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Kumanjayi White died after being restrained by plain-clothes police in the lolly aisle of an Alice Springs supermarket •Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The family of a young Aboriginal man who died after being restrained by police in…

Exclusive: Judge intends to consider ‘terrorist connection’ after convicting five for damage to Barclays in Burnley Five Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire. Brendon O’Hagan, 28; Amanda Kelly, 31; Humeera Atiqnisar, 31; Mohammed Malik, 28; and Alma Yaniv, 70, were found guilty of causi…

Relaxed rules mean members only have to wear a top to meetings and activities after extensive feedback Girlguiding has fully redesigned its uniform across all groups for the first time in more than 30 years, with a focus on “self-expression, belonging and confidence”. The new range, launched on Monday, has relaxed previous rules: Guides, Rainbows, Brownies and Rangers now only have to wear a top …

Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcy Reform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned. Nigel Farage’s party has pledged a “migrant worker surcharge”, wh…

PM says that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse, in first full interview since entering No 10 Andy Burnham has pledged to use “whatever political capital I have” to finally fix the crumbling social care system in England, saying that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse. In his first full interview since becoming prime minister last week, Burnham said he co…

Judges find in Faruqi’s favour after One Nation leader launched an appeal against judgement she had breached Racial Discrimination Act A court has upheld the finding that Pauline Hanson engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she tweeted the Greens senator should “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”. The One Nation leader launched the appeal in November, almost a mo…

Blazes near Madrid coming under control but efforts to contain huge fire near Bordeaux hampered by windy conditions Authorities in France battled to contain a huge wildfire near Bordeaux as the forecast of another heatwave threatened to deepen the crisis and the Spanish prime minister, Pédro Saánchez, warned Spain and the Iberian peninsula were suffering the effects of the climate emergency. Wind…

Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows Expanding Heathrow airport will take thousands of jobs from other regions of the UK, including almost 10,000 from the West Midlands alone, according to an analysis of the government’s own forecasts. An economic paper published by the Department for Transport last month show…

More electric vehicles sold in first half of 2026 than whole of last year, new data shows Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australians bought more electric vehicles in the first six months of 2026 than the whole of the previous year, new data shows, as the ongoing crisis in the Middle East causes uncertainty about …

At least four people taken to hospital with one reported to be in a critical condition after gunfire at Seattle Center near Space Needle At least four people including a child were wounded in a shooting on Sunday night at an events complex close to the Space Needle in Seattle, a hospital spokesperson said. The Seattle Center was hosting the Bite of Seattle food festival over the weekend. After th…

Southern and central states from California to Mississippi face heat indexes above 100F amid another heat dome At least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity gripped large swaths of the country for a second straight day . Heat indexes well above 100F (38C) stretched from Minnesot…

Minister says premier ‘not going anywhere’ and describes leaking of Sunday night meeting as attempt to build momentum for spill Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Victorian Labor premier, Jacinta Allan, is expected to face a leadership challenge when state parliament resumes this week. Just four months out from a…

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and wounded “starting July 7”. Accor…

Ukrainian president will be first overseas visitor for new British prime minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy will become Andy Burnham’s first overseas visitor as prime minister, in a visit that Burnham said underlined Britain’s “unwavering” backing for Ukraine. Less than two weeks after Keir Starmer travelled to Kyiv for the final foreign visit of his prime ministership, the Ukrainian president will on …

New tidal baths on banks of Callan Park in Lilyfield expected to attract thousands to Parramatta River’s southern banks. Follow the day’s news Two more bird flu cases confirmed in South Australia Two local birds in South Australia suspected to have a deadly bird flu , greater crested terns found in Robe and Semaphore, have been confirmed positive for the H5N1 virus by CSIRO. All of these have bee…