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Ukrainian president says peace deal proposed by US included ceding land to Russia. What we know on day 1,492 The US is making its offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country’s eastern region of Donbas to Russia, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters in an interview. With the US focused on its own conflict with Iran, Donald Trump is a…

US president claims Iranian negotiators fear being killed by their own side; Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi says US and Iran ‘signalling a willingness to negotiate’ Iran rejects US ceasefire plan and submits its own amid push for talks Analysis: Trump pitches Iran peace plan but military buildups rarely veer to off-ramp China’s foreign minister has said that a “glimmer of hope” for peace has em…

Sewell pleaded not guilty to five charges over alleged group assault on Camp Sovereignty last year Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Neo-Nazi figure Thomas Sewell has been committed to stand trial after allegedly leading an attack on an Indigenous protest site in Melbourne last year. Sewell, 33, appeared into Melbou…

Former Olympic rower to lead corporation as it hammers out future funding model with government The BBC has turned to a former tech executive to steer it through a critical period in its history, as it attempts to navigate government talks over its future and huge changes in media consumption. Matt Brittin, who stepped down as Google’s president in Europe, the Middle East and Africa last year, wi…

Staff urge managing director to retract comments after he describes industrial action as ‘playing games’ ABC staff and union representatives have urged managing director Hugh Marks to retract “utterly offensive” comments after he said staff had treated taking industrial action as “a bit of a game”. Marks made the comments just hours before the end of the 24-hour strike that saw more than 2,000 st…

US president says he will host Chinese leader in a reciprocal visit later this year Donald Trump will meet Xi Jinping in May during the US president’s first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip that had been postponed due to the Iran war. Trump was initially slated to travel next week, but will now visit Beijing on 14 and 15 May, he wrote in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. T…

Exclusive : Speaking with the Australian Politics podcast, the Liberal frontbencher says a sovereign wealth fund would set Australians up for generations to come Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie says he is open to a new 25% tax on soaring gas profits as part of a Scandinavian-styl…

Peers, in vote of 266 to 141, reject Keir Starmer’s proposals for public consultation to decide if social media ban should be introduced in UK The House of Lords has backed an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s. Peers, in a vote of 266 to 141, rejected Keir Starmer’s proposals for a public consultation to decide whether a ban should be introduced. Continue reading...

Bill Pulte reportedly urges examination of alleged fraud as New York attorney general’s lawyer attacks ‘vendetta’ The Trump administration’s federal housing director Bill Pulte is asking prosecutors to investigate New York attorney general Letitia James for insurance fraud, according to criminal referrals reported by MS Now and CBS News . The referrals to prosecutors in Florida and Illinois alleg…

Tony Burke says decisions about permanent stays should be ‘deliberate decisions of the government, not a random consequence of who booked a holiday’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Iranian tourists will be banned from entering Australia for the next six months after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, triggered tough new immigration laws over concerns visitors may …

Government says proposed levy for international tourists is part of initiative to improve arts funding Ministers are considering charging international tourists to access permanent collections at national museums as part of an initiative to improve arts funding. The government said there was a need for long-term options to fund the struggling arts sector in its response to a review of Arts Counci…

Policy brought forward as Middle East war highlights fragility of global supply chains British suppliers will be prioritised for public contracts in shipbuilding, steel, AI and energy infrastructure under new guidance marking them out as sectors vital to national security. Departments will also have to either use British steel or justify sourcing it from overseas, under the rules announced by the…

Latest strike brings number of deaths to at least 163 since attacks on alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ began in September The US has launched another strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, the US Southern Command said. The command which oversees combatant operations in Latin America and the Caribbean announced on X that it had conducted a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated …

Reversal by London police comes as Shabana Mahmood prepares an appeal against high court overturning ban on the group The Metropolitan police has said it will resume arresting people who show support for Palestine Action just weeks after it said it would no longer do so following a high court ruling that the ban on the direct action group was unlawful. After last month’s judgment, the Met police …

Surcharge, spurred by oil price spikes due to the Iran war, is set to take effect on 26 April and run until January 2027 The US Postal Service (USPS) plans to introduce its first-ever fuel surcharge on packages to offset rising energy costs, according to a statement. The surcharge, set at 8%, is expected to take effect on 26 April and remain in place until 17 January 2027 under the current plan. …