The Guardian

Ross Cadell, Bridget McKenzie and Susan McDonald breached shadow cabinet solidarity rules, challenging authority of Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Three Nationals senators have resigned from the frontbench after they crossed the floor to vote against Labor’s hate speech …

The 85-year-old bestselling author’s final novel, Adam and Eve, will be published in English in October Bestselling novelist Jeffrey Archer has announced his next novel, Adam and Eve, will be his last, coming out 50 years after his debut was published. The 85-year-old author has sold more than 300m books around the world since his first novel, Not a Penny More Not a Penny Less, was published in 1…

State environmental regulator says Valhalla project, set to drill up to 20 gas wells in Canning basin, can proceed subject to conditions Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A controversial fracking proposal in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been recommended for approval by the state’s Environmental Protectio…

Girl had to agree to remove Club Deportivo Palestino shirt before being let into Allianz Stadium on Sunday night Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenager wearing a football jersey containing the Palestinian flag was refused entry to an A-League match at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium, with a video showing security ask…

Carney warns US-led global system of governance is enduring ‘a rupture’ as US president flies in for showdown with European leaders over Greenland Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has said that the US-led global system of governance is enduring “a rupture,” defined by great power competition and a “fading” rules-based order. His speech to political and financial elites at the World Economic Fo…

Trump-appointed federal attorney with no prosecutorial experience led failed cases against president’s political foes Lindsey Halligan, a Trump-appointed federal attorney who led the failed prosecutions of two of the president’s political opponents, has left her position at the US justice department, attorney general Pam Bondi said on Tuesday. The departure of Halligan, who previously served as T…

Cost of living likely to dominate the agenda ahead of 7 November poll as centre-right National party battles to retain power The prime minister, Christopher Luxon, has announced New Zealand’s next general election will be held on 7 November, kickstarting a campaign cycle that could become one of the country’s most contested in years. On Wednesday, Luxon told reporters the National party would con…

In an emergency filing, party asked for an injunction for new maps aimed at countering Texas’ gerrymander The California Republican party has asked the state supreme court to block a redistricting measure voters approved in November that would flip up to five House seats in Democrats’ favor. In an emergency filing, the party asked Justice Elena Kagan, who is assigned to the ninth circuit, to issu…

For years, Beijing has struggled to gain a foothold in Greenland, in part because of US and Danish unity. Trump’s fraying of that alliance could create the opening it needs According to Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign affairs chief, China and Russia must be having a “ field day ” about Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland, which Kallas says will divide Nato. But according to Trump, his pl…

Coroner to examine if 19-year-old drowned off Australian tourist island or was killed by wild dingoes “I’m 18, and you can’t stop me!” Piper James told her father before she set off backpacking on the other side of the Pacific Ocean – but the young Canadian woman’s trip to Australia ended in tragedy and trauma. Early on Monday, the now-19-year-old was found dead on a beach on the world heritage-l…

Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey among officials who received subpoenas The justice department subpoenaed several top officials in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of its investigation into whether Minneapolis officials have conspired to impede federal immigration efforts there. A copy of a subpoena to the office of the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, obtained by the Guardi…

European countries now reliant on US liquified natural gas shipments, creating risk of higher bills amid recent tensions Donald Trump has a stranglehold over EU and UK energy supply as a result of Europe swapping its dependency on Russia for reliance on the US, analysis has shown. In part due to the war in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions on Russian pipeline gas, European countries have be…

Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence. An open letter , released to coincide with the World Economic For…

IFS says system failing to deliver for those who need it and ministers face stark choices with white paper imminent The government is facing “crunch time” over the rising costs and failures of special needs education for children in England, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The IFS said government spending on educating children with special needs would double between 201…

The number of small venues shrank by just nine in 2025, but more than half of them reported making no profit, while employment in the sector dropped almost 22% The number of grassroots music venues (GMV) in the UK shrank in effect by just nine in 2025, the lowest rate of annual decline since 2018. Thirty venues closed permanently between July 2024 and 2025 and 48 ceased functioning as GMVs, citin…