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Up to 6,000 tradies to get free qualifications under Labor scheme – as it happened
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Up to 6,000 tradies to get free qualifications under Labor scheme – as it happened

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDuniam targets ‘frivolous’ asylum seeker claimsThe opposition is “very close” to “having a full migration package”, Duniam says. He says they’re willing to work with the government and that illegal overstayers must be deported.We spend more per student per year than we ever have before and we’ve got declining standa...

‘Nobody will win’: Zelenskyy adviser warns of mutual destruction if war with Russia continues
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‘Nobody will win’: Zelenskyy adviser warns of mutual destruction if war with Russia continues

Serhii Beskrestnov says deadlock on frontline and increasing use of deep strikes is placing civilians and infrastructure at greater riskRussia and Ukraine are locked in an escalating war of long-range strikes with a growing risk to civilians in which neither side can entirely prevail, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s defence technology adviser.Serhii Beskrestnov, widely known by his call sign, F...

Australia news live: up to 6,000 tradies to get free qualifications under Labor scheme
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Australia news live: up to 6,000 tradies to get free qualifications under Labor scheme

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDuniam targets ‘frivolous’ asylum seeker claimsThe opposition is “very close” to “having a full migration package”, Duniam says. He says they’re willing to work with the government and that illegal overstayers must be deported.We spend more per student per year than we ever have before and we’ve got declining standa...

Coalition denies flag-burning ban an attempt to undercut One Nation as Labor says push has ‘element of desperation’
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Coalition denies flag-burning ban an attempt to undercut One Nation as Labor says push has ‘element of desperation’

Policy unveiled on Sunday would create new criminal offences for flag burning and defacing historical monuments, and legislate 26 January as Australia DayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter hereAngus Taylor has rejected claims the Coalition’s push to criminalise burning of the Australian flag is an attempt to undercut O...

Australia news live: Labor say Coalition plan to criminalise flag burning has ‘element of desperation, trying to chase One Nation’

Australia news live: Labor say Coalition plan to criminalise flag burning has ‘element of desperation, trying to chase One Nation’

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDuniam targets ‘frivolous’ asylum seeker claimsThe opposition is “very close” to “having a full migration package”, Duniam says. He says they’re willing to work with the government and that illegal overstayers must be deported.We spend more per student per year than we ever have before and we’ve got declining standa...

Australia news live: Labor say Coalition plan to criminalise flag burning flag has ‘element of desperation, trying to chase One Nation’

Australia news live: Labor say Coalition plan to criminalise flag burning flag has ‘element of desperation, trying to chase One Nation’

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDuniam targets ‘frivolous’ asylum seeker claimsThe opposition is “very close” to “having a full migration package”, Duniam says. He says they’re willing to work with the government and that illegal overstayers must be deported.We spend more per student per year than we ever have before and we’ve got declining standa...

Labor plans crackdown on social media algorithms as Taylor says he’s ‘deeply sceptical’

Labor plans crackdown on social media algorithms as Taylor says he’s ‘deeply sceptical’

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Anika Wells expected to release legislation creating a digital duty of care in parliament this week, but Coalition argues it is ‘attempt to censor the internet’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter hereLabor’s plan to crack down on social media algorithms faces significant opposition in federal parliament, with the opposi...

Australia news live: Duniam promises ‘humdinger’ immigration policy and urges Coalition not to ‘act like a government in exile’

Australia news live: Duniam promises ‘humdinger’ immigration policy and urges Coalition not to ‘act like a government in exile’

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDuniam targets ‘frivolous’ asylum seeker claimsThe opposition is “very close” to “having a full migration package”, Duniam says. He says they’re willing to work with the government and that illegal overstayers must be deported.We spend more per student per year than we ever have before and we’ve got declining standa...

