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Barcelona to fine e-scooter users up to €500 for riding on pavements
Anyone riding an electric scooter on the pavement or without a helmet in Barcelona faces a fine of up to €500 (£415) from 1 February as part of a crackdown on antisocial behaviour linked to the rapid rise of e-scooter use in the Mediterranean city.
In an urban landscape that …
Firm led by ex-UK envoy on ethics made £13m on not-for-profit visa services
An entrepreneur who represented the UK on an ethics body was asked to resign from a company running government visa services after officials found it made a £13.64m gain on its not-for-profit contract.
After the discovery of years of profit-making, the company, Ecctis, repaid the money to the government and …
Arrest standoff shows defiance of impeached South Korean president
South Korean anti-corruption officials attempting to arrest the country’s suspended president,
, must know by now what he meant by his repeated vows to “fight to the end
”.In the month since his calamitous declaration of martial law, Yoon, along with most of his …
French and German ministers to meet Syria’s de facto leader
The foreign ministers of France and Germany are to meet Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus in the highest-level visit by major western powers since rebels toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad last month.
Jean-Noël Barrot and Annalena Baerbock, who arrived separately in the Syrian capital on …
Investigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s political crisis took a dramatic turn on Friday when investigators were forced to abandon an attempt to arrest the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, after a tense standoff with his security forces.
Hours after they entered the presidential compound in Seoul, anti-corruption officials said they were halting their …
Badenoch’s department wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over potential tax break
Kemi Badenoch instructed her department to write to the Treasury about a potential tax break after an intervention from Dyson, documents have revealed.
In the minutes of a meeting during her time as business secretary last June, seen by the Guardian, it said Ian Robertson, a board member at the …
Friday briefing: Why Keir Starmer hopes this is the year to end the Channel crossing crisis
Good morning.
The number of people crossing the Channel to the UK in small boats rose by 25% in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to official figures. Over the past seven years, the numbers have risen dramatically – from 299 people arriving in 2018 to 36,816 migrants risking …
Bodies of British woman and her fiance discovered in Vietnam tourist villa
The bodies of a British woman and her fiance have been discovered in separate rooms at a tourist villa in Vietnam, police said.
The victims were named locally as Greta Marie Otteson, a 33-year-old Briton, and Arno Els Quinton, a 36-year-old South African, who were staying at the complex in …
Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, leaves Meta
Labour loses 20 councillors in Nottinghamshire over Starmer leadership
Twenty councillors at a local authority in Nottinghamshire have quit Labour, saying the party has “abandoned traditional Labour values” under Keir Starmer’s leadership.
The move means that Labour has lost overall control of Broxtowe borough council, which it gained in 2023, and those defecting include the council leader, Milan Radulovic, …