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‘Everything’s smashed to bits’: Ukrainians turn anger on those storing weapons near their villages

The Guardian • 4 days ago

As Russia hits another ammunition warehouse, killing at least 38, locals put blame on poorly placed depotsIt is a day and a half since a Russian jet-powered drone smashed into an ammunition dump in Myla, a village 15 miles outside central Kyiv. Volodymyr, 61, a security guard, leads visitors from his family’s badly damaged home, its roof blown off, back windows shattered, through the garden toward...

Properties in UK national parks command 24% premium, study finds

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Nationwide research also shows average 14% premium for housing in national landscapes of England and WalesHousebuyers are paying a premium of almost a quarter to own a property located within a UK national park, with the New Forest the most expensive national park to live in, according to Britain’s biggest building society.Nationwide found that a property located within a national park cost 24% mo...

Rejoining the EU, Burnham’s donors and the bedroom tax: Politics Weekly answers your questions – podcast

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Will the UK ever rejoin the EU? Who is funding Andy Burnham? And will the bedroom tax be scrapped? In a special episode, Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker answer some of your questionsPlease keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com Continue reading...

Australia news live: NSW will not appeal ruling that found anti-Israel vandalism was not antisemitic; Rowland says no plans to ban import of smart glasses

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Australians ‘increasingly concerned about how their data is being collected, used, and shared,’ attorney general says. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is working with Russian officials in a bid to secure the release of Australian Oscar Jenkins, Matt Thistlethwaite says. Speaking to ABC news breakfast, the assistant min...

Australia news live: Rowland says no plans to ban import of smart glasses; Queensland’s e-bike laws begin

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Australians ‘increasingly concerned about how their data is being collected, used, and shared,’ attorney general says. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is working with Russian officials in a bid to secure the release of Australian Oscar Jenkins, Matt Thistlethwaite says. Speaking to ABC news breakfast, the assistant min...

Australia news live: new regulations planned for smartglasses will include ‘right to erasure’, Rowland says

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Australians ‘increasingly concerned about how their data is being collected, used, and shared,’ attorney general says. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is working with Russian officials in a bid to secure the release of Australian Oscar Jenkins, Matt Thistlethwaite says. Speaking to ABC news breakfast, the assistant min...

Victorian prisoners to be sent out to repair roads under Labor’s pothole plan

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Inmates would take over ‘basic’ road maintenance duties, allowing skilled crews to focus on fixing 500,000 potholesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian prisoners will be put to work on road maintenance as part of Labor’s plan to fix the state’s potholes if re-elected.The state’s premier, Ben Carroll, outlined the...

Australia news live: PM urged to restrict violent pornography after teen’s death; Labor working on release of Oscar Jenkins

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is working with Russian officials in a bid to secure the release of Australian Oscar Jenkins, Matt Thistlethwaite says. Speaking to ABC news breakfast, the assistant minister for foreign affairs declined to answer whether a prisoner swap was on the table.Obviously, we try and negotiate a...

One dead and 15 people may be missing after flash flood in Arizona’s Grand Canyon

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Dozens evacuated after flash-flood event near Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch, officials sayOne person died and about 15 people were missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon national park in Arizona on Saturday afternoon, according to the National Park Service.The flash-flood event occurred in the area of Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch, w...

At least 15 people may be missing after flash flood in Arizona’s Grand Canyon

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Dozens evacuated after flash-flood event near Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch, officials sayAt least 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon national park in Arizona on Saturday afternoon, according to the National Park Service.The flash-flood event occurred in the area of Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch, where park staff...

Australia news live: Labor working on release of Oscar Jenkins in Russia; record low snowfall in NSW as winter ends

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Snowy Hydro data shows 2026 officially the worst end to a season since records began in 1954. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is working with Russian officials in a bid to secure the release of Australian Oscar Jenkins, Matt Thistlethwaite says. Speaking to ABC news breakfast, the assistant minister for foreign affairs...

US strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, sparking reprisal attack on airbases in Jordan

The Guardian • 4 days ago

US says it attacked sites in Larak Island to prevent launch of sea mines, prompting Iran’s ⁠Revolutionary Guard to strike airbases in Jordan used by US forcesIran has launched retaliatory strikes on airbases in Jordan after the United States attacked Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the strait of Hormuz, the first such strikes in a month.“I can confirm that earlier today US forces struck t...

Australia news live: Joyce calls One Nation byelection win ‘decisive’ and ‘humbling’; Oscar Jenkins gives first interview since Russia conviction

The Guardian • 4 days ago

One Nation MP says voters are disillusioned with traditional political parties. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment announces ID protection service and privacy reformsThe government says it will develop a digital identity service that will allow Australians to block or monitor the use of their ID documents that are used for verification t...

