Australia kept quiet about early deployment of forces ahead of Iraq war, cabinet papers show

31/12/2024 13:05 The Guardian

The Howard government sent military personnel to the Middle East well before officially authorising Australia’s involvementCurbs on transgender rights were proposed for Australia’s 2004 Marriage Act, cabinet papers showA cost-of-living election: Howard ministers agreed to $4bn in last-minute spending in 2004Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Howard government avoided disclosing that it had sent military forces to the Middle East months before authorising Australia’s official involvement in the Iraq war in 2003, cabinet records show.Cabinet documents from 2003 and 2004 released by the National Archives contain the first confirmation of what has been widely discussed in the decades since: the government deployed forces well before officially authorising Australia’s involvement in the war on 18 March 2003.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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About 30 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza as truce talks set to resume

‘Harsh day’ of bombardments with several children among dead, says Gaza’s civil defence agency Gaza’s civil defence agency said about 30 people were killed in Israeli bombardments on Friday, as Hamas said indirect negotiations for a truce in the war were set to resume in Qatar.The Israeli mi...

03/01/2025 21:31 The Guardian

Austrian liberal party quits coalition talks leaving negotiations in disarray

Surprise move by Neos raises doubts about viability of forming centrist government excluding far rightThe smallest of three parties in talks to form Austria’s next government has unexpectedly quit the negotiations, throwing into disarray an effort to form a centrist ruling coalition without the fa...

03/01/2025 20:58 The Guardian

Polar vortex expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of US

Millions from Kansas to Florida will be hit by wintry blast with potential for ‘disaster’ next week, meteorologists sayA strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far so...

03/01/2025 18:35 The Guardian

More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds

Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and povertyMore than 2,200 people either died or went missing in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe in search of refuge in 2024.The figure, cited in a statement from Regina De Domini...

03/01/2025 15:51 The Guardian

Covid surges across US after holidays amid low booster uptake

Test positivity, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths are increasing as expert warns: ‘It’s still dangerous’Covid is once again surging across the US after an unusual relative lull over the fall, as rates of booster vaccinations remain stubbornly low.Continuing infections and the...

03/01/2025 15:47 The Guardian

Government would be ‘foolish’ to ignore palliative care warnings over assisted dying

Health committee chair Layla Moran says doctors’ concerns about impact on vulnerable patients must be heededIt would be “foolish” for the government not to heed warnings from doctors about palliative care as MPs press ahead with assisted dying legislation for England and Wales, the chair of th...

03/01/2025 15:02 The Guardian

Snow and freezing rain expected across UK as temperatures plummet

Temperatures fall to -8C as Britain braces for week-long wintry spell with health services on high alertTemperatures across the UK have plunged to -8C (17.6F) as the country shivers under an arctic chill expected to bring widespread heavy snow and freezing rain over the weekend.On Friday morning, th...

03/01/2025 13:11 The Guardian

Hospital admissions for flu quadruple in England as NHS bosses warn of ‘huge’ strain

Cold snap expected to add to pressure as NHS England figures show 5,074 flu patients in hospital by 29 DecemberThe number of people admitted to hospital with flu in England has quadrupled in a month, as health leaders said “huge” pressure in the NHS will only get worse as temperatures plummet th...

03/01/2025 12:38 The Guardian

Digested week: through the Christmas perineum and out the other side

Despite its awful name it’s my favourite time of year, an excuse to pause any activity – including new year celebrationsAnd so we find ourselves again at the Christmas perineum, the time between the end of the yuletide celebrations and before the new year shenanigans begin, and a phrase so awful...

03/01/2025 12:32 The Guardian

Guardian and Observer readers raise £1.25m so far in charity appeal

With just over a week to go, more than 11,200 people have donated generously to support victims of conflict and warDonate to our charity appeal hereWith just over a week to go, an incredible £1,250,000 has been raised by generous readers for the 2024 Guardian and Observer appeal in support of victi...

03/01/2025 12:05 The Guardian

Alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the US – report

Advisory from US surgeon general also says alcohol should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risksAlcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the US after tobacco and obesity and should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, according to a new a...

03/01/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Investigators suspend attempt to arrest South Korean president Yoon after standoff with security service – as it happened

Anti-corruption officials say they faced human wall of 200 presidential personnel at his official residenceInvestigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean presidentInsurrection is one of the few criminal charges from which a South Korean president does not have immunity.Yoon’s lawyers have sa...

03/01/2025 11:09 The Guardian

Weather tracker: Cold air over warm waters brings heavy snow to Japan

Prefectures in north hit by falls of up to 30cm in a day as similar weather pattern affects parts of north AmericaHeavy snow fell across northern Japan on Thursday, with the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori, Yamagata and Niigata particularly affected. Accumulations of 20-30cm over a 24-hour period we...

03/01/2025 09:41 The Guardian

Wes Streeting defends pace of plans for adult social care reform – UK politics live

Ministers to launch historic commission to reform ‘failing’ system amid warnings the NHS risks being overwhelmedIn response to the announcement of an independent commission into plans for adult social care, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has signalled his party’s willingness to cooperate on...

