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NSW parliament will be recalled on Monday and Tuesday to consider legislation responding to the Bondi terrorist attack Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast NSW will outlaw the display of terrorist symbols, such as those of Islamic State and Hamas, and ban hate speech, including the phrase “globalise the intifada”. The state government on Saturday unveiled a proposed crackd…

Files that were viewable included images of Epstein socializing with Bill Clinton, as well as entertainers like Michael Jackson Photos from the first batch of the Jeffrey Epstein files Epstein documents release – live updates The Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents detailing its investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a maj…

‘Most transparent’ administration has slow-walked and stonewalled – the incomplete release smells of a cover-up Epstein documents release – live updates The disappointment was palpable. In February, a group of 15 rightwing influencers visited the White House and paraded binders labelled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1”, only to discover that they contained precious little that was new. Ten months lat…

Lawyers for victims say they have been ‘repeatedly denied justice’ while deputy attorney general says more files will be released US politics live – latest updates Representatives for victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein condemned the US Department of Justice on Friday for only partially releasing investigative documents while at least one survivor said she felt “redeemed” by the doc…

Interview from 2019 reveals specific preferences for recruitment, including age and race Epstein files release – follow live Investigative notes describing Jeffery Epstein ’s detailed demands of the people he sent to procure children for his sexual predation are among the documents released by the Department of Justice on Friday. They cast a grim spotlight on the actions of Epstein and those arou…

It is unclear if the heavily redacted Epstein documents released by Trump’s justice department are the entirety of the government’s trove on the late sex offender Full report: US justice department releases long-awaited cache of Jeffrey Epstein files There are a vast number of photos of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and others on trips in locations including Bali, Indonesia; Morocco and S…

Jewish voices say an attack of this kind was entirely predictable given the surge in antisemitic attacks in Australia since 2023 The sun rises early at this time of year, hitting the south of the beach first before chasing the shadows north, the gradual retreat of the darkness to the light. Hanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, was being celebrated here on Sunday evening, when the darkness came…

Blunt remarks indicate UK’s largest union may be on collision course with Wes Streeting and Labour more widely Andrea Egan: My warning as the new head of Unison The new general secretary of Unison has declared the trade union will end its support for the “destructive right wing of the Labour party” and said any leadership election in 2026 should not swap Keir Starmer for Wes Streeting. Andrea Ega…

Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPs The future of the youth minimum wage will come under review as part of a major inquiry into rising inactivity among Britain’s young people by the former health secretary Alan Milburn. The social mobility expert said that unless the government tackled some “uncomfo…

President Nicolás Maduro orders Venezuelan navy to escort oil tankers after seizure by US forces What action is Trump taking against Venezuela’s oil industry? Donald Trump and his top advisers have refused to rule out the potential for open conflict with Venezuela as Nicolás Maduro urged his navy to escort oil tankers defying the largest US fleet deployed in the region in decades. In an interview…

Monitor says almost one in eight people face food shortages as flooding and cold exacerbate humanitarian emergency The famine in Gaza has ended as a result of increased humanitarian aid deliveries into the territory, the UN said on Friday, though it warned that levels of hunger and the humanitarian situation remained critical. Almost one in eight people in Gaza still faced food shortages, the UN …

Exclusive song for online retailer prevents a hat trick of Christmas No 1s for Wham!, as Kylie becomes first woman to secure UK No 1 singles in four different decades Kylie Minogue has scored her first UK Christmas No 1, and eighth No 1 single overall, with the song Xmas. She beat competition from Wham!’s mega-streaming Last Christmas , which has been Christmas No 1 for the past two years: it was…

Campaigners decry plan to reduce requirement for improved standards from 100% down to 40% of new homes Government plans to make huge cuts to targets for accessible new-build homes in England have been labelled a “monumental reversal” by campaigners, who say disabled people have been left feeling “betrayed and excluded”. In its proposals for changes to the country’s planning system, the government…

Neuroscientists, psychologists and ‘have-a-go heroes’ themselves explain why it is about more than just instinct As a knife-wielding terrorist wearing a fake suicide belt caused panic on London Bridge in 2019, Darryn Frost remembers entering a state of intense focus. Having grabbed a decorative narwhal tusk from the wall of Fishmongers’ Hall, the formerly shy civil servant zoned in on the danger …

Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies The Trump administration has indicated that it will fund a $1.6m study on hepatitis B vaccination of newborns in the west African country of Guinea-Bissau, where nearly one in five adults live with the virus – a move that researchers call “highly unethical” and “extremely risky”. The news fo…