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US president calls on US ally to ‘behave … or else we’ll have to blow them up’ in casual aside during cabinet meetingDonald Trump has threatened to “blow up” Oman if it fails to “behave” in a casual aside during a cabinet meeting, as the US scrambles to reopen the strait of Hormuz.The US president made the threat after reports of talks between Iran and Oman about jointly charging a toll for ships ...
Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse victims of smaller scams of up to $3,000.Labor is considering a range of options as part of a scam protection framework.For small...
Industry figures warn of national security risk and call for ministers to address impact of extreme weather, inflation and Iran warBritain is “sleepwalking into a food crisis” caused by extreme weather, inflation and the impacts of the Iran war – and the government is failing to take the threat seriously, food experts have said.Farmers are facing severe strain from the current heatwave following a...
The WasteBar food truck hopes the eye-catching deal will change people’s attitude to waste in the NetherlandsUsing cigarette butts to buy buttery Dutch pancakes? That is the deal one food truck is offering at festivals in the Netherlands as a way to get people thinking about litter.Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic waste in the world, with more than 4.5tn butts produced every yea...
CEO tells investors firm won’t ‘exert any effort’ while it awaits approvals as opponents urge the miner to ‘spike the project finally’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSantos chief executive, Kevin Gallagher, has told an investor briefing the company will not be “exerting any effort” on its Narrabri gas project while it...
Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse victims of smaller scams of up to $3,000.Labor is considering a range of options as part of a scam protection framework.For small...
Attorney general says government seeking $2bn in damages to recover costs relating to firefighting foam at 28 defence bases. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse vict...
Federal government seeks more than $2bn in damages from multinational manufacturer in its largest legal claim ever The Australian government said on Thursday it had launched legal action against multinational manufacturer 3M over Pfas chemical contamination at defence bases, seeking damages of more than $2bn (US$1.4bn).Attorney general Michelle Rowland said the use of per- and poly-fluoroaklyl sub...
After CEO’s comments to investors, opponents urge miner to ‘stop stringing everybody along and spike the project finally’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSantos chief executive, Kevin Gallagher, has told an investor briefing the company will not be “exerting any effort” on its Narrabri gas project while it awaits outst...
After CEO’s comments to investors, opponents urge miner to ‘stop stringing everybody along and spike the project finally’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSantos chief executive, Kevin Gallagher, has told an investor briefing the company will not be “exerting any effort” on its Narrabri gas project while it awaits outst...
Musician says ‘we’ve lost that direction for our energy’ as his play The Last Ship returns to West EndThe fact many men no longer use their hands and physicality on a daily basis may be driving some of the toxic traits in modern masculinity, according to Sting.The singer, who on Wednesday announced that his musical about the last days of a shipyard was coming to the West End this autumn, told the ...
Volunteers head to Dorset countryside to restore the figure, but increasing heat means techniques have had to be adaptedFor centuries, the custodians of the Cerne Giant have clambered up the dizzyingly steep hill every decade or so to rechalk the outline, making sure the hulking figure can be seen far and wide across the rolling Dorset countryside.But the painstaking job, which involves hacking ou...
After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratoryAfter 88 days of near-total internet blackout in Iran, long-delayed messages, images and poems flooded phones and social media feeds at about 5pm on Tuesday, when still-limited connectivity flickered back to life.The first reactions, however, were not celebratory. Many new posts were thr...
Attorney general says government seeking $2bn in damages to recover costs relating to firefighting foam at 28 defence bases. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse vict...
Hugh Marks refuses to confirm or deny to Senate estimates that he threatened to terminate Stevens if he didn’t resignFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereA top news executive from Reuters, Simon Robinson, is expected to be appointed as news director of the ABC in coming days, Guardian Australia can reveal.He will be...
Military claims boat targeted in second deadly attack this week was travelling along a known smuggling routeThe US military attacked what it called a drug trafficking boat on Wednesday in the eastern Pacific, killing two men, officials said.It was the second deadly attack in as many days in the Trump administration offensive that began last September and has now left almost 200 people dead. Rights...
Wet weather to batter parts of Queensland, NSW and Tasmania through Thursday, with warnings of flash floodingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMultiple states are at risk of flash flooding on Thursday, with severe weather warnings issued in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania.Ilana Cherny, a senior meteorologist at...
Outdoor clothing company is suing US environmentalist drag performer for $1 plus legal fees, claiming ‘we wish we didn’t have to do this’Patagonia has launched a trademark lawsuit against an environmentalist drag queen named Pattie Gonia, who has accused the outdoor clothing company of “trying to erase an activist”.Wyn Wiley, who performs as Pattie Gonia, has accumulated millions of followers onli...
The UN’s special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, on the war in Gaza, living under US sanctions and accusations of antisemitismFor a brief period this month, the human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese seemed to have some relief.In an extraordinary move in July last year, the Trump administration placed sanctions on the UN’s special rapporteur for Palestine – placing her alongside figu...
This live blog is now closed.US justice department reportedly opens criminal inquiry into Trump accuser E Jean CarrollSign up to the Breaking News US emailPresident Trump is set to hold the 12th cabinet meeting of his second term at 11am EST on Wednesday.Three Democratic state attorneys general said their deputies were turned away from a roundtable hosted by JD Vance on Tuesday, sowing confusion a...
The public broadcaster launched an investigation into the former bikie’s involvement in a podcast sponsored by an online casinoFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal is no longer working for the ABC after an investigation into the former bikie’s involvement in a podcast sponsored by an onl...
Officials said to be examining whether Carroll committed perjury in 2022 deposition tied to lawsuits against presidentThe Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll, the writer who accused the president of sexual assault, according to news reports.Prosecutors, the New York Times and CNN reported on Wednesday, are looking into whether Carroll, 82, committed perjury...
State’s governor looks to thwart US president’s plan to divert money to allies, including January 6 riotersCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom is looking to thwart Donald Trump’s $1.776bn “anti-weaponization fund” by imposing a 100% tax on any payout received by state residents.In May, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced a fund to compensate alleged “victims of lawfare and weaponization”. It’s ...
Attorney general says government seeking $2bn in damages to recover costs relating to firefighting foam at 28 defence bases. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse vict...
Sources tell CNN and New York Times that the investigation centers on whether Carroll committed perjury in civil lawsuits against Trump, who a federal jury found had sexually abused her in the 1990sSign up to the Breaking News US emailPresident Trump is set to hold the 12th cabinet meeting of his second term at 11am EST on Wednesday.Three Democratic state attorneys general said their deputies were...
Attorney general says government seeking $2bn in damages to recover costs relating to firefighting foam at 28 defence bases. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse vict...
Two people dead and another nine missing and presumed dead after paper mill tank holding chemicals implodedThe death toll from the tank-rupture incident at a Washington state paper mill on Tuesday rose to two, with nine people still missing and presumed dead, authorities said.The Longview fire department said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon that one person who was transported to the hospital...
Joanna Howe posts on social media that if purported images of human foetuses are in fact sugar gliders, ‘it doesn’t actually matter’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe has conceded she may have used a “scam” email featuring a picture of sugar glider joeys, referring to them as human foetuses, to promote her views – but it “was an insign...
Ombudsman’s report finds complaints about hardship increased substantially over past 12 months. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse victims of smaller scams of up to...
Ombudsman’s report finds complaints about hardship increased substantially over past 12 months. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScams come in all shapes and sizes (and none of them are nice), and the government is considering creating rules that would force banks, telcos and digital platforms to automatically reimburse victims of smaller scams of up to...
