Man allegedly raped by Gareth Ward quizzed on route he took to NSW MP’s house

29/05/2025 07:45 The Guardian

Kiama MP allegedly sexually assaulted political staffer after offering him place to stay after midweek eventGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA political staffer has accepted he could be confused about his movements before and after he was allegedly sexually assaulted by a New South Wales MP who invited him to his house.Kiama MP Gareth Ward, 44, is on trial in the NSW district court after pleading not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent and indecent assault charges.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Sussan Ley praises mother’s ‘determination’ in eulogy; CommBank says funds transfer issue resolved

Opposition leader farewells her late mother with touching eulogy. Follow today’s news liveOne Nation picks up surprise NSW Senate seat for former British soldier Warwick StaceyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe health minister, Mark Butler, has said a new Covid-19 varia...

30/05/2025 05:43 The Guardian

Hamas says US ceasefire plan accepted by Israel does not meet demands to end war in Gaza

Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, a 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza as soon as deal signed offIsrael has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the White House has said, and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan although its terms did not meet the group’s demand...

30/05/2025 05:21 The Guardian

Family of Warlpiri man who died after being restrained by police in supermarket demand independent inquiry

Exclusive: Lawyer for 24-year-old’s family asks NT police to ‘appoint independent body from another state or territory to undertake investigation’ after Alice Springs deathAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn independent inve...

30/05/2025 05:15 The Guardian

Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries

Exclusive: Climate cost of war is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study findsThe carbon footprint of the first 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza will be greater than the annual planet-warming emissions of a hundred individual countries, exacerbating the global...

30/05/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Presidential vote likely to determine Poland’s place on the EU stage

Close-run race between pro-EU and nationalist candidates pits liberal vision against a radical-right, EU-critical stancePoland’s presidential election runoff could have far-reaching implications for its place in Europe – either cementing the country’s hard-won seat at the EU’s top table, or...

30/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian

One Nation picks up four Senate spots, with surprise NSW seat for former British soldier Warwick Stacey

Final Senate result confirms pathway for Labor to pass legislation with either Coalition or Greens support alone, or majority of diverse crossbenchAustralia news live: latest politics updatesFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian elect...

30/05/2025 03:57 The Guardian

Dismay as UK prepares to sign ‘values-free’ £1.6bn trade deal with Gulf states

Exclusive: Trade unions and human rights organisations fear environment and human rights being pushed asideThe UK is on the brink of signing a £1.6bn trade agreement with Gulf states, amid warnings from rights groups that the deal makes no concrete provisions on human rights, modern slavery or the...

29/05/2025 20:18 The Guardian

US woman brings first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil

Misti Leon argues fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a heatwaveA woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave.Juliana Leon...

29/05/2025 19:20 The Guardian

Bank of England governor urges deeper ties with EU to ‘minimise’ Brexit impact

Andrew Bailey says Brexit was not ‘wrong’ but welcomes the UK’s efforts to reset relations with the blocAndrew Bailey has urged the UK government to deepen ties with the EU, as he warned a breakdown in global trade would make it harder for the Bank of England to control inflation.In a speech i...

29/05/2025 19:08 The Guardian

Prevent ‘could be breaching UK equality laws’ over treatment of autistic people

Charity ‘deeply concerned’ about neurodivergent people, who it says are being over-reported to the deradicalisation schemeThe treatment of autistic people who are referred to the government’s deradicalisation scheme could be in breach of equality laws, a human rights charity has claimed.The ho...

29/05/2025 18:14 The Guardian

UK must consider food and climate part of national security, say top ex-military figures

Former army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence reviewFormer military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measures in advance of a planned multibillion-pound b...

29/05/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’Israel has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vot...

29/05/2025 11:24 The Guardian

Universe’s mysteries may never be solved because of Trump’s Nasa cuts, experts say

‘Extinction-level cuts’ to space agency’s spending means labs will close and deep-space missions will be abandonedSome of the greatest mysteries of the universe, such as the possibility of life on Mars or Venus, may never be solved because of Donald Trump’s proposed “extinction-level” cu...

29/05/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Starmer to attack Farage’s spending plans as ‘mad experiment’ – UK politics live

PM to say Reform UK leader is promoting a ‘fantasy’ that would unleash a Truss-style economic crisisStarmer to say Reform’s spending plans would cause Truss-style meltdownGovernment minister Emma Hardy has urged doctors to “vote no” in an upcoming strike ballot.The water minister told Sky...

