Category: Politics

European Union leaders, excluding Viktor Orbán, say ‘the path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine’ To give you an idea of just how strongly Hungary feels about the EU’s statement, the country’s prime minister Viktor Orbán took to social media this morning to explain his views. He said he felt it was…

Opposition leader says Albanese ‘out of his depth’. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Seven West Media profits shrink amid declining ad revenue Channel Seven’s media company saw a $61m drop in revenue in the year to June as TV advertising slipped, with after-tax profit nearly…

White House official confirms that the federal takeover of DC police department expected to be in effect for 30 days but added that this would be ‘subject to change’ Trump vows to ‘clean up’ DC crime despite sharp drop in violence Donald Trump said on Truth Social today that DC “will be LIBERATED today”. Ahead…

Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, says justice minister as government defends decision to proscribe protest group Richard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor Students in England are expected to receive A-level grades that are closer to normal for the first time since the Covid pandemic triggered school…

Committee to Protect Journalists says those responsible for death of Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues must be held to account Anas al-Sharif among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike Three-quarters of UN members have already, or soon plan to, recognise Palestinian statehood, according to a tally by news agency Agence France-Presse. According to the tally,…

NSW premier said last week Kathleen Folbigg was ‘free to take the NSW government to court’ if she wants more than the $2m. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Ed Husic says ‘the sooner the better’ on reports of recognition of Palestinian state Labor MP Ed…

Demonstration follows revelation firm’s servers holding huge collection of intercepted Palestinian phone calls Activists have staged a protest on the roof of a Microsoft datacentre in the Netherlands after revelations the Israeli military is storing large volumes of data in the country. Images posted on social media showed some of the activists blocking access to…

PM has ignored military advice and warnings that move could endanger hostages and will lead to further destruction and suffering for Palestinians See all our Middle East crisis coverage Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to hold a press conference with international media in Jerusalem at 4:30pm local time (13:30 GMT; 14:30 BST). He will…

Whistleblowing complaint warns Alan Turing Institute is in danger of collapse due to government threats over funds Staff at the UK’s leading artificial intelligence institute have raised concerns about the organisation’s governance and internal culture in a whistleblowing complaint to the charity watchdog. The Alan Turing Institute (ATI), a registered charity with substantial state funding,…

White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded research The latest phase of the Trump administration’s offensive against Harvard University is a comprehensive review of the university’s federally funded research programs, and the threat to strip the school’s lucrative portfolio of patents. In a letter to the Harvard…