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Bushfires still burning out of control in Victoria after state’s all-time maximum daily temperature record of 48.9C broken on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Parts of New South Wales and south-western Queensland could be on track for more record setting temperatures on Wednesday as a heatwave that has grip…

Findings follow death of woman at Marlo Altitude music festival in 2023, with coroner recommending state urgently update 2013 code of practice Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Police, security guards, bag searches, and sniffer dogs at music festivals can lead to riskier drug use and greater harms, a Victorian coron…

Three boys in Texas die after falling into icy pond, while outages mean many in US south still without power A colossal winter storm was responsible for more than 40 deaths as it brought more snow to the north-east and maintained icy conditions in the south, leaving many across the US without electricity. The deaths were registered in more than a dozen states afflicted by severe cold, according t…

Singer’s former assistant alleges he sexually assaulted her when she worked for Manson Records between 2010–2011 A judge in Los Angeles has reinstated a lawsuit against heavy metal star Marilyn Manson under a new law enabling old sexual assault cases to be heard in court. The lawsuit, filed in May 2021 by a former assistant to the musician, had been dismissed in December because it exceeded the s…

Queensland MP to challenge for the leadership next week, in move colleagues say is unlikely to succeed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Nationals MP Colin Boyce will challenge David Littleproud for the leadership after declaring the party was “committing political suicide” by ending the Coalition. The Flynn MP …

Crash that killed 67 was ‘100% preventable’, says NTSB chair at hearing that addressed history of missed opportunities National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled on Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk collided a year ago, killing 67 people near Washington DC. …

Authorities say suspect, who escaped from facility in 2024, ran from traffic stop and fired shots at helicopter A shooting involving a border patrol agent near the US-Mexico border in Arizona has left an accused smuggler in critical condition, local authorities said Tuesday. Border patrol agents attempted to stop a car at about 7am, Pima county sheriff Chris Nanos said at a press conference. Seve…

Rapidly rising consumer prices led to annual inflation growing from 3.4% to 3.8% Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Inflation jumped to 3.8% in the year to December, from 3.4% in the month before, as strong underlying price growth added to the chance of a Reserve Bank rate hike on Tuesday. The latest figures from the…

Joël Guerriau sentenced to four years in prison after spiking lawmaker’s champagne with ecstasy A French court has found a former senator guilty of drugging a female lawmaker with ecstasy with intent to sexually assault her. Joël Guerriau, 68, was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday, of which 18 months must be behind bars. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support for rape and sexual abuse o…

Study also says almost half have a mental health issue such as anxiety or depression How bad is maternal health in Europe, and how can we fix it? Seven out of 10 mothers in the UK feel overloaded and almost half have a mental health issue such as anxiety or depression, new research has revealed. The survey of mothers’ experiences in 12 European countries also found that most of those in Britain s…

Manchester toddler Jude Owens becomes youngest person to perform bank shot and double pot just weeks apart A two-year-old has become the holder of two Guinness World Records by becoming the youngest person to perform a pair of trick shots in snooker. Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully performed a pool bank shot at two years and 302 days old on 12 October last year. Continue reading...

Advertising Standards Authority says firm advised by George Osborne ‘trivialised risks of cryptocurrency’ A cryptocurrency company advised by George Osborne has been banned from showing a set of adverts that suggested using its services could be a solution to the cost of living crisis . Coinbase, which appointed the former Conservative chancellor to chair its global advisory council last year, ha…

South-west England bears brunt of storm, but yellow weather warnings are also issued for Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland A major incident has been declared in Somerset after swathes of south-west England were left flooded and cut off by Storm Chandra. The heavy rain and strong winds prompted calls for more resources to be invested in making the region more resilient in extreme weather. Conti…

Experts say business with China is always a double-edged sword let alone when its overheated economy can offer only marginal gains Starmer vows to remain ‘clear-eyed’ over national security as he flies to China Keir Starmer’s trip to China is billed as an attempt to revitalise diplomatic relations but eight years after Theresa May paved the way for a never-materialised “ambitious” post-Brexit dea…

Volodomyr Zelenskyy describes attack as act of ‘terrorism’ undermining ‘efforts to end the war’ A Russian drone strike on a passenger train in north-eastern Ukraine has killed five people, prosecutors said, an attack denounced as terrorism by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Prosecutors said fragments of five bodies had been found at the scene of the strike on the train, which occurred on Tuesday b…