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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory levies Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the top news lines over the next few hours. We … Read more

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Everything to expect from tonight’s leaders debate Before we get stuck into the debate, Ima Caldwell has outlined everything we can expect tonight – plus the other debates to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks. Share Welcome to … Read more

Queensland’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2035 could face the scrap heap, with the state energy minister ordering a review of the ambitious legislation. The Clean Economy Jobs Bill was passed into law last year, with the backing of both Labor and the Liberal National party. It sets among Australia’s highest … Read more

Good morning. It is the last day the Commons is sitting before the Easter recess, and Keir Starmer is giving evidence to the liaision committee, the body made up of all the other committee chairs. He will take questions on growth, on international affairs and defence, and on welfare reforms and health. These sessions are … Read more

Deutsche Bank says the Reserve Bank of Australia will follow the script from previous crises and deliver a double rate cut when it next meets in May, as Donald Trump’s threats of even higher tariffs on China added to fears of a looming global trade war. Financial markets and economists were in agreement the RBA … Read more

European stock markets opened higher on Tuesday in early signs of a rebound from the punishing global sell-off triggered by US trade tariffs. Stock markets in the UK and across the EU were in positive territory in early trading on Tuesday, as some investor optimism returned after heavy falls as a result of Donald Trump’s … Read more

More than 40 Labour MPs from three influential backbench groups have called on ministers to introduce digital IDs, which they claim would boost productivity in delivering public services and crack down on illegal employment. The open letter – organised by the Rother Valley MP, Jake Richards – is signed by the co-chairs of the Labour … Read more

The new Liberal candidate for the seat of Whitlam once claimed school students were being “brainwashed” by Marxist and woke ideologies – despite replacing another candidate dumped by the party for his controversial views. The party’s New South Wales branch administrative committee confirmed on Sunday Benjamin Britton had been disendorsed after Guardian Australia revealed a … Read more

Data Point: Do schools in north India teach southern languages? | Video Credit: The Hindu With the debate over Tamil Nadu’s refusal to adopt the three-language policy still ongoing, the latest data needed to address key questions on the issue is lacking. Vital data that could help bring clarity is the list of languages currently … Read more

Investors have piled back into Australian shares, even as a showdown looms between the US and China in a tariff battle that threatens to paralyse global trade. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was up 1.5% in early afternoon trading on Tuesday, erasing some of the steep losses suffered a day earlier when the share market recorded … Read more