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The leftwing commentator has been invited to appear on the Planet America program in Australia on Monday night The ABC is set to air the return of its Planet America program on Monday night as the US midterm elections gain steam, with a new episode featuring the leftwing commentator Hasan Piker. Host John Barron said the episode will focus on the “rise of Democratic socialists and the populist le…

Wildfire thought to be largest in Belgium’s history creeps closer to German border prompting evacuations An elderly couple died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis on Sunday and Belgium is battling its largest modern-day wildfire at an inaccessible area near Germany, in the latest wave of European wildfires. The couple died outside their home in the Peristeria beach area of Salamis, Greece’s …

Salaries will rise 28.3% to 32.4% over four years, an outcome partly shaped by a rank-and-file rebellion within the Australian Education Union Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victoria’s school teachers are to become the highest paid in the country, after accepting the state government’s latest pay and conditions o…

Jared Kushner set to meet Netanyahu following talks with Hamas Jared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on Gaza Welcome to our live coverage of the latest in the continuing conflicts in the Middle East . Donald Trump ’s envoys met with Egyptian , Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, aiming to advance the US president’s Gaza peace plan, eve…

In today’s newsletter: The Spanish prime minister has remade himself as Europe’s leading leftwing standard-bearer. Could his success offer the UK’s PM a route forward? Good morning. To international onlookers, Pedro Sànchez appears to have achieved the impossible. Where other European leftist and left-ish premiers have flopped and flailed, the Spanish PM has endured. Since June 2018, Sánchez has …

The new measure falls short of calls for gambling ads to move to an opt-in model, or for an outright ban Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Labor government has pledged a new single-service opt-out register for gambling ads - an idea similar to the Do Not Call register for spam calls - as part of amendments to it…

Parents of Michaela Hall, whose partner killed her after he left prison in 2021, say Probation Service cannot cope with mass release More women will die if ministers include domestic abusers in the early prison release scheme, the parents of a woman murdered by her partner shortly after he was freed have warned. Michaela Hall, a 49-year-old charity worker, was killed in her home in Cornwall, by L…

Research from King’s College London finds that Reform voters’ perceptions were furthest from the truth The public overestimate how many minority ethnic people are killers, as well as how many foreign national offenders there are, a new study has found. The research from King’s College London tested knowledge and perceptions of crime at a time when radical right parties are trying to link offendin…

Panettiere’s death was announced by her father, who called her ‘an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her’ Hayden Panettiere, the actor known for her roles in television shows such as Heroes and Nashville , has died at the age of 36. Panettiere’s death was confirmed in a statement from her representative to the Guardian on Sunday night, af…

Fierce competition in some areas of London means landlord purchasers are making successful lowball offers The average price of a home coming up for sale in Britain’s richest borough has dropped by almost £100,000 in a month as fierce competition among sellers in many areas prompts some to slash their price expectations, data shows. The property website Rightmove said that for Britain as a whole, …

Angela Rayner to launch guidance for ‘default yes’ on developments near transport hubs, including on green belt sites Thousands more homes could be built within 10 minutes of transport hubs, including on green belt sites, under a loosening of planning policy announced by Angela Rayner on Monday. The housing secretary will set out changes to national planning guidance for England that will include…

Lawyer for the entertainment industry and AFL figure says his career is ‘destroyed’ following conviction Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Entertainment industry and AFL figure Ralph Carr says he is in “living hell” and has been “destroyed” after being convicted of rape, a Victorian court has heard. Carr was convict…

At least 2,325 people have been killed, according to government data, surpassing the death toll from 2018-20 outbreak The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history with at least 2,325 people killed, according to government data, surpassing the toll from the 2018-20 outbreak. Congo’s public health institute said on Sunday that confirmed cases …

President says move is based on ‘very good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ but US military officials have said Ukraine war is boosting regime’s combat capabilities Donald Trump has said he is scaling back joint US military drills with South Korea aimed at deterring North Korea, despite military officials from both countries warning that Kim Jong-un’s regime was learning new battlefield tactics fro…

Hurricane Lala downgraded after skirting Big Island as one person dies and over 130,000 households are without power Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn’t done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. Total rainfall of nearly 3ft (1 meter) was expected on the higher windward slopes, turning rivers into raging…