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Australian foreign affairs minister says Israel and US should explain 'the legal basis for the attacks' on Iran and won't say if Pine Gap used during strikesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has urged Iran to stop retaliatory attacks on countries across the...
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Bystander describes 'loud crashing sound from the rocks' as light aircraft goes into sea at Lee-on-the-SolentA pilot survived after a light aircraft crashed on to a beach in Hampshire on Saturday.The pilot had exited the aircraft before firefighters arrived and was subsequently assessed by the ambulance service, Hampshire and Isle of Wight fire and...
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The 26-year-old dominates in Manchester, landing the night's biggest prizes as Rosé, Wolf Alice and Mark Ronson also take top honours• Brit awards 2026: the full list of winners• Alexis Petridis: This year's Brit awards found a flicker of chaos – but the winners were never in doubt• 'We're going into a dark place': Brit awards artists...
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Air strikes halt bitter political feuding ahead of elections as prominent Israelis call for a broad open-ended warUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran – what we know so farAir raid sirens emptied Israel's streets on Saturday and filled its bomb shelters, as the country braced for waves of Iranian attacks.But...
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PM says Australians should leave Middle East and Gulf countries 'if it is safe to do so'. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign minister, Penny Wong, says Australia was not told in advance about the bombing of Iran but won't say whether intelligence facilities here were used."We weren't...
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Regime could try to retain control of streets as US and Israel have expressed no intention of mounting ground invasionVenezula's Nicholás Maduro was captured. But Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have chosen a different strategy for Iran: to target and aim to kill the country's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and as many other senior regime...
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Alan Nicolle was already approved for urgent aged care supports, but delays and confusion under a 'Kafkaesque' system made his final days exhausting and painfulFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDying Australians approved for government-funded aged care home support are...
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At least 21 charges have been laid against individuals since October, Australian federal police say, following 951 reports to JuneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNearly three violent or menacing threats against federal politicians are being reported to police daily,...
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Body of Nathan Smith, known professionally as DJ Young Slade, was found in pond north of Atlanta in FebruaryThe son of the rapper Lil Jon drowned after ingesting hallucinogenic mushrooms, officials in the US state of Georgia said.The body of Nathan Smith, known professionally as DJ Young Slade, was found in a pond north of Atlanta in early...
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Makerfield MP had been under pressure concerning thinktank's commissioning of PR firm to investigate reportersThe Labour minister Josh Simons has resigned from the government after the Guardian revealed that he falsely linked reporters to a "pro-Kremlin” network in emails to GCHQ despite having claimed to be "surprised” and "furious” about a...
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Missiles and bombs landed across Iran, hitting political and security targets in Tehran, including supreme leader's residenceUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran – what we know so farThe US and Israel have announced the beginning of an unprecedented joint operation against Iran, beginning with a wide-ranging...
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Lucy Powell calls for party to make more use of Greater Manchester mayor after Gorton and Denton defeatAndy Burnham would have won the Gorton and Denton byelection, Labour's deputy leader said as she called for the party to make more use of the Greater Manchester mayor.Overturning a 13,000 Labour majority from the general election, Hannah Spencer,...
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North Carolina's Michael Phillips revealed that he had a 0.38in member in bid to reduce stigma of the conditionA North Carolina man has challenged anyone on earth to disprove his claim of having the world's smallest penis as he advocates against body shaming and aims to raise awareness about the medical condition known as micropenis.Michael...
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Experts say global measles vaccination rates are falling as Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virusThe US government has amplified anti-vaccine rhetoric and signaled that it does not consider measles to be a priority, which could have global ramifications as countries around the world have lost or are on the brink of losing measles...
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Cygnet Texkimp was approved to export machines to Rydena, but ministers examining deal after Guardian highlighted founders' links to Kremlin military supply chainMinisters are reviewing a decision to allow a British company to export hi-tech equipment to Armenia after the Guardian uncovered links to the Russian military supply chain.Cygnet Texkimp,...
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'Rebranded' terror group seeks to recruit those alienated by Damascus government's western pivotOn the surface, all that remains of Islamic State in the Syrian town of Baghuz are discarded tubs of whitening cream, spent RPG motors and children's backpacks, with an old grenade nestled in the frayed pink nylon.It was here nearly seven years ago that...
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Few clues as to how 10 heavily armed men intercepted on stolen speedboat came together from across Florida or what they hoped to achieve Foot traffic was slow outside the Bay of Pigs Museum on Calle Ocho in Miami's Little Havana neighbourhood. A few tourists in T-shirts and shorts bypassed the gallery dedicated to one of the most fateful days in...
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Second Israeli-US attack during nuclear negotiations may finally jettison any chance of agreementUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran – what we know so farThe attack mounted jointly by Israel and the US on Iran had been planned for months, but the timing, in the midst of negotiations between Iran and the US,...
