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Australian psych-rockers, who removed their music from Spotify in protest against the streaming service, lament the appearance of AI band King Lizard Wizard Spotify has removed an AI impersonator of popular Australian rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from the streaming service, with the band’s frontman voicing despair at the situation. King Gizzard removed their music from Spotify in Ju…

RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats – and Gaza stance did not help Kamala Harris lost last year’s US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she needed to win, according to an autopsy by a progressive grassroots advocacy group. The vice-president focused on courtin…

Parents of Madeleine McCann among dozens to sign letter to PM urging him to revive second part of Leveson inquiry Madeleine McCann’s father has called for greater scrutiny of the UK media as he told how “monstering” by sections of the press had made him feel like he was being “suffocated and buried”. Gerry McCann said his family was tormented by press “abuses” and that the media had “repeatedly i…

Local police say Dyllon Redfern, 24, brandished a derringer from the 19th century after being asked for his ID The single-shot, percussion-style pistols known as derringers have almost certainly not been used in violent crimes since the 19th-century old west in the US – but police allege that a robber clad in pajama pants brandished one of those weapons at an Oklahoma liquor store recently. Dyllo…

Natasha Ugle says ‘nothing has changed’ since her husband Wayne’s death in 2023, as a national report found 33 First Nations peoples died in custody last year Warning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have died Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The widow of a Noongar man who died at a maximum security prison in Western Austral…

Ukrainian president’s comments came after US president Donald Trump accused him of clinging to power Separately, there is also an important meeting in Strasbourg, with ministers from 46 countries discussing the interpretation of the European Convention of Human Rights when it comes to migration. As Pippa Crerar and Rajeev Syal say in our story: Ahead of the meeting, UK prime minister Keir Starmer…

The chancellor will give evidence to the Commons Treasury committee about the budget from 10am Shabana Mahmood’s radical plans to overhaul the asylum system could cause “unintended consequences” such as increased homelessness among people seeking refuge and growing case backlogs, Whitehall’s spending watchdog, the National Audit Office , has concluded. Rajeev Syal has the story. Here is the NAO’s…

Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel Institute The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel peace prize ceremony and the award will be accepted by her daughter, organisers have said. Machado has been seen only once in public since going into hiding in August last year amid a tense showdown with the …

From a live blog on the BBC to cautious reaction in the New York Times, here’s how the world’s media covered the ban The BBC blogged about it, News Corp boasted about it and the New York Times questioned its effectiveness. Australia’s world-first laws stopping children accessing social media until they turn 16 turned heads globally, with mixed and nuanced results. Continue reading...

Dramatic scenes in the water prompt warnings to swimmers and snorkelers at one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations An abundance of baitfish has drawn in hundreds of sharks to feed in the shallows around Byron Bay , creating dramatic scenes at one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations. The multi-day event was captured by many Byron locals, who shared footage of the sharks, …

Exclusive: System more likely to suggest incorrect matches for images of women and Black people Police forces successfully lobbied to use a facial recognition system known to be biased against women, young people, and members of ethnic minority groups, after complaining that another version produced fewer potential suspects. UK forces use the police national database (PND) to conduct retrospectiv…

Visitor numbers to UK’s 10 most-visited services have settled at a ‘lower level’ than before 25 July, report finds Traffic to pornography websites in the UK has fallen in the wake of age checks being introduced this year while use of specialist software to dodge viewing restrictions has increased, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom said the enforcement of age vetting on 25 July led t…

After a ceasefire deal he brokered collapsed, Trump told a rally in Pennsylvania that he would ‘make a call’ to ‘stop a war’ between Thailand and Cambodia US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will make a call regarding reignited hostilities on the Thai-Cambodia border, where fighting has resumed less than two months after a ceasefire he brokered between the two nations collapsed. Spe…

The Emily in Paris actor and writer of the Tony-nominated Slave Play remains in Japan while prosecutors investigate the alleged discovery of MDMA in his bag The American playwright and Emily in Paris actor Jeremy O Harris has been released three weeks after his arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling while prosecutors investigate, police said Wednesday. Japan has some of the world’s strict…

President sought to rehab image after criticism of being out of touch, but speech aimed at midterms took different turn Fact-checking Trump’s speech Donald Trump has sought to reboot his ailing US presidency at a rally-style event with a blitz of false claims about the economy and xenophobic attacks on immigrants and “shithole countries”. In the wake of Republican election defeats and criticism t…