Government to release Andrew trade envoy documents amid fierce criticism of former prince in MPs’ debate – UK politics live
MPs pass motion as trade minister Chris Bryant says Andrew ‘could not distinguish between public and private interest’Keir Starmer is taking part in a coalition of the willing video call to discuss Ukraine. There is a live feed of his public contribution here.Kemi Badenoch is holding a press conference now. She is appearing with the relatives of children who she says have died as a result of social media – either because they took their own lives, or because it led to them being attacked. She says she wants to give them a platform to tell their stories. Continue reading...
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Reddit fined £14.5m in UK over use of under-13s’ data
Information Commissioner’s Office imposes largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy The UK information regulator has fined the social news service Reddit £14.5m for using the data of children under the age of 13 unlawfully and potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content.The hefty punishment from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy and comes after the US-based company introduced age checks in July, including age verification to access mature content. Prior to this, the ICO said, there were “a large number of children under 13 on the platform and Reddit did not have a lawful basis for processing their personal information”. Continue reading...
Trump’s new global tariffs kick in at 10%; Bank of England governor says March rate cut ‘open question’ – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsWhile many exporters around the world cheered when the supreme court ruled against Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs last week, the unintended consequence could be that the trade war escalates further, says Neil Wilson at the broker Saxo Markets.Trump warned countries not to ‘play games’ and threatened ‘a much higher tariff’ than they had agreed to...the unintended consequence of the Supreme Court ruling could be an escalatory trade war that markets hadn’t anticipated. Or as Trump put it the Supreme Court had ‘unwittingly’ handed him ‘far more powers and strength’ to levy fresh tariffs than before the ruling.… The White House insists it’s working on a 15% levy at a later date, which gives the president a degree of optionality, but this is evolving into a far messier situation than we had a week ago.We can all agree that the US is not facing a balance of payments crisis, which is when countries experience an exorbitant increase in international borrowing costs and lose access to financial markets. Continue reading...
Donald Trump’s new 10% global tariff comes into effect
US president had said he would raise levy to 15% after last week’s supreme court rulingBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s new global tariffs have taken effect at 10%, even though he had threatened a higher rate of 15% last weekend, providing “some relief” for British businesses, according to a lobby group.After the US president suffered a defeat at the hands of the supreme court on Friday, which struck down his sweeping “liberation day” tariffs imposed last year, he angrily reacted by announcing a 10% global tariff, which he raised to 15% on Saturday in a post on his social media platform Truth Social. Continue reading...
Macron ‘very sceptical’ about Russia-Ukraine peace talks as Europe marks four years of war – Europe live
France’s president says ‘there is no willingness on the Russian side to have peace’Zelenskyy says “we must be just as determined and strong as we were when the invasion began,” as “the threat hasn’t become smaller.”He says Europe can only respond to this war working together with the US, even as he remarks it “is not an easy task to maintain transatlantic unity and cooperation in the current conditions.”“So there must be no place in the free world for Russian oil, for Russian tankers, Russian banks, Russian sanctions …, schemes, or for any Russian war criminals. The time has come to fully ban all participants in Russia’s aggression from entire Europe.” Continue reading...
France blocks US ambassador’s access to officials after he fails to attend meeting
Charles Kushner, father of president’s son-in-law Jared, had been summoned to explain US comments relating to death of far-right activistDonald Trump’s envoy to Paris will not be permitted to carry out his diplomatic duties until he has explained his refusal to comply with a foreign ministry summons over US comments about the killing of a far-right activist, France’s top diplomat has said.Charles Kushner “needs to be able to have this discussion with us, with [the foreign ministry], so that he can resume the normal exercise of his duties as ambassador in France”, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, said on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Real Madrid vs Benfica: Champions League – team news, start, lineups
Benfica looks to overturn one-goal deficit after first leg marred by allegations of racist abuse against Vinicius Jr.
Savannah Guthrie offers $1m reward for return of her mother: ‘We still believe in a miracle’
Nancy Guthrie has been missing for three weeks and officials believe she was kidnapped from her Arizona homeSavannah Guthrie’s family has offered up to $1m for information leading to the return of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, who has been missing since 1 February.The NBC Today show host posted the offer in a video on Instagram Tuesday, more than three weeks after Nancy’s disappearance. “Someone out there knows something that can bring her home,” Guthrie says in the clip. “We are begging you to please come forward now. Continue reading...
Lebanon’s army tells soldiers to act after post comes under Israeli fire
Israeli attack carried out near Lebanese observation post being constructed in the Marjayoun area, Lebanese army says.
Reform UK councillor shared Facebook post saying Labour MP ‘should be shot’
Natalie Fleet MP says politicians should not expect ‘death threats as standard’, as Lancashire councillor apologisesA Labour MP has said politicians should not expect to face “death threats as standard” after a Reform UK councillor shared a Facebook post which said she “should be shot”.The picture of Natalie Fleet, who has spoken previously about being groomed and raped as a teenager, was accompanied by a fake quote misattributed to her, which read: “I voted against the grooming gang enquiry.” Continue reading...