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The Queensland government promised to put victims first. But it has buried a report from domestic violence survivors
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The Queensland government promised to put victims first. But it has buried a report from domestic violence survivors

Exclusive: Leaked document from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government has buried the findings of its own working group of domestic violence victim-survivors after their report was heavily criti...

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The Queensland government promised to put victims first. But it buried a report from domestic violence survivors
The Guardian •

The Queensland government promised to put victims first. But it buried a report from domestic violence survivors

Exclusive: Report from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government has buried the findings of its own working group of domestic violence victim-survivors, after their report was heavily critical of p...

The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors
The Guardian •

The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors

Exclusive: Report from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government has buried the findings of its own working group of domestic violence victim-survivors, after their report was heavily critical of police responses and called for a “civilian review mech...

Historic $350m NSW funding boost helps launch new Aboriginal family program to help children ‘tell their own stories’
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Historic $350m NSW funding boost helps launch new Aboriginal family program to help children ‘tell their own stories’

Holistic approach to care which preserves children’s identities part of Minns government reforms to broader child protection systemFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Aboriginal family preservation program aimed at giving at-risk children space to “tell their own stories” has been launched across New South Wales after ...

Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
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Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say

Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current positionAstronomers have found evidence that the Milky Way was flipped on its side following a direct hit from a wayward galaxy long before the solar system was born.The cataclysmic collision took place about 10bn years ago when the Milky Way was struck head-on by an incoming dwarf galaxy kn...

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Zendaya faces backlash for wearing ancient Iranian jewellery at Odyssey event

Zendaya faces backlash for wearing ancient Iranian jewellery at Odyssey event

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Film star promotes Christopher Nolan film epic wearing gold artefacts dating back almost 3,000 yearsThe Odyssey is a story about a Greek king’s long journey home. But a pair of earrings worn on the new film adaptation’s press tour – and their long separation from their homeland – is sparking controversy.At a photocall in London, Zendaya, who plays the goddess Athena in the Christopher Nolan film, ...

US identifies soldier killed destroying downed Iranian drone in Iraq

US identifies soldier killed destroying downed Iranian drone in Iraq

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Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton died during a controlled detonation at Erbil airbase as US-Iran war toll reaches 17The US military has identified an army soldier killed recently during a “controlled detonation” of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, North Carolina.According to a press release from the US defense department on Tuesday morning, the 30-year-o...

Oil price rises above $90 as US and Iran exchange fire and Houthis threaten naval blockade in Saudi Arabia - as it happened

Oil price rises above $90 as US and Iran exchange fire and Houthis threaten naval blockade in Saudi Arabia - as it happened

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsMore on the cost of living: new figures show that UK grocery inflation eased in the four weeks to 12th July to 2.6%, its lowest rate since December 2024.It marks the fifth consecutive month of slowing price rises, Worldpanel by Numerator found.Easing price rises will come as welcome news to shoppers, but the annual bill tells a fuller story...

Thames Water joins hosepipe ban as England and Wales approach drought status

Thames Water joins hosepipe ban as England and Wales approach drought status

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About 23 million people across country affected by water-saving measures with ‘prolonged dry weather’ in eight areasHow can I water my garden in a hosepipe ban and will there be drought this summer?Thames Water investors offer ‘golden share’ in bid to head off nationalisationTwenty three million people will be banned from using hosepipes by this weekend, as England and Wales moves closer to drough...

‘Sit down!’: Australian MP yells at dog then snaps at presenter in live interview

‘Sit down!’: Australian MP yells at dog then snaps at presenter in live interview

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Barnaby Joyce had been defending One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s ‘working holiday’ on ABC current affairs showThe Australian politician Pauline Hanson – a populist, hard-right figure in the Nigel Farage mould – probably expected her European tour to generate headlines.But the One Nation party leader, who is riding high in the polls, could not have anticipated that coverage would become dominate...

Andy Burnham shakes up Whitehall with new government department

Andy Burnham shakes up Whitehall with new government department

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Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet, led by Louise Haigh, will oversee both No 10 in London and northern equivalent• Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabinet: who’s in and who’s out?Andy Burnham has created a powerful new department taking in parts of the Cabinet Office, Treasury and housing ministry to become the “dominant driver of the UK’s economy”.In one of his first acts, Burnham has created the ...

Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world

Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world

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The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has saved 26m lives globally, but slashing of funds and dismantling of USAID have forced clinics to shut in dozens of countriesNo part of the United States’ anti-HIV programme has escaped unscathed from Donald Trump’s funding cuts, despite pledges from the administration to protect care that saved lives around the world, a new report has found.Funding...

Fourth person dies in New York City legionnaires’ disease outbreak

Fourth person dies in New York City legionnaires’ disease outbreak

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US health officials say source of Upper East Side cluster has likely been eliminated after 76 people fell illAn outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in New York City has claimed a fourth life, officials have said, as they again expressed confidence the source of the exposure had been eliminated.A statement from the city’s health department on Monday said the outbreak, which was traced to cooling towe...

Stand still, make eye contact: Denmark tells tourists how to behave in a wolf encounter

Stand still, make eye contact: Denmark tells tourists how to behave in a wolf encounter

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Government urges visitors not to approach or feed wolves as it manages safety amid growing populationDanish authorities have advised tourists to stand still, make eye contact and put up “maximum resistance” in the event of attack if they encounter a wolf while on holiday.After a 200-year absence, wolves started returning to Denmark in 2012. There are now estimated to be 49 wolves on the Danish pen...

Oil price rises above $90 as US and Iran exchange fire and Houthis threaten naval blockade in Saudi Arabia - business live

Oil price rises above $90 as US and Iran exchange fire and Houthis threaten naval blockade in Saudi Arabia - business live

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsMore on the cost of living: new figures show that UK grocery inflation eased in the four weeks to 12th July to 2.6%, its lowest rate since December 2024.It marks the fifth consecutive month of slowing price rises, Worldpanel by Numerator found.Easing price rises will come as welcome news to shoppers, but the annual bill tells a fuller story...

Ann Widdecombe was hit on head repeatedly with hammer, court told

Ann Widdecombe was hit on head repeatedly with hammer, court told

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Joshua Kerry appears at Westminster magistrates court charged with murder of former MP earlier this monthA man has appeared in court charged with the murder of former MP and Reform UK spokesperson Ann Widdecombe.Joshua Kerry, 28, is accused of killing the 78-year-old former Conservative minister at her home in Haytor, Devon, earlier this month, by hitting her on the head with a hammer 21 times. Co...

US claims of Cuba’s ‘unique threat’ jar with reality of hunger and blackouts

US claims of Cuba’s ‘unique threat’ jar with reality of hunger and blackouts

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State department’s 100-page report is latest push in Trump administration campaign to bring down governmentThe US government’s latest allegations that Cuba is behind “many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history” and that its leaders pose “a unique threat to American homeland security” have come as startling revelations to those living under the six-month-long US oil...

Lebanese army accuses Israelis of firing near troops as president prepares to meet Trump – Middle East crisis live

Lebanese army accuses Israelis of firing near troops as president prepares to meet Trump – Middle East crisis live

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Soldiers were operating in ‘pilot zone’ in southern Lebanon; Joseph Aoun to meet Trump at White HouseLebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, is due to meet Donald Trump for the first time today as he wraps up a four-day visit to Washington.The meeting coincides with ongoing US-mediated talks between Lebanon and Israel. The two sides announced a “framework agreement” on 26 June which stipulates the withd...

Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens as Gulf coast braces for flooding and surge

Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens as Gulf coast braces for flooding and surge

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Storm warnings stretch from Florida to Louisiana as Bertha brings heavy rain, flooding risk and possible tornadoesTropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and was moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches, forecasters said.The storm was about 110 miles (177km) south of Panama City, Florida, and 170 miles (274 km...

US immigration agents arrested a record number of people in June, data shows

US immigration agents arrested a record number of people in June, data shows

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Guardian analysis shows officers arrested 43,138 people as quiet and steady operations ramp up across the countryThe Trump administration arrested a record number of immigrants last month, according to newly released government data that reveals how US immigration agents are quietly but steadily ramping up operations across the country.A Guardian analysis of the latest data published by US Immigra...

