Why are UK electricity prices linked to gas – and what does it mean for bills? Government has shaken up the way electricity is priced as British costs are among the highest in the world

Why are UK electricity prices linked to gas – and what does it mean for bills?

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Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction | Moira Donegan The president’s fixation on culture-war grievances is a colossal misreading of voters who just want prices to come down, says Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan

Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction

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Welsh farmers launch landmark claim against ‘intimidating’ pylon firm About 500 farmers challenge Green Gen Cymru in high court over alleged disregard for landowners and biosecurity

Welsh farmers launch landmark claim against ‘intimidating’ pylon firm

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The Guardian view on Starmer and Mandelson: when process follows power | Editorial Editorial: Olly Robbins exposed a deeper failure: when the prime minister’s decision came first, security vetting was left to catch up after the fact

Starmer and Mandelson: when process follows power

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The Guardian view on the true cost of the Iran war: bombs kill – but so does the economic fallout | Editorial Editorial: There is growing international concern as the fragile two-week ceasefire reaches its Wednesday deadline. Whatever happens next, the poor will pay

The true cost of the Iran war: bombs kill – but so does the economic fallout

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Here is the biggest problem Washington faces: Iran sees no need to compromise | Sina Toossi The US has failed to bomb Iran into submission. Now, from the strait of Hormuz to nuclear concessions, Tehran senses its position strengthening, says Sina Toossi of the Center for International Policy

Here is the biggest problem Washington faces: Iran sees no need to compromise

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Miliband’s ‘break the link’ plan is not a magic formula for lowering energy bills The government’s plan to de-link gas and electricity prices will have a modest effect – more promising are plans on EVs and heat pumps

Miliband’s ‘break the link’ plan is not a magic formula for lowering energy bills

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Terrible poll ratings would bother some politicians. Donald Trump isn’t one of them | Arwa Mahdawi A low approval rating will not cause the US president to hang his head in shame. He’s more likely to dig in, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Terrible poll ratings would bother some politicians. Donald Trump isn’t one of them

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It’s a nightmare on Downing Street: Starmer has no one left to blame for this Mandelson horror show | Marina Hyde Olly Robbins’s testimony will have been painful for the PM. The No 10 omnishambles was publicly laid bare – and Keir’s fresh out of scapegoats, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’

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What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’

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Four key takeaways from Apple’s change of leadership Analysts say net boss John Ternus should diversify tech giant away from iPhones and raise its game in AI

Four key takeaways from Apple’s change of leadership

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Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy Sacked civil servant says No 10 pushed Foreign Office to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle without informing foreign secretary

Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy

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Anger remains white hot in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking Keir Starmer’s decision to oust senior official may have knock-on effect for No 10’s relationship with civil service

Anger remains white hot in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking

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Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms Ministers also asked to alter compensation rights and suspend emissions trading scheme amid Middle East war

Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms | no to noise and environmental changes!

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Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes will light torch for Israel’s national day Human rights campaigners say honour for Avraham Zarbiv endorses ethnic cleansing and war crimes

Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes will light torch for Israel’s national day | endorsing ethnic cleansing and war crimes

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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a ‘smoke-free generation’

Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament | be good if it worked but that seems unlikely imho

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Shabana Mahmood swears at ‘white liberal’ hecklers over Reform remarks Home secretary accuses protesters of trying to ‘delegitimise’ concerns people have over immigration

Shabana Mahmood swears at ‘white liberal’ hecklers over Reform remarks | they go it right!

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UK to appeal against tax ruling cutting VAT on public electric car chargers to 5% HMRC confirms it will fight London tax tribunal’s finding that it has been overcharging for years under the law

UK to appeal against tax ruling cutting VAT on public electric car chargers to 5% | do we want to encourage the transition to electric cars or not?

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Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Keir Starmer Sacked civil servant tells select committee of ‘pressure’ to give clearance and ‘dismissive’ attitude to vetting

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Keir Starmer | so will Starmer admit he misunderstood and apologise … not till pigs fly

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Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village Israel Defense Forces say the ‘soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and value’

Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village | so they treated this one seriously for once … but not very

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‘He talks too much’: how Trump’s erratic commentary is the real block to an Iran deal US president’s contradictory statements only make Tehran more wary of anything but the most watertight deal

‘He talks too much’: how Trump’s erratic commentary is the real block to an Iran deal

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Trump extends US-Iran ceasefire indefinitely at request of Pakistan US president says on Truth Social attacks are on hold until Iran submits proposal and talks reach end

Trump extends US-Iran ceasefire indefinitely at request of Pakistan

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Electric car sales soar 51% in mainland Europe as Iran war drives up fuel prices Data shows 224,000 new EVs were registered in March, with Norway leading way in terms of switching

Electric car sales soar 51% in mainland Europe as Iran war drives up fuel prices

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Moscow-friendly Rumen Radev wins absolute majority in Bulgarian elections Former president’s election could end years of weak coalition governments but critics warn it may be bad for EU

Moscow-friendly Rumen Radev wins absolute majority in Bulgarian elections

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Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite

Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds

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Fears more than 1,000 toads may have died after Welsh water firm drains reservoir Conservationists in Denbighshire ‘angry and heartbroken’ after Nant-y-Ffrith site emptied during breeding season

Fears more than 1,000 toads may have died after Welsh water firm drains reservoir

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Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source

Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds

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The Guardian view on the EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation | Editorial Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdue

The EU and Israel: moving beyond mere exhortation

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The UK’s radical ‘Preston model’ faces an uncertain future with local elections looming | Andy Beckett A Lancashire council has pushed on with plans to keep wealth and power in the area, despite such ideas being out of fashion in Westminster. But Reform could unravel it all, says Guardian columnist And...

The UK’s radical ‘Preston model’ faces an uncertain future with local elections looming

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