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Israeli media reports planned visit, citing unnamed officials, in the wake of stalled talks mediated by Qatar, the US and EgyptSee all of our Israel-Gaza war coverageA premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother's womb by an emergency caesarean section shortly after the woman was killed by an Israeli airstrike, has died, her uncle said...
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Mykola Solskyi is first known minister under Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be named in a corruption caseFrance is working with Germany to convince their European partners to provide more air defence capacities to Kyiv, the French defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, said today, Reuters reported."The advance of Russian forces west of Avdiivka, Donetsk...
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Muslim organisations say they were not consulted before counter-terrorism raids that resulted in arrests relating to a church stabbing in SydneyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRepresentatives of the Australian Muslim community have called out what they...
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Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi kills at least 90 people and damages farmland and infrastructure Eastern Africa has experienced heavy rain in recent weeks, with flooding in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. About 100,000 people have been displaced or otherwise affected in each country, with 32 reported deaths in Kenya and 58 in Tanzania, alongside...
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Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MPUkraine's agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has been detained after being named as a formal suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry.Blighted by corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged...
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A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it's its biggest threat yetSenate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell itThe House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United...
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This blog has now closedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we reported, X has provided an update on its legal challenge against Australia's eSafety commissioner, stating it had complied with a direction to remove content from the Wakeley church stabbing.However, underneath the post from the platform's global...
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Co-founder leaving 'to spend more time with his young family, improve the world via philanthropy, and help further the technology industry globally'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastScott Farquhar, the Australian tech billionaire and joint chief executive...
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Fujikawaguchiko town official says choice to erect huge barrier is 'regrettable' and last resortA huge barrier to block views of Mount Fuji will be installed at a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.Construction of the mesh net – 2.5 metres (8ft) high and the length of a cricket pitch...
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Arrests as Chinese authorities working with UK police and international trademark agencies seize millions of parcels bound for customers worldwideChinese authorities have targeted a major online sales platform accused of supplying counterfeit goods, raiding warehouses holding millions of packages destined for overseas buyers.Earlier this month...
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Asic finds arrangements posed 'significant risk' of financial hardship but clothing store says it will appeal 'racist and paternalistic decision'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Security and Investments Commission has permanently banned the...
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First payments to be made during an ongoing conflict is 'important step towards restoring justice', says first lady, Olena Zelenska The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, in a move that Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, called "an...
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The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee warns that unemployment benefits are still too low Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJobseeker payments should be raised to 90% of the age pension and indexed to prevent people going "without life's essentials”,...
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A 35-metre-tall wheel is set to open in South Wharf at Polly Woodside Park more than two years after Melbourne Star stopped operatingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastYears after the Melbourne Star last turned, a second ferris wheel for the city is set to...
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A 26-year-old Beachmere man has been charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murderFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHomicide detectives have charged a man with murder after a man was found dead and a woman suffered serious head injuries...
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Search near Jenolan Caves comes after CCTV footage showed Zrinski in station wagon being driven towards Blue Mountains in November 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHomicide squad detectives are searching bushland near the Jenolan Caves in New South...
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Court hears charges against Cobram man John Torney include assault and intentionally causing injuryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCobram man John Torney, who allegedly assaulted Emma Bates before she was found dead in northern Victoria, is also accused...
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Mogul's lawyers say decision in New York will strengthen appeal in Los Angeles but victims confident guilty verdict will be upheldHarvey Weinstein was already expected to spend the remainder of his life in prison for crimes in New York when a Los Angeles jury found him guilty of rape and sexual assault in 2022 and he was sentenced to an additional...
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Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New YorkAs the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world's attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US...
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About 1,000 US troops will support the military construction efforts, but Joe Biden has ordered them not to set foot on the Gaza shoreUS troops have begun construction of a maritime pier off the coast of Gaza that aims to speed the flow of humanitarian aid into the territory, the Pentagon has said, but the complex plan to bring more desperately...
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Channel Ten show's planned use of biomethane and hydrogen in cooking challenges 'completely out of sync' with changing attitudes, critics sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEnvironmentalists have accused the hit reality TV show MasterChef Australia of...
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Sexual assault, intentionally causing injury and unlawful assault among most common charges against policeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDozens of police officers in Victoria are facing criminal charges, including sexual assault and intentionally causing...
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A Scentre Group spokesperson says the company has started providing Westfield staff with protective vests and will increase protection if review deems it necessaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWestfield security guards in Victoria have claimed that...
