Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo 26. June 2026 (12:55) Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by SeptemberThe whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official.The humanitarian crisis amid the conflict in the affected areas means more than 1 million people are living in camps to which health workers have no access, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
VW plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs and shut plants, report says 26. June 2026 (12:47) German firm reportedly considering doubling previously announced staff reductions amid Chinese competitionBusiness live – latest updatesGermany’s Volkswagen is to cut up to 100,000 jobs and reduce and eventually stop production at some plants, according to reports.The company has refused to comment on reports of a management presentation at a board meeting outlining dramatic cost cutting, but if it goes ahead it would mean Volkswagen doubling previously announced staff reductions. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online 26. June 2026 (12:00) Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groupsA rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country.Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, was originally charged with insulting government institutions and incitement to commit a crime, but convicted only of the former. Her sentence, immediately condemned as “fundamentally unjust”, was handed down on 25 June. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Minister says he ‘won’t be intimidated’ by home secretary as public row escalates 26. June 2026 (11:30) Shabana Mahmood has demanded Mike Tapp be sacked over call for care worker exemption to migration rulesUK politics live – latest updatesAn extraordinary public row between the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and one of her junior ministers has escalated after he said he “won’t be intimidated” in response to calls by her for him to be sacked.Mahmood demanded on Thursday that the migration minister, Mike Tapp, should be fired for writing an unauthorised article in the Times calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from controversial changes to the immigration rules. But Keir Starmer has so far not sacked Tapp for apparently breaking the rules around ministerial conduct. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Venezuela earthquakes: frantic search for survivors continues, with 235 confirmed dead so far – latest updates 26. June 2026 (11:25) “We hope to rescue as many living people as possible’, says the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, but authorities fear the death toll will be in the thousandsHere are some images on the newswires from Venezuela, where rescue teams and residents have worked through the night to search for survivors:A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck a rural part of northern California on Wednesday. Hours later, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the northern coast of Japan and two powerful earthquakes rocked Venezuela in a devastating mass casualty event. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
First hydropower projects in Great Britain in 40 years given go-ahead 26. June 2026 (11:18) Three pumped storage hydroelectric power station sites in Scotland on list of 16 long-duration electricity storage plansThe energy regulator has given the provisional green light for the construction of the first new hydropower projects in more than 40 years, part of plans to reduce Great Britain’s reliance on energy imports.Ofgem has published a list of 16 long-duration electricity storage projects, facilities that can store and release electricity for periods of eight hours or more, it has provisionally agreed can proceed. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Heathrow expects fall in passengers and profits this year because of Iran war 26. June 2026 (10:44) Airport has also been ‘engaging closely’ with regulator to discuss cost of plan to build third runwayBusiness live – latest updatesHeathrow has said that passenger numbers and profits will fall this year because of the war in the Middle East.Europe’s busiest airport said it expected a 1.1% decline in the total number of passengers to 83.6 million as the Iran war affects air travel. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
MoJ to examine case of British woman strangled by US fighter pilot, justice minister says 26. June 2026 (10:20) Sarah Steele has told of ‘degrading’ experience under US military justice system after assault by airman in CambridgeA UK justice minister has described the case of a British woman strangled by an American fighter pilot as “really serious” and said the Ministry of Justice would examine it.Sarah Steele, an academic, has come forward to speak about the “distressing and degrading” experience she had with the US military justice system after she was assaulted by the airman in Cambridge. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Park to protect 12,000 koalas to go ahead via contentious carbon credit deal by Albanese government 26. June 2026 (10:19) Minns government waited on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national parkFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA long-promised New South Wales great koala national parkis set to go ahead after the Albanese government greenlit the state to receive hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting native forests previously earmarked for logging.The assistant climate change minister, Josh Wilson, said the government had approved a regulatory change that allowed state governments to earn carbon credits by storing carbon dioxide in native forests on public land. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Mexico’s new UK ambassador from ‘party of poor’ has 10 houses and £1m of jewellery 26. June 2026 (10:00) Alejandro Gertz Manero’s cars and properties contrast starkly with Morena party’s long association with austerityWith his million-dollar jewellery collection and his two Rolls-Royces, Mexico’s new ambassador to the UK will fit right in with the Mayfair crowd.Former attorney general Alejandro Gertz Manero was appointed to the post by President Claudia Sheinbaum last year, but only recently disclosed his financial assets. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
