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All 18-year-old men to be screened for suitability for armed forces, but proposal falls short of conscription The German parliament has rubberstamped a new model for military service that aims to boost its armed forces, as thousands of school pupils demonstrated across the country against the plans. The change will include the obligatory screening of all 18-year-old men to gauge their suitability…

The congresswoman from Minnesota responded to Trump’s dismissal of Somali Americans as ‘garbage’ Ilhan Omar , the Somali-born Minnesota congresswoman, has said Donald Trump is lashing out at her and her community with bigotry because he “knows he is failing”. The US president dismissed Somali Americans earlier this week as “garbage” in a racist rant . Continue reading...

Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effects Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast On TikTok, a 21-year-old fitness influencer is spruiking a drug that hasn’t even finished clinical trials. “This stuff is actually hard to come by in Australia, so I’ll le…

The changed outlook is a result of unwelcome inflation data, but could slow down the hot property market Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Financial markets are now pricing in a 100% chance the Reserve Bank will hike rates in 2026, in what would be a blow to mortgage holders but may take some steam out of an overheating property market. The latest forecasts represent a …

Ads to be removed from Adelaide Metro buses after advertising regulator rules they breach its environmental claims code Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here South Australia’s transport department misled the public by running ads on buses claiming “natural gas” was “clean and green”, the advertising regulator has found. The SA Department for Trans…

RSPB says growing trend for honouring species that are in decline is not matched by action on conservation Britain’s street names are being inspired by skylarks, lapwings and starlings, even as bird populations decline. According to a report by the RSPB, names such as Skylark Lane and Swift Avenue are increasingly common. Using OS Open Names data from 2004 to 2024, the conservation charity found …

Community fears shooting will be written off as gang violence and says examination of complex factors such as online feuds is required Tashante McCoy was celebrating her grandson’s fifth birthday in Stockton, California, on Saturday, when she learned that masked men had opened fire at another child’s birthday party on the other side of town. Armed men had walked into the banquet hall where at lea…

Brian Cole Jr faces two charges related to the 5 January 2021 plot and could serve up to 20 years in prison if convicted The man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington DC the night before the 6 January 2021 deadly attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump trying to overturn his election defeat is due to make his first appearance in federal court on Friday. Brian Cole Jr, 30, …

The writer of the Tony award-nominated Slave Play remains in custody after authorities say they found MDMA in his bag American actor and playwright Jeremy O Harris, known for the Tony-nominated Slave Play, was arrested last month at an airport in Japan on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the country, local authorities said late on Thursday. Harris, 36, was stopped on 16 Novem…

Narendra Modi says energy security is ‘pillar of the India-Russia partnership’ as two leaders meet in Delhi Vladimir Putin has told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, that Russia is ready to continue “uninterrupted” shipments of oil to India, signalling a defiant stance as the two leaders met in Delhi and affirmed that their ties were “resilient to external pressure”. The statement, made o…

French president’s remarks come a day after a report claimed he had warned Washington could betray Kyiv Emmanuel Macron has said there is “no mistrust” between Europe and the US, a day after a report claimed the French president had warned privately there was a risk Washington could betray Ukraine . “Unity between Americans and Europeans on the Ukrainian issue is essential. And I say it again and…

Delhi visit gives Russian leader a chance to reduce Moscow’s isolation but both countries need each other to negotiate Trump’s US and a powerful China When Vladimir Putin last set foot in India almost exactly four years ago, the world order looked materially different. At that visit – lasting just five hours due to the Covid pandemic – Putin and the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, discussed…

With Dog Man making his London theatre debut next summer, theatre makers explain how to make a successful jump from page to stage From Paddington and the BFG to The Gruffalo’s Child, My Neighbour Totoro to The Tiger Who Came to Tea, there is no shortage of stage adaptations of children’s classics filling theatres at the moment. This week it was announced that Dog Man, the half-canine crime fighte…

Kristi Noem said the list of countries from which travel to the US is prohibited will increase to an unspecified number US politics live – latest updates The US plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem , has announced. Noem, in an interview on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Thursday…

Logan Smith, 18, got out of ambulance driving him to hospital in Somerset, says official watchdog A teenager who got out of an ambulance on a motorway hard shoulder was Tasered by police before being hit and killed by a car, official watchdogs have said. Logan Smith, 18, was being taken to hospital when the ambulance pulled off the northbound carriageway of the M5 in Somerset because paramedics w…