Extreme heat and bushfire risk across Australia’s south-east on Christmas and Boxing days as Grampians blaze rages

25/12/2024 05:11 The Guardian

Three states face dangerous fire conditions as a wave of hot and dry weather triggers total fire bans and warnings of power outagesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA scorching blast of hot, dry and windy weather is fanning fires in multiple states and territories, as emergency services direct their attention to Victoria ahead of Boxing Day.Firefighters are working to contain blazes in almost every jurisdiction, with multiple fires burning east of Perth, in Victoria’s Grampians region and in Smithfield north of Adelaide, as temperatures in the South Australian capital push towards 36C.Total fire bans are in place for the Mount Lofty Ranges and west coast region. Fire services are working to control minor blazes and scrub fires in the NT, NSW and in Sprent, southwest of Tasmania’s Davenport.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Russia launches major Christmas Day attack on Ukraine’s energy system

Zelenskyy describes cruise and ballistic missile strikes, which caused blackouts in several regions, as ‘inhuman’Russia-Ukraine war live – follow the latest updatesChristmas morning in Ukraine was overshadowed by a massive Russian aerial attack using cruise missiles to target energy infrastruc...

25/12/2024 12:39 The Guardian

Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates

Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022 High incarceration rates in Latin America – the region with the world’s fastest-growing prison population – are exacerbating tuberculosis in a region that is buc...

25/12/2024 12:00 The Guardian

Guardian and Observer charity appeal donations pass £1m

Charities pay tribute to readers’ generosity that is ‘helping to make our world a better place’Donate to our charity appeal hereGenerous readers have donated more than £1m in under three weeks to the Guardian and Observer’s 2024 appeal in support of victims of global conflict and war.This y...

25/12/2024 08:00 The Guardian

Major international crisis ‘much more likely’ in Trump’s second term, says his ex-national security adviser

John Bolton delivers scathing critique of Trump’s lack of knowledge or coherent strategy: ‘I’m very worried’A major international crisis is “much more likely” in Donald Trump’s second term given the president-elect’s “inability to focus” on foreign policy, a former US ambassador...

24/12/2024 14:44 The Guardian

Christmas Day could be one of warmest on record in UK, predicts Met Office

Band of ‘remarkably mild’ weather arrives in time for Christmas Eve, with 15C possible in some areasBritain is on track for one of its warmest Christmases on record with the Met Office predicting temperatures that could peak at more than 6C above the seasonal average in some parts of the country...

24/12/2024 14:09 The Guardian

UK has no credible plan to mobilise volunteers in event of war, ex-defence minister admits – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe National Farmers’ Union has announced that it will hold a “day of unity” on Saturday 25 January to allow people to show support for its campaign to stop the extension of inheritance tax to cover farms. Its sister organisations in...

24/12/2024 13:02 The Guardian

UK housebuilder Vistry’s shares plunge as it issues third profit warning

Business, relegated from the FTSE 100 share index this week, blames delays at developmentsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK housebuilder Vistry has issued its third profit warning in three months, in a year-end blow to the construction company that sent its shares to a two-year low.The business...

24/12/2024 12:51 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: one child killed every hour in Gaza, UN says

UN agency for Palestine refugees said 14,500 Palestinian children killed since the start of the war last OctoberIsraeli forces have killed a Palestinian man in a dawn raid on a refugee camp near the city of Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The Israel...

24/12/2024 12:33 The Guardian

Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion in engine room

Two crew members from Ursa Major are missing and 14 have been rescued, Russian foreign ministry saysAn engine room explosion sank a Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria and two of its crew are missing, the Russian foreign ministry has said.The vesse...

24/12/2024 11:46 The Guardian

Major show to celebrate UK’s forgotten female trailblazer of abstract art

Exhibition in Bristol, the city of her birth, celebrates Paule Vézelay whose ascent was stymied by sexism and warBritain’s “first” abstract artist, whose legacy has mostly been obscured because of a combination of sexism and the second world war, is to have her first major exhibition in more...

24/12/2024 07:00 The Guardian

‘National disaster’ if troubled Whyalla steelworks falls over, SA premier warns

Peter Malinauskas calls situation ‘tricky’ but says state government will continue to monitor Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance and act where it canGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe South Australian premier says it would be a “national disaster” if Whyalla steelwork...

24/12/2024 06:49 The Guardian

‘I stood on a mine’: government urged to repatriate Australian seriously injured fighting in Ukraine war

Dfat confirms consular assistance for 38-year-old as PM warns Australians against ‘travelling to areas of conflict’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has been urged to evacuate an Australian citizen who was seriously injured after stepping on a land...

24/12/2024 03:49 The Guardian

Sydney trains to run on New Year’s Eve as unions and Minns government reach last-minute deal

Government and unions still in deadlock over pay as NSW opposition warns of ‘chaos kicked down the road’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations appear set to enter full swing after rail unions and the state government struck a last-minu...

24/12/2024 01:53 The Guardian

Victoria bushfires: Grampians national park remains closed as hundreds of firefighters battle blaze

Holiday travellers warned to keep up to date with weather conditions as several states face growing risk of blazesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastResidents near bushfires raging in Victoria’s west have been given a two-hour window to return to collect their belongings be...

