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Estimated 5.3m households on standard tariffs without smart meters risk being overcharged for some of June usageMillions of Britons could pay higher energy bills than they need to if they do not submit a meter reading before the price cap rises on Wednesday.The estimated 5.3 million households on standard tariffs who do not have a smart meter have...
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Simon Dubbins to announce he has secured required number of nominations to challenge Sharon GrahamSharon Graham, the leader of the UK's second biggest union, Unite, is to face a challenge as general secretary over claims the union is not doing enough to challenge the rise of Reform UK.Simon Dubbins, who started out as a print worker and has been an...
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Energy system operator says sum needed to deliver clean power targets while meeting rising demand is up by 50%The cost of rewiring Great Britain's electricity networks through the 2030s is now 50% higher than before the Labour government came to power, and could reach almost £90bn in the next decade, according to the energy system...
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In today's newsletter: As the home secretary details reforms to the asylum system, a look at the challenges Labour faces – and what better story could be told about immigrationGood morning. Last night home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, set out further planned reforms to the asylum system. A new means-tested scheme, which will see asylum seekers...
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British bike maker says cycling market is recovering from sales slump and investments will add new expertiseThe French sports gear retailer Decathlon and a Chinese investment group that was an early backer of Labubu soft toys have bought stakes in the British folding bike maker Brompton, as its boss said the cycling market was recovering from a...
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Six trucks – including one carrying eight tonnes of butane cans – destroyed at NSW rest stop near Breadalbane, police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice say it is "nothing short of a miracle” that six truck drivers emerged relatively unscathed after an...
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Guo Wengui, who gained fans for criticising China's Communist party, was found guilty in 2024 on nine charges including money launderingA US federal court has sentenced exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison, after he was convicted of defrauding thousands of people out of more than $1bn.In July 2024, a jury unanimously found Guo,...
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Federal court judge rules Ofir Birenbaum breached parts of settlement with Middle Eastern restaurant reached after incident when working with Daily TelegraphFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pro-Israel activist breached parts of a legal settlement with Sydney...
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Exclusive: Activist tells of his life as one of India's most prominent political prisoners and his opposition to the government of Narendra ModiPrison is hardest at sunset. As the thousands of prisoners incarcerated in Delhi's most infamous jail are cast out of their cells and forced into the dank yard until darkness falls, prisoner number 626714...
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Federal and NSW police say more than 100 letters sent to MPs and community leaders since 2015Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are appealing for help in tracking down the mystery author of more than 100 letters, some threatening, sent to high-profile community...
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The 51-year-old daughter of late president Alberto Fujimori secured the top office after authorities spent weeks reviewing contested ballotsPeru's conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori has vowed to restore "order and hope” after defeating left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez, in the latest victory for a resurgent Latin American...
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More than 100 people removed on ICE flight were being held in hotel in La Guaira when earthquakes struckMore than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.A deportation flight from...
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Two people said to be in critical condition after CCTV shows man dropping backpack at residential building lobbyAn explosion in Monaco has triggered a police hunt for a man suspected of detonating a makeshift bomb that injured three people.The blast occurred on Monday evening in the semi-enclave famous for casinos and superyachts, French media...
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Follow today's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers defends house price forecastsThe government has been facing some heat over the cooling house market around Australia with falling auction clearance rates, and forecasts that house prices in Sydney and Melbourne could fall more than $100,000.Auction clearance...
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Two sides agree to try to make bilateral relationship 'more balanced' after weeks of threatsThe EU and China have agreed to enter three months of talks to try to avoid a trade war over the bloc's €360bn (£310bn) annual import/export imbalance.In their first joint statement in seven years, the two sides agreed in Brussels to open a formal trade...
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Caracas and La Guaira affected by 4.6-magnitude tremor as death toll passes 1,700 and humanitarian crisis growsA strong aftershock has rattled northern Venezuela, sending terrified residents racing on to the streets five days after the twin earthquakes that killed 1,719 people, left tens of thousands missing and triggered a growing humanitarian...
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Tehran believes it should control the shipping route but its neighbour has its own plans for reopening itThe strait of Hormuz is Iran's chief bargaining tool in the negotiations with the US and so it was always likely to be the greatest point of contention. Every inch of the 24-mile-wide waterway is being contested in a test of wills and...
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US president posts that meeting will take place on Tuesday in Qatari capital after exchange of fire in strait of HormuzIran is jealously competing with Oman as decision-maker over strait of HormuzDonald Trump has claimed that Iran has agreed to hold talks in Doha after the US and Tehran traded fire in the strait of Hormuz this weekend, threatening...
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In the space of a week, two major musicals, Waitress and Beetlejuice, and a $20m opera were forced to cancel shows amid skyrocketing costs, putting hundreds out of workGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's theatre industry is in desperate need of tax reform to keep it alive, experts have warned the federal...
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NSW transport minister says growth in shared schemes is a positive development but pedestrians are 'crying out for order'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShared ebikes cluttering Sydney footpaths will be kicked to the kerb in the coming months under funding to establish...
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Four women among the dead and two people arrested after incident in city west of HamburgFour women and two men have been killed in a shooting at a youth welfare facility in northern Germany, police said. Two people including the suspected shooter were arrested.The incident took place in Stade, a city close to the port city of Hamburg, on...
