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The victory may have dinged Labor’s chances of easily passing its significant cost-cutting reforms to the NDIS through the Senate in August Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The government scored a crucial win on Tuesday, securing support for its tax changes through the Senate . But that victory may have dinged Labo…

Donald Trump has indicated he will sign rare bipartisan initiative to tackle affordability after 358-32 vote in House The House gave final approval on Tuesday to a broad bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing, with lawmakers in both parties eager to show progress on affordability issues ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The 358-32 vote sends the bill to Donald Trump, who is e…

Firings come less than a week after US president appointed Bill Pulte as acting director after Tulsi Gabbard left the post Several staff members have reportedly been fired from the US office of the director of national intelligence (DNI), multiple outlets have reported. These firings come less than a week after Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte as the acting director after former director Tulsi G…

Christian Miles berated Oklahoma state troopers near Washington DC landmark subject to botched renovation A Washington DC resident arrested this week near the National Mall’s reflecting pool told the Guardian he planned to fight the charges, as Donald Trump continues to blame vandals for the botched renovation of the pool. After the Trump administration spent $14.2m renovating thebody of water in…

Climate Change Committee chair Nigel Topping says U-turns damage investor confidence and disrupt businesses Weakening the UK’s net zero policy would disrupt business and damage the economy, the UK’s chief climate adviser has warned. Nigel Topping, chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), said: “The U-turns are really damaging to inward investor confidence. If we really want to grow the econom…

However, Imperial College team also find that pollution has worse health impact than previously understood Deaths linked to air pollution fell by an estimated 40% in London over the five years from 2019, according to new analysis. The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, welcomed what he called “overwhelming evidence” that his ultra-low emission zone was saving lives. Continue reading...

UK regulator has increased its scrutiny of fashion retailers over potentially misleading environmental statements Ads for Calvin Klein, Adidas and Uniqlo promoting “recycled” clothing and shoes have been banned by the UK watchdog after the advertisers were unable to prove their green claims. Each of the fashion companies ran paid-for Google ads, with Adidas promoting “recycled running shoes”, Cal…

Gunman, 18, faces first-degree murder charges after killing two people and injuring a child at library in Butte county An 18-year-old gunman, who police said wanted to carry out a Columbine high school massacre-type shooting, was expected to face first-degree murder charges after killing two people and injuring a child at a northern California library Monday evening. Chico police dispatchers rece…

Airbus to inspect 15 Emirates and one Qantas plane after cracks found in structural wing beam of some jets Airbus will inspect 16 A380 planes, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on aircraft used by the Emirates and Qantas airlines. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ordered urgent inspections requiring airlines to examine the wing-spar stru…

Decision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for government Andy Burnham has chosen his Blairite former colleague James Purnell as his chief of staff, the Guardian understands, as he begins to finalise his team for government. The Makerfield MP has picked his former cabinet colleague to be his right-hand man in Downing Street, in one of th…

Customers report having to use cash at stores such as Tesco and to buy drinks due to outage at payments processor WorldPay Shoppers reported problems with making card payments at British pubs and supermarkets on Tuesday after a power outage affected one of the world’s largest payment processing platforms. Customers said contactless payments were not working at a number of stores including Tesco b…

Curtin University researchers use innovative techniques to date three-billion-year-old impact crater in Pilbara region A meteorite that struck Earth three billion years ago left behind a “smoking gun” – evidence of the world’s oldest impact crater in a remote part of Australia. Ancient rocks in Western Australia’s Pilbara region record the event, which occurred during the Archean eon, a period 4 …

Robinson says Pauline Hanson has ‘carried on fighting’ despite backlash in since-deleted episode of the Karl Stefanovic Show Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Channel Nine TV presenter Karl Stefanovic has praised UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s “tenacity” and “courage” in his latest eponymous podcast epis…

Anthony Albanese presided over ceremony in Canberra last night. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A major new gallery at the Australian War Memorial will keep the “flame of memory” burning for future generations, the prime minister told the opening ceremony in Canberra last night, Australian Associated Press reports. Anthony Albanese was among t…

Four Republicans joined Democrats to back a measure seeking to limit the US president’s military authority US politics live – latest updates The US Senate on Tuesday approved a war powers resolution preventing Donald Trump from continuing the conflict with Iran, delivering the president a significant but symbolic rebuke over a conflict that has proven unpopular with the US public. The resolution …