Moira Deeming ‘determined to be brave’ by attending controversial rally despite safety threats, defamation trial hears

18/09/2024 08:24 The Guardian

Ousted Liberal MP tells federal court she was warned of ‘personal and group threats from counter protests’ at Melbourne eventFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOusted Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming says she was “determined to be brave” and attend a “Let Women Speak” rally in 2023 despite warnings of security threats, the federal court has heard.Deeming, who began her second day of cross-examination on Wednesday, told the court that she was alerted during the Melbourne event that there were “men in black” nearby but said she only became aware the Nazi salute had been performed when the group was escorted out by police.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Ukraine energy grid faces ‘sternest test yet’ over winter after destruction of power plants – Ukraine war live

International Energy Agency says coming winter will be hard as country has lost more than two-thirds of energy production capacity since Russian invasionOutside Ukraine, the International Energy Agency (IEA) report warned that neighbouring Moldova’s energy security could also be hit, reports Agenc...

19/09/2024 09:30 The Guardian

California Teamsters endorse Harris after national union declines to back any candidate – as it happened

This blog is closed. You can find the latest election coverage here. The US is still not prepared for inevitable Russian attacks on its elections, the former special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in 2016 and links between Donald Trump and Moscow, warns in a new book....

19/09/2024 00:55 The Guardian

Australia politics live: Michaelia Cash says Lebanon explosions a ‘clear message to terrorists’ as Chalmers warns against escalation

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia “abstained with great disappointment” on the Palestinian-drafted resolution at the United Nations general assembly in New York early this morning, the Australian ambassador to the UN has said.The resol...

19/09/2024 00:28 The Guardian

Poor NHS maternity care in danger of becoming normalised, regulator warns

CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in childbirth are in danger of becoming “normalised”, the NHS regulator has sa...

18/09/2024 23:01 The Guardian

UK summer’s ‘last hurrah’ set to give way to heavy rainfall at weekend

Met Office says ‘gentle decline’ in temperature expected, ushering in more typical autumn weatherThe UK is enjoying “summer’s last hurrah” before heavy rainfall is expected to drench the country over the weekend, the Met Office has said.On Wednesday, temperatures hit 25.5C in Inverness, wh...

18/09/2024 21:25 The Guardian

Fourteen killed and hundreds injured in latest Lebanon blasts; Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war – Middle East live

Health ministry says at least 450 injured after walkie-talkies explode; Yoav Gallant does not mention explosions but praises Israel’s army and security agencies for ‘very impressive’ resultsLocal Palestinian media is reporting that a 17-year-old child has been killed by Israeli security forces...

18/09/2024 20:07 The Guardian

Israel’s double-punch humiliation of Hezbollah is a dance on the edge of an abyss

Tactical daring keeps Netanyahu on the front foot but risks lurch into full-blown warExplosions linked to walkie-talkies kill at least 20 in fresh Lebanon attackThe detonation of walkie-talkies around Lebanon a day after scores of pagers used by Hezbollah officials blew up is a one-two punch that dr...

18/09/2024 19:14 The Guardian

Starmer urged to appoint ‘mould-breaking’ outsider as civil service head

Allies say Simon Case’s replacement must drive through change, amid internal battles over appointmentKeir Starmer is being privately urged to appoint a new cabinet secretary from outside the civil service who can “break the mould” of the traditional role, as internal battles continue over Simo...

18/09/2024 18:20 The Guardian

Walkie-talkie blasts: attacks on Hezbollah kill 20 as Israel says military focus shifting north

Twenty killed and at least 450 injured in cities across Lebanon a day after exploding pagers killed 12Analysis: Pager and walkie-talkie attacks were audacious and carefully plannedA new series of extraordinary explosions aimed at Hezbollah – this time targeting walkie-talkies – has killed at lea...

18/09/2024 18:16 The Guardian

Met police budget ‘heading off a cliff’, commissioner warns in funding plea

Sir Mark Rowley says force could have to shut half its ageing buildings in next decade and faces big deficit next yearScotland Yard needs hundreds of millions of pounds in new funding to drag itself out of crisis as its budget is “heading off a cliff”, its commissioner has said.Sir Mark Rowley s...

18/09/2024 18:00 The Guardian

‘Repercussions are inevitable’: unease in Israel over Hezbollah pager attack

Israeli commentators and analysts question timing of explosions and what they will lead toMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesNearly 24 hours after the simultaneous detonation of hundreds of pagers imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, followed by more explosions on Wednesday targeting wal...

18/09/2024 17:19 The Guardian

IMF postpones Russia visit after heavy criticism across Europe

Trip to Moscow to review economy delayed indefinitely after protests it would ‘normalise relations with aggressor’The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indefinitely postponed a staff mission to Moscow this week to review the Russian economy for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, a...

18/09/2024 16:38 The Guardian

Flood warnings in Nigeria over release of water from Cameroon dam

Potential for flooding in 11 Nigerian states as west and central Africa struggles to deal with recent heavy rainfall Authorities in Nigeria have warned of the potential for flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it would start regulated releases from its Lagdo dam following recent he...

18/09/2024 15:43 The Guardian

Blast from attack on Russian arms depot picked up on earthquake monitors

Ukrainian drone attack causes large explosion at arsenal in Toropets, more than 300 miles north of UkraineA Ukrainian drone attack on a large Russian weapons depot caused a blast that was picked up by earthquake monitoring stations, in one of the biggest strikes on Moscow’s military arsenal since...

