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Full details of government plans to be published this morning with reforms partly driven by move to contain soaring costs Here is the Department for Education ’s news release from overnight about the Send reforms. And this is what it says about how it will spend £4bn improving Send provision in English schools, To dramatically improve the support mainstream schools can provide for children with S…

The Labor heavyweight and union legend says young Australians increasingly feel economic policy is rigged against them. But will Jim Chalmers step up? Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The first day of the Greens’ parliamentary inquiry into the capital gains tax was dominated by a bloke in his late 70s imploring parliamentarians to show “unequivocally that they’re on th…

European foreign policy chief says ‘there is not going to be progress’ on sanctions package today Germany’s foreign minister Johann Wadephul also said he was “astonished” by the Hungarian position on sanctions, and hoped to discuss this during today’s meeting of EU foreign ministers. But Estonia’s foreign minister Margus Tsahkna was more blunt saying that the failure to adopt the new sanctions wo…

Dollar slumps and gold rises as authorities say they will halt levies linked to emergency powers but give no word on refunds Business live – latest updates Donald Trump’s administration has said it will stop collecting tariffs the supreme court ruled were illegal as they were imposed using emergency powers , as investors attempted to digest the US president’s latest volley of replacement levies. …

Motorway stretch plays music as a safety feature but those close to it say ‘intrusive’ noise is constant and distressing Residents of one of India’s most upmarket neighbourhoods say the country’s first “musical road” has turned their daily lives into a nightmare soundtrack. A stretch of Mumbai’s recently opened Coastal Road seafront expressway has been engineered to play the pulsating Oscar-winni…

Coroner to examine whether police told prison staff about Aboriginal woman’s acute mental health conditions, despite previous arrest under mental health act Warning: This article contains reference to an Indigenous Australian who has died Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Tammy Shipley was recorded on CCTV drinking …

Premier Chris Minns says state has been working with federal government as group of 11 women and 23 children attempt to leave refugee camp Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales authorities are preparing for about a third of the group of Australian women and children linked to Islamic State fighters to return to the state, if authorities in Syria allow them t…

Man, now 22, told jury he messaged friend after the alleged incident saying he had anxiety and stomach pains Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A former politician’s alleged sexual abuse of a young teen caused mental struggles for the boy as he tried to process what happened, a jury has heard. Ex-state MP Rory Amon, …

Footage of Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque, has gone viral around the world after he was rejected by his mother and formed a bond with a soft toy A baby monkey in Japan has captured hearts around the world after videos of him being bullied by other monkeys and rejected by his mother went viral last week. Punch, a Japanese macaque, was born last July at Ichikawa zoo. He has drawninternat…

Corporation says there are ‘no favourites’ among MOTD trio Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan When the BBC split the task of presenting Match of the Day between three prominent broadcasters, executives were clear – there were to be “no favourites” among the new hosts Kelly Cates, Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman. That mantra is now being underlined as the corporation prepares its coverage for …

Drug lord who was killed by Mexican special forces on Sunday led a cartel known for aggression and military-style arsenal The drug lord “El Mencho”, who was killed on Sunday by Mexican special forces, was the co-founder and leader of a gang that in recent years had become the country’s most powerful criminal organisation : the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). While less internationally famou…

Duterte, 80, is accused of crimes against humanity over an anti-drugs crackdowns in which thousands of people were killed in the South-east Asian nation The pre-trial hearing for former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged role in a deadly “drug war” is set to begin at the international criminal court on Monday, despite his refusal to attend the proceedings. Duterte, 80, who was arre…

Advertised roles dropped 3% last month to 695,000 – first dip below 700,000 since January 2021, job site Adzuna says The number of job vacancies in the UK has tumbled to the lowest level in five years, research suggests, falling to levels not seen since the pandemic. The number of jobs being advertised slid by 3% in January to 695,000, according to the job search site Adzuna, marking the first ti…

Calls mount for Mountbatten-Windsor to be dropped from royal line of succession Police searches of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home on the Windsor estate in Berkshire continued on Sunday as a government minister did not rule out having a judge-led inquiry into the former prince’s links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, repre…

Emboldened by recent wins, elected officials gathered in San Francisco to share strategy for a midterm ‘reckoning’ Fury at Donald Trump was the coin of the realm, as thousands of California delegates, activists and elected officials gathered in San Francisco this weekend, emboldened by a string of victories and confident the Golden State would help deliver a power check on the president in the up…