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This blog is now closedFormer ministers Alan Tudge and Christian Porter to appear before robodebt inquiryRenée Geyer, Australian jazz and soul singer, dies aged 69Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDreyfus opens discussion about judicial watchdogToday the attorney-general, Mark Dreyfus, will open consultation for the creation of a federal judicial commission, to police what he described as the “relatively rare” instances of “problematic conduct by judges”.The three diseases that we’re focusing on on this trip – malaria, HIV and tuberculosis – three diseases that Australia has a good control over or good management over.HIV cases are on the rise for a range of different reasons. Tuberculosis is just devastating and any young child with tuberculosis is an extremely confronting and devastating thing to see it’s a horrible disease. And malaria is an ongoing killer. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Jacqui Lambie says state politics push is over as party implodes in Tasmania

Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere weather warnings are in place across southern parts of the country for strong winds, including Victoria and Tasmania.Here’s a wrap of the warnings currently in place, according to the Bureau of Me...

29/08/2024 03:26 The Guardian

Sex discrimination commissioner urges Labor to reverse decision excluding gender and sexuality census questions

Anna Cody worries the Albanese government’s backflip could ‘strengthen the voices of discrimination’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe sex discrimination commissioner has called on the government to put gender an...

29/08/2024 02:32 The Guardian

Japan prepares for ‘major disaster’ as Typhoon Shanshan nears

Meteorological agency says over a metre of rain could fall in 48 hours as tens of thousands are advised to evacuate in southern island of KyushuJapan is preparing for its strongest typhoon of the year, with authorities reporting landslide deaths, advising tens of thousands of people to evacuate and...

29/08/2024 00:12 The Guardian

Ludacris sparks alarm by drinking unfiltered Alaska glacier water

Glaciologist says ‘he’s totally fine’ after video of rapper tasting water goes viral and viewers warn of contaminationChris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an Alaska glacier, dipped an empty water bottle into a blue, pristine pool of wat...

28/08/2024 23:55 The Guardian

Support planned for UK households struggling with winter energy bills

Government discusses measures after criticism over cuts to winter fuel paymentsMinisters have committed to help households struggling with their gas and electricity bills this winter after energy industry bosses warned that consumer debt had climbed to more than £3bn.With Labour under fire for scra...

28/08/2024 23:22 The Guardian

Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app

Pavel Durov, who has French citizenship, faces prosecution over alleged failure to suppress spread of sexual images of children and calls for violenceThe head of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been charged by the French judiciary for allegedly allowing criminal activity on the messaging app but avoided...

28/08/2024 20:34 The Guardian

Ukraine prepares for winter power cuts after Russian attacks on energy sector

Kyiv calling for more air defence support as repairs resume after latest strikes, with fears more could be catastrophicUkrainian authorities are scrambling to assess the damage caused by one of the biggest Russian airstrikes of the war earlier this week, which targeted energy infrastructure across t...

28/08/2024 18:01 The Guardian

English are walking record distances but car is still most popular form of transport

Department for Transport’s travel survey also found the Covid-era shift to cycling continued to fizzle awayThe English are walking record distances, official figures show – but charities have warned that more needs to be done to get people on their feet.According to government data, the average...

28/08/2024 15:36 The Guardian

‘Injured’ Missouri bald eagle actually ‘too fat to fly’ after gorging on raccoon

X-rays show flightless bird found near Springfield was not wounded, but full of roadkill raccoonWildlife officials in Missouri rescued what they thought was an injured and flightless bald eagle, only to discover it had gorged itself on a roadkill raccoon and was “too fat to fly”.The bird was spo...

28/08/2024 14:32 The Guardian

Swifties for Kamala rally raises nearly $140,000 for Harris

Fan group holds Zoom call featuring Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and ‘original cat lady’ Carole KingTaylor Swift has yet to publicly endorse a candidate, but some of her fanbase are already mobilizing for Kamala Harris. The Swifties for Kamala Coalition officially launched on Tuesday, ra...

28/08/2024 14:15 The Guardian

Harris and Walz kick off bus tour of Georgia to build momentum in swing state – US elections live

Democratic nominee and running mate attempt to preserve gains made in state by Joe BidenTwo staffers for Donald Trump’s campaign had a “verbal and physical altercation” with an official at Arlington national cemetery over filming and taking photos in a section reserved for recent US casualties...

28/08/2024 14:07 The Guardian

Murder suspect literally falls into custody of Tennessee police

Deario Wilkerson was hiding in an attic of a house where police were searching for him before fell through the ceilingA murder suspect in Memphis, Tennessee, was found and arrested on Monday after he fell through the ceiling from the attic space of the house he was hiding in, officials said.An arres...

28/08/2024 12:50 The Guardian

‘Beaver-bombing’: unauthorised rodent releases on the rise in English rivers

Experts say trend is because of failure by successive governments to approve releases despite promises“Beaver bombing”, covertly releasing beavers into the countryside, is increasing in England because successive governments have not fulfilled promises to permit some planned wild releases, conse...

28/08/2024 11:05 The Guardian

Vapes redesigned to avoid UK crackdown could lead to more waste, say critics

Reusable varieties unlikely to dent environmental impact of e-cigarette waste, even as they curb battery wasteUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesVape products redesigned to avoid a legislative crackdown on single-use devices may do little to dent the environmental sco...

28/08/2024 10:31 The Guardian

Starmer meets Scholz with Germans keen on youth mobility deal – UK politics live

Talks expected to focus on defence and trade amid UK reservations over negotiations on freedom of movementLots of pensioners will need support this winter who won’t be eligible for the new winter fuel payment threshold, an ex-Labour minister has warned.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme,...

28/08/2024 09:08 The Guardian

Plan to cap international students ‘fundamentally destructive’ for state’s finances, Victorian treasurer says

Tim Pallas warns of an ‘adverse effect’ as the Albanese government faces opposition from the Greens and its own state ranksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s treasurer says the federal government’s plan...

28/08/2024 08:49 The Guardian

More than 80 firefighters bring Sydney grass fire under control after residents told too late to leave

The Edmonson Park fire at the site of an old amusement park ‘spread quickly into grass and bushland’ near homes, NSW RFS saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirefighters have contained a grass fire that threatened homes in Sydney’s south-west after strong winds blew...

28/08/2024 08:26 The Guardian

Victorians warned ‘winter gales’ set to continue – as it happened

This blog is now closedLabor says sexuality questions dumped from census to avoid ‘divisive’ debatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTasmanians urged to drive with caution amid strong windsTasmania Police have issued an alert within the last half hour warning motorists...

28/08/2024 08:23 The Guardian

Stakes high for European Union after arrest of Telegram co-founder

The charges against Pavel Durov increases pressure on Brussels to enforce new European law on the platformThe surprise arrest of the Russian-born co-founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, after he stepped off his private jet in Paris last Saturday night, has brought the one-time fringe social network und...

28/08/2024 07:00 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Israeli forces kill at least nine Palestinians in major West Bank raids

Military operation taking place in Jenin, Tubas and TulkarmSee all our Middle East crisis coverageIsraeli strikes in the West Bank killed at least nine people, Palestinian health authorities said on Wednesday, in a major operation in the occupied territory.Clashes with the Israeli military in the We...

28/08/2024 06:53 The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: Why Emmanuel Macron doesn’t want Lucie Castets as France’s prime minister

In today’s newsletter: The embattled president rejected the leftwing candidate for the role – so what happens now?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Almost two months after a parliamentary election that left no one bloc with a majority, France is still without...

28/08/2024 05:56 The Guardian

Biden ordered Gaza pier to be built despite concerns from US development agency

USAid staff were concerned that pier, which cost $230m and operated for only 20 days, would undermine efforts to push Israel to open land borders to aidMiddle East crisis – live updatesPresident Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this...

28/08/2024 05:44 The Guardian

Sydney records hottest August day in seven years amid high fire danger from warm, windy weather

The mercury climbs beyond 28 degrees in the harbour city, while fire danger ratings were ‘high’ in Sydney and the IllawarraFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney has recorded its hottest August day in seven years as...

28/08/2024 04:19 The Guardian

Only prosecute children over riots as last resort, says youth justice chair

Exclusive: Keith Fraser warns against quick decisions after boys as young as 11 were involved in recent disorderChildren who took part in the recent riots should only be prosecuted as “a last resort”, the head of the body that oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales has said, warn...

28/08/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Lucy Letby inquiry should be postponed or changed, experts say

Group including neonatal experts and statistics professors question its setup amid concerns about convictionA group including some of the UK’s leading neonatal experts and professors of statistics is calling on the government to postpone or change the terms of a public inquiry over concerns about...

27/08/2024 17:00 The Guardian

Middle East crisis: Gaza hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi rescued in ‘complex operation’, says IDF – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For more on this story, read our full report:Israeli Bedouin kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October reunited with his familyThe Biden administration remains in an intense phase of Middle East diplomatic activity working to avoid a regional war while optimistically spinning the...

27/08/2024 16:58 The Guardian

Ukraine says it has captured nearly 600 Russian soldiers during Kursk incursion

Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi also claims 100 settlements have been seized as forces try to repel Russian counterattackUkraine has captured 594 Russian soldiers during its three-week military operation in the Kursk region and has seized 100 settlements inside Russia, Kyiv’s commander-in-chief said on Tues...

27/08/2024 16:13 The Guardian

Tories accuse Labour of waging war on pensioners after Starmer says budget will be ‘painful’ – as it happened

Prime minister says government left with ‘no other choice’ but to make difficult decisions after discovering £22bn ‘black hole’ in public finances. This blog is closedStarmer hints at tax rises as he warns of ‘painful’ budgetKeir Starmer said the riots this summer exposed the state of a...

27/08/2024 14:55 The Guardian

Keir had his holiday ruined so he’s ruined ours – by telling us everything’s hopeless | John Crace

When you’re told the country’s dying on its feet, it helps when the messenger has the demeanour of an undertakerNothing screams the end of summer more than a prime minister giving a speech marked “state of the nation”. Especially when that speech could just as well have been made a week late...

27/08/2024 14:41 The Guardian

Gaza polio vaccine rollout hindered by Israeli evacuation orders, says UN

Aid workers preparing to distribute medicine to children in effort to contain outbreak call for pause in fightingThe UN has said its ability to function in Gaza is being crippled by a flurry of Israeli evacuation orders, forcing Palestinians into ever smaller and more remote areas, days before a cri...

27/08/2024 13:32 The Guardian

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