The Observer - March 30, 2025
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In this issue
March 30, 2025
More than 1,600 dead as Myanmar toll rises
Rescue workers battled for a second night to find survivors of Myanmar's devastating earthquake, which has killed at least 1,644 people and injured thousands more.
2 mins
Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms
Keir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said last night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.
4 mins
With no time to feel emotion, volunteers dig with their bare hands in race to reach victims
As monasteries and mosques are reduced to rubble, the human cost is emerging
4 mins
Rescue effort continues after Myanmar quake with over 1,600 dead
Phyu Lay Khaing, who was brought out of the Sky Villa Condominium by stretcher, was embraced by her husband, Ye Aung, and taken to hospital, AFP reported. It is feared more than 90 people remain trapped there.
2 mins
Welby: I failed to act on abuse as its scale was 'overwhelming'
Justin Welby, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has said his failure to take effective action over a serial sadistic abuser was because he was \"overwhelmed\" by the scale of the abuse crisis in the Church of England.
2 mins
Peerage for Ofsted chief at time of head's suicide would be 'an insult'
Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's chief inspector when headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life after a bruising school inspection, is poised to join the House of Lords after being nominated by the Conservatives, the Observer can reveal.
3 mins
Big Mac? Non. Coke? Non. Tesla? Pfff: 'le boycott' of US goods hits the boulevards
The nation has been urged to shun Trump's America, but teenagers can't resist French fries
3 mins
Diggers, discontent and a rebel MP set the tone at Reform's campaign rally
There was one name on the lips of many Reform supporters before their party's local election campaign launch in Birmingham on Friday night, but it wasn't Nigel Farage.
3 mins
Whitehall has left a generation of teenagers with no hope – Burnham
The number of young people not in education, employment or training has risen to unacceptable levels because Whitehall is failing to listen and respond to their needs, Andy Burnham will say this week.
3 mins
Tax more, borrow more, ditch the OBR... other options open to Reeves
There is growing criticism of Rachel Reeves for her orthodox approach to managing the public finances. While it is clear that modest reductions in spending put forward in the spring statement cannot be described as a return to austerity, they are expected to deliver considerable harm to vulnerable people at a time when wealth inequality continues to rise.
3 mins
MPs asked to vote on disability cuts before knowing full impact
MPs are set to vote on Labour's disability benefit cuts without any idea of how many of those affected will be able to find work, after it emerged that Britain's economic watchdog may not publish its forecast of the employment impact of the plans until the end of October.
2 mins
Star Russian director in exile brings vision of Dickens to London
Dmitry Krymov, who left Moscow after the Ukraine invasion, plans hybrid show with UK and Russian actors
3 mins
PM will 'act in national interest over high tariffs'
Diplomats now say Starmer, who has refused to issue a word of criticism of Trump since his return to the White House, must be prepared to retaliate or run the risk that the US president simply deploys the same tactic again and again, knowing his opponent will not fight back.
2 mins
Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS 'magic eye' camera in mental health units
Campaign calls for investigation into the use of Oxevison amid concerns over care and its effect on patients.
6 mins
'A common humanity': how caring for Germany's war dead healed British grief
List of 7,000 axis soldiers buried in the Uk highlights how tending their graves brought countries back together after the world wars
4 mins
MoJ accused of 'spinning' video evidence study as rape convictions fall
The victims' minister has been accused of using \"factual inaccuracies\" about the effectiveness of video evidence in criminal trials by one of the UK's leading justice experts.
2 mins
Security expert: Hyundai didn't tell me my car was so easy to steal
Maker faces legal action over claim that Ionig 5 was stolen in seconds using electronic device
3 mins
Lights, camera, inaction... actors vent fury at 'self-tape' auditions
Actors seeking their next role are now routinely asked to \"self-tape\" their auditions, a practice that amounts to unpaid labour and reinforces elitism in the creative industries, the union Equity has warned.
2 mins
'To be groomed and pregnant at 15 felt as bad as it could get. To be a nana at 40 is to hit the jackpot'
On her first Mother's Day as a grandmother, MP Natalie Fleet tells Rachael Healy of her very personal fight for thousands of children born as a result of rape
4 mins
Can art help Europe and US rediscover the special relationship?
As the Frick Collection opens its doors after a $220m refit, bosses hope it will remind visitors of their links
3 mins
Anger as prosecutions of tax evasion enablers fall by 75%
Prosecutions of the enablers of tax evasion have plummeted by at least 75% in the past five years, with fewer than five criminal cases in 2023-2024.
