Peter Dutton’s team has looted economic policies used to fight past wars – and it’s not working in 2025

26/04/2025 20:00 The Guardian

As the Australian economy turns, the Coalition finds itself out of step with the electorateElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAs the economy turns, the Coalition finds itself out of step with the electorate.Committed to a strategy of reminding Australians about the past three miserable years, Peter Dutton has overlearned the lessons of 2024, when voters angry at the soaring cost of living toppled a swathe of governments.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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Australian election 2025 live updates: Dutton tells supporters not to listen to ABC, Guardian and ‘other hate media’; Albanese talks up telehealth plan

Opposition leader was addressing a campaign rally in Melbourne’s west. Follow updates liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Aus...

27/04/2025 04:53 The Guardian

Fifty years since the sky fell: how the Vietnam war changed Australia

On the anniversary of Liberation Day, members of Australia’s Vietnamese community look back at the sacrifices made in pursuit of ‘a good life’“It’s like the world collapsed,” says Thi Xa Nguyen, looking back 50 years to the fall of Saigon.She was living in the coastal town of Vũng Tàu...

26/04/2025 20:00 The Guardian

Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, dies aged 41

Giuffre’s family issue statement confirming she killed herself at her farm in Western AustraliaVirginia Giuffre hailed as ‘fierce warrior’ for womenVirginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein who also alleged she was sexually trafficked to...

26/04/2025 19:28 The Guardian

Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least eight and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least 18 people and injured more than 700, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was...

26/04/2025 16:23 The Guardian

Trump says he fears Putin ‘may be tapping me along’ after Zelenskyy meeting

US president admits to concern Russian counterpart does not want to ‘stop the war’ and ponders new approach to MoscowDonald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sat down for a face-to-face talk in the opulent halls of a Vatican basilica to discuss a possible ceasefire, after which the US president...

26/04/2025 14:56 The Guardian

India and Pakistan trade gunfire across Kashmir border after deadly attack

Tensions between nuclear-armed countries escalate after attack killed 26 people in disputed territoryIndian and Pakistani troops have exchanged gunfire across the volatile frontier in Kashmir for a second day, amid growing tensions after a brazen attack that killed 26 people at a popular tourist res...

26/04/2025 14:41 The Guardian

Residents of New Orleans comeback district fear port development could kill the renaissance

Residents of the Lower Ninth Ward say a huge industrial project will imperil its recovery from 2005’s Hurricane KatrinaResidents ofNew Orleans’ Ninth Ward, an area many declared dead after Hurricane Katrina, know their history – and the resurgent arts district that marks their comeback. They w...

26/04/2025 13:00 The Guardian

‘I haven’t slept for two days’: Kharkiv residents reel from Russian attacks

Exhausted residents point out latest drone strike came hours after Donald Trump’s rare rebuke to Vladimir PutinAbout 1am on Friday, Yuliia Verbytska woke to the sound of an air raid siren. She grabbed her teenage children – Dmitry, 17, and Olexiy, 12 – and sat in the corridor, checking her pho...

26/04/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Australian election 2025 live: LNP candidate questioned over his Trump social media posts; PM warns about rising far right threat

A week out from election day, opposition leader Peter Dutton is campaigning in Cairns and prime minister Anthony Albanese is in MelbourneAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new...

26/04/2025 04:13 The Guardian

Giorgia Meloni faces awkward weekend at funeral of pope whose values she opposed

Italian PM and pontiff could not have been further apart on issues such as migration, climate crisis and economyPope Francis funeral: latest updatesIt is an awkward weekend for Giorgia Meloni. The Italian leader will host a gathering of world leaders to say goodbye to a much-revered pope whose publi...

26/04/2025 04:00 The Guardian

US revokes policy restricting subpoenas of reporters’ phone records – as it happened

Pam Bondi, US attorney general, says conduct of federal employees who leak information to media is ‘treasonous’. This blog is now closed.Apple is reportedly planning to switch assembly of all iPhones for the US market to India as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on a Chinese manufacturin...

26/04/2025 01:55 The Guardian

Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says

Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliane GallinaAn American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the Russian military, according to an investigation by...

25/04/2025 21:09 The Guardian

A carve-up in gift wrapping: Trump’s peace plan puts the sacrifice on Ukraine

Redolent of old great power thinking, Trump’s Crimea giveaway could usher a return to international lawlessness“Crimea will stay with Russia,” Donald Trump told Time magazine in a largely sympathetic profile on Friday. And with that statement, the US president made clear that he wanted to carv...

25/04/2025 17:50 The Guardian

Pope’s funeral a diplomatic minefield as Trump sets fire to US alliances

President’s international engagements have set stage for explosive confrontations and Pope Francis’s funeral comes at an especially fraught momentA spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of Donald Trump flying to the Vatican this weekend and publicly feuding with international leaders in front...

25/04/2025 17:20 The Guardian

Democratic lawmakers call for release of Tufts student from Ice detention

Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley exhort authorities to free Rümeysa Öztürk, calling her treatment ‘repression’A group of high-profile Democratic lawmakers has called on the Donald Trump administration to immediately release the Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, praised her...

