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Australia news live: PM signs defence pact with Fiji; public support comforts Coogee shark attack victim on sleepless nights

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Vuvale Union agreement adds to mutual defence pacts with US, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Follow today’s news liveMy colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today Continue reading...

Australia news live: space agency identifies ‘likely source’ of Queensland space balls; PM signs defence pact with Fiji

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Vuvale Union agreement adds to mutual defence pacts with US, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Follow today’s news liveMy colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today Continue reading...

Australia news live: PM signs defence pact with Fiji; Meta tells antisemitism inquiry it banned some claims about ‘Zionists’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Vuvale treaty adds to mutual defence pacts with US, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Follow today’s news liveMy colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today Continue reading...

Australia news live: Meta tells antisemitism royal commission it has banned some claims about ‘Zionists’ used to spread conspiracy theories

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Meanwhile Queensland premier vows to imprison more youth offenders at party state conference. Follow today’s news liveMy colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today Continue reading...

Australia news live: Plibersek defends PM after his comments about Kylie Minogue, saying she’s a ‘big fan as well’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Meanwhile Queensland premier vows to imprison more youth offenders at party state conference. Follow today’s news liveMy colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today Continue reading...

Minister calls on Burnham to show path to 3.5% target on UK defence spending

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Dan Jarvis, who wants to stay on as defence secretary, says he is confident PM-in-waiting values national securityThe new defence secretary, Dan Jarvis, has called on Andy Burnham to increase defence spending dramatically from 2030 and “evidence the trajectory” towards a Nato target that would mean £25bn a year more for the military by the middle of the next decade.The former paratrooper said he w...

Making public transport fully accessible ‘could boost UK economy by £176bn’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Report says current network of buses, trains and stations effectively locks 2.8m people out of workforceInvesting in the UK transport network to make it fully accessible to disabled passengers could boost the economy by £176bn by helping millions more people into work, according to a report.Making the economic case for an inclusive transport network, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE...

Ministers to crack down on political donations as Farage faces calls for second inquiry

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Measures to be announced to make funding more transparent amid new revelations about Reform UK leaderMinisters will launch a crackdown on large political donations on Monday, as Nigel Farage faces a possible second investigation into gifts he received from a convicted fraudster before becoming an MP.The government will announce a series of measures to make political funding more transparent, inclu...

‘Nepotism and bias’ rife in England and Wales police leadership, report finds

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Inquiry co-chaired by David Blunkett uncovers loss of focus on fighting crime, plus low standards and need for reformPolice leadership in England and Wales is plagued by “nepotism and bias” and too many chiefs have lost focus on fighting crime, a government-backed report has found.The inquiry, co-chaired by former home secretary David Blunkett, found a reset was needed at all levels, with scores o...

NHS to rate English trusts on tackling violence and racism towards staff

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Exclusive: Published league tables will rank acute, ambulance and mental health trusts on six measures The NHS will rate trusts according to how well they tackle racism, violence and sexual misconduct towards staff, the government has announced.From July, all NHS acute, ambulance and mental health trusts in England will be judged and ranked in published league tables on six main measures of wellbe...

Mobile internet coverage in UK worse than any EU or G7 country, Which? says

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Analysis finds services cheaper but country ranks 57th in network performance and 70th for download speedsBritish holidaymakers watching online videos while they sit on a European beach this summer are likely to be pleasantly surprised: the signal should be better than at home.Mobile coverage in the UK is worse than in any of the 27 EU member countries, and every other member of the G7 group of la...

Anthony Albanese apologises ‘unequivocally’ for podcast comment about Kylie Minogue

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Prime minister picked pop singer in game of ‘shag, marry, date’ on comedy podcastAnthony Albanese has apologised “unequivocally” for his comments while playing a ‘shag, marry, date’ game on a comedy podcast where he nominated Kylie Minogue for all three categories.The prime minister issued a statement on Monday morning after receiving criticism over the weekend for his appearance on the Bush Deep ...

Australia news live: Albanese apologises for podcast comment about Kylie Minogue; auction clearances below 50% again

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Meanwhile Queensland premier vows to imprison more youth offenders at party state conference. Follow today’s news liveAuction clearance rates remain under 50%Just 49.8% of homes sold at auction last week, according to preliminary data from Cotality.I apologise unequivocally for the comments. Continue reading...

