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Journalist Nick McKenzie admits to ‘deceptive methods’ if in the public interest during Ben Roberts-Smith bid for appeal

01/05/2025 09:33 The Guardian

McKenzie was also questioned over his communications with Roberts-Smith’s ex-wife, Emma Roberts, and her friend Danielle ScottElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastInvestigative journalist Nick McKenzie has agreed in Ben Roberts-Smith’s bid to reopen his appeal for his defamation case that he has used “deceptive methods and subterfuge” to obtain information “on occasion if it is in the public interest”.McKenzie was cross-examined on Thursday afternoon by Roberts-Smith’s lawyer, Arthur Moses SC. It’s part of a two-day hearing in which the war veteran is arguing the appeal should be reopened in light of new evidence that he claims shows there was a “miscarriage of justice” in the defamation proceedings caused by McKenzie’s alleged “misconduct”. Continue reading...

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Trump shrugs off economic woes as Harris attacks his ‘self-serving’ vision of America – US politics live

US president claims economic slowdown ‘nothing to do with tariffs’ as his former challenger attacks his record and backers in major speechKamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speechOne hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump’s senior adviser and...

01/05/2025 10:04 The Guardian
Ukraine’s PM hails ‘good and equal’ minerals deal with US – Europe live

Ukraine to retain ‘full control over resources and infrastructure’ under agreement, says Denys Shmyhal Full report: US and Ukraine sign minerals deal that solidifies investment in Kyiv’s defense against RussiaUkraine and the US signed a long-awaited minerals deal last night, signaling a major...

01/05/2025 09:40 The Guardian
Lloyds Banking Group profits slip 7% amid Trump tariffs concern

Chief finance officer says it remains ‘vigilant’ as it sets aside more money than expected to cover possible bad debtProfits at Lloyds Banking Group have fallen as the high street bank set aside more money than expected to deal with possible bad debts arising from Donald Trump’s trade war.The...

01/05/2025 09:21 The Guardian
Trump’s bid to host golf tournament in Britain could violate US constitution, experts warn

British government’s push for tournament to be at Trump-owned venue in Scotland is likely to seek favor with USThe British government’s attempts to curry favor with Donald Trump by nudging golf executives to host one of the world’s most prestigious golf tournaments at a Scottish venue owned by...

01/05/2025 09:00 The Guardian
US and Ukraine sign minerals deal that solidifies investment in Kyiv’s defense against Russia

Move seals a deal to create a fund the Trump administration says will begin to repay roughly $175bn provided to UkraineThe US and Kyiv have signed an agreement to share profits and royalties from the future sale of Ukrainian minerals and rare earths, sealing a deal that Donald Trump has said will pr...

01/05/2025 08:43 The Guardian
Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval

A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely on themScientists studying Arctic plants say the ecosystems that host life in some of the most inhospitable reaches of the planet are changing in unexpected ways in an “early warning sign”...

01/05/2025 06:30 The Guardian
Rebekah Brooks ‘took concerning interest’ in Tom Watson, court documents claim

Exclusive: Sun reporter also wrote that former MP ‘must die’, according to claims in newly disclosed documentRebekah Brooks, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s UK company, took a “deeply concerning interest” in the phone-hacking campaigner Tom Watson while one of her journalists wrote...

01/05/2025 06:00 The Guardian
Thursday briefing: ​What’s at stake for every party in​ England​’s local ​elections​?

In today’s newsletter: ​With more than 1,600 council seats and key mayoralties in play, Reform UK eyes its first chance at governanceGood morning. You may not be terribly excited about today’s local elections in England, but let me tell you: a significant cadre of political dorks are swivel-ey...

01/05/2025 05:48 The Guardian
Kamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speech excoriating Trump

Democratic presidential candidate speaks in San Francisco in first significant appearance since election defeatKamala Harris delivered a searing indictment of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in power, warning in her first major address since leaving office that the nation was witnessing a “wholesa...

01/05/2025 05:43 The Guardian
Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests

New work says novelist, who was a censor during second world war, may been employed to look for coded messagesIt is an irony that she herself would have revelled in: Barbara Pym, the author who punctured the social strictures of 20th-century Britain, worked as a censor during the second world war.Bu...

01/05/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Release of Ukrainian prisoners in Russia key to any peace deal, rights groups say

Kyiv-based Centre for Civil Liberties says tortured inmates bypassed amid focus on territory and security guaranteesUkrainian and Russian civil society leaders have called for the unconditional release of thousands of Ukrainian civilians being held in Russian captivity, pushing for world leaders to...

01/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Israel facing ‘national emergency’ as it battles worst fires in a decade, says Netanyahu

Firefighters have rushed to control wildfires that have injured several people and prompted the military to deploy troops to helpThe Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned that rapidly spreading wildfires near Jerusalem could reach the city, as he declared the situation a “national...

01/05/2025 02:22 The Guardian
Trump blames Biden after US economy shrinks, as Senate effort to block tariffs falls short – as it happened

This blog has now closed. Read our latest story hereDonald Trump promptly claimed this morning that the contraction in the US economy had nothing to do with his tariff wars, repeated his habitual claim that this is all somehow his predecessor Joe Biden’s fault, and predicted the economy would boom...

