The Guardian - April 26, 2025

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April 26, 2025

EU paves way for youth to travel and work freely

The EU is prepared to make major concessions in negotiations to allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely, potentially paving the way for a long-awaited reset with Brussels.

4 mins

Car bomb kills Russian general as Trump envoy visits Kremlin

Donald Trump's envoy met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin yesterday for high-stakes peace talks hours after a senior Russian military official was killed in a car explosion near Moscow.

3 mins

The US plan to give away parts of Ukraine is a throwback to the 1919 Versailles carve-ups

Crimea will stay with Russia,\" Donald Trump told Time magazine in a largely sympathetic profile yesterday. And with that statement, the US president made clear that he wanted to carve up another country, Ukraine, and so legitimize the forced seizure of land by Moscow 11 years ago.

2 mins

Brace yourselves! It may not be summer yet but the ice bucket challenge is back

When the ice bucket challenge became a viral sensation a decade ago, politicians, sports stars and actors filled social media with videos of cold water and ice cubes being dumped over their heads.

3 mins

'After 23 miles of sheer hell': John Barnes to help marathon runners

There will be a familiar face to greet the 56,000 runners during tomorrow's London Marathon, just when their legs are heavy and their mouths desert-dry: at mile 23, the former England footballer John Barnes will be handing out drinks and revelling in a near-perfect day, with the race expected to break the world record for the most finishers and his former club Liverpool likely to win the Premier League.

1 min

Apple 'to make all iPhones for US in India' over trade fears

Apple is reportedly planning to switch assembly of all iPhones for the US market to India as it seeks to reduce its reliance on a Chinese manufacturing base amid Donald Trump's trade war.

1 min

Post Office paid £600m to carry on using bug-ridden Horizon IT system

The Post Office has paid more than £600m of public money to continue using the bug-ridden Horizon IT system despite deciding it needed to be replaced more than a decade ago.

2 mins

Actors call for Wordsworth's home to be saved for nation

Actors Brian Cox, Miriam Margolyes and Tom Conti, as well as the children's laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, have joined calls for the home of William Wordsworth to be saved as a site of literary heritage.

1 min

More than 100 landfills may be leaching hazardous waste

More than 100 old landfills in England that may be contaminated with toxic substances have flooded since 2000, potentially posing a serious safety risk, it can be revealed.

2 mins

M&S pauses orders on its website and app amid fallout from 'cyber incident'

Marks & Spencer has halted all orders through its website and apps as it continues to battle the fallout from a cyber-attack that began on Monday.

2 mins

Political minefield All eyes on how the US president conducts himself

A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of Donald Trump flying to the Vatican this weekend and publicly feuding with international leaders in front of St Peter's Basilica in the midst of the sombre rituals and rites that will mark the funeral of Pope Francis.

4 mins

Refugees, royals and world leaders gather in Vatican for pope's funeral

An extraordinary array of invitees, spanning heads of state and royals from around the world, as well as refugees, prisoners, transgender people and those who are homeless will descend on St Peter's Square today for the funeral of Pope Francis, the groundbreaking liberal pontiff who led the Catholic church for 12 years.

3 mins

'Grazie Francesco' Pilgrims pay homage on the eve of Francis's funeral

Pilgrims pay homage on the eve of Francis's funeral

3 mins

'This is my place' Why pope opted for burial away from St Peter's

As a priest, and then a cardinal, Jorge Mario Bergoglio would always call into Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint Mary Major), one of the four papal basilicas in Rome, during his regular visits to the Italian capital.

3 mins

Betting Bookies offer odds on one in five cardinals

The pope is said to be infallible, but bookmakers also have a reputation for getting it right, most of the time.

2 mins

The conclave Michelangelo's Sistine frescoes contain lessons for the cardinals

Everything about his frescoes testifies to courage, integrity and Christian faith

2 mins

What happens, when Key things to know about today's funeral

The outdoor service takes place in St Peter's Square in Rome at 10am local time (9am UK time), led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the college of cardinals.

3 mins

Ambulance and NHS trusts admit failings over rapper death

An ambulance service and an NHS trust have admitted breaching their duty of care over the death of Ebow Graham, a founding member of the hip-hop group Foreign Beggars.

