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One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was an genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltrane and othersSonny Rollins, one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time, has died aged 95.His death was announced on his website on Monday, "with deep sorrow and profound love”. His publicist Terri...
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Event organisers blame 'unforeseen technical difficulties' for the drone malfunction, with four performances cancelledFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAbout 90 drones have plummeted from the sky and plunged into Sydney's Darling Harbour during an aerial drone show,...
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Mining giant's backsliding on climate commitments due to 'weakness' of policy, Kate Chaney saysAdam Morton: Big Mining gets a $4bn tax break to use fossil fuel. It's a strange way to tackle emissionsRead more from the BHP files investigation hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's climate change minister, Chris...
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Hezbollah and Israel launch attacks amid increasingly imperilled ceasefire and stalling talks between US and IranMiddle East crisis: live updatesThe Israeli army has intensified strikes in southern Lebanon, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in an effort to "crush” Hezbollah in a...
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Australia now a top-three global player in batteries, and renewable energy met nearly half of the nation's power in 2025Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEnergy bills for households and small businesses will fall by up to 10% from July across parts of the eastern states,...
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Campaigners, teenagers, legislators and experts give their opinions on the government's social media consultation Change is coming for social media platforms. The UK government's consultation on improving online safety for children will result in some form of action being taken against big tech. Even before the deadline for submissions has passed,...
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Head of Early Years Alliance says additional charges paid by parents represent 'cross-subsidy'Parents of nursery children in England are being charged extra fees to cover for government underfunding of free childcare hours, with some paying thousands of pounds a year for consumables such as food, wipes and nappies, campaigners have said.The...
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State tilt would seemingly end speculation South Australian senator could defect to One Nation. Follow today's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast'This is very good value for money for Australia': Bowen defends COP roleChris Bowen, who has also taken on the role of president of negotiations at the Cop climate...
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Senior lawyers call on prime minister to request Indian prosecutors drop charges that would breach double jeopardy ruleFour senior lawyers, including the former attorney general Dominic Grieve, have written to Keir Starmer urging him to request that Indian prosecutors drop charges against the British national Jagtar Singh Johal on the basis that...
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Exclusive: Former health secretary's intervention comes as government closes consultation on age limits for platformsSocial media companies should be treated like the tobacco industry, Wes Streeting has argued, as he called for a ban on under-16s accessing certain platforms.Speaking publicly about the prospect of a ban for the first time since he...
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Netanyahu's joint war with the US began with talk of regime change in Tehran but may leave him with few strategic gainsMiddle East live – latest updatesWhen Donald Trump launched a pre-emptive war on Iran with Israel in February, many in the country hailed the campaign as the crowning triumph of Benjamin Netanyahu's political and diplomatic...
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Exclusive: Chancellor pushes for procurement of ships, steel, energy and AI to prioritise Britishness as well as costRachel Reeves has instructed cabinet colleagues to award government contracts in four critical industries directly to British companies, making clear her irritation that ministers have been sending too much government business...
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Director general of World Health Organization urges neighbouring countries to take immediate actionThe World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease."We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the...
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Fifa approached Mexico after US declined to host Iran squad despite it playing group games in the United StatesMexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the US did not want to host the team.The team will still play its...
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Strongly anti-Turkish party doubles its seats although mainstream parties did not see vote crumble as predictedAn anti-immigrant far-right party, inspired by Greece's defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, made the biggest gains in Sunday's parliamentary election in Cyprus.Elam, the Greek National People's Front, which has pushed for the closure of...
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Mercury in Spain also climbs to well above normal with weather event set to continue for several more daysMore than 350 French towns have recorded their highest-ever temperatures for May as France and the UK set national heat records amid an extreme early-summer heat event that could see the mercury rise to 40C in parts of Spain by the end of the...
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Changes to political funding and the need for crossbenchers to remain relevant are driving discussions but some independents are opposedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt is a tag that has been unfairly – and incorrectly – attached to the band of teal MPs since...
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The now 88-year-old is urging Australian governments to throw their support behind a new national plan for Stolen Generations survivors as they enter their final yearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAunty Lorraine Peeters only remembers the metal gates opening as she...
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Group have been stuck in flooded cave in central Laos for five days after heavy rain caused landslidesDivers who helped in the dramatic rescue of a young Thai football team in 2018 have joined efforts to free seven people who have been trapped for five days inside a remote, flooded cave in central Laos.The group entered the cave in Xaysomboun...
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Region adapting to diminished US power after Washington fails to land knockout blow on Tehran or safeguard alliesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe shock of the Iran war and its fallout has driven rivals in the Middle East to get behind a peace deal, pushing the Trump administration to accept a tentative agreement in the face of furious...
