Ed Gargan

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Seán Clarke |Ed Gargan |Ashley Kirk |Antonio Voce

The first results are expected after midnight. Polling has taken place in councils across England, and there have been six mayoral elections. Voters also went to the polls in a parliamentary byelection in Runcorn and Helsby. On 1 May many county councils in England are up for election. In areas with two tiers of local government, the county councils are the upper tier, with responsibility for big-budget areas such as education and social care. Some unitary authorities are also up for election.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Ed Gargan |Ashley Kirk |Prina Shah |Karen McVeigh

Deep-sea mining has been proposed as a source of critical metals and minerals for decades, but mining companies now say the technology is almost ready to make this a reality. Mining has not begun yet but 2025 is set to be a crucial year. The International Seabed Authority (ISA), the regulator, has a new leader promising an era of openness, with meetings planned in March and July to discuss the next steps.

Jan 17, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ed Gargan

Donald Trump will come in to power with a “trifecta” of governmental control after his Republican party won the House of Representatives, the Senate and the presidency in the 2024 US election. Control of both chambers of Congress is not uncommon for US presidents. Trump achieved a trifecta in his first term, as did Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. But Trump has an unusual edge over his predecessors: six of the nine members of the US supreme court are appointees of Republican presidents.

Jan 13, 2025 | theguardian.com | Ed Gargan

Donald Trump will come in to power with a “trifecta” of governmental control after his Republican party won the House of Representatives, the Senate and the presidency in the 2024 US election. Control of both chambers of Congress is not uncommon for US presidents. Trump achieved a trifecta in his first term, as did Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. But Trump has an unusual edge over his predecessors: six of the nine members of the US supreme court are appointees of Republican presidents.

Dec 4, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ed Gargan |Pablo Gutiérrez |Prina Shah

Ukraine lost an area equivalent to the size of New York City to Russian forces in November – the worst monthly figure for Ukrainian defenders since September 2022. After the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia gained ground quickly before being pushed back in a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Last year, with the conflict mostly at a stalemate, Institute for the Study of War (ISW) data shows that Russian forces took 2,233 sq km (862 sq miles) of territory.