British Gas customers to receive up to £112m over prepayment meter scandal
Redress for force-fitting devices in homes of vulnerable includes £20m penalty and £70m of debt write-offsThousands of British Gas customers who had p...
Neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network criminalised under hate laws passed after Bondi terror attack
Home affairs minister Tony Burke says listing will stop group from organising and meeting, and may prevent more ‘horrific bigoted rallies’The governme...
Fears of ‘postal deserts’ as owner of former WH Smith stores puts counters under threat
Exclusive: Contract changes mean Post Office outlets inside TG Jones stores would be easier to close, with up to 60 possibly affectedThe owner of WH S...
King’s College and Cranfield hope to be stronger together in surprise merger
News will come as a shock to staff, especially at Cranfield, but the institutions’ bosses say intention is growthThe announcement that King’s College ...
Giggle for Girls app discriminated against trans woman Roxanne Tickle, appeal judge rules when doubling damages
Federal court affirms an August 2024 finding that Tickle was discriminated against on the basis of her gender identity and awards her $20,000Follow ou...
Britons to vote in inaugural contest to find nation’s favourite butterfly
Butterfly Conservation poll is open until 7 June with choice of 60 species from small tortoiseshells to purple emperorsWill it be the rapidly disappea...
From drab partitions to haute couture host: how a Sydney civic masterpiece was rescued
Redevelopment of the former Department of Lands building on Sydney’s Bridge Street wins National Trust heritage awardIt was once a grand old sandstone...
US miner under further investigation after destroying WA habitat of black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats
Pressure grows on Alcoa over strip-mining of Western Australian jarrah forest, which also threatens Perth’s water supplyGet our breaking news email, f...
Pauline Hanson claimed $16,000 for private charter despite claiming floods tour was at ‘no cost to taxpayer’
One Nation leader and Barnaby Joyce flew on Gina Rinehart’s plane from the Sunshine Coast to Mount Isa before taking charter to tour flood-affected co...
Guardian columnist Rafael Behr talks through a tumultuous day for Labour and Keir Starmer – following the resignation of health secretary Wes Streetin...
Angus Taylor accused of ‘dog-whistling’ and marginalising immigrants over plan to cut benefits to non-citizens
Prime minister claims Coalition imitating One Nation’s policies as refugee advocacy group warns migrants ‘should not be used as scapegoats’ for econom...
Australia’s housing affordability expected to worsen and homelessness soar under fossil-fuelled future
Rents will rise and homelessness quadruple in a decade unless serious steps to cut emissions are taken, University of Sydney researchers findFollow ou...
Canada is welcome to join Eurovision, says song contest director
‘We know that Mark Carney wants to sort of embrace Europe,’ says competition director Martin GreenCanada is welcome to join Eurovision if it wishes, i...
Trump China visit live: Rubio hoping for ‘positive response’ to appeal for release of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai
Secretary of state says US made clear America’s position on Taiwan, as Trump-Xi talks continue for second dayXi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even confl...
US justice department accuses Yale medical school of illegally using race in admissions
A 2023 supreme court decision banned the use of affirmative action in college admissionsThe justice department on Thursday accused Yale University of ...
NSPCC reports sharp rise in children being blackmailed over sexual images in UK
Charity says calls to its Childline service about online sexual abuse and exploitation have risen 36% in a yearChildren reported a rise in online blac...
Renowned feminist artist and film-maker Valie Export dies aged 85
Export’s performances scandalised Austria in the 1960s, but are now recognised for exposing the objectification of the female bodyValie Export, the Au...
CIA director has met officials in Havana for talks, Cuba claims
Visit comes after US-Cuba relations deteriorated significantly, with Washington imposing a fuel blockade on the island in JanuaryCIA director John Rat...
Tape shows Bolsonaro son asking jailed banker for $26.8m to fund film on father
Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, caught on tape asking banker for millionsFlávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwi...
Eurovision 2026: Delta Goodrem sends Australia to the grand final with note-perfect performance
There was wind, there was fire, there was Goodrem’s remarkable upper-range – resulting in a refreshingly self-assured offering from Australia‘Sung by ...
Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail
Louisiana had sued the FDA in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotelySign up for the Breaking News US news...
UK ministers accused of weakening legal protections for torture victims seeking asylum
Council of Europe members plan to change interpretation of rights laws to make it easier to deport peopleKeir Starmer’s government has been accused of...
River Thames in London gets first official bathing spot on Friday
Thames at Ham designated as one of 13 new swimming areas across England to be monitored for water qualityThe first designated bathing water area on th...
Photo of US-China delegation criticized over absence of women: ‘masculine, militarized and exclusionary’
‘Backward’ photo panned for display of patriarchy, signaling that ‘women’s voices don’t matter in shaping global order’By the time Donald Trump and Xi...
Louisiana senate passes bill to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional districts
If state’s house passes bill, redrawn map could could give state Republicans a 5-1 congressional majoritySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter e...
Is Andy Burnham about to return to Westminster? - podcast
Andy Burnham has announced he will attempt to return to Westminster after the Labour MP Josh Simons said he will vacate his Makerfield seat in order f...
Australia news live: Delta Goodrem hits the stage in Eurovision semi; Angus Taylor accused of ‘dog whistle’ budget reply
Australian pop star performs song Eclipse in second semi-final before Sunday’s final. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or...
Top California Democratic strategist pleads guilty to $225,000 fraud charges
Dana Williamson, who has ties to Gavin Newsom, conspired to steal gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra’s campaign fundsSign up for the Breaking News U...
Three more people sick in California amid ‘unprecedented outbreak’ due to toxic mushrooms
Since November, state has seen 47 cases of people accidentally ingesting poisonous wild mushroomsHealth authorities in California’s Napa county report...
‘God gave us this city’: Israeli nationalists join Jerusalem Day protest to mark city’s capture
State-sponsored march through Muslim quarter of Old City saw protesters waving flags and chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ on anniversary of city’s annexation...
