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Claim comes after former festival board member Tony Berg accused Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah of ‘hypocrisy’ in their accusations of repressing freedom of speech Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A New York Times columnist at the centre of a second controversy engulfing Adelaide writers’ week has said he was uninvited from the event in 2024. Thomas Friedman, who …

Opposition leader says government took ‘a month to deliver this bad bill’ as Labor criticises Liberal ‘hypocrisy’ on proposed hate laws Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor’s proposed hate speech laws look set to fail in federal parliament without a significant overhaul, after the Coalition and the Greens both ru…

Prime minister wants cabinet ministers to move on from policies that have tanked with voters Before the 2015 UK election, the Australian political expert Lynton Crosby devised a strategy for the Tories that became known as “scraping the barnacles off the boat” – shedding unpopular policies that hindered the party’s electoral appeal. Instead, the party focused on core issues it believed would help…

United Nations says man experienced ‘serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia exposed an Iranian asylum seeker to torture and ill-treatment during his years in detention, a UN committee has found, amounting to a breach of international obligations. On Wednesday evening, the UN commi…

Wye river overflows and people take shelter as severe thunderstorms dump rain on parts of Victoria’s southwest coast People have been urged to find shelter after a severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding, closed a major scenic tourism road and washed cars out to sea. An emergency warning was in place for the Wye, Kennett and Cumberland rivers in the Lorne area in Victoria’s southwest coast afte…

Campaign beset by violence with supporters of rival candidate Bobi Wine teargassed and detained Ugandans are preparing to vote in an election that is expected to result in Yoweri Museveni extending his nearly four-decade grip on power in the east African country, after a campaign beset by violence. Security forces have frequently clamped down on supporters of Museveni’s main opponent, Bobi Wine, …

US president adopts more measured tone and suggests a pause in decision on threatened US military action in Iran Iran protests – live updates Iran crisis explained: what we know so far Analysis: why western diplomats are wary of predicting regime’s end days Donald Trump has said he has been assured the killing of protesters in Iran has been halted, adding that he would “watch it and see” about th…

US president says ‘important sources’ also told him executions not going ahead as Iranian airspace reopens to flights after near-five-hour closure Full report: US and UK military to withdraw some personnel from Middle East amid Iranian threats Iran crisis explained: what we know so far Analysis: why western diplomats are wary of predicting regime’s end days Podcast: Massacres and executions: what…

Minnesota city says it’s aware of a shooting as residents continue to reel in aftermath of Renee Nicole Good’s killing Federal immigration agents shot a man on Wednesday evening during an enforcement action in Minneapolis, according to multiple sources in networks of legal aid and observer groups. In a statement posted online, the city of Minneapolis said it was aware “of a shooting involving fed…

Amid global backlash, billionaire had only hours earlier said he was not aware of any ‘naked underage images’ Elon Musk’s xAI has announced it will block the ability of its Grok AI tool to alter images of real people to put them in “revealing clothing such as bikinis”, amid a global backlash over the tool being used to generate explicit imagery. The move came just hours after the billionaire said…

Apology comes as former Adelaide festival board member accuses Louise Adler of hypocrisy after she resigned citing free speech concerns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The new Adelaide Festival board has issued a public apology to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, and has promised she will be inv…

Luis David Nino-Moncada, shot the day after Renee Good was killed, denies using vehicle as weapon against officer A man shot and wounded by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration stop in Portland last week has plead not guilty to charges of aggravated assault against a federal officer and damaging federal property. Luis David Nino-Moncada, who was taken into custody after sustaining an injur…

Republicans Josh Hawley and Todd Young flipped after receiving ‘assurances’ from Trump administration The US Senate has voted against a war powers resolution that would have prevented Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without giving Congress advance notice. Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana, who had joined three other Republicans to advanc…

Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show A year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey suggests much of the world believes his nation-first, “Make America Great Again” approach is instead helping to make China great again. The 21-country survey for the influential European Council on Foreign Relatio…

Items worth £59.7m allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives as part of Arts Council England scheme Winston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli’s desk, a painting by Vanessa Bell and a rare artwork by Edgar Degas are among the items of cultural importance saved for the nation this year. The items, worth a total of £59.7m, will be allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives a…