Wild weather brings flash floods in Sydney and at least two tornados reported in regional NSW

11/09/2025 02:34 The Guardian

Light rail passengers rescued in Randwick on Wednesday night as severe weather warnings remain in place across NSWFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo tornadoes, record-breaking rain and large hail have hit New South Wales in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, as supercell thunderstorms and a band of rain sweep the state.Heavy downpours triggered a surge in calls for assistance.Collaroy (Long Reef golf glub): 108mmSydney Botanic Gardens: 116mmRose Bay (Royal Sydney golf club): 110mmRandwick (Randwick St): 145.8mmMarrickville golf club: 81mmPeakhurst golf club: 113mmCronulla South bowling club: 147mmCampbelltown: 99mmCamden airport: 77.8mm Continue reading...

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Poland requests emergency UN meeting and plans no-fly zone after Russian drone incursion – Europe live

Poland is seeking to step up its defences with plans to restrict air traffic in the eastern part of the countryBen Hodges, former commanding general of United States Army Europe, warned that the Russian incursion into Polish airspace showed the Russian forces “have no respect for the US or Europe...

11/09/2025 08:22 The Guardian

Thursday briefing: Why Russia’s drone attack marks ‘a new level of hostility’ in the war

In today’s newsletter: More than a dozen drones entered Polish airspace, the first time in the war a Nato country has been pulled into direct military action – and an escalation Europe can’t ignoreGood morning. Less than a month ago, European leaders were sitting in the White House with Donal...

11/09/2025 05:41 The Guardian

Labor is favoured to win the Kiama byelection. A big loss could be the beginning of the end for Liberal leader Mark Speakman | Anne Davies

An ALP victory would be significant for Chris Minns, too, demonstrating that the premier’s pragmatic, populist and transactional politics is workingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastByelections often have a simple story...

11/09/2025 00:56 The Guardian

Australia news live: NSW lashed by wild weather; MPs condemn Charlie Kirk shooting

Heavy rain continues in NSW capital after state hit by thunderstorms and tornado warning. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome images from the wild weather across Sydney and NSWAustralia raises travel advice level for Nepal as Nepalese Australians...

10/09/2025 23:53 The Guardian

More than half of UK births now involve medical intervention, audit finds

Caesareans drive rise in assisted deliveries as experts warn of complex pregnancies linked to age, obesity and other conditionsMore than half of women having a baby in Britain now do so with the help of medical intervention, an audit of NHS maternity care has revealed.Of the 592,594 births that took...

10/09/2025 23:01 The Guardian

Meeting with Keir Starmer was ‘tough’, says Israeli president

Isaac Herzog says ‘when allies meet they can argue’ after some Labour MPs condemn Downing Street meetingThe British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, had a “tough” set of exchanges over humanitarian aid in Gaza at a Downing Street meeting, amid street pro...

10/09/2025 19:57 The Guardian

Poland dismisses Russia’s claim drone incursion was unintentional as Ukraine calls for joint European air defence system – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest updates on this story, read our full report:Poland ‘closer to military conflict than at any time since WW2’ as Nato allies weigh response to drone incursionLubelskie region governor Krzysztof Komorski is leading an emergency meeting with the police th...

10/09/2025 19:31 The Guardian

Poland ‘closer to military conflict than at any time since WW2’ as Nato allies weigh response to Russian drones

Donald Tusk says Poland dealing with a large-scale provocation after at least 19 violations of Polish airspacePoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country is closer to military conflict “than at any time since the second world war” as Warsaw and Nato allies weighed a response to an i...

10/09/2025 19:00 The Guardian

US drugmaker Merck scraps £1bn London research centre and cuts 125 science jobs

New blow to UK’s key life science sector as industry body warns country is losing ground on investment and researchUS drugmaker Merck has scrapped a £1bn London research centre and is laying off 125 scientists in the capital this year, in a big blow to the country’s important life science secto...

10/09/2025 17:30 The Guardian

Drones in Poland are another unsettling post-Alaska escalation by Russia

Kremlin’s war in Ukraine has spilled over into Nato country – but whether to create fear or test response, aim is unclearWhatever Donald Trump discussed with Vladimir Putin in Alaska last month, the outcome has only been a stepped increase in Russian aggression that has now forced Nato’s milit...

10/09/2025 17:18 The Guardian

Israel defiant after international outrage at Qatar airstrike targeting Hamas

Defence minister Katz says ‘there is no place they can hide’ after attack condemned as violation of Qatar’s sovereigntyIsrael has reacted with defiance and further threats in response to international outrage at its strikes targeting a meeting of Hamas’s leaders in Qatar on Tuesday.Amid cont...

10/09/2025 16:59 The Guardian

Primark owner’s boss warns Reeves not to give consumer sentiment ‘another great whack’ in budget

George Weston, CEO at ABF, also said food price inflation had peaked and would now start to easeThe chief executive of the Kingsmill owner Associated British Foods (ABF) has warned Rachel Reeves not to give consumer sentiment “another whack” in her upcoming budget, despite signalling that food p...

10/09/2025 16:25 The Guardian

Trump asks EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China

In effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, US president proposes tariffs targeting Putin allies and trade partnersBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China as part of an effort to force the Russian...

