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Letter from House Democrats to secretary of state calls for end to ambiguity over Israel's nuclear weapons programsHouse Democrats have asked the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, to publicly announce that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, arguing that Washington must end decades of ambiguity over the issue amid the conflict with Iran.In a letter...
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San Diego Humane Society finds more than 400 animals at Julian facility, with malnutrition and injuries amid bankruptcy disputeAuthorities in California have rescued more than 400 animals, including horses, cats, dogs and goats, from a now shuttered sanctuary in San Diego county.The San Diego Humane Society conducted the massive operation last week...
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Plan promotes 'deprescribing' as psychiatrists warn crisis stems from lack of access to care, not overuseThe federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant use in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced this week.Antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, have long been a target for...
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Rajiv Menon KC accused of defying judge's orders to not inform jury of right to acquit on basis of conscienceA leading human rights barrister is facing contempt of court proceedings after he was accused of defying a judge's orders during a trial of Palestine Action activists.Rajiv Menon KC is accused of breaching the judge's directions while giving...
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Ryan Kelly, 41, had 'explosive device', say police, who are treating death of woman, Jo Shaw, 35, as homicideA man forced his way into a house in Bristol with an "explosive device” a few minutes before a blast that killed his ex-partner and himself.Police said they were treating the death of the woman, whom they believe to be 35-year-old Jo Shaw,...
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Tom Watson, who had role in attempted coup against Tony Blair in 2006, said move would go down extremely badly with votersLabour MPs have been urged to stop plotting to remove Keir Starmer by Tom Watson, who as a junior minister spearheaded the last attempted coup against a Labour prime minister, faced by Tony Blair in 2006.Watson's warning came as...
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Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlersThe Israeli army chief in the West Bank has said his troops were "killing like we haven't killed since 1967”, including fatally shooting Palestinian stone-throwers, according to an Israeli report of his comments.The remarks by...
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From economic woes to concerns that war could break out again at any moment, underlying worries run deepIn the weeks since the fragile ceasefire with the US and Israel took hold, life in Tehran has – on the surface at least – largely returned to something like pre-war normality. Many security checkpoints have been taken down, coffee shops are...
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Jonathan Pollard, who served 30 years for selling US military secrets, advocates 'forcible removal' of PalestiniansJonathan Pollard, a former US navy intelligence analyst jailed for 30 years for spying for Israel, has said he will stand for election to the Knesset this year on a platform of ethnic cleansing.Speaking to Channel 13 television,...
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Inquiry set up by rightwing politician recommends merging major channels and slashing TV entertainment budgets by 75%French politicians on the left and centre have criticised a parliament inquiry report that recommends sweeping cuts to public broadcasting, with a row over culture wars building before next year's presidential election.State...
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Marine experts criticise €1.5m privately funded operation as humpback's fate remains unknown after release into BalticMarine biologists and whale experts have stepped up their criticism of a privately funded operation to release a humpback whale that was stranded for weeks off Germany's Baltic coast after it emerged that a tracker fitted to the...
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French publication Le Monde says Laure Ferrari 'dodged' question when quizzed over property purchase in ClactonNigel Farage's partner, Laure Ferrari, has refused to confirm how she paid for a house in the Reform leader and MP's constituency of Clacton, adding "there's more than one way to pay for a house”.In an interview with French publication...
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Russian pavilion to stay closed as outcry over Israel's inclusion also grows – but nesting seagull provides some light reliefThe 61st Venice Biennale vernissage began on Tuesday under grey clouds and rain showers, as political tension, parties and protest dominated proceedings at one of the art world's biggest events.Lubaina Himid, the British...
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Authorities investigate leak of 2.9 million voters' details, adding to turmoil around independence pushAlberta separatists have delivered more than 300,000 signatures to elections officials in western Canada, in support of their attempt to force an independence referendum in Canada's oil-rich province.But the effort stumbled immediately as a...
