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Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missedMost global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world's renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, according to climate analysts.The failure to act means that on current forecasts the world will...
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Latest report delivers bad news on targets including adult imprisonment rates, children in out-of-home care, suicide and childhood developmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWithout changing the approach to Closing the Gap, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people...
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Lidia Thorpe's condolence motion extended its sympathies to the families of the 17 First Nations people who have died in custody this year. Follow today's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers says delay in US sending new ambassador 'not unusual'Moving on to the Today Show, Chalmers is facing more...
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New Zealand and Australia were signatories to a declaration that indicates they could follow suit in the coming monthsThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has announced his country plans to formally recognise Palestine during the UN general assembly in September, after France and 14 other countries co-signed a declaration that pointed towards...
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he won't be cowed by Trump ahead of 50% tariffs set to hit BrazilBrazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he does not fear getting on the wrong side of Donald Trump, as South America's largest economy braces for the introduction of 50% tariffs.Trump announced plans to slap Brazil with tariffs on 1...
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Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll, as 48 people killed seeking aidAid workers have said Israel's new measures – meant to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza – fall far short of what is needed and aid access continues to be blocked amid the...
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Is Labor's VicGrid bill really as alarming as some believe and what does it mean for property owners?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn Wednesday, an unlikely group of protesters gathered on the front steps of Victoria's parliament to oppose a piece of legislation...
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AAA says carmakers overstating improvements in fuel use and environmental performance despite repeated investigationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCar companies continue to sell vehicles in Australia that use much more petrol and emit more toxic fumes than...
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Tech company says it will use machine learning to estimate ages in order to show users in US age-appropriate contentYouTube announced on Tuesday that it will begin to use artificial intelligence to estimate the ages of users in the US, in order to show them age-appropriate content.The rollout of the new feature comes one day after Australia's...
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Aid agencies, governments and UN's food security monitor report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among under-fivesHumanitarian experts and doctors are warning that children, elderly people and those with pre-existing health conditions are most at risk of famine in Gaza.Pro-Israeli activists and Israel's foreign ministry have tried to...
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Move follows protests in Ukrainian cities over bill passed last week that curtailed independence of two bodiesUkraine's parliament will vote on a new law on Thursday that would restore independence to two anti-corruption bodies, backtracking on a law passed last week that curtailed their powers and led to a political crisis.Last week's legal...
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Mexican president said citizens held at controversial Florida immigration jail 'should be repatriated immediately'Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has said that the country is demanding the repatriation of at least 30 of its citizens currently being held in the controversial Florida immigration detention center known as "Alligator...
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Alleged driver in car rampage that killed six and injured 300 people sends at least five survivors appeals for 'forgiveness'The suspect in a deadly car ramming at a packed German Christmas market has written to victims of the rampage in letters sent to their homes with agitated appeals for "forgiveness”, triggering outrage from recipients.A...
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EU entry exit system, involving fingerprinting and facial recognition, being introduced from 12 October for non-EU citizensSpeaking of the EU-US trade deal, German finance minister Lars Klingbeil joined the growing list of national leaders expressing their dissatisfaction with the agreement today, saying he feared it would hit the German economy."I...
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Impact of water surges less than initially feared after quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia's Kamchatka peninsulaTsunami warning – live updatesOne of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuations across much of the Pacific, although many governments later downgraded their warnings after the...
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People in Guam and Japan move to higher ground, while highways in Hawaii busy as residents leave for safe areasTsunami warning live updatesIn the Pacific territory of Guam shortly before lunchtime on Tuesday, Sam Mabini's phone began to ping. A tsunami warning had been issued after an 8.8-magnitude quake struck a remote part of the Russian coast....
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Restaurant Le Violon confirms former Canadian prime minister and singer visited but saw 'no signs of PDA'Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry were seen dining together in Montreal this week.A communications consultant for the restaurant Le Violon confirmed that the former Canadian prime minister and the singer spent about two hours at the fine-dining spot...
