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Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers – as it happened
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Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation.Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this mornin...

Mandelson private messages to be released today – UK politics live
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Mandelson private messages to be released today – UK politics live

Sources predict ‘toe-curling’ revelations as more than 1,000 pages of documents relating to his appointment as US ambassador to be publishedMandelson files show no mitigation of security concernsGood morning. Many people despair at the quality of governance in Britain at the moment, but in one respect we are living through a golden age; if you are interested in contemporary history, and learning a...

Macron says French navy has boarded Russia-linked oil tanker in Atlantic
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Macron says French navy has boarded Russia-linked oil tanker in Atlantic

French president says it is ‘unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions’, adding operation took place with support of UKThe French navy has boarded an oil tanker that was subject to international sanctions and sailing from Russia, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said.Macron wrote on X: “This operation took place in the Atlantic Ocean, on the high seas, with the support...

Jim Chalmers says budget changes allowing first home buyers to ‘have a crack’
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Jim Chalmers says budget changes allowing first home buyers to ‘have a crack’

Auction success hit a new low for the year on the last Saturday in May, with just 54.5% of homes soldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has suggested falling auction clearance rates may be a “good thing” for first home buyers if it means they aren’t competing against as many property investor...

Jim Chalmers says fewer homes selling at auction may be a ‘good thing’ for first-time buyers

Jim Chalmers says fewer homes selling at auction may be a ‘good thing’ for first-time buyers

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Auction success hit a new low for the year on the last Saturday in May, with just 54.5% of homes soldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has suggested falling auction clearance rates may be a “good thing” for first home buyers if it means they aren’t competing against as many property investor...

Australia news live: Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers; 13-year-old allegedly planned attack on Queensland school

Australia news live: Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers; 13-year-old allegedly planned attack on Queensland school

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation.Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this morni...

Typhoon Jangmi threatens Japan as Europe swelters

Typhoon Jangmi threatens Japan as Europe swelters

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Powerful winds and rain expected in parts of Japan and Australia, while temperatures in Spain could hit 40CA powerful tropical storm is forecast to track near Okinawa, Japan, on Monday before moving towards the south-east of the country. Typhoon Jangmi (also known as Typhoon No 6) has formed within the monsoonal gyre over the Philippine Sea.A monsoonal gyre is a large, slow-rotating weather system...

Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack as Trump claims war will ‘all work out well’

Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack as Trump claims war will ‘all work out well’

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Kuwaiti state media report sirens sounding across the country as US president hits out a ‘chirping’ critics and says they should ‘sit back and relax’European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into LebanonThe exchange of strikes between the US and Iran reflects the fragility of the current ceasefire, which has seen repeated violations even as American and Iranian officials try to negotia...

UK house prices fall for first time this year amid rising interest rates

UK house prices fall for first time this year amid rising interest rates

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Nationwide finds typical price was £278,024 in May, as Savills says Iran war has ‘fundamentally changed’ outlookBusiness live – latest updatesHouse prices fell in the UK for the first time this year in May, as rising interest rates triggered by the war in Iran hurt homebuyer demand.The price of the average UK home dropped 0.6% in May compared with the month before, according to the lender Nationwi...

Australia news live: Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers; damaging wind gusts expected for SA

Australia news live: Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers; damaging wind gusts expected for SA

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation.Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this morni...

Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art

Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art

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Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock artIn 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles in south Wales – only for the painted panel’s authenticity to be dismissed by 1928.A series of horizontal bands in red pigment were subsequently deemed no more t...

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

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‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as globally, the area ravaged by flames fell.Catastrophic blazes claimed lives, homes and jobs last year in California, Canada, Europe and South Korea. But the 335m hectares ...

Australia news live: Chalmers says falling auction clearance rates a ‘good thing’ for first home buyers; two charged over Sydney under-17s football brawl

Australia news live: Chalmers says falling auction clearance rates a ‘good thing’ for first home buyers; two charged over Sydney under-17s football brawl

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation.Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this morni...

Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences

Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences

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Attacks reported in Kuwait – home to a US military base – and around the strait of Hormuz in latest exchange of fire as peace negotiations continueMiddle East live – latest updatesThe US said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Monday it had targeted a US base in response, the latest in a series of exchanges amid negotiations to end the three-mont...

Australia news live: Chalmers says falling auction clearance rates a ‘good thing’ for first home buyers; two charged over Sydney under-17s soccer brawl

Australia news live: Chalmers says falling auction clearance rates a ‘good thing’ for first home buyers; two charged over Sydney under-17s soccer brawl

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation.Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this morni...

Toxic identity politics ‘tearing’ us apart, says former Oldham council leader

Toxic identity politics ‘tearing’ us apart, says former Oldham council leader

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Exclusive: 25 years after race riots in north of England, Arooj Shah says extremist groups and lies about grooming scandal are poisoning Oldham“Identity politics is tearing communities apart”, the former leader of Oldham council has warned, in the week marking the 25th anniversary of race riots across the north of England.Arooj Shah quit as leader of the Greater Manchester borough earlier in May, ...

