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Losing our religion? Australia would no longer be majority religious if format of census question changed, survey finds

Ahead of the census in August, campaign group suggests current poll design overstates the nation’s religiousnessGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia would no longer be a majority religious country if the format of a question in the census was changed, according to a new survey.The Essential Media poll tested the existing census format, where people choose from a lis...

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Meta ditches Muse Image AI feature because it ‘misses the mark’ on users’ privacy

Meta was criticised for feature launched on Tuesday that automatically lets users generate images using content from public Instagram accountsMeta has said ⁠it is discontinuing an AI feature launched this week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram ⁠accounts, after drawing widespread ⁠criticism over privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood union.“Our intent was to provid...

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Ryanair has axed its family seating policy – but kids’ fees still add up

The airfare for a baby on your lap could cost more than your own ticket. Here’s how airline charges and travel taxes can hit youRyanair recently stopped making parents pay to sit next to their children but depending on the airline the hidden extra costs involved in flying with children can be substantial. In some cases, you can even end up spending more for the baby on your lap than you paid for y...

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Europe considering proposals to allow navigation fees in strait of Hormuz

Plans specify tolls must not be compulsory as US officials urge Iran to publicly guarantee shipping safe passageEurope is studying proposals that may allow the charging of navigation fees in the strait of Hormuz as long as the tolls are not compulsory and have the support of the UN agency that regulates maritime transport.Britain’s deputy prime minister, David Lammy, said the imposition of compuls...

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Europe considering proposals to allow navigational fees in strait of Hormuz

Plans specify tolls must not be compulsory, as US officials urge Iran to make public statement that strait is open and that shipping can safely passEurope is studying proposals that may allow the charging of navigational fees in the strait of Hormuz so long as the tolls are not compulsory and have the support of the UN agency that regulates maritime transport.Britain’s deputy prime minister, David...

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Haaland’s hometown hails ‘little boy who grew into a huge Viking’

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The people of Bryne are proud of local hero’s rise to the top of world football as Norway prepare to face EnglandSurrounded by red hats, No 9 shirts and Erling Haaland action toys at her fabric shop in the small Norwegian town of Bryne, Olinda Haaland – no relation but proud to share the now world-famous name – said everybody in the striker’s home town was a football fan these days.“It’s been pure...

Peter Falconio murder 25 years on: new footage shows dying Australian outback killer’s refusal to reveal body’s location

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NT police release body-worn camera vision of Bradley John Murdoch denying knowing where UK backpacker’s body is weeks before his deathGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInfamous killer Bradley John Murdoch aggressively denied knowing where the body of still-missing backpacker Peter Falconio was during a police interview weeks before he died.NT Police released body-worn came...

Venezuela quake death toll passes 4,000 as scale of recovery effort looms large

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Nearly 17,000 injured and thousands more are listed as missing amid calls by UN and president Delcy Rodríguez for financial helpThe death toll in Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes has topped 4,000, the government said on Friday.At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in the back-to-back quakes on 24 June that flattened entire districts in the coastal state of La Guaira, Venezue...

Crews again drain Trump’s troubled reflecting pool

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Workers observed draining water from Lincoln Memorial pool plagued by algae blooms and peeling paintCrews were observed Friday draining the plagued Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a landmark at the heart of Donald Trump’s mission to beautify Washington DC.Interior secretary Doug Burgum, whose agency oversees the National Park Service, told conservative podcaster Katie Miller in an interview rele...

Man charged with Bedfordshire murder of his wife and daughters after arrest in South Africa

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Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma was arrested in a Johannesburg suburb after an international manhuntA man has been charged with murdering his wife and two young daughters after being arrested in South Africa following an international manhunt.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorised three counts of murder against Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, after he was arrested on Friday in Kensingto...

‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

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Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinctThe Trump administration repealed a crucial part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Friday, finalizing a new rule that will open habitats of imperiled wildlife to development, logging, mining and other uses.For the last 50 years, the landmark environmental law included a broad...

Graham Platner officially withdraws candidacy for US Senate in Maine

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Paperwork ends Democratic campaign laden with scandals, including most recently accusations of sexual assaultGraham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, officially withdrew his candidacy on Friday afternoon, ending a campaign laden with scandals.Maine’s secretary of state confirmed Platner had filed the paperwork to remove his name from the November ballot, two days after Platne...

John Fetterman joins forces with Republican counterpart in Senate for fundraising committee

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Venture between two Pennsylvania senators stokes speculation about Fetterman’s future in Democratic partyThe Democratic senator John Fetterman, who has faced mounting political challenges, is joining forces with the Republican senator Dave McCormick to launch a new joint fundraising committee, a move that is likely to fuel additional questions about Fetterman’s increasingly rightward lurch.Pennsyl...

Rapper Pitbull and fans set ‘bald cap’ Guinness World Record at London show

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Crowd of more than 22,000 people – and the musician himself – filled Hyde Park with the ‘largest gathering of people wearing bald caps’A tight plastic cap is not an attractive option for protective headwear in 30C (86F) heat. Yet 22,141 people opted for just that – along with a white shirt, black tie and aviator sunglasses – in Hyde Park, London, on Friday afternoon. It was both a homage to the ra...

