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Alerts to be sent for bushfires, floods, biosecurity threats and other events which put lives at risk Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australians will soon receive intrusive alerts on their smartphones to warn of impending emergencies as governments overhaul warning systems for natural disasters and other serious …

As MPs vote to release the documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy, Helen Pidd speaks to Andrew Lownie, author of Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, about the former prince’s antics in the role and whether this scandal will be the monarchy’s last This week MPs backed a call to release documents on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as UK …

Dismissals follow revelations that FBI subpoenaed records of Patel and Susie Wiles before Trump returned to office At least 10 FBI employees connected to an investigation of Donald Trump have reportedly been dismissed following revelations that the agency subpoenaed personal records of current FBI director Kash Patel and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in the years before Trump returned to…

Australia advises dependants of officials in Israel and Lebanon to leave amid vast US military buildup in the region More countries have told citizens to leave Iran and the surrounding region as airlines scale back flights amid mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran. As a day of critical talks over Iran’s nuclear programme was set to begin, and as a vast US military buildup continued in …

PM clarifies comment but says he disagrees with some language the Australian of the Year has used Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has claimed he meant to describe Australian of the Year Grace Tame’s “difficult life” when he labelled her “difficult”, as he sought to clarify his remarks following st…

Plaintiff says ‘addictive design’ of Meta and YouTube hooked her before she was 10, causing depression and body dysmorphia For the first time, a jury will hear testimony this week from a young woman who alleges social media companies intentionally create addictive products, harming children. The witness taking the stand, known by her initials KGM, is the lead plaintiff in an expansive lawsuit aga…

Actor, who was diagnosed with MS in 2021, says taking her 15-year-old daughter to school has become her ‘favourite thing to do’ Christina Applegate has revealed that she is now largely confined to her bed, five years after she was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis . In an interview with People magazine before the release of her memoir, the 54-year-old actor said she spends a lot of her days …

Exclusive: Former New Zealand PM ‘based out of Australia’, according to spokesperson, after rumours she was looking for houses in Sydney Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is living in Australia with her family, a spokesperson has confirmed. “The family has been travelling for a few years now,” her office told the Guardian. “For the moment they’re basing themselves out of Australia …

Updated guidance from Crown Prosecution Service covers forms of spiritual and immigration abuse for first time The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published new guidance for its lawyers to help tackle “honour”-based abuse, with spiritual and immigration abuse included for the first time. The guidance was updated to reflect growing concerns around evolving forms of abuse and to tackle what the…

From racism to staff shortages, the interim report found a host of deep-rooted issues affecting women and babies NHS maternity units often cover up harmful errors in childbirth, report finds Cruel comments, racism and cover-ups: key findings from England’s maternity care report On Thursday, a damning interim report published after a national investigation into England’s maternity services found d…

Independent commissioner’s report finds websites can act as ‘accelerators’ of exploitation for sex workers using them The anti-slavery watchdog has called for a complete overhaul of websites advertising sexual services after an investigation revealed they can act as “accelerators” of exploitation for sex workers using them. While working online can provide enhanced protections for some, a new rep…

Damning inquiry into services in England reveals falsification of medical records after ‘negligent’ care What is the national maternity and neonatal investigation and why was it launched? Cruel comments, racism and cover-ups: key findings from England’s maternity care report Hospitals that cause harm and injury to women and babies during childbirth often resort to a “cover-up” of their mistakes, …

Vice-president makes announcement with Mehmet Oz, who says other states will be next after Minnesota JD Vance announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” more than a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid reimbursements to the state of Minnesota, escalating Donald Trump’s newly announced “war on fraud”. Vance said the action was to ensure Minnesota was “a good stewa…

Airline credits better fuel efficiency, customer demand, new routes and more flights to Japan, Bali and New Zealand for strong result Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Qantas has delivered a bumper $1.46bn half-year underlying profit as travellers shrug off cost-of-living pressures to travel within and outside Austr…

Rare clash off island’s coast comes amid oil embargo and heightened tensions between two countries The Cuban Interior Ministry has said that border guards killed four gunmen and wounded six more on a speedboat bearing a Florida registration off the coast of Cuba’s Villa Clara province. The rare clash off Cuba’s coast, which took place on Tuesday, comes at a moment of heightened tensions between t…