Manhunt after alleged axe attack in Victoria leaves three people with serious injuries

Manhunt after alleged axe attack in Victoria leaves three people with serious injuries

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Police search for alleged attacker, in his 50s, after incident in Gippsland town of TyersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree people have been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an alleged axe attack in Victoria, with police still searching for the suspect.. Continue reading...

Falling ceiling debris at Kennedy Center may mire debate over renovations

Falling ceiling debris at Kennedy Center may mire debate over renovations

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Preservationists worry board may seize on incident ‘to make the point that the whole thing needs to be shut down’Falling debris from a ceiling in the grand foyer of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts may have complicated a battle over renovations of the Washington DC arts center that could result in the building being demolished.A portion of the ceiling collapsed on Friday evening a...

Australia news live: Taylor proposes laws against flag burning and to lock in 26 January as Australia Day

Australia news live: Taylor proposes laws against flag burning and to lock in 26 January as Australia Day

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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore money for the Western FreewayThe Victorian government has committed another $550m to the upgrade of the Western Freeway.We have listened to the community. Better local roads in growing areas are my priority.I want to help working people in the west spend less time on the road and more time where they need to be...

Trump’s pique with UK could lead to favor to acolyte Milei over Falklands

Trump’s pique with UK could lead to favor to acolyte Milei over Falklands

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US president suggests he might support his Argentinian ally’s drive to reclaim sovereignty of disputed islandsDonald Trump has long embraced vengeance. “I am your retribution,” he declared to an admiring audience at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as he commenced his march back to the White House.It is unlikely Argentina, and far-flung holdovers of the former British empir...

Drone attack blamed on guerrillas kills at least three soldiers in Colombia

Drone attack blamed on guerrillas kills at least three soldiers in Colombia

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Officials accuse National Liberation Army of launching strike followed by clash inside military compoundAn attack involving explosives dropped from drones followed by a clash inside a military compound in north-eastern Colombia has killed at least three soldiers and wounded four, Colombia’s army said Saturday.Local authorities blamed the attack late Friday on the rebel National Liberation Army (EL...

Trump envoys and Putin discussed ‘next steps’ for ending Ukraine war, White House says

Trump envoys and Putin discussed ‘next steps’ for ending Ukraine war, White House says

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‘Substantive plans’ will be announced in ‘coming weeks’ as envoys head to Kyiv for talks with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr ZelenskyyDonald Trump’s envoys “discussed substantive plans for next steps” for ending the war between Ukraine and Russia during their meeting on Saturday in Moscow with Vladimir Putin, the White House said.Those steps would be announced in “coming weeks”, a White House offi...

Prince William to represent King Charles at funeral of Norway’s King Harald V

Prince William to represent King Charles at funeral of Norway’s King Harald V

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Duty falls by precedent to William to attend service of late monarch, alongside Princess Royal, who is godmother to new king Haakon VIIIThe Prince of Wales is to represent his father at the funeral of King Harald V of Norway next week, Buckingham Palace has announced.William, the heir to the throne, will be joined by his aunt the Princess Royal, who is attending in a private and personal capacity ...

More voters identifying as Democrats and not calling themselves Republican

More voters identifying as Democrats and not calling themselves Republican

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Latest data from Gallup, showing 49% leaning Democrat and 39% Republican, marks sharp reversal from 2024More voters are identifying as Democrats and shying away from calling themselves Republican, according to the latest quarterly data published by Gallup.Some 49%of voters surveyed leaned Democrat, including independent voters asked to pick one party or the other. Only 39% of respondents leaned Re...

Possums in the roof, koalas in bed: study shows how animals resort to Australian homes after habitat loss

Possums in the roof, koalas in bed: study shows how animals resort to Australian homes after habitat loss

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Microbats and wombats among the most common species found in buildings, with some discovered in letter boxes or air conditioning systemsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPossums in the roof, bats in the curtains and ducks on the balcony: new research has revealed how native animals are making themselves at home in our houses.Researchers have analysed a decade of wildlife r...

Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?

