Senior TV producers take shelf-stacking jobs as UK industry remains in crisis | Television industry

Senior television producers with decades of experience are working as high street shelf-stackers, car park attendants and in pubs, as a prolonged crisis continues to sweep through the TV world. The Guardian has spoken to dozens of experienced figures in the UK who are working entry-level jobs as a result of a drawn-out work drought. … Read more

Russia launches huge strikes across Ukraine as US halts intelligence-sharing | Ukraine

Russia has carried out a massive strike across Ukraine, using drones and ballistic missiles, a day after the US shut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv that had previously given advance warnings of attacks. The attacks came as a Ukrainian delegation prepared to meet with US counterparts in Saudi Arabia for talks about a possible end to … Read more

China vows action over ‘arbitrary’ tariffs as Trump pauses measures against Canada and Mexico – US politics live | US news

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature US president Donald Trump said US tariffs could go up over time but gave no other details, according to an excerpt of a Fox Business interview taped on Thursday that aired on Friday. Asked whether businesses could get clarity about his … Read more

‘I’ve very felt lost and insecure’: TV producers despair as work dries up | Television industry

The low point for Stef Loughrey, an established television edit and casting producer, came when she found herself sobbing in HMV’s Blu-ray section. A young, well-meaning colleague had pointed out she was the same age as their dad. It inadvertently brought home the sudden headwinds that had affected her career. Despite 17 years in the … Read more

Trump layoffs have hollowed out key weather monitoring staff amid storm season | Trump administration

As deadly severe storms swept the US this week, recent Donald Trump administration staffing cuts have left key parts of weather monitoring and disaster preparedness systems severely understaffed, the Guardian has learned. March typically signals the start of a four-month tornado season across the eastern two-thirds of the US. Last year’s tornado season was one … Read more

Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum | Global development

More than 500 people may have been tortured or starved to death and then buried in a secret mass grave north of Khartoum, according to evidence seen by the Guardian. A visit to a base belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shortly after it was retaken by the Sudanese military found a previously … Read more

US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey | Trump administration

Staff on hundreds of foreign aid projects left in limbo by the Trump administration’s funding freeze have received a survey that asks them to justify their work under an eccentric list of criteria that meet the White House’s new national security priorities. The survey, copies of which have been obtained by the Guardian, asks foreign … Read more

Weather tracker: Canary Islands hit by flash floods and 30mm of rain in a day | Spain

On Monday, a storm brought heavy rainfall to the Canary Islands, especially affecting Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Telde, in eastern Gran Canaria received more than 30mm of rain, nearly three times the March average. Flash floods submerged homes, swept cars into the sea, and turned streets into rivers. Airports and popular beaches shut down ahead … Read more

UK Treasury ‘plans funding cuts at GB Energy’ in blow to Ed Miliband | Energy industry

The UK government is making plans to cut the funding for GB Energy, the state-owned company set up by Labour to drive renewable energy and cut household bills, in June’s spending review. Cuts to the £8.3bn of taxpayer money promised over the five-year parliament would be another blow for Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, after … Read more