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Legendary nightclub Le Palace, where Serge Gainsbourg and Prince also performed, to rise againIn the late 1970s, Le Palace in Paris's busy theatre district was one of continental Europe's most famous nightclubs.On the opening night on 1 March 1978, Grace Jones stunned VIP guests with her rendition of Edith Piaf's classic La Vie en Rose. Later,...
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Project Play finds UK taxpayers are funding 'record child fatalities' and 'repeated violence' against children in northern FranceThe deaths of 22 children while trying to cross the Channel in the last two years, along with the mistreatment of thousands of others, were due to "catastrophic failures” of the UK and French governments, according to a...
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Department of foreign affairs warns travellers of risk of reprisal attacks, further escalation and flight cancellations in Middle EastUS-Israel attack on Iran – live updatesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has declared its support for US action against Iran...
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Roger Cook condemned 'dog whistling under the guise of immigration policy' after police lay charges against alleged member of white supremacist groupGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe West Australian premier, Roger Cook, has urged the community to condemn the emergence of "dog whistling” and the "language of...
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US threats to seize Greenland have created 'new international fault lines' that can be used to spread disinformation, Danish intelligence agencies sayDenmark's intelligence services have warned that a foreign power may try to sway the general election on 24 March, saying the main threat was from Russia over support for Ukraine but also citing the...
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Critics claim the operations are geared at social media, but police say they have enabled real arrestsPolice officers from Bangkok's metropolitan bureau had less than 24 hours to prepare for their latest undercover operation. They would be starring as performers of a lion dance at a temple fair held for the lunar new year. Their mission: track down...
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Syaban Shadikillah told to get new driver's licence after being issued one using photo of him with colander on his headGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA "Pastafarian” in rural Queensland has vowed to fight to keep his driver's licence featuring a photo of him wearing a colander on his head, arguing it's a matter of...
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The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is widely regarded as one of the Democratic party's leading contenders for the 2028 presidential election. He has also published a new book, Young Man in a Hurry, reflecting on his childhood and his path to the governor's mansion.This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Newsom about why he believes the...
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Taliban offer to resolve dispute via dialogue after Pakistan bombed cities in Afghanistan in latest escalation with its neighbourWashington endorsed Pakistan's "right to defend itself” after it bombed major cities across Afghanistan amid heightened tensions between the two hostile neighbours.The Taliban government in Kabul stressed it was ready...
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Riot police use teargas to disperse people gathering around wreckage of plane loaded with money from central bankAt least 20 people have died and dozens have been injured after a military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed while landing near Bolivia's capital on Friday, damaging about a dozen vehicles on a highway and scattering bills on the...
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Actor, originally charged on two counts, also accused of shouting homophobic slurs during attacks on 17 February Shia LaBeouf surrendered to New Orleans police after they obtained a new warrant Friday to arrest him again in connection with a case that had already left him facing two counts of battery.The new warrant brought the number of people...
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SA premier Peter Malinauskas warns residents to prepare for heavy falls and possible flash floodsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLate summer rain is causing havoc across Australia, with South Australia on flood watch, Victoria cleaning up after a downpour, and Sydney issuing a shark warning after heavy falls.Almost all of...
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Opposition leader Jess Wilson is under pressure to reveal her position on a deal with Pauline Hanson's party as the state election approachesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile internal divisions have long been the Victorian Liberal party's main obstacle to winning government, a new threat is emerging on its right...
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Musician died after being taken to hospital in Los Angeles, with his family remembering him as a 'true rock and roll legend' and 'inspiration to millions'Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Oh! Carol, Calendar Girl and Bad Blood as well as many hits performed by other artists including Stupid Cupid and Love Will...
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As tensions between two countries reach new highs, US president says regime is 'talking with us'Donald Trump has suggested the US could carry out a "friendly takeover” of Cuba as tensions between Washington and Havana reach a new high after the capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.As he left the White House for a campaigning event in Texas on...
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Tehran's ICBMs cannot currently reach the US, experts say, and White House has claimed its nuclear programme has been destroyedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDonald Trump's likely casus belli for an attack on Iran – which would be the largest US intervention since the Iraq war – is fraught with...
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Investigation under way after vehicle ploughs into buildingA tram derailed and crashed into a building in Milan on Friday, killing two people and injuring 38 others.One of the dead was hit by the tram as it derailed while the second victim was a passenger, the city's mayor, Giuseppe Sala, told reporters at the scene. Continue reading...
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Exclusive: memo came after Mike Huckabee's remarks about Israel sparked alarm inside White HouseSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts direct to your inboxThe US secretary of state Marco Rubio told ambassadors in the Middle East to stop making public comments that could inflame tensions and undermine Donald Trump's pressure...