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Zia Yusuf's mad idea of building detention centres for illegal immigrants exclusively in areas that vote Green works a treatIt's a classic from the Donald Trump playbook: everything's been going a bit tits up, so you create a distraction. Get everyone looking in the wrong direction. Last week was the worst in months for Reform. First the party was...
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Ilie Bolojan's PNL loses confidence vote after less than a year amid austerity drive and far-right surgeRomania's pro-European government has collapsed after losing a confidence vote, unleashing renewed political turmoil less than a year after the ruling coalition was sworn in and with the far right surging in the polls."This censure motion is...
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Louise Arbour will serve as Canada's representative of King Charles and carry out ceremonial and constitutional dutiesCanada's prime minister, Mark Carney, has appointed a former supreme court justice and war crimes prosecutor as the country's new governor general, saying her appointment would reflect the importance of global institutions.Louise...
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Two-month-old Elmer, painstakingly saved by canola oil baths, finds home with volunteer Leah Owens, 72A two-month-old kitten whose life was saved when he was rescued from a bucket of glue has bonded with the foster parent who helped him to recover – and is sticking with her permanently.Staff at the Humane Society of North Texas say they were...
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Property prices are still rising at the entry level and as borrowing costs increase, the home ownership dream is even further out of reach The third Reserve Bank rate hike in a row has delivered a blow not only to mortgaged homeowners, but also to those hoping to break into the property market like Dani Hunterford and her husband.They have been...
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Company pushes for lower excise and claims threats warrant secrecy, while critics say it has 'no interest in public health or safety'Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTobacco giant Philip Morris told a secret Senate hearing that soaring trade in illegal cigarettes would wipe out legal products in Australia as soon as 2030,...
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Chris Minns' chief of staff launched legal action to avoid giving evidence. Since the court ruled in his favour, others are doing the sameFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWitnesses are refusing to appear before New South Wales parliamentary inquiries due to a recent...
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A federal judge also warned White House to tread carefully as it moves ahead with plans to revamp DC golf courseA federal judge weighed into a dispute over Donald Trump's controversial plans to revamp a historic Washington DC golf course on Monday, warning the president's administration to tread carefully as it also dumped "toxic” rubble from the...
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Veteran host says format may not last as The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ends its 33-year run amid controversyAhead of the final episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on CBS, former network late-night host David Letterman said that he would be "surprised” if other shows in that format last too much longer.Letterman, 79, made the remark...
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Activists found guilty over break-in at Israeli defence firm's UK site after jury deliberated for more than 14 hoursFour out of six Palestine Action activists who stood trial over a break-in at an Israeli defence firm's UK site have been convicted of criminal damage.Charlotte Head, 29; Samuel Corner, 23; Leona Kamio, 30; and Fatema Rajwani, 21,...
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Nominations also include recognitions for actors including Nathan Lane and Luke Evans while stars such as Lea Michele and Ayo Edebiri were snubbedThe Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! lead this year's Tony nominations with 12 nods each.The original musicals, based on the 80s vampire movie and cancelled Apple TV comedy respectively, will face off against...
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Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers breakout, will play legendary chef in a 70s-set drama from BlackBerry's directorThe first trailer for the Anthony Bourdain biopic, Tony, has been released giving us a sweary look at the late food icon's younger years.Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers breakout, plays 19-year-old Bourdain as he gets his first job in a kitchen...
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Kremlin tightens security ahead of Russia's biggest national celebration on 9 May amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikesRussia shut down airports and temporarily cut mobile internet access for many users in Moscow on Tuesday, as it tightened security ahead of the 9 May Victory Day parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany.The parade – Russia's...
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US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio's visit to VaticanMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of "endangering a lot of Catholics” because "he thinks it's fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.The remarks...
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French president pitches in for Nikol Pashinyan, who faces stiff challenge from pro-Russia parties in vote next monthEurope live – latest updatesEmmanuel Macron has made an unabashed pre-election pitch on behalf of Armenia's prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, saying the country's destiny lies with Europe.The French president also accused Russia of...
