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Australia news live: Melbourne teen charged with murder after boy left to die; Coalition backs artists in fight against AI

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with fatal stab wounds outside a community medical centre.AAP reports the boy was found critically injured outside Craigieburn Community hospital in Melbourne’s north about 7.50pm on Wednesday. A staff member from the clinic rushed...

‘Give him any award, and he’ll come running’: Narendra Modi racks up honours on overseas trips

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipientAs Narendra Modi touched down in Seychelles over the weekend, the archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean swiftly bestowed one of its “highest” honours upon the Indian prime minister.Modi beamed as he accepted the Guardian of the Blue Horizon award from Patrick Herminie, the Seychelles presi...

FBI orders 260 staffers to Georgia to assist with 2020 election investigation

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Memo calls for ‘surge’ of analysts after agents in January seized hundreds of boxes containing Fulton county ballotsThe FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton county.A memo obtained Thursday by the Associated Press calls for the FBI to “surge” 260 investigative analysts and staff operations...

Moira Deeming launches lawsuit against Victorian Liberal president before party meets to decide her future

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Scandal has engulfed state opposition as MP resists calls to apologise to Matthew Guy over assault allegationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Liberal MP has launched an 11th-hour court challenge against her own party before a meeting to decide her fate after she made an assault allegation against a former leader.Moir...

Moira Deeming launches lawsuit against Victorian Liberal president as party meets to decide her future

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Scandal has engulfed the state party as Deeming resists calls to apologise to fellow MP Matthew Guy over an assault allegationA Liberal MP has launched an 11th-hour court challenge against her own party before a meeting to decide her fate after she made an assault allegation against a former leader.Moira Deeming has lodged a legal action against Victorian Liberal party state president, Brian Lough...

Trump posts AI video of him as doctor treating critics’ ‘derangement syndrome’

The Guardian • 2 months ago

President, in latest AI-generated social media post, targets prominent celebrities who have spoken out against himDonald Trump on Thursday posted an AI-generated social media video portraying himself as a doctor who claims to have cured some of his most prominent celebrity critics – including Rosie O’Donnell – of the fictional condition “Trump derangement syndrome”.Outside the AI fantasy, O’Donnel...

‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

The Guardian • 2 months ago

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer shipFor Michael Scurr, a volunteer at the National Archives in Kew, west London, it was “just a boring old Thursday morning” when he sat down in late May to catalogue a collection of documents from the British national collection that had never previously been recorded in detail.As he op...

Pro-Palestine protesters who blocked Golden Gate Bridge convicted of misdemeanor charges

The Guardian • 2 months ago

San Francisco jury fails to reach verdict on more serious felony conspiracy charge over April 2024 demonstrationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailSeven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 anti-war demonstration have been found guilty of misdemeanor charges in a case that became yet another flashpoint over how governments and major institutions resp...

Australia news live: PM says he is ‘not against someone having a punt’ as Pocock attacks ‘weak’ gambling reforms

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Independent senator says Anthony Albanese has ‘buckled to the gambling lobby’. Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Sydney childcare worker sentenced to 12 years in jailFormer childcare worker David William James, 28, has been sentenced to a maximum of 12 years in jail at Sydney’s Downing Centre district court after he pleaded guilty to 1...

Australia news live: Pocock says Albanese has ‘buckled to the gambling lobby’ as PM defends reforms

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese defends gambling reforms, says he’s ‘not against someone having a punt’The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, defended the gambling reforms on ABC Radio Sydney this morning, saying they, in some ways, go “further” than those the Peta Murphy report called for.This has been worked through in a comprehen...

Trump ‘quite ill - and getting worse daily’, Rosie O’Donnell tells the Guardian after president posts AI video attacking her – live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Trump’s post, shared by official White House account, depicts testimonials from AI renderings of O’Donnell and five other Hollywood critics of the presidentSign up for the Breaking News US emailOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt to smooth relations with Donald Trump’s administration...

Tucker Carlson floats idea of new political party in the US in interview

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Former Fox News host further said he doesn’t ‘want to be a candidate’ for president and aired frustration with TrumpTucker Carlson, the rightwing broadcaster, wants to help build a new political party in the United States, he said in an interview – though he gave scant detail about the party, and did not indicate whether he was referring to a concrete project or merely musing.In the same interview...

