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Tasmanian senator says it was ‘extremely difficult decision to make’ and he will leave ‘proud and grateful but exhausted’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Liberal frontbencher Jonno Duniam will quit politics before the end of the year, in another major blow to the struggling Coalition which is experiencing its lowe…

The Tasmanian Liberal senator has announced he will leave parliament before the end of the year. Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The founder of a women-only social media app found by the federal court to have discriminated against a transgender woman is seeking to appeal against the decision in the high court. Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd, found…

Charlie Verco managed to grab hold of the woman and bring her back to shore after the Sydney shark attack on Saturday Elite paddleboarder Charlie Verco has only seen one shark bigger than the one he saw on Saturday at Sydney’s Coogee beach. The North Bondi athlete was training for the world championships in Hawaii in July on Saturday morning when he heard a swimmer shouting “shark”. Continue read…

Fire at medical supplier Medline in Tracy, city of more than 100,000 residents, is affecting the air quality California firefighters continued to battle a blaze on Saturday that had engulfed a roughly 1m sq ft warehouse, causing officials to warn residents over unhealthy air quality. The fire has been raging at the medical supplier Medline Industries’ warehouse in Tracy, a city of more than 100,0…

Keir Starmer says commercial and government agreements will create tens of thousands of jobs and drive developments The UK and Japan are set to agree £18bn worth of investment, creating tens of thousands of jobs. Prime minister Keir Starmer will welcome his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi to Downing Street on Sunday ahead of the G7 summit next week. Continue reading...

New safety measures had little effect so far, study finds, with Starmer expected to announce under-16s ban Nearly half of girls and a third of all teenagers saw suicide, self-harm and eating disorder content on social media in a week, a study shows. The Molly Rose Foundation (MRF) research found that 47% of girls aged 13 to 17 encountered high-risk content during a seven-day period. Continue read…

Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds tore through Moneta, about 124 miles south-west of Richmond A large tent collapsed during a Virginia church’s 20th anniversary celebration on Friday evening, killing one person and injuring nearly two dozen others, officials said. Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds tore through Moneta, a small community about 124 miles (200km) south-west of Richmond, as …

Convenience store employee Eileen Fox, 56, said suspect ‘banged into metal stand’ but no one was injured in incident • Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs A convenience store worker was sacked after trying to tackle a woman who she suspected was shoplifting bacon. Eileen Fox said the suspected thief was “well known” in Bootle, Merseyside, and claimed she had…

Police stop comes after far-right activist rose to global prominence on social media amid racial tensions in Britain Tommy Robinson was detained by police on Saturday at Heathrow airport under counter-terrorism laws, after a week in which he rose to global prominence on social media. It was understood the far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped and his phone was …

Last-minute offer to be put to members is understood to include an average 6.6% pay uplift Resident doctors in England have called off strike action after the government made a new offer which will be put to members. They were set to stage a four-day walkout from 7am on Monday – the 16th round of strike action since 2023. Continue reading...

Two fires in 12 years wiped out all but a handful of the mature native pines in Victoria’s Wyperfeld national park, a key breeding ground for endangered pink cockatoos Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast At the entrance to Wyperfeld national park, in north-west Victoria, more than a dozen pink cockatoos are sprinkled across a hedge row of pine trees like Christmas decorat…

11-time All-Star released on $100 bond Police spotted handgun in player’s Mercedes Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden was released from a Houston jail after he was arrested early on Saturday morning on a misdemeanor gun violation. Harden was driving through downtown Houston with four others when he was stopped by police just before 4am. When Harden drove up behind another vehicle, an officer …

Four-ton Paige, brought in as surprise for attenders, made gushing debut after governor finished keynote speech An African elephant weighing roughly 4 tons that was brought to the Texas Republican party’s annual convention to excite attenders ended up drawing widespread attention for the wrong reasons after she urinated on the convention floor and became the focus of animal welfare concerns. Insi…

Pakistani PM claims Islamabad preparing for electronic signing, while Trump and Tehran trade conflicting claims Iran, the US and mediators suggested on Saturday that a preliminary peace deal could be signed within days to end the three-month war in the Middle East, though they gave differing timelines and versions of its text. Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, said on Saturday that Islam…

More than 100 UK lawmakers urge government to cancel London event, warning it is linked to land ‘stolen from Palestinians’ More than 100 UK lawmakers have called for the cancellation of an Israeli real estate event scheduled to take place in London on Sunday, which had appeared to advertise the sale of land in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In a letter sent to the foreign secretar…