Month: March 2025

Critics attack Trump notion of serving third term Donald Trump’s repeated musings that there is scope for breaking with the US constitution’s explicit ban on running for a third term in office is attracting criticism from some in both parties. Changing the constitution so that it no longer forbids a third term is a very […]

A Polish woman is facing enforced separation from her son in the UK and has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office because her application form to stay was accidentally filled in online instead of on paper. Elzbieta Olszewska, 80, has been living alone in her flat in Warsaw. Her only child, Michal Olszewski, […]

Marine Le Pen barred from running for public office with immediate effect We are still waiting for find out the critical detail about the length of the ban though. We will bring you that as soon as possible. Share Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Angelique Chrisafis […]

WHO: earthquake has ‘overwhelmed healthcare facilities’ in Myanmar, with three hospitals reported destroyed The World Health Organization said it has reports of three hospitals destroyed and 22 partially damaged in the region affected by Friday’s earthquake. “The scale of deaths and injuries is not yet fully understood and the numbers are expected to increase,” the […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Starmer says 24,000 migrants have been removed from UK since Labour took office Starmer says his government scrapped the Rwanda scheme. The last government had spent £700m on it, but just four volunteers had gone to Rwanda. Even if the scheme […]

Introduction: World markets on track for biggest monthly loss since 2022 Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Donald Trump’s trade war is alarming the global markets, sending shares sliding in their worst month in over two years. Stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region are […]

The US is a “less reliable and a more demanding ally” under Donald Trump’s second administration, but Australia should persist with the Aukus submarine deal, despite its risks and growing political and military concerns, former ambassador Dennis Richardson has argued. “The worst possible thing we could do at this point would be to change course,” […]

Everyone from the prime minister down seems to have a view on Adolescence, the Netflix smash about a teenage murder fuelled by social media and toxic masculinity. But there is one voice missing from the debate: teenage boys themselves. We gathered a group of sixth-formers from Xaverian college in Manchester to get their views on […]

AI tools will soon be in use in classrooms across England, but the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has one big question she wants answered: will they save time? Attending a Department for Education-sponsored hackathon in central London last week, Phillipson listened as developers explained how their tools could compile pupil reports, improve writing samples and […]

Donald Trump has said he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin over his approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened to levy tariffs on Moscow’s oil exports if the Russian leader does not agree to a truce within a month. The US president indicated he would levy a 25% or 50% tariff that would […]