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Aukus costs balloon with more cash and staff for submarine agency amid ongoing search for nuclear waste dump
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Aukus costs balloon with more cash and staff for submarine agency amid ongoing search for nuclear waste dump

Labor has announced funding for Australian Submarine Agency will jump to $512m in next financial year amid concerns the sovereign submarine fleet may never arriveFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe budget for Australi...

US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says
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US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says

Nine out of 10 workers express support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight forUS workers overwhelmingly support pro-worker policies on artificial intelligence (AI) and view labor unions as the most reliable protectors of workers from the effects of AI, according to a new poll released by the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labor unions in the US.More than nine ou...

Farage faces questions over failure to declare use of donor’s helicopter
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Farage faces questions over failure to declare use of donor’s helicopter

Reform UK leader has used the helicopter to attend rallies across the country, most recently on FridayNigel Farage is facing questions about why he did not declare his use of a donor’s helicopter to travel around Britain for rallies.The helicopter, which was used by Farage as recently as Friday after local elections across Britain, is the property of a company owned by Lorenzo Zaccheo, a businessm...

European ministers to discuss sending rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs
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European ministers to discuss sending rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs

Exclusive: Council of Europe to hold meeting in Moldova on Friday, with human rights body set to declare recognition of countries’ right to control bordersEurope live – latest updatesEuropean ministers will this week discuss plans to send thousands of rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs, the head of the continent’s human rights body has told the Guardian.Alain Berset, the secretary gener...

Lotus boss calls for UK government support as it commits to Norfolk plant

Lotus boss calls for UK government support as it commits to Norfolk plant

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Sports carmaker extends lifespan of petrol-engined Emira, made in Norfolk, to continue to cater for US marketBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of the luxury sports carmaker Lotus has called for government support for its UK factory as the Chinese-owned company insisted it will not abandon its British roots.Lotus said it had extended the lifespan of the £80,000 Emira petrol-engined sports car,...

WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit cruise shipThe head of the World Health Organization has told countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases after the outbreak onboard the MV Hondius, and thanked Spain for the “compassion and solidarity” it had shown by taking in the stricken cruise ship and evacuating its passengers and crew.Tedros Ad...

WHO head warns countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

WHO head warns countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit cruise shipThe head of the World Health Organization has warned countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases after the outbreak onboard the MV Hondius, and thanked Spain for the “compassion and solidarity” it had shown by taking in the stricken cruise ship and evacuating its passengers and crew.Tedros ...

More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi

More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi

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As human rights advocate is treated in hospital after transfer from Tehran prison, prize winners demand her freedomMore than 110 Nobel laureates have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian human rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate, after she was transferred to hospital amid concerns over her rapidly deteriorating health.In a statem...

Sicily police investigate illegal race with horse-drawn carts and Kalashnikovs

Sicily police investigate illegal race with horse-drawn carts and Kalashnikovs

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Horses seized and several people questioned after animal rights activist shares video of race along country roadsA video showing an illegal horse race in Sicily, with spectators firing pistols into the air and brandishing Kalashnikov rifles, went viral and prompted a police investigation that led to the seizure of the animals.The clip, reportedly filmed last Friday, shows two jockeys driving horse...

What the budget means for your generation – gen Z, millennial, gen X or boomer

What the budget means for your generation – gen Z, millennial, gen X or boomer

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Jim Chalmers has sold the budget as a historic shift in favour of intergenerational fairness. Four Guardian Australia staff members assess what it means for their age groupFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s hard to ...

Federal budget 2026 winners and losers: rich families, overseas travellers and illegal tobacco – summary

Federal budget 2026 winners and losers: rich families, overseas travellers and illegal tobacco – summary

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Taxpayers and first home buyers are the winners in Labor’s 2026 budget, while rich families could be among the losers. Find out who is better off and who is worse off in Chalmers’ budgetFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcas...

Federal budget 2026 summary – winners and losers

Federal budget 2026 summary – winners and losers

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Taxpayers and first home buyers are the winners in Labor’s 2026 budget, while rich families could be among the losers. Find out who is better off and who is worse off in Chalmers’ budgetFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcas...

Huge cuts to national disability insurance scheme aim to save more than $36bn in budget’s largest single measure

Huge cuts to national disability insurance scheme aim to save more than $36bn in budget’s largest single measure

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NDIS changes foreshadowed by health minister Mark Butler will drastically reduce access to the scheme, with nearly 700 staff positions to go at NDIAFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government expects to recoup $36....

Budget 2026 Australia: Jim Chalmers announces capital gains tax and negative gearing reform for housing

Budget 2026 Australia: Jim Chalmers announces capital gains tax and negative gearing reform for housing

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Labor’s ambitious and politically risky tax reform aims to help first home buyers and foster intergenerational fairnessFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers has announced the most ambitious and politically risk...

Federal budget 2026 live updates: Jim Chalmers delivers Australia budget announcement and speech – latest news

Federal budget 2026 live updates: Jim Chalmers delivers Australia budget announcement and speech – latest news

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Treasurer expected to announce changes to the capital gains tax discount when he delivers the 2026 federal budget later tonight. Follow the latest updatesFederal budget 2026: what we know so farSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Let’s build more houses … not start taxing them’, shadow finance minister saysClaire Chandler, the shado...

Keir Starmer tells cabinet he is not resigning amid growing pressure to stand down – UK politics live

Keir Starmer tells cabinet he is not resigning amid growing pressure to stand down – UK politics live

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Prime minister tells crunch cabinet meeting a leadership challenge has not been triggered and he wants to ‘get on with governing’Minister resigns from Starmer government with call for PM to quitLabour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand asideHere are some pictures from No 10 this morning.Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the PM, is now being interviewed on the Today progra...