03/01/2025 09:28 The Guardian

Investigators abandon attempt to arrest South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol

Officials entered the presidential compound to find themselves blocked by troops under the control of the presidential security serviceSouth Korea’s political crisis took a dramatic turn on Friday when investigators were forced to abandon an attempt to arrest the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol...

03/01/2025 08:32 The Guardian

Man arrested over alleged 1997 murder of Meaghan Rose on Sunshine Coast denied bail

Keith Lees, 72, evaded warrant for almost 18 months in relation to alleged murder, and is accused of trying to bite policeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man is behind bars and will likely face extradition after his arrest over a woman’s alleged murder more than two de...

03/01/2025 07:01 The Guardian

Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades

But final report on reforms would not emerge until 2028, which health leaders say is kicking crisis ‘into the long grass’Wes Streeting: Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix itFixing UK social care will be biggest challenge yet for Louise CaseyMinisters are to launch...

03/01/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Russian gas shutdown forces closure of almost all industry in Transnistria

Pro-Russia Moldovan region suffers major hit after Ukraine ends transit agreement, with only food producers functioningThe shutdown of Russian gas supplies to Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region has forced the closure of all industrial companies except food producers.The mainly Russian-speakin...

02/01/2025 20:29 The Guardian

Rise in UK deaths expected as Met Office warns of snow and ice

UK public health agency issues amber alert for social care in England, as country braces itself for heavy snowPublic health bosses in the UK are expecting a rise in deaths from cold weather, amid severe weather warnings for snow and ice over the next five days.The UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHS...

02/01/2025 17:29 The Guardian

Peter Dutton would need to cap partner visas to make his migration cuts, expert warns

Former immigration official Abul Rizvi believes the current planning level for partner visas is acting as an ‘illegal’ de facto capGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition’s proposed cuts to Australia’s permanent migration would require Peter Dutton to legisla...

02/01/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Florida’s manatees are actually relative newcomers, historical research suggests

State’s beloved but under-pressure sea cows were barely recorded in the area before seas warmed in the late 1700sManatees, long considered among Florida’s most beloved and enchanting inhabitants, are not native at all, and only came to the Sunshine state for warm temperatures and clear blue wate...

02/01/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Figures reveal 1,500 drug-addicted babies born in Scotland since 2017

Lib Dems warn first minister that party could withdraw support if government does not boost funding for issueOpposition parties have called for a significant increase in addiction funding in Scotland after it emerged that more than 1,500 drug-addicted babies have been born in recent years.The Scotti...

02/01/2025 11:48 The Guardian

Helsinki arena to reopen in spring after being left in limbo by Russian sanctions

Finnish real estate company says deal for sports and entertainment venue will restore it to its former gloryHelsinki’s main sports and entertainment arena is expected to reopen in the spring after getting caught in a Russian sanctions drama that left it disused, without power and starting to smell...

02/01/2025 11:10 The Guardian

Agnes Keleti, oldest living Olympic gold medallist, dies at 103

Hungarian gymnast survived persecution of Jews in second world war and won five golds across two GamesThe world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, the Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, who escaped the Holocaust with false identity papers and the Soviet Union’s brutal clampdown on her home cou...

02/01/2025 11:09 The Guardian

New Orleans: FBI probes ‘terrorist’ links in truck attack that killed 15 people – latest updates

Bureau says it is conducting search warrants in New Orleans ‘and other states’ as authorities do not believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar ‘was solely responsible’Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old US citizen from Texas identified by the FBI as the New Orleans attacker, peviously pleaded guilty to two...

02/01/2025 10:55 The Guardian

UK needs to ban full hybrid cars by 2030 or face net zero ‘catastrophe’, says motoring body

Electric Vehicles UK says hybrids without a plug should be banned or else confidence in electric cars will be damagedBritain needs to press ahead with a ban on the sale of new hybrid cars with no plug from 2030 or risk taking “a catastrophic misstep” on the road to net zero, ministers have been...

02/01/2025 08:56 The Guardian

Searchers find hiking poles of man missing for a week in Kosciuszko national park

Hadi Nazari, 23, last seen on Boxing Day descending the challenging Hannels Spur trackSign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailHopes are dwindling that a missing hiker will be found alive as experts warn of the rough terrain and scarce water availability.The 23-year-old hiker, Hadi Naza...

02/01/2025 06:15 The Guardian

Fig and almond trees thriving in UK thanks to fewer frosts, RHS says

Society to retire plants no longer suited to UK’s changing climate after 14% fewer days of ground frost recordedFig and almond trees are thriving in Britain as a result of fewer frosts, the Royal Horticultural Society has said.The lack of frost, one of the effects of climate breakdown, means plant...

02/01/2025 06:00 The Guardian

BoM data finds 2024 was Australia’s second-hottest year on record

Rise in greenhouse gases responsible for average temperatures rising to 1.46C above average, with one climate scientist saying this is ‘the norm now’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast year was Australia’s second-hottest on record going back to 1910 and the warmest...

02/01/2025 02:48 The Guardian

Three-day snow warning issued for parts of England, Scotland and Wales

Rain, sleet, flooding and freezing temperatures could lead to hazardous travel conditions, says Met OfficeThe Met Office has issued a three-day heavy snow warning as thousands of households mop up after torrential new year rain led to flooded properties, travel chaos and power cuts.Temperatures coul...

01/01/2025 22:38 The Guardian

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