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Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast PM says he intervened on ATO credit card ban Yesterday the prime minister said the ATO’s credit card ban was delayed just 24 hours after Andrew McKellar , head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) texted him asking him to interview. My door is always open. Andrew [McKellar] did text me la…

A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged at Silverwater correctional facility on Tuesday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man has been charged with murder over the shooting death of a boy, 12, in Sydney’s north in September. Police were called to a unit on Fairway Drive, Norwest, on 21 September 2026 after reports of a shooting. Continue reading...

Katie Zacharia’s maiden briefing was excruciating – at least her predecessor had delivered her propaganda hot Well, that was weird. Katie Zacharia , the new White House press secretary, made her debut on the podium on Tuesday with all the warmth, wisdom and political dexterity of an AI avatar. Zacharia was all stilted delivery, nervous tics and lack of eye contact. With an eerie lack of emotion, …

Vatican says surgery that will determine whether the nodule is malignant will take place on Tuesday afternoon Pope Leo underwent an operation on Tuesday to remove a small growth from his lung, which the Vatican said concluded “successfully, on schedule and as planned”. In a rare moment of Vatican transparency, Leo, 71, said during his angelus prayer on Sunday that doctors had found a small nodule…

More than 50 families call for investigation into how Vincent Chan was allowed to return to job after inquiry by nursery The parents of the victims of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan have reacted with fury to the news that he was cleared to return to work after “significant concerns” were raised by the parent of a young girl. As first revealed in the Guardian , Chan was reported to his emp…

‘You don’t get to take a man from his family … and just walk away from it,’ judge says as former gang leader sentenced Tupac trial spotlights decades of US police failures in solving the case Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former California gang leader convicted of murder for orchestrating the 1996 fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur , has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. “For three ye…

District judge Ana Reyes halts tree-cutting at the East Potomac golf course until 26 October, and now requires advance notice before making course changes US district judge Ana Reyes on Tuesday ordered a halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac golf course until 26 October, putting a further pause on work at the historic Washington DC course that has been part of Donald Trump’s plans to remake th…

Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected Southern California coastal communities are picking up the pieces after a weekend of extreme weather brought flooding that overtook city streets and intense waves battered beachside homes. The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel hit Mexico’s Baja California over the weekend as well as so…

White House asked Guilfoyle, who is alleged to have sought a bill payment from a Trump donor, to resign from post US politics live – latest updates Kimberly Guilfoyle is stepping down as US ambassador to Greece after weeks of reports that she sought payment from a Trump donor in exchange for access to administration officials. The decision, announced by the White House on Tuesday morning, ends th…

Annual update from MI5 chief highlighted a complex cocktail that could have real-life consequences for Britain MI5’s annual threat update covers so much ground it is easy to feel anxious. The terror threat has become more diverse, with far-right anti-migrant threats on the rise; while Iran has now firmly emerged alongside Russia as a country seeking to undertake violent and deadly plots in the UK…

Retailers call on John Healey to reduce national insurance contributions threshold in his first budget Some of the UK’s biggest retailers and hospitality businesses, including Tesco, Costa Coffee and the Co-op, have met John Healey to urge him to cut the cost of employing young people in his first budget. At the No 11 event on Tuesday morning, the chancellor heard from sector leaders – including …

Civilians warned to evacuate outskirts of Sana’a ahead of biggest attack so far on Houthi energy infrastructure Saudi Arabia has launched a series of strikes on a strategic oil depot on the outskirts of Yemen’s capital Sana’a, in a fresh escalation of the conflict between Riyadh and the Iran-backed Houthi forces. Before the attack on Tuesday, a Saudi spokesperson warned civilians to leave the tar…

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joins teenagers calling for investment to fix teacher shortages and crumbling schools More than 160,000 school children, students and trade unionists have marched in cities across France as protests over high school education continued into a third week and many demonstrators denounced policing tactics. Riot police fired teargas at the end of Tuesday’s marches in N…

Report finds ‘window of opportunity’ for formal process involving loyalist and republican groups The British and Irish governments should engage with paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland to negotiate their disbandment, according to a report. A “window of opportunity” exists to establish a formal transition mechanism for loyalist and republican groups, provided certain conditions are met, it sa…

Clive Efford says Serco has failed to source enough tags, as police and probation struggle with influx of newly released offenders UK politics live – latest updates Hundreds of prisoners released early across England and Wales, including stalkers and violent offenders, are not being tagged by Serco, MPs have said, despite promises of the “toughest supervision in British history”. As the governmen…