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Lack of parts and outdated laws also contributing to long repair wait times and ballooning premiumsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastElectric vehicles are routinely being written off after minor accidents, as a shortage of skilled mechanics and parts, as...
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Palestinian Australian advocates call for transparency after home affairs department cancels visa of Fatma Almassri, a diabetic living in a displaced persons' camp, without warningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 68-year-old Palestinian woman with ill...
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The environment minister says she is approving windfarms at the fastest rate in history amid industry concerns about an 'alarming' slowdownFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTanya Plibersek has said she is approving windfarms faster than any previous...
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More than 60 people, including a journalist, arrested at University of Southern California and University of Texas at Austin. This blog is now closed.Campus protests: full storyMike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, will visit Columbia University today to speak to Jewish students and hold a press conference "regarding the troubling rise of...
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UK and US leaders among those calling for release, as families renew pressure on Netanyahu to restart negotiationsThe leaders of 18 countries including the US and the UK have called on Hamas to free Israeli and dual-national hostages held in Gaza."The fate of the hostages and the civilian population in Gaza, who are protected under international...
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Director of Palme d'Or-winning film Entre les Murs (The Class) was much praised for humanism in projectsLaurent Cantet, the award-winning film-maker whose creations tackled some of the most complex issues of modern French society, including meritocracy, the education system, diversity and class struggle, has died aged 63 after an illness.Cantet was...
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Strong rhetoric is boost for Ukraine reinforcement drive but it is not clear by which mechanism émigrés could be sent backPoland and Lithuania have said they are prepared to help Ukrainian authorities return men subject to military conscription to the country, after Kyiv announced this week that it was suspending consular services for such men...
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European parliament term ends with warnings about dangers of disinformation and authoritarian forcesThe starting gun has been fired on the next European parliamentary elections with more than 600 MEPs departing Strasbourg urged to use their "strength and patience” to fight the far right and disinformation and return a vote across the bloc for...
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'Transitional council' takes oath of office after prime minister formally resigns as gang violence continues to rock capitalHaiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, has formally resigned and a new provisional government has been sworn in during a secret ceremony at the presidential palace, nearly two months after a criminal insurrection plunged the...
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Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda "indefinitely”, the home secretary has said, as he argued that the £1.8m a person cost of the scheme was justified.James Cleverly, in his first interview since the government's...
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Pressure group accusing Begoña Gómez of corruption admits media reports allegations were based on may not be trueProsecutors in Madrid have asked a judge to throw out a preliminary corruption investigation against the wife of Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, as the pressure group behind the complaint admitted its allegations may be based...
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World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as causeFossil fuels and concrete combined to worsen the "death trap” conditions during recent record flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, a study has found.Scientists from the World Weather Attribution team said...
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Annual event in June is designed to make service in volunteer army more attractive amid looming threatsThe German parliament has passed a bill creating the first post-unification Veterans' Day, breaking with a long-held taboo around veneration of soldiers as the country faces up to new looming threats.MPs in the Bundestag lower house approved the...
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Some residents say €5 fee aimed at curbing tourist numbers goes against principle of freedom of movementFor more than 160 years, visitors have been arriving at Venezia Santa Lucia train station and disembarking straight into the heart of one of the world's most historic and beautiful cities. Until Thursday, however, they had never been met by a...
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Emmanuel Macron says Europe faces existential threat from Russian aggression and calls on continent to adopt 'credible' defence strategy. This live blog is closedRussia has vetoed a UN security council resolution calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as "a dirty spectacle”.The resolution,...
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Blades of famous cabaret venue, home of the French can-can, fall from roof overnightThe home of the high-spirited French can-can has been laid temporarily low after the sails of the red-painted windmill on top of the Moulin Rouge, the most celebrated cabaret in Paris, tumbled inexplicably to the ground in the early hours."In 135 years of history...
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FoI documents show immigration minister refused to grant a visa or release NZYQ into community detention before Five Eyes allies rejected request for deportationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Giles closed off an avenue to avoid the high court case on indefinite detention before the Australian...
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Locals say city is against plan and accuse authorities of turning Venice into a 'theme park' by charging day trippers for visitsThe latest target in Amsterdam's decade-long battle against overtourism is an unlikely one: river cruises.City finance chief Hester van Buren announced this month that the city wants to halve the number of river cruises by...
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Family lists property where war veteran raised funds during Covid – minus unauthorised spa poolThe listed family home where Captain Sir Tom Moore walked laps of his garden to raise millions of pounds for the NHS during the Covid pandemic has gone on sale for £2.25m.The sight of the 99-year-old war veteran walking lengths of his garden, aided by...