2 mins

What, no rows? Is George Clooney right not to argue?

Why can't the dirty plates go straight into the dishwasher? Whose turn is it to pick up the kids? And why do you insist on doing that thing you do when you know how much it annoys me? No honestly, don't worry, I'm fine.

3 mins

Disabled staff among about 70 Scope employees to lose their jobs

The disability charity Scope expects to cut more than a fifth of its staff this year amid mounting financial pressures, with about a third of those affected to be disabled employees.

1 min

Senior Tories warn party against panic Reform deal or change of leader

Senior Conservatives have warned colleagues against \"bloody panic\", urging them not to consider doing deals with Reform UK or removing Kemi Badenoch as leader, as the party braces for a disastrous set of local election results.

2 mins

Economy Reeves talks up EU trade before US tariff meeting

Rachel Reeves said the UK's trading relationship with the EU was \"arguably even more important\" than that with the US, as she prepared to lobby her American counterpart, Scott Bessent, over tariffs.

1 min

Benefit fraud Outcry over plan to take money from accounts

Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion over a plan to use direct deductions from people's bank accounts and the cancellation of driving licences as part of a government crackdown on welfare fraud and over-claiming.

1 min

'I won't do a deal' Farage tells voters in Kent he has no trust in the Tories

Farage tells voters in Kent he has no trust in the Tories

5 mins

Valerie the dachshund found after 529 days on the run

After 529 days on the run, Australia's favourite fugitive has been caught at last.

1 min

Murdoch company 'actively frustrated' police inquiry into phone hacking

Rupert Murdoch's company, News Group Newspapers, has been accused by former detectives of having \"actively frustrated\" their UK investigation into phone hacking, with one concluding a senior executive could have been arrested for perverting the course of justice, according to a newly disclosed court document.

5 mins

Abracadabra! How magic is gaining ground with a new generation

Magicians have been blowing audiences away on TV shows once again, and amassing millions of followers on social media.

3 mins

NHS fails to record ethnicity of those suing over maternity care

The NHS is facing criticism for not recording the ethnicity of patients who sue it over poor maternity care, despite Black, Asian and minority ethnic women experiencing much greater harm in childbirth.

2 mins

Property guardians

A (temporary) solution to sky-high city rents

2 mins

Cheesecake topples toast as puddings take over at breakfast

The idea of pudding for breakfast is unthinkable for many of us.

2 mins

Rights can be lost in a secondOlder trans people reveal their fears after supreme court ruling

Older trans people reveal their fears after supreme court ruling

3 mins

'Protect the dolls' T-shirt becomes symbol of solidarity

When the designer Conner Ives took a bow after his London fashion week show this February, he wore a T-shirt that said \"Protect the dolls\".

1 min

Man shot dead by police 'made 999 call to draw them to him'

A man shot dead by an armed officer at Milton Keynes train station had called police shortly before he died to report there was a man armed with a gun and acting dangerously, the police watchdog has said.

2 mins

Now We Have Options: Exposure Treatment Lifting Burden of Severe Allergies

Severe food allergy is among the few conditions that can propel a person from robust health to unconsciousness within minutes, and the risk of accidental exposure often casts a shadow of anxiety.

3 mins

TV review Flintoff so traumatised he can't even speak to Top Gear friends

Freddie Flintoff is numb. As the 97-minute Disney+ documentary Flintoff begins, we find its subject sitting in a hospital room. He can't feel his lip, the one that was torn from his face in a nightmarish car accident on the Top Gear track in 2022.

2 mins

All change at the Vatican and in Palo Alto - but at least Bill and Ted go on

I did what a lot of people did on hearing news of the death of Pope Francis on Monday: I watched Conclave.

4 mins

Climate talks in Amazon

Metal trees threaten to overshadow big picture at Cop30

5 mins

Astronaut dinners Sea bass to go into space for lunar fish farm project

At first glance, there is nothing special about the sea bass circling around a tank in the small scientific facility on the outskirts of Palavas-les-Flots in southern France. But these fish are on a mission.

3 mins

Two teenagers, 5,000 ants: smuggling case sheds light on a booming trade

Poaching raids are familiar territory for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), an armed force tasked with protecting wildlife.

