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Sydney records warmest winter on record as Melbourne equals previous hottest temperatures

New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania just experienced their warmest-ever winters – and BoM says above-average temperatures expected to continue Australia’s two biggest cities had their hottest and equal hottest winters on record, with three eastern states also breaking temperature records. The Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) spring outlook shows above average daytime and nighttime temperatures are expected to continue for much of the country, with an increased chance of unusually high maximums.

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Footage of police officer boasting about punching Sydney anti-Herzog protester raises questions about conduct

Male police officer caught on camera during 9 February protest against visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Video footage has emerged capturing a New South Wales police officer boasting about “punching” a protester in the head “when he was down”, before the protester was charged with assaulting police. Police body-worn camera footage, which was leaked to a social media account and widely shared over the weekend, reveals a male polic

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UK house prices rise for first time since April, says Nationwide

Average price of home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465 as market awaits interest rate vote UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, research reveals UK house prices increased for the first time in four months in August, according to a leading index, as buyers and sellers remain in a “holding pattern” before an expected increase in interest rates later this year. The average price of a British home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465, the first increa

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Trump suggests he is reviewing US support for UK over Falkland Islands

Donald Trump has suggested he is reconsidering US support for Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, in a move likely to strain the “special relationship” between Washington and London. “I always review every position – that’s just one of many,” the US president told reporters in the White House, in response to a question about whether he was reviewing the US’s position over the South Atlantic islands, an archipelago whose status has long been disputed by Argentina, which claims sovere

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Thai resort prepares to host USS Abraham Lincoln sailors after more than 270 days at sea

Security stepped up in Pattaya before arrival of thousands of sailors and marines, whose deployment was extended due to US war in Iran Authorities in the Thai resort city of Pattaya have stepped up security as they prepare to welcome thousands of sailors and marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln after more than 270 consecutive days at sea . “About 600 officials will provide security and other necessary assistance,” the provincial governor, Narit Niramaiwong, told AFP. Continue reading...

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Days after Trump announces Venezuela oil deal, White House fills in some of the details

As part of the deal, the U.S. is creating a private company as a joint venture with North American Blue Energy Partners, owned by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt. (Image credit: Matias Delacroix)

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NBC News · 5m ago

One person missing as two bodies recovered after Grand Canyon floods

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. One person missing as two bodies recovered after Grand Canyon floods GTA 6 Netflix preview dominates top 10 following massive gameplay leaks 02:20Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty in murder of Tupac 05:43Women and girls take virtual classes to get around severe restrictions on education in Afghanistan 04:36Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation to White House 02:20Novel climate change lawsuit seeking d

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Guardian - World · 5m ago

Anger as BBC withdraws jobs promise for apprentices amid sweeping cuts

The BBC is facing internal anger after a group of apprentices were told they could no longer expect jobs they had been promised, as a result of the corporation’s sweeping cuts programme. In a sign of the pressure the BBC is under to find savings, apprentices working with BBC News were told that “exceptional circumstances” meant the broadcaster could no longer stand by its pledge to find them permanent positions. The Guardian understands that the decision came after some had been repeatedly reass

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Guardian - World · 5m ago

Albanese has everything to lose engaging in a fight with Hanson, but he may be drawn in anyway | Analysis

At the height of her 1998 re-election fight, Pauline Hanson was challenged to give her honest assessment of John Howard. Two years on from her firebrand maiden speech, the One Nation leader was contesting the Queensland seat of Blair when she was bailed up by a group of punters at a country race meeting. The men had been drinking and one demanded to know if Howard was “a prick”. Hanson told them that the country’s leader had a job to do and she respected his position as the prime minister. “You

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Nepal rescuers blast hillside in search of hydropower workers as families wait anxiously

Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.

