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Australia politics live: Icac hears evidence on ‘shake down Angus’ message as opposition leader’s staffer berates journalist for asking about it
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Australia politics live: Icac hears evidence on ‘shake down Angus’ message as opposition leader’s staffer berates journalist for asking about it

Opposition leader says he has ‘made clear’ to Bragg that his job is to express the views of the Coalition. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLegislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introducedThe government will today introduce its legislation forcing tech companies to pay for journalism in Australia after making a s...

Ibac charges police officer accused of repeatedly hitting Indigenous man with Taser during Melbourne arrest
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Ibac charges police officer accused of repeatedly hitting Indigenous man with Taser during Melbourne arrest

Victorian corruption watchdog alleges weapon was used to hit man’s head, with another officer accused of kneeing him in same incident last yearTwo Victorian police officers have been charged with assault after allegedly using a Taser and knee to repeatedly strike a man in the head during an arrest last year.In a statement, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission said it had charged ...

Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect
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Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect

McKenna West initially agreed to an abortion after diagnosis, but then fled to state where abortion is illegal and broke contact with biological parents, attorney allegesA surrogate mother who traveled to Texas, where abortion is illegal, claiming she was pressured to end the pregnancy after the discovery of a severe heart defect, gave birth on Wednesday to a baby boy.The child’s biological parent...

Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaving role, president says – as it happened
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Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaving role, president says – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretarySign up for the Breaking News US emailCore inflation, which measures price changes without volatile goods like food and gas, rose by 0.2% in July, after not really changing in June compared to the month prior.While the latest data shows there has been a 2.9% drop in gas prices from June to July, there has be...

Reformers were ‘spectacularly unsuccessful’ in taking over NSW Liberals, Catholic schools boss says

Reformers were ‘spectacularly unsuccessful’ in taking over NSW Liberals, Catholic schools boss says

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Catholic Schools NSW chief executive Dallas McInerney tells Icac corruption inquiry that Christain factional group driven by ‘a calling … a duty’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA factional ally of the federal opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has told a corruption inquiry a group of Christian Liberal power brokers who ...

Australia politics live: Angus Taylor rebukes Andrew Bragg for expressing ‘personal views’ on migration numbers; Chris Minns steps in to deflect melon-gate question to PM

Australia politics live: Angus Taylor rebukes Andrew Bragg for expressing ‘personal views’ on migration numbers; Chris Minns steps in to deflect melon-gate question to PM

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Opposition leader says he has ‘made clear’ to Bragg that his job is to express the views of the Coalition. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLegislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introducedThe government will today introduce its legislation forcing tech companies to pay for journalism in Australia after making a s...

Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage

Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage

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Telco board cuts senior executive bonuses by total $1.3m after tech fail that affected millionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra has paid its chief executive, Vicki Brady, $6.8m for the year ending in June, after docking 20% of her bonus in response to the network’s nationwide outage in July.The company reported...

David McBride leaves prison on parole after being jailed for leaking Afghanistan war documents

David McBride leaves prison on parole after being jailed for leaking Afghanistan war documents

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Attorney general grants former army lawyer’s release after 27 months in jail Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDavid McBride, the former army lawyer jailed for his role in stealing secret defence documents about the Afghanistan war and leaking them to the media, has been released from prison in Canberra on Thursday.McBr...

Australia politics live: Telstra pays CEO $6.8m for year despite nationwide outage; Victorian premier tells student protesters against Pauline Hanson to ‘stay in school’

Australia politics live: Telstra pays CEO $6.8m for year despite nationwide outage; Victorian premier tells student protesters against Pauline Hanson to ‘stay in school’

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Vicki Brady still paid close to $7m despite 20% of her bonus being docked by the company. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLegislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introducedThe government will today introduce its legislation forcing tech companies to pay for journalism in Australia after making a series of 11th-hou...

Travis Kelce says wedding to Taylor Swift was 'the best night of my life' in first official comments

Travis Kelce says wedding to Taylor Swift was 'the best night of my life' in first official comments

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Kelce’s remarks on his marriage to Swift at Madison Square Garden comes weeks after the event, which remains shrouded in mysteryAmerican football star Travis Kelce has described his secretive early July wedding to pop sensation Taylor Swift as “the best night of my life.”“I appreciate everybody who came out and celebrated and, you know, had fun with us,” the Kansas City Chiefs player told a briefi...