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Ministers take action after survey shows almost half of students had gone without food for financial reasonsFrench universities have begun offering €1 (86p) meals to all students regardless of income in a measure designed to address financial hardship.Student unions have been pushing to extend the €1 rate – down from the usual €3.30 – for...
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Originally envisioned to run 1,700km from Melbourne to a port near Brisbane, the mega infrastructure project will now only connect Beveridge in Victoria to Parkes in NSWGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government will drastically scale back the beleaguered inland rail project, abandoning plans to connect...
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Kyiv berates Moscow's request for ceasefire while launching 'missile and drone strikes every single day leading up to it'Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the Kremlin of "utter cynicism” for seeking a truce so it can stage a military parade in Moscow as 23 people were killed in attacks on Ukraine.At least 12 people were killed on Tuesday in a...
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Lawmakers consider plan to break up state's lone Democratic-held district, in majority-black Memphis area, after supreme court ruling that gutted Voting Rights ActSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has issued a fresh verbal attack against Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of "endangering a lot of Catholics” because "he thinks...
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In sobering comments, the RBA governor forecasts economic malaise due to the global fuel shock. Not recession but higher prices, lower growth and wages that don't keep pace with inflationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs far as rallying cries go, Michele Bullock's "we are poorer, and there is no way out of that” leaves...
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Minor damage to gates is believed to have been caused by fire that CCTV shows was started deliberately, Met saysCounter-terrorism police are investigating whether a fire at a former synagogue in east London is part of an arson campaign linked to Iran.Police said the latest fire broke out at the building on Nelson Street, in Tower Hamlets. Continue...
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WhatsApp group has bought tens of thousands of meals for people via Facebook pageCarl used to own pubs – several of them – and a string of hotels. Then two years ago, rising costs forced him into bankruptcy. Now he sleeps on the beach in summer, and in winter sits in an all-night McDonald's nursing a single cup of coffee.Carl's daughters are in...
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Broadcaster's lawyers say NSW police should reveal which officers accessed or downloaded material from Jones's phoneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice stand accused of engaging in impropriety when raiding the home of former shock jock Alan Jones during a sexual assault investigation.Officers searched the 85-year-old's...
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Other fireworks manufacturers in Liuyang, in central Hunan province, ordered to halt production after deadly blastAn explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 26 people and injured 61, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site.The blast occurred in the city of Changsha, in Hunan...
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Lewis, 47, did not appear at first hearing since being charged over death of girl, 5, who was allegedly abducted from an Alice Springs town campWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedJefferson Lewis, the man accused of murdering five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby near a town camp on the outskirts of Alice...
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US president dismisses Tehran's military capability during Oval Office address after Hegseth's earlier comments that the ceasefire 'is not over'Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is travelling to Beijing later today for talks with his Chinese counterpart "on bilateral relations and regional and international developments”, his ministry said...
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In today's newsletter: With the use of facial recognition skyrocketing, there are calls for the rapid development of safeguardsGood morning. Over the last couple of days, the Guardian has been reporting that facial recognition technology is being rolled out across the UK at a pace that appears to be outstripping the rules designed to govern it....
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Quintessentially almost quadrupled staff in Middle East and Asia less than year before wealthy began to flee GulfThe embattled luxury concierge service co-founded by Queen Camilla's nephew Ben Elliot embarked on what appeared to be an inopportune hiring spree in the Middle East and Asia before wealthy individuals began fleeing the region because of...
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Prosecutors drop two other charges against Jasper Jones author, 43, including allegations he produced child exploitation materialAward‑winning author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material, while a charge that he produced such material has been dropped.Silvey, 43, was first charged in January...
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Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreementFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia looks close to signing a landmark security and economic agreement with Fiji as part of the Albanese government's efforts to...
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Reserve Bank of Australia raises cash rate for third consecutive meeting as governor says increases 'are not going to do anything for inflation' in next six monthsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUse our loan calculator to see how rate hikes could affect youThe Reserve...
