Optus confirms fourth death after CEO reveals warnings of failed triple zero calls not escalated

20/09/2025 05:03 The Guardian

Emergency calls were offline for nearly 14 hours, during which four people died – including an eight-week-old babyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA fourth person died during Optus’s network outage on Thursday, its CEO has confirmed.Stephen Rue said in a statement released on Saturday afternoon that the telco was “saddened to learn of a new fatality in Western Australia, which appears to have occurred during the outage period”. Continue reading...

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Poland scrambles aircraft as Russia attacks Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles – Europe live

Poland said it had scrambled aircraft to protect its airspace as Ukraine reported a Russian attack featuring more than 600 drones and missilesAt least 10 flights were cancelled out of Brussels airport and another 17 delayed by over an hour after the system was hit by a “cyber-attack” overnight o...

20/09/2025 10:07 The Guardian

Heathrow warns of delays as suspected cyber-attack hits European airports

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20/09/2025 09:06 The Guardian

Parliament vulnerable to ‘foreign actors’ after China spying charges dropped, Commons speaker says

Lindsay Hoyle says decision by prosecutors to drop case ‘leaves the door open’ to spiesThe aide, the associate and the ‘Chinese agent’ – and the collapse of a long-awaited UK spy trialThe UK parliament has been left vulnerable to “foreign actors” after charges against two men suspected...

20/09/2025 08:04 The Guardian

UK pension savers urged not to withdraw cash due to budget ‘fear and rumour’

Financial experts express alarm after jump in sums people taking out of retirement pots amid ‘jitters’ about taxOlder savers should avoid making rash decisions about their pension cash based on “fear and rumour”, experts urged this week.The warning came as figures showed a rise in the sums p...

20/09/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Tony Abbott implores Cpac to give Liberals ‘one last chance’ and condemns party’s ‘factional warlords’

Former PM, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and conference chair Warren Mundine among right faction heavyweights urging conservative voters to uniteGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTony Abbott has urged conservatives to give the Liberals “one last chance” and apologised for the...

20/09/2025 05:36 The Guardian

IDF warns aid workers only hospitals are protected sites in northern Gaza

Israeli military says aid infrastructure could be targeted after order to ‘all Gaza residents and inhabitants’ to leaveHumanitarian workers in northern Gaza have been repeatedly warned by the Israeli military that only hospitals will be considered protected sites and all other aid infrastructure...

20/09/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Nato intercepts Russian fighter jets on ‘reckless’ violation of Estonian airspace

Russia denies what EU calls ‘dangerous provocation’ after Italian air force heads off three MiG-31s over Gulf of FinlandNato has intercepted three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets that violated Estonia’s airspace over the Baltic Sea in a 12-minute incursion, calling it proof of Moscow’s “reckle...

19/09/2025 22:36 The Guardian

Estonia requests Nato article 4 consultation after ‘unacceptable’ violation of its airspace by Russian MiG-31s – as it happened

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19/09/2025 20:27 The Guardian

Louisiana reports five deaths from flesh-eating bacterium in coastal waters

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19/09/2025 18:34 The Guardian

Civilians made up 15 of every 16 people killed by Israel in Gaza since March, data suggests

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19/09/2025 16:15 The Guardian

Outgoing MI6 chief says Putin has ‘bitten off more than he can chew’ in Ukraine

Richard Moore said Russia was unlikely to win on battlefield, as his agency launched call to recruit spiesUK politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe outgoing head of MI6 has issued a damning indictment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that Vladimir Putin has “bit...

19/09/2025 12:19 The Guardian

Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation

Claims are ‘an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge’, says one professorUS law enforcement officials have claimed that the use of certain emojis could signal affiliation with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan gang, according to internal records reviewed by...

19/09/2025 11:30 The Guardian

Israel army says it will use ‘unprecedented force’ in Gaza City and urges residents to leave – Middle East crisis live

IDF tells residents of Gaza City to flee south but closes Salah al-Din road evacuation routeMore than a quarter of a million people have been displaced from Gaza City in the last month, according to figures from the UN, with tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in...

19/09/2025 11:14 The Guardian

First Thing: Fellow hosts decry Kimmel suspension as ‘blatant assault on freedom of speech’

Protesters gather outside Disney HQ after decision to indefinitely suspend the popular show. Plus, California records highest national poverty rate alongside LouisianaGood morning.The late-night show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon and the former host David Letterman...

19/09/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Donald Trump suggests broadcasters could be punished over critical coverage amid Kimmel suspension – US politics live

The president said major US networks were ‘97% against me’ and that he supported ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s showHello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with news that Don...

19/09/2025 09:58 The Guardian

China, India and Belarus line up for Russia’s rival version of Eurovision

Intervision promises to be lighter on sequins and heavier on patriotic ballads than its European counterpartRussia is gearing up to revive its Soviet-era alternative to Eurovision – the Intervision song contest – which begins in Moscow on Saturday, with performers from 23, mostly allied, countri...

19/09/2025 09:08 The Guardian

Optus CEO says three people died after triple zero calls affected during network upgrade – as it happened

This blog is now closedConvicted rapist Gareth Ward argues he should receive lighter sentence due to ‘enormous fall from grace’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA so-called miracle cure for stroke is no more effective than a placebo, a study has found.AAP reports the tre...

19/09/2025 08:44 The Guardian

Retail sales rise in Great Britain as warm weather boosts clothing purchases

Increase of 0.5% in August helped by back-to-school shopping, while food stores also given liftBack-to-school shopping and warm weather helped to boost retail sales last month, according to the latest official data.Total retail sales in Great Britain rose 0.5%, the Office for National Statistics (ON...

19/09/2025 08:14 The Guardian

Convicted rapist Gareth Ward argues he should receive lighter sentence due to ‘enormous fall from grace’

Lawyers for former Kiama MP tell court Ward has lost political career and prospective legal career, while standing in community ‘shattered’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for convicted rapist Gareth Ward hav...

19/09/2025 05:49 The Guardian

China issues warning to Papua New Guinea over defence deal with Australia

Beijing’s comments come as leading military figures in PNG express concern over a potential defence treaty with Australia China has urged Papua New Guinea not to sign a treaty that could restrict or prevent it from cooperating with another country, days after Australia failed to secure a defence p...

19/09/2025 05:34 The Guardian

TfL says persistent offenders owe more than £700m in Ulez fines

Transport body promises to crack down on the small minority of people with four or more penalty notices Transport for London is promising to crack down on drivers who flout its ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) after revealing that 94% of the £790m owed in fines has been racked up by persistent offen...

19/09/2025 04:01 The Guardian

‘Cricket diplomacy’ collapses as India-Pakistan hostility enters field of play

Indian players refuse to shake hands with Pakistani counterparts after Asia Cup match, in sign that traditional onfield camaraderie is erodingAs nationalistic rivalries go, few run as deep as India and Pakistan. But even as the neighbours fought wars against each other, carried out rival nuclear tes...

19/09/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Trump tells Britain to ‘call out the military’ to control its borders

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18/09/2025 22:17 The Guardian

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18/09/2025 19:30 The Guardian

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18/09/2025 17:56 The Guardian

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18/09/2025 17:47 The Guardian

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18/09/2025 17:39 The Guardian

Trump suggests Starmer use military to cu– UK politics live

US and UK leaders also quizzed over Gaza and free speech as Trump claims he did not know former US ambassador, Peter Mandelson President Trump is now leaving Windsor Castle. He will be flying to Chequers by helicopter.Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, has thanked King Charles for what he...

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