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Red warnings issued in Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Balkans, with authorities urging people to stay indoorsParts of central, eastern and southern Europe sweltered on Monday as the "heat dome” behind last week's record-breaking temperatures shifted east, bringing dangerous conditions to a new swathe of the continent.Budapest is forecast to...
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Teresa Ribera blames 'ideologically driven' falsehoods, driven by those with vested interests in fossil fuels, for attacks on green policyThe heatwave wreaking chaos across Europe is a "dramatic warning” to reject climate naysayers, a European Commission vice-president says.Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president for a clean, just and competitive...
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Lucas Trejo of Argentina loses wife and two children while Héctor Bello's partner dies saving their daughterFamily members of two professional footballers are among those killed by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela in a catastrophe that has claimed at least 1,719 lives.Among the reported victims are the wife and two children of Lucas...
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Western states experience unseasonally low temperatures but New York and Washington DC could reach 40C by end of weekUnseasonal snow has fallen in some parts of the US, while other parts of the country brace for a heatwave this week.A strong cold front spread into the western US from the northern Pacific over the weekend, bringing an abrupt change...
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Parcels of goods worth under €150 will no longer enjoy 'de minimis' exemption, exploited by platforms such as Temu and SheinBusiness live – latest updatesThe European Commission has said it hopes to prevent the "desertification” of Europe's high streets, as it prepares to introduce a customs tax on small parcels in an attempt to curb cheap...
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Team hope 30 of hours of footage held by three countries will be enough to bring to life film-maker's visionMore than 70 years after he shot the first few frames, Orson Welles's ambitious project to put Don Quixote on the big screen may finally be completed thanks to a consortium of European film archivists.Oja Kodar, the American film-maker's...
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No damage reported in 4.6 magnitude aftershock; At least 1,450 people are known to have died in initial quakes but number is expected to riseIn an update to X, El Salvador's president has said that after hours of intensive work rescuers have freed Aaron Levi Cantillo Vargas, 21, who was trapped under a building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, calling...
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German police say two people were apprehended after 'numerous' shots were fired at a youth care facility in StadeMeanwhile, Ukraine is bracing to absorb the impact of the heatwave on its energy network, already pummelled by Russian attacks over more than four years of war, AFP reported.Grid operators in at least five regions – from...
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Judge says 'no legitimate forensic purpose' to former Liberal staffer's subpoena requesting footage, ahead of his Queensland trialGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost a legal bid to access copies of all footage from a documentary featuring Brittany Higgins.Lehrmann had...
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Melissa McIntosh's comment comes after Angus Taylor's claim Morrison government 'breached trust'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh has said the party might need a "rebrand” to win back voters who continue to desert the opposition,...
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Show at Martin Gropius Bau gallery in Berlin is biggest ever celebration of an East German female artist in a state museumGabriele Stötzer remembers the days when she had to decide: "Am I buying a sausage, or film for my Super 8 camera?”Stötzer was one of the most radical artists in communist East Germany, and her desire to create was born in...
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Greens and David Pocock accuse industry of using programs and sponsorships to 'build social licence', push for parliamentary inquiryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens and David Pocock have backed calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the alleged...
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Mallorie Jane Roberts, 23, found with gunshot wounds on Sunday evening with her partner arrested at the homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman who died from gunshot wounds in an alleged domestic violence murder was "a beautiful young mother” who leaves behind a...
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Victorian Liberal MP says interaction with her colleague left her fearful and confused Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming says she misunderstood the "technical meaning of the term 'headlock'”, but will not apologise to her colleague...
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Jacinta Allan resists calls for royal commission into state's $100bn Big Build infrastructure project as pressure mounts following new reportsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn integrity expert says Jacinta Allan blaming "inflationary pressures” rather than...
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Pakistan says strikes were aimed at a terrorist group while Taliban condemn 'cowardly act of aggression'Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, Afghan officials have said, as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.Pakistan's information minister, Attaullah...
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Bondi attack inquiry told broadcasters will be called as commission focuses on traditional and social mediaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRepresentatives from the ABC and SBS will be called as witnesses to the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion,...
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President says 'we always hold onto hope' as discovery of earthquake survivors spurs fresh search efforts despite dwindling chances of survivalMortuary in Caracas 'overwhelmed' as Venezuela struggles to respond after earthquakesA man and his teenage son were found alive under the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, in a town about 40km north of the...
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President says attacks on infrastructure are causing 'obvious' problems but that they are 'not critical'Vladimir Putin has admitted Russia is facing fuel shortages as Ukraine steps up its long-range drone campaign, with repeated strikes setting oil refineries ablaze and forcing multiple regions to introduce unprecedented petrol rationing.Speaking...
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This blog has now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRoyal commission hearings resume todayThe next round of hearings for the antisemitism royal commission begins today.Regretfully, we're here until Thursday night with Parliament and the game is at 4am Saturday morning. So I'll be watching on the TV. And like I've said...
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England's cricketers are heading for a series defeat after a chaotic fourth day at Trent Bridge in the third Test against New Zealand, where the home side closed on 103-4, needing 270 runs to win and avoid a series defeat in Ben Stokes' last in charge, following his shock announcement that he'll be retiring from international cricket after the...
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