Australia’s drowning death toll highest since records began three decades ago

26/08/2025 01:00 The Guardian

Report reveals 357 deaths from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 – 27% more than the 10-year averageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians’ swimming skills are at crisis levels, lifesaving organisations warn, as a new report shows 357 people drowned last financial year, the highest drowning death toll since records began in 1996.The annual drowning report released by Royal Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia on Tuesday recorded 357 deaths between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 – 34 more than the previous year’s total of 323, and a 27% increase on the 10-year average. Continue reading...

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Porepunkah live updates: Victoria police warn locals to avoid area due to reported shooting in regional town

Media reports say one officer injured and two unaccounted for after visiting property in state’s Alpine region. Follow live updatesPolice attending ‘active incident’ at rural property in Victoria and ask people to ‘avoid the area’According to the flight radar, a HM5 air ambulance is coming...

26/08/2025 03:08 The Guardian

Police attending ‘active incident’ at rural property in Victoria, Porepunkah primary school in lockdown

Police urge people to ‘avoid the area’ after media reports of officer injured in shooting and two missing at Porepunkah, 300km north-east of MelbournePolice have confirmed they are attending an “active incident” at a rural property in Victoria, after media reports an officer had been injured...

26/08/2025 03:02 The Guardian

Politics live: US thinktank says Australia should cement Aukus by pre-committing to deployment of nuclear subs in future war

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn the last parliament, the government had just reached a deal with the Greens and members of the crossbench, to get its environmental laws over the line.Now that they’ve had to go back to the drawing board, the C...

26/08/2025 02:54 The Guardian

Trump says he wants ‘Department of War’ instead of defense department – US politics live

US president floats idea several times on Monday; Trump threatens again to send troops to Democratic-run cities amid misleading claim on crime in ‘red cities’National guard start carrying firearms in DC as Trump says Chicago may be nextThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing tha...

26/08/2025 00:09 The Guardian

Fema staff warn Trump’s cuts risk exposing US to another Hurricane Katrina

Workers say president’s attacks on the agency and lack of qualified leadership could lead to deadly catastropheUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have w...

25/08/2025 21:02 The Guardian

Republican Nancy Mace criticized for falsely identifying man as campus shooter

Republican congresswoman posted image online of man and inaccurately called him shooter in now deleted postSouth Carolina Republican Nancy Mace is facing criticism for posting an online image of a man she falsely described as a campus shooter after the state university issued a “credible report”...

25/08/2025 19:59 The Guardian

Reform councillor works on asylum claims for Home Office, investigation reveals

Paul Bean may have breached civil service impartiality rules over alleged social media postsCampaigners have complained to the Home Office after it was revealed a councillor for Reform UK also works for the government department processing asylum and immigration claims.Paul Bean, who serves as a cou...

25/08/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Woody Allen rebuts Ukrainian condemnation over Moscow film festival appearance

The director said he did not ‘feel cutting off artistic conversations is ever a good way to help’ after Ukraine calls the film-maker’s participation a ‘disgrace’Woody Allen has denied claims that his participation in a Moscow film festival was “whitewashing” Russian atrocities, after c...

25/08/2025 17:15 The Guardian

Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts

Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistakeIsrael’s twin strike on the Nasser hospital in Gaza, which killed five journalists including staff working for the Associated Press, Reuters, NBC and Al Jazeera, is a potential violation of...

25/08/2025 16:49 The Guardian

Dinner or a shower? Elderly people fear tough choices when Australia’s new aged care changes are rolled out

Advocates warn increased costs for basic assistance like showers and wound cleaning will push older people into aged care or hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMargaret Duckett is scared for her friends.The 77-year...

25/08/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2027 despite Albanese reform promises, vice-chancellor says

Australia needs critical thinkers who develop ‘philosophy about the world’ by studying the arts, university warnsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStudents will be paying $50,000 for arts degrees until at least 2027,...

25/08/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Major Australian environmental law overhaul to be put to parliament this year as Watt warns delays risk ‘destruction’

Labor will seek to legislate national standards and federal EPA in one package rather than multiple stages, as it tried and failed to do last termFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereA major ove...

25/08/2025 14:05 The Guardian

‘For Russians, Nato is next to Satan’: Finnish guards on alert at Russia border

North Karelia force says fence dividing Finland and Russia is no Berlin Wall – but it is now a key geopolitical faultlineAmong the serene lakes, thick forest and summer houses of North Karelia’s border zone, the line between Finland and Russia is almost invisible. Walking along the border path i...

25/08/2025 14:02 The Guardian

Mounjaro users in UK warned against bulk buying before autumn price rise

Cost may increase as much as 170% from September, but patients warned against a quick switch to Wegovy‘Gutted’: UK users of weight loss jab Mounjaro devastated by planned price hikePeople using the weight loss jab Mounjaro have been warned against switching to black market sellers or bulk buying...