News live: number of Australians missing in Nepal floods rises; Oscar Jenkins gives first interview since Russia conviction

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Nepali and Chinese authorities confirmed an updated death toll of at least 810 on Sunday. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says One Nation victory at WA byelection ‘humbling’ and ‘decisive’One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce said the party wouldn’t get “carried away” after claiming a victory in the Secret Harbour state byelection in Western ...

USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reportsThe Trump administration is shuttering ⁠two of the three US Department of Agriculture research projects studying cyclospora after the foodborne parasite has ⁠sickened tens of thousands of Americans during the summer, Politico reported on Sunday.The two projects were defunded by Congress earli...

US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak island amid strait of Hormuz tensions

The Guardian • 4 days ago

US says attack was response to ⁠Revolutionary Guards preparing rockets to launch sea mines into strait US forces have struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak island on Sunday, a US official said, marking the ⁠first known American strikes since late July.“I can confirm that earlier today US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak island. Islamic ⁠Revolutionary Guards Corps forces were obs...

News live: number of Australians missing in Nepal floods rises; Penny Wong announces $3m additional aid for disaster

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Nepali and Chinese authorities confirmed an updated death toll of at least 810 on Sunday. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian personnel has not been able to get access to the Nepal flood zone yet, the assistant minister for immigration, Matt Matt Thistlethwaite, confirmed.Speaking on ABC’s Radio National, Thistlethwaite said roads remaine...

All-time great Aaron Donald comes out of retirement to rejoin stacked LA Rams

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Los Angeles were already Super Bowl favoritesDefensive tackle was 10-time Pro Bowler with Rams35-year-old aiming to win second Super Bowl in LAAaron Donald, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, is coming out of retirement to rejoin his only professional team, the Los Angeles Rams.During a 10-season career with the Rams, who drafted him with the 13th overall pick in 2014, Donald wa...

‘Sad day in Australian sport’: tributes flow for trailblazing boxing great Tony Mundine

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Fellow boxers, sporting figures, politicians and celebrities have paid tribute to the champion boxer and community leader, who died aged 75Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have diedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podca...

Australian boxing great Tony Mundine dies aged 75

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Father of former boxer and NRL star Anthony Mundine succumbed to a heart attack on SundayWarning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have diedIndigenous Australian boxing great Tony Mundine has died, aged 75.The father of former boxer and NRL star Anthony Mundine succumbed to a heart attack on Sunday. ...

Trump ‘border czar’ denies Milo Yiannopoulos was deported quickly to spare him from ICE detention

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Tom Homan denies British far-right commentator, who was deported one day after arrest, got preferential treatmentThe White House “border czar,” Tom Homan, denied on Sunday that deporting British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported just a day after being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amounted to preferential treatment.Homan said it was his understanding t...

Captain and crew arrested after at least eight die in northern Cyprus ferry disaster – as it happened

The Guardian • 4 days ago

An estimated 237 people have been rescued but 18 are missing after accident off the coast of northern CyprusFatalities after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern CyprusRepublican Turkish party MP Sami Ozuslu told the Guardian late on Sunday that the death toll had risen. “Sadly we are now hearing that there are nine or ten dead,” he said.The families of passengers were converging on hos...

Captain and crew arrested after at least eight die in Northern Cyprus ferry disaster – as it happened

The Guardian • 4 days ago

An estimated 237 people have been rescued but 18 are missing after accident off the coast of northern CyprusFatalities after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern CyprusRepublican Turkish party MP Sami Ozuslu told the Guardian late on Sunday that the death toll had risen. “Sadly we are now hearing that there are nine or ten dead,” he said.The families of passengers were converging on hos...

Trump border czar denies Milo Yiannopoulos was deported quickly to spare him from ICE detention

The Guardian • 4 days ago

British far-right commentator was deported just one day after being arrested by ICE for overstaying visitor visaThe White House “border czar,” Tom Homan, denied on Sunday that the British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported just a day after being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for political reasons.Homan said it was his understanding that Yiannopoulos, 41...

Trump ‘border czar’ denies swift deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos was preferential treatment

The Guardian • 4 days ago

Tom Homan says rightwing influencer overstayed visitor visa after receiving final order of removalThe White House “border czar,” Tom Homan, denied on Sunday that the British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported just a day after being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for political reasons.Homan said it was his understanding that Yiannopoulos, 41, had overstay...