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Sepehr Saryazdi, 24, charged with planning terrorist act after allegedly plotting to throw molotov cocktail at Gold Coast event A Queensland PhD candidate has been accused of planning to throw a molotov cocktail at an Australia Day crowd, as part of an alleged terrorist plot to overthrow the government and it with a “cybernetics” alternative, a court has heard. Sepehr Saryazdi, 24, allegedly plan…

Australians urged to do a good deed – or mitzvah – as Anthony Albanese says day is ‘opportunity for us as a nation to wrap our arms around the Jewish community’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fresh wreaths of flowers have been laid at Bondi beach, children have cooked meals for those in need and Anthony Albanese …

Reporters Without Borders said the ruling against the 26-year-old journalist showed a ‘blatant disregard for press freedom’ in the Southeast Asian nation A young Filipino journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of terror financing on Thursday, in a case rights groups and a UN rapporteur labelled a “travesty of justice”. Community journalist and radio …

The de-escalation fuelled a rally in global sharemarkets as buyers ride the ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ trade strategy Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian shares shot higher on Thursday to recoup part of their recent losses, after Donald Trump dropped a tariff threat used against European allies amid his pr…

Treasurer joins former PM Malcom Turnbull in praising Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jim Chalmers has described the Canadian prime minister’s passionate denunciation of Donald Trump ’s assault on the global rules-based order as a “stunning spee…

Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks Donald Trump’s announcement of a “framework of a future deal” that would settle the issue of Greenland after weeks of escalating threats has been met with profound scepticism from people in the Arctic territory, even as financial markets …

Liam Ramos and his father taken into custody while in their driveway and transported to Texas detention center US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a five-year-old Minnesota boy on Tuesday as he returned home from school and transported him and his father to a Texas detention center, according to school officials. Liam Ramos, a preschooler, and his father were taken into custody …

Woman who’s eight months pregnant sent to Colombia by ICE, despite belated court order to keep her out of the air A 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant and in a state of medical distress was deported Wednesday afternoon, a human rights attorney said, despite a court order, issued too late, to keep her out of the air. “We are trying to get her the medical attention she needs immediately…

Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, accused of inciting subversion The national security trial of three pro-democracy activists who organised an annual memorial in Hong Kong to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre is to begin on Thursday. Chow Hang-tung , Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho are charged with inciting subversion under Hong Kong’s national security la…

IFG says proposed plans, which will slash the number of jury trials, will produce ‘marginal gains’ of less than 2% time saved David Lammy’s plans to introduce judge-only criminal trials in England and Wales will save less than 2% of time in crown courts, the Institute for Government (IFG) has said. In a report that casts doubt on the ability of the changes, which will slash the number of jury tri…

RNIB research uncovers high anxiety around rail travel with some having fallen into gaps or been trapped in doors ‘It was a very lucky escape’: blind man who fell on to tracks calls for rail travel improvements Four in five blind and partially sighted people in the UK have struggled to cross the gap between trains and station platforms, according to a survey, with some falling and injuring themse…

UK had highest relative increase of five countries in study, with 20-fold rise in proportion of women over 25 using it The proportion of people in the UK on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication has tripled in the past decade, with a 20-fold increase among women aged 25 and over, a study shows. Researchers led by the University of Oxford examined electronic health records fro…

Ruling presents Democrats with opportunity to pick up another US House seat in November elections New York must redraw its congressional map, a state judge ruled on Wednesday , handing Democrats another key opportunity to pick up another US House seat ahead of this fall’s midterm elections. The ruling from Jeffrey Pearlman, a New York state supreme court justice, comes after a Democratic-aligned …

Researchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politics Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels in the European Union’s power generation last year, a report has found , in a “major tipping point” for clean energy. Turbines spinning in the wind and photovoltaic panels lit up by the sun generated 30% of the EU’s electricity in 2025, according to an ann…

Culture secretary says national institutions will receive £600m but they must extend influence outside London London-based museums need to ensure they reach every part of the country, according to Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, who on Wednesday announced a landmark £1.5bn funding package for the arts meant to restore national pride. National museums including the British Museum and the Nation…