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President says Gordie Howe Bridge will open only when US is ‘fully compensated’ – and makes bizarre hockey claim As Democrats prepare to force a vote in the US House this week on Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, the president posted a lengthy diatribe on his social media platform in which he threatened to block a bridge connecting the US and Canada and made a bizarre false claim that increased t…

Christian charity executive, Lauren Mastrosa, pen name Tori Woods, found to have written novel that ‘sexually objectifies children’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Christian charity executive has been found guilty of child abuse after she wrote a book describing an adult roleplaying as a toddler. Lauren Ashley M…

Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested as part of the government’s targeting of students protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University PhD student, who was arrested last year as part of its targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists, her lawyers said on Monday. Lawyers for the Turkish student detai…

Fathers of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, who died after a night out at the Nana backpackers hostel in 2024, say court decision is ‘absolute injustice’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The families of two Melbourne teenagers who died after drinking methanol-laced alcohol in Laos say they have been b…

Judge rules that law discriminates against federal government because it does not apply to state authorities A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number. California became the first state to ban most l…

Former nanny Scarlett Pavlovich filed suit in three US states alleging author assaulted her in New Zealand in 2022 Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing the bestselling fantasy author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children’s nanny in New Zealand four years ago. Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, in Wisconsin in February 2025, ac…

Government contractor stripped custody suites in England and Wales of motivational murals deemed too welcoming, report says A government contractor has been accused of being “petty and vindictive” after tearing down brightly coloured artworks carrying motivational messages that were intended to improve the conditions for people held in court cells. The decision by Serco to remove the artworks, co…

Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease It would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the current rate of growth, according to a thinktank. A two-decade stagnation in disposable incomes has created a “mood of unease” across the country, the Resolution Foundation sa…

Being unhealthy weight raises risk of severe illness or death from most infectious diseases significantly, researchers find People living with obesity are 70% more likely to be hospitalised by or die from an infection, with one in 10 infection-related deaths globally linked to the condition, research suggests. Being an unhealthy weight significantly increases the risk of severe illness and death …

Ranking member of House judiciary panel said ‘mysterious redactions’ in files obscured names of abusers A top House Democrat on Monday accused the justice department of making “mysterious redactions” to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while also allowing the identities of the disgraced financier’s victims to become public. Jamie Raskin, House judiciary ran…

UK projects will allow local areas to control and profit from renewable power generation, says energy secretary The UK government is pledging to spend up to £1bn on community-owned green energy schemes in an effort to combat growing scepticism and resistance to renewables and grid upgrade projects. Ed Miliband, the UK energy secretary, said the new funding was intended to help democratise the ene…

Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone star died aged 71 in January after being rushed to hospital due to breathing difficulties Emmy-winning actor Catherine O’Hara, who starred in Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone, died from a blood clot in her lungs, her death certificate revealed Monday. The Canadian-born performer was rushed to the hospital on 30 January after having difficulty breathing at her home in th…

Politicians who attended protest against visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog say police actions against demonstrators were ‘wildly inappropriate’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor backbench and Greens MPs say the police response to a protest against the Israeli president’s visit on Monday evening was “wild…

Airlines from as far away as Russia, China and Spain have also been affected as island nation warns of fuel shortage Air Canada has cancelled all flights to Cuba after the island’s authorities said they were running out of aviation fuel, as a consequence of the US oil blockade on the Caribbean country. The airline, one of a dozen who serve the island, said it would begin repatriating 3,000 custom…

Fallout begins after violent scenes in Sydney. Follow the latest news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the big breaking stories before Krishani Dhanji takes the helm. Anthony Albanese’s decision to invite the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog , to Australia to promote “unity” after the Bondi …