NSW weather: storm brings 13-metre high waves and wild winds as BoM warns of ‘second surge’

02/07/2025 19:31 The Guardian

Vigorous coastal low forecast to keep sending severe weather across eastern New South Wales for much of Wednesday, before gradually easing on ThursdayNSW and Sydney weather live updates – latest newsNSW weather mapsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands remain without power across New South Wales after severe winds and heavy rain battered the state, with wind gusts up to 130km/h, 13-metre high waves, and several places receiving more than 200mm rain.The Bureau of Meteorology expected a “second surge” on Wednesday night would bring a further burst of rain and wind to the south coast of NSW and eastern parts of Victoria, with peak gusts of around 90km/h possible along exposed parts of the coast.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Pentagon reviews arms exports to allies as munition stockpiles reportedly drop

Spokesperson Sean Parnell confirms defence department reviewing shipments may not affect only UkrainePentagon says US strikes set back Iran nuclear program ‘one to two years’The Pentagon has said that it is reviewing weapons deliveries to allies around the world as reports grow of concerns over...

02/07/2025 22:18 The Guardian

Planned Parenthood CEO warns budget bill could devastate group and slash abortion access in blue states

Alexis McGill Johnson says nearly 200 health centers could close if US House passes sweeping tax-and-spending billPlanned Parenthood stands to lose roughly $700m in federal funding if the US House passes Republicans’ massive spending-and-tax bill, the organization’s CEO said on Wednesday, amount...

02/07/2025 22:15 The Guardian

Australia news live: NSW weather will ease this morning, BoM says; Qantas customers told to be on alert after hack

Customers exposed in cyber attack on airline may experience targeted phishing scams in coming months. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere weather warning for Lord Howe IslandThe Bureau of Meteorology has warned of “notably windy condition...

02/07/2025 20:58 The Guardian

Seven people missing after blast at fireworks warehouse in California

Explosion caused huge blaze that led to spot fires, collapsed a building, forced evacuations and cut powerAuthorities are searching for seven people who are unaccounted for after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in rural northern California sent thick plumes of black smoke into the air and forc...

02/07/2025 20:35 The Guardian

US halts weapons shipments to Ukraine over fears its stockpiles are too low

Some shipments have been stopped ‘to put America’s interests first’, White House saysSee all our Ukraine war coverageThe Pentagon has halted shipments of US Patriot air defence systems and other precision weapons to Ukraine after concern that US stockpiles were running too low, prompting alarm...

02/07/2025 18:25 The Guardian

Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal

Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crimeThe Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a tar...

02/07/2025 17:50 The Guardian

UK bond yields rise sharply amid speculation over future of Rachel Reeves

Cost of government borrowing leaps as investors take fright from PMQs, before falling back as No 10 says chancellor staying in postReeves will stay as chancellor, says No 10 after her tears in CommonsWhere does the welfare bill climbdown leave UK public finances?UK government borrowing costs have ri...

02/07/2025 16:29 The Guardian

How Trump’s bill will supercharge mass deportations by funneling $170bn to Ice

Critics warn the staggering sum dedicated to the agency in the bill will threaten humanitarian protections and disrupt the economyThousands of new immigration enforcement officers. Tens of thousands of new detention beds. New fees on asylum applications. And new construction on the border wall.Donal...

02/07/2025 16:24 The Guardian

Trump claims Israel ready for Gaza peace deal as he seeks ceasefire

Hamas says it is reviewing US truce proposal, but it is unclear what terms Israel has agreed to Donald Trump has claimed that Israel is ready to agree to a peace deal with Hamas as he seeks to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza war that has claimed almost 60,000 lives, but it is unclear what conditions...

02/07/2025 16:23 The Guardian

Macron and Putin discuss Iran in first call in three years

Call between French and Russian presidents comes as Tehran says it is ending cooperation with UN nuclear inspectorsThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, spoke to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for the first time in three years on Tuesday in an attempt to de-escalate the Iran crisis, as Te...

02/07/2025 14:40 The Guardian

Chris Whitty says culture-war coverage of cycling could harm nation’s health

Chief medical officer for England urges people to set media cliches aside to focus on health benefits of physical activityCulture war-based coverage of cycling based on stereotypes of middle-aged men in Lycra could harm the nation’s health because it shifts focus away from the people and communiti...

02/07/2025 12:12 The Guardian

First Thing: Senate Republicans pass Trump’s sweeping policy bill, clearing major hurdle

Legislation now goes to the House where it is unclear if the changes will be accepted. Plus, the heatwave scorching EuropeDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Senate Republicans passed a major tax and spending bill demanded by Donald Trump yesterday, ending weeks o...

02/07/2025 11:06 The Guardian

Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill heads to House – US politics live

Vote expected to be tight after so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ cleared the Senate by the narrowest of margins with JD Vance breaking a tieSenate Republicans pass Trump’s sweeping policy billWhat’s in Trump’s major tax bill?The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zo...

02/07/2025 10:58 The Guardian

Three die in Spain as extreme temperatures grip Europe – live updates

Two people killed in Catalan wildfires and a child reportedly succumbs to heatstroke in a car in the regionPolitical cowardice hindering Europe’s climate effortsIn other news, French president Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone with Russian president Vladimir Putin last night in their first direct...