Australia politics live: Andrew Bragg says low-income earners should accept they will live in substandard housing; David McBride granted parole

Australia politics live: Andrew Bragg says low-income earners should accept they will live in substandard housing; David McBride granted parole

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Shadow housing minister defends speech after criticism move would lock disadvantaged into skyrocketing power bills. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLegislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introducedThe government will today introduce its legislation forcing tech companies to pay for journalism in Australia after m...

San Francisco-area estate sells for $70m in sign of AI-fueled wealth explosion

San Francisco-area estate sells for $70m in sign of AI-fueled wealth explosion

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New owner is said to be involved in AI industry, as new class of multimillionaires is entering the real estate raceA luxury Lake Como-inspired estate in the San Francisco Bay Area has sold to a buyer “in the AI world” for a record $70m, in the latest sign of a new tech wealth boom that’s pushing home prices to extraordinary heights in the regionThe property south of San Francisco not only becomes ...

Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns

Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns

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RCN calls for more air conditioners as Burnham faces pressure to recognise urgency of adaptation to climate crisisNurses are collapsing during shifts amid “inhumane and impossible” conditions caused by extreme heat, their union has warned, as Andy Burnham promised to grapple with “the bigger questions” of climate adaptation.Amid growing pressure from Labour backbenches to fully acknowledge the urg...

Australia politics live: Andrew Bragg says low-income earners should accept they will live in substandard housing; Rio Tinto given $2.5bn bailout

Australia politics live: Andrew Bragg says low-income earners should accept they will live in substandard housing; Rio Tinto given $2.5bn bailout

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Shadow housing minister defends speech after criticism move would lock disadvantaged into skyrocketing power bills. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLegislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introducedThe government will today introduce its legislation forcing tech companies to pay for journalism in Australia after m...

Minnesota man killed his wife and child before dying by suicide, police say

Minnesota man killed his wife and child before dying by suicide, police say

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Police said they believed deceased man was assailant in domestic-related homicide at daycare centerA man killed a woman and their child inside a small in-home daycare center they own in Minnesota before taking his own life, police said on Wednesday.Hopkins police department said in statement they responded to a report of a stabbing at the residence on the 200 block of Tyler Avenue North around 9am...

Pay with a glance at a screen as biometric technology company begins push into Australian retail

Pay with a glance at a screen as biometric technology company begins push into Australian retail

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Customers will be able to pay using face and palm scans, potentially speeding up transactions – but rollout of the technology is likely to be slowGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe company behind 300,000 Eftpos terminals across Australia is hoping shoppers will want to make payments by simply glancing at a screen, as biometric technology pushes further into retailing.Ve...

US army helicopter crashes in Texas, killing two people and sparking wildfire

US army helicopter crashes in Texas, killing two people and sparking wildfire

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Military official says AH-64 Apache had been on a routine training flight near Fort Hood when it went downAn army Apache helicopter crashed in a central Texas field on Wednesday, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated, a sheriff’s official said.Officials from nearby Fort Hood announced that the AH-64 Apache helicopter had crashed. Cliff Colem...

Ignore the doomsdayers – property investing in Australia is far from broken

Ignore the doomsdayers – property investing in Australia is far from broken

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Investor loan applications may have fallen since the start of the year, but the slump already appears to be turning aroundGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIgnore the doomsday warnings about the government’s tax changes – property investing in Australia is a little bruised, but it’s far from broken.The country’s biggest mortgage lender, Commonwealth Bank, reported a bumper...

It must have been love, but it’s over now: sex toy placed in trash bin triggers DC bomb squad

It must have been love, but it’s over now: sex toy placed in trash bin triggers DC bomb squad

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After person is spotted disposing of suspicious device, police with K-9 unit halt major roadway for two hoursA stretch of a major Washington DC roadway was brought to a standstill during Wednesday morning’s rush hour after the city’s bomb squad responded to a suspicious device – only for police to later identify the object as a sex toy.The situation unfolded at about 7 am as many commuters were on...