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Nir Golan was told that there was not much police could do and the case would get thrown outGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police encouraged a Jewish man to abandon a case against a man who made antisemitic slurs, death threats, and performed Nazi salutes at him in public because the investigation would...
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Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellationAn acclaimed Canadian fiddle player has launched a $1.5m civil lawsuit against Google, alleging that the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary of his life and career.Ashley...
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Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to 'torch' the company's reputationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong-based crypto...
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Settlement details were not revealed in the agreement that put an end to a highly anticipated trial before it beganSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled their legal dispute from the acrimonious production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us, just weeks before a highly anticipated scheduled...
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Exclusive: 'Fish sludge' in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report findsNorwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found.Norway is the...
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'Hero' rescuers aged 78 and 62 confirmed dead, while four others made it to shore after yacht broke up Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine volunteers who died while attempting a dangerous rescue mission have been remembered for their courage and heroism.The men...
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US launched an operation on Monday in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale warSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be "blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz.The US launched an operation on...
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This year's winners also include Jill Lepore's book on the constitution and Brian Goldstone's on housing insecuritySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Pulitzer prize officials awarded the fiction award to an author with a long history in fantasy, horror and young adult novels: Daniel Kraus, cited for Angel Down, a first world war...
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This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers who went to help others are among those who have died in a tragic yacht accident on Monday night.As we reported below, three people died as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales. Continue...
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The 80-year-old singer will not be performing rescheduled dates in September but assured fans she is receiving treatment and 'improving every day'Dolly Parton has canceled her Las Vegas residency over ongoing health issues.The 80-year-old singer had originally been scheduled to perform six shows at Caesar's Palace last December but moved the dates...
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Costume Art pairs couture pieces with items from its collection in exploration of many kinds of human bodiesSpeaking at the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute spring exhibition in New York, Anna Wintour described the first Monday in May as her "favourite day of the year, and also my most terrifying one”.This particular...
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Labor's 2026-27 budget shows $727m operating surplus for this financial year as debt forecast to soar by decade's endWinners and losers: Victoria's 2026 budget cuts transport costs and helps parents - but will future generations suffer?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news...
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Pop star did not appear in court after being arrested in March for allegedly driving erraticallyBritney Spears pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of reckless driving in the driving under the influence case against her, sparing the 44-year-old from any jail time.The pop star, who was initially charged with driving while under the combined...
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Result in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country's political landscapeNarendra Modi's party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.It is the first time that the Indian prime...
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After banging his battle drum, Trump is back in Nobel peace prize mode. But the move has dramatically raised the stakes"Project Freedom” has all the trappings of a classic episode of the Trump Show, the reality series that the rest of the world does not just have to watch, but live through and survive. It has a dramatic plot twist, it is bathed...
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Alice Chapman and Zak Khan say they were beaten, kicked and spat on after detention near Crete last weekTwo British activists have said they were admitted to hospital after being beaten by Israeli forces who intercepted their Gaza aid flotilla last week.Alice Chapman and Zak Khan were among 180 members of the Global Sumud flotilla detained by the...
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High winds have hit the South Aegean and heavy rain has fallen in Turkey, but Central Europe has felt summer heatGreece and Turkey have found themselves in the grip of a late-season cold spell this weekend. Conditions will persist over the next few days as an area of low pressure situated over Turkey is pulling in colder, moisture-laden air from...
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A suspect has been apprehended, but detectives say little is known about their motivation at this stageAt least two people have been killed and several injured after a driver in an SUV ploughed into a crowd in the centre of Leipzig in eastern Germany, the city's mayor has said."The police have apprehended the suspected assailant,” Burkhard Jung...
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The PM is clearly not prepared to risk backlash from Asian energy trading partners during a fuel crisis – but his government will face domestic challenges if it does not move eventuallyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo separate events on Monday – one in...
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Job-ready graduates program will also leave almost two-thirds of humanities and creative arts students with debts exceeding $50,000Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne in four humanities students will take more than 25 years to fully repay their student loans because of...
