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Survey also shows Australians rounding on the government over its handling of inflation and the cost of living crisisGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s primary vote has plateaued and Angus Taylor’s approval rating has crashed, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.But it is not all smooth sailing for Labor with Australians rubbishing the government’s ...
Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ livesErik Davis was driving to a medical appointment in St Paul, Minnesota, on 16 June when federal agents surrounded his car.“They hauled me out … and put me in a belly chain,” recalled the 53-year-old. He was arrested on the spot on c...
Australian government insists legal costs should be paid by former senator as FoI fight escalatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government will insist Rex Patrick pays up to $150,000 to cover its legal costs if he loses a fight to access documents about the Aukus agreement, escalating a battle in which several crossbench MPs have swung behind the former senator.The ...
If the opposition leader was funding one side of a vicious factional war, it would be hard for many in the party to stomachGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent Commission against Corruption inquiries have an uncanny tendency to sprawl in unexpected directions.Just ask former New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, who was caught on tape with her secret boyfri...
Shots fired in the Channel are all in a day’s work for the intrepid shadow home secretaryC’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre. Captain Chris “Hunter-Killer” Philp had been on patrol since first light in the Channel. While the rest of the country was still asleep, the Philpster was scanning the horizon for rubber dinghies full of illegal immigrants. Something he had never done in his previ...
Shots fired in the Channel are all in a day’s work for the intrepid shadow home secretaryC’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre. Captain Chris ‘Hunter-Killer’ Philp had been on patrol since first light in the English Channel. While the rest of the country was still asleep, the Philpster was scanning the horizon for rubber dinghies full of illegal immigrants. Something he had never done in h...
Letter, published before Anthony Fauci will appear before Congress, accuses Republicans of ‘waging a war on individual scientists’US politics live – latest updatesMore than 155 scientists, physicians and public health advocates have called for an end to what they describe as the “vilification and harassment of many American scientists” by the Trump administration and its allies.In an open letter p...
Former Olympic canoeist Davey Hearn’s lawyers say testimony undermines felony chargeA witness in the case against a former Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool testified that the area of the pool liner was already damaged and would have required repairs regardless of David “Davey” Hearn’s alleged actions.A court filing released on Monday contained that revel...
The A350 landed in Toulouse 24 hours and 24 minutes after leaving Melbourne as airline plans direct London serviceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas completed what is believed to be the longest-ever commercial flight when its Airbus jet landed in Toulouse on Tuesday after a flight from Melbourne lasting 24 hours a...
Australian banks ‘not getting the basics right’, regulator says after review of more than 200,000 home loansGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsic has accused banks of “not getting the basics right”, after the regulator found faulty mortgage offset accounts meant borrowers were being overcharged tens of millions of dollars in extra interest payments.In a new report, the Au...
Ex-officials ask FCC to reject petitions to deny renewal of broadcast licenses for eight stations owned by ABCA group of prominent former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials, including key staffers and commissioners appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents, issued a filing Tuesday that warns the agency is trying to send a “chilling message” to broadcasters after it rece...
French authorities order evacuation of almost 4,000 people from Lacanau resort amid return of heatwaveEurope live – latest updatesThe evacuation of nearly 4,000 people from tourist sites on France’s Atlantic coast is under way as the return of winds and extreme heat jeopardised firefighters’ battles to contain wildfires raging to the west of Bordeaux.The precautionary evacuation order, which cover...
Shadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in ChannelIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Channel monitoring small boat...
Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes it’s a Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyedThe campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banner it displayed in Parliament Square saying “Yes it’s a Genocide” was seized by Greater London Authority officials and destroyed.Representatives of the GLA arrived on the scene in central London and co...
Deaths expected as Kumamoto shook by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildingsA 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, leaving at least 50 people injured, with some trapped and presumed dead inside a partly collapsed shopping mall.The earthquake hit the Kumamoto prefecture on the southern Kyushu island late on Tuesday afternoon, knocking out power to thousands of hom...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck the country’s Kumamoto prefectureKyushu Electric Power said 48,000 homes had lost power as a result of the latest quake, while railway company JR Kyushu said that it had suspended services, including its high-speed bullet trains.Kumamoto airport also shut its runway, as airlines diverted and cancelled flights. Continue reading...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck the country’s Kumamoto prefectureKyushu Electric Power said 48,000 homes had lost power as a result of the latest quake, while railway company JR Kyushu said that it had suspended services, including its high-speed bullet trains.Kumamoto airport also shut its runway, as airlines diverted and cancelled flights. Continue reading...
Chris Philp says French authorities claims that shots fired near him in the Channel were part of training are ‘not credible’Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in ChannelIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Cha...
Pharmaceuticals company is investing £400m in UK life sciences and moving scientists to new Cambridge R&D siteBusiness live – latest updatesThe British drugmaker GSK is to announce sweeping job cuts as part of a £1.9bn cost-cutting programme to pay for a £400m investment in UK life sciences over the next three years, including in a new research and development centre in Cambridge, as it looks ...
Viral video apparently shows a Saltburn 2nd XI fielder clicking his fingers to mimic a batter’s nickThe ball is bowled, the batter plays a shot and it’s caught by the wicketkeeper to cheers all round. The batter is clearly bemused. Did he hit it? Or … did a fielder click his fingers to mimic a nick?A row has erupted in the normally friendly, if ultra-competitive, world of English club cricket afte...
Authorities say the killings fit the definition of family annihilation, one of at least eight in the US this yearAuthorities in Michigan have identified a man they say fatally shot his wife and six children on Friday in a mass murder that fits the definition of a family annihilation.Citing autopsy results, the Ottawa county sheriff’s office said in a news release Monday that Kristopher Karolkiewic...
US states and federal government tracking cases as outbreak comes amid cuts to public health fundingAn outbreak of cyclosporiasis highlights how US states and the federal government work together to track foodborne illnesses – and where they diverge.Experts said the enormous number of cases, potentially more than 11,000 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) count, is symptomati...
The former Black Panther’s lawyers ask a UN panel to review his detention after US legal avenues were exhaustedAs he approaches the 45th anniversary of his incarceration in December, the Black radical writer and prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is taking his claim that he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime that he did not commit to a new tribunal: the United Nations in Geneva.On Tues...
Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places’Comment: This Booker longlist may have two previous winners, but it’s keen to experimentDouglas Stuart and Marlon James, two previous winners of the Booker, have been named on this year’s longlist, alongside three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout, in a collection that “rewards risk...
Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places’• Comment: This Booker longlist may have two previous winners, but it’s keen to experimentDouglas Stuart and Marlon James, two previous winners of the Booker, have been named on this year’s longlist, alongside three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout, in a collection that “rewards ri...
Three years after Maui wildfires many still struggle with ‘biological, emotional and social consequences’, study saysA spate of ferocious wildfires across North America and Europe, worsened by the climate crisis, have incinerated homes and forests and forced thousands of people to flee. Previous fires suggest the effects of these blazes may linger for years to come.The current fires and their plum...
Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’UK politics live – latest updatesA senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to refuse an asylum claim.The case relates to a Moroccan woman and her child who fled her country after experiencing forced underage marriage and extreme violence, includ...
Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisisUK politics live – latest updatesA Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him highlighting the small boats crisis.Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple o...
Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisisUK politics live – latest updatesA Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him covering the small boats crisis.Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of mi...
Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisisUK politics live – latest updatesA Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him covering the small boats crisis.Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of mi...