Rapper Pitbull and fans set ‘bald cap’ Guinness World Record at Hyde Park show

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Crowd of over 22,000 people – and the musician himself – formed the ‘largest gathering of people wearing bald caps’A tight plastic cap is not an attractive option for protective headwear in 30C heat. Yet 22,141 people opted for just that – along with a white shirt, black tie and aviator sunglasses – in Hyde Park, London, on Friday afternoon. It was both a homage to the rapper Pitbull, the night’s ...

EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

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New York City becomes first in the US to ban deceptive subscription practices

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Rule from Mamdani administration bans companies from trapping customers into paying recurring charges and ‘junk fees’New York City has adopted a new rule that bans companies from using deceptive subscriptions to trap customers into paying for gym memberships, streaming services and other recurring charges, the city’s consumer protection office said.The new rule, which will start on 1 October, prom...

NAACP demands end of Trump’s anticrime taskforce in Memphis after deaths of Black men

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Advocacy group calls on acting attorney general to lead ‘thorough, transparent federal investigation’The deaths in recent days of two Black men in Tennessee, one in the custody of police and the other at the hands of national guard troops, has prompted the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to demand the suspension of the so-called Memphis Safe Task Force, Donald Trump’s an...

Man who was killed by ICE in Texas never ‘weaponized’ his vehicle, witnesses say

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Lawyer says men who were riding in van are being pressured to self-deport as footage of incident is reportedly with investigatorsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe three men who were in the van when federal immigration officials shot and killed a man in Houston, Texas, this week are strongly disputing the Trump administration’s narrative of the events and are being pressured to s...

Missouri declares state of emergency over severe storms and flooding

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Governor Mike Kehoe urges people to follow guidelines with more heavy rain expected through the weekendMissouri has declared a state of emergency in response to severe storms and flash flooding affecting the state’s central, south-central, and south-eastern regions.In a news release, Governor Mike Kehoe said that under the order, the Missouri state emergency operations plan has been activated, all...

King Charles understood to have met Prince Harry’s children at Highgrove

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet believed to have had private reunion with kingKing Charles has enjoyed a private reunion with the grandchildren he has not seen for four years, it is understood.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, were hosted by Charles and Queen Camilla at the king’s private residence, H...

Marco Rubio announces deportation of Minnesota man pardoned last month

The Guardian • 2 months ago

State had pardoned immigrant Tou Lue Vang in June over 2006 conviction but federal government expels him to LaosA Laotian man pardoned by state officialsin Minnesota last month has been deported from the country, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has announced.Tou Lue Vang, an immigrant from Laos, faced deportation for a 2006 conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after raping a ...

Top Boy actor Micheal Ward cleared of rape and sexual assault charges

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Five charges related to encounter with woman Ward met at New Year’s Day party in London in 2023The Top Boy actor Micheal Ward has been cleared of raping and sexually assaulting a woman who claimed he had attacked her in the back of a car.Ward, 28, who is best known for his roles in the crime drama and Steve McQueen’s Small Axe, was acquitted of two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetrat...

Top Boy actor Micheal Ward cleared of rape and sexual assault charges

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Top Boy actor Michael Ward cleared of rape and sexual assault charges

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Five charges related to encounter with woman Ward met at New Year’s Day party in London in 2023The Top Boy actor Michael Ward has been cleared of raping and sexually assaulting a woman who claimed he had attacked her in the back of a car.Ward, 28, who is best known for his roles in the crime drama and Steve McQueen’s Small Axe, was acquitted of two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetrat...

Democratic Texas AG candidate claims $110m in grants for Elon Musk’s Starlink ‘sure looks’ like corruption

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Nathan Johnson says if elected he’ll investigate state’s deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide rural internetUS politics live – latest updatesA Texas Democrat running to become the state’s attorney general has said he will investigate Elon Musk’s SpaceX company if elected, saying it “sure looks like” corruption was involved in a deal he said handed the world’s richest man $110m of taxpayers’ mon...

Police say man arrested on suspicion of murder of Ann Widdecombe – UK politics as it happened

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A 26-year-old man in custody and officers say incident is not being treated as terrorism Police arrest man on suspicion of Ann Widdecombe’s murderImmigration policy (see 9.24am) is just one area where Andy Burnham faces an acute challenge when he becomes PM. Here are some of the other stories around this morning about Burnham and what he might do when he takes power.Jim Pickard, George Parker and ...

Ann Widdecombe: uncompromising politician who embraced TV fame

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Former Conservative minister, who later joined Reform UK and became an unlikely celebrity, was found dead at her Devon home on ThursdayOn Wednesday, shortly after Nigel Farage announced he would stand down from his parliamentary seat in Clacton to trigger a byelection, Ann Widdecombe appeared by video link on Talk TV to praise his decision.“This is a very decisive man,” Widdecombe told the intervi...

Netflix reportedly among parties in talks to buy Letterboxd

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Sony Pictures and Paramount are said to also be among potential buyers for the film-focused social platformLetterboxd is reportedly in talks with potential buyers.The owners of the popular social platform for movies are discussing a sale with companies including Netflix, Sony Pictures and Paramount, according to the industry newsletter Puck. Continue reading...

George and Fiona Cottrell understood to have been interviewed under caution by Met police

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Interviews of Farage aide and his mother believed to be part of investigation into donations to Reform UK before 2024 electionNigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell and his mother Fiona Cottrell have been interviewed under criminal caution by Scotland Yard detectives, the Guardian understands.The interviews are understood to form part of an ongoing investigation into donations to Reform UK before the...