02/07/2025 10:39 The Guardian

Greggs feels the heat as shoppers shun pastries in hot June

Shares fall almost 13% after bakery chain’s profit warning over heatwave hit to salesThe UK’s biggest bakery chain, Greggs, has said last month’s heatwave harmed its sales and profits as customers went off the idea of hot pastries in the unusually high temperatures.Shares in Greggs slumped alm...

02/07/2025 08:57 The Guardian

Australia news live: BoM warns ‘second surge’ of wild weather to hit NSW south coast; Tony Burke says Kanye West’s visa has been cancelled

Follow the latest updates liveKhaled Sabsabi reinstated as Venice Biennale representative after independent review into dumpingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW wild weather: ‘Conditions can become dangerous quickly’Wild weather has brought down trees, damaged proper...

02/07/2025 08:00 The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: Has Starmer’s welfare reform bill victory left a fractured Labour party in its wake?

In today’s newsletter: After frantic late negotiations, the government’s welfare overhaul has passed – now saving almost none of the money that the government said was crucial to its successGood morning. To his loveless landslide, Keir Starmer can now add a vapid victory. Last night, the go...

02/07/2025 05:33 The Guardian

More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds

Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weatherMore than 80% of UK farmers are worried that the “devastating” effect of the climate crisis could damage their ability to make a living, a study has found.Farmers have warned that g...

02/07/2025 04:01 The Guardian

Political cowardice hindering Europe’s climate efforts, says EU’s green chief

Teresa Ribera says effects of crisis are becoming increasingly obvious but not translating into proper actionPolitical cowardice is hindering European efforts to face up to the effects of the climate crisis, even as the continent is pummelled by a record-breaking heatwave, the EU’s green transitio...

02/07/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Reputation and defamation fears may deter childcare abuse reports, Queensland paedophile inquiry finds

Review into man dubbed Australia’s worst paedophile also warns of ‘false sense of security’ from working with children checkFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConcerns about reputation or legal risks may deter indivi...

02/07/2025 01:45 The Guardian

Key climate change reports removed from US government websites

The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming worldLegally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to le...

01/07/2025 20:21 The Guardian

New South Wales pounded by destructive weather as authorities warn conditions will ‘deteriorate even further’

Emergency services minister says ‘situation is going to worsen’ overnight with damaging rain and windsNSW weather update: thousands without power and at least 200 properties affected by floodingWeather maps: which parts of NSW are being hit by flooding and rain – and what areas are at risk?Fol...

01/07/2025 19:44 The Guardian

Wimbledon umpire takes action after player complains of ‘dangerous’ spectator

Operations director says security ‘absolutely critical’ after Yulia Putintseva asks for man to be ejected over fears he had knifeSecurity at Wimbledon is “absolutely critical”, the tournament’s operations director has said, after a player raised concerns about a spectator during the champi...

01/07/2025 18:57 The Guardian

Senate Republicans pass Trump’s sweeping policy bill, clearing major hurdle

Legislation goes to House but unclear if lower chamber will accept changes to tax and spending bill amid factional splitsSenate Republicans on Tuesday passed a major tax and spending bill demanded by Donald Trump, ending weeks of negotiations over the comprehensive legislation and putting it another...

01/07/2025 18:47 The Guardian

Pressure grows on Yvette Cooper to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action

UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warn that proscribing group would conflate protest and terrorismThe home secretary is coming under increasing pressure to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action, as UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warned that proscribing the group would conflate protest and terro...

01/07/2025 17:20 The Guardian

Temperature records shatter as heatwave grips Europe and UK records hottest day of year – as it happened

Public health warnings as heatwave raises concerns about impact of climate changeWhat you need to know about heatwavesThe French prime minister François Bayrou, who attended a government crisis meeting over the heatwave, was asked about the great difficulty of French schools to handle the heatwave....

01/07/2025 15:09 The Guardian

Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing

News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelvesScientists analysing the cascading impacts of record low levels of Antarctic sea ice fear a loss of critical US government satellite data will make it harder to track the rapid changes tak...

01/07/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths

Former presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush and singer Bono send emotional message to staff as organisation closesBarack Obama and George W Bush have criticised the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as a study warned it could result in “a staggering number” of...

01/07/2025 14:55 The Guardian

California mayor on Trump’s immigration raids: ‘It is a campaign of domestic terror’

Former marine Arturo Flores condemns ‘a level of psychological warfare I’ve only seen in theaters of war’As a United States marine, Arturo Flores served in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he worked as a military police officer and trained dogs to find roadside bombs.It’s his experience in the mi...

01/07/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Wong meets Rudd in US ahead of Quad meeting – as it happened

This blog is now closedNSW pounded by destructive weather as authorities warn conditions will ‘deteriorate even further’Weather maps: which parts of state are being hit by flooding and rain – and what areas are at risk?‘Everyone’s just a bit over the weather’: NSW residents barely back o...

01/07/2025 09:09 The Guardian

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