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Julie Inman Grant says Australia’s Online Safety Act ‘does not impinge upon Americans’ freedom of speech’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s online safety regulator has rejected assertions from a key US Republican congressman that she is a “zealot for global takedowns”, as the eSafety commissioner faced q…

Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins threatens to pull funds unless states turn over recipient data to US government The Trump administration has threatened to suspend Snap food assistance to several Democratic-led states unless they turn over recipient data to the federal government. The agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, said on Tuesday that the USDA could begin blocking funds as early as n…

Exclusive: New laws will also curb questioning and aim to stop complainants being discredited over previous reports Rape victims will no longer be depicted as serial liars in courtrooms in England and Wales as part of the biggest shake-up “in a generation”, the Guardian can reveal. New measures will stop the “profound injustice” of victims being questioned, sometimes without warning, about past r…

Officers joked about tip that Luigi Mangione was at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, where they arrested him in the killing of Brian Thompson Police involved with Luigi Mangione’s arrest were so skeptical that the tip on his whereabouts was true that they joked about a reward sandwich in text messages, Manhattan state court proceedings revealed on Tuesday. “He said, ‘if you get the New York City shoote…

Donation of $6.25bn for children’s investment accounts prompts wave of questions – but details remain scarce A tech billionaire and his wife said on Tuesday they would pour $6.25bn into individual investment accounts for 25 million children under 10, prompting a wave of new questions about how these so-called “Trump accounts” will work. The creation of these accounts was included as part of Donal…

White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountability US politics live – latest updates The Pentagon on Tuesday scapegoated a navy admiral for the extrajudicial double-tap strike that killed survivors of a 2 September attack on an alleged drug boat and vowed to continue operations, even as lawmakers investigate whether the attack co…

US president’s xenophobic rant comes amid reports of stepped-up effort to deport Somalis in Minneapolis-St Paul US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is reportedly increasing immigration enforcement against undocumented Somalis in Minnesota. In a xenophobic rant …

Dead included children, aged eight, nine and 14, and a 21-year-old man who were shot at a banquet hall Details are beginning to emerge about the victims of the shooting at a toddler’s birthday party in Stockton, California, that left four people dead and at least 11 injured over the weekend. The dead included children, aged eight, nine and 14, and a 21-year-old man who were shot at a banquet hall…

Guardian Australia report on gaming platform raised at Senate estimates. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann will today learn whether a second return to the lion’s den has overturned his loss in a defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson , AAP reports. The 30-year-old sued for defama…

Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline, was allegedly recruited to assist in assassinations on Ukrainian soil Ukrainian authorities have arrested a British military instructor accused of spying for Russia and plotting assassinations. Ross David Cutmore, 40, from Dunfermline, was allegedly recruited by Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB, to “carry out targeted killings on the territory of Ukrain…

Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC George Cottrell, a close associate of Nigel Farage and a key figure in Reform UK’s inner circle, acted as a front for a major gambling syndicate that was “given control” of his betting accounts, a high court document alleges. Cottrell acted as a stalking horse f…

Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 700 as 1 million evacuated Families stranded on their rooftops. Homes buried by fast-flowing mud. Jagged brown craters scarring lush green hillsides. The scenes are the result of a series of cyclones and storms in a heavy monsoon season that have struck Asia…

New date to approve site near Tower Bridge in London aligns with Keir Starmer’s planned visit to Beijing The government has delayed its decision on whether to approve China’s super-embassy in London until January, when Keir Starmer is expected to visit Beijing. Ministers are expected to greenlight the controversial plans after formal submissions by the Home Office and Foreign Office raised no obj…

Friends Melanie Watters and Janine Reid have been trapped in Pussellawa since Thursday Two British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lanka’s tea mountains are running out of food and water, the daughter of one of them has said, as officials reported that the death toll of Cyclone Ditwah has reached 465. Melanie Watters, 54, and her friend Janine Reid, 55, both from London, were being driven thr…

Relations between French company Dassault and the German unit of Airbus are reportedly ‘very strained’ The leaders of France and Germany have a “strong willingness” to build a new fighter jet together despite bitter internal rivalries, according to the chief executive of engine manufacturer Safran. A row over who should lead between French aerospace company Dassault and the German unit of Airbus …