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City hails victory after US officials sued over ordinance that limits LA’s cooperation with immigration authorities A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed ⁠by Donald Trump’s administration against Los Angeles over a city ordinance limiting ⁠its cooperation with federal ⁠immigration ​authorities. Fernando Olguin, a judge in the central California US district court rejected the administra…

The UK has lost its sixth prime minister in a decade. How did Keir Starmer go from landslide victory to resigning in two years? When the former human rights lawyer, full of ambition, won a landslide in the 2024 general election, hope was in the air. Keir Starmer had arrived on a promise to repair 14 years of Conservative damage. Just two years later, with anger and disappointment swelling across …

Minor party says it has also negotiated an extension to the inquiry into controversial changes to the NDIS Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Greens will support the Albanese government’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes under a deal that will delay and tweak Labor’s planned overhaul of the national…

Written in 1947, Kiyoshi Tanimoto’s account of the horrors of the atomic bomb attack will be published in August and is being made into a film The memoir of a man who survived the horrors of Hiroshima is to be published for the first time this summer after its discovery in a US archive. The 230-page memoir was written almost 80 years ago by Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who witnessed the city’s destruction a…

Experts say criminal networks favour Sri Lanka due to ease of getting tourist visas and limited regulation on sim cards and internet connections Experts have warned that Sri Lanka is emerging as a hub for transnational cybercrime, after a crackdown in south-east Asia pushed Chinese-run criminal networks to relocate their vast scam operations. Sri Lankan police spokesperson Fredrick Wootler said t…

While warehouse fires are often extinguished in a day, the Boyle Heights blaze is on its sixth day. Here’s what to know Los Angeles firefighters are on their sixth day of battling a fire at a massive warehouse near downtown that stores frozen food. Smoke has billowed from the warehouse, which was covered in solar panels and insulated like a freezer, filling the air surrounding the roughly 500,000…

Technology to be used in six more areas next year as critics say tens of thousands of people will be forced into ‘digital police lineup’ The Metropolitan police is to expand its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology, first into London’s West End by Christmas and then into a further six areas next year. The new cameras will be fixed, and could be attached to street furniture such as lamp…

21st Century Road to Housing Act, which aims to boost supply and stop investors buying up homes, heads to House Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The Senate on Monday passed a bipartisan measure aimed at lowering housing costs by streamlining construction and permitting, ending months of fraught negotiations on a priority for both parties ahead of Novem…

President says ‘vandals’ to blame for algae blooms and peeling paint as $14m renovation to undergo further repairs The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is set to be drained again after Donald Trump said on Monday – without providing proof – that five people were arrested for vandalism and five more are under investigation in connection to the algae blooms and peeling paint that appeared weeks aft…

Company wants to sell objects despite agreements to only display them at museums and traveling exhibitions A plan to auction more than 100 artifacts salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic – including personal belongings, currency, kitchen items and decor – is facing pushback from the US government, according to newly unsealed court documents. RMS Titanic Inc, the company that owns exclusive sa…

UK Health Security Agency also issues red heat alert for six English regions, indicating risk to life even for the healthy Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday in the face of extreme heat and humidity, while a red heat health alert has been issued in England indicating “a risk to life for even the healthy population”. The weather warning covers …

Firms including BP and 7-Eleven accused of coordinating prices to ‘wring more money from pockets of consumers’ Gas ⁠station ​operators including BP, Circle K, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Walmart and Albertsons were sued on Monday by California drivers ⁠who accused them of using artificial intelligence to boost prices at the pump. According to a proposed class action, the defendants ⁠violated California’s…

Share of people who say cultural diversity has been good for the nation plunges from 90% in 2024 to 73% in 2026, Lowy Institute survey finds Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia is undergoing a historic decline in support for multiculturalism, according to the Lowy Institute’s annual poll, amid a groundswell …

Move for greater prominence on social media comes as ministers warn online misinformation risk becoming ‘existential for our democracy’ Plans to hand established broadcasters and media companies greater prominence on digital platforms like YouTube and TikTok have been unveiled, as ministers warned online misinformation risked becoming “existential for our democracy”. In proposals that set up a ne…

Weekly toll cap in NSW to fall from $60 to $50 for one year. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning, Krishani Dhanji here with you, thanks to Martin Farrer for getting us started. There will be plenty of reaction in Canberra this morning to the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer ’s resignation. Continue reading...