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Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

In today’s newsletter: The outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship offers a stark reminder of how easily a deadly pathogen can hitch a ride across borders, and how fragile global preparedness remainsGood morning. This is Michael Segalov – as of today, I’ll be popping up into your inboxes from time to time.There’ll be no shortage of infighting, intrigue and briefing in Westminster this week, as the...

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The Guardian • 4 months ago

Australian women accused of slavery in Islamic State territory in Syria face Melbourne court

Kawsar Ahmad, 53, also known as Abbas, and her daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31, did not apply during brief hearingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo Australian women charged with slavery offences that allegedly occurred while they lived under Islamic State rule in Syria have faced a Melbourne court.Kawsar Ahmad, 53, also k...

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Delayed Great British Railways’ first station to open at Cambridge South in June

Station will be first to be given full GBR branding and will directly link city’s Biomedical Campus to London, Brighton and Stansted airportThe delayed Cambridge South station will finally open in late June – and become the first station to be given full Great British Railways branding, the government has announced.The station sits beside the city’s Biomedical Campus, Europe’s largest medical rese...

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

Members of minority communities in Birmingham and elsewhere fear results could lead to rise in hostile rhetoricConceding defeat at the election count at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Friday, the outgoing Labour leader of the city council, John Cotton, made a plea. “What I would encourage the next administration in this city to do, whatever form that administration takes, is that it ensures it cham...

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns

Senior academics describe the Judge business school’s proposal to provide services and training as ‘horrifying’Cambridge University’s business school is seeking to provide “leadership development” and “innovation management” to Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry despite concerns over its government’s record on human rights and climate change, the Guardian has learned.Cambridge’s leadership has approv...

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‘Never, ever’: Tim Wilson walks back comments on potential One Nation rightwing alliance

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Liberal frontbencher says he has ‘no interest’ in forming a coalition with Pauline Hanson’s party – a day after suggesting he might be open to itFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has said he would “never, ever, ever” support a coalition government with One Nation, walking back previous ...

Greece scrambles to explain how explosive-packed drone landed in its waters

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Minister defends preparedness against novel threat after officials detonate device suspected to be from UkraineAuthorities in Greece have intensified investigations into how an explosive-packed drone ended up in waters off the west of the country.An inquiry, involving specialised military teams, broadened at the weekend after bomb disposal experts detonated the unmanned device at sea. Continue rea...

Council staff dubbed the ‘Pink Ops’ allegedly promoted friends, NSW anti-corruption watchdog hears

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ex-Parramatta council chief executive Gail Connolly and other staff allegedly targeted people for reprisals, while some workers were surveilledFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales anti-corruption inquiry is investigating whether three friends in powerful positions at a western Sydney council, who called t...

Council staff dubbed the ‘Pink Ops’ allegedly surveilled other workers, NSW anti-corruption watchdog hears

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ex-Parramatta council chief executive Gail Connolly and ‘close network’ allegedly promoted friends while targeting others for reprisalsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales anti-corruption inquiry is investigating whether three friends in powerful positions at a western Sydney council, who called themselve...

Antony Catalano: media mogul accused of assaulting wife excused from attending court due to fears over press scrutiny

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Catalano’s lawyer says press attention ‘potentially detrimental’ to Australian Community Media co-owner’s mental healthA media mogul charged with assaulting his wife has avoided facing court in person over concerns growing media attention could be detrimental to his mental health.Antony Catalano, 59, was charged with assault, false imprisonment and making threats to kill over an incident in the ea...

Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US as one tests positive

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Seventeen passengers to be taken to a Nebraska quarantine center to be assessed, with one testing positive and another showing symptomsThe 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius, including one person who has tested positive, have disembarked the vessel after it docked in Tenerife on Sunday and are being repatriated to the US.Upon their arrival in Spain, medical teams ...

Australian politics live: Chris Minns says NSW Labor has ‘nine months’ to win back voters planning to switch to One Nation

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We’re not a party of government … yet,’ says JoyceBarnaby Joyce is doing something of a victory lap for One Nation this morning, hitting the radio and TVs to celebrate the emphatic byelection win.The sort of conceited statement, ‘Oh, you’re not a party of government.’ Well, let’s finish that with a rejoiner, yet.This is...

Polish ex-minister flees Hungary to the US after PM Magyar says country won’t protect people wanted elsewhere

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Zbigniew Ziobro has been accused in Poland of leading an organised criminal enterprise and abuse of power, which he deniesPoland’s former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted on several criminal charges in his home country, has fled Hungary to the United States, he confirmed on Sunday, after being granted asylum from former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government last year.“I am in ...

Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to be assessed at Sydney’s new biocontainment facility

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius to fly home via Perth on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome of the Australian travellers on board the MV Hondius, the ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will return to New South Wales this week and enter Australia’s first purp...