Louisiana: Republican attorney general indicted on criminal charges

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Liz Murrill accused of trying to intimidate officials who opposed GOP-enacted law to overhaul local courtsLouisiana’s Republican attorney general was indicted on Thursday on criminal charges by a grand jury in New Orleans, accused of trying to intimidate local officials who fought a law enacted by GOP legislators to overhaul the local courts.Liz Murrill, the attorney general, told eight New Orlean...

Australia news live: Deeming lodges legal suit against Victorian Liberal president; blizzard brings snow to NSW and Victorian alps

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Case due to be heard in supreme court this morning. Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMoira Deeming launches court challenge as Victorian Liberals consider her fateVictorian MP Moira Deeming launched an eleventh-hour court challenge against her own party ahead of a meeting to decide her fate after she made an assault allegation against a form...

California man pleads guilty to faking Nancy Guthrie ransom note

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Derrick Callella admitted he called and sent texts to Guthrie’s family, demanding a bitcoin transactionA California man is facing up to two years in prison or a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to sending Nancy Guthrie’s family a phoney ransom note, federal authorities announced on Thursday.Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, was last seen on 31 January at...

Lawyers for former Olympian canoeist blast reflecting pool charge as ‘outrageous’ – live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

US attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro accuses David Hearn of ‘forcefully and violently’ pulling up and removing bottom liner of landmark siteUS Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting poolSign up for the Breaking News US emailOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt ...

Lawyers for former Olympian canoeist blast reflecting pool charge as ‘outrageous’: ‘David Hearn is innocent’ – live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

US attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro accuses David Hearn of ‘forcefully and violently’ pulling up and removing bottom liner of landmark siteUS Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting poolSign up for the Breaking News US emailOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt ...

US attorney for DC announces charge against former Olympian canoeist after he reached into reflecting pool – live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Jeanine Pirro accuses David Hearn of ‘forcefully and violently’ pulling up and removing bottom liner after Trump’s $14m renovation of landmark appeared to be botchedUS Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting poolSign up for the Breaking News US emailOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial in...

Burnham promises to ease cost of living pressures if he becomes prime minister

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Makerfield MP said he would consider reducing business rates as part of a package that could also include freeze on private rentsAndy Burnham promised to ease the cost of living if he becomes prime minister in his first interview since returning to parliament.The Makerfield MP told LBC that if he became prime minister later this month, as expected, he would look at reducing business rates for some...

US Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting pool

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Canoeist David Hearn was arrested in June after touching a peeling piece of liner in the pool from renovation projectDavid Hearn, a three-time US Olympian and canoeist, has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington DC after Donald Trump blamed vandals for damaging Washington’s reflecting pool after a $14.7m renovation project.The ‌indictment accuses Hearn ‌of “maliciously” breaking or destroying...

Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on Starmer claims that reallocation of funds to MoD will boost British jobsKeir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’s own figures.The prime minister announced this week he was putting an extra £15bn into defence inve...

Former Olympian canoeist reportedly indicted after reaching into reflecting pool – US politics live

The Guardian • 2 months ago

David Hearn was arrested on misdemeanor charge as Trump’s $14m renovation of Washington DC landmark appeared to be botchedFull report: Trump hijacked US’s 250 anniversary to serve ‘political ideology and pet projects’Sign up for the Breaking News US emailOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies a...

Burnham ‘coronation’ will anger some Labour members, party bosses warned

The Guardian • 2 months ago

NEC told it must take steps to address fears – including not hiring Everton stadium to announce new leader before nominations even openLabour chiefs have been warned they must placate disgruntled Labour members who are angry at the lack of party democracy because Andy Burnham is not expected to face a challenge to become Labour leader.MPs have told the party there are growing complaints from membe...

MPs warn Labour’s ruling body to quell fears over Burnham’s one-sided race to No 10

The Guardian • 2 months ago

MPs warn NEC must address concerns from disgruntled party members over lack of democracy if Burnham does not face leadership challengeLabour chiefs have been warned they must placate disgruntled Labour members who are angry at the lack of party democracy because Andy Burnham is not expected to face a challenge to become Labour leader.MPs have told the party there are growing complaints from member...

Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death

The Guardian • 2 months ago

Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviourSitting for longer than half an hour at a time each day raises the risk of dying from cancer, a study suggests.Researchers who tracked more than 90,000 people over a decade found that sitting or lying down while awake for more than 30 minutes in one period each day was associated wit...