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Economists predict RBA board will hike cash rate to 4.1% next week as inflation climbs and energy costs surge Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Millions of Australians could be hit with the twin blow of soaring petrol prices and higher mortgage repayments amid rising expectations that the US-Israel war on Iran will …

The Queensland senator replaces David Littleproud, who announced his shock resignation from the National party on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Matt Canavan has declared “we need more Australian everything” – including babies, farming and fossil-fuel powered barbecues – after being elected Nationals lead…

Iran’s police chief says protesters will be treated as ‘enemies’ and that security forces remain stationed in the streets How have you been affected by the latest Middle East events? US Central Command has said in a post on X that it “eliminated” 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. Earlier Donald Trump said that the US had hit and “completely destroyed” 10 inactiv…

More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch ‘kākāpō cam’, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders On an island in New Zealand’s remote southern fjords, one of the world’s strangest and rarest parrots – the kākāpō – is caring for her tiny chick as fans from across the globe watch on. Through the black and white lens of a hidden camera, a fluf…

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority says pupils had trouble logging on to platform Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Schools across Australia have been told to “pause” Naplan testing for more than a million primary and secondary students on its first day after widespread technology problems wit…

Georgia contest will be a test of Trump’s sway and may provide a rare opportunity for Democrats in the southern state Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Republican former prosecutor Clay Fuller and retired army general Shawn Harris, a Democrat, will head to a run-off after they came out ahead in a special election Tuesday to replace Marjorie Taylor Green…

Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals Two former public servants referred to the anti-corruption watchdog by the royal commission into robodebt have been found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct while former prime minister, Scott Morrison, has been cleared. The long-awaited report into potential corruption rela…

State’s governor declared emergency as islands face extreme weather and Big Island volcano Kilauea erupts Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Hawaii is preparing for a powerful storm this week that is expected to cause intense winds, thunderstorms and possibly significant flooding across multiple islands. Josh Green, the governor, said on Monday he had is…

Upper chamber accepts final draft of bill, which offers life peerages to some of those who would otherwise be removed Hereditary peerages will be abolished before the next king’s speech after a deal was struck granting life peerages to some Conservatives and cross-benchers losing their seats. On Tuesday evening the upper chamber accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill…

Ivanna Lisette Ortiz of Florida, 35, allegedly fired 10 shots with a semiautomatic firearm into Beverly Hills home A 35-year-old Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly fired shots into the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna on Sunday. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz was charged on Tuesday with one count of attempted murder, 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic f…

First tranche expected to include Cabinet Office report warning of ‘reputational risk’ over ex-minister’s links to Epstein Hundreds of documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US are expected to be released by Downing Street on Wednesday. The first tranche of files will include a two-page due diligence report by the Cabinet Office, which is likely to raise question…

‘Eye strokes’ that reduce blood flow to optic nerve likely to be side-effect of active ingredient semaglutide, says author Patients taking Wegovy have nearly five times the risk of sudden sight loss of those on Ozempic, a large-scale study has found. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medicines such as semaglutide (sold as Wegovy, Ozempic and Rybelsus) and tirzepetide (sold as Mo…

The blaze happened in Kerzers in Fribourg canton, which is about 12 miles west of Berne At least six people have been killed and five injured after a bus caught fire in a town in Switzerland. The blaze happened in Kerzers in Fribourg canton in western Switzerland, police said in a social media post. “Several people injured and several are dead,” the cantonal police said. Continue reading...

Andy Ogles said Muslims do not belong in the US and Randy Fine made an unfavorable comparison of Muslims to dogs Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Mike Johnson , the speaker of the US House of Representatives , on Tuesday declined to condemn Republican lawmakers who recently made Islamophobic comments, saying only that he had spoken to them about their …

Exclusive: Safeguarding minister says man accused of restraining order breach will not come to court until 2028 A man accused of breaching a restraining order related to Jess Phillips will not have his case heard in the crown court until 2028, the Labour minister has revealed, as MPs voted in favour of controversial plans to scrap some jury trials. During an emotive day in the House of Commons, t…