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Campaigners say existing federal ban on phone or video calls for assisted dying consultations adversely affects people living in regional Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor will come under pressure to implement changes to its national policy platform and allow Australians to access voluntary assisted …

Saudi air defences intercept ballistic missiles as Iran reports first night without US strikes in two weeks Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile attack on the southern Saudi city of Jizan on Saturday, after vowing retaliation against the kingdom for attacks this week. Iran, meanwhile, reported no strikes overnight on Saturday for the first time after two weeks of US attacks. The Ir…

Christopher Street Day event cancelled after incident that left several people injured A major incident has been declared in Berlin after reports that a car has crashed into a crowd of people, with several injuries. The city’s Christopher Street Day Pride parade was called off by the organiser after the incident in the city’s Tiergarten park near the route of the parade on Saturday night. Continu…

Scotland Yard is looking at two £250,000 donations to the party by Britain Means Business before the 2024 election Payments to Reform UK first revealed by the Guardian are now being investigated by the Metropolitan police. The inquiry is scrutinising payments made to the party via a company controlled by its deputy leader, Richard Tice. Continue reading...

Analysis finds more than 4 million Americans lost Snap benefits, or food stamps, from July 2025 to March 2026 More than a million children across the US have lost access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) food benefits since Congress approved the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). The analysis…

Temperatures of 95-105F (35-40C) are expected, spanning Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwest About 70 million people in the US are set to face excessive heat advisories as dangerously hot temperatures scorch much of the country’s southern and central states. The third major “heat dome” event to hit the US in the past month is gathering strength over the weekend, spanning a vas…

Vega made remarks to ABC’s John Quiñones at National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference Cecilia Vega, the former 60 Minutes correspondent, said Thursday she felt pressured by CBS News’s executives to incorporate “political bias” into segments for the broadcast program. Vega made the remarks during an onstage interview with John Quiñones, the ABC News correspondent, at the National Ass…

Exclusive: Blunder at Rosebank, UK’s biggest undeveloped oilfield, comes as government considers granting licence Production at Britain’s biggest undeveloped oil and gasfield could be delayed for months after equipment from a rig was accidentally dropped in the North Sea, the Guardian can reveal. Andy Burnham’s new government is under pressure from the fossil fuel industry to allow oil to be retr…

Progressive former state senate president gains nomination after Graham Platner dropped out over sexual assault allegations In a race defined by scandal, withdrawals and a frantic hunt for a replacement candidate, Maine Democrats hit reset on their chaotic Senate primary on Saturday as Troy Jackson officially secured the party’s nomination. He took the stage at the Cross Insurance Center in Bango…

Firefighters responded to an emergency call and found the bodies, six of which were those of children A devastating tragedy has unfolded in Michigan after emergency crews responding to a house fire found eight members of the same family, including six children, dead. At least some of the dead inside the home had gunshot wounds. Deputies with the Ottawa county sheriff’s office and firefighters fro…

Hundreds of firefighters battle blazes as strong winds drive fires towards Bordeaux and smoke prompts health warnings in Madrid Unrestrained wildfires in Spain and France have forced more than 250,000 people to flee, authorities from both countries have said, as they struggle to contain the blazes. About 70,000 people were evacuated from central Spain, while 197,000 people fled in France, includi…

Stars accused of ‘cowardice’ as hundreds of thousands of young Indians take to the streets to challenge government Bollywood stars and other Indian celebrities have faced fierce criticism this week for staying silent in the face of some of the biggest protests India has seen in years. Hundreds of thousands of young Indians took to the streets this week as part of a new youth movement that calls i…

Jewellery made from BC Iran worn at Odyssey photocall throws spotlight on the trade of rare archeological finds The Odyssey has stormed cinemas, but while its take on the Homeric epic has created ripples among western classicists, it is an actor’s earrings that have made waves further afield. Zendaya, who portrays the goddess Athena in the movie, provoked outrage when she appeared at a London pho…

After a Kyiv visit, rightwing firebrand now supports Ukraine – but perhaps it’s just because Trump favors a winner Laura Loomer, the online Maga provocateur, has never worked in the White House or anywhere else in the government, but her sudden conversion to the Ukrainian cause this week is significant because her social media posts often have real policy implications in the second Trump administ…

Dharmendra Pradhan steps down after demonstrations over exam leak scandal in major victory for youth political movement India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, has resigned after a week of mass demonstrations, handing a major victory to a new youth movement that has posed an unprecedented challenge to Narendra Modi’s government. In a statement on Saturday afternoon, Pradhan said he had su…