18/09/2024 15:37 The Guardian

Families of Americans ensnared in DRC coup plot assert their innocence

Young Americans face death penalty for ‘amateurish’ assault in Congo that was led by one of their fathers The family of a Utah student sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his alleged role in a failed coup d’etat in which his father was killed fears he and two other Ameri...

18/09/2024 14:28 The Guardian

West Midlands police out of special measures after ‘record turnaround’

Crime clear-up quadruples to 13% since November but inspectorate warns there is still work to be doneEngland’s second largest police force has been judged to have improved so much it can come out of special measures imposed by the official inspectorate.West Midlands police was judged to be in cris...

18/09/2024 10:40 The Guardian

Badenoch says Tories should view Reform UK voters as ‘our people’ as Major warns against lurch to right – UK politics live

Conservative leadership hopeful says many who voted for Farage’s party were ‘lifelong Tory voters’Protection zones will be in force around abortion clinics in England and Wales from 31 October, the Home Office said today.The law will ban campaigners from handing anti-abortion leaflets to peopl...

18/09/2024 09:46 The Guardian

Aboriginal people robbed of up to $500m under system akin to ‘slave labour’, Queensland truth-telling inquiry hears

Inquiry told even after the second world war Indigenous Australians had their wages garnished and had their lives controlled by the governmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAboriginal people had as much as half a billion dollars stolen from them by the Queensland governme...

18/09/2024 09:24 The Guardian

US still unprepared for Russian election interference, Robert Mueller says

Former special counsel issues warning in preface to book about 2016 investigation and Trump-Moscow linksThe US is still not prepared for inevitable Russian attacks on its elections, the former special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in 2016 and links between Donald Trum...

18/09/2024 09:00 The Guardian

Labor urged to commit to universal childcare after report finds many children miss out on critical learning

Productivity Commission report also says controversial activity test should be scrapped through overhaul of subsidiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEarly education advocates have urged the Labor government to commit to...

18/09/2024 05:54 The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: Why Labour seems to be walking the walk on the climate crisis

In today’s newsletter: The party talked up its plans for the climate during this summer’s election – and now seems to be backing that up with real action• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.During their election campaign, Labour made it clear that the climate cr...

18/09/2024 05:38 The Guardian

UK overseas aid spend will reach 17-year low without urgent action, NGOs warn

Humanitarian sector says UK will lack credibility at world summits owing to ‘devastating’ impact of budget cutsUK aid spending will fall to its lowest level since 2007 unless the government takes urgent remedial action in the autumn budget, a group of more than 100 non-governmental organisations...

18/09/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Warning social media videos could be exploited by scammers to clone voices

Research released by Starling Bank finds 28% of people have been targeted at least once in the past yearConsumers have been warned that their social media videos could be exploited by scammers to clone their voices with AI and then trick their family and friends out of cash.Scammers look for videos...

18/09/2024 04:00 The Guardian

‘If they don’t die, our infantry will’: Ukraine’s pivotal battle for Donetsk

Russian forces are gathering on Pokrovsk, a logistics base and transport hub, after months of slow, brutal advanceThe Russian soldiers sent to storm Ukrainian positions arrived at a graveyard. Around them was the ruined village of Mykhailivka. From above, Ukrainian spy drones watched. One soldier va...

18/09/2024 04:00 The Guardian

UK’s ‘not for EU’ meat and dairy labelling plan postponed indefinitely

Policy devised under Conservatives will be reviewed after warnings of chaos for producers and suppliersGovernment plans to force food manufacturers to put “not for EU” labels on all meat and dairy products sold across Britain next month have been indefinitely postponed after warnings that the sc...

18/09/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Trump praises Secret Service in first event since thwarted assassination plot

Former president talks up tariffs in Flint, Michigan, and warns attendees of dangers of nuclear ‘obliteration’ Trump held his first campaign event on Tuesday since the thwarted assassination attempt over the weekend, telling a packed 6,000-seat arena in Flint, Michigan that the assassin “could...

18/09/2024 01:28 The Guardian

Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft

Microsoft researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake websiteA false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris was involved in an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert R...

18/09/2024 00:50 The Guardian

UK’s new eVisa scheme ‘could create digital Windrush scandal’

Open Rights Group say digital documentation system is prone to data errors, system crashes and other glitchesMillions of migrants have been urged to register for a new eVisa scheme as campaigners warn the document could create a digital Windrush scandal.The scheme, which will be introduced at the en...

17/09/2024 23:01 The Guardian

Lebanon explosions ‘an extremely concerning escalation’, says UN official, as Hezbollah threatens retaliation – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here:See all our Middle East coverageGerman news media outlets have called on Israel to grant them access to Gaza, and for neighbouring Egypt to allow entry to the territory via the Rafah border crossing.“After almost a year of war, w...

17/09/2024 22:07 The Guardian

Exploding pager attack in Lebanon is another blow for US peace hopes

Violent blow against Hezbollah leaves the militia vengeful and vulnerable – and again dashes Washington’s diplomacyHezbollah vows retaliation after exploding pagers kill at least 9 and hurt almost 3,000For American diplomacy in the Middle East, the extraordinary attack in Lebanon that simultaneo...

17/09/2024 21:56 The Guardian

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