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Fuel tax cuts also risk adding to inflation by enabling some households with enough income to spend more Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fuel excise cuts would be a “political Band-aid” that could worsen petrol shortages and add to inflation, economists have warned. The mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, Tasmania’s…

One Nation leader says voters ‘want to get rid of the Labor party, by all means’ but rejects possibility of formal power-sharing partnership Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Pauline Hanson says One Nation wants to work with the Liberals and Nationals – including on preferences deals – to defeat Labor and has offere…

President urges people to reduce consumption after power line passing through Ukraine damaged by drones; Moscow spring offensive steps up. What we know on day 1,491 Moldova declared a state of emergency in the energy sector after a key power line with Europe was disconnected following Russian strikes in Ukraine. The declaration comes into effect on Wednesday and lasts for 60 days. The prime minis…

Israel and Gulf states are targeted by Iran while Tehran denies any negotiations with US to end war Middle East crisis – live updates The US is poised to deploy airborne troops to the Middle East as strikes intensified across the region on Tuesday and Donald Trump claimed the US was in “very good” talks with Iran to end the war. Early on Wednesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had launched…

Dozens of former Israeli military, police and spy chiefs describe situation as ‘organised Jewish terrorism’ Middle East crisis – live updates Israel has not prosecuted its citizens for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since the start of this decade, , a Guardian analysis of legal data and public records show, creating impunity for a campaign of violence. Attacks have spurre…

Iran Guards said they fired missiles at Israel and US forces in bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain; crude oil prices fall sharply in early trading Trump’s rehashed 15-point Iran plan unlikely to appease Tehran Disruptions to international fertiliser supplies caused by the closing of the strait of Hormuz will cause food scarcity and high prices, the World Trade Organisation’s deputy director gene…

Grammy winner seeks more than $20m in damages over mistranslation of The Lion King chant A Grammy-winning South African composer who wrote and performed the opening chant in Circle of Life for Disney’s The Lion King is suing a comedian for allegedly damaging his reputation by intentionally misrepresenting the song’s meaning on a podcast and in his standup routine. Lebohang Morake’s lawsuit accuse…

Andrew Roth on why the war on Iran is unpopular with the US public and what it means for Maga insiders Andrew Roth, the Guardian’s global affairs correspondent based in Washington DC, says reporting on the US and Israeli war on Iran gives you “whiplash”. “We’re so used to going into these kinds of wars and conflicts where there’s a massive plan for what’s going to happen six weeks from now, six m…

Growing numbers of young voters are signing up to the Māori electoral roll as debate flares over the need for dedicated seats ahead of November’s election More young people have signed up to vote in Māori electorates, new figures from the electoral commission show, as New Zealand prepares for an election this year. The rise comes after years of tense relations between Indigenous New Zealanders an…

President’s declaration allows officials to tackle fuel hoarding or profiteering, while energy secretary says country will lean more heavily on coal Middle East crisis – live updates Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has declared a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Middle East war , which his administration said posed “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply…

Managing director Hugh Marks defiant the ABC will not back down on staff demands despite severe disruption to television, radio and digital Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than 2,000 ABC staff around the country have walked off the job for a 24-hour strike, forcing ABC services across TV, radio and digital to…

Emily Gregory defeats Republican Jon Maples in district that is home to US president’s Palm Beach estate Democrats managed to flip a seat in the Florida state house in the district that is home to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Emily Gregory, a Democrat, defeated Republican Jon Maples, who had an endorsement from the US president. The Associated Press called the race on Tuesday evening. Continue read…

Riverside county sheriff had last month seized more than 650,000 ballots cast in the state’s November special election California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, is seeking a court order to stop the Riverside county sheriff’s department from continuing its recount of ballots from the November 2025 special election. The LA Times reports that Bonta filed a petition with the fourth appellate district…

Investigation concludes actor will not face criminal charges, with Ritchson also declining to pursue a potential charge against his neighbor The Reacher star Alan Ritchson will not face criminal charges in relation to a widely publicised violent confrontation with a neighbor, after Tennessee police found he was acting in self-defense. In a video obtained by TMZ on Sunday, the 43-year-old actor ap…

Wes Streeting set to hail result as proof of progress, but Britons remain frustrated with long waits for GP hospital care Public satisfaction with the NHS has risen for the first time since 2019, but people remain deeply frustrated with stubbornly long waits to receive GP, A&E or hospital care. The proportion of voters in Britain satisfied with the way the NHS runs has increased from the record l…