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Catherine King says while peace talks were ‘best chance’ at lowering fuel prices, further help may be included in budget Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is contemplating further relief for struggling households and businesses in next month’s federal budget, as peace talks continue between t…

Study identified eight areas that can sustain a population and government has given £1m for recovery programme “The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.” So wrote Shakespeare in Richard III, in a line of social commentary that feels ever more relevant with age. A note of good news then, in a world of so much bad, that the eagles the Bard was probably referring t…

Follow the day’s news live Albanese didn’t return with shiploads of diesel. That doesn’t mean his Singapore visit wasn’t a success Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning, welcome to the Australian news live blog for this Sunday 12 April. My name is Stephanie Convery and I’ll be with you until this afternoon. First up, the Australian government has launched an ad…

Suspect in 40s arrested after man apparently climbed on to USAF C130 Hercules transport plane on remote taxiway in County Clare A man has been arrested after entering an unauthorised area of an airport in the Republic of Ireland and allegedly causing damage to a US military aircraft, police have said. The suspect, aged in his 40s, was arrested for alleged criminal damage and remains in custody ov…

Animals were used legally as fishing bait, sheriff’s office confirms after incident shook locals in Guemes Island A Washington state sheriff’s office says it has solved the mystery of nearly two dozen dead canines who washed ashore recently . The animals were foxes being used legally as bait for fishing operations, the Skagit county sheriff’s office said on Friday. Continue reading...

Human rights lawyers say NDIS workers and their clients remain at risk despite newly bolstered whistleblower protections Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When Susan* came across wrongdoing at her disability support provider, she faced a choice. Say nothing, and allow her highly vulnerable clients to be put at serious risk. Continue reading...

Ukraine reports 469 violations of Putin’s 32-hour ceasefire, hours after deadly drone attacks on Odesa and Kherson Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones after a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire took effect on Saturday, a Ukrainian military officer said. “The ceasefire is not being observed by the Russian side,” said Serhii Kolesnychenko, a communications officer for the 148t…

US and Iranian media report peace talks have begun in Islamabad, while Netanyahu says Israel remains committed to fighting Iran US and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace deal US officials claim Iran unable to find mines it laid in strait of Hormuz The UK will host a strait of Hormuz meeting next week , bringing together multiple countries aiming to restore free movemen…

Police rescued boy after neighbour reported sounds of a child coming from vehicle in Hagenbach in eastern France A malnourished nine-year-old boy was rescued after being locked in his father’s van since 2024 in eastern France, a prosecutor said. A neighbour alerted police to “sounds of a child” coming from a vehicle in the village of Hagenbach, near the borders of Switzerland and Germany. Continu…

Three arrested by federal agents had family ties to Iranian military general, regime spokesperson or security chief United States federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals – including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis – after the US state department terminated their green cards, the department announced on Saturday. State department officials revoked t…

Israeli PM says he will continue to attack Hezbollah ‘with full force’ after attacks that killed more than 300 people Middle East crisis – live updates Benjamin Netanyahu has said there is “no ceasefire in Lebanon” and Israel would continue “to strike Hezbollah with full force” as the country’s military launched fresh strikes. The Israeli prime minister’s remarks and latest attacks on what the ID…

JD Vance leads American delegation while Iran’s negotiators headed up by Iran’s parliamentary speaker Peace talks between Iran and the US began in Islamabad this afternoon, with senior negotiators from both countries meeting face to face at the highest level for the first time since 1979, in the presence of mediators from Pakistan. Pakistani state TV said US and Iranian officials were “sitting di…

Officials accept that time has run out to pass law to allow transfer of islands to Mauritius The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement. On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in…

After Calvin Duncan served 28 years for a murder he didn’t commit, he won an election to serve as criminal court clerk. But now the office might be shut down A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana’s governor, Jeff Landry, and the Republican-controlled state legislature a…

Witness described at least one person slashed with large knife and police with guns drawn A shooting and stabbing has left at least two people critically injured at New York City ’s Grand Central subway station, according to reports. Citing information from New York’s fire department, the local news outlet WPIX reported two people were brought to a hospital in critical condition after a shooting …