Trump administration sought phone records of New York Times journalists and their relatives

Trump administration sought phone records of New York Times journalists and their relatives

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Officials sought identity of sources ‘long before’ reporters wrote about the president’s Air Force One jet from QatarDonald Trump’s administration sought phone records of several New York Times journalists and even those of some of their relatives, according to a motion unsealed Monday – an unusually aggressive attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about the president’s...

Andy Burnham says his will be a ‘cost-of-living government’ in first cabinet meeting as PM – UK politics live

Andy Burnham says his will be a ‘cost-of-living government’ in first cabinet meeting as PM – UK politics live

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The new prime minister said he wants his government to look at ‘all possible ways’ to help families with high costsBurnham to cut VAT on electricity bills in first cost-of-living moveAntónio Costa, the president of the European council, said in a post on X that he held a “good” phone call with Andy Burnham last night, in which he said they agreed to “further strengthen” EU-UK relations and continu...

Two in five Americans believe stock market only serves the top 1%

Two in five Americans believe stock market only serves the top 1%

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Exclusive Harris poll for Guardian reveals Americans’ assumptions about stock market and wider economyTwo in five Americans believe the stock market isn’t for them and only benefits the top 1%, according to a new Harris Poll poll exclusive to the Guardian that surveyed investing habits and knowledge about the economy.The poll found a similar share of Americans had incorrect assumptions about the r...

Andy Burnham hosts first cabinet meeting as PM after announcing cut to VAT on electricity bills – UK politics live

Andy Burnham hosts first cabinet meeting as PM after announcing cut to VAT on electricity bills – UK politics live

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Ministers have arrived at Downing Street for the new prime minister’s first meeting with his new governmentBurnham to cut VAT on electricity bills in first cost-of-living moveAntónio Costa, the president of the European council, said in a post on X that he held a “good” phone call with Andy Burnham last night, in which he said they agreed to “further strengthen” EU-UK relations and continue to coo...

We received no alert, say leaders of First Nations communities razed by Canadian wildfires

We received no alert, say leaders of First Nations communities razed by Canadian wildfires

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Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threatFast-moving wildfires have burned two First Nations communities in Canada to the ground, as members said they were left to self-evacuate without government help or emergency alerts.Thirteen communities in Ontario province have been ordered to evacuate because of wildfir...

First Nations groups devastated by Canada’s wildfires say government did not help

First Nations groups devastated by Canada’s wildfires say government did not help

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Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threatFast-moving wildfires have burned two First Nations communities in Canada to the ground, as members said they were left to self-evacuate without government help or emergency alerts.Thirteen communities in Ontario province have been ordered to evacuate due to wildfires, ...

What the EU wants from Andy Burnham

What the EU wants from Andy Burnham

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European leaders have made positive noises about the new UK PM, but he is likely to face the same restrictions as StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is unknown in Brussels, but that will soon change. In his schedule for the autumn is an EU-UK summit that may underscore the same dilemmas that have confronted previous British prime ministers in the relationship with Europe.EU leade...

From youth mobility to food exports: the outstanding EU dilemmas facing Burnham

From youth mobility to food exports: the outstanding EU dilemmas facing Burnham

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European leaders have made positive noises about the new UK PM, but he is likely to face the same restrictions as StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is unknown in Brussels, but that will soon change. In his schedule for the autumn is an EU-UK summit that may underscore the same dilemmas that have confronted previous British prime ministers in the relationship with Europe.EU leade...

Canada ready to ‘intensify’ trade talks as Trump reportedly prepares to hit more countries with new tariffs – US politics live

Canada ready to ‘intensify’ trade talks as Trump reportedly prepares to hit more countries with new tariffs – US politics live

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Mark Carney says Canada has made proposals to resolve dispute as tariffs are due to be imposed on wide range of goodsSign up for US Breaking News emailPresident Donald ⁠Trump is poised to unleash fresh ⁠tariffs on ⁠dozens ​of countries as soon as ⁠this week, the Financial Times reported on ⁠Tuesday, with his temporary ​10% global ‌tariff ‌scheduled to expire on ‌Friday.The FT said the most immedia...