Trump denounced for saying immigrants are 'poisoning the blood' at campaign rally

Donald Trump is facing a backlash for repeating a remark at a rally on Saturday where he said undocumented immigrants to the United States were “poisoning the blood of our country”.

Dozens feared dead after boat sinks in rough seas off Libya

Dozens of people are missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya’s coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said, in the latest migration tragedy off North Africa.

Lessons of war Children pay price amid the trauma of lost education

Mohammad Mosa packed his laptop when he fled his home in October and hoped he would still be able to zoom into classes between airstrikes. The 14-year-old has his heart set on a competitive scholarship and has studied through wars before.

Hezbollah As border tensions rise, fears grow of all-out war in Lebanon

When the news first broke of the Hamas attack early on 7 October, Itai Reuveni and the other reservists in his paratrooper battalion packed their bags and arrived at their muster point before their call-up came from the army.

Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes as calls grow for lasting ceasefire

The Gaza health ministry said yesterday that at least 24 people were killed by Israeli bombardment in the Jabaliya camp in the north, and another 12 had died from bombings in the central city of Deir al-Balaha.

Climate campaigners seek judicial review to halt North Sea oilfield

Climate campaigners have launched two separate legal challenges to government plans to open a massive new oilfield in the North Sea.

Dowden: Sunak believes Rwanda bill is best thing we can get' to control migration

Rishi Sunak believes the government’s controversial Rwanda legislation is the “best thing we can get” to tackle illegal immigration, his deputy has said, signaling that the prime minister would be reluctant to bow to pressure from mutinous Tory right-wingers.

'We sacrificed so much' Couples whose lives have been upended by the new visa rules

This month the home secretary, James Cleverly, announced new rules that would mean British citizen who wanted their non-UK partner to live with them in Britain would need to earn a salary of at least £38,700 for six months before they could apply.

Missing boy 'said he wanted to get back to a normal life and school'

The owners of a remote French gite where the teenager Alex Batty stayed on and off for two years have said he was eager to go to school and “get back to a normal life”.

A marathon a day for one year: charity and his dogs drive runner to milestone

Aaron Robinson passed something of a milestone yesterday – 26 milestones to be precise – as he and his border collies, River and Inca, completed their 365th marathon in 365 days.

I fear they won't survive, says MP with family trapped in Gaza church

The Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has said she fears members of her family trapped in Gaza will not survive until Christmas.

'Cruel' family visa rules to face court challenge

Multinational families threatened with division or exile by tough income thresholds for living together in the UK are planning legal action to overturn the “cruel and inhumane” policy.

Mone admits lying to media over links to firm in PPE deals scandal

Peer defends repeated denials over Guardian stories as not a crime’

Money hacks How to make the most of cash savings

\"When you're working age, you should aim to have cash to cover three to six months' of essential expenses. When you're retired, this grows to one to three years' worth,\" says Sarah Coles, the head of personal finance at the investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown.

Electric cars Is the cost too high to convince drivers to switch?

Cars are money sinks: the second biggest purchase most people will ever make also requires spending large amounts just to keep them on the road.

Coutts did not shut accounts over political views report

An independent review has found no evidence that NatWest Group's private bank Coutts has been closing customer accounts owing to their political views, but said the bank may have breached rules by failing to give due notice or explain why they were being shut.

First Nations Could 170-year wait for justice finally be over?

Only 25 miles of road O lie between the northern Ontario town of Terrace Bay and Pays Plat First Nation. But when Raymond Goodchild was growing up, that distance spanned worlds.

Franco fans US far right sees Spanish dictator as role model

Some US far-right figures have made renewed attempts to rehabilitate the Spanish dictator Gen Francisco Franco, praising him as an avatar of religious authoritarianism, and praising his actions during and after the Spanish civil war as a model for confronting the left in the US.

Best of times Dutch host world's largest Dickens festival

Soon after limited S Sunday trading started in the Netherlands, an anglophile shopkeeper in the small city of Deventer decided that it could all be a bit more fun.

Macron rounds on Orban after Hungary delays 50bn EU aid for Ukraine

Viktor Orban must not be allowed to hold the EU \"hostage\", Emmanuel Macron has warned, after Viktor Orbán blocked a €50bn (£43bn) EU aid package for Ukraine in the early hours yesterday.

I discovered An ancient forest by North America's busiest highway

I'll be 75 in March, and we old people often reflect on why certain things happened in our lives. This is very personal, but I was tall and skinny as a kid.

Indhu Rubasingham How to define a new era at the National

In 1978, Julia Pascal became the first woman to direct a performance at the National Theatre in London.

Comfort and joy Why singing is so good for your health and wellbeing

For the Columbia Road carol service in Bethnal Green, east London, the power of TikTok proved too much.

Christmas will be bleak, say residents evacuated from Bristol tower block

Residents of Barton House, the Bristol tower block urgently evacuated a month ago amid safety concerns, are worried they will not be allowed back home for Christmas and New Year.

Refugees at Home 'Our guest helped our four-year-old learn to ride a bike'

One of three charities supported by the Guardian and Observer 2023 annual appeal, Refugees at Home runs a national network of volunteers with spare rooms who host homeless refugees and asylum seekers, providing them with shelter and support.

'A love-burst' Sunak and Meloni's rapport boosts hard-right agenda

One cut her political teeth on the streets of Rome as a teenage neo-fascist activist, rising to become Italy's first female prime minister.

IDF recovers remains of FrenchIsraeli hostage

The Israeli army has recovered the body of the French-Israeli hostage Elya Toledano, who was kidnapped and taken to Gaza by militants during the 7 October attacks.

In ruins How Gaza City's high street was destroyed

Omar al-Mukhtar Road used to be Gaza City's high street.

Analysis Progress 1s slow and IDF victory’ hard to define

Israel's insistence to the Biden administration that it needs more time to defeat Hamas has raised questions over the level of damage inflicted on the Islamist militant organisation, and whether it is changing tactics in its fight against the Israel Defense Forces.

Police searching for woman, 55, recover body from Norwich river

A body has been found in the search for Gaynor Lord, the 55-year-old woman who went missing after leaving work in Norwich last Friday afternoon, Norfolk police said yesterday.