Category: Politics

Home affairs minister says increased coordination will see every agency in group ‘looking at every stage of this supply chain’. Follow the latest updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Asked about the hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza approved for visas in Australia and whether the ceasefire changes anything,…

Democratic lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Raphael Warnock, Adam Schiff, Cory Booker and Chuck Schumer among protesters What to know about the anti-Trump protests attracting millions Democratic officials across the US have posted in support of the No Kings protests. The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, wrote on Saturday morning in a social media post: “Do…

Johnathan Walton, who was a victim of Marianne ‘Mair’ Smyth, had helped UK authorities track her down A US podcaster and author who helped UK authorities convict a woman derisively known as the “Queen of the Con” of defrauding a group of Northern Irish mortgage advice customers has expressed disappointment in her being sentenced on…

MP tells supporters he won’t run for his seat of New England at next election and is ‘free to now consider all options’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce has told supporters he intends to quit the Nationals, won’t run for his seat of New England at the…

In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours Virginia Giuffre book extract: ‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’ Prince Andrew has agreed to give up his use of the Duke of York title, he said in a statement released through Buckingham Palace. He will…

Eighteen-count indictment of former Trump adviser handed down by federal grand jury in Maryland as US president calls ex-ally a ‘bad guy’ Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton surrenders after indictment The US Senate failed on Thursday to re-open the government and to vote to fund the military during the federal government shutdown, ensuring that the standoff…

Trump has said that, after meeting Zelenskyy today, he will hold talks with Putin in Hungary Fifteen members of a Ukrainian militia group were convicted by a Russian military court on Friday of taking part in “a terrorist organisation” and sentenced to between 15 and 21 years in a maximum security penal colony, Russia’s prosecutor…

This blog has now closed. Read our latest politics story here A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest developments out of the Middle East, as Israel and Hamas continue to carry out various aspects of the US brokered ceasefire deal. This includes the news today that Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians…

The Liberal leader says the prime minister must extract ‘concrete’ results on Aukus and trade. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Looming social media ban on docket for education parley The government leaders responsible for enforcing a world-first ban on social media for teenagers will gather…