.

1 min

Tory cheer? Why party is in upbeat mood despite poor polling

Their party is flatlining in the polls, largely lacking in policies and on the verge of a major kicking in the local elections. And yet in Westminster, many Conservatives seem almost cheery. Why?

2 mins

Briton flies home after three-week ordeal in US detention facility

A Briton detained in the US for three weeks because of a visa mix-up has arrived back in the UK.

3 mins

Bitterns are booming as project records 20% rise in population

Conservationists are celebrating a record year for bitterns after the population of the UK's loudest bird was found to have risen by 20% last year.

1 min

Four-year 'torture' of CPS delay after death in custody

The sister of a man who died in police custody has described the four-year wait for the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether any charges would be brought against a police officer and a former healthcare professional as a \"form of torture\".

2 mins

Sabotage Russia using criminal gangs to cause chaos, Europol warns

Russia and other state actors are driving an increase in politically motivated cyber-attacks and sabotage of infrastructure and public institutions in the EU, the bloc's police enforcement agency has found, as it issued a warning over the long-term security impacts of the war in Ukraine.

2 mins

German MPs Vote for €500bn Boost to Counter Putin's 'War of Aggression'

Germany's parliament has voted to unleash historic levels of spending to counter Vladimir Putin's \"war of aggression\", boost the military of Europe's biggest economy and inject its infrastructure with investments worth hundreds of billions of euros.

2 mins

AI-generated newspaper said to be first in the world published

An Italian newspaper has said it is the first in the world to publish an edition entirely produced by artificial intelligence.

1 min

Hungary bans Pride events in its latest crackdown on LGBTQ rights

Lawmakers in Hungary have voted to ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees and potentially fine them, in what Amnesty International has described as a \"full-frontal attack\" on the LGBTQ+ community.

2 mins

Chief justice rebukes Trump for call to impeach judge over deportation case

John Roberts, the chief justice of the US supreme court, yesterday delivered a rare rebuke of Donald Trump after he demanded the impeachment of a federal judge who had issued a ruling against the administration blocking the deportation of hundreds of suspected Venezuelan gang members.

2 mins

Python-wielding thieves rob petrol station

Police in Tennessee are looking for four suspects who allegedly stormed a petrol station wielding pythons and stole $400 worth of CBD oil.

1 min

Pentagon axes more webpages honouring diversity in the military

More pages honouring diversity in US military history have been removed from Department of Defense websites under what appears to be a purge of content that it considered to be related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

2 mins

Nobel winner warns US of descent 'into hell' like Duterte-era Philippines

The US is \"descending into hell\" at the hands of the same forces that consumed the Philippines with the election of Rodrigo Duterte nine years ago, the American-Filipino Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has said.

3 mins

Riot police evict young migrants occupying Paris cultural centre

French riot police forced their way into a Paris cultural centre at dawn yesterday to evict more than 400 young migrants who had occupied the building for three months.

1 min

The blobfish's journey from world's ugliest animal to fish of the year

It was once crowned the \"world's ugliest animal\" and now the disgruntled-looking gelatinous blobfish has a new title to its name: New Zealand's fish of the year.

1 min

Deal Offers New Hope Over Rare African Penguins

Efforts to save the critically endangered African penguin from extinction took a step forward yesterday after South African conservationists and fishing industry groups reached a legal settlement on no-fishing zones around six of the penguins' major breeding colonies.

2 mins

Google's parent company to pay $32bn for cybersecurity group Wiz

Google's owner, Alphabet, has agreed to buy the cybersecurity group Wiz for $32bn (£24.6bn), the biggest acquisition it has ever made.

1 min

Thames Water hoping buyer will sign up by end of June

Thames Water has said it hopes to agree a deal with one of six bidders by the end of June and has secured a delay to a review of its bill increases to smooth the rescue process.

2 mins

Bentley wary of US tariffs after profits drop in China

The boss of Bentley has warned that the carmaker would pass on the costs of threatened US tariffs to buyers, as the British luxury brand reported a drop in profits due to weaker demand from China.

1 min

The regulator must not go soft on Thames Water and risk a cosy bondholder stitch-up

Who wants to invest in Thames Water? Six parties have made proposals, the company said yesterday, adding that it hoped to have a financial restructuring deal on the table by the end of June.

2 mins

Inothewayurthinkin skips Grand National

Inothewayurthinkin, the six-length winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, will not attempt to become the second horse to win the Gold Cup and Grand National in the same season.

1 min

Coe gets 2012 champions' backing in IOC president race

Some of the biggest names of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have thrown their weight behind Sebastian Coe to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.

2 mins

'I know how important it is to tell people you love them'

The big interview Meg Jones As England prepare for the Six Nations and World Cup, the centre juggles grief and guilt after losing her father to cancer and mother to alcoholism

7 mins

Andreeva defies odds of the modern prodigy

Changes in WTA tour mean days of child stars are gone, which is why 17-year-old's achievements are significant

4 mins

How can City find a way to halt Chelsea's charge?

Cushing's contenders face a daunting task but their League Cup final display offers them hope in Europe

3 mins

Caicedo Kicks Real Into Gear As Arsenal Suffer Pitch Problems

Real Madrid stunned Arsenal at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano to take control of their Women's Champions League quarter-final tie.

3 mins

'It's the energy he brings': how Tuchel makes players better

Those who have played under the England head coach describe an intense obsessive never far from boiling point

7 mins

Burn inspired by Tuchel's England vision to secure glory

Thomas Tuchel ushered in a fresh dawn with England by spelling out to the players that it was purely about winning the 2026 World Cup.

3 mins

Tennis is broken' Djokovic's player union launches legal action against tours

Djokovic's player union launches legal action against tours

2 mins

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