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Tom Kopke from Germany out-tumbles local hero Chris Anderson on a meltingly hot day in Gloucestershire It was billed as the great cheese-off: a helter-skelter, bone-jarring downhill race between the all-time champ and a young upstart.After the hype and hyperbole, youth won out as the 24-year-old German YouTuber Tom Kopke beat the 38-year-old local...
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Brent crude futures down 6% to lowest level in two weeks and stock markets riseOil prices fell below $100 a barrel on Monday and stock markets rose on hopes that the US and Iran are inching closer to a peace deal.Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, were down 6% to $97.43 a barrel, the lowest level in two weeks, with hopes that an...
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Links between Trump Organization and Ivanishvili family for Tbilisi skyscraper raise new conflict of interest concernsA Trump Tower planned for the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, is to be built on land currently part-owned by the son of the US-sanctioned leader of the country, according to official records.The proposed skyscraper, a joint venture...
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Scientists say record-breaking heat is a reminder of how climate crisis is affecting livesThe fierce heat sweeping across Europe over the bank holiday weekend has beaten the UK's all-time temperature record for May, with scorching highs of close to 35C.A temperature of 33.5C was recorded at Heathrow airport on Monday lunchtime, according to...
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Exclusive: Jimblebar processing facility would have produced higher quality iron ore sought by steelmakers around the world – themselves under pressure to curb pollutionWorld's biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents revealRead more from the BHP files investigation hereGet our breaking news...
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Exclusive: Mining giant says technology is not yet advanced enough to run a fully electrified fleet but experts say it is hooked on federal fuel tax creditsRevealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world's biggest miner's climate pushRead more from the BHP files investigation hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news...
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Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC's Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisationRevealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world's biggest miner's climate pushRead more from the BHP files investigation hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily...
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Double-sided page featuring a sketch and text sheds new light on the baroque master and his time living in RomeMore than 400 years ago, the up and coming Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens toured the streets of Rome, notebook in hand, sketching images from Renaissance works adorning the city's churches and palazzos.Now a rare sheet, thought to be...
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Activists detained by Israel after attempting to deliver aid to Gaza as part of Global Sumud Flotilla arrive in AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians returning home from detention in Israel say they were abused, tortured and demeaned while in custody and have asked to meet the prime minister, Anthony...
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Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of the late shah, are clashing with those who oppose a return of monarchyWearing a bucket hat, a blue Adidas hoodie and khaki shorts, Tony Mohraz, also known as 021kid, chest-bumps a friend in front of a memorial wall in Golders Green, in north London.Photographs can be seen behind him of those who were killed...
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Rain overwhelms sewer system in parts of US city, while temperatures in France break May recordNew York City saw flash flooding on Wednesday, as large parts of Brooklyn and Queens received about 2in (50mm) of rainfall in as little as 20 minutes. Officials said the deluge caused water to flow into the sewer system at a rate of up to 6in an hour,...
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As former Soviet Republic goes to the polls, it finds itself in a strategic tug of war between Russia, the US, Turkey, Europe and AzerbaijanTo describe Yerevan, a charming city of liberal values encased in imposing Soviet architecture, as the centre of the world is a stretch, but Armenia's claim that it can become the strategic crossroads of the...
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Brereton says 'ongoing focus on matters relating to me personally' is undermining 'commission's core purpose of strengthening integrity'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPaul Brereton, Australia's first national anti-corruption commissioner, will step down from the top...
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Inmates at Barinas prison allege they were peacefully protesting when prison staff opened fire, leaving some woundedInmates at Venezuela's western Barinas prison staged a protest on its roof on Sunday, piling flaming mattresses and calling for the removal of the facility's director, whom they accused of overseeing guards as they shot unarmed...
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US official says Iranian boats seen laying mines in strait of Hormuz, while Iran state media says situation 'under control' after blasts reported in Bandar AbbasIsrael escalates strikes in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to 'crush' HezbollahEbrahim Rezaei, the spokesperson of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy commission, has...
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From blocking freedom of information requests to tabling documents when no one is looking, promises of an upfront approach to power are in rough shapeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFriday afternoon can be a dangerous time to be a journalist.Editors racing to put...
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Paris police looking into more than 100 allegations of mistreatment by 'monitors' after parents' groups said they had fought for years to be taken seriouslyFrance is facing a child abuse scandal as 'monitors' at dozens of state nursery and primary schools are investigated for violence, sexual assault and rape.Paris police are examining more than...
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Ulf Kristersson aims to expand state-funded IVF as Sweden grapples with lowest fertility rate since records beganSweden's prime minister has promised to put IVF at the heart of his re-election campaign as he tries to win over female voters amid the country's record low birthrate.Ulf Kristersson's government recently increased the number of...
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Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile are going to court for right to wed but face fierce opposition from church groupsBonolo Selelo was at Botswana's national museum for a Gaborone Pride event when she spotted Tsholofelo Kumile and was struck by her good looks. The two initiated a conversation and when Kumile expressed anxiety about what a tarot...
