Dangerous drivers to face prison sentences of up to 20 years under ‘Susan’s Law’ in Queensland

28/04/2024 04:24 The Guardian

New laws would increase maximum penalties for people who drive dangerously, evade police and cause death or grievous bodily harmFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeople who drive dangerously, evade police and cause death or grievous bodily harm could face 20 years in prison under proposed laws in Queensland.Drivers who leave a crash scene after causing death or grievous bodily harm could also face 20 years in prison under the laws, a six-year increase on the current maximum penalty. Continue reading...

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Israel-Gaza war live: arrests as Israeli protesters call on Netanyahu for hostage-release deal

Thousands take to Tel Aviv streets, while Israeli military urges evacuation of more areas of Rafah amid strikes across GazaThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has described the “forced” displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza’s southern city of Rafah as “in...

12/05/2024 08:46 The Guardian

‘You say you are a musician, they beat you more’: the Ukrainian sax player who survived Putin’s torture prisons

Yuriy Merkotan played in a military band and, after being caught up in the Mariupol siege, spent nearly two years in various jailsWhen Yuriy Merkotan enlisted in Ukraine’s national guard in 2020, it was not because he wanted to fight. A saxophonist living in the southern port city of Mariupol, the...

12/05/2024 04:00 The Guardian

NSW weather: Warragamba dam spills over as heavy rainfall warning issued for south coast

SES issues minor flood warnings for the Hawkesbury River at North Richmond and the Colo RiverAurora australis offers second chance of ‘bloody awesome’ southern lights display on SundayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or dai...

12/05/2024 03:36 The Guardian

Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages

Survivors pick through debris-littered streets and damaged buildings as rescue workers dispatched amid warning some areas cut off by floodingMore than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple provinces in Afghanistan, the UN’s World Food Programme said, as authorities de...

12/05/2024 02:50 The Guardian

Thousands protest against ‘foreign influence’ bill in Georgia

Demonstrators converge on Tbilisi to denounce government-backed law likened to Russia’s silencing of dissent Thousands of protesters marched through central Tbilisi on Saturday at a rally against a controversial “foreign influence” bill backed by the Georgian government and likened to Russian...

11/05/2024 20:35 The Guardian

Israel-Gaza war: IDF orders evacuation of central Rafah as it prepares to expand offensive – as it happened

Israeli military drops leaflets ordering hundreds of thousands of people to leave the city. This blog is now closed.Israel orders central Rafah residents to evacuateIn case you missed it yesterday, the UN general assembly voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership.Israel...

11/05/2024 18:39 The Guardian

‘Self-defeating’: senior Tories warn Sunak against clampdown on international students

Party members say visa restrictions will damage economy and lead to the closure of already-struggling universitiesUniversities will be plunged into greater financial distress and Britain’s economic recovery dented should ministers proceed with a new “self-defeating” clampdown on international...

11/05/2024 18:00 The Guardian

Terrified families flee Rafah as Israel set to open all-out assault

Leaflet instructs Palestinians to leave southern Gaza city as Benjamin Netanyahu shuns pressure from Joe BidenSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageMore than a hundred thousand Palestinians fled Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Saturday, after Israeli warnings to evacuate before an imminent milit...

11/05/2024 17:51 The Guardian

UK set for hottest day of year on Sunday at 27C – followed by thunderstorms

Top temperatures expected, but heavy rain to follow with weather warnings in place for week aheadBritain will experience its hottest temperatures of the year on Sunday – before thunderstorms and heavy rain bring an end to the sunny conditions that the country has enjoyed over the past few days.The...

11/05/2024 16:53 The Guardian

Rishi Sunak accused of scaremongering over UK students’ Gaza protest camps

Academics call for government to avoid inflaming situation but Jewish students say they want to feel safeAcademics have called on the government to avoid “inflaming” the situation on British campuses, as students protest against the war in Gaza and their universities’ links to Israel.Some seni...

11/05/2024 16:00 The Guardian

Number of Palestinians fleeing Rafah rises above 150,000 amid Israeli strikes

People who have already been repeatedly displaced by war describe their plight as they seek safety elsewhere in GazaUnder a blazing summer sun, tens of thousands of Palestinians fled Israeli bombardment and clashes with Hamas militants in Rafah on Friday, choking roads with donkey carts, bicycles, p...

11/05/2024 15:30 The Guardian

Latest Gaza evacuation warnings expose weak spots in Israel’s war strategy

Awareness of diplomatic fallout has led Israel to downplay offensive, while return to north shows difficulty of eliminating HamasSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageTwo elements are particularly striking about the latest evacuation warnings issued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to residents and...

11/05/2024 15:26 The Guardian

Russian attack on Kharkiv continues as Moscow says it has taken five villages

Ukraine says it is pushing back against assaults and battling for control of territorySee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageFierce fighting has continued for a second day on the fringes ofthe Kharkiv region in north-east Ukraine. Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was pus...

11/05/2024 13:50 The Guardian

Spectacular southern lights seen across Australia after ‘extreme’ solar storm

Social media users post pictures of skies lit up around the country while the Bureau of Meteorology warns of solar storm’s impactsAurora australis offers second chance of ‘bloody awesome’ southern lights display on SundaySouthern lights ignite the sky in geomagnetic glory – in picturesGet ou...

