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So how do you get access to the Qantas chairman’s lounge? Alan Joyce has some tips
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So how do you get access to the Qantas chairman’s lounge? Alan Joyce has some tips

In his memoir, the former Qantas chief executive denies using the lounge as a tool to influence politiciansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJudges, politicians, newspaper editors and big spenders: Alan Joyce, the former Qantas chief executive, has revealed how the airline admits members to its private chairman’s lounge...

Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts deride family law system, calling DV a ‘weapon’ and court a ‘slaughterhouse’
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Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts deride family law system, calling DV a ‘weapon’ and court a ‘slaughterhouse’

Exclusive: Resurfaced comments by the One Nation leader underline her criticism of paid family violence leave and domestic violence support groupsPauline Hanson told a podcast last year she believed “your employer should not be responsible” for providing paid domestic violence leave, while her colleague Malcolm Roberts recently referred to the family court as the “slaughterhouse of the nation”, in...

Secret tape recordings and ‘sham’ payments: the Liberals’ internal ideological war laid bare
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Secret tape recordings and ‘sham’ payments: the Liberals’ internal ideological war laid bare

The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has begun a public inquiry into allegations of branch stacking, illegal donations, and interference with preselectionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIf you ever thought branch stacking was a harmless game played by young, ambitious political operatives seeking to advance within the party, think again.On Monday, on the first day of the co...

‘I knew what he had done to those boys’: murderer to stay in jail after journalist’s fight for justice
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‘I knew what he had done to those boys’: murderer to stay in jail after journalist’s fight for justice

Gibraltar-based Ros Astengo inspired four men to report sexual assaults carried out by Allan Grimson in 1990sRos Astengo, a journalist based in Gibraltar who usually focuses on politics and social issues, had qualms when she began investigating the case of the suspected serial killer Allan Grimson as he neared release from prison after serving more than 20 years.She worried that she might reopen t...

‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again

‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again

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Culture Club singer sings ‘I stand with the Jews / I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human’, in song defending Israel’s response to Hamas attackBoy George has released a new song entitled We Will Dance Again, which voices support for Israel’s military action in Palestine.Posted on X and Instagram with the Hebrew title עוד נרקוד alongside its English translation, the song features a ...

Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – as it happened

Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – as it happened

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe UK’s financial watchdog has launched a £2m advertising campaign aimed at curbing use of claims management companies (CMCs), and encouraging drivers hit by the car finance scandal to file their own complaints.The Financial Conduct Authority’s 30-second video advert features a series of pedestrians jumping over car bonnets in slow-motion,...

First Kenyan to play in NFL deported under Trump immigration crackdown

First Kenyan to play in NFL deported under Trump immigration crackdown

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Former rugby star Daniel Adongo allegedly overstayed visa but supporters say he needed mental health helpA former rugby star who became the first Kenyan to play in the NFL, was deported in June for a visa overstay and multiple arrests, according to federal immigration authorities.Daniel Adongo, 37, spent two seasons as a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts, playing twice, and was cut in 2015 aft...

Father and daughter die after being pulled from sea at Cornish beach

Father and daughter die after being pulled from sea at Cornish beach

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Police appeal for help to find handbag woman was carrying when she entered the water at Fistral beach in NewquayA father and daughter have died after being pulled from the sea at a popular surfing beach in the Cornish resort of Newquay.The man, in his 60s, and the woman, in her 30s, were pronounced dead at Fistral beach on Sunday after a large emergency response involving coastguards, a rescue hel...

Mayo beat 75-year-old ‘curse’ to become Gaelic football champions

Mayo beat 75-year-old ‘curse’ to become Gaelic football champions

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Team to return for euphoric homecoming after winning all-Ireland men’s final against Kerry, ending decades of defeatThe hex is broken, dispelled, banished, and a story that bewitched Ireland for decades has ended in fairytale: Mayo are all-Ireland champions.Seventy-five years after a supposed curse condemned its Gaelic men’s football team to endless defeat, the county prevailed and uncorked a wave...