29/05/2025 07:49 The Guardian

Warm winter forecast for Australia as SA and Victoria face unseasonal fire risk

BoM prediction follows much wetter than average autumn for northern and eastern Australia, and much drier one for southGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s winter will be warmer and wetter this year, with higher than average day and night temperatures, and above-a...

29/05/2025 07:45 The Guardian

Australia news live: BoM forecasts wetter and warmer than average winter; One Nation claims WA Senate seat

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMcCormack says he expects Nationals to revisit net zero position eventuallyMcCormack expects the Nationals to revisit net zero by 2050:I think we need to have a very serious discussion about that. When I go to place...

29/05/2025 07:30 The Guardian

‘Treaty of Versailles’: angry Liberal MPs warn makeup of Coalition shadow ministry will make new enemies

Conservatives the biggest losers in the reshuffle, as leader Sussan Ley tries to rebuild from the 3 May election disasterAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA rump of Liberal MPs are fuming over the makeup of the new shadow ministry,...

29/05/2025 06:55 The Guardian

Thursday briefing: What chaos at new Gaza food distribution point means for Palestinians facing famine

In today’s newsletter: The GHF supply system faltered as civilians were forced to flee gunfire at its first distribution site, deepening the hunger crisisGood morning. If the new system for distributing supplies in Gaza is supposed to be an adequate replacement for the major aid organisations that...

29/05/2025 05:55 The Guardian

Housing ombudsman for England warns of ‘simmering anger’ over living conditions

Richard Blakeway says 474% increase in complaints to his office in last five years points to risk of ‘social disquiet’‘It feels like there’s no communication’: a social tenant’s struggle for safe housingThe housing ombudsman has warned “simmering anger at poor housing conditions” cou...

28/05/2025 23:01 The Guardian

Trump says he warned Israel against attack on Iran as nuclear deal ‘very close’

US president claims he told Tel Aviv he thought agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme could come within weeksDonald Trump has claimed he warned Israel against attacking Iran because he believed he was very close to a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme in which US inspectors will be given unpar...

28/05/2025 21:07 The Guardian

Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza

Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution pointFour people have died as thousands of Palestinians burst into a United Nations warehouse in Gaza, tearing away sections of the building’s metal walls in a desperate attempt to find food....

28/05/2025 20:44 The Guardian

Family of four-year-old who would ‘die within days’ fighting deportation from US to Mexico

Deysi Vargas, her husband and ‘Sofia’ entered US legally in 2023 on humanitarian grounds to seek medical careThe family of a four-year-old girl who is receiving life-saving treatment in the United States are fighting against deportation, as her medical team warns she will likely die “within da...

28/05/2025 19:43 The Guardian

Judge orders release of Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos

Russian-born scientist Kseniia Petrova was doing research to advance cancer cures, colleagues testifiedA federal judge in Vermont on Wednesday released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos in...

28/05/2025 19:43 The Guardian

Eight Mexican soldiers killed by improvised explosive device

The use of IEDs in a war between criminal groups in the Michoacán-Jalisco border region has increased drasticallyEight Mexican soldiers have died after triggering an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state of Michoacán, underlining the rising use of mines by organised crime factions.The sol...

28/05/2025 18:58 The Guardian

Families of hostages stage protests on 600th day of Israel-Gaza war

Relatives of Israeli hostages accuse Netanyahu of ‘sentencing them to death’ amid calls for resignationMarking the 600th day of the Israel-Gaza war, thousands of family members of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have held protests across the country, blocking traffic and calling for a deal s...

28/05/2025 17:56 The Guardian

Ukraine-Russia war: Germany to make long-range missiles with Ukraine and gives €5bn more in military aid – as it happened

German chancellor says there will be no restrictions to how far weapons can reach at press conference with ZelenskyyTurkey’s foreign minister will travel to Kyiv on Thursday for a two-day visit after discussing peace efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine in Moscow earlier this week, a Turkish f...

28/05/2025 16:57 The Guardian

Germany and Ukraine reach deal for long-range weapons production

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28/05/2025 14:59 The Guardian

Hawaii will tax vacation stays and use money to help counter climate crisis

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28/05/2025 13:56 The Guardian

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aidThree hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating t...

28/05/2025 13:53 The Guardian

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 95

Chronicle of the Years of Fire took the prize in 1975 for its portrayal of the Algerian war of independence, drawing on his own traumatic historyMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African director to win the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, has died aged 91, his family said...

28/05/2025 13:27 The Guardian

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