25/04/2025 17:02 The Guardian

Tories urged not to ‘panic’ into uniting with Reform or removing Badenoch

Former ministers warn that leader must not be ‘pushed off course’ as Conservatives expect disastrous local electionsSenior Conservatives have warned colleagues against “bloody panic”, urging them not to consider doing deals with Reform or removing Kemi Badenoch as leader, as the party braces...

25/04/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general

Russian official calls talks with Steve Witkoff ‘quite useful’ as investigation launched into suspected Ukrainian bombingDonald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin for high-stakes peace talks, hours after a senior Russian military official was killed in a car expl...

25/04/2025 16:46 The Guardian

Risk of ‘rapid fire spread’ remains in New Jersey as battle continues against blaze

Crews still working to contain one the state’s largest ever wildfires, amid warm temperatures and dry conditionsWith crews still working to contain one of New Jersey’s largest wildfires on record, fire danger remains elevated across the state and into eastern Pennsylvania, the National Weather S...

25/04/2025 16:37 The Guardian

US consumer sentiment sees largest drop since 1990 after Trump tariff chaos

Experts warn of slowing economy after score based on Americans’ financial outlooks fell by 32% since JanuaryUS consumer sentiment plummeted in April after Donald Trump’s trade war threw the global economy into chaos, according to a new report.The index of consumer sentiment, a score based on a m...

25/04/2025 16:33 The Guardian

Putin and Witkoff meet in Kremlin after car bomb kills Russian general near Moscow – as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can read our report herePjotr Sauer is a Russian affairs reporter for the GuardianA senior Russian military official was killed in a car explosion near Moscow on Friday, just hours before a Kremlin meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve W...

25/04/2025 16:33 The Guardian

Archaeologists find wreck of large medieval boat in Barcelona

Experts hope vessel’s old timbers and nails will help shed light on how boats were built during medieval periodArchaeologists excavating the site of a former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval boat that was swallowed by the waters off the Catalan capital 500 or...

25/04/2025 15:06 The Guardian

As policymakers leave IMF-World Bank talks, they take with them a sense of foreboding

Institution leaders sought to reassure delegates there was no need for panic despite uncertainty caused by TrumpBusiness live – latest updatesKristalina Georgieva’s favourite film, the International Monetary Fund boss told the audience at a packed panel event in Washington on Thursday, is Tom Ha...

25/04/2025 14:03 The Guardian

Xi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade war

Beijing will ‘strengthen bottom-line thinking’ as reports say it could drop tariffs on some US products Business live – latest updatesXi Jinping has announced a plan to counter China’s continuing economic problems and the impact of the US trade war, as reports swirl that it could drop tariff...

25/04/2025 13:45 The Guardian

Vatican readies for Pope Francis’s funeral as world leaders head to Rome

More than 150,000 mourners have queued for hours to pay respects to pontiff before coffin is sealed on FridayPope Francis obituaryEurope live – latest updatesMore than 150,000 people from all over the world have viewed Pope Francis’s body as the Vatican makes the final preparations for his funer...

25/04/2025 12:43 The Guardian

Post Office paid £600m to continue using bug-ridden Horizon IT system

Tony Blair was warned about possible problems with the original Fujitsu deal before it was signed in 1999Business live – latest updatesThe Post Office has paid more than £600m of public money to continue using the bug-ridden Horizon IT system despite deciding it needed to be replaced more than a...

25/04/2025 12:00 The Guardian

‘Legal chaos’ as Romanian court rules against annulment of presidential vote

Decision by Ploiești city appeals court over cancelled result is likely to be overturned before two-round ballot in MayEurope live – latest updatesPiling confusion on controversy, a Romanian district appeals court has ruled barely a week before the rerun of the country’s presidential election t...

25/04/2025 11:46 The Guardian

Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal | First Thing

The revelation is the latest in a string of security breaches involving the defense secretary. Plus, Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputerDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had an unsecured internet...

25/04/2025 10:36 The Guardian

Weather tracker: thunderstorms lash Italy in aftermath of Storm Hans

Authorities warn of mudslides during intense rainfall, as Kenya is hit by deadly flash floodingEurope live – latest updatesAfter Storm Hans battered northern Italy in the runup to Easter, severe weather continued to lash much of the country this week. Since Tuesday, the conditions have triggered p...

25/04/2025 10:17 The Guardian

Apple ‘aims to source all US iPhones from India’, reducing reliance on China

Report suggests tech firm – swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war – will make change as soon as 2026Apple is reportedly planning to switch assembly of all iPhones for the US market to India as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on a Chinese manufacturing base amid Donald Trump’s trade w...

25/04/2025 10:16 The Guardian

Reeves hints at priority as she says ‘trading relationship with Europe arguably more important’ than US – UK politics live

Chancellor said she understood the focus on possible deal with US, but added the EU remained ‘our nearest neighbours and trading partners’Boris Johnson has issued stern criticism of Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace proposals in one of his first apparent censures of the US president, saying under h...

25/04/2025 08:37 The Guardian

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