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Trump puts pressure on squeezed US oil refiners to ease pump prices

President Donald Trump pressed US oil refiners to boost domestic production of petrol and diesel during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, as he contends with high prices and mounting cost-of-living concerns before November’s midterm elections. Trump made clear he wanted lower prices at the pump for Americans and asked executives how to increase refining capacity, according to a White House officia...

News live: Labor has ‘grave concerns’ for missing Australians in Nepal-Tibet flooding; Canavan claims ‘feminisation of curriculum’ led to rise of ‘manosphere’

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRide share driver charged on allegations of committing sexual acts during bookingA ride share driver will face court in Sydney today over multiple allegations of sexual acts, including one allegedly committed in the city’s CBD last weekend.They’re sick and tired of the feminisation of our curriculum and the lack o...

Tit-for-tat strikes with Iran as lawmakers react to Dan Driscoll's resignation

U.S. forces struck Iran on Tuesday, the second series of attacks in three days. Meanwhile, lawmakers reacted to the resignation of U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, part of a wave of about two dozen early departures among America's generals, admirals and top military brass. Weijia Jiang reports.

A first-generation Florida rancher spent years saving to buy 660 acres of wildlife habitat

Will self-flying planes transform the skies?

Autonomous crop-spraying aircraft are leading the way in pilot-free flying.

Fund defence spending from tax rise on middle earners, thinktank tells Healey

Resolution Foundation argues that UK’s internationally low ‘tax wedge’ must rise to pay for defence ambitionsThe chancellor, John Healey, must be prepared to raise taxes for middle earners if he wants to fund significantly higher defence spending, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has said.Healey resigned from Keir Starmer’s government in June, protesting against what he argued was the then prim...

Fernandez transfers to Man City from Chelsea in joint British record fee

Argentina international Enzo Fernandez signs for Manchester City in a deal from Chelsea worth £125 million ($169m).

British aid worker mistakenly identified as a survivor of Nepal-Tibet disaster

More than 1,000 people confirmed dead and more than 4,000, including 36 British nationals, remain missingA British aid worker was mistakenly identified by Nepalese authorities as a rescued survivor after returning to Kathmandu on a humanitarian aid flight.Alastair Chambers, a 45-year-old former Gloucester councillor, said he flew to Nepal last week to distribute sleeping bags, food and essentials ...

Cisco accused of fostering a hostile workplace for Muslim and Arab employees

Cisco employees allege harassment after internal activism against technology sales to the Israeli military.

Trump homeland security chief says ICE agents could be sent to polling places

Markwayne Mullin says officers could be deployed ‘if there is a threat to that polling place or we’re serving a warrant’US homeland security secretary Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday said that federal immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) officers could be deployed to polling sites across the country.Speaking to reporters in New York, Mullin said: “ICE isn’t there to patrol the polling places. We’...

'Stop trying to be tough': Carney fires back at Trump as US-Canada trade fight escalates

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Trump administration needs to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough.”

US House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown ahead of midterms

The temporary measure gives Congress until December to fully fund the federal government for fiscal year 2027.

Michael Jordan bought $2.8M property in 2013, demolished home in 2025; aerial pics show new estate

Michael Jordan’s $2.8 million Lake Norman property is undergoing a major transformation. Purchased in 2013, the site’s original six-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion was demolished in March 2025. New aerial pictures now show the NBA legend’s custom luxury estate taking shape inside the exclusive Peninsula Club, with its structure and roofing apparently nearing completion.

Democrats warn of ‘hollowed out’ leadership after army chief resigns amid clashes with Hegseth

Sudden departure of Daniel Driscoll comes after Pentagon chief removed senior officers and blocked promotions, prompting warnings of a leadership crisisA senior Senate Democrat accused Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth of having “hollowed out” the army’s senior ranks after its top civilian leader resigned after months of internal clashes with Hegseth.No official reason was given for army secretary D...

Army secretary resigns after clashes with Hegseth as Democrats warn of ‘hollowed out’ leadership

The sudden departure of Daniel Driscoll comes after Pentagon chief removed senior officers and blocked promotions, prompting warnings of a leadership crisisA senior Senate Democrat accused Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth of having “hollowed out” the Army’s senior ranks after its top civilian leader resigned after months of internal clashes with Hegseth.No official reason was given for army secreta...

Stop doing memes and throwing shade, Carney tells Trump

"Stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, and stop trying to be tough."

Florida executes 74-year-old man, 14th state prisoner put to death this year

Harold Lucas, sentenced to death over 1976 murder, killed by lethal injection as state continues execution rushA Florida man convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was executed Tuesday evening.Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was pronounced dead at 6.18pm following a three-drug injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison near Starke, ...

News live: Five Australians confirmed safe after Nepal-Tibet flooding; Spender backs Contos’s call for opt-in algorithms

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCanavan says young boys turning to social media after getting ‘sick and tired of the feminisation’ in schoolsAhead of Chanel Contos’s address to the National Press Club, Matt Canavan has blamed the “feminisation of our curriculum” for the proliferation of algorithms serving up “manosphere” content.They’re sick and...

Could the man who murdered a Christian missionary and his sons walk free in India?

Dara Singh is serving a life sentence for burning alive Graham Staines and his two sons in Odisha in 1999.

US Congress seeks to identify foreign countries behind scam calls

US lawmakers are trying to identify which foreign countries are the biggest sources of unlawful robocalls targeting Americans, as Congress steps up efforts to combat a surge in phone scams. The inquiry follows a string of US government reports tying much of the financial damage from scams to Chinese criminal networks based in Southeast Asia. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications...

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US could ask parents to prove citizenship or immigration status to obtain passports for children

Proposal offers look at how state department could enforce Trump order targeting what it calls ‘birth tourism’The US state department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of Donald Trump’s ⁠latest effort to limit birthright citizenship.The ⁠draft guidance, reviewed by ​Reuters, is the first ...

US may require parents to prove citizenship to get passports for their children

Proposal is how state department could enforce Trump’s executive order targeting what it calls ‘birth tourism’The US state department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of Donald Trump’s ⁠latest effort to limit birthright citizenship.The ⁠draft guidance, reviewed by ​Reuters, is the first ...

Howling from a California water tank leads rescuers to trapped bear family

US urges G20 to cut trade imbalances, focus on China

US Treasury Secretary Bessent urges other G20 countries to do more to protect their economies from Chinese imports.