Bill Clinton to testify before House committee investigating Epstein links 27. February 2026 (12:00) Deposition comes one day after Hillary Clinton testified and called proceedings ‘partisan political theater’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFormer president Bill Clinton is scheduled to give deposition Friday to a congressional committee investigating his links to Jeffrey Epstein, one day after Hillary Clinton testified before the committee and called the proceedings “partisan political theatre” and “an insult to the American people”.During remarks before the House oversight committee, Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, insisted on Thursday that she had never met Epstein. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump says affordability crisis is over. Voters and data disagree 27. February 2026 (12:00) Despite claims, polls and economists say tariffs and structural pressures keep US households under strainThe affordability crisis is over, Donald Trump told the US on Tuesday. The president’s state of the union address put the blame for soaring prices squarely on the “dirty, rotten” lies of the Democrats and claimed prices were now “plummeting downward”.“Soon you will see numbers that few people would think were possible to achieve just a short time ago,” Trump said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Russia and Ukraine agree local ceasefire to allow repairs at Europe’s largest nuclear plant – Europe live 27. February 2026 (11:56) The plant relies on external power to keep its nuclear material cool and avoid a catastrophic accidentThe European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the EU will provisionally apply the contested EU-Mercosur free trade agreement.Speaking from Brussels, she said that the European Council had last month empowered the commission to provisionally apply the agreement as soon as the first Mercosur country ratifies it, and as Uruguay and Argentina did that yesterday, the commission wants to move ahead with the plan. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Weather tracker: US cities close schools and cancel flights amid heavy snowfall 27. February 2026 (11:00) Winter Storm Hernando, which struck north-eastern regions this week, described as a ‘bomb cyclone’Winter Storm Hernando swept across the north-eastern US on Sunday and into the start of the week, unleashing blizzard conditions across much of the region as heavy snowfall combined with gale-force winds. Blizzard warnings were issued for several cities including New York City, Portland and Boston. More than 10,000 flights were cancelled, and schools closed in many states.The storm intensified rapidly through Sunday. Coastal areas of Massachusetts and Rhode Island recorded gusts of about 70mph, and Montauk Point in New York reporting stronger gusts of 84mph. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Manifesto planning ‘mass casualties’ allegedly found at home of WA man charged with preparing terror attack 27. February 2026 (10:16) Prime minister says reports 20-year-old was allegedly going to target mosques, WA police and parliament are ‘distressing’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice in Western Australia have charged a 20-year-old man with preparing a terrorist attack, with Anthony Albanese describing the allegation as “deeply shocking”.The man was charged with acting in preparation for a terrorist act, possessing a prohibited weapon, two firearms offences and using a carriage service to menace or harass. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hornby sells slot car racing brand Scalextric for £20m 27. February 2026 (10:01) Purbeck Capital Partners seals deal for business and property rights of toy with model railway makerFor almost six decades Hornby has watched Scalextric drive revenues for its hobby business but on Friday the company said it had decided to sell the famous slot car racing brand for £20m to a little-known buyer.The model railway company, which also sells toy planes and cars under the Airfix and Corgi brands, has sold the Scalextric business and intellectual property rights to Purbeck Capital Partners. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘More exploitation, fewer rights’: Argentina braces for sweeping overhaul of labor laws 27. February 2026 (10:00) Javier Milei’s boosters say law will revive employment, but critics decry cuts to severance and longer working hoursArgentina’s senate is poised to approve a sweeping overhaul of labour laws aimed at weakening trade unions and lowering labour costs for businesses.The government of the self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president, Javier Milei, says the initiative will help revive formal employment, after 290,600 registered jobs were lost between December 2023, when he took office, and November 2025. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Former NSW MP Rory Amon tells court 13-year-old boy said he was 17 before alleged sexual abuse 27. February 2026 (09:13) Former state Liberal MP begins his evidence after pleading not guilty to 10 charges for various sexual actsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former state Liberal MP accused of having sex with a 13-year-old boy in a car park toilet has claimed in court the boy told him he was 17 .Rory Amon, 36, began his evidence in his New South Wales supreme court trial after pleading not guilty to 10 charges for various sexual acts against the young teen in 2017. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labour’s worst fears realised by Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton byelection 27. February 2026 (08:42) Result gives progressive voters clear signal they have an alternative to beating Reform UK – and shows the task ahead for Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updatesLabour MPs have said for weeks that the outcome they most feared at the Gorton and Denton byelection was a Green party victory.On Friday morning, their worst fears were realised. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Liberal party executive agrees to permanently bury review into catastrophic 2025 election defeat 27. February 2026 (08:24) Party says ‘what’s important now is that we strengthen our party for the future’ but some MPs concerned they will not learn from lossGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA review of the Liberal party’s catastrophic election defeat will be buried in a move that shields the former leader Peter Dutton and the current leader, Angus Taylor, from potentially damaging findings about their role in the campaign.The Liberal federal executive met on Friday and agreed to permanently shelve Pru Goward and Nick Minchin’s review of the 2025 election, which produced the worst result in the party’s more than 80-year history. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
