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Australian ​brothers Jake ​and Callum Robinson, and ​their ‌American friend Carter Rhoad, were killed while on a surf trip in Baja California in 2024 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Mexican ⁠judge ⁠has sentenced ​three men to 158 years ⁠and nine months in prison each for ⁠the murder of ​two Australian ‌brothers ‌and their American friend during ‌a 2024 surf trip to …

Prosecution did not act in fair and impartial way in grand jury proceedings, judge rules, after West Wing actor charged with groping young boy on TV set A state court ⁠judge in New Mexico has dismissed charges of child sexual abuse against West Wing actor and director Timothy Busfield, saying the prosecution did not act in a ⁠fair and impartial manner during grand jury proceedings. Judge Joseph M…

Former minister and OECD head urges Australia not to adopt migration caps, with research showing migrants boost employment Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s mainstream political parties are being warned not to adopt populist policies such as migration caps to address voters’ grievances over the cost of living. Instead, Australia’s longest-serving finance min…

Thousands pack Wentworth Park for the final time before the stadium is demolished and returned to parkland Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The end of an era has fallen upon an Australian sporting landmark as the greyhound races at an inner-city track kicked off for the very last time. Thousands packed into Wentworth Park in central Sydney on Friday night, where greyho…

As house prices plateau, the gap between the cost of buying and renting is narrowing in dozens of suburbs Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast High rents and falling property prices have opened a rare window for Australian tenants to become homeowners, with mortgage repayments cheaper than rent in dozens of suburbs. Guardian Australia’s analysis of Cotality data shows that…

Hot, windy weather stokes fires in southern California with mandatory evacuation orders in place for many A fast-moving fire has spread into neighborhoods in southern California as the region braces for more hot, windy weather that will amplify fire dangers through Saturday. Several homes could be seen ablaze in video footage captured by local news helicopters as firefighters worked to wrangle th…

One teacher and three children killed after Griffin J John II, 16, barged into elementary school and began shooting Oregon elementary school shooting: what we know so far The 16-year-old who barged into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed a teacher and three children was a former student at Silver Rail elementary, officials confirmed in a Friday pr…

President appears at rally for struggling Mike Collins, dismisses critics and touts ‘most successful’ two-year run At a rally in north Georgia, Donald Trump again claimed that the 2020 election in Georgia was fraudulent, alleging that the election of US senator Jon Ossoff was illegitimate. Ossoff, who faces US congressman Mike Collins in November, does not represent Georgia’s values, Trump said. …

Alan Feeney, who sat on Solihull and Birmingham councils, said there was ‘no excuse’ for his comments Alan Feeney has resigned as a Reform councillor for Solihull and Birmingham after backlash over racist comments that were captured in an undercover investigation. In a Facebook post on Friday, Feeney wrote: “There is no excuse for my comments. With responsibility comes accountability, and it is f…

Chancellor says government will study responses to public consultation, with airports being ‘big part of jobs and growth’ John Healey has said there is a pro-growth case for going ahead with a third runway at Heathrow despite the prime minister declining to back it. Healey’s predecessor as chancellor, Rachel Reeves, put approval of the long-planned runway at the heart of her “growth speech” last …

Forest clearance lowest since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-off Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen its lowest level since records began, new government data shows. But whether this globally important success is maintained or reversed is on a knife edge ahead of a presidential election run-off on 25 October between two candidates with sharply dif…

Beijing warns against ‘discriminatory’ step after France drops opposition to British role in Made in Europe package No 10 has left the door open to imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles as part of the Made in Europe package, prompting a warning from Beijing that such a move would be “discriminatory”. Downing Street said on Friday that it would “welcome the objective to have the UK in…

Lawyers tell high court that client could harm himself if serious allegations against him are made public A “well-known individual” is trying to secure a permanent injunction against the Guardian and ITN to prevent them from publishing details of serious allegations made against him. At a high court hearing on Friday, the claimant’s legal team said there was a serious risk that he could harm hims…

Inquiry said to have been launched after force received report ‘relating to alleged unauthorised access of a political party’s database’ Police are carrying out a criminal investigation into a row over the founding of Your Party, which split the leftwing party as it was established last year. A spokesperson for London’s Metropolitan police said they had launched an investigation after they receiv…

Lula reverses position on age of responsibility for ‘heinous’ crimes in what many see as a desperate electoral gambit Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced that he now supports lowering the age of criminal responsibility for “heinous” crimes from 18 to 16, reversing a longstanding policy in what is widely seen as a desperate electoral gambit. The U-turn, which Lula announce…