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Individual detained Tuesday south of Tucson, Arizona, in relation to case of mother of NBC’s Savannah Guthrie A person has been detained for questioning by the Pima county sheriff’s department in relation to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. According to reports, the person was detained Tuesday south of Tucson, Arizona. A search of a location connected to the indiv…

Trump, outraged by clip of six lawmakers, called them ‘traitors’ and said behavior was ‘punishable by death’ A Washington DC grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers who were denounced by Donald Trump after they made a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders. Federal prosecutors had sought an indictment against the Democrats who participated in the video, including Elissa Slotk…

Exclusive: Friends of Palestine calls for independent investigation of actions of NSW police amid ‘terrible erosion of civil liberties’ at Sydney rally Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A group of pro-Palestine Labor members have voiced their “distress and disgust” at the police response to protests over Israeli pre…

Jamaat e-Islami, oppressed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, could take unprecedented share of the vote on Thursday As the clock hit midnight, the women held their flame torches aloft and marched into the Dhaka night. “The people have given their blood, now we want equality,” they shouted above the roar of the traffic. For many in Bangladesh, the past few weeks have been a cause for jubilation. The fir…

Police minister points to ‘issues’ with similar system in WA but shadow attorney general claims the LNP ‘buckled to the gun lobby’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s state government “ignored” a recommendation to introduce mandatory mental health checks for gun licence applicants from the Wieambilla coro…

Police have been searching for Belgian tourist, 31, since she went missing near Cradle Mountain in June 2023 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Investigators are closer to uncovering the mystery of what happened to missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer after a major discovery in the wilderness. Five bones, teeth and …

House of Commons business and trade committee calls for changes after series of scandals in sector The UK government needs to eradicate “unsustainable” gaps in the policing of franchise businesses after a series of scandals to hit the sector, a parliamentary committee has found. The conclusion forms part of the business and trade committee’s small business strategy report and follows a Guardian i…

Community Security Trust, which provides security to British Jews, recorded total 3,700 incidents in 2025 Antisemitic incidents increased sharply in the UK after the deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish year, according to an organisation that provides security to British Jews. Two people died and three were seriously injured at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation o…

Special spaces are a key part of government’s planned overhaul of special educational needs support Secondary schools in England must provide specially designed areas for neurodiverse children and pupils with special educational needs, ministers have said. Universal “inclusion bases” are spaces away from classrooms where children with additional needs can get support for some lessons. They are se…

Music publisher Primary Wave said to have bought rights to pop star’s music, including Toxic and Baby One More Time Britney Spears has sold the rights to her music catalog, which includes hits such as Toxic, Baby One More Time and Gimme More, according to media reports. The music publisher Primary Wave is said to have purchased the pop star’s music rights on 30 December, TMZ reported on Tuesday, …

Consumer advocates call for more transparency as Woolworths, Coles and Aldi expand use of the practice without displaying per-kilogram pricing Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast If you go into Woolworths to buy a bunch of small “kids’ bananas” you may not realise you’re paying double the price of the larger cavendish bananas right next to them. At one Woolworths store, k…

Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines US regulators will not review Moderna’s request to license a new, potentially more effective flu shot – even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously gave the green light to the project – in a decision that could have implications for all new and updated vaccines in …

Teachers and admin teams spend more than 100 hours a week enforcing restrictions, according to Birmingham University research Smartphone policies in English secondary schools are a “huge drain” on resources, with staff spending on average more than 100 hours a week enforcing restrictions, according to research. Teachers, teaching assistants, caretakers and receptionists are involved with helping …

Boy, 13, held on suspicion of attempted murder after pupils aged 12 and 13 stabbed at Kingsbury high school A police counter-terrorism unit was on Tuesday night leading the inquiry into the stabbing of two boys aged 13 and 12 at a school in north-west London. Police were called to Kingsbury high school in Brent on Tuesday afternoon after reports that a 13-year-old boy had been stabbed. When they …

Another night of demonstrations in Sydney after criticism of police actions at Monday’s protest. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In his opening statement, Burgess cautioned those judging the agency’s actions in retrospect with the benefit of hindsight. Naveed first came under Asio’s purview in August 2019 after suspected links to possible Islamic e…