3 mins

Rattlesnake venom brings surprising new evidence on evolution

Venomous wide-bodied rattlesnakes on serpent-infested Mexican islands have provided biologists from Florida with surprising new evidence about the evolution of animals.

2 mins

Kharkiv residents reel under latest Russian drone attacks

At about 1am yesterday, Yuliia Verbytska woke to the sound of an air raid siren. She grabbed her children - Dmitry, 17, and Olexiy, 12 - and sat in the corridor, checking her phone. In the sky above came an ominous whine. Minutes later, a Russian drone crashed into the disused soap factory down the road.

4 mins

Deadly tourist assault has stirred public fury but will Delhi's reaction live up to its rhetoric?

India's furious response to the terrorist massacre of 26 men in a popular travel destination is being shaped by public rage at the deadliest civilian attack in Kashmir in a quarter of a century.

2 mins

Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire as UN calls for calm over Kashmir attack

Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire yesterday morning across the line of control in disputed Kashmir, officials have said, after the UN urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show \"maximum restraint\" following Tuesday's massacre of Indian tourists by Islamic militants.

2 mins

Han Kang's Nobel prize lecture book sells 10,000 copies in a day

A book featuring Han Kang's Nobel prize lecture sold 10,000 copies in its first day on sale online.

2 mins

Historians dispute Bayeux penis tally after lengthy debate

In a historical spat that could be subtitled \"1066 with knobs on\", two medieval experts are engaged in a battle over how many male genitalia are embroidered into the Bayeux tapestry.

2 mins

Archaeologists Find Wreck of Medieval Ship at Fish Market in Barcelona

Archaeologists excavating the site of a former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval boat that was swallowed by the waters off the Catalan capital 500 or 600 years ago.

1 min

'Never again' Holocaust survivors call for end to Gaza war

Few days speak so profoundly to the soul of Israel than Holocaust Memorial Day.

2 mins

Hegseth 'had insecure internet line set up in Pentagon office'

The US defence secretary had an unsecured internet connection set up in his Pentagon office so that he could bypass government security protocols and use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the connection told the Associated Press.

1 min

Comic hits back at Larry David over criticism of Trump dinner

Bill Maher has responded to fellow comedian Larry David's satirical essay in the New York Times that compared Maher's glowing account of dinner with Donald Trump to dining with Adolf Hitler.

1 min

Straw hats and 'beaks' Can Harrow cash in on the US romance with boarding schools?

This autumn, Harrow school will open its first outpost in the US, a lush 170-acre waterfront campus in Long Island. For $75,000 (£56,000) a year, parents can wave off their children to a private school renowned for traditions such as calling teachers \"beaks\" and wearing straw hats.

2 mins

Microsoft says everyone will be a boss in future, of AI employees

Microsoft has good news for anyone with corner office ambitions. In the future we're all going to be bosses of AI employees.

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Vinterior Secondhand Furnishings Business Built From a Vintage Chair

Interior may not have any showrooms, but the home of founder and chief executive Sandrine Zhang Ferron has plenty of finds from the classy secondhand furnishings site - from quirky vases to a vintage drinks cabinet.

4 mins

Average British energy bill 'will fall 9% thanks to Trump policies'

Donald Trump's trade war means lower energy bills for UK households, according to a leading forecaster, after the economic shock waves triggered by US trade tariffs caused global gas market prices to slide.

1 min

Surprise rise in retail sales as shoppers buoyed by the sun

Sunny weather fuelled an unexpected increase in retail sales in Britain last month as shoppers flocked to clothing, outdoor and DIY stores.

1 min

Stunned resignation A week in Trump's shadow at the IMF in Washington

A week in Trump's shadow at the IMF in Washington

3 mins

A new leaf Low-cost ways to bring your garden to life

Whether an outdoor space or just a sunny windowsill, readers and experts share their money-saving tips with Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

7 mins

Secateurs that are a cut above the rest

Secateurs are the single most valued tool in the gardener's trug, an implement as personally prized as the bricklayer's trowel.

3 mins

Money hacks Seven ways to help your local school thrive

An important part of a school's leadership, a governor helps provide strategic direction for its running.

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