The Guardian - March 11, 2025

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March 11, 2025

Pollution from plastic 'cuts global food supply'

The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to an assessment.

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High-stakes talks aim to mend Kyiv's rift with US

Senior US and Ukrainian officials have arrived in Saudi Arabia for high-stakes meetings today aimed at repairing a severely damaged relationship that has left embattled Kyiv without Washington's support.

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Pollution from plastic 'cuts global food supply'

The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to an assessment.

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Number of jobless 'indefensible', says PM amid criticism over cuts

Britain's benefits system is the \"worst of all worlds\", with the numbers out of work or training \"indefensible and unfair\", the prime minister has said as he prepares for deep cuts to disability payments.

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Jobless figure 'indefensible', says PM amid cuts backlash

Shabana Mahmood, last week, Starmer said: \"This is the Labour party. We believe in the dignity of work and we believe in the dignity of every worker. Which is why I am not afraid to take the big decisions needed to return this country to their interests. Whether that's on welfare, immigration, our public services or our public finances.\"

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#MeToo movement 'began to catch up' with Clarke, court hears

Women began discussing Noel Clarke's alleged past sexual misconduct in response to the #MeToo movement, the high court in London heard yesterday, as he began giving evidence in his libel claim against the Guardian.

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Tribunal win for estate agent who felt downsized by desk move

Allocating a senior employee a desk that they believe to be associated with a junior position amounts to a breach of workplace laws, an employment tribunal has ruled.

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Unholy row as woman refuses to return museum's stolen painting

A 16th-century painting that has resurfaced in Britain after being stolen from an Italian museum is at the centre of an ownership battle.

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Carney meeting with Trudeau paves way for transfer of power in Canada

In his victory speech on Sunday, Carney warned the 'greatest crisis of our generation' came in the form of Canada's closest ally

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Dealing with the economic threat from Trump will be at the top of new PM's in-tray

When Mark Carney becomes Canada's prime minister this week, a list of simmering crises across the country will demand his attention: housing is unaffordable, health care is breaking, living costs keep rising and climate change is ransacking livelihoods.

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One person missing after oil tanker and cargo ship collide in North Sea

One person was reported missing last night after a cargo ship and an oil tanker collided in the North Sea, reportedly releasing jet fuel.

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Essex Couple Who Found Stowaway in Bike Rack Cover Fined £1,500

A couple who found a stowaway hidden on the back of their motorhome during their journey from France to Essex have been fined £1,500 by the Home Office.

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The real thing Vintage fur is back as 'boom boom' replaces quiet luxury

Gabriela Hearst is an ethical fashion designer with sustainability at the heart of her brand. And she wants to sell you a mink coat.

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Boys 'significantly' outperform girls in maths and science tests

Boys in England are \"significantly\" outperforming girls in maths and science, overturning recent claims that boys are falling behind girls at school.

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Kursk region Russian forces speed up counteroffensive

Russian forces are trying to cross the border and gain a foothold in Ukraine's Sumy province as they press ahead with a counteroffensive aiming to eliminate the last of Kyiv's positions in the Russian Kursk region.

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Moscow Two people linked to UK embassy told to leave

Two people connected to the British embassy in Moscow have been ordered to leave the country by the Russian authorities, which claimed they had been performing intelligence work.

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Poland Tusk calls for respect after Starlink row

Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, has called on \"friends\" to respect their allies and not be arrogant in a post on X that mentioned nobody by name but was published a day after an extraordinary social media spat between top officials in the US and Poland over Starlink satellites.

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Byelection triggered as Labour MP convicted for punch resigns

Mike Amesbury has resigned as an MP after being given a prison sentence for punching a constituent, triggering the first byelection of Keir Starmer's government.

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Half of NHS England's 13,000 staff face the axe in shake-up

NHS England is set to lose half its staff and a huge swathe of its senior management team in a brutal restructuring under a new boss.

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Police admit unlawful arrest of man heckling king's accession

Police have admitted acting unlawfully in arresting a trainee Baptist minister who called out: \"Who elected him?\" at a local proclamation of the accession of King Charles III.

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'School-ready' checklist aims to help parents teach children basic skills

Toilet training and the ability to use cutlery are two key tests in a new list of \"school readiness\" skills developed by a coalition of early-years educators and endorsed by the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson.

