Private Richard Norden posthumously awarded Victoria Cross for heroic act in Vietnam war

11/11/2024 02:15 The Guardian

Anthony Albanese praises then 19-year-old’s ‘exceptional bravery’ for rescuing his wounded commander under intense enemy gunfireFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPrivate Richard Norden, a 19-year-old Australian soldier who rescued his wounded commander while seriously injured and under enemy gunfire in the Vietnam war, has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the nation’s highest military honour.The governor general, Sam Mostyn, praised Norden’s courage and selflessness in battle in announcing the citation on Monday, to mark Remembrance Day.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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Israel opens ‘temporary’ route for residents to flee as troops and tanks push deeper into Gaza City – Middle East crisis live

The Israeli military said the route via Salah al-Din street ‘will be open for 48 hours only’ The Israeli army said it has struck more than 150 targets in Gaza City since launching a major ground offensive on the Gaza Strip’s main urban hub early on Tuesday.“Over the past two days, the [Israe...

17/09/2025 12:52 The Guardian

Donald Trump greeted by the king, William and Kate after landing in Windsor – UK politics live

On the first full day of his state visit to the UK, the US president will attend various events in Windsor before a state banquetLucy Powell has hit out at the “sexist” framing of her deputy Labour leadership campaign, with people claiming she and her rival, Bridget Phillipson, are standing as ...

17/09/2025 12:47 The Guardian

EU’s proposed trade suspension with Israel ‘appropriate and proportionate’ given crisis in Gaza, Šefčovič says – Europe live

EU trade commissioner says proposed partial trade suspension is ‘carefully considered response’ to humanitarian crisis in GazaNordic correspondentDenmark is for the first time to buy long-range precision weapons such as missiles and drones, Mette Frederiksen has abruptly announced, as she warned...

17/09/2025 12:07 The Guardian

Sonia Sotomayor says Americans may not know difference between presidents and kings

Supreme court justice warns poor quality of civics education may lead to lack of understandingThe most senior liberal justice on the US supreme court has questioned whether American citizens know the difference between presidents and kings.During a conference on civics education in New York on Tuesd...

17/09/2025 11:51 The Guardian

Barratt Redrow warns of budget uncertainty affecting property market

UK housebuilder reports 33% rise in revenue and 26% increase in profits but says possible tax and duty rises risk unsettling buyersBritain’s largest housebuilder Barratt Redrow has warned of a “tough market” and expects little growth in the next 12 months amid uncertainty around property taxes...

17/09/2025 11:47 The Guardian

Trump’s tariffs have hurt tea exports to the US, says Fortnum & Mason boss

Tom Athron says stricter rules on country of origin and end of ‘de minimis’ exemptions are up and sales downThe boss of upmarket retailer Fortnum & Mason has said Donald Trump’s trade war has hit sales of its luxury tea exports to the US and forced up prices.Tom Athron, the London-based re...

17/09/2025 08:00 The Guardian

Almost 30 staff at ANU humanities school stop work after health and safety report warns of ‘serious harm’

Workers affected by university restructure advised to ‘remove themselves from the hazardous work environment’ if they believe they are at psychosocial riskFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 30 staff at the Austr...

17/09/2025 06:41 The Guardian

Wednesday briefing: Trump arrives in the UK – and his playbook is reshaping the British right

In today’s newsletter: From ‘deep state’ warnings to Maga hats at rallies, US rhetoric is crossing the Atlantic, even as most voters remain scepticalGood morning. Donald Trump arrived in Britain last night, landing with his wife, Melania, at Stansted airport and then taking a helicopter to cen...

17/09/2025 05:50 The Guardian

Labour must rethink growth strategy to curb rise of far right, says top economist

Former Bank chief economist Andy Haldane says left-behind communities need investment to stem populist tideDefeating far-right populism will require Labour to radically overhaul its “arid” approach to raising living standards in left-behind communities, the former Bank of England chief economist...

17/09/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gasesHuman-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found.Epidemiologists a...

17/09/2025 04:00 The Guardian

SBS resists calls to join EU boycott of Eurovision 2026 if Israel allowed to compete

Israeli media had reported nation had been asked to step aside or compete under a neutral symbol due to controversies over Gaza warFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSBS has indicated it will not follow the lead of a growi...

17/09/2025 00:31 The Guardian

Ground zero: rain-starved southern Australia is grappling with one of the worst droughts in memory

Rainfall picked up in June and July in some areas but it may already be too lateSign up for The Crunch email newsletterIn a “normal” year, Bernie Free would start seeing green shoots in the paddocks of his dairy farm in early May. This year the germination did not arrive until July – which mea...

17/09/2025 00:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: Liberal shadow minister calls net zero target a ‘distraction’ and denies row is destabilising Ley

Coalition frontbencher tries to move on from party debate over net zero target. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLyons adds spat feeds into Trump’s history of media attacksLyons added more to ABC News this morning, saying:I think all this feeds...

16/09/2025 21:28 The Guardian

Israel’s war in Gaza ‘morally, politically and legally intolerable’ says UN secretary general - as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest report here:Israel launches ground offensive deep inside Gaza CityWafa, the Palestinian news agency, has been told by medical sources that at least 38 Palestinian people, including women and children, have been killed by Israeli forces since dawn...