24/12/2024 01:17 The Guardian

Israel confirms it killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July

Defence minister Israel Katz threatens Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying the military will ‘decapitate their leadership – just as we did with Haniyeh’Israel’s defence minister has confirmed that the IDF assassinated former Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, and wa...

24/12/2024 00:57 The Guardian

DC police officer convicted of tipping off Proud Boys leader before Capitol attack

Shane Lamond found guilty of leaking to Enrique Tarrio that a warrant was out for his arrest before January 6The former head of the Metropolitan police intelligence unit in Washington DC has been found guilty of tipping off Enrique Tarrio – the imprisoned, one-time leader of the Proud Boys – tha...

23/12/2024 20:43 The Guardian

Saudi Arabia ‘had asked for extradition’ of suspect in Magdeburg attack

Riyadh warned Germany many times about danger posed by Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, source saysA source close to the Saudi government has told Agence France-Presse that Saudi authorities previously requested the extradition of the main suspect in Friday’s Christmas market attack in Germany, as mult...

23/12/2024 18:45 The Guardian

More than 1,000 North Korean military casualties in Ukraine war, says South Korea

Claims underline risks posed to North’s untested armed forces amid reports regime could send reinforcementsMore than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded since they were sent to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, according to South Korean military officials.In a statemen...

23/12/2024 16:46 The Guardian

Kremlin denies reports Asma al-Assad is seeking divorce and a return to London

UK-born wife of ousted Syrian leader is a divisive figure around world and, like her husband, is under sanctions The Kremlin has denied Turkish media reports suggesting that Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of the ousted Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, is seeking a divorce and hoping to return t...

23/12/2024 16:24 The Guardian

Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found

The 50,000-year-old female, nicknamed Yana, is one of only seven whole remains discovered in worldRussian scientists have displayed the remarkably well-preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia in Siberia.The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknam...

23/12/2024 15:41 The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine war: North Korea preparing to send more troops to Russia, says South Korea – as it happened

Troops and weapons, including suicide drones, to be shipped to Russia to support war against Ukraine, say Seoul’s joint chiefs of staff Continue reading...

23/12/2024 15:24 The Guardian

Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates

The clemency action applies to all federal death row inmates except three convicted of terrorism or hate-motivated mass murderJoe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, changing their punishment to life imprisonment without parole.The decision follows mounting pr...

23/12/2024 14:38 The Guardian

Is Labour to blame for slowing UK economy? It’s more complex than that

Tories point finger at Rachel Reeves’s budget but economy has been misfiring for best part of a decadeUK economy flatlines, putting pressure on Rachel ReevesBusiness live – latest updatesEconomic growth revised to zero, stubbornly high inflation, and warnings of job losses on the horizon. After...

23/12/2024 14:15 The Guardian

Australian navy advertises nuclear submarine job with $120,000 salary and ‘no experience’ needed

Defence outlines long-term strategy to staff US-built Virginia-class submarines expected in 2030s as part of Aukus dealGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Navy is offering high school graduates “with no experience at all” up to $120,000 to become nuclear sub...

23/12/2024 14:00 The Guardian

Gaza war victims take legal action against BP over oil supply to Israel

Palestinians accuse UK firm of breaching human rights laws by piping oil allegedly used by Israeli armyPalestinian victims of the war in Gaza are taking legal action against BP for running a pipeline that supplies much of Israel’s crude oil.The claimants have sent the British oil company a letter...

23/12/2024 13:00 The Guardian

Musk’s conflicts of interest as Trump adviser could benefit him, experts warn

As co-chair of ‘government efficiency’ panel, Musk would influence policy that could help SpaceX, Tesla and X Elon Musk’s position as Donald Trump’s co-chair of an advisory panel tasked with proposing huge cuts in spending and regulations has sparked criticism from legal experts and watchdog...

23/12/2024 12:00 The Guardian

Tulip Siddiq questioned over multibillion-pound embezzlement allegations

Treasury minister denies claims by Bangladesh that she helped broker corrupt deal with Russia to build nuclear plantThe Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has been questioned by the Cabinet Office’s propriety and ethics team after Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission accused her and family member...

23/12/2024 10:56 The Guardian

Kemi Badenoch claims that Tory party infighting has ended and leadership is going well – UK politics live

Conservative leader says ‘seeing Labour government reminds everyone who the real opponent is’ and rejects claim she should announce more policy nowDuring the general election Nigel Farage went to the Gurnos estate in Merthyr Tyfdfil, south Wales, one of the most deprived wards in the UK, to laun...

23/12/2024 10:12 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Israel orders closure of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza

Head of Kamal Adwan hospital says it is ‘next to impossible’ to obey shut down order due to lack of ambulances to evacuate patientsAs we mentioned in the opening summary, Jordan’s foreign minister Ayman Safadi is meeting with Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus today. We now have...

23/12/2024 09:53 The Guardian

Victoria prepares for worst fire conditions since black summer as Grampians bushfire rages

Authorities warn travellers and tourists to be alert to emergency warnings with extreme fire danger forecast over much of NSW, Victoria, WA and SAGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria is preparing to face the most dangerous fire conditions since the 2019–20 black summ...

23/12/2024 06:04 The Guardian

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