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Trump orders cuts to South Korea joint drills despite warnings of North’s growing battlefield experience

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

President says move is based on ‘very good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ but US military officials have said Ukraine war is boosting regime’s combat capabilitiesDonald Trump has said he is scaling back joint US military drills with South Korea aimed at deterring North Korea, despite military officials from both countries warning that Kim Jong-un’s regime was learning new battlefield tactics from ...

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo now deadliest in country’s history

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

At least 2,325 people have been killed, according to government data, surpassing the death toll from 2018-20 outbreakThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history with at least 2,325 people killed, according to government data, surpassing the toll from the 2018-20 outbreak.Congo’s public health institute said on Sunday that confirmed cases had...

Australia politics live: NSW to fast-track datacentre approvals; ANU announces Julie Bishop replacement

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Gordon de Brouwer appointed chancellor of Australian National University. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHume says housing the ‘best indicator of economic security’ in retirement over superThe deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume says the Coalition will reconsider whether Australians should be able to access more of their superannuation balance early...

Jared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on Gaza

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Trump’s son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefireDonald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure after rejecting the new...

Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of Irish motorway

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Head-on collision between two vehicles on M9 in County Kildare also injured four other people, say policeFive teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash involving a car driving in the wrong direction on a motorway in the Republic of Ireland, police said.Gardaí confirmed the bodies of the youths, all male, had been removed from the scene of the two-vehicle coll...

Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of motorway in Ireland

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Head-on collision between two vehicles on M9 in County Kildare also injured four other people, say policeFive teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash involving a car driving in the wrong direction on a motorway in Ireland, police have said.Gardaí confirmed the bodies of the youths, all male, had been removed from the scene of the two-vehicle collision, whic...

Five teenagers killed and four other people injured in Ireland car crash

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Police say one of the two vehicles involved was driving in the wrong direction on the M9 motorway in County KildareFive teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash involving a car driving in the wrong direction on a motorway in Ireland, police have said.Gardaí confirmed the bodies of the youths, all male, had been removed from the scene of the two-vehicle colli...

Australia politics live: Nationals argue gun buyback is against constitutional clause featured in The Castle

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Scheme will give NSW gun licence holders a fixed compensation fee based on type of firearm. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals argue low gun buyback price doesn’t sit well with the constitutionNationals senator Bridget McKenzie says the first and only deal so far negotiated between the commonwealth and NSW to buy back guns in the wake of th...

Wildfires kill two in Greece and torch Belgian nature reserve

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Couple die in Salamis, while multinational forces and local farmers tackle Belgium’s biggest fire in a century near LiègeAn elderly couple died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis on Sunday and a fire ravaged Belgium’s largest nature reserve, in the latest wave of European wildfires.The couple died outside their home in the Peristeria beach area of Salamis, Greece’s coastguard said. More than ...

Australia politics live: Labor warned against changing work rights for visa holders amid ‘scapegoating’ of immigrants

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Dozens of non-profit groups urge Labor not to limit work rights for temporary migrants. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCommunity groups and migrant advocates urge Labor against rule changesDozens of non-profit groups, multicultural advocacy organisations and social service agencies have urged the federal government not to proceed with changes to ...

Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as it prepared to outline £50bn of cuts to benefits for disabled people and foreign nationals.Robert Jenrick, Reform’s finance spokesperson, will detail the plans for £20bn o...

Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr as health secretary before speaking outRepublican senator Bill Cassidy – a medical doctor who voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy as federal health secretary in early 2025 – on Sunday denounced Donald Trump’s “crazy, stupid” claims about the safety of the combined MMR vaccin...

At least six people dead from days of storms and record flooding in Indiana

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Four-year-old boy, two men and three women among those who died since storms began on 11 August, officials sayDays of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least six people dead as flood waters peaked in Indianapolis’s White River – and rains were expected to ease in the state capital region and other parts of the state on Sunday.A four-year-old boy, two men and three women were among those who h...

Brazil’s Lula launches historic fourth term bid – but son of jailed Bolsonaro stands in his way

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

President, 80, vows to keep far-right from power as Flávio Bolsonaro tells supporters he will ‘fight this system’Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has launched his campaign for a historic fourth term and vowed that as long as he lived he would not allow the “shameless” right to return to power.Addressing a sea of supporters in São Bernardo do Campo, the industrial city where ...

