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In today's newsletter: Former Reasons to Be Cheerful guests on the challenges facing the presumptive next occupant of No 11 Downing StreetGood morning. Does anybody else remember Reasons to Be Cheerful? The podcast was hosted by radio presenter Geoff Lloyd and Ed Miliband, during what has been unkindly described as his wilderness years, after he...
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Andrew Charlton says artificial intelligence 'cheating, deceiving, going their own way' – and time to get ahead of it is in testing labFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastArtificial intelligence models are already "cheating, deceiving and going their own way”,...
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Rise in share price adds nearly $1bn to tech giant's market value while White continues on as a board director and chief innovation officerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRichard White has resigned as executive chair of WiseTech, the Australian tech company he co-founded, denying allegations he exploited a worker's...
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Hannes Marschalek, who allegedly exposed his penis to four other women in Cambridgeshire, tried via US court martialA US airman who allegedly exposed himself to a 16-year-old girl and four young women in England was able to avoid the British justice system after the US military was permitted to take control of the case, the Guardian can...
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Exclusive: Record temperatures fuelled by climate crisis left 86% of homes 'too hot' and many people feeling unwellWith parts of England once again in the grip of a heatwave, an opinion poll shows the one at the end of June led to "mass sleep deprivation”, with two in three people struggling to sleep during the sweltering nights.Almost half of...
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Treasury select committee also says ministers have moral obligation to reverse last year's repayment threshold freezeSlideshows that compared student loan repayments with the cost of a mobile phone contract, and YouTube videos that did not mention the fact that loan terms could change amounted to mis-selling by the government, MPs have said.The...
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Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as 'gamechanger' for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosisTwo tests that can dramatically speed up diagnosis of endometriosis are to be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, in a move hailed as a "gamechanger” for millions of women.One in 10 women of reproductive age are affected by...
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Thousands of women are killed in dowry disputes each year, despite the practice being banned in 1961Dowry deaths in India no longer provoke the public anger they once did, despite thousands of women's lives still being lost every year, according to new research.The killings – women who are murdered or driven to suicide following dowry disputes...
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Leader of France's far-right National Rally and a contender for the presidency set to hear appeal decision on TuesdayMarine Le Pen, France's far-right figurehead and a leading contender for its presidency, will learn on Tuesday whether she can run in next year's election when a Paris appeals court rules on her attempt to overturn a ban on holding...
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Wars in Iran and Ukraine have expended stockpiles of sought-after missiles, leaving gap in military resourcesThere are growing concerns in Europe that the US defence industrial base is no longer providing the weapons pledged to Nato allies with US stockpiles depleted owing to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, leaving allies to consider new avenues...
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Meeting of 32 member states comes at crucial time for alliance after tensions with US over Iran and GreenlandNato leaders will gather in Ankara on Tuesday after a turbulent six months. And as the US continues to pressure its allies to increase defence spending, the other 31 members of the alliance will be hoping to mollify an unpredictable Donald...
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Mernda school community in mourning after Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, dies in hospital Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne teacher who died after a horror head clash during an Australian football game has been remembered for the ways he touched the lives of his...
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Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries rushed to hospital after fighting between prisoners from two drug gangsClashes at a Sri Lankan jail have killed 26 people, including seven guards, and wounded more than 100 in the country's deadliest prison riot in years, officials said.Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries were rushed to Negombo hospital,...
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Solomon Islands prime minister says he doesn't want to see more countries testing ICBMs in Pacific, adding 'be our friend but don't threaten us' Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has said China's weapons test in the Pacific risks fuelling dangerous nuclear proliferation, with the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired on Monday...
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Man on bridge allegedly refused to come down after allegedly posting tax complaint on social mediaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe man allegedly behind the notorious Pam the Bird graffiti has been arrested after he allegedly climbed and vandalised a major bridge,...
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Outgoing PM will stress British commitment to defence spending at meeting in Ankara to counter Trump rebukesKeir Starmer will seek to work with European allies to shore up support for Nato at its summit in Ankara on Tuesday amid concerns that Donald Trump could further destabilise the military alliance with threats over defence spending.Downing...
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Updated document also commits party to cracking down on inducements for online gambling, putting pressure on Albanese government to toughen reformsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor will water down its opposition to mandatory jail sentences but has abandoned an...
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Follow today's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRichard Marles said he doubted China tested the long-range weapon yesterday in response to Anthony Albanese being in the Pacific to sign a new defence alliance with Fiji but said Australia remained deeply concerned by the development. He told ABC News:At the end of...
