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Attack comes after Friday’s strike that killed three men as well, pushing death toll to more than 200 since last year The US military said on Saturday it had carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific killing three men, the second strike in as many days. Officials with the US Southern Command said in a post on X that intelligence had confirmed that the vessel was transiting along “na…

Exclusive: Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan show possible savings for university graduates, as Hecs debts increase by $1bn on Monday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast University graduates would save more than $3bn over a decade if the government changed the date of indexation on Hecs debts , dubbed a “broken system” in its current form by independent…

Buyers abandon auctions and Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra median house prices end May lower than they were at the end of 2025 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Home prices in Australia’s capital cities have begun to fall, with experts predicting the decline could last at least a year and wipe as much as 10% from values. The median capital city home price fell in May, t…

Proposal requires Rene Haas to steer US-listed British company to ‘exceptional growth metrics’ The chief executive of Arm is in line for a pay package that would make him a billionaire if he hits targets to turn the British microchip giant into the UK’s first trillion-dollar company. Arm, which is listed in New York but retains its global headquarters in Cambridge, has proposed a pay scheme for R…

Former Scottish first minister says she will not apologise for actions of her ex-husband found guilty of embezzlement Nicola Sturgeon has said she feels like she is serving a sentence for a crime she did not commit, as she denied ever “consciously” seeing the motor home bought by her estranged husband with money embezzled from the Scottish National party. Scotland’s former first minister said the…

Tribunal orders company to pay Shabin Shaji for care work he was not given after coming to UK, in landmark case An Indian citizen who came to the UK to work as a care worker through the post-Brexit visa scheme has been awarded nearly £30,000 in a landmark case, because his employer failed to give him a single day of work for a year. An employment tribunal ordered the care company Swan Care Soluti…

Yves Sakila died after being restrained by security guards ‘in broad daylight’ Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on the body of a Congolese man who died after being restrained by shop security guards on a Dublin street, prompting an outcry and comparisons to the death of George Floyd. A forensic pathologist from England is to conduct an independent postmortem this week on Yves …

Driver faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter in Friday crash that killed five and injured more than 40 others The driver of a motor coach bus that killed five people and injured more than 40 others after crashing in Virginia on Friday morning has been criminally charged. Jing S Dong, 48, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter, with additional charges likely, according to Virginia sta…

Scottish family on low income receives £15,000 more a year than identical household in England The emergence of “welfare nationalism” in the UK has created striking differences in benefit entitlement that result in a Scottish family on a low income receiving £15,000 a year more in state support than an identical household over the border in England. A typical out of work couple with four children…

Two had been confirmed dead after tank containing ‘white liquor’ used in making paper pulp imploded last week The death toll from a chemical tank rupture in the US state of Washington climbed to 11 as crews recovered the bodies of all nine missing people, authorities said on Saturday. Two fatalities had been confirmed after the tank containing “white liquor” – a chemical solution of sodium hydrox…

Tragedy in Washington and near-miss in California cast in sharp relief the risk of chemical spills and explosions For several tense days last week, tens of thousands of southern California residents were left wondering whether a 7,000-gallon chemical storage tank would either explode or spill out into the streets. The episode cast in sharp relief the risk of chemical spills and explosions that lu…

The far shorter Middle East war has rapidly revealed the strategic weakness of US firepower in an interconnected world In a 1965 speech justifying the war in Vietnam, Lyndon B Johnson argued that the goal was to ensure “every country can shape its own destiny” since only in such a world could the US secure its own freedom. However, he also admitted “such were infirmities of man that force must of…

Survey finds consumers cannot reliably access 4G or 5G, highlighting weaknesses in digital infrastructure More than four in 10 consumers struggle to access 4G or 5G on their mobile devices for at least half the time they are on the move, according to a survey that highlights the poor state of the UK’s digital infrastructure. The poll of more than 2,000 people who use digital devices found that 45…

Ballots are being cast in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential elections Colombians are casting ballots in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential election, choosing between candidates with radically diverging visions for the future of peace in a country haunted by decades of armed conflict. The vote on Sunday, seen as a referendum on outgoing President …

Sky News Arabia to retain its name in brand licensing deal after criticism of its coverage of the war in Sudan Sky is exiting its TV news joint venture with the United Arab Emirates, Sky News Arabia, which has been criticised for its coverage of the war in Sudan, with accusations of genocide denial. Sky and its partner IMI – the investment vehicle controlled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan,…