Category: Politics

Soldiers and armoured vehicles enter city in northern occupied West Bank, confirms Israeli military, as residents say soldiers are searching houses Al Jazeera reports that the prime minister of Belgium has begun a meeting with his deputies on the topic of recognising the state of Palestine. Bart De Wever said in a statement yesterday that…

Follow today’s news live Victoria police shooting live updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast We’re getting a bit more clarity this morning about how the two antisemitic attacks allegedly directed by the IRGC took place. Yesterday, the Asio director-general, Mike Burgess, spoke about the involvement of “cut-outs”. “Cut-outs” is…

Follow live updates Porepunkah shooting: two Victoria police officers dead, one injured in attack at rural property What we know so far about the shooting in rural Australia The chief commissioner of Victoria police, Mike Bush, said Freeman, 56, is “heavily armed” and still at large. Bush said a “large team” were “absolutely focused” on…

Federal Reserve governor’s lawyer says Trump administration’s effort to fire her ‘lacks any factual or legal basis’ Lisa Cook to sue Trump over attempt to fire her Lev Menand, a law professor at Columbia law school, said Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve chief Lisa Cook is a “procedurally invalid removal under the statute”.…

Open letter has been signed by 209 former EU ambassadors, senior diplomatic staff and ambassadors from EU nation states The UN says that Israel must not only investigate alleged unlawful killings in Gaza like the hospital strike that killed 20 people, including journalists, the previous day, but also ensure those probes yield results. “There needs…

In today’s newsletter: Extreme heat, droughts and floods are proving disastrous for farmers on the frontline of climate change, and consumers in the supermarket, too Good morning. My mum is a livestock farmer in Kent. This year her hay crop was down by 50% because the spring rains never came. She’s not alone – up…

Government spokesperson says US tariffs on low value imports is ‘disappointing’. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast In the last parliament, the government had just reached a deal with the Greens and members of the crossbench, to get its environmental laws over the line. Now that…

Maryland man, back in US after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, is threatened with deportation to Uganda Kilmar Ábrego García – who has been thrust into the middle of an acrimonious deportation saga by the second Trump administration – has been detained after reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Baltimore on…

Illinois attorney general says president’s actions are ‘un-American’ and there is no emergency as Pentagon official confirms plans to send troops to city The justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract…

Two-day pre-sentencing hearing at Victorian supreme court comes after Patterson was found guilty of triple murder and attempted murder on 7 July Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Court hears statement from sister of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson Prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC is reading a victim impact statement on…