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Huge blow to prosecution as judge rules footage is inadmissible in upcoming trialFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA video of two Sydney nurses allegedly making antisemitic comments to an Israeli influencer has been ruled inadmissible as evidence as the pair prepare to...
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Herbicide manufacturer Sygenta had reservations dating back to 1970s but regulator says tighter controls, including phasing out backpack sprayers, can protect workersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe herbicide paraquat, banned in over 70 countries, will remain legal...
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One Nation leader says she isn't suggesting Australia get rid of taxpayer-funded parental leave entitlementsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson says small businesses will "fold” under the cost of providing paid parental leave, as Labor suggested the One...
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Monika Silva Koniuszek died from a blow to the head and strangulation, a postmortem found, despite government claim of suicideCampaigners in Ecuador say a Polish anti-corruption activist who investigated allegations against the family business of the country's rightwing president was murdered to silence her.Monika Silva Koniuszek, 41, was found...
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US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's policies on energy, immigration, and foreign relations, suggesting they contributed to his downfall. Trump specifically pointed to Starmer's approach to North Sea oil and the UK's energy independence. He also mentioned a disagreement over the use of a British...
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In today's newsletter: Correspondents across the UK reveal the challenges that Labour's newest MP will face from day one in the jobGood morning. It seems inevitable that Andy Burnham will become the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade, after Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday morning and, hours later, Burnham's most likely...
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The PM said in May that 'stories beat spreadsheets', but what does the data tell us about his time in office?Keir Starmer is to step down as prime minister after just two years in office.Despite promising an end to Conservative sleaze and scandal, much political bandwidth towards the end of his time in No 10 was taken up by the fallout surrounding...
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Availability of teplizumab on the NHS – which postpones early stages of disease for up to three years – described as an 'incredible moment'The world's first drug to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes is to be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, in the biggest breakthrough in tackling the disease for more than a century.Millions of...
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Temperatures could hit 38-40C in parts of England and Wales, smashing June record set in 1976; red alerts in France after 19 heat deathsTwo children found dead in car in France as heatwave hits EuropeBirds such as swifts, swallows, sparrows and starlings – which make their nests in the eaves of roofs – have been particularly affected by...
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Earnings from mining the fossil fuel set to increase to $6.9bn over financial year, up from $4.8bn, with budget deficit to reach $6.2bnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland's treasurer says he's "not giving up” on halting a ratings downgrade of the state's...
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Channel Nine TV presenter also calls former UK prime minister Keir Starmer a 'wanker' in teaser for interview with RobinsonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Channel Nine TV presenter Karl Stefanovic has posted a video of himself embracing the UK far-right activist...
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Rights campaigners and MEPs say meeting would normalise regime that erases women from public lifeEU officials are facing fierce criticism over plans to host the Taliban in Brussels on Tuesday, with rights campaigners and MEPs warning that the meeting risks normalising a regime that has banned girls from school beyond the sixth grade and sought to...
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Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatures potentially reaching 40C (104F) in some places. Europe is also dealing with a debilitating heatwave, with schools closed, trains cancelled and France even restricting the consumption of alcohol outdoors to take pressure off the emergency services. The high...
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How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox's murder and David Cameron's resignation shaped the UK's futureDavid Cameron, having promised in 2013 that a future Conservative government would offer a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, announces the date of the vote: 23 June 2016. The next day,...
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Exclusive: Charities say they 'cannot continue to absorb the impact of child poverty' without government supportFour hundred thousand children in the UK were supported by baby banks in 2025, an 11% increase from the year before, prompting warnings from charities that they "cannot continue to absorb the impact of child poverty on this scale”...
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Exclusive: Data reveals 60% of 18 to 28-year-olds would vote to rejoin bloc if given the opportunityA generation of young Britons who were locked out of the 2016 EU referendum because of their age now believe that Brexit has failed, with a majority demanding a fresh vote to rejoin the EU, exclusive polling shows.Gen Z Britons show deep...
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The UK has lost its sixth prime minister in a decade. How did Keir Starmer go from landslide victory to resigning in two years?When the former human rights lawyer, full of ambition, won a landslide in the 2024 general election, hope was in the air. Keir Starmer had arrived on a promise to repair 14 years of Conservative damage. Just two years...
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The recent US-Iran nuclear discussions in Switzerland ended with mixed messages regarding inspection agreements. US Vice President Vance asserted that Iran had consented to IAEA inspector access, labeling it as a significant achievement. In contrast, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson refuted any new commitments on nuclear matters, indicating...
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Minor party says it has also negotiated an extension to the inquiry into controversial changes to the NDISFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens will support the Albanese government's negative gearing and capital gains tax changes under a deal that will delay and...
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Written in 1947, Kiyoshi Tanimoto's account of the horrors of the atomic bomb attack will be published in August and is being made into a filmThe memoir of a man who survived the horrors of Hiroshima is to be published for the first time this summer after its discovery in a US archive.The 230-page memoir was written almost 80 years ago by Kiyoshi...
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Share of people who say cultural diversity has been good for the nation plunges from 90% in 2024 to 73% in 2026, Lowy Institute survey findsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia is undergoing a historic decline in support for multiculturalism, according to the Lowy...
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Follow today's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith invitation to war memorial event 'appropriate', says MarlesRichard Marles says it's appropriate that the accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith will attend the official opening for the centrepiece of the revamped Australian War Memorial.It's...
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Washington's National Mall is set to be drained again for repairs after algae and peeling paint appeared just weeks after a $14.7-million US renovation, while U.S President Donald Trump threatened prison time for anyone caught damaging the pool.
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A time-honored Portuguese saying, "Ladrão que rouba ladrão tem cem anos de perdão," translates to, "A thief who robs a thief has a hundred years of pardon." This adage embodies a universal tendency to relish when wrongdoers receive their due, suggesting a form of poetic justice. While it doesn't legally validate such actions, it serves as a...
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Vice President JD Vance, the lead U.S. negotiator, said the two sides had agreed on technical issues and at least one substantive one, international inspection of Iranian nuclear sites, but an Iranian official said his country had made "no new commitments.”
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