Myanmar junta ends state of emergency as it prepares for elections

31/07/2025 07:36 The Guardian

Opposition groups have vowed to snub poll that has been dismissed as ‘a fraud’ designed to legitimise military’s ruleMyanmar’s junta has ended the country’s state of emergency, stepping up preparations for a December election that is being boycotted by opposition groups and criticised by international monitors.The military declared a state of emergency in February 2021 as it deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering a many-sided civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. Continue reading...

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Wet and wintry weekend in store for NSW with warnings of heavy rainfall and damaging winds

Weather bureau says bulk of the rain forecast to hit on weekend as a low-pressure system deepens off the coastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales is heading for a sodden Saturday, with the wet and wintry wea...

01/08/2025 03:12 The Guardian

Australia dodges latest Trump tariff hikes as trade minister heralds ‘vindication’ for Albanese’s approach

Spokesperson for Don Farrell says ‘no country has reciprocal tariffs lower’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian goods imported into the US will continue to attract the baseline 10% tariff, with Australia dodgi...

01/08/2025 02:22 The Guardian

Far-right extremists using games platforms to radicalise teenagers, report warns

Parents advised to be vigilant over summer holidays to risk of offenders using in-game live chats to target their childrenFar-right extremists are using livestream gaming platforms to target and radicalise teenage players, a report has warned.The new research, published in the journal Frontiers in P...

31/07/2025 21:00 The Guardian

Top Texas emergency official says he was sick and asleep as deadly floods hit

William Thomas of Kerr county tells hearing illness meant he did not take part in emergency planning meetingsA key emergency official was sick and asleep for most of the day before devastating flash flooding swept through Texas hill country and killed more than 130 people over the Fourth of July wee...

31/07/2025 19:56 The Guardian

Trump tariffs: Mexico deadline extension fuels speculation over further pauses as top Democrat slams ‘chaos’ – live

Trump announces extension after speaking to Mexican president; Chuck Schumer condemns trade war as ‘experiment in chaos, dishonesty and inflation’Trump extends deadline for tariff deal with Mexico by another 90 daysCanada braces as tariff deadline looms and talks with the ‘chaos machine’ in...

31/07/2025 18:07 The Guardian

Nine out of 10 nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reject pay award

Royal College of Nursing urges ministers to improve 3.6% offer to avoid industrial action ballot later this yearNine out of 10 nurses have rejected a 3.6% pay award for this year and warned they could strike later this year unless their salaries are improved.In an indicative vote among members of th...

31/07/2025 16:58 The Guardian

Kyiv protesters celebrate as parliament votes to restore anti-corruption bodies’ power

Reversal of curbs adopted the previous week comes as Russia attacks capital with drones and missilesUkraine’s parliament has passed a law restoring independence to two anti-corruption bodies, essentially annulling another law adopted last week that prompted the biggest street protests since Russia...

31/07/2025 16:43 The Guardian

Scores killed in Gaza as Trump says Hamas surrender is ‘fastest way to end humanitarian crisis’ – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereSyrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani said his country wants Russia “by our side” and called for “mutual respect” between the two nations following the overthrow of Syria’s previous Moscow-backed government last year, AF...

31/07/2025 16:21 The Guardian

Peers arguing Palestinian state recognition unlawful ‘missing the point’, says minister – as it happened

This blog is now closedNine out of 10 nurses have rejected their 3.6% pay award for this year and warned that they could strike later this year unless their salaries are improved, Denis Campbell reports.The Ministry of Justice has also published performance figures for prisons in England and Wales f...

31/07/2025 16:02 The Guardian

Asylum seekers on Nauru contract dengue as advocates call on Australia to take responsibility

Exclusive: Asylum seekers say accessing mosquito nets ‘impossible’ amid warnings virus compounds pre-existing health conditionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt least nine asylum seekers on Nauru have contracted de...

31/07/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Coalition is wedging itself on climate crisis with net zero debate, warns Liberal MP in Scott Morrison’s former seat

Exclusive: Simon Kennedy warns closed-door party meeting against backsliding on efforts to cut carbon emissionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of the Liberal party’s two surviving inner-metropolitan MPs has warned...

31/07/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Zelenskyy signs Ukraine anti-corruption law after protests prompt changes – as it happened

President says it is ‘important the state listens to public opinion’ as measure restores independence to two anti-corruption bodiesJust as expected (10:51, 11:19). Notably, 331 votes in favour, zero against.Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko just posted an update after overnight attacks o...

31/07/2025 14:16 The Guardian

France under pressure to stop $9.7m of USAID contraceptives being destroyed

US reportedly planning to destroy contraceptives, probably destined for Africa, in France after dismantling USAIDThe French government has said it is closely monitoring a US plan to destroy millions of dollars of contraceptives stocked in Europe after outrage from French feminists, rights groups and...

31/07/2025 13:15 The Guardian

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report

Warning: this article contains graphic and distressing testimony and imagesResearch documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regionsHundreds of health workers across Tigray have documented mas...