10/09/2025 15:59 The Guardian

Some of Australia’s biggest thinktanks refuse to reveal their biggest donors. Should they?

Several raise concerns that disclosing their donors exposes them to political attack but others warn not doing so can prompt legitimate questions about influenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s biggest thin...

10/09/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Bye-bye Bayrou, bonjour insurrection: how France’s instability could boost the far right

With yet another prime minister sworn in, and protests spreading, is the crisis spawning a new grassroots uprising? Plus, Russia’s Polish provocation• Don’t get This is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereOne in, one out. On Monday night, “Bye-bye Bayrou” parties were held around F...

10/09/2025 14:17 The Guardian

Israel is forcing us to leave Gaza City. We know they may never let us return

The Guardian’s reporter in Gaza describes the dilemma facing her family and others, many hungry, penniless and without transportThe ninth of September is my sister Enas’s birthday, so we were happy this morning, drinking coffee as a family and telling jokes, until we saw the leaflets dropping do...

10/09/2025 13:57 The Guardian

LNER urges customers to be vigilant after passenger details accessed in cyber-attack

Data breach at third-party supplier involves contact details and some information about previous journeysJaguar Land Rover says cyber-attack has affected ‘some data’The train operator LNER has urged customers to be wary of unsolicited communications after revealing some passengers’ contact det...

10/09/2025 12:40 The Guardian

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU free trade with Israel

Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of free trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s “painful” inability to respond to the w...

10/09/2025 12:12 The Guardian

White House says it would back forensic analysis of signature on Epstein letter – US politics live blog

Trump officials continue to insist that suggestive note and drawing were not work of the president Trump calls release of suggestive note ‘a dead issue’Poland said early Wednesday that multiple Russian drones entered and were shot down over its territory with help from Nato allies, with US polit...

10/09/2025 10:40 The Guardian

Keir Starmer will meet Israeli president Isaac Herzog as MPs express ‘grave concern’ at the visit – UK politics live

The visit is seen as highly contentious amid the war in Gaza and Israel’s bombing of Qatar in a targeted strike aimed at Hamas officialsOn Monday Shabana Mahmood, the new home secretary, said that she would do “whatever it takes” to secure the borders. In evidence to the Lords constitution com...

10/09/2025 10:38 The Guardian

Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine | First Thing

PM says operation followed ‘repeated violations of Polish airspace’. Plus, New Mexico to be first state to offer free universal childcareGood morning.Polish and Nato air defenses shot down several drones that entered its airspace on Wednesday morning, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine spread to Na...

10/09/2025 10:28 The Guardian

Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk to cut 9,000 jobs amid increased competition

Danish manufacturer of weight-loss and diabetes drugs under pressure from US rival Eli Lilly Business live – latest newsThe Danish maker of the weight-loss drug Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic is to cut 9,000 jobs as it issued a profit warning amid fierce competition from its US rival Eli Lilly.N...

10/09/2025 09:00 The Guardian

Emptying olive oil an ‘act of faith’, accused say, after pleading guilty to damaging Sydney’s Anzac Memorial

Two born-again Christians admit damaging war memorial but argue their behaviour is a show of faith rather than disrespectFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEmptying bottles of olive oil on a war memorial in broad daylight...

10/09/2025 08:30 The Guardian

Tornado in central NSW and flood rescues in Sydney as wild weather soaks state

Heavy rainfall forecast to continue in Sydney on Thursday as low pressure weather system heads for parts of QueenslandFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo groups have been rescued from flooding while a tornado warning fo...

10/09/2025 08:21 The Guardian

Police condemn release of footage taken when Dezi Freeman allegedly shot two officers dead in Porepunkah

Circulation of stills from video ‘distressing and disappointing’, Victoria police saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe circulation of footage taken when fugitive Dezi Freeman allegedly shot dead two police office...

10/09/2025 08:15 The Guardian

Nampijinpa Price refuses to back Ley’s leadership or apologise for comments on Indian migrants

Country Liberal senator tells reporters she ‘won’t be silenced’ on what she claims is the problem of ‘mass migration in our country’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Nampijinpa Price has declined to expr...

10/09/2025 07:58 The Guardian

Signs near French beaches to warn against trying to reach UK

Exclusive: Refugee organisations dismiss Home Office-endorsed publicity campaign as a ‘gimmick’Asylum seekers in northern France who hope to reach the UK in small boats are to be targeted with Home Office-endorsed posters and leaflets telling them that they are risk of being returned under a new...

10/09/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Trump appears sidelined as the US caught unawares by Israel’s unprecedented strikes on Qatar

The White House is caught between supporting Israel’s war against Hamas and patching up relations with a key US ally in the regionFull report: Israel launches airstrikes against top Hamas members in Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talksIn the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hamas negotiators i...

10/09/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Failure to tackle dependence on food banks in UK driving public discontent

One in six households went hungry last year, says Trussell, with Britain facing ‘new normal’ of severe hardshipDowning Street’s failure to tackle child poverty and reduce food bank use is helping to drive public discontent with falling living standards and fuelling a desire for political alter...

10/09/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Suspect in stabbing of Ukrainian woman in North Carolina charged with federal crime

Charge for Decarlos B Jr, accused of killing Iryna Zarutska in apparent random attack on train, could carry death penaltyThe justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry...

10/09/2025 00:39 The Guardian

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