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British-born vocalist competed on The X-Factor before joining the girl groups Paradiso Girls and G.R.L.Lauren Bennett, member of the girl group G.R.L. and featured artist on LMFAO's global smash hit Party Rock Anthem, has died at the age of 37."It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Lauren,” the group wrote on their...
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Bees respond to tasty treats or plain water based on context, a study that may provide support for establishing insect sentience showsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen bumblebees taste something good, they reach out their glossa – or insect tongue – for a while afterwards, almost as if they are licking their lips....
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Nigel Farage urged to clarify 'dependence' on Cottrell, who also joined Reform leader in Abu Dhabi in December Nigel Farage has been accompanied by his friend George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster, to numerous Reform events and fundraisers and on a trip to Abu Dhabi, raising questions about the claim that he has no official role in the...
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Tropical storm causes extreme flooding in south of the country with heavy rainfall expected in coming daysA tropical storm has killed two people, caused dam breaches and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China.Typhoon Maysak killed two people in Nanning, in China's southern Guangxi province. Maysak, which lashed Vietnam and China's...
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Impoverished island was already struggling to keep the lights on before the US imposed a blockade in JanuaryCuba on Monday suffered its third nationwide power outage since the start of the year, the state electricity company said.The impoverished island was already struggling to keep the lights on before the US president, Donald Trump, imposed an...
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The Nigerian-American writer says she 'will not watch' Gina Prince-Bythewood's adaptation of her fantasy bestsellerTomi Adeyemi, the author of the popular YA fantasy Children of Blood and Bone, has distanced herself from the forthcoming film adaptation of her book."There is a reason I will not post anything about the adaptation of my work,” the...
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PM stepped in over proposal to shift World Cup match to an earlier time, amid concerns it would benefit MexicoKeir Starmer intervened through diplomatic channels to oppose Fifa's plan to bring forward England's World Cup game against Mexico, amid concerns the change would hand the hosts an unfair advantage, it is understood.The prime minister...
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TKMS beats South Korean rival to multibillion-dollar contract that will deepen Canada's Nato tiesCanada has selected a German consortium to build a dozen cutting-edge submarines in one of the country's largest-ever defence contracts that will further deepen its Nato ties before a crucial summit this week.On Monday the prime minister, Mark Carney,...
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Arrival of endangered cats, including rare white cub, revitalises team straining under fuel and medicine shortagesFor the Cuban zookeeper Ángel Cordero, the sight of four Bengal tiger cubs playing in a cage at the Cuban national zoo is a small miracle on an island stifled by shortages of fuel, medicine and days-long power outages.The...
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ECHR rules that prosecutor's remarks perpetuated 'sexist stereotypes' and downplayed gender violenceThe European court of human rights has ordered the Italian state to pay compensation to a woman whose allegations of repeated rape by her partner were dismissed by a prosecutor as "normal” for men who struggle to overcome resistance from "tired”...
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Exclusive University of Sydney study finds heat-related hospital admissions to increase by at least 6% by the end of the centuryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExtreme high temperatures in warmer months double the risk of young people being admitted to hospital for a...
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Exclusive: Economists warn Labor's removal of caps could be pushing up prices as support flows to people in better financial positionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMost Australian first home buyers are using the government's 5% deposit scheme, with one in three new...
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Friends of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron sent nearly £200,000 to school in Hebron – where Israel has been accused of imposing apartheid – between 2019 and 2024A British charity is funding a religious school at the heart of expansion plans for the illegal Israeli settlement in the Palestinian city of Hebron.Friends of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron sent...
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Hussam Abu Safiya faces 'tangible danger to his life' following 18 months in prison without charge or trialOne of Gaza's most prominent doctors is almost unrecognisable because of severe injuries inflicted in Israeli detention, his lawyer has said, and faces "tangible danger to his life” after being held for 18 months without charge or...
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More than 200 arrested in raids, comedian and journalists jailed, gay-friendly cruise turned away and protests bannedAuthorities in Turkey have widened a crackdown on public life, arresting more than 200 people during raids across Ankara last month, jailing a comedian and blocking a cruise ship carrying LGBTQ+ passengers from docking in the run-up...
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Tour de France spectator ban as country along with Spain, Portugal and Greece faces 'powder keg' after heatwaveEurope live – latest updatesWildfires raging across southern Europe have forced thousands to flee their homes and prompted officials to ban spectators from a stage of the Tour de France, amid warnings of "powder keg” conditions after a...
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Spain, Portugal, France and UK face spell of high temperatures, while Super Typhoon Bavi barrels through north-western PacificEurope live – latest updatesAnother surge of heat spread across western Europe at the weekend, with Spain, Portugal and France already sweltering and southern parts of the UK joining them on Monday.Temperatures are once...