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Indian conglomerate's claim about exporting coal and its role for developing nations is 'meaningless sustainability waffle' and amounts to greenwashing, one saysSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton's free Clear Air newsletter hereAn Adani claim that its Australian export program, whereby coal is sent through the Great Barrier...
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Data shows population rose by 700,000 in year to June 2024, with international migration driving growthThe population of England and Wales has grown by the second largest annual increase in more than 75 years, largely due to international migration.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the population grew by 700,000 in the year...
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Father rescued after running into sea in attempt to save boys at Salou in Tarragona, CataloniaTwo British brothers aged 11 and 13 have drowned after getting into difficulties while swimming at Salou, a popular Mediterranean resort in north-eastern Spain.The boys' father, who ran into the sea to rescue them, survived. Continue reading...
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Judge seemed to scrutinize female accuser more harshly than the five hockey players who were charged with sexual assault but ultimately walked freeThe stunning conclusion to a pivotal sexual assault trial has left some observers in Canada shocked but unsurprised – not only by a judge who seemed to scrutinize the female accuser more harshly than...
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Concerns poorer countries could be priced out of negotiations in Belém as room rates soar amid shortageThe UN climate bureau has held an urgent meeting about concerns that sky-high rates for accommodation at this year's Cop30 summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out of the negotiations.Brazil is preparing to host Cop30 this November in...
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Experts say thawing of permafrost due to climate breakdown is causing increase in rock collapses across AlpsHundreds of hikers and tourists were evacuated and dozens of trails closed after a series of rockfalls on the slopes of Cima Falkner in the Brenta Dolomites in the north of Italy, as experts warned of a sharp rise in landslides in the area...
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The prime minister resists demands for more sanctions as clamour grows to follow UK and France in recognising PalestineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has criticised calls for further actions against Israel as "slogans” as he faces intensifying...
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There's no convincing argument for the RBA not to cut interest rates on 12 August as economists say they are acting as a brake on the economyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere is much to like in the latest inflation figures, which dropped to 2.1% in the year to June...
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UK's largest Jewish body adds to pressure on Israel, saying recent move to allow in limited aid was 'long overdue'The UK's largest Jewish organisation has called for a "rapid, uninhibited, and sustained increase in aid through all available channels” in Gaza in a rare implicit criticism of the Israeli government.The Board of Deputies held an...
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Incidents across northern Europe on 26 and 27 July have left scientists trying to understand why so many of the deep-diving whales have appearedA series of strandings of one of the world's deepest dwelling and most rarely seen types of whale in the last few days has left experts baffled over why they might have appeared in such numbers.Beaked...
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This blog is now closedGareth Ward in custody over sex offences as judge agrees NSW MP should be assessed for protection in prisonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal senator says YouTube decision represents a 'broken promise'The Liberal senator Paul Scarr says the decision to reverse YouTube's exemption from the...
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The 43-year old will be sentenced on 19 September after he was convicted last week for serious sex offences involving two young menFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDisgraced New South Wales MP Gareth Ward has been remanded in custody to await sentencing after he was...
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Prosecutors granted restraining order under the confiscation act to stop the triple murderer's Leongatha property being sold or otherwise dealt withGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe property at the centre of a deadly mushroom lunch has been restrained by the court after Erin Patterson was found guilty of triple...
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NSW prosectors' appeal fails as judges say non-custodial sentence for 'error of judgment' is adequateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of 95-year-old Clare Nowland say they are struggling to come to terms with how Kristian White can "walk free” after a...
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In today's newsletter: As Keir Starmer announces caveated plans to recognise the Palestinian state, and UN-backed experts say the 'worst-case scenario' is under way, is opening the borders to allow aid in the only hope?Good morning. Humanitarians are running out of words to describe the horrors taking place in Gaza. The small strip of land has been...