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Designer's first catwalk for the brand in Milan flirts with bad taste with short, tight dresses and a diamante G-string Demna is fashion's dark lord of apocalyptic streetwear. Gucci is the glossy sex kitten of Milan. Put the two together, and what do you get? Sex appeal that flirts with bad taste.At Demna's first Gucci catwalk show, staged in Milan...
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Military reckoned 'good' Afghan insurgents were separate from 'bad' Pakistani insurgents but distinction has blurredDays after the Taliban swept to power in 2021, Pakistan's then spymaster appeared in Kabul on what looked to many like a victory lap. Sipping tea in the lobby of the Afghan capital's fanciest hotel, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed told reporters:...
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The Green Party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gordon and Denton byelection in a major blow to Keir Starmer. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber, was elected as the party's first MP in northern England, with Labour pushed into third place behind Nigel Farage's Reform UK despite having a 13,000-vote majority.Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's...
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Shares in company increased over 20% as investors were encouraged by CEO's assertion that cuts will drive profitsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFintech company Block announced that it would be laying off 4,000 of its 10,000 employees because of gains in AI productivity."Intelligence tools have changed...
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Foreign minister says 272 Ghanaians are thought to have been drawn into battle since 2022, after he visited KyivAt least 55 Ghanaians have been killed in Russia's war with Ukraine after being "lured into battle”, Ghana's foreign minister has said after a visit to Kyiv in which officials raised the issue of Russian recruitment of African...
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Newly elected Gorton and Denton MP taps into colour meme of the moment with statement waistcoatUK politics live – latest updatesOf course the Green candidate wore green, though the correct term – the 2026 TikTok one – is "gross green”.Coined by New York magazine, and seen all over the high street as well as on the cover of Caro Claire...
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Popped collar worn by Duchess of Sussex and Rama Duwaji is rising in popularity, with sales at John Lewis up 1,000%Shoppers are avidly searching for jackets that cover half your face – so much sales are up 1,000% year on year at John Lewis.The funnel-neck jacket is boxy, generously cut and comes with a permanently popped collar, between 9cm and...
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Second time in two weeks military used laser to attack what it mistakenly thought was a threat, disrupting air trafficSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDemocratic members of Congress have expressed astonishment and anger at what they claim is the incompetence of the Trump administration after the US...
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Exclusive: Home affairs department intervened about the use of non-modified people movers after 500 detention centre staff flagged safety concernsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe American private prison operator running Australia's immigration network used an unsecured and unmodified Kia Carnival to transport a...
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US president accuses Tehran of failing to 'negotiate in good faith' over its nuclear programmeSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts direct to your inboxDonald Trump says he has not made a final decision on whether to launch strikes on Iran but is "not happy” with the situation and military force – including regime...
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Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops following earlier action from IslamabadPakistan has bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital, Kabul, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring that the hostile neighbours were in a state of "open war” as a cycle of retaliatory attacks escalated...
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Three-part docudrama makes notion of going into the sea in the UK terrifying – much as Jaws did for Americans in 1975Since I was a child I've been going to the same beach on the south coast and never given a second thought to its safety. Swimming in the US, you have the occasional panic about sharks. In South Africa I got stung by a jellyfish....
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A shout of 'racist' could also be heard during the segment at France's version of the OscarsA tribute to Brigitte Bardot at the Césars, France's version of the Oscars, on Thursday was greeted with boos. In a video clip posted on social media, boos can clearly be heard among the applause as the tributes, and a shout of "racist!” is also...
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Met arrests man on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after slogans including 'Zionist war criminal' sprayedA 38-year-old man has been arrested after the statue of Winston Churchill outside the Houses of Parliament was defaced with graffiti calling the former prime minister a "Zionist war criminal”.The Metropolitan police said the...
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Decision by Netflix to walk away from takeover leaves workers anxious about possible merger of news networksNetflix's decision to walk away from its $83bn bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has left some staffers working at CBS News and CNN panicking about the future as the two top-tier news operations come under the same roof.With Paramount...
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He gets more streams than Taylor Swift or Bad Bunny, thanks to a shamelessly corny and cannily timeless style. Close collaborators and industry experts explain his secretSixteen years since his sugary debut Just the Way You Are became a megahit, Bruno Mars is the most-streamed musician in the world. Last year, the Hawaiian-born 40-year-old became...
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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...
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Police allege that 20-year-old Jayson Joseph Michaels was going to target mosques, WA police and parliamentGet 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”.Jayson Joseph...
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This live blog is now closedTrade between the EU and two South American countries may start within two months under a provision application of the Mercosur deal."The law allows the provisional application of the deal can happen two months after notification has been exchanged between both sides in the form of a 'note verbale' that the deal will...
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This blog is now closed, you can read our full report hereBoth sides are reporting they have inflicted heavy casualties on each other, but it is difficult to know the true numbers when they are presenting sharply divergent figures.Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar claims 133 Afghan Taliban fighters were killed, with more than 200...
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