31/07/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Energy drinks recalled in US with FDA warning of ‘unintentional alcohol ingestion’

Packaging mixup resulted in drinks labeled as Celsius energy drinks actually containing High Noon vodka seltzersAmericans have been advised that some packages of a brand of vodka seltzers have been mistakenly mislabeled as a non-alcoholic high energy drink, triggering a recall by the USA Food and Dr...

31/07/2025 12:35 The Guardian

Homeless people at Sydney’s Central station have belongings removed with advocates condemning ‘heavy-handed’ tactics

Majority of rough sleepers using site near light rail stop are women, who find it safer due to CCTV cameras and public locationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKylie Emery returned from a shower on Thursday morning to fi...

31/07/2025 08:06 The Guardian

Animal rights group warns over ‘misleading’ footwear labelling

Peta urges UK business secretary to update regulations so wool is no longer grouped under ‘textile’British consumers trying to avoid animal-derived products are being misled by unclear footwear labelling, a leading animal rights charity has said.Under current legislation in the UK, all footwear...

31/07/2025 08:00 The Guardian

First NHS AI-run physio clinic in England halves back-pain waiting list

AI platform Flok Health to be rolled out to other NHS trusts but experts warn tech-based care could increase health inequalitiesThe first NHS AI-run physiotherapy clinic has halved the waiting list for back pain and musculoskeletal services, according to the NHS trust where the pilot has taken place...

31/07/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Thursday briefing: How global preparedness prevented a tsunami tragedy

In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guardGood morning. Yesterday one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far east Russia.It triggered a tsunami that started cr...

31/07/2025 05:34 The Guardian

Australia politics live: Labor schedules debate on Joyce’s net zero bill; Gareth Ward defamation case against 2SM to proceed

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers says delay in US sending new ambassador ‘not unusual’Moving on to the Today Show, Chalmers is facing more questions about the relationship between the US and Australia.Well, I’m not sure about tha...

31/07/2025 04:18 The Guardian

British warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on

Race against time to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck off KentThe British warship HMS Northumberland was built in 1679 as part of a wave of naval modernisation overseen by Samuel Pepys, a decade after he had stopped writing his celebrated diary and gone...

31/07/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Senate votes against resolutions to block arms sales to Israel even as it continues to starve Gaza – as it happened

This liveblog is now closedChildren and elderly people most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, warn expertsIsrael’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workersOn Capitol Hill today, Senate Democrats – led by minority leader Chuck Schumer – will hold a press c...

31/07/2025 02:04 The Guardian

Fears for South Australia’s annual cuttlefish gathering amid deadly algal bloom

Breeding event known as Cuttlefest takes place in waters off Point Lowly but this year scientists warn the effect of toxic algae could be ‘catastrophic’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs thousands of giant cuttlefis...

31/07/2025 01:32 The Guardian

No, Oprah Winfrey didn’t block access to a road in Hawaii amid tsunami warning evacuations

After Wednesday’s 8.8 magnitude quake, false claims spread online that Winfrey refused to let the public use a private road in Maui – and not for the first timeEven as the threat of a tsunami swamping Hawaii had passed on Wednesday, social media posts were still circulating claims that Oprah Win...

31/07/2025 00:46 The Guardian

Ice entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and pledge of $50,000 signing bonuses

‘Brave and heroic Americans’ campaign seeks investigators, officers and lawyers after agency gets funds from CongressThe agency responsible for carrying out Donald Trump’s mass deportations is launching a recruiting campaign to entice “brave and heroic Americans” to serve as new deportatio...

30/07/2025 23:12 The Guardian

Labour says firms will be penalised for late payments to suppliers

Government drive to support small business will include startup loans for 69,000 companies worth £4bnKeir Starmer has warned businesses who persistently delay payments to their suppliers that it is “time to pay up” as the government prepares to impose fines and penalties on repeat offenders.In...

30/07/2025 21:30 The Guardian

Ex-CIA agent hits back at Tulsi Gabbard after she accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump

Susan Miller says US intelligence chief’s allegations were based on misrepresentations of discoveries made by her team about Russian actionsA former CIA officer who helped lead the intelligence assessments over alleged Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election has said Tulsi Gabbard, t...

30/07/2025 19:56 The Guardian

UK flight delays: traffic control restored but transport secretary warns of continued disruption – as it happened

UK air traffic control has been restricting flights due to ‘technical issue’More flights are now taking off from airports that previously reported being affected by the disruption, with American Airlines’ AAL137 to Los Angeles departing with a delay of just over two hours from London Heathrow...

30/07/2025 18:49 The Guardian

Major tsunami no longer expected to hit Hawaii but coasts remain hazardous

Powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia triggered tsunami alerts across Pacific including for US and JapanTsunami warning live updatesA major tsunami was not expected to strike Hawaii, a Pacific monitoring agency has said, after the initial waves hit the islands following a powerful magnitude-8...

30/07/2025 18:37 The Guardian

Ukraine parliament to vote on law to restore powers of anti-corruption bodies

Move follows protests in Ukrainian cities over bill passed last week that curtailed independence of two bodiesUkraine’s parliament will vote on a new law on Thursday that would restore independence to two anti-corruption bodies, backtracking on a law passed last week that curtailed their powers an...

30/07/2025 18:34 The Guardian

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