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Prominent Palestinian author’s removal from Adelaide writers’ week lineup led to unprecedented turmoil culminating in cancellation of festival Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has received a legal notice from the Palestinian writer and academic at the heart of the Ad…

Exclusive: Discovery comes amid growing concern over lax regulation and children being put at risk by rogue operators Circumcision kits have been found on sale on Amazon UK, highlighting lax regulation as concerns grow about deaths and serious harms to baby boys. In December, a UK coroner issued warnings about insufficient circumcision regulation after the death in 2023 of a six-month-old boy, Mo…

How upgrades will be funded and when they might be completed is still far from clear Like a long-promised train that finally trundles into view, the green light for Northern Powerhouse Rail was better late than never. It arrived to relief rather than rejoicing from Labour mayors. They were happy, at last, to get moving. A brief recap: the world’s most expensive and long-delayed rail line, HS2, wa…

Policing inspectorate to say force made series of errors in how it gathered and handled intelligence UK politics live – latest updates West Midlands police will be criticised in a report about their handling of intelligence used to justify banning Israeli fans from a football game in Birmingham, the Guardian understands. The inquiry was ordered by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and carried …

Craig Guildford says he gave incorrect evidence to MPs and mistake arose from ‘use of Microsoft Copilot’ UK politics live – latest updates The chief of West Midlands police has apologised to MPs for giving them incorrect evidence about the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans, saying it had been produced by artificial intelligence (AI). Craig Guildford told the home affairs select commi…

United Nations says man experienced ‘serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia exposed an Iranian asylum seeker to torture and ill-treatment during his years in detention, a UN committee has found, amounting to a breach of international obligations. On Wednesday evening, the UN commi…

Aim is to speed up acquisition of WBD studio and streaming businesses and hold off rival Paramount bid Netflix is reportedly preparing to switch to an all-cash offer to seal its takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), as it tries to speed up the deal and fend off a rival hostile bid from Paramount Skydance . The changes to Netflix’s $83bn (£62bn) offer, fi…

US president says of Jens-Frederik Nielsen: ‘I don’t know anything about him, but this is going to be a big problem for him’ Meanwhile, France has announced plans to open a consulate in Greenland next month, with the country’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot saying it was meant to send “a political signal” amid US president Donald Trump’s growing interest in the territory. Barrot told French RT…

Ministers have rolled back central element of digital ID plans, possibly allowing people to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work Good morning. Keir Starmer has performed another U-turn – on compulsory digital ID. Here is Peter Walker and Pippa Crerar’s overnight story. A few days ago Noah Keate from Politico listed seven major U-turns the government has already performed…

It comes after opposition leader Sussan Ley has spent weeks calling for better legislative protections to tackle antisemitism Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Senior Liberals are urging colleagues to vote against Labor’s fast-tracked legislation in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, despite opposition leader Suss…

Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia Wes Streeting has asked Jonathan Haidt, a bestselling author and high-profile advocate of banning social media for under-16s, to speak to his officials in his push for the UK to consider following a landmark ban in Australia. The health secretary has invited Haidt to address an even…

Debt-riddled retail giant’s demise has cast uncertainty over the future of US luxury fashion The high-end department store conglomerate Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in one of the largest retail collapses since the pandemic, barely a year after a deal that brought Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus under the same roof. The move cast uncertainty over the…

Crane was working on a high-speed rail project when it collapsed and hit the passing train, causing it to derail and briefly catch fire At least 22 people in Thailand have been killed and scores injured after a crane collapsed onto a passenger train, derailing it on Wednesday, officials said. Footage from the scene verified by Agence France-Presse showed the crane’s broken structure resting on gi…

The 24 actor was taken into custody after officers responded to a call in Hollywood shortly after midnight Kiefer Sutherland, who starred in the television series 24 and vampire flick The Lost Boys, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of assaulting a ride-share driver, according to Los Angeles police. The Canadian-British actor was taken into custody after officers responded to a call in Hollywoo…

Sydney stage adaption and new book put on hold after Runt and Jasper Jones author arrested Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian novelist Craig Silvey’s books have been withdrawn from school curricula in Victoria and his home state and a major stage adaptation of one of his works has been halted after the aut…