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A machete-wielding robber, a ‘tsunami of debt’ … campaigns echoing opposition talking points outspend major partiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man clad in a balaclava and brandishing a machete terrorises a worker at a petrol station before firebombing the building on the way out.A woman gives birth on the side of the road, unable to reach a hospital due to ambulanc...

Putin begins talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on ending war with Ukraine

Putin begins talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on ending war with Ukraine

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Moscow and Kyiv vow not to strike each other’s capitals for three days during negotiationsRussian president Vladimir Putin began talks with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on ending more than four years of war in Ukraine in the Kremlin Saturday, ahead of their first visit to Kyiv expected on Sunday.Both Russia and Ukraine vowed not to strike each other’s capitals for three days during th...

Robin Morgan, child star who became feminist, poet and editor, dies aged 85

Robin Morgan, child star who became feminist, poet and editor, dies aged 85

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Leading second-wave feminist co-founded Women’s Media Center with Jane Fonda and Gloria SteinemRobin Morgan, a child star of the 1940s and 50s who grew up to become an all-American radical as a poet, essayist, editor and second-wave feminist, has died. She was 85.Morgan’s death was confirmed Saturday by the Women’s Media Center, an organization she co-founded with Jane Fonda and the celebrated aut...

London Paddington fire causes rail chaos as Heathrow trains cancelled

London Paddington fire causes rail chaos as Heathrow trains cancelled

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Blaze causes electricity supply failure and disruption of services to airport and ReadingA fire near a train track in the London Paddington area has caused major disruption, with services to Heathrow airport cancelled.The fire caused an electricity supply failure which has left all lines between Paddington and the airport blocked, National Rail said. Continue reading...

Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime

Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime

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Sarah Khalifa, 39, charged with forming organised criminal gang to manufacture and traffick drugsAn Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drug case, official media reported on Saturday.The presenter, Sarah Khalifa, 39, is best known for her programme Mission Impossible, which dealt with issues co...

‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting

‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting

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Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conferenceUK politics liveNigel Farage has claimed that he “wasn’t even listening” during a meeting at the centre of a controversy about whether his party considered evading the law on accepting donations from overseas.The Reform UK leader also claimed that he knew donation law “better than anybody” during in...

Farage brushes aside Reform controversies in closing conference speech – UK politics live

Farage brushes aside Reform controversies in closing conference speech – UK politics live

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‘Sometimes we will get things wrong and get a bit of a kicking for it,’ party leader tells gathering in Birmingham No real mention by Anderson of the problems that overshadowed events yesterday. He ended his opening speech saying: "Yesterday was great. Today is going to be absolutely brilliant.”Laila Cunningham is speaking next. Continue reading...

US military says it struck three Iranian tankers after American warships came under missile attack

US military says it struck three Iranian tankers after American warships came under missile attack

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Officials said US aircraft carrier and destroyer avoided attacks before three Iranian tankers were struck by the USThe US military said Saturday it struck three Iranian oil tankers after US navy warships came under missile attack, further escalating tensions in the region and warning it would “if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet”.According to the military, a US aircraft carr...

Raise the Colours leader given access to Reform UK conference while on bail

Raise the Colours leader given access to Reform UK conference while on bail

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Ryan Bridge, arrested this year on suspicion of religiously and racially aggravated harassment, says party invited himThe leader of a flag campaign group who was arrested on suspicion of causing religiously and racially aggravated harassment was given access to Reform UK’s annual conference.Ryan Bridge, whose Raise the Colours group has put up hundreds of union and St George flags across England, ...

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner land in Moscow aiming to revive Ukraine talks

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner land in Moscow aiming to revive Ukraine talks

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US envoys expected to meet Vladimir Putin before going to Kyiv, after peace efforts floundered in recent monthsThe US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow to try to resuscitate a deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as both sides said they would halt airstrikes for the visit.The envoys were met at the airport on Saturday by the Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitri...