A year on as Queensland premier, will David Crisafulli’s small-target strategy prove his undoing?

25/10/2025 19:00 The Guardian

The LNP government has a firm stance on only one issue – youth crime – and is looking like it’s in need of an agendaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen David Crisafulli speaks to the Liberal National party faithful, his message tends to become a blunt warning to members and MPs to keep any unsavoury, unelectable tendencies out of sight.“We don’t exist for culture wars,” the Queensland premier – who marks a year in office on Sunday – told the party’s state council just after the 2024 election. Continue reading...

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At least four killed in Russian strikes overnight on Ukraine

Attacks come after Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals to US for long-range missiles and urges allies to expand sanctions on Russian oilRussian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine’s p...

25/10/2025 22:15 The Guardian

Labour’s new deputy leader to be announced – UK politics live

Polling suggests Lucy Powell enjoyed a healthy lead over Bridget Phillipson as voting closed on ThursdayLabour’s new deputy leader will be announced today, with polling suggesting Lucy Powell enjoyed a healthy lead over education secretary Bridget Phillipson as voting closed on Thursday, reports t...

25/10/2025 07:37 The Guardian

Six metres below ground: inside the secret hospital treating Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overheadScrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves...

25/10/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Ex-60 Minutes producer Bill Owens says bosses discouraged him from covering Gaza and Trump

Show’s leader, who resigned in April, says he was also pressured to apologize for edit of Kamala Harris interviewThe former executive producer of 60 Minutes, Bill Owens, said he faced intense internal pressure from his corporate bosses to avoid certain stories that had the potential to generate ba...

25/10/2025 00:50 The Guardian

Homemade chilli paste products linked to cluster of rat poisoning cases in south-east Queensland

Queensland Health has issued an alert for people to be aware of the products they warn could still be circulating in the Logan communityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHealth authorities have identified homemade chilli paste products as the source of a cluster of rat poiso...

24/10/2025 23:34 The Guardian

Cutting cash Isa limit will not boost stock market, MPs warn Rachel Reeves

Treasury committee says move in November budget could push up mortgage rates insteadCutting the annual cash Isa allowance will not encourage many savers to switch to shares but could push up mortgage costs, MPs have warned the chancellor.Adults can put up to £20,000 a year in a tax-free Isa and spr...

24/10/2025 23:01 The Guardian

Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds

Analysis of DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave suggests soldiers had paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever When Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers died.Res...

24/10/2025 21:34 The Guardian

Pentagon deploys top aircraft carrier as Trump militarisation of Caribbean ratchets up

Use of USS Gerald Ford along with fighter jets comes as president plots strikes against alleged cartels on landThe Pentagon said on Friday that it was deploying the United States’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, a major escalation in the Trump administration’s war against drug...

24/10/2025 20:00 The Guardian

‘Ukraine’s future is our future’, says Starmer, as he vows coalition will take Russian oil and gas off market to choke funding – as it happened

Zelenskyy, Starmer and members of ‘coalition of willing’ held talks in London. This live blog is closedUkraine wants US to stay involved, says Zelenskyy after meeting western alliesA forthcoming trip by German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, to China has been cancelled amid growing fears that...

24/10/2025 17:49 The Guardian

Ukraine wants US to stay involved, says Zelenskyy after meeting western allies

Ukrainian leader joined ‘coalition of the willing’ in London to discuss how to ramp up pressure on RussiaVolodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants the US to stay involved in efforts to end the war after a meeting of western allies in London that took place without Donald Trump.The Ukrainian leader...

24/10/2025 17:42 The Guardian

Palestinian factions say they agree to let independent technocrat committee run Gaza

Administration will manage basic services ‘in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions’, says joint statementThe main Palestinian factions have said they have agreed that an independent committee of technocrats would take over the running of Gaza after Hamas said it had rece...

24/10/2025 16:50 The Guardian

Six Britons acting for Wagner group jailed for arson attack on UK warehouse

Judge says men imprisoned over fire at site storing Ukraine aid planned terrorist campaign in interests of RussiaSix Britons acting for Russia’s Wagner group have been jailed for setting fire to a London warehouse storing humanitarian aid for Ukraine.Sentencing the men, a judge at the Old Bailey s...

24/10/2025 16:47 The Guardian

Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK

Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in decade since cancer link foundBacon and ham sold in the UK should carry cigarette-style labels warning that chemicals in them cause bowel cancer, scientists say.Their demand comes as they criticise successive Briti...

24/10/2025 16:00 The Guardian

The Rad pack: David Beckham leads country menswear trend

Fresh from guest editing Country Life, former footballer embodies ‘rich autumn dad’ aestheticDoes your wardrobe include a half-zip jumper and a flannel shirt? Is your fantasy car a vintage Land Rover Defender? Do you know a buff Cochin from a bantam hen? If the answer is yes, you may just be one...

24/10/2025 15:12 The Guardian

Tanni Grey-Thompson says disabled drivers at risk of missing out on switch to electric cars

Former Paralympics champion says inaccessible charging points show government ‘has forgotten about us’Campaigners including Tanni Grey-Thompson have warned that disabled drivers are at risk of being locked out of the electric car transition because of inaccessible chargers.The former Paralympics...

24/10/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Surprise sanctions look to have ended Trump and Putin’s Groundhog Day | Pjotr Sauer

His patience exhausted, the US president has taken action that could bite, but is unlikely to alter Moscow’s course in UkraineFor once, a phone call with Vladimir Putin did not lead to a thaw.By imposing sanctions on Russia this week, Donald Trump broke from his usual pattern of easing tensions wi...

24/10/2025 12:57 The Guardian

NatWest boss warns against higher bank taxes as lender’s profits rise 30%

CEO says fiscal discipline should be balanced with ‘policies that create stability, consistency and support growth’NatWest Group’s chief executive has warned the government against increasing taxes on banks in the autumn budget as the high street lender reported a 30% jump in profits.Paul Thwa...

24/10/2025 11:03 The Guardian

WHO says aid situation in Gaza ‘remains catastrophic’ despite ceasefire – Middle East live

WHO’s director general says there has been little improvement in the amount of aid going into Gaza since the ceasefire took holdTo the residents of the West Bank, the war in Gaza came as a warning. As they watched Israeli bombs destroy as much as 88% of the Gaza Strip over the last two years, they...

24/10/2025 09:47 The Guardian

Trump says all trade negotiations with Canada ‘terminated’ over an anti-tariff advertising campaign – US politics live

The US president announced he ended talks in retaliation to an ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffsHello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with the news that preside...

24/10/2025 09:31 The Guardian

West Bank residents fear they may be Israel’s next target after Gaza

With the war in Gaza drawing down, Palestinians worry the Israeli military will turn its attention to the West BankShadi Dabaya’s body bears the scars of the Israeli occupation. The 54-year-old proudly stuck out his jaw to show the chunk of his cheek torn away by Israeli fire and traced the zigzag...

24/10/2025 09:18 The Guardian

Caerphilly result is blow to Labour and Reform – and shows parties who cannot adapt will be crushed

Plaid Cymru’s byelection victory signals a seismic shift in Welsh politics that will rattle WestminsterUK politics live – latest updatesIf anyone inside No 10 allowed themselves a sigh of relief at Reform UK’s advance being stymied in the Caerphilly byelection, they would then have heard the w...

24/10/2025 06:50 The Guardian

Is Trump preparing for civil war? – podcast

Millions of people across the US attended No Kings protests against Donald Trump last weekend. The president publicly denied he wanted to be a king, but he posted an AI-generated video of himself dressed as one, flying a fighter jet and dumping excrement on protesters.Jonathan Freedland speaks to th...

24/10/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Putin says he will never bow to US but concedes sanctions may cause ‘some losses’

China and India likely to scale back Russian oil imports as Trump tries to bring an end to war in UkraineVladimir Putin has said Russia will never bow to US pressure but conceded new sanctions could cause some economic pain, as China and India were reported to be scaling back Russian oil imports aft...

24/10/2025 03:23 The Guardian

‘Sacred sanctuary’: North Korea starts building memorial to soldiers killed in Ukraine war

At least 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed and thousands more wounded fighting in Russia’s war against UkraineNorth Korea has begun constructing a memorial for its soldiers killed fighting in Russia’s war on Ukraine, state media reported, as leader Kim Jong-un hailed a “historic peak...

24/10/2025 01:09 The Guardian

EU leaders fail to agree to use frozen Russian assets to defend Ukraine

Belgium derails proposal to use billions located in Brussels to fund €140bn loan to Ukraine for its war effortEU leaders have swerved a decision on using Russia’s frozen assets to fund Ukraine’s defence, despite a plea from Volodymyr Zelenskyy to take swift action to make Moscow pay for its wa...

23/10/2025 22:44 The Guardian

Australia news live: police to resume search for body in infamous cold case of Indigenous child killed in 1990

Colleen Walker-Craig was just 16 when she was last seen in Bowraville 35 years ago. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTertiary education union condemns job cuts at UTSThe National Tertiary Education Union has condemned “heartbreaking” job cuts a...

23/10/2025 21:54 The Guardian

Trump pardons founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto exchange

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four monthsDonald Trump issued a pardon for the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange on Thursday.“President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr Zha...

23/10/2025 21:48 The Guardian

‘Bibi-sitting’: US heavy-hitters take turns to supervise Israeli prime minister

Marco Rubio warns Israeli politicians not to disrupt Gaza ceasefire after Knesset vote to annex West BankThe parade of senior US officials travelling to the Middle East in recent weeks is a clear warning from the White House to Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli political factions to not disrupt the rec...

23/10/2025 20:12 The Guardian

Illinois warns immigration officers tampering with license plates is illegal

Hotline introduced to report on agents’ vehicles after one said plates were changed every day in videoUS politics live – latest updatesIllinois officials have issued a warning to federal immigration agents that tampering with or swapping license plates is against state law and will not be tolera...

23/10/2025 19:33 The Guardian

Ukrainian attack spoiled planned Zaporizhzhia birthday gift for Putin

Plan to connect nuclear plant to Russian grid was foiled and it has now been reconnected to Ukrainian powerAn attempt by Russia to connect the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the Russian grid in time for Vladimir Putin’s birthday earlier this month was foiled by Ukrainian forces...

23/10/2025 19:04 The Guardian

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