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

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Prime minister says process for challenging a leader has not been triggered and Labour should get on with governing• UK politics live – latest updates• Who are the main threats to Starmer’s leadership?Keir Starmer has told his cabinet he will not resign as prime minister, saying the threshold for a leadership challenge has not been met.In comments that effectively dared the health secretary, Wes S...

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside

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Exclusive: Marie Rimmer backs Keir Starmer and deals blow to Greater Manchester mayor’s byelection hopesUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham’s hopes of returning to Westminster were dealt a blow on Tuesday as the Merseyside MP whose seat had been named by key allies for a potential byelection said she would not stand down and backed Keir Starmer to stay in office.Marie Rimmer, the MP for ...

Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

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With Starmer under growing pressure to resign, Growth and Tribune groups put forward ideas for policy revampsUK politics live – latest updatesGroups connected to the health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, have proposed large changes to government policy, giving a sense of how the country may change should either one succeed Keir Starmer.The Growth Group, a...

‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

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Decades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOSAfter more than a decade of global consultation, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – a condition that affects one in eight women – has been renamed.The hormonal disorder, estimated to impact 170 million women worldwide, will now be known as polyendocrine meta...

The Bahamas goes to polls in three-way battle with immigration a key issue

The Bahamas goes to polls in three-way battle with immigration a key issue

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Rising cost of living such as high gas prices also a concern in election that will have record number of votersVoters in the Bahamas head to the polls on Tuesday in a hotly contested general election featuring high-profile candidates such as the former basketball champion Rick Fox.Voters in the Caribbean archipelago are divided over concerns about immigration, especially from neighbouring Haiti, a...

Keir Starmer tells cabinet he is not resigning and leadership challenge has not been triggered – UK politics live

Keir Starmer tells cabinet he is not resigning and leadership challenge has not been triggered – UK politics live

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Prime minister tells his ministers ‘the country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing’Minister resigns from Starmer government with call for PM to quitHere are some pictures from No 10 this morning.Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the PM, is now being interviewed on the Today programme. Nick Robinson, the presenter, is asking him if he knows whether Keir Starmer has deci...

First minister resigns and calls for Starmer’s resignation ahead of critical cabinet meeting – UK politics live

First minister resigns and calls for Starmer’s resignation ahead of critical cabinet meeting – UK politics live

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Miatta Fahnbulleh – minister for devolution, faith and communities – has become the first minister to goStarmer on the brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quitHere are some pictures from No 10 this morning.Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the PM, is now being interviewed on the Today programme. Nick Robinson, the presenter, is asking him if he knows whether Keir Starmer has decided how to r...

UK borrowing costs hit highest since 1998 amid Starmer uncertainty

UK borrowing costs hit highest since 1998 amid Starmer uncertainty

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Bond yields soar and pound falls against dollar as investors brace for potential Labour leadership changeBusiness live – latest updatesUK politics live – latest updatesLong-term UK borrowing costs have soared to the highest level in nearly three decades while the pound and stocks fell, as investors braced for a potential change of leadership, with cabinet ministers urging Keir Starmer to quit.Star...

Minister resigns from Starmer government with call for PM to quit

Minister resigns from Starmer government with call for PM to quit

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Communities minister Miatta Fahnbulleh is first minister to leave government after heavy election lossesUK politics live – latest updatesMiatta Fahnbulleh has become the first minister to resign from Keir Starmer’s government, calling on the prime minister to quit.The communities minister’s resignation came as one of Starmer’s closest aides declined to say whether he would lead Labour into the nex...

Labor dropped their long-awaited gambling report on budget day. Were they betting no one would notice?

Labor dropped their long-awaited gambling report on budget day. Were they betting no one would notice?

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The government’s response to the Murphy report is hardly dynamite. Harm advocates, gambling operators and advertisers are all waiting to see whether Labor’s rhetoric will be matched by action The Labor government decided to release its contentious, much-delayed response to Peta Murphy’s report on gambling on one of the biggest political news days of the year.They dropped it while the nation’s fede...

Chaos in Philippines as Duterte ally wanted by ICC takes refuge in senate to avoid arrest

Chaos in Philippines as Duterte ally wanted by ICC takes refuge in senate to avoid arrest

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Former police chief Ronald dela Rosa spends night at senate office after another Duterte ally offers protective custodyThe unusual pursuit was captured on CCTV cameras inside the Philippine senate. Ronald dela Rosa, a longtime ally of the former president Rodrigo Duterte, raced along the hallways of the upper house complex, stumbling on the staircase, as he fled government agents.“They want to for...

Three-day ceasefire ends with fresh wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine – Europe live

Three-day ceasefire ends with fresh wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine – Europe live

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At least one person killed as Moscow launches drone strikes on energy facilities and apartments Today’s talks in Brussels come as the three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine announced by president Donald Trump last week ended with a fresh wave of Russian strikes.AFP reported that Moscow launched a wave of more than 200 attack drones that damaged energy facilities and apartment buildings, ki...

Fortescue ordered to pay Yindjibarndi traditional owners $150m in record native title payout

Fortescue ordered to pay Yindjibarndi traditional owners $150m in record native title payout

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Federal court found miner’s Solomon Hub iron ore mine caused cultural and social harm, including the destruction of 140 heritage sitesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMining company Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150m in compensation to traditional owners over cultural losses caused by the multibillion-dollar Solom...