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White House releases joint letter signed with 17 other countries saying such a deal would lead to the 'credible end of hostilities'Here are some of the scenes in Jerusalem, where people, including Israeli interior security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have been worshipping during the Passover holiday.Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Rafah for Al Jazeera,...
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New EPA directive will cut pollution equivalent to the emissions of 328m cars, but industry group decries it as a 'reckless plan'Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil...
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Chemical thought to be in emerald green covers of four 19th-century books identified by Poison Book ProjectFrance's national library has removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whose emerald green covers are believed to be laced with arsenic.The library said on Thursday that handling the books, which were printed in Britain, would probably...
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Pre-tax profits drop to £2.3bn between January and March, down from £2.6bn last year• Business live – latest updatesProfits at Barclays tumbled by 12% in the first quarter, as higher UK interest rates weighed on demand for mortgages and loans while a backdrop of economic uncertainty affected its investment bank.The UK bank said pre-tax...
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Suspects alleged to have posed as academics to access books and replace them with copies, says EuropolEurope live – latest updatesPolice have arrested nine Georgians suspected of running a sophisticated criminal operation stealing valuable antique books – including an original Alexander Pushkin manuscript – from national libraries across...
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Defence minister Richard Marles welcomes confirmation of congressional funding that ensures US can produce Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines for AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA United States funding package authorising more military aid...
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All were refused bail and due to appear in children's court on Thursday on charges including possessing or controlling violent extremist materialFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFive of the seven teenagers arrested as part of counter-terrorism raids in...
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President says legislation is 'going to make the world safer' after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for KyivJoe Biden has signed into law a bill that rushes $95bn in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a bipartisan legislative victory he hailed as a "good day for world peace” after months of congressional gridlock...
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As the climate crisis has deepened, protesters have become more confrontational – and their ambitions have grownThe head of ExxonMobil told to "eat shit” as he was about to receive an award. A US senator and coal boss called a "sick fuck”, almost sparking a brawl. Theatre shows interrupted. As the climate crisis has deepened, protests aimed...
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Pedro Sánchez halts public duties, hitting out at opponents after court launches inquiry into alleged corruption by Begoña GómezQ&A: why is Sánchez considering resigning from office?Spain's socialist prime minister has cancelled his public duties for the rest of the week and said he is considering resigning, blaming a "harassment and...
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Pedro Sánchez accuses opponents of 'bullying operation' conducted against him and his wife, Begoña GómezOn Wednesday night, Spain's socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, abruptly announced he was cancelling his public duties for the rest of the week and considering resigning from office. He said he would announce his decision on Monday....
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Drake used AI to simulate the voice of the late rapper and have him chide Kendrick Lamar, which the estate calls a 'flagrant violation'The estate of the late Tupac Shakur has sent a cease and desist letter to Drake, following the release of a Drake track that uses an AI version of Shakur's voice to lambast Kendrick Lamar.As seen by Billboard, the...
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Up to 160 whales have beached themselves at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough, more than 250km south of PerthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities are rushing to save more than 150 whales from a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia's south-west....
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This blog is now closedThousands gather for dawn services and marches to mark Anzac Day around AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHundreds gather in Sydney for Anzac Day dawn serviceAAP has the details on Sydney's dawn service where hundreds of people – including veterans – gathered under a full...
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Broad terms of subpoenas a 'chilling' precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA federal court judge has allowed Santos to subpoena paperwork held by three activist groups who were not directly involved in a lawsuit against the oil...
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Five women who say they were forced to undergo invasive examinations seek to overturn judgment finding they could not directly sue Qatar AirwaysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFive women who allege they were forced off a Qatar Airways plane by armed...
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In today's newsletter: The renters' reform bill was meant to address a spiralling housing crisis, but as a watered-down version finally passes, we look at the ways a great hope has become a crushing disappointment• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning, and if you are a landlord, congratulations on another successful...
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Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC's south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to 'feel so uncomfortable'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe south-Asia correspondent for Australia's national broadcaster, Avani Dias, has...
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Torney, 39, due to face Shepparton magistrates court on Friday after woman found deadFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe family of a Cobram woman found dead at her home in northern Victoria have remembered her as "proud aunty” who had the "biggest heart...
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Rivals had said February election won by former general was undermined by state interference and unfair rule changesIndonesia's electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony, after the country's highest court rejected challenges to his win by rival candidates.Prabowo, 72, a former general dogged by...
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Rights chief also warns Britain will be 'judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza'The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of "deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was...
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