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19/09/2024 20:44 The Guardian

Former prime minister says he would not vote for the Republican because of election denials. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has announced her former upper house colleague, Rex Patrick, will lead the minor party’s ticket in South Australia in the upcoming federal election.In a statement on Friday morning, Lambie said she shared the same values as Patrick, who was a senator between 2017 and 2022, and Australia needed him back in Canberra.Rex is known as the ‘Transparency Warrior’ for good reason, he works hard to hold the government accountable. He should be in the Senate where he can continue to represent the interests of everyday Australians.Rex’s departure from the Senate was a loss for all of us, but particularly South Australia. We need to get Rex back into the Senate so SA once again has a sensible voice representing them in Canberra. Continue reading...

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Israel bombards southern Lebanon after Hezbollah chief vows ‘punishment’

Hassan Nasrallah decries targeting of pagers and walkie-talkies that killed 37, including children, and hurt thousands Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon late on Thursday, hours after Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, threatened “tough retribution and jus...

19/09/2024 22:57 The Guardian

Ohio city’s mayor issues emergency order over false migrant rumors

Springfield mayor Rob Rue says the order will allow city officials to ‘acquire resources to address potential threats’The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, has issued an emergency proclamation following the continued rise in public safety threats over false rightwing rumors about the city’s migrant...

19/09/2024 22:02 The Guardian

Israeli warplanes target Lebanon as Iran and Hezbollah threaten retaliation for deadly blasts – live

Israel says military actions will continue; Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah leader vow revenge; IDF says two Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah strikesAnalysis: Attacks were audacious and carefully plannedIn our First Edition newsletter today, my colleague Heather Stewart has spoken to our defe...

19/09/2024 18:43 The Guardian

Trans people in England missing out on vital cancer screening, experts warn

Loss of key data when changing registered gender with GP means thousands are not invited to routine examsThousands of transgender patients in England are missing out on vital cancer screening because of the way their GP records are drawn up, experts have warned.Everyone registered as female with the...

19/09/2024 17:13 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: US imposes new sanctions on Russia and North Korea – as it happened

Concerns over deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea over war in Ukraine. This live blog is closedEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Kyiv on Friday and meet president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as the bloc seeks to help Ukraine weather Russian attacks...

19/09/2024 15:43 The Guardian

Uncommitted movement declines to endorse Harris – but warns against Trump presidency

The Uncommitted National Movement says Harris campaign failed to meet deadline to meet with PalestiniansUS politics live – latest updatesThe Uncommitted National Movement announced that it will not endorse Kamala Harris for president, saying on Thursday she failed to respond to the movement’s re...

19/09/2024 15:35 The Guardian

Jail threat could ‘gag’ whistleblowers going before Australian parliament’s new workplace watchdog, critics warn

Greens senator raised concerns about penalties for IPSC confidentiality breaches ‘being too strong’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe threat of potential jail time could “gag” complainants and whistleblowers wh...

19/09/2024 15:00 The Guardian

Coalition’s nuclear power plan will add $665 to average power bill a year, report warns

Opposition disputes costings in study and accuses authors of cherrypicking ‘worst-case scenario projects’ from around the worldGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition’s plan for seven nuclear power plants would lift power bills for average households by $665 a...

19/09/2024 15:00 The Guardian

‘The first Black ballerina I found on YouTube’: Precious Adams pays tribute to Michaela DePrince

DePrince, who has died aged 29, was a ‘beacon of hope’ for dancers, says English National Ballet first soloistMichaela Mabinty DePrince, whose death aged 29 was announced on Friday, has been recognised for “shifting the whole ballet world” and “paving the way” for Black ballerinas.Tribut...

19/09/2024 14:20 The Guardian

Hezbollah leader to rally followers after deadly pager and walkie-talkie attacks

Hassan Nasrallah due to give televised speech, as US warns all sides in Middle East against escalation ‘of any kind’Middle East crisis – latest news updatesHezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, will seek to rally his followers and inspire new defiance of Israel in a much-anticipated televise...

19/09/2024 13:02 The Guardian

Car industry calls for shift in EU emissions targets amid slowing EV sales

Automotive lobby group warns ‘multibillion-euro fines’ will punish manufacturers without relaxation of rulesEurope’s car industry has called for the relaxation of EU emissions targets after sales of electric cars stalled further in August, adding to growing political pressure that threatens to...

19/09/2024 12:48 The Guardian

Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation

George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circlesUS politics – live updatesAmid the recent crackdown on Russian influence in American media, a group of former Trump advisers and operatives have quietly helped build a pro-Russian webs...

19/09/2024 11:16 The Guardian

Minister rejects claim that Sue Gray showed ‘stunning arrogance’ accepting higher salary than Keir Starmer – UK politics live

Jonathan Reynolds, business secretary, suggests Starmer himself did not decide pay for his chief of staffNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has said that Donald Trump’s claim about immigrants in Ohio eating pet cats and dogs – widely seen as one of the ex-president’s more ludicrous falsehoods...

19/09/2024 10:43 The Guardian

California Teamsters endorse Harris after national union declines to back any candidate – as it happened

This blog is closed. You can find the latest election coverage here. The US is still not prepared for inevitable Russian attacks on its elections, the former special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in 2016 and links between Donald Trump and Moscow, warns in a new book....

19/09/2024 00:55 The Guardian

Australia politics live: Michaelia Cash says Lebanon explosions a ‘clear message to terrorists’ as Chalmers warns against escalation

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia “abstained with great disappointment” on the Palestinian-drafted resolution at the United Nations general assembly in New York early this morning, the Australian ambassador to the UN has said.The resol...

