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Australian scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achieved Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The unequal impact of the climate crisis on the world’s poorest people has been highlighted by new research that finds the tropics will be among the last places t…

Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facility Federal immigration officials in Texas prevented US representative Veronica Escobar from fully conducting her congressional oversight duties at a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) detention center, the lawmaker said in an interview with the Guardian. Escobar, a De…

Without an agreement sanctions on nearly 3,000 entities accused of supporting the war on Ukraine will lapse at the end of the day During their last night’s meeting, France’s Macron and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy discussed Russia’s continuing strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which the French president said “threaten to deprive millions of families of heating and electricity.” “ France will sta…

RBA governor says AI is ‘great white hope’ but its adoption is so far adding to inflation, rather than economic growth The Reserve Bank governor said AI could be a bubble and there was no evidence it is making the economy more efficient, as the Albanese government claims the technology will solve Australia’s economic malaise. Ahead of an expected interest rate rise next week, Michele Bullock also…

Former New Zealand prime minister’s purchase biggest recorded in suburb of Dee Why this year Jacinda Ardern and her husband, Clarke Gayford, have bought a $5.3m house in Sydney’s northern beaches, according to a source with knowledge of the sale. The former New Zealand prime minister settled on a house in Dee Why after looking at properties in the area including in nearby Curl Curl. Continue read…

A woman has been accused of murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent to cause murder Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A mother has been charged after allegedly fatally stabbing one child and seriously injuring two others in the Blue Mountains. Emergency services responded to reports on Sunday that three children and a woman had been found in a vehicle …

The illustrator and author ‘gave joy to millions of children around the world’, his family says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The beloved Australian illustrator and author Terry Denton, most famous for his work on the Treehouse series, has died aged 76. His publisher, Curtis Brown, released a statement on social media saying Denton died surrounded by his family on M…

PM skirts question and says his focus is on rebuilding bridges before first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen Andy Burnham has opened the door to fighting the next election on the UK rejoining the EU, but said his immediate priority was continuing to rebuild bridges with European allies. The prime minister, who will hold his first meeting with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Ley…

Burnham is heading to New York for the United Nations general assembly Good morning. Andy Burnham is at the United Nations general assembly today and in a speech to the world (or, technically, to people in the hall and anyone watching on TV at around 2am UK time), he will say that Britain is not “on the slide”. Speaking to reporters on the plane to New York, Burnham said: The plan for Britain is …

Party strategists say careful targeting of seats has paid off and should continue, but some say a wider vision is needed One of the more dramatic moments in a Liberal Democrat conference otherwise short of them came late on Sunday, when the party frontbencher Lisa Smart told the polling veteran John Curtice that, in effect, he no longer understood modern politics. Curtice had warned the Lib Dems …

Disappearance of jet components sparks concern some of the program’s technology secrets could have been exposed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Richard Marles says the Department of Defence is examining how F-35 fighter jet parts bound for the US from Australia were unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong. The acting p…

Dog collars, guitars and self-portraits among 285 objects, with money going to her animal welfare foundation and son An auction of the French film star turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot’s personal items fetched nearly €1m (£858,000, US$1.15m, A$1.61m) in Paris on Monday, almost 20 times the estimate, according to the auction house Millon. A total of 285 objects ranging from straw hats…

The US president said in an interview ahead of the United Nations meeting that he was considering ‘wiping Iran out’ Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps warned it would “change the geography of the war” if the US escalates the conflict, after Donald Trump issued fresh threats against the Islamic Republic. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump said “very big things are going to be happening i…

Generations of artisans from Mumbai to Lucknow have shaped the world’s most coveted designs. Plus, the gen Z memes giving classic Bollywood a new life The zardozi embroidery on a Dior dress, the T-strap leather sandals at a Prada show, the mirror-work technique used on a Fendi bag – for decades, the skill of Indian artisans has been an invisible force behind some of the world’s most coveted fashi…

Higher-than-expected figure will make chancellor’s aim of calming jittery bond markets more difficult Business live – latest updates The UK government borrowed a higher-than-expected £18.3bn last month, increasing the pressure on John Healey as he attempts to calm jittery bond markets before next month’s budget. Official figures released by Office for National Statistics on Tuesday said public se…