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Film starring Pedro Pascal next to 'Baby Yoda' took $165m globally on opening weekend, failing to surpass the opening of 2018 flop SoloThe Mandalorian and Grogu may have blasted into first place at the box office – but its launch was far, far away from impressive, having the lowest opening weekend for a Star Wars film since Disney took over the...
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Commission also told NSW police declined to provide static police presence at Chanukah by the Sea but four officers were at event when attack beganFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWithin 30 seconds of opening fire at Bondi beach on 14 December, two gunmen targeting...
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Directions hearing over deaths of Victoria police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart-Hottart told of new details of Porepunkah shootingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDezi Freeman yelled abuse at a dying constable during a shooting that killed two Victoria...
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Warringah MP among those most active in alliance discussions while Monique Ryan, Helen Haines and Kate Chaney distance themselves from possible moveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastZali Steggall says funding rules that disadvantage independents and looming changes to...
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The actor, who played Tracy Jordan's gentle bodyguard in 80 episodes of the beloved comedy, died in his sleep after years of health problemsGrizz Chapman, best known for his role as Grizz on the hit comedy 30 Rock, has died aged 52.His cousin, the Harlem Globetrotter Donte Harrison, confirmed Chapman's death on social media on Saturday. Continue...
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Mexican-themed Australian fast food chain accused of terminating staff without adequate pay or notice as it pulls out of the USAmerican workers at Guzman y Gomez's shuttered US stores have launched a class action lawsuit against the Mexican-themed Australian fast food chain over allegations staff were terminated without adequate pay or notice.The...
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This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWere the teal party conversations sparked by the government's electoral reforms?Yes and no, Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall say.There are many things that favour major party structures, and again, the public was incredibly cynical about that move, that it's yet...
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Helen Haines says 'the clock is ticking' on replacing deputy commissioner Nicole RoseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA key architect of the National Anti-Corruption Commission says parliament should consider new merit-based and independent selection processes for major...
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WHO says outbreak poses 'very high' risk for country, but risk of disease spreading globally remains lowAuthorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in the ongoing outbreak in the east of the country.The DRC's ministry of communication said in a post on X on Sunday that there were 904...
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The US has apparently had to agree to unfreeze billions of Iranian assets for a regime more hardline than before the warOn 24 May each year, Iranians celebrate a historic victory in the war with Iraq: the liberation of Khorramshahr in 1982.This year, some were hoping a peace deal looking likely to be signed with the US might mark a similar turning...
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Some casualties after attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday, state media reportsIsraeli strikes hit southern and eastern Lebanon on Sunday, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace...
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Regulators and gambling harm advocates have been closely watching the rise in popularity of Polymarket and KalshiFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUS-based "prediction market” websites are taking tens of thousands of dollars in bets on Australian elections and even...
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Exclusive: ICE-linked private prison operator blamed for catastrophic security failures in Australia's immigration detention networkGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA series of catastrophic security failures involving the US private prison company running Australia's immigration detention centres has allowed the escape of...
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Explosives-laden vehicle detonated as passenger train travelled through south-western city of QuettaA suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train travelled through the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 70 others, officials have said.The force...
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Assault hits water facility, market, residential buildings and schools, killing at least four and injuring dozens Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.Russia hit the city of Bila...
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American president says he is not rushing into a deal after proposed plan to end war prompts Republican backlashDonald Trump defended himself against criticism from fellow Republicans on Sunday as he appeared on the verge of agreeing a deal with Iran to end the war.As hawks in his party called the proposed agreement a disaster and questioned why...
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Gerry 'the monk' Hutch comes fourth in contest won by Daniel Ennis of Social DemocratsThe Irish gangland figure Gerry "the monk” Hutch has failed in his bid for a parliamentary seat in a Dublin byelection.The 63-year-old came fourth in a contest won by Daniel Ennis of the Social Democrats, a victory for progressive politics after a campaign...
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Travellers warned to beware of debit card cons after one was charged £1,500 for a kebab and another £3,000 for corn on the cobWhen Lisa Selby* used her debit card to pay for two slices of barbecued cheese from a beach vendor in Rio de Janeiro, she expected to pay 40 reais (£5.90) for the snack.But shortly after the payment had gone through, she...
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More than 20,000 attacks on markets, farmland and food distribution systems have been recorded since 2018Hunger is being increasingly exploited as a weapon of war with more than 20,000 documented incidents of "food-related violence” in the past eight years, new analysis reveals.Attacks include 1,261 strikes on markets used by families for daily...
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The 39-year-old was reportedly fishing at Kennedy Shoal between Cairns and Townsville when emergency services alerted about middayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has died after a shark attack on the Great Barrier Reef south of Cairns.The 39-year-old had...
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