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Anna Foster named as new presenter on Radio 4's Today

BBC News presenter Anna Foster will become the fifth member of the presenting team for BBC Radio 4's Today programme, a roster depleted to four permanent members since Mishal Husain's surprise decision to leave the BBC at the end of last year.

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Couple on run were to blame for baby's death retrial hears

A wealthy aristocrat and her partner caused the \"entirely avoidable\" death of their baby daughter through their \"reckless\" and \"grossly negligent\" conduct while on the run to evade authorities, a retrial has heard.

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Chatham House rule 'could help students discuss difficult topics'

Universities in England should rearrange classrooms and use the Chatham House rule to help students overcome their fears of discussing controversial topics, according to the government's free speech adviser.

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Family of murdered MP say rejection of calls for full inquiry 'like salt in a wound'

The family of the murdered MP Sir David Amess have criticised an \"insulting\" rejection by the home secretary of their calls for a public inquiry into his death, accusing the government of \"adding salt on an open wound\".

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'I contemplated the unthinkable': Gascón on award season 'storm'

Karla Sofía Gascón has spoken about the \"unexpected, devastating storm\" of awards season after her hopes of winning an Oscar were dashed when offensive social media posts surfaced a month before the ceremony.

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The unlikely influencer Will Rupert Lowe's 'foghorn' be heard beyond X?

If you were to look for answers as to why Rupert Lowe, a relatively little-known Reform MP, thinks he can lecture Nigel Farage about running a party and winning an election, there is one place you should probably start: X.

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Reform's internal feud heats up as MP says he was a threat to Farage

Rupert Lowe has accused Reform UK of suspending him for being a \"tall poppy\" who threatened to overshadow Nigel Farage, in the latest escalation of the bitter row that is tearing the party apart.

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Tories Plan to Deport All Foreign Criminals in UK

All foreign nationals in the UK who receive a criminal conviction would be deported under a new Conservative party policy.

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The People's Front of Reform is up against the Reform People's Front. Splitters!

It's been a party at war with itself, with Farage and Lowe trading insults via the media and X. It has been a joy to witness

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Teenage boy jailed after stabbing his sister to death

A 17-year-old boy who stabbed his older sister to death after telling her he wanted to practise a headlock on her pleaded guilty to her murder yesterday.

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Stage review Gripping tale of women's persecution

The past sings to the present in Tallulah Brown's new play with music, exploring the persecution of women during Suffolk's 17th-century witch trials.

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They Came Across as Muppets' Journalist Reveals What It Was Like to Be Target of Spies

Christo Grozev was sitting in a New York cafe in February 2023, expecting to fly back to his home in Vienna that evening, when US law enforcement officials delivered some news that changed his life.

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Hammond has made millions from 'fully compliant' roles

The former chancellor Philip Hammond has made millions from 30 directorships and consultancy jobs while being a member of the Lords.

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Foreign states including repressive regimes pay peers over £3m in two years

Middle East nations among those who have paid 27 members of the Lords for work such as consultancy and legal advice

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Child deaths surge amid 'Gazafication' of West Bank, says human rights group

Israel has brought the military tactics of its war in Gaza to the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians face mass forced displacements, a surge in airstrikes and a sharp rise in attacks on children and other civilians, a Palestinian-Israeli human rights group has said.

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Hostages US defends backroom talks with Hamas

Hamas offered a ceasefire of up to 10 years in backroom talks with a US diplomat that have angered Israeli hardline politicians.

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Syria Over 1,000 Dead as New Regime and Loyalists Clash

Clashes between Syrian security services and fighters loyal to the ousted Assad regime erupted last Thursday and ongoing fighting has left more than 1,000 people dead, including 745 civilians, according to a war monitor.

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Greenland Heads to Polls in Shadow of Trump's Threat to Take Over

Greenland's prime minister has said voters face a \"fateful choice\" as the Arctic island prepares to go to the polls in a potentially pivotal election being closely watched by Europe and the US.

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Purge of USAID ends with 83% of programmes cut, says Rubio

The Trump administration has eliminated 83% of programmes run by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in a sweeping six-week purge that has done away with entire categories of development work that took decades to build up.

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Riches to richest The apartheid-era years of privilege that shaped Musk

With an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and school songs lifted directly from Harrow's songbook, Pretoria boys high school is every inch the South African mirror of the English private schools it was founded in 1901 to imitate.

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Human remains found at landfill site identified

Canadian police have identified the remains of a murdered Indigenous woman at a landfill and found more remains from another person, after a months-long search demanded by the families of victims targeted by a serial killer.

