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Positive tone after Florida talks with Ukrainian president heading to London Street to see Starmer, Macron and Merz. What we know on day 1,383 Three days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials in Miami, Florida produced no evident breakthrough by the end of Saturday. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he joined his negotiators for a “very substantive and constructive” call with U…

Communications minister also faces scrutiny over taxpayer-funded family trip to Thredbo Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has defended his decision to sign off on a $100,000 trip to New York City for Anika Wells and two others to spruik Australia’s social media ban to global leaders at the UN genera…

Albanese warns of ‘difficult’ summer amid fears strong winds could fan fires that destroyed at least 12 homes in Koolewong and four at Bulahdelah Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has warned of a “difficult” summer bushfire season ahead, as a natural disaster is declared in part…

At event in California, US defense secretary says Trump has power to take military action ‘as he sees fit’ Pete Hegseth on Saturday doubled down on his defense of US military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats in the Caribbean, arguing that Donald Trump has the power to take military action “as he sees fit” and dismissing concerns that the strikes violate international law. Hegseth spoke on Sat…

Fire broke out at midnight in the popular club in Arpora in the North Goa district, according to reports At least 23 people have been killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in the Indian resort city of Goa, officials said. Several tourists were among the dead in the fire, which broke out at about midnight at a club in Arpora in the North Goa district, according to the Press Trust of India. Conti…

Senior officer had told MPs some Jewish representatives did not want Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa game classified as high risk A senior police officer has apologised to Birmingham’s Jewish residents after he told MPs that some had expressed support for the exclusion of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending last month’s match against Aston Villa. The decision to ban supporters of the Israel…

New South Wales premier said hot and windy conditions allowed the fire front to jump a 1km body of water. Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A welcome cool change is helping firefighters working to contain blazes along the New South Wales coast, but RFS Deputy Commissioner Ben Millington says those firefighting efforts remain on-going. Speaking…

Mediators of delicate truce say troop removal and deployment of international force crucial to second phase Qatar and Egypt, the guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilisation force as the necessary next steps in fully implementing the fragile agreement. The measures were spelt out in the US- and UN-ba…

White House decision is part of $140m settlement over flight chaos during busy December travel period The Trump administration said on Saturday it will waive an $11m fine imposed on Southwest Airlines as part of a $140m settlement over the carrier’s meltdown in December 2022 during a busy holiday travel period. Southwest in December 2023 agreed to pay a $35m cash fine over three years over the ai…

Several additional people, including children, have severe liver damage amid 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning California officials are warning foragers after an outbreak of poisoning linked to wild mushrooms that has killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in several patients, including children. The state poison control system has identified 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning, likely caused by…

US offers to get Australians out of camps if they are issued with travel documents, but Labor has said ‘this is not something the government is considering’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian children held in increasingly “militarised” displacement camps in north-east Syria have been told they will be shot if they try to breach the fence line, as Australia ref…

From his home town of Los Angeles, the architect designed a career around defying what was predictable In Frank Gehry’s world, no building was left untilted, unexposed or untouched by unconventional material. The Canadian-American architect, who died in his Los Angeles home at 96, designed a career around defying what was predictable and pulling in materials that were uncommon and, as such, relat…

Patty Murray of Washington state said ICE agents lied to Wilmer Toledo-Martinez to lure him outside before dog attacked him A US senator has condemned the Trump administration after she alleged that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “attack dog” mauled one of her constituents. Democratic senator Patty Murray of Washington state said Wilmer Toledo-Martinez suffered “horrific” injuries w…

Neil Couling said failings by individual claimants ‘at the heart’ of crisis, despite a report finding DWP shortcomings ‘unacceptable’ One of the most senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has placed the blame for the carer’s allowance benefits crisis on victims, many of who have been left with life-changing debts. In an internal blogpost written for Whitehall colleag…

Beijing security agency accuses international journalists of disregarding facts and smearing government Beijing’s security agency in Hong Kong has summoned international journalists to inform them it will not tolerate “trouble-making”, following critical coverage of the deadly apartment complex fire that has left the territory reeling. Senior reporters from several media outlets operating in the …