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers

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Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilitiesA coalition of more than a hundred refugee children’s organisations has said controversial plans to use AI to assess the age of young asylum seekers could lead to more children wrongly ending up in adult prisons or detention centres.The warning follows a Home Office announcement on...

Three-year-old boy dies in Melbourne house fire with father badly burned during rescue attempt

Three-year-old boy dies in Melbourne house fire with father badly burned during rescue attempt

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Preschooler Jordan Dashwood killed in Werribee blaze with father now in a coma in hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTributes are flowing for a three-year-old boy who died in an early morning house fire in Melbourne’s outer west, as his badly burned father is treated in hospital.Emergency services were called to ...

Australia news live: Chalmers says falling auction clearance rates a ‘good thing’ for first home buyers; Abbott not ‘too excited’ by One Nation’s poll surge

Australia news live: Chalmers says falling auction clearance rates a ‘good thing’ for first home buyers; Abbott not ‘too excited’ by One Nation’s poll surge

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation.Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this morni...

Australia news live: Chalmers downplays budget impact on housing clearance rates; Abbott not ‘too excited’ by One Nation’s poll surge

Australia news live: Chalmers downplays budget impact on housing clearance rates; Abbott not ‘too excited’ by One Nation’s poll surge

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/National Coalition is best positioned to lead the nation.Abbott spoke to RN Breakfast this morni...

Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney

Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney

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Sterling Nasa had tickets to see Justin Hurwitz’s La La Land in Concert. When the keyboardist suddenly fell ill, he found himself on stage performingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLa La Land is a much adored homage to Hollywood, where dreamers take chances and seize unexpected moments.On Saturday night at the ICC’s Darling Harbour theatre, that idea became a reality for...

FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear

FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear

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Exclusive: MP and campaigners say sensitive citizen and company data could be subject to US disclosure lawsThe UK’s financial watchdog is being urged to prove its relationship with the US tech company Palantir will not provide the Trump administration with backdoor access to troves of sensitive citizen and commercial data.A US law that can oblige tech companies to disclose information to American ...

Mother of woman murdered by husband calls for UK animal abuse register

Mother of woman murdered by husband calls for UK animal abuse register

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Annette Bramley says Holly’s Law would stop perpetrators acquiring pets and raise awareness of domestic abuse linkAnnette Bramley fondly remembers her daughter Holly as being family-oriented and a lover of animals. “She adored anything small and furry, or even not. I mean, she thought orangutans were beautiful,” she said.When Holly ended up in a controlling and abusive relationship, her husband, N...

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

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Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birdsAn investigation into acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds has reached a climax, with the results providing welcome relief for vets and researchers, not to mention the birds themselves.Bird keepers are often advised to discourage and even punish birds for masturbating, but ...

Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack; US says it struck Iran radar sites over weekend

Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack; US says it struck Iran radar sites over weekend

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Kuwaiti state media report sirens sounding across the country, as officials say air defences active over the countryEuropean leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.The Kuwaiti military has said that the country’s air defences are currently intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks, afte...

Australia news live: Tony Abbott not ‘too excited’ by One Nation’s poll surge; Melbourne film festival hacked

Australia news live: Tony Abbott not ‘too excited’ by One Nation’s poll surge; Melbourne film festival hacked

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Liberal party president says Coalition still the ‘most credible’ alternative government. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One Nation’s surging support. But he told RN this morning he believes the country is in trouble and the Liberal/Nationa...

European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon

European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon

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France has requested an emergency meeting of the UN security council, after the Israeli military captured the medieval Beaufort castleEuropean leaders have condemned Israel’s expanding incursion into Lebanon, after its military captured the medieval Beaufort castle and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed to push even deeper into the country.France’s president Emmanuel Macron called ...

Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate Espriella wins first round of vote ahead of runoff

Colombia’s far-right presidential candidate Espriella wins first round of vote ahead of runoff

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Lawyer and Trump admirer has risen rapidly in the polls and will face Iván Cepeda in election runoff in three weeksThe far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday and will face senator Iván Cepeda, the candidate backed by leftwing president Gustavo Petro, in the runoff.With 99.9% of ballots counted, the outsider and Donald Trump admir...

Australia news live: Crisafulli says protesters at Brisbane Olympic site moved on for their own safety as bulldozers roll in

Australia news live: Crisafulli says protesters at Brisbane Olympic site moved on for their own safety as bulldozers roll in

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Construction of stadium and aquatic centre is in park that traditional owners say is a First Nations sacred site. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAbbott unbothered by One Nation poll showing but says Coalition ‘obviously’ in competitionTony Abbott, the new party president of the Liberals, said he wouldn’t get “too excited” by the poll showing One ...