3 mins
Gazan civilians held in isolation by Israel not told families had been killed
Joy turns to despair for detainees freed in the ceasefire as they return home to learn children and relatives are dead.
6 mins
For Turks, he is the 'hope of millions'. Now he's in a cell
Popular young student demonstrator snatched off the street by police
4 mins
Are tattoo designs the answer for Berlin's struggling fine artists?
A new initiative is selling contemporary art you can etch into your skin.
3 mins
A hundred gilded years of art deco ... and Brussels lays claim to starting it all
Belgian celebrations challenge view that Paris was birthplace of movement that conquered the world
4 mins
Democrats' call for resistance rocks party whose leaders seem far less angry than their voters
Democrats are furious. And they want their leaders to get mad, too.
4 mins
Trump spins Signalgate as a media lapse, not a damaging security breach
The US administration believes it can divert attention until the next scandal. It may prove a winning strategy,
3 mins
Mass mousehunt launched to stop rodents devouring albatross chicks
By 2015, scientists knew from camera trap evidence that mice were attacking albatross chicks on Marion Island, but no one had ever witnessed it firsthand on the small volcanic outcrop off the coast of South Africa.
4 mins
Seth Rogen How Hollywood's goofy stoner went from wisecracks to serious satire
It's a volte-face from dope-smoking slacker to movie exec in new series The Studio. He's still smoking joints, though.
5 mins
Now a Nazi salute is 'cool': young Swedes fall into arms of far right
Driving through western Sweden, through pine forests dotted with elk warning signs, Lars Stiernelöf says he has noticed a worrying trend among boys.
5 mins
Imagine Yoko Ono, living life in peace
John Lennon’s widow is finally being hailed as an artist in her own right. But will she ever stop being pilloried for breaking up the Beatles
3 mins
Don't stop oil The US health chief says seed fat is toxic. Our experts disagree
Robert F Kennedy Jr claims that lard isa healthier option. Food writer Giulia Crouch gets the verdicts of leading nutritionists
4 mins
Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam's craziness. It's time to turn to Europe
In his final column, the Observer's foreign affairs commentator warns that Trump's America spells trouble for its allies, but it was ever thus
4 mins
The storm-battered chancellor needs her nextdoor neighbour to be a steadfast friend
After her jaunt to the O2, Rachel Reeves may be aware that the musical oeuvre of Sabrina Carpenter includes I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bad for Business, Couldn't Make It Any Harder, Feels Like Loneliness and Rescue Me.
6 mins
Who could begrudge Reeves free tickets when she was, er, just trying to be a good parent?
Under a stricter code of conduct, the chancellor and others need only use their judgment on gifts
4 mins
Let Britain's magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics
A new set of stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the land
4 mins
Squaring up to death after my cancer diagnosis gave me a deeper appreciation of life
I'm with Lauren Laverne: surviving the disease can lead to a newfound resilience and love of simply being alive
4 mins
A tip for JD Vance: Greenland doesn’t care about your frail human ego
In August 2018, I did something that JD Vance and his wife, Usha, can only dream of: I went to Greenland, and I didn’t cause a national outcry against my presence.
4 mins
Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets
Arrests, blacklists and deportations are chilling reminders of the red scare that transformed America
4 mins
Lenders try to reverse crunch court-case win for car buyers
British lenders are heading to the supreme court this week as they try to overturn a ruling that has propelled the car finance scandal to new heights, triggering government intervention and prompting fears of a £44bn compensation bill.
3 mins
A bitter blow? Pubs and restaurants brace for rise in national insurance
An increase in NICs, and a rising living wage, is leading to predictions of a hiring freeze across the hospitality sector. But not every economist agrees
6 mins
'My target is those who have looted my banks' – Bangladesh's governor
Despite attempts to discredit him, Dhaka’s central bank chief is determined to trace assets with the UK’s help, he tells the Observer
4 mins
The poor don't need austerity. And neither does Britain
Alas! Were it not for the fact that he was cremated, the great economist John Maynard Keynes would have been turning in his grave at the way the economics of last week's spring budget - sorry, spring statement - were greeted by most of the media.
3 mins
Phones, high heels, zombie knives: what scammers buy with the money they steal
A haul of items seized by police reveals the scale and threat of payment fraud - a crime that can have significant emotional impact on victims.
4 mins
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Language: English
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