Carney celebrates historic win in Canada, with Conservative rival Poilievre projected to lose seat
Summary
Mark Carney's Liberal Party wins the Canadian election, in a remarkable turnaround for the centre-left party - watch how the night unfolded in under two minutes
In his victory speech, Carney tells supporters: "President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us - that will never ever happen"
It remains too close to call whether he will secure a majority in parliament - if not, he'll have to rely on other parties to govern
Defeated Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre - until recently expected to become the next PM - is projected to lose his seat
The Liberal Party were well behind in the polls just three months ago, before Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as leader and US President Trump upended relations and became the defining issue of the campaign
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison
The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months
By Juliette Garside, Shaun Walker, Manisha Ganguly, Pjotr Sauer, Tetyana Nikolayenko, Anton Naumliuk and Artem Mazhulin
The exchange took place on a lonely forest road in February. Moving along a line of refrigerated lorries, the teams in hazmat suits went about their grim work: preparing the remains of 757 Ukrainian military casualties handed over by Russia for the journey back to Kyiv.
Clipboards in hand, intermediaries from the Red Cross checked their lists. For each body shrouded in white plastic, the Russians had provided a number, a name, a location, sometimes a cause of death. And then, at the very bottom of the last page, a mystery entry: “NM SPAS 757.” The letters were abbreviations, taken to mean “unidentified man” and “extensive damage to the coronary arteries”.
Power restored in Spain and Portugal after massive blackout left millions stranded
Power returned to Spain and Portugal on Tuesday after a major blackout disrupted flights, metros and communications across the two countries. Authorities said over 99 percent of energy demand was restored while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced an investigation to determine the cause of the outage, which remains unclear.
Spain's government has set up a commission to investigate the causes of a crippling nationwide blackout, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Tuesday, adding that no possible causes had been ruled out.
"All the necessary measures will be taken to ensure that this does not happen again," he told a press conference a day after Spain and Portugal were plunged into darkness for reasons yet to be determined.
Israel commits Gaza genocide under world’s ‘watchful eye’, ICJ told
- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun its second day of hearings into Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians, more than 50 days into Israel’s total blockage on aid entering the Gaza Strip.
- South Africa’s representative Zane Dangor has told the ICJ that “under the world’s watchful eye, Palestinians are being subjected to atrocity, crimes, persecution, apartheid and genocide” in Gaza.
- Amnesty International, a global rights group, has accused Israel of committing a “livestreamed genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by forcibly displacing most of the population and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe.
UN rights chief demands action to stop Gaza ‘catastrophe reaching a new, unseen level’
The UN rights chief called on countries to halt a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza, where a total Israeli blockade on aid is pushing the Palestinian territory towards a collapse of critical life-saving support;
“As the complete blockade of assistance essential for survival enters its ninth week, there must be concerted international efforts to stop this humanitarian catastrophe from reaching a new, unseen level,” Volker Turk said in a statement
White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costs
Tue 29 Apr 2025 15.37 BST
The White House accused Amazon of committing a “hostile and political act” after a report said the e-commerce company was planning to inform customers how much Donald Trump’s tariffs would cost them as they shopped.
The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was responding to a report in Punchbowl News, which, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that Amazon would begin displaying on its site how much the tariffs had increased the prices of individual products, breaking out the figure from the total listed price.
Kyoto exhibition offers rare access to city’s shrines, temples
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 29, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Sixteen shrines and temples here are now granting access to their private statues and architecture for a spring exhibition organized by the Kyoto Heritage Preservation Association with assistance from The Asahi Shimbun.
The “Special exhibition of Kyoto’s hidden cultural properties” runs through May 11 and showcases pieces usually off-limits to the public across Kyoto and the city of Yawata south of the prefectural capital.
Yawata’s two participating locations are Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine and Shokado Garden and Art Museum.
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