‘It’s been very tough’: hope of progress in gruelling battle against south Wales wildfire

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Efforts of emergency services and military in Blaenavon appear to be working but there are fears for the futureMore than three weeks after it began burning and two days after the military deployed to the area, there is hope that the huge wildfire on the hillside above the Ebbw valley village of Blaenavon may finally be coming under control.Emergency workers and soldiers described a gruelling battl...

Democrats demand answers from Trump on USS Abraham Lincoln conditions

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Senator Ruben Gallego calls carrier’s months-long deployment a ‘deep problem’ as wellbeing concerns mountDemocrats on Sunday intensified their demands for answers from the Trump administration over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as the aircraft carrier’s nearly nine-month deployment continued fueling concern over crew morale, mental health and living conditions.Ruben Gallego, a Democrat...

Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought

The Guardian • 2 weeks ago

Suppliers could factor water scarcity into charges as part of Ofwat proposal to reduce consumptionWater companies could be allowed to raise bills for customers during periods of drought under proposals being considered by the sector’s regulator for England and Wales.Suppliers would be permitted to factor “water scarcity” into bills as part of efforts to reduce consumption under Ofwat’s plans, whic...

Ukrainian drone attack on Russia kills at least six, says Moscow

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Kyiv launches what may be its largest attack wave of war, with fire breaking out at warehouse near Russian capitalUkraine has launched one of its largest drone attacks since the start of the war, causing a fire at a distribution warehouse near Moscow and killing at least six people overnight, according to Russian authorities.The defence ministry in Moscow said it had shot down 1,478 Ukrainian dron...

Arron Banks hired private investigators to dig into Conservative party chair

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Revelation comes after it was disclosed that Reform UK backer had paid for spying on prominent journalistThe businessman and Reform UK backer Arron Banks commissioned a private intelligence firm to dig into the Conservative party chair, in addition to having paid for an investigation into a prominent journalist.Banks, a former Reform UK candidate and leave campaign donor, appeared to confirm on Su...

Suspect in Virginia State University shooting found hiding in dorm closet

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Suspect, 19, who is not enrolled at the university arrested in connection with shooting of five people, authorities sayA young man suspected in connection with the shooting of five people on Saturday on the campus of Virginia State University (VSU) hid in a dormitory closet for more than 14 hours being found and arrested, according to authorities.The suspect – identified as 19-year-old Camron Harr...

Lala weakens to tropical storm as it lashes Hawaii with heavy wind and rain

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Hurricane Lala downgraded after skirting Big Island as one person dies and over 130,000 households are without powerHurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn’t done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. Total rainfall of nearly 3ft (one meter) was expected on the higher windward slopes, turning rivers into raging...

Greek wildfire kills two people as aircraft deployed to blaze at Belgian nature reserve

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Belgium battling biggest fire in more than a century as flames near German border and 600 people told to evacuateTwo people have died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis as firefighting aircraft were called on to help tame the biggest blaze in Belgium in more than a century in the latest wave of European wildfires.The bodies of two people were recovered from the Peristeria beach area of Salami...

Greek wildfire kills two people as aircraft deployed to Belgian forest blaze

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Belgium battling biggest fire in more than a century as flames near German border and 600 people told to evacuateTwo people have died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis as firefighting aircraft were called on to help tame the biggest blaze in Belgium in more than a century in the latest wave of European wildfires.The bodies of two people were recovered from the Peristeria beach area of Salami...

Greek island wildfire kills two people as helicopters called in to tackle Belgium forest blaze

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Belgium battling biggest fire in more than a century as flames near German border and 600 people told to evacuateTwo people have died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis as firefighting aircraft were called on to help tame the biggest blaze in Belgium in more than a century in the latest wave of wildfires in Europe.The bodies of two people were recovered from the Peristeria beach area of Salam...

Nazi artefacts still being sold online years after trade outlawed across Australia

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

One seller says second world war memorabilia containing banned Nazi symbols is legal under exemptions to the lawsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNazi artefacts bearing prohibited symbols are being openly sold in Australia three years after the federal government made it illegal to do so, with vendors saying they are doing so for “educational” reasons.The government in 20...