'Make Doncaster Great Again': Trump rhetoric spills into local election battle

With council and mayoral seats up for grabs in local elections in England on 1 May, Nigel Farage has made Doncaster his prime target. But is it another high-profile roadshow or could his Reform UK party, which picked up five seats in the 2024 general election, take control of the council as the polls suggest? Guardian video producers Maeve Shearlaw and Bruno Rinvolucri spoke to party members, community champions, and prospective candidates from a range of parties to find out

How children with special educational needs are being failed in England

From anxious children unable to cope with school to those with more complex, profound disabilities, support for Send children in England is broken, with underfunded local authorities delaying legal obligations to support families and increasing numbers of parents unable to work, burnt out, judged and even suffering PTSD from attempting to navigate the system. The Guardian meets parents and children from across the country to get a sense of the scale of the issue

How does deep-sea mining work?

Deep-sea mining has been proposed as a source of crucial metals and minerals for decades – and mining companies now say the technology is almost ready to make this a reality. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Already this week, the Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order that would enable the stockpiling of metals mined from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean – in an effort to counter China’s dominance of battery minerals and rare-earth supply chains. But opposition to deep-sea mining is growing. Watch the video to hear Guardian journalist and visuals editor Ashley Kirk explain the environmental cost of it all. The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/7jKFEr0 Website ► https://ift.tt/qGx5eLF Facebook ► https://ift.tt/ByfaHOs Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/cGhCv9Q The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #deepseamining #mining #rareearthminerals #rareearthminerals #rareearthelements #mines #pacificocean #climatecrisis #environment

How Trump’s trade war could triple iPhone prices

How much would you pay for an iPhone? Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Apple is reportedly chartering cargo flights to ferry iPhones from its Indian manufacturing plants to the US in an attempt to beat Donald Trump’s tariffs. The tech company has flown 600 tonnes of iPhones, or as many as 1.5m handsets, to the US from India since March after ramping up production at its plants in the country, according to Reuters. Trump’s threatened tariffs of 26% on Indian imports are on hold for about three months after the US president called a 90-day pause, but he has announced that tariffs on goods from China – where Apple assembles most of its iPhones – will be subject to a levy of 125%. Analysts have warned iPhone prices could surge after the US imposed its highest tariff on imports from China. But why is Trump entering a trade war with China? Watch the video to hear our senior economics reporter Richard Partington explain this and what happened last time the US imposed high tariffs. The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/VPt9FCK Website ► https://ift.tt/ypdrWL2 Facebook ► https://ift.tt/o19Zbgm Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/osHPGLr The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #iphone #apple #trump #trumptariffs #trumptradewar #trumpchina #china #economy #usa

Why Europeans have been told to stockpile 72 hours’ worth of emergency supplies

People in the EU are being advised to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours as part of a European strategy that aims to increase readiness for catastrophic floods and fires, pandemics and military attacks. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Outlining its first preparedness strategy, the European Commission said it wanted to encourage citizens to take “proactive measures to prepare for crises, such as developing household emergency plans and stockpiling essential supplies”. The strategy was partly inspired by plans in Germany and the Nordic countries, which have distributed public information pamphlets and devised apps advising people what to do in the event of a military attack or other national crisis. The commission is also calling for a Europe-wide preparedness day to raise awareness; for the topic to be put on school curriculums; and for an EU “stockpiling strategy” to ensure adequate supplies of raw materials, shelters, generators, and “potentially” food and water. Watch the video to hear from our Brussels correspondent Jennifer Rankin explain the EU’s preparedness strategy. And let us know in the comments - is this something you started thinking about? The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/ifhQj5x Website ► https://ift.tt/MtR4bx7 Facebook ► https://ift.tt/QJrTk9o Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/RyLxkr2 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs

The black panther cubs making history

“It’s lineage work, it’s not something that I do because I want to, it’s something that I do because I have to,” says Malkia Cyril, whose mom Janet Cyril was an activist in the Black Panther party. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn We spoke to Cyril, Fred Hampton Jr and Ericka Suzanne who are all children of the Black Panther party in our film ‘The Black Panther Cubs: when the revolution doesn’t come’. Born into the Black Panther movement, we join the ‘cubs’ as they continue to wrestle, 50 years later, with the dichotomy of their extraordinary childhoods: the enormous pride and love it gave them as members of the Black Panther family, and the booming loss they endured – of parents, of security, and of the hope for radical change that did not materialise. Watch the video to hear Cyril’s reflections on America’s current crisis. Follow the link to watch the documentary ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fql4jvVrxPA The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/fKiOh4e Website ► https://ift.tt/KsUub2e Facebook ► https://ift.tt/YDsrSwO Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/tg8Ai0n The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #blackpanther #blackpanthercubs #theblackpanthers #blackpantherparty #blackpanthers #fredhampton #elainebrown #politics #revolution

We need to tackle rampant misogyny in schools

The hit Netflix drama Adolescence has unleashed a wave of panic around teenage boys, sparked a national conversation about how to protect children from misogyny and added to longstanding scrutiny over the influence of toxic online “manfluencers”. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has called for the programme to be shown in schools, while the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said that “the behaviour of boys, their influences, and the young men they become, is a defining issue of our time”. But does the series actually reflect what schools are like at the moment? Matt Pinkett has been a teacher for more than a decade and has spent the last few years travelling around UK schools educating young people about topics from positive masculinity to misogyny. Not only does Adolescence get a lot right, Pinkett says, including that parents and teachers are struggling to grasp what’s going on – but also around how some young boys can get radicalised online; it only takes an average of 23-26 minutes for TikTok and YouTube Shorts to recommend toxic or misogynistic content to young men’s accounts, according to a study from Dublin City University. But beyond this, from what he’s seen in classrooms, Pinkett – who has written books on rethinking masculinity and improving boys’ mental health in schools – says misogyny, especially “casual misogyny”, has gone “mainstream”. And while we should be careful not to demonise young boys, he adds, “something needs to change”. This renewed attention also comes as a new report from Whitehall’s spending watchdog finds that the “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in the UK is getting worse. “Tackling misogyny [in schools] is the start of tackling rape culture. It’s really important,” says Pinkett. Watch to find out more about what could be done to tackle these issues, and follow this link as our podcast team headed to a sixth form in Manchester to speak to five teenagers about what boys really think about the influences shaping their lives ► https://ift.tt/y6eWExJ #misogyny #andrewtate #adolescence #manosphere #masculinity #men

How microplastics could lead to millions of people starving

This is an “alarming scenario” for global food security, researchers are warning as they describe their findings about microplastics hindering plant growth. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier this month, combined more than 3,000 observations of the impact of microplastics on plants, taken from 157 studies. They found that the world’s staple crops – such as wheat, maize and rice – are under threat from pervasive particles. “Humanity has been striving to increase food production to feed an ever-growing population [but] these ongoing efforts are now being jeopardised by plastic pollution,” said the researchers, led by Prof Huan Zhong, at Nanjing University in China. People’s bodies are already widely contaminated by microplastics, consumed through food and water. They have been found in blood, brains, breast milk, placentas and bone marrow. The impact on human health is largely unknown, but they have been linked to strokes and heart attacks. To understand exactly how microplastics are threatening millions of people with starvation, watch this video explainer with our environment editor, Damian Carrington – and here for his deeper reporting ► https://ift.tt/dgYknrc The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/PYNtJZd Website ► https://ift.tt/rjbx7XE Facebook ► https://ift.tt/6hqDpt2 Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/2vbgr1q The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #microplastics #plastic #plasticpollution #nanoplastic #plasticwaste #recycling #photosynthesis #foodshortages #food #foodproduction