Uber driver Michael was assaulted by passengers. He says the platform’s response added insult to injury
Drivers booted off the platform say they have little recourse to appeal as rideshare giant increasingly relies on automated systemsGet our breaking ne...
‘Not a personal attack’: gun lobby targets marginal Labor seats at NSW election over post-Bondi reforms
Exclusive: Australian Recreation Union says it plans to support candidates and parties that oppose gun control laws brought in after terror attackGet ...
Timor-Leste parliament questions president over proposed resort’s links to ‘scam’ empire
Jose Ramos-Horta urged by opposition to explain diplomatic passport given to businessman behind resort project, who denies any involvement with organi...
Death of Sydney’s ‘birdman’ described as ‘beyond tragic’ by Albanese government
NSW housing and homelessness minister says Bikram Lama’s death shows the ‘gaps’ that people without residency can fall throughGet our breaking news em...
Ketamine, psychedelics, GHB: is the US falling out of love with cocaine?
Use of the illicit drug has plummeted in recent years among gen Zers, compared with their parents’ generationEver since cocaine first emerged as a pop...
US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’Members of the armed services wil...
With the US-Iran ceasefire about to expire, could Trump put boots on the ground?
The US has deployed more forces since the truce and senior Iranians seem to be relishing the prospect of the fightIt is the doomsday scenario that Don...
Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds family band, dies at 76
Alongside siblings Donny and Marie, the musician was a 1970s teen idol with family hits like Crazy HorsesAlan Osmond, the eldest sibling of the Osmond...
Gilgo Beach serial killer told ex-wife he killed women in their home, new series reveals
Asa Ellerup said Rex Heuermann confessed to killing multiple women in their basement while she was awayThe convicted Gilgo Beach serial killer who rec...
Welsh farmers launch landmark claim against ‘intimidating’ pylon firm
About 500 farmers challenge Green Gen Cymru in high court over alleged disregard for landowners and biosecurityA group of 500 Welsh farmers have broug...
‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn yearsNasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules o...
Kremlin forcing big firms to join ‘witch-hunt’ against internet rebels, claims report
Campaigners say banks and web platforms are being told to collect data on customers visiting blocked sitesMajor Russian companies have been conscripte...
Two men found guilty of killing woman outside north London church in drive-by shooting
Michelle Sadio, 44, was shot near the River of Life Pentecostal church in Willesden in 2024Two men have been found guilty of murdering an innocent wom...
Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’
The podcaster admits he ‘misled’ supporters as his rift with the US president deepens over the Iran warUS politics live – latest updatesTucker Carlson...
Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting
Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’UK politics live – latest updatesAn account of ...
Seven more arrested after arson attacks on London Jewish sites
Seven held over alleged plot to commit another attack and man held over drone incident near Israeli embassySeven more people have been arrested after ...
BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence
This year’s programme to feature ambitious pieces with lots of notes – and that’s just prog nightThe BBC has announced the 2026 Proms season, the 99th...
Requests for US legal aid linked to Palestine activism far surpass pre-2023 levels
Civil rights group logs 300% yearly rise from before war and says ‘authoritarian repression … went into overdrive’A civil rights group dedicated to th...
Robbins v Starmer: the key points they disagree on over Mandelson vetting
Sacked civil servant says it was right not to tell PM that Mandelson had failed vetting – a view Starmer rejectsIn the last 24 hours, the two men at t...
Purdue Pharma expected to forfeit $225m as sentence in criminal opioids case
Under settlement, Sackler family will pay state, local and Native American tribal governments, individual victims and othersSign up for the Breaking N...
Shabana Mahmood swears at hecklers over Reform UK comments
Home secretary accuses protesters of trying to ‘delegitimise’ concerns people have over immigrationShabana Mahmood has told “white liberal” hecklers t...
Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI
French musician’s comments are in stark contrast to fears expressed by artists such as Elton John and Dua LipaJean-Michel Jarre has attacked the conse...
Trump’s latest border barrier plans to slice through Big Bend national park: ‘Our lives are being upended’
The rural Texas region, long spared, is being fast-tracked for the border wall amid bipartisan oppositionTractors suddenly appeared at the entrance to...
George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100
Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party’s rise to power in the stateGeorge R Ariyoshi – Hawaii’s former governor and the nati...
Martin Scorsese’s film about Pope Francis to receive world premiere in Vatican City
Aldeas, The Final Dream of Pope Francis is being screened to commemorate the first anniversary of Francis’s deathMartin Scorsese’s documentary about P...
Man, 47, pleads not guilty to stalking and harassing Jess Phillips
Lee Owens is accused of sending threatening emails to minister responsible for tackling violence against womenA man has appeared in court accused of s...
Midtjylland footballer Alamara Djabi seriously injured after stabbing in Denmark
Incident occurred over the weekend in Herning, the central Danish town where the Superliga club are basedThe Midtjylland midfielder Alamara Djabi is i...
First Thing: Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks
Vice-president would travel with Witkoff and Kushner as ceasefire deadline looms. Plus, how to avoid an AI job scamGood morning.JD Vance is expected t...
The Shreveport shooting shows how Black women and children are at a higher risk of domestic violence
Cerina Fairfax in Virginia and Nancy Metayer in Florida were also killed by their husbands, yet deaths of Black women are least likely to garner calls...
‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out
An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’By 4pm, the light was softening over the Paci...