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Mass evacuation after Guatemala volcano erupts

Guatemalan authorities had evacuated about 1,000 people by yesterday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks.

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Trumpcession' a growing risk, economists say, as global markets fall

The risk that the US economy will enter recession this year is rising, according to economists, as Donald Trump's chaotic approach to tariffs continued to hit markets.

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Valentine's Day: A Bright Spot in Flat February for Retailers

A surge in Valentine's Day gift buying brought relief for retailers last month amid February's \"grey days\" as consumers held back spending on big-ticket items, according to industry figures.

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Staley accuses FCA of trying to 'destroy' his reputation

The former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley has accused the UK's financial regulator of seeking to \"destroy\" his reputation in banking and making \"no attempt\" to understand his relationship with the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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War and tariffs hit top shipping broker Clarksons

The world's biggest shipping broker has said geopolitical turmoil from war and Donald Trump's tearing up of US foreign policy have hurt its revenues, sending its share price tumbling by almost a fifth yesterday.

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Mirror and Express print titles will be loss-making within 'six to eight years'

The publisher of the Mirror, Express, and Star newspapers yesterday said the print titles would become loss-making in six to eight years but digital growth would stave off closure.

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Smart, smooth, calm in a crisis What can the world expect from Canada's new PM?

Smart, smooth, tough and a liberal globalist to the ends of his fingertips. That was how Mark Carney came across in his near seven-year stint as governor of the Bank of England.

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Lloyd's of London suffers $2.3bn hit from Los Angeles wildfires as profits fall 10%

Lloyd's of London expects losses of $2.3bn (£1.8bn) from the California wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles this year, but fine art losses were limited because rich residents took their prize possessions with them.

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Smoker's paradise

Anarchic Szczesny's human touch lends higher meaning to Barcelona's title push

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'We were kids and it was out of our control. But we got on with it'

The big interview Harry Skelton Jockey and brother of likely champion trainer Dan talks about past trauma, his hopes for Cheltenham and dealing with high expectations

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Festival crowds will be down for a third year in succession

Cheltenham racecourse has effectively confirmed that crowds at its showpiece meeting will be down for the third year running when the 2025 festival opens today, while also suggesting \"unforgettable days out\" for racegoers this year will be the catalyst for a revival in the festival's fortunes from 2026.

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Brighterdaysahead could light up Champion Hurdle

Constitution Hill has seen off every challenge with ease in winning all 10 of his races to date, but he could be facing his sternest opponent so far in the Champion Hurdle today and Brighterdaysahead (4.00) can also boast the strongest recent piece of form in the field.

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Flintoff ready to cover McCullum before Ashes

Andrew Flintoff has been earmarked as a potential caretaker coach of the England senior white-ball teams this year if Brendon McCullum requires a break before the Ashes.

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Smith grateful to Wales coach for giving him 'a bit of a slap'

England fly-half knows he owes Sherratt but that will not stop the friends trying to beat each other in Cardiff crunch

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City sack Taylor and reappoint Cushing for cup final

Manchester City Women have sacked their head coach, Gareth Taylor, just five days before the club's appearance in the League Cup final.

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Arsenal primed to appoint former Atlético guru Berta

Andrea Berta is primed to join Arsenal as their new sporting director.

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'I'd never seen someone coach that way. Mikel was the one. He inspired me'

Jack Wilshere talks role models, marathon running and Arsenal as he revels in his new role as a budding coach

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Guimarães rocks Hammers to give Newcastle timely lift

The level will have to rise when Newcastle return to London with designs on ending their long wait for silverware this weekend.

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Ten Hag and Ashworth were errors. I apologise for that

Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho would represent 100% profit under profitability and sustainability rules. But Ratcliffe denied they and other academy players would be sold to generate funds. \"No. We won't be selling players because of the state we are in financially.\"

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Eriksen: United under 'massive' pressure to win

Christian Eriksen has admitted that there is \"massive pressure\" on Manchester United to beat Real Sociedad on Thursday and keep alive their hopes of playing European football next season.

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Only our best will be enough to beat PSG, warns Slot

Arne Slot believes Liverpool must produce their best performance of the season to finish off \"a complete\" Paris Saint-Germain team that gave him sleepless nights after the Champions League encounter last week.

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Ratcliffe's rebuke

United players 'not good enough and overpaid'

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