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Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threat Fast-moving wildfires have burned two First Nations communities in Canada to the ground, as members said they were left to self-evacuate without government help or emergency alerts. Thirteen communities in Ontario province have been ordered to evacuate because of wild…

Isabel Rose, 26, given six-year sentence for blackmail and perverting course of justice after accusing British banker A British woman who reported being raped to police in Hong Kong has been sentenced to six years in prison for blackmail and perverting the course of public justice. Isabel Rose, 26, from south-east London, travelled to Hong Kong in early 2024 to visit a British banker she had met …

Anthony Albanese will cast ‘practical’ policies as the key to countering the anxiety and frustration in Australia Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Students in 10 fields including physiotherapy, speech pathology and clinical psychology will receive financial assistance to complete mandatory placements under a major expansion of the federal government’s paid work experie…

Clear frontrunner leaves lucrative role at New York’s Dia Art Foundation to join UK arts organisation at critical juncture Jessica Morgan has been confirmed as the new director of Tate, marking her return to the arts organisation where she worked as a curator for more than a decade, at a critical juncture in its history. Morgan, the clear frontrunner in the race to replace Maria Balshaw, who left…

Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise them Six beluga whales have at last left Marineland, the embattled Canadian marine park in Niagara Falls that previously threatened to kill its own animals , and are arriving at US aquariums this week. While the whales’ journey into the US marks the end of their long and controversial saga of capt…

Police open investigation into Nottinghamshire service that treated Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in 2023 The NHS trust that treated the triple killer Valdo Calocane in the years before the Nottingham attacks is being investigated by police for corporate manslaughter. Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after he fatally stabbed the 19-…

PM says he wants to be sure everything concerning controversial policy has been looked at before it goes ahead UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said he will review the government’s controversial prisoner early release scheme with the justice secretary. The scheme, under which thousands of prisoners are to serve shorter sentences after new laws were passed to address a prison ove…

Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universities The US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, ⁠the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes ⁠of chronic diseases, accelerate drug ⁠dis…

Pete Hegseth reveals costs so far as Trump administration seeks more funding. Plus, rediscovered plane wreck that changed flying for ever Good morning. The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has told the Senate that the US-Israel war on Iran has cost $37.5bn so far , as he faced lawmakers furious over the conflict’s soaring price tag and the deaths last week of three American service members. He…

Victims of crime say it’s ‘no laughing matter’ after ministers caught on hot mic ‘ribbing’ about scheme UK politics live – latest updates Victims of crime have accused ministers of making “cheap jokes” about releasing prisoners early after Wes Streeting and Shabana Mahmood apologised after being caught on camera “ribbing” about the scheme. In a video, the new justice secretary, Alex Norris, can b…

Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Penny Wong will warn China that Australia and other neighbouring nations will not be bullied by its “provocative” actions, after its involvement in another “destabilising and dangerous” incident this week. Th…

Andy Biggs – a hard-right congressman endorsed by Donald Trump – won the Republican nomination for Arizona governor Americans are 10 times more likely than people elsewhere in the world to regard politics as the greatest threat to their personal safety, according to a global survey that suggests the country’s deep partisan divisions are poisoning everyday life. The latest Lloyd’s Register Foundat…

Family and boxing community grieving deeply after Rapp was killed by motorist while she was cycling in Texas The violent death of the US boxer Hannah Rapp , whom authorities say was killed recently by a motorist while she cycled, has left her sport, her communities outside the ring and her loved ones grieving deeply just weeks after she took her first world title shot. A statement from the Bryan …

Fine of 20m won (£10,108) could also be imposed for serving insect not approved for consumption under local law Prosecutors in South Korea have asked a court to sentence the owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant to one year in prison for serving a dessert topped with ants, an insect not approved for consumption under local food safety law. The request, made on Monday, also sought a 20m won (£10,…

Equinor benefits from move to increase oil and gas production during strait of Hormuz blockades Business live – latest updates Profits at Norway’s state oil company nearly doubled to $11.5bn (£8.6bn) in the three months to the end of June as the jump in oil and gas prices caused by the war against Iran boosted earnings. Equinor benefited from a decision to increase oil and gas production at the s…