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Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and woundedThe Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and wounded “starting July 7”.Accordin...
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s also well worth watching this video of Guardian Australia’s community affairs reporter Adeshola Ore’s interview with Barnaby Joyce about Armidale’s refugee resettlement program and One Nation’s policy positions on immigration.One Nation’s policy is that immigrants who do not speak English should “under no cir...
Minister says premier ‘not going anywhere’ and describes leaking of Sunday night meeting as attempt to build momentum for spillFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian Labor premier, Jacinta Allan, is expected to face a leadership challenge when state parliament resumes this week.Just four months out from a state...
Minister says Victorian premier ‘not going anywhere’ and describes leaking of Sunday night meeting as attempt to build momentum for spillThe Victorian Labor premier, Jacinta Allan, is expected to face a leadership challenge when state parliament resumes this week.Just four months out from a state election, factional conveners from Labor’s left and right met on Sunday night to discuss whether Allan...
Four others arrested on suspicion of same murder in Luton after death of 17-year-oldA 16-year-old boy has been charged with murdering a teenager who died from multiple stab wounds at a park in Luton, police said.Four other teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of the same murder. Continue reading...
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKey figure in Icac NSW Liberal inquiry will not appearA key figure at the centre of an anti-corruption inquiry involving the New South Wales Liberal party has moved to the UK and is not expected to give evidence during eight weeks of public hearings. Continue reading...
Ukrainian president will be first overseas visitor for new British prime ministerVolodymyr Zelenskyy will become Andy Burnham’s first overseas visitor as prime minister, in a visit that Burnham said underlined Britain’s “unwavering” backing for Ukraine.Less than two weeks after Keir Starmer travelled to Kyiv for the final foreign visit of his prime ministership, the Ukrainian president will on Mon...
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA key figure at the centre of an anti-corruption inquiry involving the New South Wales Liberal party has moved to the UK and is not expected to give evidence during eight weeks of public hearings.The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) will start its Operation Rosny hearings on Monday. The first witne...
Israeli prime minister says ICC’s war crime charges are ‘bogus’ and plans to be in New York for UN gathering this fallBenjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, is “fomenting hate” by calling the Israeli prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over Israel’s war in Gaza if he visits the city for the United Nations general assembly.Netanyahu said he ...
New tidal baths on banks of Callan Park in Lilyfield expected to attract thousands to Parramatta River’s southern banks. Follow the day’s newsTwo more bird flu cases confirmed in South AustraliaTwo local birds in South Australia suspected to have a deadly bird flu, greater crested terns found in Robe and Semaphore, have been confirmed positive for the H5N1 virus by CSIRO.All of these have been ind...
New tidal baths on banks of Callan Park in Lilyfield expected to attract thousands to Parramatta River’s southern banks. Follow the day’s newsSydney’s latest harbour swimming pool, on the banks of Callan Park in Lilyfield, will open for swimmers this summer, the state government says, with construction now under way.The new tidal baths on the Iron Cove foreshore, along the popular Bay Run and clos...
Scott Gottlieb responds to report that company contacted the White House seeking to delay a recall announcementFormer Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb said on Sunday that it was “not standard operating procedure” for Taylor Farms to ask the White House to intervene as the company prepared to announce a recall tied to a massive cyclospora outbreak.Appearing on CBS’s Face ...
Top military officials say campaign has reached its limit of effectiveness and warn of dwindling stocks of munitionsThe US has paused strikes on Iran for a second 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.Trump is said to be weighing up diplomatic and military options in the nearly ...
Tom Homan comments on officer’s eligibility to serve after reports that agent’s two ex-wives had accused him of abuseTom Homan, the Trump administration “border czar”, on Sunday said he did not believe the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer at the center of a recent fatal shooting in Maine “should have ever cleared vetting”.Speaking to CNN’s State of the Union, Homan was asked by ho...
Abdul Ballout, 21, reportedly shot in operation at allotment in Spandau district after fatal attack in Tiergarten parkA man suspected of a driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival then going on a knife rampage in an Islamist terror attack has been shot dead by police, German officials have said.Police confirmed on Sunday evening that the chief suspect had been shot dead, reportedly ...
Director Ryan Coogler announces British actor as lead role alongside co-stars Letitia Wright and Winston DukeThe British actor David Jonsson has been unveiled as the new Black Panther by the film’s director, Ryan Coogler.Jonsson, 32, known for roles in Industry, The Long Walk and Alien: Romulus, will play the son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa in the third Black Panther movie. Continue reading...