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Owner-occupier mortgage growth slowed under growing costs while investor loans grew by $42bn in the year to March, a 9.6% increaseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProperty investor borrowing rose at its fastest rate in a decade in March, according to the Reserve Bank,...
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Heidi Alexander says part of answer to strait of Hormuz crisis is importing more fuel from US and west AfricaA refinery in Nigeria accused of dismissing workers for joining a union has emerged as key to the UK government's hopes of saving the summer holiday amid a jet fuel shortage.Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, said at the weekend that...
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Austrian foreign minister says Russian diplomatic mission in Vienna was being used for illicit collection of dataAustria has expelled three Russian embassy staff on suspicion of spying after determining that a "forest of antennae” on the diplomatic mission in Vienna, Europe's espionage capital since the cold war, was being be used for illicit...
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US secretary of state's two-day visit reportedly intended to thaw Washington's frosty relations with Vatican and ItalyThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will meet Pope Leo on Thursday, weeks after Donald Trump's unprecedented broadside against the pontiff.Rubio will meet the first US-born pope privately in the Vatican's apostolic palace at...
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Chris Minns says technology has been 'weaponised against women, and our laws have not kept pace'Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter their marriage of 25 years deteriorated and his wife expressed a desire to leave, a man in regional New South Wales bought a GPS tracking device from an auto parts retailer.He used it to...
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Prime minister uses European Political Community summit to begin negotiations for UK participation in schemeKeir Starmer has said the benefit of joining the European Union's £78bn loan scheme for Ukraine "outweighs the cost” as he argued the continent must move at pace to bolster its own defence.The prime minister, who said the UK's involvement...
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Bamber, 65, has long used press interviews to campaign against convictions for murder of five family membersJeremy Bamber, who has served more than 40 years in prison for murdering five members of his family, has been banned from communicating with the media.Bamber was convicted in 1986 by a 10-2 majority of shooting his adoptive mother and father,...
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Hangings are latest in wave of near-daily killings as authorities seek to instil fear amid war with US and IsraelMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran has executed three men charged in connection with political protests this January, authorities have said, the latest in a wave of hangings against the backdrop of the war against the US and...
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Meeting of European Political Community comes amid renewed doubts about the US commitment to Nato Europe will not submit to a more "brutal world”, and can instead be the base from which a new international order can be rebuilt, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, has said.Carney was speaking as the first non-European leader to attend a...
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The radical left leader will seek presidency for the fourth time – despite previously vowing to stand aside Jean-Luc Mélenchon, France's radical left leader, has confirmed he will run again for president next spring, saying it was urgent for the country to stand up against war being waged by the US and Israel in the Middle East.The 74-year-old...
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As the cost of the scheme blows out, the government has announced the full discount will be retained for another year, after which it will only apply to EVs costing less than $75,000Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor has opted to retain its electric vehicle discount in full for another year, as Australians rush to buy...
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WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who diedWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of...
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Sarah Sackman says response to rising antisemitic violence in UK has been 'muted' after stabbings in her constituencyThere has been a "lack of vocal solidarity” from parts of the liberal left in the face of rising antisemitism against the Jewish community, the Labour MP for Golders Green has said.Sarah Sackman said the response to antisemitic...
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Authority says workers and councillors 'threatened for explaining the council's position' as union jack and St George's flags taken downResidents, council staff and councillors have been subject to rising "abuse, harassment and intimidation” directly linked to the removal of unauthorised flags, a local authority has said.Shropshire council said...
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This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailThe supreme court issued a temporary order to restore access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail on Monday.This comes after two companies who manufacture mifepristone the drug filed an emergency appeal to the court on Saturday asking it to halt a court decision that would...
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US operation announced as 'Project Freedom' dramatically raises stakes in conflictThe US has launched Donald Trump's operation to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, in a move that brought the region back to the brink of full-scale war as Iran sought to reassert its blockade.The US...
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Louisiana's cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors sayThe process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a "point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has...
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