Politics live: Tim Wilson accuses PM of ‘deceit and betrayal’ over budget tax tweaks; Australia Post lifts fuel surcharge for parcels

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Australia politics live: Barnaby Joyce says One Nation will ‘go for government’ as Ted O’Brien rejects adding them to Coalition

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Joyce says western Sydney ‘quite at home’ with One Nation. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We’re not a party of government … yet,’ says JoyceBarnaby Joyce is doing something of a victory lap for One Nation this morning, hitting the radio and TVs to celebrate the emphatic byelection win.The sort of conceited statement, ‘Oh, you’re not a party of g...

Martin Short opens up about ‘nightmare’ death of his daughter Katherine

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Actor and comedian speaks for the first time since his 42-year-old daughter died by suicide in FebruaryMartin Short has spoken for the first time about the death of his daughter, Katherine Short, saying her death has been “a nightmare for the family”.Katherine died in February aged 42, at her home in the Hollywood Hills. The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office confirmed she died by sui...

Australia politics live: Joyce says One Nation will ‘go for government’ as O’Brien rejects adding them to Coalition

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Australia charters flight to bring nationals home from hantavirus-stricken luxury cruise

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius to fly home via Perth on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius, the ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, on a charter flight due to land in Perth on ...

Australia politics live: Albanese blames Coalition for ‘legitimising’ One Nation; Joyce says his party will ‘go for government’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Prime minister says Farrer byelection a ‘devastating’ loss for Angus Taylor and the Liberal party. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We’re not a party of government … yet,’ says JoyceBarnaby Joyce is doing something of a victory lap for One Nation this morning, hitting the radio and TVs to celebrate the emphatic byelection win.The sort of conceited...

Experts call for UK four-day week as study links long work hours to obesity

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Countries such as US and Mexico that have longer hours also have higher obesity rates, research findsThose who work longer hours are more likely to be obese and cutting how much time you spend working could help you keep the weight off, research suggests.International research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul compared working patterns and obesity prevalence for 33 OECD cou...

Australia politics live: budget funds to speed up environmental approvals; government repatriates passengers from hantavirus ship

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Tuesday’s federal budget to include $500m to fund faster approvals for housing, energy and mining projects. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJoyce says no to One Nation joining the CoalitionBarnaby Joyce says One Nation is on the up and up, and will “go for government” after bagging its first federal lower house win.We’ll offer supply and confidenc...

Australia politics live: budget funds to speed up environmental approvals; Coalition deals with Farrer loss

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Tuesday’s federal budget to include $500m to fund faster approvals for housing, energy and mining projects. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers talks up faster approvals processes as productivity boostAhead of delivering his fifth budget tomorrow night, Jim Chalmers says the government’s moves to fast track approvals for priority projects is ...

Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire frays

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Trump expresses ire at Tehran’s reported demands, as drones strike Gulf nations and Israel warns war ‘not over’Iran has said it has replied to a US peace proposal, on a day when the month-old ceasefire showed signs of fraying, as drone strikes were reported around the region and Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war was “not over”.Iranian state media reported that Tehran’s response had been passed to ...

Body of missing US soldier recovered off coast of Morocco

The Guardian • 4 months ago

1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr was participating in largest military exercise among US, Nato allies and African nationsA search team recovered the body of a US soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the US Army said on Sunday.Moroccan searchers found the remains on Saturday in the water within a mile (1.6km) of where the soldier went missing on 2 May,...

Russia breaches three-day ceasefire with Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ukraine president says Russian army is ‘not complying’ with the US-mediated truce and is ‘not even really trying to’Russia has been conducting assault operations on the Ukrainian frontline in breach of a three-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.“The Russians are continuing assault activity in sectors key for them,” Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian pres...

Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quitUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential Labour leadership rivals from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner began to position themselves for a contest.Starmer was hoping to save his job with a speech promising to set out his ...

Hungary’s new PM apologises to those wronged under Orbán in first speech

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Péter Magyar strikes radically different tone to predecessor but questions remain about how he will lead the countryMoments after he was sworn in as Hungary’s prime minister, Péter Magyar apologised to those who had been maligned by the state during Viktor Orbán’s time in power as questions continue to swirl over what lies ahead for the country as it launches into a new era.Magyar used his first s...

US transportation safety agency mulling investigation into fatal Frontier incident

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Safety board says it is gathering information about plane evacuation after person on the runway hit in DenverThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is collecting information about the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines aircraft after the jet struck and killed a person on the runway during departure from Denver international airport.The flight, which was headed from Denver to Los Angeles in...

The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Party leader has been vocal about its gains in London and there is a feeling that its losses could have been worseBy any sane person’s reckoning, the Conservative party had a night to forget in Thursday’s local, mayoral and devolved elections. It lost about 500 councillors in England and ceded control of three local authorities to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – losing to the rightwing upstarts in Engl...