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Release of review delayed after former leader Peter Dutton raised concerns about some findings against him and his chief-of-staff Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The former New South Wales premier Nick Greiner warned the Liberal federal executive that burying a review of the 2025 election defeat risked backlash from party members and in the media, exposing further int…

Fears that decision to strike could be open-ended as Trump comes under pressure to spell out his vision for the country US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump is under pressure to spell out his vision for Iran amid the ongoing attacks on the country and reports of the first American casualties since the launch of unprovoked US and Israeli milita…

It is Hanson’s second censure within four months, this time over comments questioning whether there were ‘good’ Muslims Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Pauline Hanson has been censured again by the federal Senate, with two Liberal senators crossing the floor to support a motion calling out the One Nation leader’s …

Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, but has left him in exile In order to watch the Oscar-nominated documentary in which many of them have starring roles, pupils at Karabash School No 1 have had to source bootlegged copies, viewing the f…

Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran US-Israeli attack on Iran – live updates Hundreds more flights were cancelled on Monday, extending the turmoil in global air travel caused by the US-Israel war on Iran , with hundreds of thousands of passengers already stranded. Leading airline stocks came unde…

In today’s newsletter: A region already strained by years of proxy conflict is now confronting its most volatile moment in decades, as the death of Iran’s supreme leader ​could drag us into a rapidly widening crisis, with no clear path to de‑escalation Good morning. Over the weekend the US and Israel launched a series of attacks on Iran that resulted in the assassination of Tehran’s supreme leade…

Funding uncertainty is main concern, despite Labour’s pledge to revitalise construction, survey shows Almost two-thirds of senior council officers have said they are seeing construction projects delayed, despite the key role of local authorities in creating the wave of new housing and infrastructure promised by Labour. Before Rachel Reeves’s spring forecast on Tuesday , a survey of senior council…

Opposition leader suggests 23 children and 11 women attempting to leave al-Roj are ‘ISIS sympathisers’ Angus Taylor has suggested the Australian children remaining in a Syrian detention camp are “ISIS sympathisers” as the Liberal party ramps up its rhetoric against the families of dead or jailed Islamic State fighters. The opposition leader also chided a member of the press for attempting to forc…

Tufan Erginbilgiç says decision is for the government but German participation remains a possibility The boss of Rolls-Royce has said he would welcome Germany helping to build Britain’s next-generation fighter jet, arguing that it would bring in more business for the project. The aircraft, designed to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon, is a joint effort between the UK, Italy and Japan . Rolls-Royce…

US president signals willingness to engage with Tehran’s surviving leadership as strikes and retaliatory attacks intensify across region US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to talk to what was left of the Iranian leadership iafter the killing of the country’s supreme leader by US-Israeli airstrikes aimed at overthrowing the regime. Trump was speaking…

Hartlepool leaders ‘furious and appalled’ after meeting with Steve Reed about growing cost of social care The housing, communities and local government secretary, Steve Reed, has been accused by a Labour council of showing “arrogance, indifference and moral bankruptcy” towards children in social care. In an unusually forthright attack, Labour leaders of Hartlepool council said they were “furious …

Authorities say capture of bull and tiger sharks necessary to protect lives as environmentalists launch urgent legal challenge Some beaches in areas of New Caledonia are closed to swimming and the authorities have begun shark culling off the capital, Nouméa, after a fatal attack in the popular tourist spot – prompting a legal challenge to stop the operation and reigniting debate over public safet…

Biggest house price increases in February come in smaller capital cities as buyers undeterred by interest rate hikes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hot competition for cheaper Australian homes has powered a relentless “up-crash” in prices despite rising interest rates, economists warn. Desperate first home buyers…

The apparent attack on RAF Akrotiri came hours after the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to attack Iran’s missile sites The UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone strike, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. A security alert put out to residents in the vicinity of Akrotiri by the British bas…

Sporadic clashes reported in several provinces in Afghanistan as both sides give conflicting death tolls Afghanistan has said it had thwarted Pakistan’s attempted airstrikes on Bagram airbase, the former US military base north of Kabul, as cross-border fighting between the two countries stretched into a fourth day. Months of clashes have flared up again since Thursday, when Afghanistan launched a…