US officials investigate after video appears to show person kicking sea lion

US officials investigate after video appears to show person kicking sea lion

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Video appears to show a person kicking the federally protected animal in San Diego, CaliforniaFederal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California.A spokesperson for the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed an investigation into the case but declined to provide additional det...

Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to arrive in Washington for Lindsey Graham funeral

Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to arrive in Washington for Lindsey Graham funeral

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Both men scheduled to meet Trump at time where US policy towards wars in Iran and Ukraine in state of fluxBenjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to arrive in Washington simultaneously with the goal of winning the ear of Donald Trump at pivotal moments in wars affecting their respective countries.Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, will attend Tue...

Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to arrive in Washington for Graham funeral – with hopes of winning Trump’s ear

Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to arrive in Washington for Graham funeral – with hopes of winning Trump’s ear

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Both men scheduled to meet Trump at time where US policy towards wars in Iran and Ukraine in state of fluxBenjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to arrive in Washington simultaneously with the goal of winning the ear of Donald Trump at pivotal moments in wars affecting their respective countries.Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, will attend Tue...

Montana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking pole

Montana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking pole

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David Cifaldi slipped and his pole pierced him in the side, then walked back hours along the route he had climbedA Montana man walked 10 miles to safety with a trekking pole speared through his torso after a fall during a hiking expedition on the state’s highest mountain.David Cifaldi slipped on rocks close to the summit of the 12,803ft (3,902 meters) Granite Peak during the hike on 20 July with t...

Poll shows Labour ahead of Reform UK for first time since Burnham became PM – UK politics live

Poll shows Labour ahead of Reform UK for first time since Burnham became PM – UK politics live

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The Green party has its lowest share of the vote since Zack Polanski became leader, the data showI have already posted lines from Andy Burnham’s BBC interview on reforming social care (see 9.03am), making council tax fairer (see 10.03am), and ruling out an early election (see 11.56am). And yesterday Peter Walker wrote up the lines in the interview from Burnham saying he would disagree with Donald ...

German officials call for tighter extremism laws after Berlin Pride attack

German officials call for tighter extremism laws after Berlin Pride attack

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Alternative für Deutschland, topping polls ahead of state elections, accuses government of failing to tackle Islamist radicalismEurope live – latest updatesGerman officials have called for a tightening of laws for known extremists after a deadly attack in Berlin on one of Europe’s biggest Pride parades, as the far right seeks to mobilise outraged voters before three key state elections.The anti-mi...

Burnham says foreign care workers should be ‘welcomed’ and suggests they could be exempt from settlement crackdown – UK politics live

Burnham says foreign care workers should be ‘welcomed’ and suggests they could be exempt from settlement crackdown – UK politics live

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New PM implies care workers could be exempt from Home Office plan to make foreign workers wait longer until they can apply for indefinite leave to remain I have already posted lines from Andy Burnham’s BBC interview on reforming social care (see 9.03am), making council tax fairer (see 10.03am), and ruling out an early election (see 11.56am). And yesterday Peter Walker wrote up the lines in the int...

Potential for first Australian oil refinery in 60 years as treasurer braces for inflation from Middle East war

Potential for first Australian oil refinery in 60 years as treasurer braces for inflation from Middle East war

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Commonwealth and Western Australia to fund study into construction of large-scale petrol refinery as buffer against fuel vulnerabilityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s first new oil refinery in 60 years could be built in Western Australia under the Albanese government’s long-term strategy to shield the country from future global oil shocks.The commonwealth and ...

Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation

Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation

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Artificial intelligence firm should provide $100m for cyber defences, says Hugging Face CEOBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”.Clement Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, said the “unprecedented” attack on his business required a similar response. Continue reading...

Three people killed and one suspect at large in Bite of Seattle food festival shooting

Three people killed and one suspect at large in Bite of Seattle food festival shooting

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Four people, including a toddler, were wounded in the violence and one suspect was arrested, authorities sayThree people were killed and four others – including a toddler – were wounded in a shooting on Sunday evening during a food festival at an events complex near the Space Needle in Seattle, a city fire department spokesperson said.One suspect was arrested in the aftermath of the deadly violenc...

