The supreme court’s tariffs ruling puts Trump on notice with a bloody nose 21. February 2026 (11:00) The conservative-heavy court had largely given Trump everything he desired – until now, when two of his three nominees turned his back on himAfter an agonising year in which the US supreme court has stood aside and watched while Donald Trump has run roughshod over the constitutional separation of powers, the highest judicial panel has finally stirred itself to set boundaries on the president’s increasingly regal pose.Friday’s supreme court ruling declared Trump’s sweeping tariffs unlawful, yanking from the president the bloodied cudgel which he has used to beat foreign friend and foe alike. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bishop of Lincoln arrested on suspicion of sexual assault 21. February 2026 (09:50) Church suspends Stephen Conway as police investigate claim man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025The bishop of Lincoln has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.Lincolnshire police confirmed that a 68-year-old man was arrested as part of an “ongoing investigation following an allegation that a man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Survivor of financial abuse invited to advise ministers after Guardian report 21. February 2026 (08:00) City minister Lucy Rigby acts after woman faced repossession of house burned down by controlling husbandA woman who was nearly killed by her abusive husband has been invited to advise the government on measures to support victims of financial abuse after the Guardian highlighted her story last weekend.Francesca Onody was left homeless and penniless when her husband doused their cottage with petrol while she and her two children were inside. Her husband, Malcolm Baker, died when the property exploded. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Chelsea flower show seeks new charity sponsors after mystery donors end support 21. February 2026 (08:00) Exclusive: Project Giving Back, set up in 2022 to help charities exhibit show gardens, says this year will be its lastChelsea flower show is looking for new charity sponsors after the mystery philanthropic couple who have spent more than £23m on show gardens end their support.Project Giving Back was set up by two anonymous donors in 2022, and since then it has paid for 63 gardens at the most prestigious horticultural event in the world, held each summer at the Royal Hospital gardens in south-west London. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
The photos that have kept former Prince Andrew in the public eye 21. February 2026 (08:00) Images include Mountbatten-Windsor with Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and an unknown female lying on a floorAllegations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Jeffrey Epstein have unfolded over several years – and in several pictures. Here is how they have dripped into the public’s consciousness and kept the pressure on the royal family. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Antiques auction selling neck shackles accused of ‘profiting from slavery’ 21. February 2026 (08:00) Exclusive: Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy says treating these objects as collectors’ items ‘should be looked at in horror’An antiques auction selling chains linked to the enslavement of African people in Zanzibar has been accused of “profiting from slavery”.Neck irons dated to the Omani-Arab dominated trade in enslaved people in east Africa, which ended after African resistance and British pressure in the late 19th century, will go on sale this weekend in Scotland. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Iran preparing nuclear counterproposal as Trump warns he is considering limited military strikes 21. February 2026 (07:24) Iranian foreign minister says draft could be ready for internal review in coming days while US president says ‘they better negotiate a fair deal’Iran’s foreign minister has said he expects to have a draft counterproposal ready within days after nuclear talks with the US this week, while Donald Trump said he was considering limited military strikes.Two US officials told Reuters that US military planning on Iran had reached an advanced stage, with options including targeting individuals as part of an attack and even pursuing leadership change in Tehran, if ordered by Trump. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis? 21. February 2026 (07:00) Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influentialIn the timeless week between Christmas and the new year, two Spanish men in their early 50s – friends since childhood, popular around town – went to a restaurant and did not come home.Francisco Zea Bravo, a maths teacher active in a book club and rock band, and Antonio Morales Serrano, the owner of a popular cafe and ice-cream parlour, had gone to eat with friends in Málaga on Saturday 27 December. But as the pair drove back to Alhaurín el Grande that night, heavy rains turned the usually tranquil Fahala River into what the mayor would later call an “uncontrollable torrent”. Police found their van overturned the next day. Their bodies followed after an agonising search. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
What was Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s trade envoy role? 21. February 2026 (07:00) Backed by Labour and Conservative figures, he was a controversial choice when appointed in 2001Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, bringing his former role as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment into focus. He denies any wrongdoing. But what was that role? Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Man charged with hate crime after allegedly ramming gates of Brisbane synagogue with ute 21. February 2026 (05:58) A 32-year-old has been charged with serious vilification or hate crime and other offences but police say it is not being considered a terrorist incidentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have charged a man after a car was used to ram the gates of a synagogue in Brisbane.Officers say the man was driving a Toyota Hilux utility when he knocked down the gates of the property in Margaret Street in Brisbane’s CBD shortly after 7pm on Friday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
