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Leadership at international criminal court fears new US administration will move quickly to shut it downThe international criminal court is bracing itself for Donald Trump to launch aggressive economic sanctions against it this week, amid fears such a move could paralyse its work and pose an existential threat.ICC officials are preparing for Trump’s new US administration to act quickly once in office to impose...

The scale of Australia’s trade with blacklisted companies, revealed in Guardian investigation, prompts anger across the Uyghur communityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s new anti-slavery commissioner has called on the government to urgently address the “inadequacy” of its forced labour laws after revelations that it had allowed thousands of imports from...

Proof of group’s survival demonstrates stalemate that gave rise to ceasefire and is likely to fuel more conflictMiddle East crisis – live updatesHours after the ceasefire was declared on Sunday, Hamas fighters were back on Gaza’s streets. Not many, it was true, and those who appeared were armed only with Kalashnikov rifles and some rudimentary body armour, but they were there.In Khan Younis, a...

App has resumed operations after saying it received assurance over de facto ban, but its future remains uncertainDonald Trump inauguration – live updatesTikTok is restoring its service in the US after Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order when president to allow the app to continue operating.It had shut itself down late on Saturday in advance of a Sunday deadline to divest...

Protesters who stormed a Seoul court at the weekend may not have worn animal skins, but the similarities are strikingThey arrived intent on causing mayhem. The political figurehead they supported had, they said, been the victim of a grave injustice at the hands of the establishment. The ringleaders had soon broken through security cordons, armed with fire extinguishers, steel pipes and police shields, smashing...

Judge rejects death penalty for Sanjay Roy as victim’s parents suspect more were involved in killing, which sparked strikesAn Indian police volunteer has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in Kolkata, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and widespread hospital strikes last year.The court rejected demands for the death...

Exclusive: William Blake-inspired artwork to feature alongside new paintings in artist’s biggest exhibitionA previously unseen painting by David Hockney has been revealed for the first time before its unveiling in the biggest exhibition to be devoted to one of Britain’s foremost living artists.Titled After Blake: Less is Known than People Think, the work will be among hundreds of previously unknown Hockneys that are to...

Rents spiral and neighbourhoods lose charm as cities report tourist flat boom and surge in housing speculationCiutat Vella, the old city of Barcelona, was once quirky and mysterious.Now it has become a parody of itself, a place from which the local population has been exiled in the interests of tourism and maturing investments. Doorways have sprouted combination key safes, a telltale sign of an...

Those killed in attack on camp for relatives of junta soldiers in Rakhine state were women and children, Arakan Army saysA Myanmar junta airstrike has killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, an ethnic minority armed group has said.The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight with the military for control of...

President-elect says order would give company extra 90 days to find buyer and suggests that US take a 50% stakeTikTok said on Sunday that it was restoring services in the US after Donald Trump pledged earlier in the day to give the video app a reprieve on its US ban.Trump wrote on Truth Social that after taking office on Monday he would sign an...

Exclusive: Complaints said report was 'inaccurate’ and biased in favour of ousted Sheikh Hasina’s governmentA group of MPs has withdrawn a controversial report into Bangladesh after complaints that it was biased in favour of the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina.The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the Commonwealth issued a report on Bangladesh last November that criticised the current regime in Dhaka but was accused...

Hamas says it will free Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher after Israel delayed start of ceasefire until named releasedIsraeli tanks continued to shell areas in Gaza as the scheduled time of 8.30am (0630 GMT) for the ceasefire to take effect passed, Reuters reports.Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said in a brief televised address on Sunday that the political echelon had directed the...

Concerns had been mounting over future of £200m a year scheme providing food and activities for vulnerable childrenMinisters are to safeguard the Marcus Rashford-inspired scheme providing food and activities to vulnerable children during school holidays for another year, following concerns it could fall victim to a desperate search for savings across Whitehall.More than a million people signed a petition from the Manchester United star...

Journalists from countries that have seen challenges to democracy give their view on the second Trump presidencyWhat is the view of US democracy from abroad, and what can Americans learn from other nations with a history of political tumult?During his first term Donald Trump tested democratic norms by undermining trust in fair elections, encouraging political violence and demonizing the media and public servants. He...

Collection of seven shorts due out in 2025 tells story of conflict from perspective of animalsThe occupying Russian soldiers paid little attention to the elderly woman shuffling through the farmland surrounding the villages outside Kyiv, taking her goat to pasture. But she was focused closely on them. After locating their positions, she headed back home with the goat, and later called her grandson, a...

Relatives of those who committed suicide claim betting industry is not being held to account, report revealsFamilies of gambling addicts who took their own lives have told of being let down by the coroner service, which they say failed to properly investigate the role of betting firms, a new report has revealed.Campaign groups believe that gambling is a factor in hundreds of suicides each...

Beijing has prepared for increased tariffs but its actions will not be enough to offset falling demand from the USWhen Donald Trump enters the White House for the second time on 20 January, the view from the Oval Office will look very different to the one he encountered in 2017. A pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a trade war with China have caused...

Facilities giant called ‘uncaring’ by low-paid cleaners, who believed they were covered by a fair-pay pledgeLow-paid cleaners have accused the Living Wage Foundation of giving accreditation to an “uncaring” outsourcing company paying less than the living wage.Facilities services giant OCS is accredited under a bespoke scheme for outsourcing firms. But the company has only committed to paying a living wage to its centrally employed...

Alex Cullen referred to Portelli by the nickname ‘McLaren guy’ on air after the mogul offered cash to the first TV presenter to do soGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Nine reporter has been stood down after allegedly taking a $50,000 payment from a billionaire for referring to him as “McLaren guy”.Adrian Portelli, known for his cash and property...

New collection of author’s diary entries provides tragic insightFrankenstein’s monster, as horror fans know, did not really spark into life with a bolt of lightning, but was born inside the mind of Mary Shelley during a dreary holiday on a ­mountainside above Geneva. The inspiration came as volcanic ash clouds unexpectedly blocked out the sun that summer of 1816 and she and her friends, including...

Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jailsConditions similar to Covid lockdowns should be imposed on criminals as an alternative to overflowing prisons, barristers have told the government.In an official submission to an ongoing sentencing review led by former Conservative justice secretary David Gauke, the Bar Council called for consideration of more “creative...

Small businesses would be able to claim tax deductions on food and entertainment expenses for up to $20,000 under a Coalition policyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTax breaks for work lunches are on the cards as part of a push by the Coalition to win over small businesses, as Peter Dutton looks to regain ground in inner-city Brisbane seats.The...

Prime minister says US has promised Israel will have the weaponry it needs to return to military campaign if necessary. This blog is now closedIn an update on the previous post, the Israeli military said sirens sounded in central Israel on Saturday as it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.Explosions were heard over Jerusalem on Saturday morning, Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists reported. Continue reading...

App no longer available on US Apple and Google stores after supreme court upholds lawmakers’ banTikTok stopped working in the US late on Saturday, shortly before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app was due to take effect.The app was no longer available on Apple’s iOS App Store or Google’s Play Store. The US Congress passed a law in April mandating that parent...