01/05/2025 02:02 The Guardian
Ukraine PM says US investment agreement ‘good, equal and beneficial’ – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can find all our coverage of Ukraine hereIn Spain, harrowing stories have continued to emerge after much of the Iberian Peninsula was plunged into an hours-long blackout earlier this week.Jonathan Bernal, a window washer in Madrid, has detailed how he and a co-worker we...

01/05/2025 01:32 The Guardian
Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism

Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve of local electionsTony Blair has been forced by Downing Street to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after furious Labour politicians warned he had given a boost to Tory and Ref...

30/04/2025 17:58 The Guardian
Meta slowest to remove scam content, says City watchdog

FCA says Instagram and Facebook owner takes up to six weeks to act on warnings about finfluencer postsThe owner of Instagram and Facebook is the slowest social media company to take down content posted by finfluencers and fraudsters running financial scams, taking up to six weeks to respond to reque...

30/04/2025 17:35 The Guardian
Minister warns against blaming Spain’s blackout on renewable energy

Spain’s environment minister Sara Aagesen promises ‘complete audit’ into causes of power outageEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s environment minister has warned against attempts to blame Monday’s unprecedented blackout across the Iberian peninsula on the increasing use of renewable ene...

30/04/2025 17:26 The Guardian
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi freed after federal judge orders release

Palestinian, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported despite not being charged with crimeUS politics live – latest updatesMohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student who was detained for his activism, walked out of immigration detention...

30/04/2025 17:14 The Guardian
US ex-ambassadors warn of slide into authoritarianism amid ‘climate of fear’

Four ex-heads of US embassies in nations that swung from democracies to dictatorships say landscape eerily familiarThe US is treading the path followed by democracies that descended into authoritarianism and dictatorship, former ambassadors to countries that underwent autocratic takeovers have warne...

30/04/2025 16:25 The Guardian
Trump pressures journalist to accept doctored photo as real: ‘Why don’t you just say yes?’

President lashed out at Terry Moran in tense TV interview, which included questions about deportations and tariffsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump lashed out at an ABC journalist in a tense TV interview to mark 100 days of his second term in office, in which among other confrontations...

30/04/2025 16:17 The Guardian
Trump warns ‘nothing will stop me’ at rally to celebrate 100 days in office

President holds campaign-style event in Michigan, attacks Democrats and ‘communist’ judges, and repeats 2020 election lieDonald Trump has celebrated his 100th day in office with a campaign-style rally in Michigan and an attack on “communist radical-left judges” for trying to curb his power,...

30/04/2025 16:13 The Guardian
Venezuelan detainees at Texas center spell out SOS with their bodies

Men at Bluebonnet fear deportation to El Salvador under wartime law despite maintaining they do not have gang tiesDetainees at the Bluebonnet immigrant detention center in the small city of Anson, Texas, sent the outside world a message this week: SOS.With a Reuters drone flying nearby, 31 men forme...

30/04/2025 14:23 The Guardian
Chinese e-commerce exports to US plummet by 65% in face of tariffs

Temu and Shein among fast-fashion sites affected by drop in first three months of this year but sales in rise to EUExports to the US from Chinese online shops such as Temu and Shein have plunged in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war, as shipping from China to the EU has increased.Official Chines...

30/04/2025 13:00 The Guardian
Tony Blair risks sending absolutely wrong message, says climate expert

Former PM also sparks Labour fury, with top MP accusing him of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and ReformUK politics live – latest updatesTony Blair has come under criticism from climate experts and politicians after warning that any strategy relying on rapidly phasing out fossil fuels was...

30/04/2025 10:25 The Guardian
Trump warns ‘nothing will stop me’ at rally to mark 100th day | First Thing

Aide alludes to president running again in 2028 . Plus, border pick accused of cover-up over death of man beaten by US agentsGood morning.President Donald Trump has said that “nothing will stop” him, speaking at a rally in Michigan to celebrate his 100th day in office where an aide alluded to hi...

30/04/2025 10:10 The Guardian
Labour anger ‘palpable’ after Tony Blair’s intervention on government climate strategy – UK politics live

The former prime minister called on the government to change course on climate change“All politics is local,” as the saying (normally attributed to the former US speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill) goes, and that explains what is happening in the campaign for the English local...

30/04/2025 10:10 The Guardian
Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured

Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the most notorious.Some weeks after being detained as she attempted to leave a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine in January 2023, Yelyzaveta Shylyk was given a polygraph test. As her interr...

30/04/2025 09:00 The Guardian
Psychiatrists warn new mental health unit at Westmead could be an ‘empty shell’ as workforce dispute drags on

As work begins on the facility, doctors say it will be ‘a waste of money’ if the government does not address staff shortagesGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastConstruction of a new mental health facility set to become the largest in New South Wales began on Wednesday...

30/04/2025 08:40 The Guardian
‘Weather-proofing’ fund to help Welsh tourism industry brave soggy summers

Business owners will be able to apply for up to £20,000 for measures such as covered seating and mudproof car parksThe landscapes are as spectacular as the welcome is warm in the Welsh valleys, mountain villages and harbour towns, but the weather can, to put it mildly, be unreliable.In an attempt t...

30/04/2025 08:18 The Guardian
Aston Martin limits exports to US because of Trump tariffs

Fellow carmakers Stellantis and Mercedes withdraw financial guidance for year over impact of trade warThe British sportscar maker Aston Martin is limiting exports to the US in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs, while its counterparts Stellantis and Mercedes withdrew their financial guidance for t...

30/04/2025 08:12 The Guardian
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