Three people killed and one suspect at large Bite of Seattle food festival shooting

Three people killed and one suspect at large Bite of Seattle food festival shooting

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Four people, including a toddler, were wounded in the violence and one suspect was arrested, authorities sayThree people were killed and four others – including a toddler – were wounded in a shooting on Sunday evening during a food festival at an events complex near the Space Needle in Seattle, a city fire department spokesperson said.One suspect was arrested in the aftermath of the deadly violenc...

Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

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Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilitiesJodrell Bank Observatory, which runs a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is facing closure after the government’s major funder cut support for the facility.The deep space observatory, which hosts the Grade I-listed Lovell telescope, is prized by astronomers who study galaxies, blac...

AstraZeneca boss urges western drugmakers to move at ‘Chinese speed’

AstraZeneca boss urges western drugmakers to move at ‘Chinese speed’

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Europe and US risk being outpaced on innovation, as happened in the car industry, warns Pascal SoriotAstraZeneca must operate at “Chinese speed” to ensure it doesn’t suffer the fate of the western automotive industry by losing out to more innovative rivals, the drug company’s boss has said.The FTSE 100 company is watching the rise of China’s pharmaceutical industry closely and collaborating to tak...

US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters

US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters

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Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s useA coalition of 17 environmental groups is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency reject a new Pfas that chemical giant Chemours is attempting to fast track for approval for use in cooling datacenters, and would almost certainly pollute regions around the facilities.In formal comments submitted...

Screamers welcome: Chicago scream club lets people ‘give in and let go’

Screamers welcome: Chicago scream club lets people ‘give in and let go’

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Chicagoans come together for cathartic and communal screaming experience as activity gains traction across USPeople strolling along North Avenue Beach, a sandy strip on Lake Michigan, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, are apt to see something unusual on Sunday evenings.That’s because Chicago’s “Scream Club” meets there every week during the city’s warmer months, bringing together a comm...

Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women with knives in Paris

Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women with knives in Paris

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Women aged 19, 24 and 36 taken to hospital after assault in Porte de Clichy area in north of capitalA French off-duty police officer has detained a man after he attacked and wounded three women with two kitchen knives in Paris on Monday.Three women aged 19, 24 and 36 were taken to hospital after the assault at about 11.30am (0930 GMT) in the Porte de Clichy area in the north of the capital, said t...

Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

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Refugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready get people out of war-torn territoryThe Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of the war-torn region.Last September, the Home Office announced it was suspending refugee family reunion applications and that new, more ...

DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeover

DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeover

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KKR and Energy Capital Partners poised to buy firm despite misgivings from founder and biggest shareholdersBusiness live – latest updatesOne of the biggest energy businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange has agreed a controversial £5.7bn takeover by private equity, adding to the growing exodus of companies from the UK market.US private equity groups KKR and Energy Capital Partners are poised...

Trump continues pause on Iran strikes as Pentagon reveals higher casualty figures | First Thing

Trump continues pause on Iran strikes as Pentagon reveals higher casualty figures | First Thing

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Eighteen American troops have been killed and 624 wounded since White House launched war on Tehran. Plus, International Cowboy Day in KenyaGood morning. The US has paused strikes on Iran for a third night as top military officials advised Donald Trump to halt his bombing campaign, and diplomatic negotiations have continued to avoid a return to all-out war. Oil prices fell on Monday as markets resp...

Senate to begin voting on Trump intelligence nominee Jay Clayton – US politics live

Senate to begin voting on Trump intelligence nominee Jay Clayton – US politics live

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The US president’s pick to be the country’s director of national intelligence is expected to be approved within days – but only after a tense confirmation hearingSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The Senate is due to begin voting as early as Monday on the nomination of Manhattan US attorney Jay Clayton, Donald Trump’s pick to be the ⁠top US spy, a...