25/08/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Politicians risk ignoring many voters by not being on TikTok, Tory MP warns

‘You’ve got to be where the electorate are,’ says Luke Evans, the sixth-most followed UK politician on the platformPoliticians are at risk of ignoring a large chunk of the electorate because of their reluctance to communicate on TikTok, according to a Tory MP who has one of the biggest followi...

25/08/2025 11:40 The Guardian

Greater risk of toxic derailments if $85bn railroad merger is approved, warn unions

Workers sound alarm over proposed Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern deal and its risks to jobs, prices and powerA proposed mega-merger of two of the largest railroad companies in the US will hurt jobs, raise costs for consumers and increase the risk of more catastrophic train crashes, according to...

25/08/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Labor’s first home buyers scheme a ‘backwards step’ likely to push prices higher, experts warn

Treasury estimates new policy will only add 0.5% to home prices over six years, but some experts disagreeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor’s major new expansion to the home guarantee scheme will help first-time bu...

25/08/2025 07:42 The Guardian

Historic Myanmar bridge destroyed in fighting

The renowned Gokteik bridge was bombed on Sunday, with the ruling military junta and rebel forces blaming each other for its destructionA colonial-era bridge in Myanmar that was once the world’s tallest railway trestle has been destroyed during fighting in the years-long conflict.A civil war has c...

25/08/2025 06:36 The Guardian

Wildfires in California and Oregon grow, prompting evacuations and warnings

Firefighters battle blazes amid dry, hot weather as fires in Napa county and Deschutes and Jefferson counties spreadWildfires in California wine country and central Oregon grew overnight, prompting hundreds of evacuations as firefighters worked on Sunday to try to contain the blazes amid dry, hot we...

24/08/2025 21:20 The Guardian

Israeli strikes hit Yemen’s capital in retaliation for earlier Houthi attacks

Health officials report dozens of casualties in Sana’a, including six deathsIsraeli strikes have hit the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, in retaliation for Houthi missiles fired towards Israel, with Houthi health officials saying the attack had killed six people.The strikes on Sunday were the latest in...

24/08/2025 20:33 The Guardian

Russia says Europe’s leaders don’t want peace in Ukraine as Vance says US will keep trying

Russian foreign minister praises Trump’s effort and got defensive when asked if Putin was ‘stringing along’ TrumpRussia accused western European leaders on Sunday of not wanting peace in Ukraine, as Moscow’s most senior diplomat praised efforts by Donald Trump to end the war, while Vice-Pres...

24/08/2025 18:46 The Guardian

UK MPs voice alarm at rise in online abuse over immigration debate

After further demonstrations at hotels housing asylum seekers, MPs say harassment is worse than during BrexitMPs have raised the alarm about a rise in abuse linked to debates around immigration, with some reporting levels of online harassment and death threats worse than during the Brexit years.The...

24/08/2025 18:33 The Guardian

Russia accuses Ukraine of strike on nuclear plant in wave of drone attacks

Moscow says operating capacity of reactor at Kursk site reduced by 50% as Kyiv celebrates independence dayMoscow has accused Kyiv of launching dozens of drone attacks, including one that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant, as Ukrainians marked 34 years since the country gained independence from...

24/08/2025 18:11 The Guardian

Composer John Williams says he ‘never liked film music very much’

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24/08/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Declaration of famine in Gaza lays bare Israel’s disregard for humanitarian duty

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24/08/2025 09:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: Queensland to get new sex offender registry; Albanese congratulates Ukraine on independence day

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24/08/2025 05:00 The Guardian

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24/08/2025 05:00 The Guardian

NSW Health trying to ‘gag’ frontline workers from posting online, union warns

Exclusive: ‘Final draft’ social media document says staff should report concerns about their colleagues’ social media use to their managerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe doctors’ union is warning a New South...

23/08/2025 20:00 The Guardian

Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Bernie Sanders in urging US to end Gaza famine

Breaking from most of her peers in Congress, far-right Georgia Republican has also described crisis as a genocideAmid mostly silence in Congress, some US lawmakers on opposite sides of the political spectrum spoke out Saturday over a UN-backed report warning of famine in parts of Gaza.“Let’s be...

23/08/2025 18:35 The Guardian

UN special rapporteur will contribute to ‘Gaza tribunal’, Jeremy Corbyn says

Former Labour leader says Francesca Albanese to take part in event seeking answers over UK’s ‘role in war crimes’A UN special rapporteur will contribute to a two-day “tribunal” being held by Jeremy Corbyn into Britain’s “role in war crimes perpetrated in Gaza”, the former Labour lead...

23/08/2025 17:11 The Guardian

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