11/05/2024 10:55 The Guardian

Three Davids throw off Global Britain bluster and chart new foreign policy course

Speeches by Cameron, Lammy and Miliband all depicted a darkening world but differed on where to find alliesIn a TikTok world it’s rare that three big foreign policy speeches come along all at once, all trying to chart a new course for the UK in a more perilous world, and all written by someone chr...

11/05/2024 08:00 The Guardian

Australia weather: spill warning for Sydney’s Warragamba dam as Bunbury recovers from freak WA tornado

Warragamba dam in NSW nearing capacity after two West Australians were hospitalised on FridayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWarragamba dam could spill over the Mother’s Day weekend amid severe weather warnings on the east coast, and after a tornado tore th...

11/05/2024 04:18 The Guardian

Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like

Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planetWorld is on edge of climate abyss, UN warnsClimate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C targetGlobal heating is likely to soar past internationally...

11/05/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Warning over solar storm that could give US rare view of northern lights

Noaa issues warning for extreme G5 geomagnetic storm, with effects due to last through weekend and possibly into next weekA ferocious solar storm powerful enough to knock out or disrupt satellite and communications systems, the power grid and radio signals was raging on Friday, space weather researc...

11/05/2024 01:44 The Guardian

Rudy Giuliani suspended by New York radio station over 2020 election lies

WABC owner says Trump ally received warnings not to discuss ‘election fallacies’ and that refusal to do so ‘left me no option’The former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s troubles deepened on Friday when he was suspended by WABC radio, for trying to use his show to discuss the lie that the 20...

10/05/2024 23:48 The Guardian

US finds Israel’s use of weapons in Gaza ‘inconsistent’ with human rights law, but will not cut flow of arms

State department also says not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations The US says it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law, but that there is...

10/05/2024 22:21 The Guardian

MPs call on spending watchdog to investigate DWP overpayments to carers

Select committee says scale of problem, carers’ testimony and cost to taxpayer warrants second inquiry into benefits systemA cross-party group of MPs has called on the government’s public spending watchdog to investigate the growing scandal that has plunged tens of thousands of unpaid carers int...

10/05/2024 18:00 The Guardian

Northern lights possible in parts of UK over weekend due to solar storm

Storm could trigger displays of aurora through Saturday night in parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and WalesA strong solar storm headed towards Earth could allow parts of the UK the chance to see the Northern lights this weekend.The Met Office said space weather experts had issue...

10/05/2024 17:33 The Guardian

UN general assembly votes to back Palestinian bid for membership

Assembly votes 143 to nine, with 25 abstentions, signalling Israel’s growing isolation on the world stageThe UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing global isolation amid alarm over the war in Gaza...

10/05/2024 17:23 The Guardian

Israel-Gaza war: UN passed resolution for security council to reconsider and support Palestine membership – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest news on this UN vote, you can read our full report:UN general assembly votes to back Palestinian bid for membershipOn a visit to Washington, German defence minister Boris Pistorius expressed “understanding” for the US threat to limit arms supplies to...

10/05/2024 16:38 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv sends reinforcements to Kharkiv and evacuates civilians as Russian forces advance – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereRussian forces have advanced one kilometre (0.62 mile) into Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region near Vovchansk, a high-ranking Ukrainian military source said on Friday.According to Reuters, the source said the Russian military was ai...

10/05/2024 15:02 The Guardian

Is AI lying to me? Scientists warn of growing capacity for deception

Researchers find instances of systems double-crossing opponents, bluffing, pretending to be human and modifying behaviour in testsThey can outwit humans at board games, decode the structure of proteins and hold a passable conversation, but as AI systems have grown in sophistication so has their capa...

10/05/2024 15:00 The Guardian

Court upholds Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying Jan 6 committee subpoena – live

Former Trump chief strategist’s four-month prison term had been on hold while judges considered appealAfter Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the special House committee investigating the January 6 capitol attack was upheld by a federal appeals court,...

10/05/2024 14:53 The Guardian

Baseball-sized hailstones fall in Texas as southern US hit by severe storms

More than 300,000 people lose power as 5in hailstones strike central Texas and tornado warnings issuedBaseball-sized pieces of hail fell in Texas as parts of the southern US battle thunderstorms and other severe weather.Photos posted to social media showed the oversized hailstones – about 5in acro...

10/05/2024 14:42 The Guardian

Bus plunges into river in central St Petersburg killing at least three

Russian officials say nine people were taken out of the Moika after vehicle veered off bridgeA bus veered off a bridge in St Petersburg, Russia, killing at least three people and leaving six others injured on Friday, officials have said.The emergencies ministry said rescuers removed nine people from...

10/05/2024 14:20 The Guardian

UK public warned after huge rise in fires caused by binned batteries

Fire chief says incorrect disposal of devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are ‘disaster waiting to happen’Fires caused by batteries in waste have gone up by 71% in the UK since 2022, as the rise of disposable vapes and other portable battery-powered devices leads to more lithium-ion batteri...

10/05/2024 14:11 The Guardian

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