Singer rebukes Trump administration after it uses her song Firework over footage of missile striking Iranian naval shipPop star Katy Perry has condemned the Trump White House after it used her hit song Firework in a TikTok video showing US military strikes on Iranian targets, saying she never approved the use of her music.The White House video, which featured Firework playing over footage of a mis...
Police hunt for main suspect, named as Abdul Ballout, 21, after fatal attack in Tiergarten park close to LGBTQ+ eventA deadly van ramming and knife rampage near Berlin’s Pride festival was an Islamist terrorist attack, German authorities have said as the hunt for the main suspect continues.One person was killed and 29 others were injured after a man drove a minivan into a crowd of pedestrians, the...
King’s Fund report finds men and women live, on average, for 80 years and nearly 84 years, but gains are in southThe north-south divide in life expectancy in England has grown over the past decade, with people in northern regions facing more illnesses such as heart disease and cancer, but also suicides and deaths related to alcohol and drug misuse.Provisional figures show life expectancy reached a...
Strongman leader’s grip over media channels has been rocked and opposition parties reinvigorated by CJPEven the night before Narendra Modi accepted the resignation of his education minister, India’s prime minister appeared confident that the largest mass uprising to take place in his 12 years in power would do little to rattle his government.Addressing his “young friends” in a late-night Instagram...
Strongman leader’s grip over media channels has been rocked and opposition parties reinvigorated by CJPEven the night before Narendra Modi accepted the resignation of his education minister, India’s prime minister appeared confident that the largest mass uprising to take place in his 12 years in power would do little to rattle his government.Addressing his “young friends,” in a late-night Instagra...
Airport’s bars and restaurants were also unable to serve drinks to passengers because of lack of running waterWater supply has been restored to most of Gatwick airport after passengers spent hours without access to working toilets and bars and restaurants were closed.Most toilets had reopened across both terminals on Sunday evening, with the remaining facilities, including bars and restaurants, ex...
Airport’s bars and restaurants also unable to serve drinks to passengers because of lack of running waterA water supply failure at Gatwick left passengers without access to working toilets or bars and restaurants.Passengers posted online that they were unable to get hot drinks, wash their hands or fill up water bottles at the airport in Sussex. Continue reading...
Hunt ongoing for main suspect, named as Abdul Ballout, 21, after fatal attack in Tiergarten park close to LGBTQ eventA deadly van ramming and knife rampage near Berlin’s Pride festival was an Islamist terrorist attack, German authorities have said, with a hunt ongoing to find the main suspect.One person was killed and 29 were injured after a man drove a minivan into a crowd of pedestrians, then st...
Mythical home of the ancient Greek gods designated alongside the D-day landing beaches in NormandyAfter a 12-year wait, Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the ancient Greek gods, has been inducted into a hall of more modern fame as Unesco announced it would be added to its world heritage list.Greece’s highest mountain made the list alongside the second world war D-day landing beaches in northern ...
New law prohibits retailers from using personal data to charge different prices for identical productsNew Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill recently signed a new law prohibiting businesses from using shoppers’ personal information to charge different prices for identical products, making her state the third in the US to ban the practice.The Fair Price Protection Act passed by New Jersey’s legislature...
Christian Ellis, a former registered lobbyist, is named in two Independent Commission Against Corruption allegationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA key figure at the centre of an anti-corruption inquiry involving the New South Wales Liberal party has moved to the UK and is not expected to give evidence during eight ...
Exclusive: Malcolm Roberts uses white supremacist concept to describe the party’s plans for deporting 200,000 people from AustraliaSenator Malcolm Roberts claims One Nation wants to deport at least 200,000 people and has repeatedly referred to the far-right concept of “remigration” in podcast interviews and speeches to niche platforms.In two recent podcasts, Roberts said One Nation wanted to depor...
Exclusive: Tribunal accepts three siblings could face ‘persecution’ for refusing military conscription due to their political opinion on warThree Israeli citizens facing conscription into the Israel Defense Forces have been granted the right to reapply for protection visas in Australia, after a government tribunal found they held a genuine fear they would be forced to break international humanitar...
From TikTok appearances to ‘sugar rush’ policies, new prime minister is taking different approach to predecessorSix weeks ago Andy Burnham was not even an MP; now the former mayor of Greater Manchester is the most important political figure in Britain. After orchestrating a bloodless coup against Keir Starmer, in which he was crowned as Labour leader unopposed, the new prime minister has started h...
