Peter Dutton says welcome to country ceremonies ‘overdone’ as he clashes with Anthony Albanese in final leaders’ debate

27/04/2025 11:48 The Guardian

Opposition leader also claims school curriculum is teaching children to be ‘ashamed’ of being Australian, amid some angry exchangesElection 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 podcastPeter Dutton has said welcome to country ceremonies are “overdone” and should be limited to major events such as the opening of parliament, stoking a culture war at the start of the final week of the election campaign.At the final leaders’ debate of the campaign on Sunday night, the opposition leader and the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, were pressed on their view of the ceremonies after a small group of people – including known neo-Nazis – booed them during the Anzac dawn service on Friday.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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North Korea confirms for first time it has sent troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine war

Battle in Kursk showed ‘highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship’ between North Korea and Russia, state news says, hailing ‘heroes’North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine under the orders of leader Kim Jo...

27/04/2025 23:11 The Guardian

UK growth forecast to slow sharply as Trump tariffs push confidence to record low

EY Item Club predicts GDP of only 0.8% this year as Ipsos Mori poll shows three-quarters of Britons expect economy to get worseThe UK economy is set to slow sharply for the next two years as Donald Trump’s global tariff war weighs on consumer spending and business investment, a study by a leading...

27/04/2025 23:01 The Guardian

Israeli airstrike hits Beirut suburb despite ceasefire with Hezbollah

Army spokesperson says storage sites housing militant group’s missiles were destroyed in Dahiyeh in south of the cityIsrael conducted an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood of Dahiyeh in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday afternoon despite a November ceasefire that officially ended figh...

27/04/2025 22:10 The Guardian

British Paralympian Sam Ruddock reported missing in Las Vegas

Athlete has not been heard from since 16 April and did not check out of his hostel or take his belongingsA British Paralympian has been reported missing in Las Vegas after not being seen for more than a week.Sam Ruddock, from Warwickshire, who has cerebral palsy and has competed in cycling and shot...

27/04/2025 21:39 The Guardian

Trump golf club to host speaker who markets bleach as health treatment

Andreas Kalcker, prominent peddler of chlorine dioxide remedy, to appear at ‘Truth Seekers Conference’ in MiamiDonald Trump’s private golf resort in South Florida will next week host one of the world’s leading purveyors of chlorine dioxide, a potentially life-threatening form of industrial b...

27/04/2025 20:44 The Guardian

Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker livestream sit-in against GOP funding plan

Democratic House leader and New Jersey senator protest on steps of US Capitol over proposed Republican budgetHouse minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and New Jersey senator Cory Booker were holding a sit-in protest and discussion on Sunday on the steps of the US Capitol in opposition to Republicans’...

27/04/2025 17:36 The Guardian

Russia continues to strike Ukraine after Trump questions Putin’s commitment to peace

Airstrike in Donetsk kills three and drone attack in Dnipro leaves one dead, according to local sourcesRussia has continued its assault on Ukraine with a series of drone attacks and airstrikes, hours after Donald Trump cast doubt on Vladimir Putin’s readiness to end the conflict.Three people were...

27/04/2025 17:06 The Guardian

US treasury secretary says ‘there is a path’ with China over tariff negotiations

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27/04/2025 16:10 The Guardian

Gaza on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and prices soar, groups warn

Palestinians face starvation and severe malnutrition as Israel’s blockade continues, say aid agenciesSoaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic conditions across Gaza, Palestinians and international aid...

27/04/2025 16:00 The Guardian

Trans people banned from toilets of gender they identify with, says UK minister

Pat McFadden says ‘there isn’t going to be toilet police’ amid warnings about ‘incredibly dangerous’ consequencesA UK government minister has said trans people are now banned from using toilets of the gender they identify as, amid warnings about the “incredibly dangerous” consequences...

27/04/2025 15:54 The Guardian

Shabana Mahmood warned of risk to pregnant women in halting Sentencing Council guidelines

Exclusive: Stopping pre-sentencing reports could put more pregnant people behind bars, groups tell justice ministerShabana Mahmood risks putting more pregnant women behind bars through her bill to prevent new guidelines which highlighted the need for pre-sentencing reports based on “different pers...

27/04/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Russia sends help to Iran after deadly port explosion

Investigation launched into cause of blast at Shahid Rajaee port as death toll rises to 28 Vladimir Putin was one of the first world leaders to offer help to Iran in the aftermath of a massive explosion at a container depot in a key port near the strait of Hormuz, dispatching several emergency plane...

27/04/2025 14:47 The Guardian

Trump v 60 Minutes is a stunning battle for the soul of US media

President’s tensions with CBS show barely scratch surface of crusade against media he calls ‘enemy of the people’Donald Trump’s battle with a US media he considers an “enemy of the people” has been a signature fight of his second term in office, sparking warnings of an erosion of press f...

27/04/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn

Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific OceanEnvironmental conservation groups are expressing major concerns over Donald Trump’s recent proclamation to reverse fishing regulations across the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine nat...

27/04/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Dutton pledges not to ‘lie my way to the Lodge’ – as it happened

This blog is now closedFinal leaders’ debate LIVE updates: Albanese v Dutton on 7NewsAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton is due to arrive any moment...

27/04/2025 06:45 The Guardian

Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says

Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the rightNigel Farage is a “political fraud and hypocrite” who is “cosplaying” as a working-class champion in order to win votes at this week’...

27/04/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Vodafone whistleblowers warned executives about plight of high street store staff

Exclusive: Warnings on slashed commission rates came two years before high court claim alleging telecom firm was ‘unjustly enriching’ itselfWhistleblowers warned a series of senior Vodafone executives – including the current chief executive, Margherita Della Valle – that scores of its franch...

27/04/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Campaigners sound alarm as European nations move to exit landmine ban

Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cite rising threats from Russia to justify once again using one of world’s most indiscriminate weaponsRights groups have expressed alarm and warned of a slippery slope of again embracing one of the world’s most treacherous weapons, after five Europe...

27/04/2025 05:00 The Guardian

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

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26/04/2025 20:00 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

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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

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

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26/04/2025 13:00 The Guardian

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26/04/2025 05:00 The Guardian

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26/04/2025 04:00 The Guardian

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

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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

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