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Police say arrest a 'significant step forward' in investigation into December 2024 fire at Adass Israel SynagogueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA young man has been arrested, accused of playing a direct role in the "politically motivated” arson attack on a...
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Former tennis star's lawyer alleges Herald Sun articles are defamatory and constitute a serious invasion of Brittany Groth's privacy under new tort lawsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian Liberal party deputy leader and former Australian tennis star, Sam Groth,...
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Cambodia has previously denied breaking the truce, which came into effect on Tuesday after five days of violent clashesThailand has accused Cambodia of a "flagrant violation” of a truce to end cross-border fighting, claiming Cambodian troops launched an overnight attack on the frontier.The neighbours agreed a ceasefire starting Tuesday after five...
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The Taiwanese government insists Lai Ching-te's visit was delayed due to domestic issues, including natural disasters and tariff negotiationsTaiwan's President Lai Ching-te will delay an expected trip to his country's remaining allies in Latin America, amid conflicting accounts of the reason for the postponement.Lai was expected to travel to the...
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University to bend to administration demands but says it currently won't share records of staff in student-only rolesHarvard University said on Tuesday that it will comply with the demands of Donald Trump's administration to turn over employment forms for thousands of university staff, but for the time being was not sharing records for those...
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Smalls was 'choked and kicked' after aid ship trying to reach Gaza was intercepted On Saturday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted and boarded the Handala, an aid ship that attempted to reach Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots international collective that has worked to end...
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Low-pressure system could bring 'impactful' weather to the Hunter, Sydney and Illawarra, beginning on Friday night, the BoM saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLarge parts of coastal New South Wales are braced for a weekend of wild weather similar to the coastal low...
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Reintroduction of spit hoods in youth detention centres defended by territory government, almost 10 years after they were bannedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA controversial plan to reinstate spit hoods in the Northern Territory's youth detention centres has come...
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Trump will need to approve pause, say US representatives after negotiations end with sides failing to break deadlock on trade termsUS and Chinese negotiators have agreed in principle to push back the deadline for escalating tariffs, although America's representatives said any extension would need Donald Trump's approval.Officials from both sides...
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Music mogul to be sentenced in October on prostitution-linked offenses after acquittal on more serious chargesThe music mogul Sean "Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to free him on a $50m bond while he awaits sentencing in October after a jury found him not guilty of the most serious federal charges he faced earlier this month.In a court filing on...
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Just 40% of respondents think Australia has a good relationship with the US, down from 65% in November 2023 when Joe Biden was presidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe majority of Australians believe the defence force will never receive the Aukus submarines, as...
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'It is critical that specialist family violence services make contact and offer support to people who use violence in a timely manner,' coroner saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFamily violence services are regularly failing to contact offenders who have been...
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Results found four in 10 students performed below expectations in grammar and punctuation, indicating they struggled to recognise verbs and pronouns in sentencesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne in three students have failed to meet Naplan benchmarks, this year's...
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Director 'heartbroken' after 2013 film about doomed romance between Hindu man and Muslim woman altered without his knowledgeAn Indian film company is rereleasing a 2013 romantic drama with an alternative artificial intelligence ending without the involvement of its director, in what could be the first instance of its kind in global...
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Horizon Europe is among the most prestigious science research programmes in the worldThe European Commission has proposed partly suspending Israel from its flagship £80bn Horizon science research programme over the "severe” humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where food security experts say famine is now under way.It comes amid worldwide condemnation...
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Organisers of local film festival warn production of The Odyssey in Dakhla could normalise repression by MoroccoThe organisers of the Western Sahara international film festival (FiSahara) have criticised Christopher Nolan for shooting part of his adaptation of the Odyssey in a Western Saharan city that has been under Moroccan occupation for 50...
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Israeli soldiers raid mourning tent after death of Awdah Hathaleen, who helped make Oscar-winning No Other LandAwdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and journalist who helped make the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been killed during an attack by Israeli settlers in the south Hebron hills, prompting a wave of condemnation of what...
