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Category 3 system the strongest cyclone to approach Darwin since Tracy in 1974, but no serious injuries reported by Sunday morning Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Top End residents are preparing to launch into cleanup mode after a night of damaging winds and heavy rain from Tropical Cyclone Fina. With top gusts of…

US president signals potential room for adjustments after Zelenskyy says proposals force Ukraine to choose between national dignity and losing the US Donald Trump said on Saturday that his Moscow-drafted “peace plan” was “not my final offer”, after a furious backlash from Ukrainians who described it as reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler. The US president …

Incident happened hours before Saturday’s game Two players in stable condition in local hospital A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player allegedly stabbed two teammates on Saturday morning, hours before the team’s game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement. “UAB’s top priority remains the safety and well-being of all of our students,” the statem…

Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abduction Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in wester…

Fire-resistant upgrades are included in replacement structure less than a year after fires destroyed 13,000 homes Did you lose your home in the Los Angeles wildfires? We’d like to hear how you’re spending the holidays Less than a year after the Palisades fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures in Los Angeles, the first completed rebuilt home is being celebrated in Pacific Palisades. In a statement…

Research shows members would back Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting over PM Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting would all win a head-to-head leadership contest against Keir Starmer, according to a poll of Labour members. Research conducted by Survation for LabourList found that Burnham and Rayner would defeat the prime minister by considerable margi…

Chancellor will confirm the measure, intended to help commuters on expensive routes, in her budget speech Rail fares in England will not be increased in 2026, the government has announced, surprising passengers with the first fare freeze in 30 years. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will confirm a freeze on fares in this week’s budget, a move designed to limit inflation, ease the cost of living and…

Industry experts welcome extra incentives but fear a consultation on a mileage tax sends mixed messages Drivers will be able to claim government subsidies to cut the cost of buying a new electric car until 2030 under plans to be announced by Rachel Reeves at next week’s budget. The chancellor will unveil an extra £1.3bn for subsidies for new electric vehicles (EVs) and a further £200m for chargin…

Top End residents told to stay sheltered at home until authorities give the all-clear. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Roofing at the Royal Darwin Hospital partially collapsed on Saturday but no one was hurt. Steve Edgington , a member of the Territory’s legislative assembly, shared an image of the collapsed roofing and bricks strewn on the first f…

Prime minister says in principle anyone with knowledge of child sexual offence cases should disclose what they know Keir Starmer has increased the pressure on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to cooperate with a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, saying those who are caught up in child sexual offence cases should disclose any information they have. Asked whether Mountbatten-Windsor, who …

Journalist, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, reveals she has acute myeloid leukemia Tatiana Schlossberg, a journalist and the granddaughter of John F Kennedy, disclosed on Saturday that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, saying her doctor informed her that she has less than a year left to live. The environmental writer also addressed her cousin, Robert F Kennedy Jr , …

Readers share the impact of Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation Broken trust, which underlined the ‘shocking realities of domestic violence-related deaths’ Guardian Australia’s Broken trust series has uncovered allegations of policing failures before domestic and family violence homicides, and cases that were not adequately investigated. Over the course of the week, we revealed new inform…

Higher education regulator investigates Catholic institute after comments by academics, including endorsing the White Australia policy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An influential Catholic college in Sydney is under investigation by the higher education regulator over a series of comments made by two of its prominent academics supporting the White Australia policy a…

Experts warn US deal on ‘lethal’ aircraft presents issues for Australia that ‘we’ve tried desperately to ignore with the Israelis’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to sell F-35 joint strike fighter jets to Saudi Arabia will rely on critical Australian components, prompting experts to warn Australia could become complicit in human righ…

Many fear competition and diversity will be diminished as Daily Mail owner wins race to buy newspaper As the dust settles from the battle for the ownership of the Daily Telegraph, one man has been left standing: Lord Rothermere, whose family have been a mainstay of British newspapers for more than a century. “This is a very British stitch-up,” said Lionel Barber, the former editor of the Financia…