Category: Politics

Senate majority leader John Thune reportedly says Paul Ingrassia is ‘not gonna pass’ a confirmation vote Trump’s nominee loses Republican support following racist text messages The Central Intelligence Agency is providing the bulk of the intelligence used to carry out the controversial lethal air strikes by the Trump administration against small, fast-going boats in the…

The former prime minister said that he hoped he would not need to close schools but disagrees there was no planning for such an outcome Former prime minister Boris Johnson tries to give the inquiry context around the decision making on the closure of educational settings. He says: Don’t forget that we didn’t know the…

Police make more than 180 arrests and capture 281 privately manufactured weapons and parts, including those made by 3D printers Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Authorities have seized more than 1,000 firearms and gun parts in a crackdown on the…

Premier Chris Minns says government will integrate hospital back into the public system. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Wong says Trump’s ‘I don’t like you either’ comment to Kevin Rudd ‘clearly tongue-in-cheek’ The foreign minister was asked about Donald Trump’s remark that he didn’t like…

Group says it will release body on Monday evening as delay in returning hostage remains causes outrage in Israel The Guardian’s global affairs correspondent, Andrew Roth, has written an interesting profile on Jared Kushner in which he explores his central role in the ceasefire negotiations and his extensive business dealings in the Middle East. Here…

Ukrainian president criticises choice of Budapest as location for meeting as Trump suggests Kyiv must cede land to end war Hello and welcome to our live blog covering events across Europe. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Monday he would be ready to join Russia’s Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at…

Multiple locations across Australia’s eastern states are facing temperatures up to 18C above average over the coming week, BoM says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast October heat records are set to fall this week across South Australia, Queensland and New…

Veteran leftwinger Tatar Erhürman campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island Turkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus. Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the…

Five Yemenis and 15 foreign workers held as Iran-backed group steps up its campaign against international agencies Houthi rebels have detained 20 employees at a UN facility in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen. They are holding five Yemenis and 15 international workers but released another 11 after questioning them on Sunday. It was the second…

Israeli media reports come as Hamas and Israel trade accusations over breaches of the US-brokered ceasefire Israel has launched an attack on Gaza, according to Israeli media, amid escalating tensions and mutual accusations with Hamas over breaches of the US-brokered ceasefire aimed at ending the war in the territory. There was no immediate comment from…