19/09/2024 00:28 The Guardian

Poor NHS maternity care in danger of becoming normalised, regulator warns

CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in childbirth are in danger of becoming “normalised”, the NHS regulator has sa...

18/09/2024 23:01 The Guardian

UK summer’s ‘last hurrah’ set to give way to heavy rainfall at weekend

Met Office says ‘gentle decline’ in temperature expected, ushering in more typical autumn weatherThe UK is enjoying “summer’s last hurrah” before heavy rainfall is expected to drench the country over the weekend, the Met Office has said.On Wednesday, temperatures hit 25.5C in Inverness, wh...

18/09/2024 21:25 The Guardian

Fourteen killed and hundreds injured in latest Lebanon blasts; Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war – Middle East live

Health ministry says at least 450 injured after walkie-talkies explode; Yoav Gallant does not mention explosions but praises Israel’s army and security agencies for ‘very impressive’ resultsLocal Palestinian media is reporting that a 17-year-old child has been killed by Israeli security forces...

18/09/2024 20:07 The Guardian

Israel’s double-punch humiliation of Hezbollah is a dance on the edge of an abyss

Tactical daring keeps Netanyahu on the front foot but risks lurch into full-blown warExplosions linked to walkie-talkies kill at least 20 in fresh Lebanon attackThe detonation of walkie-talkies around Lebanon a day after scores of pagers used by Hezbollah officials blew up is a one-two punch that dr...

18/09/2024 19:14 The Guardian

Starmer urged to appoint ‘mould-breaking’ outsider as civil service head

Allies say Simon Case’s replacement must drive through change, amid internal battles over appointmentKeir Starmer is being privately urged to appoint a new cabinet secretary from outside the civil service who can “break the mould” of the traditional role, as internal battles continue over Simo...

18/09/2024 18:20 The Guardian

Walkie-talkie blasts: attacks on Hezbollah kill 20 as Israel says military focus shifting north

Twenty killed and at least 450 injured in cities across Lebanon a day after exploding pagers killed 12Analysis: Pager and walkie-talkie attacks were audacious and carefully plannedA new series of extraordinary explosions aimed at Hezbollah – this time targeting walkie-talkies – has killed at lea...

18/09/2024 18:16 The Guardian

Met police budget ‘heading off a cliff’, commissioner warns in funding plea

Sir Mark Rowley says force could have to shut half its ageing buildings in next decade and faces big deficit next yearScotland Yard needs hundreds of millions of pounds in new funding to drag itself out of crisis as its budget is “heading off a cliff”, its commissioner has said.Sir Mark Rowley s...

18/09/2024 18:00 The Guardian

‘Repercussions are inevitable’: unease in Israel over Hezbollah pager attack

Israeli commentators and analysts question timing of explosions and what they will lead toMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesNearly 24 hours after the simultaneous detonation of hundreds of pagers imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, followed by more explosions on Wednesday targeting wal...

18/09/2024 17:19 The Guardian

IMF postpones Russia visit after heavy criticism across Europe

Trip to Moscow to review economy delayed indefinitely after protests it would ‘normalise relations with aggressor’The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indefinitely postponed a staff mission to Moscow this week to review the Russian economy for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, a...

18/09/2024 16:38 The Guardian

Flood warnings in Nigeria over release of water from Cameroon dam

Potential for flooding in 11 Nigerian states as west and central Africa struggles to deal with recent heavy rainfall Authorities in Nigeria have warned of the potential for flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it would start regulated releases from its Lagdo dam following recent he...

18/09/2024 15:43 The Guardian

Blast from attack on Russian arms depot picked up on earthquake monitors

Ukrainian drone attack causes large explosion at arsenal in Toropets, more than 300 miles north of UkraineA Ukrainian drone attack on a large Russian weapons depot caused a blast that was picked up by earthquake monitoring stations, in one of the biggest strikes on Moscow’s military arsenal since...

18/09/2024 15:37 The Guardian

Families of Americans ensnared in DRC coup plot assert their innocence

Young Americans face death penalty for ‘amateurish’ assault in Congo that was led by one of their fathers The family of a Utah student sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his alleged role in a failed coup d’etat in which his father was killed fears he and two other Ameri...

18/09/2024 14:28 The Guardian

West Midlands police out of special measures after ‘record turnaround’

Crime clear-up quadruples to 13% since November but inspectorate warns there is still work to be doneEngland’s second largest police force has been judged to have improved so much it can come out of special measures imposed by the official inspectorate.West Midlands police was judged to be in cris...

18/09/2024 10:40 The Guardian

Badenoch says Tories should view Reform UK voters as ‘our people’ as Major warns against lurch to right – UK politics live

Conservative leadership hopeful says many who voted for Farage’s party were ‘lifelong Tory voters’Protection zones will be in force around abortion clinics in England and Wales from 31 October, the Home Office said today.The law will ban campaigners from handing anti-abortion leaflets to peopl...

18/09/2024 09:46 The Guardian

Aboriginal people robbed of up to $500m under system akin to ‘slave labour’, Queensland truth-telling inquiry hears

Inquiry told even after the second world war Indigenous Australians had their wages garnished and had their lives controlled by the governmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAboriginal people had as much as half a billion dollars stolen from them by the Queensland governme...

18/09/2024 09:24 The Guardian

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