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Elbit Systems supplied Tzayad digital army programme to map people, vehicles and other objects in real timeIsrael identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country's largest arms supplier, Elbit Systems.A total of...
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Millions join funeral procession in capital of Tehran to mourn Khamenei who was kiled in US-Israel airstrikes in FebruaryLebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country's south on Monday killed four people, including three women, despite a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.Lebanon's official National News Agency...
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Ukraine's president makes plea ahead of summit this week in Ankara where he is due to meet Trump on the sidelines Meanwhile, the UK has just sanctioned Russian actors involved in researching, developing and producing the novichok nerve agent and the lethal toxic Epibatidine, used in the Salisbury attack and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.Among...
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Everything in Canberra is content now, from performative questions to calculated outbursts and comments about Kylie MinogueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese probably didn't expect an interview with a comedian in her "Bush Barbie” character would have...
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Exclusive: National Housing Federation says ending quotas for developers could cost 32,000 homes over 10 yearsHalf of all affordable housing supply in rural England could be under threat under plans being considered by ministers to relax regulations for private housing developers, according to analysis.The government has proposed ending affordable...
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Crowds swelled through Tehran as mourners dressed in black carried flags proclaiming: 'We will rise'A crowd of "millions” assembled on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran's assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.The scale and depth of the march, however engineered, represents an extraordinary turnaround for a country that only seven...
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Broadway star, who is performing on the vessel, expresses shock after authorities ban Scarlet Lady from docking in Kuşadası A cruise ship carrying 2,000 LGBTQ+ passengers and the Broadway performer Patti LuPone has been blocked from entering Turkey after local authorities said their behaviour didn't "align with the structure of our society and...
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'Over-enforcement poses significant risk to the communities that we try to protect,' royal commission told A decision aimed at reducing "censorship” on major social media sites including Facebook and Instagram potentially led to greater levels of hate speech, the royal commission into antisemitism has heard.Meta announced in January 2025, after...
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Launch comes just hours after Australia and Fiji sign defence agreement as expert says timing not a coincidenceChina has conducted a long-range missile test in the South Pacific just hours after Australia signed a defence agreement with Fiji, sparking condemnation from Canberra and regional leaders.The Australian foreign minister, Penny Wong, said...
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Organisation says objects consistent with 'debris from a foreign rocket body that recently re-entered the atmosphere' The Australian Space Agency has said the six so-called "space balls” found in north Queensland were likely from a "foreign rocket body” that had recently re-entered the atmosphere after being in orbit.The six mysterious objects...
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Kyiv offers expertise on how to develop radar systems and ground stations as it turns from buyer to security providerUkraine hopes to sign major defence deals with at least seven Nato countries by the end of the year, according to a top official, highlighting a new aspect of Kyiv's foreign policy intended to show it can be a provider as well as a...
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Zelenskyy calls for 'strong decisions' at talks after attack on Kyiv and surrounding region exposes air defence gapsA wave of Russian missiles and drones has struck across Ukraine, killing 21 people, and heavily damaging apartment blocks and other buildings, in an attack on the eve of a Nato summit in Turkey that has exposed widening gaps in...
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Police charge woman with murder after boy's body was found in a Central Coast home on SaturdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales department in charge of child protection received "a number of reports” about a four-year-old child before he was allegedly murdered by his mother, the minister revealed, as...
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Epping footballer Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, died in hospital after hitting his head during a game in Lalor, club confirmsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA suburban Melbourne footballer has died in hospital after a clash of heads saw him fall to the ground and hit his head...
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Measures to be announced to make funding more transparent amid new revelations about Reform UK leaderMinisters will launch a crackdown on large political donations on Monday, as Nigel Farage faces a possible second investigation into gifts he received from a convicted fraudster before becoming an MP.The government will announce a series of measures...
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Report says current network of buses, trains and stations effectively locks 2.8m people out of workforceInvesting in the UK transport network to make it fully accessible to disabled passengers could boost the economy by £176bn by helping millions more people into work, according to a report.Making the economic case for an inclusive transport...
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Prime minister picked pop singer in game of 'shag, marry, date' on comedy podcastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has apologised "unequivocally” for his comments while playing a "shag, marry, date” game on a comedy podcast when he nominated Kylie...
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Interim president says unrest will not break out despite anger at official response to the 24 June disasterVenezuela's interim president has defended her country's emergency response to the twin earthquakes that have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing the country would not descend into social unrest.Many Venezuelans have expressed anger at what...
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This blog is now closedChina tests long-range missile in South Pacific in move Australia condemns as 'destabilising to region'My colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today's controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese's podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today...
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