Category: Politics

Follow today’s news live Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction It’s the last native mammal…

Funding would go toward protecting members of executive and judicial branches, and potentially members of Congress The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $58m for security services to protect the members of the executive and judicial branches after the killing of Charlie Kirk, multiple outlets report. They also supported adding more money…

Supermarket confirms it is no longer in discussions to sell the retail business it bought for £1.1bn in 2016 Sainsbury’s hopes of offloading its retail business Argos to one of China’s biggest retailers have collapsed as talks ended on Sunday. The supermarket giant confirmed it was no longer in discussions with JD.com to sell Argos,…

Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police The Guardian’s deputy political editor, Jessica Elgot, has done an explainer on who could replace Peter Mandelson. George Osborne, the former Conservative chancellor and architect of austerity, and David Miliband, the former Labour cabinet minister and…

NSW premier said the party had gone into the by-election with a message of ‘try before you buy’ on its newest MP, Katelin McInerney. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast ‘We’ve got an eye to recruiting out of PNG into the defence force’ – Marles Marles…

US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link Elon Musk has called for a “dissolution of parliament” and a “change of government” in the UK while addressing a crowd attending a “unite the kingdom” rally in London, organised by the far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as…

Erika Kirk said ‘my husband’s voice will remain’ despite his death Images coming out of the far-right ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march in central London on Saturday show framed photographs of Charlie Kirk being held aloft as protesters gather. The far-right activist and political commentator, who was fatally shot this week in Utah, galvanized young conservatives…

After Angela Rayner resigned and Peter Mandelson was sacked, Labour MPs have begun to ask whether Starmer could be challenged as PM Here are some images coming in today via the newswires of crowds gathering in central London for a march featuring far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. The rally is…

Commission asked platforms to apply content warnings to protect children or others who do not want to see US shooting Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s eSafety watchdog has asked social media companies to do more to guard children from seeing graphic footage of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk being…

Parviz Sabeti crafted a low-profile life for his family – but now he faces a $225m lawsuit over atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhere Neighbors in the upscale Florida community of Windermere know them as Peter and Nancy, the seemingly friendly retired couple they wave to on morning walks, and who always appear…