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News live: Penny Wong has ‘grave concerns’ for missing Australians in Nepal; capital city house prices fall below $1m

Australian flight transporting aid supplies leaves for Nepal this morning. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The typical capital city home price has slipped back below $1m as buyers fail to show up in a “buyers market”, property data firm Cotality has reported. The median price in the capitals surpassed $1m for the first time back in October but has steadily fallen this year with demand suppressed by rising interest rates and weak confidence in the

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Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme

FCA chief, Nikhil Rathi, warned of ‘adverse consequences’ if challenge made to settlement, court filings allege The boss of the UK’s financial regulator is accused of threatening a consumer group with “adverse consequences” if it blocked a £9.1bn compensation scheme meant to settle the motor finance scandal . Legal documents reviewed by the Guardian said the alleged comments by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive, Nikhil Rathi, amounted to “an inappropriate intervention by a pu

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Shein shares slide on fast-fashion retailer’s stock market debut

Shares in the fast-fashion brand Shein slumped by as much as 10% as the China-founded company made its long-anticipated trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The Singapore-headquartered company, once valued at almost $100bn (£74bn), went public on Tuesday pricing shares at HK$48.56, valuing the business at just over $26bn. However, minutes after the flotation, which raised HK$13.6bn, the stock fell as much as 10%, pushing the online retailer’s valuation below $25bn. Shein’s share price

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Guardian - World · 5m ago

Shaun the Sheep hailed on latest list of storm names

From a five-year-old weather enthusiast to a beloved animated sheep – the inspiration for the list of storm names for this autumn and winter is wide and varied. Austen, Boelo and Chloe will be the first named storms of this winter, meteorologists have revealed, after more than 40,000 suggestions were submitted by the public. The UK’s Met Office, in partnership with Ireland’s Met Éireann and the Dutch national weather forecasting service, KNMI, released the list for the 2026-27 season on Monday.

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Guardian - World · 5m ago

Charles Perrottet told fugitive developer plan at Nobu dinner to have NSW MP ‘on his knees’, Icac hears

The younger brother of Dominic Perrottet has insisted he never asked a fugitive property developer for money for political outcomes – including at a meeting at fine-dining restaurant Nobu in Crown Casino, an inquiry has heard. On Tuesday, the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) heard that developer Jean Nassif had withdrawn from a scheduled videolink appearance from Lebanon later this week, after Charles Perrottet faced questions about the dinner meeting between the

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Guardian - World · 5m ago

NSW top prosecutor Sally Dowling and state attorney general discussed which barristers could review her office, estimates hears

Sally Dowling tells budget estimates that Michael Daley called to tell her he was appointing a senior counsel and ‘raised quite a number of names’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The top prosecutor in NSW says she discussed a list of barristers to lead an independent review into controversial findings against her office with the state’s attorney general, before he appointed someone she had known “professionally a

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Canada’s ruling Liberals sweep special elections in boost to Mark Carney

Three projected victories are ‘a message’ to US that Carney ‘has the support of the Canadian people’, says one lawmaker Canada’s ruling Liberal party has swept three special elections in a result that showed voters backing the prime minister, Mark Carney, after his face-off with the US president, Donald Trump . The Canadian Press, Canada’s national news agency, projected Liberal victories in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec, Beaches-East York in Toronto and North Vancouver-Capilano in British Colum

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Hindu pilgrims, on arduous trek, among Nepal's missing

Among the hundreds still missing on Nepal's border with China are Hindus from India and beyond, participating in a journey of devotion to a sacred mountain (Image credit: Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state

Christine Edzard’s The Man With the Plan tours the country with a timely message about tackling want, disease, squalor, idleness and ignorance A new film that addresses issues fundamental to the new prime minister’s declared mission will star Simon Callow as a historical British political figure. The hero of The Man With the Plan is William Beveridge , who helped to lay the foundations of the postwar welfare state. It shows that the Liberal peer was much more radical than is usually assumed – an

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Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year

Increase coincides with proscription of Palestine Action last year which has led to thousands of arrests for allegedly supporting the protest group Almost half of all terrorism arrests in Great Britain since the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers in 2001 have come in the past year, official data shows. There have been 6,539 arrests for terror-related activity in Great Britain since the 2001 attacks and 3,021 of those arrests were in the year ending 31 March 2026, according to the Home Office. Conti