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The PM is to lead recognition of a Palestinian state – a good day for him, the UK and the starving people of GazaWhat a difference a week makes. Last Tuesday, Keir Starmer batted away all invitations to recognise the state of Palestine. It wasn't happening. Keir was committed to being appalled by the situation in Gaza but not appalled enough to...
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Missile attack on prison in frontline region of Zaporizhzhia kills 16 as Kyiv hopes for US action against MoscowRussia launched one of its deadliest night assaults on Ukraine for months in the early hours of Tuesday, the day after Donald Trump said he was setting a new deadline of "10 or 12 days” for Russia to make progress towards ending the war...
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IPC says 'worst-case scenario of famine' is playing out as it calls for urgent ceasefire to alleviate 'widespread starvation'Gaza has passed two grim landmarks on a single day, as UN-backed hunger experts warned a "worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding in the territory and called for "immediate action” shortly before health officials...
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António Guterres says trickle of aid into Gaza must become an ocean as UN-backed experts say famine is underway. This live blog is closedThe UN's World Food Programme has warned that the disaster unfolding in Gaza is reminiscent of last century's famines seen in Ethiopia and Biafra in Nigeria.WFP emergency director Ross Smith told reporters in...
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Longstanding ties between US conservatives and Israel face strain as war's toll and internal rifts reshape the rightAs the Israel-Gaza war nears its two-year mark, and as images of starving people and utter devastation flood social media, cracks seem to be emerging in the American right's typically iron-clad support for Israel.The US continues to...
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At least 85 people injured in overnight attacks after Trump said he will shorten the deadline for reaching an agreement on a ceasefire to '10-12 days'. This live blog is closedHere is the latest on the overnight attacks from our corrrespondent, Shaun Walker in Kyiv.Russian airstrikes on Ukraine killed 22 people overnight, said the president,...
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Thirty-one high-profile Israelis accuse Tel Aviv of 'brutal campaign' and demand permanent ceasefire in letterA group of high-profile Israeli public figures, including academics, artists and public intellectuals, has called for "crippling sanctions” to be imposed by the international community on Israel, amid mounting horror over its starvation...
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Man said chants began when a cashier shouted 'Free Palestine' after noticing he and his son were wearing kippahs A Jewish father and his six-year-old son were targeted by a mob on Sunday chanting "Free Palestine” and "murderers” at a service station near Milan, with the man eventually pushed to the floor and repeatedly kicked, in the latest of...
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Military said earlier Cambodia had attacked Thai territory and that it had responded to 'maintain national sovereignty'A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appears to be holding, despite initial claims by Bangkok of "continuous and indiscriminate attacks” on its territory.Thailand and Cambodia reached an agreement in Malaysia on Monday to...
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Authorities relocated 80,000 residents from China's capital after registering rainfall of up to 543mm in some districtsMore than 30 people have been killed by heavy rain and flooding in Beijing and a neighbouring region, state media have reported, as tens of thousands more were evacuated from China's capital.State broadcaster CCTV said that as of...
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Delia Ramirez calls for investigation into federal funds paid to El Salvador to detain migrants at secretive Cecot siteCongresswoman Delia Ramirez is "urgently” requesting a congressional hearing regarding the use of federal funds to pay El Salvador to detain immigrants inside a secretive terrorism prison, according to a letter she sent to the US...
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Labor minister likens Longman MP Terry Young's parliament speech to infamous comments from Tony AbbottListen to our Australian Politics podcast: Resetting the Liberals: Zoe McKenzie on reform, climate and winning back womenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal National party MP Terry Young has rubbished a push for...
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Sydney-based group say weekend demonstration 'must go ahead' despite police knocking back application Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOrganisers of a pro-Palestine protest have vowed to fight the New South Wales police in court after police decided to not facilitate a...
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