Australia politics live: Rio Tinto given $2.5bn bailout for Australia’s largest aluminium smelter; tech giants face law to pay for news content

Australia politics live: Rio Tinto given $2.5bn bailout for Australia’s largest aluminium smelter; tech giants face law to pay for news content

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Tim Ayres says bailout means the facility will remain operational until 2039. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBragg was sharing ‘personal views’ in press club speech, says PatersonShadow defence minister, James Paterson, says his party will take a “careful” approach to migration planning, and that Andrew Bragg was speaking in a personal capacity a...

Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes

Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes

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Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terrorIsraeli militants have besieged two Palestinian families in their homes since the weekend, aiming to take over their properties in the West Bank village of Qusra through a campaign of terror.A group of settlers and soldiers set up a tent outside the home of Yousef Hassan on Sunday afternoon, t...

Europe solar eclipse: millions watch rare spectacle across Spain, UK and Iceland – as it happened

Europe solar eclipse: millions watch rare spectacle across Spain, UK and Iceland – as it happened

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Eclipse witnessed by tens of millions across western Europe as enthusiasts gather along path of totalitySolar eclipse 2026 across Europe: in picturesCruise ships, quiet towns and an all-day festival: millions flock to eclipse viewing spots across Europein Land’s End, CornwallThe roads and car parks of west and north Cornwall are clogged as people gather to watch the solar eclipse. Continue reading...

Wisconsin Democrats chose a middle path – will it lead to victory in November?

Wisconsin Democrats chose a middle path – will it lead to victory in November?

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Democratic socialist Francesca Hong fell just short as David Crowley strives for unity for the general electionDemocratic socialist Francesca Hong was on course to win the party’s nomination for Wisconsin governor on Wednesday by a clear margin, according to the polls – presaging the latest in an extraordinary wave of leftwing victories across the country, challenging the party’s establishment.It ...

Wisconsin primary provided snapshot of Democratic party – can it now win?

Wisconsin primary provided snapshot of Democratic party – can it now win?

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Democratic socialist Francesca Hong fell just short as David Crowley strives for unity for November’s general electionDemocratic socialist Francesca Hong was on course to win the party’s nomination for Wisconsin governor on Wednesday by a clear margin, according to the polls – presaging the latest in an extraordinary wave of leftwing victories across the country, challenging the party’s establishm...

Australia politics live: tech giants face law to pay for news content; Australia joins call for Iran to end death penalty

Australia politics live: tech giants face law to pay for news content; Australia joins call for Iran to end death penalty

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News bargaining bill expected to pass parliament after Labor and Coalition agree on terms that will force tech companies to contribute to media outlets. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.The n...

Nick Reiner indicted for murders of parents Rob and Michele Reiner

Nick Reiner indicted for murders of parents Rob and Michele Reiner

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Reiner, 32, charged with first-degree murder in deaths of Hollywood towering figures Rob Reiner and Michele ReinerA grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner with first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, the renowned director and actor Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, the Los Angeles county district attorney’s office announced on Wednesday.Prosecutors accuse Reiner, 32, of sta...

Cruise ships, quiet towns and an all-day festival: millions flock to eclipse viewing spots across Europe

Cruise ships, quiet towns and an all-day festival: millions flock to eclipse viewing spots across Europe

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Beginning in Russia’s remote Arctic north, the eclipse traced an arc over much of western Europe – with the best views in Spain, Iceland and GreenlandIt was a moment of awe shared by millions across Europe: an eclipse that blocked out the sun, plunging parts of the continent into a daytime darkness in which temperatures dropped and birds suddenly went quiet.Wednesday’s eclipse began in Russia’s re...

‘A magical eeriness’: Cornwall comes together for communal moment during solar eclipse

‘A magical eeriness’: Cornwall comes together for communal moment during solar eclipse

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People came from far and wide to witness phenomenon that has thrilled humans for thousands of yearsAt 6pm the beach and village began to empty, and those in the know headed up the hill towards the old granite coastguard station on the headland.“This is the best spot,” said Sennen Cove resident Lisa Redfern, who had built a pinhole camera for the eclipse out of an old Ryvita Thins box. Continue rea...

Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary, Trump says

Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary, Trump says

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US president announced departure on social media, saying Leavitt was leaving to ‘spend more time’ with familyKaroline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary at the end of August, Donald Trump announced.The US president announced her departure on social media, saying Leavitt was leaving “so she can spend more time” with her family. She gave birth to a daughter, Viviana, in May, and r...