Rodríguez defends Venezuela’s emergency earthquake response as number of bodies expected to soar

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Many Venezuelans have accused the government of an inadequate response to the 24 June disasterVenezuela’s interim president has defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes which have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing the country would not descend into social unrest.Many Venezuelans have expressed anger at what they see as the US-backed government’s inadequate response to ...

Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow ends bid for US Senate

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Exit leaves primary voters to choose between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and centrist Haley Stevens in must-win seatMallory McMorrow, a Michigan Democrat, has dropped out of a contentious US Senate primary campaign, setting up a straight fight between the party’s progressive and establishment wings – represented by Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, and Haley Stevens, a congresswoman....

Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow ends US Senate primary campaign

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Lawmaker’s exit gives voters choice between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and centrist Haley Stevens in must-win seatMallory McMorrow, a Michigan Democrat, has dropped out of a contentious US Senate primary campaign, setting up a straight fight between the party’s progressive and establishment wings – represented by Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, and Haley Stevens, a congresswoman.M...

Skydiver dies after incident near Nottinghamshire airfield

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Body of woman, 22, found in field in proximity of Langar airfield, where popular civilian skydiving centre operatesA 22-year-old skydiver has died after a skydiving incident near a Nottinghamshire airfield, police have confirmed.Emergency services were called to Langar airfield, a former RAF base, at 12.13pm on Sunday and the woman was found in a nearby field, where she was pronounced dead at the ...

Australia news live: Crisafulli promises harsher youth bail laws; auction clearances below 50% again

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Queensland premier vows to imprison more youth offenders at party state conference. Follow today’s news liveQueensland premier unveils new youth crime slogan: Breach Bail Go to JailDavid Crisafulli has vowed to imprison more youth offenders.We’re heading in the right direction and we’ve heard from Queenslanders who are telling us to keep going, and we will with reforms to Labor’s weak bail laws.Th...

Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

‘Haiti is a failed state’, says Carlos Giménez, congressman and Miami Cuban exile, after controversial court rulingCarlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian migrants.Returning some 350,000 Haitians to their chaotic, dangerous homela...

AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Exclusive: Foreign secretary warns of combined risks of AI, climate crisis, irregular migration and foreign interferenceArtificial intelligence poses a “Hiroshima”-style risk to humanity if governments do not agree to curb how it is developed, the foreign secretary has warned.Yvette Cooper urged countries, including the US and China, to agree international rules for AI, telling the Guardian she be...

At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country

The Guardian • 2 months ago

More than 20 states reported temperatures above 100F as heat dome sits over eastern US during holiday weekendAt least about two dozen people have died amid the perilous climate crisis-driven heatwave that has scorched swaths of the US with record temperatures.As a huge heat dome sits over the county’s eastern half, extreme heat gripped millions of people in the days leading up to the US’s semiquin...

EasyJet suggests it will agree to £5.5bn takeover by US investment firm

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Agreement in principle with Castlelake follows several rejected offers and means UK’s biggest low-cost carrier will be taken private The airline easyJet has said it intends to accept a £5.5bn takeover offer by the US investment firm Castlelake that would take Britain’s biggest low-cost carrier private.The companies announced an agreement in principle on Sunday evening in a statement, and requested...

The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Magazine invites readers to judge Vance’s ‘assessment’ of Trump, whom he called ‘cultural heroin’ during first termThe Atlantic on Saturday republished a JD Vance essay that dismissed Donald Trump as “cultural heroin” exactly 10 years earlier, bringing back to the fore his evolving from a critic of the president to his vice-president.In an editor’s note, the magazine said it was republishing the e...

EasyJet agrees to £5bn takeover by US investment firm

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Agreement in principle with Castlelake follows several rejected offers and means UK’s biggest low-cost carrier will be taken private EasyJet has agreed a £5bn takeover by US investment firm Castlelake that will see Britain’s biggest low-cost airline taken private.The companies announced an agreement in principle on Sunday evening in a statement to the stock market, and requested an extension to a ...

FBI seized more than 600 drones flying over World Cup games in US cities

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Agency says drones had been caught across all 11 US host cities in restricted airspace since tournament beganMore than 600 drones flying over restricted World Cup airspace in the US have been seized since the tournament began in June, the FBI said on Saturday – including 99 captured flying in Miami, 77 in Atlanta and 32 in Kansas City.In a statement on X, the law enforcement agency said that drone...