Newark airport, one of the main hubs serving the New York City area, suffered another blackout of its air traffic control system, early on Friday morning, according to US aviation regulators – the second in recent weeks of disrupted flights that have become a major concern for passengers. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that…
“Most black people went overboard and tried hard to make sure that they did their best for Britain,” says Prince Albert Jacob, a 99-year-old veteran from Trinidad who joined the RAF in 1943. In a London hotel lobby, after a busy week of VE Day celebrations, Jacob describes feeling disappointed at findings from a recent…
Modern slavery victims are choosing to stay with their exploiters rather than access government support designed to protect them for fear of immigration enforcement, research has found. The independent anti-slavery commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, said the system was “deeply broken”. Two pieces of research shared exclusively with the Guardian found that, a decade after the introduction…
Japan’s AESC has announced it will build a second gigafactory in Sunderland to produce electric vehicle batteries, after it secured a £1bn debt funding deal backed by a £680m guarantee from the UK government. The National Wealth Fund and UK Export Finance, both state bodies, will provide financial guarantees that unlock the £680m in financing…
One of Labour’s only transgender councillors has resigned from the party, accusing it of “throwing trans people under the bus”. In a post on X on Friday morning, Dylan Tippetts, who has represented Compton ward on Plymouth city council since 2022, wrote: “I cannot continue to represent a party that does not support my fundamental…
Households in Great Britain have been grappling with high energy bills for four years but attractive fixed deals that are £300 cheaper than the current price cap are now available. This week, EDF launched its “cheapest fixed tariff since 2021”, describing it as the best energy-only deal available from a “big six” supplier. The 12-month…
The governor of the Bank of England has said that the UK now needs to do “everything we can” to rebuild its long-term trade relationship with the EU, after a breakthrough agreement with the US to reduce some of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Andrew Bailey said that while he would not pass judgment on the UK’s…
A city official in Stockholm has said the municipality has no plans to comply after one of its offices received a letter seeking to impose Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity measures, in what is believed to be the first such missive sent to a foreign government. “It’s so bizarre,” said Jan Valeskog, Stockholm’s vice-mayor for…
For the first time in 42 years, critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in south-east Victoria, where they were found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983. Helmeted honeyeaters are charismatic, energetic and curious, according to Dr Kim Miller, the manager of threatened species at Healesville sanctuary. Even though the birds can be…
Chinese trade with the United States slumped in April even as its total exports beat forecasts, official figures show, as trade representatives from both nations prepared to meet this weekend in the midst of a gruelling trade war between the superpower rivals. Exports to the United States – one of China’s top trading partners –…