16/09/2025 19:01 The Guardian

Spain first of Eurovision ‘big five’ to say it will boycott event if Israel participates

State broadcaster says it will withdraw from next year’s contest in Vienna unless Israel is excluded over Gaza warSpain has become the latest country to confirm it will not take part in next year’s Eurovision song contest if Israel participates, with the head of its state broadcaster saying “t...

16/09/2025 17:21 The Guardian

Trump says Russian oil purchases by EU and Nato countries must ‘stop immediately’ — as it happened

US president adds that ‘Zelenskyy will have to make a deal’ and that Ukraine ‘is in serious trouble’ as he departs for UK state visit. This live blog is closedEU commissioners will on Wednesday agree to impose new sanctions against Israel over its war in Gaza, a spokesperson for the commissi...

16/09/2025 16:08 The Guardian

US health officials to revisit vaccine policies using anti-vax tactics, experts warn

Data public health experts say is worrisome will reportedly be presented to ACIP later this week before vote on shotsUS health officials are reportedly planning to release data on child deaths and serious side effects they would attribute to Covid-19 vaccines, raising alarm among public health exper...

16/09/2025 15:43 The Guardian

Kenya seeks arrest of former British soldier over alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru

High court judge issues arrest warrant, saying a suspect has been charged in relation to 2012 death of 21-year-oldProfile: who was Agnes Wanjiru?A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a British national on suspicion of the murder of the Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru, who was found dead in the grou...

16/09/2025 14:28 The Guardian

Ice threatens federal assault charges against anyone who attacks its officers

Agency on X also said people who assault officers will face felony ‘prosecution to the fullest extent of the law’US politics live – latest updatesUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) warned Tuesday that assaulting its officers constitutes a federal crime punishable by felony charges....

16/09/2025 14:04 The Guardian

Coalition to fight Labor’s universal childcare plan as Ley signals ‘unrelenting’ pursuit of efficiency

Liberal leader to deliver speech arguing against ‘permanent dependency on government’ and pledging to means-test welfare paymentsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has signalled the Coalition plans to ramp u...

16/09/2025 12:30 The Guardian

Sweden to implement nationwide mobile phone ban in schools

From autumn 2026 all schools and after-school clubs must collect and hold students’ phones until the end of the dayEurope live – latest updatesSweden is to implement a nationwide mobile phone ban in all schools in an attempt to improve security and study conditions for students.From the next sch...

16/09/2025 12:23 The Guardian

Russia has network of 200 camps for ‘brainwashing’ Ukrainian children – report

Investigation uncovers documents and satellite imagery that confirm children being taken to sites for patriotic indoctrination, weapons training and combat drillsHow Russia is grooming Ukraine’s children to fight for it: ‘I understood it wasn’t just play’Russia is running an extensive networ...

16/09/2025 09:50 The Guardian

Wong says Netanyahu government ‘more isolated than ever’ – as it happened

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16/09/2025 08:15 The Guardian

Sydney’s west on frontline for most extreme heat and biggest health risks – but inner city faces water threat

Western suburbs, where temperatures are often 5C warmer, need shaded bus stops, more green space and better environmental standards in rented homes, locals sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesFull Story: Rising sea levels and soaring heat deaths: will climate action match the ri...

16/09/2025 07:41 The Guardian

Up to 185,000 Queensland homes could be at ‘very high risk’ with many uninsurable if global heating unchecked

State faces more frequent heatwaves, floods, cyclones and bushfires as world warms, national climate risk assessment warnsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesFull Story: Rising sea levels and soaring heat deaths: will climate action match the risks?Sign up for climate and environme...

16/09/2025 05:43 The Guardian

Trump announces deadly US strike on another alleged Venezuelan drug boat

President says three people killed in strike against vessel he said was transporting drugs ‘headed to the US’Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had carried out a strike on a second Venezuelan boat and killed three alleged terrorists he claimed were transporting drugs, expanding h...

16/09/2025 01:26 The Guardian

Rev William Barber condemns Kirk’s killing and warns against using religion to ‘sanctify wrong’

Pastor and social activist said nation must be challenged to get rid of ‘using religion as a cover for injustice’Rev William Barber, a left-leaning pastor and social activist, has condemned last week’s “brutal, ugly” murder of Charlie Kirk while calling for a broader denunciation of politi...

15/09/2025 21:02 The Guardian

Kim Beazley defends Australian War Memorial decision to exclude Ben Roberts-Smith book from prize

The former Labor leader says the Les Carlyon award is ‘explicitly for emerging authors’, disqualifying Chris Masters’ biography of the alleged war criminalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKim Beazley has defended t...

15/09/2025 18:58 The Guardian

RAF Typhoon jets ready to shoot down drones over Poland, UK says

‘Nato is responding with unity and strength’ to Russian threats, says John HealeyRAF Typhoon jets will be deployed within days to shoot down drones over Poland and other Nato allies in eastern Europe if necessary, after last week’s incursion of 19 uncrewed Russian aircraft into Poland.The Brit...

15/09/2025 18:40 The Guardian

‘Our children matter’: parents protest against government’s Send overhaul plans

Concerns grow about potential cuts to educational support as Lib Dem leader addresses rally at WestminsterParents fearful about the government’s plans to overhaul special needs education in England took their fight to parliament on Monday, where the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, warned the pr...

15/09/2025 18:37 The Guardian

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