Weather tracker: Heatwave breaks June temperature records across Europe
UK provisional high of 37.7C shatters previous record by huge margin, while Germany experiences all-time high of 41.7CLast week’s heatwave across west...
Andy Burnham says Labour manifesto has room for ‘movement on tax’ – UK politics live
The Labour MP hinted that he’s open to flexibility for some taxes that could aid high street businessesGood morning and welcome to our live coverage o...
US heatwave threatens 250th anniversary events and World Cup
Weekend’s high temperatures and humidity ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, researchers sayThe scorching heat blanketing much of the US th...
Details of MCG assault against Lidia Thorpe revealed after court lifts suppression order
Ebony Bell convicted and handed community work order following assault on senator and second ‘gratuitous act of violence’ while on bailFollow our Aust...
Burnham’s funding gap: what state are UK finances in for the PM-in-waiting?
Given pressures on the public purse, the Makerfield MP may have to look at autumn tax rises to fund his ‘new direction’An economy rattled by a global...
Friday briefing: The US at 250: who gets to tell the story?
In today’s newsletter: As official celebrations spotlight a narrow cast of white heroes, communities across the US are reclaiming the histories that ...
Ali Khamenei’s six-day funeral expected to draw millions in Iran
Huge scale of funeral for supreme leader across five cities is intended to relay message of resistance to rest of the worldIn the small hours of Frida...
Jacinta Allan admits criminals infiltrated Big Build but rejects calls for royal commission
Premier apologised over organised crime in some of Victoria’s largest construction projects, in op-ed that claimed a royal commission would not solve ...
‘Ridiculous’ for US to maintain current Nato support, Trump warns ahead of alliance summit
President says Washington’s relationship with Nato is ‘not reciprocal’ and ‘they were not there for us’ in Iran warDonald Trump has said it is “ridicu...
Spyware used against MEP investigating Pegasus abuses, report finds
Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committeeNSO Group’s hacking software was repeatedly...
‘Bigger than football’: Norway fans’ Viking row makes waves at World Cup
From Times Square to the Norwegian parliament and even in fighter jet cockpits, the choreographed row is everywhereThe fans have done it, in their tho...
Trump hijacks America at 250 celebrations – podcast
This weekend marks 250 years since the signing of the declaration of independence, but Donald Trump is making the celebration all about himself. As th...
Dolphins increasingly rely on trawlers for food in overfished Adriatic, say scientists
In one area 76% of fishing boats were followed, with baby dolphins learning the technique from their parentsBottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic are in...
Portrait of Angela Merkel unveiled at museum in Berlin
Painting by Jérémie Queyras shows former German chancellor in trademark jacket – at a time of nostalgia for her ruleOver months they met secretly in a...
Christian Brothers kept nine child abusers in religious order due to Gospel imperative to help ‘the needy’, court documents reveal
Exclusive: Documents also show the Catholic order sought financial support from the Holy See months before it declared it lacked money to pay survivor...
Tributes for Melbourne boy allegedly left to die from stab wounds, as teen charged with murder
Darweish Mohamed, 15, died after being found with alleged stab wounds outside a Craigieburn hospital on Wednesday nightFollow our Australia news live ...
Former AFL player Nicky Winmar found guilty of assaulting woman in northern Victoria
Judge finds woman was truthful after the former St Kilda star accused her of lying about attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesG...
China says man who flew plane into Beijing skyscraper had mental health problems
Official statement offers the most detailed official account yet of the highly unusual and fatal incident in BeijingChinese authorities said the man w...
NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast
Migratory giant petrel discovered at Hawks Nest north of Newcastle, infected with suspected deadly bird flu strainFollow our Australia news live blog ...
More than 100 passengers on US cruise ship sick from suspected norovirus
Princess Cruises vessel is docked in San Francisco for disinfecting in third outbreak for company this yearMore than 100 passengers and about 23 crew ...
‘Give him any award, and he’ll come running’: Narendra Modi racks up honours on overseas trips
Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipientAs Narendra Modi touched down in Seychell...
FBI orders 260 staffers to Georgia to assist with 2020 election investigation
Memo calls for ‘surge’ of analysts after agents in January seized hundreds of boxes containing Fulton county ballotsThe FBI has asked its field office...
Moira Deeming launches lawsuit against Victorian Liberal president as party meets to decide her future
Scandal has engulfed the state party as Deeming resists calls to apologise to fellow MP Matthew Guy over an assault allegationA Liberal MP has launche...
Trump posts AI video of him as doctor treating critics’ ‘derangement syndrome’
President, in latest AI-generated social media post, targets prominent celebrities who have spoken out against himDonald Trump on Thursday posted an A...
‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer shipFor Michael Scurr, a volunteer at ...
Pro-Palestine protesters who blocked Golden Gate Bridge convicted of misdemeanor charges
San Francisco jury fails to reach verdict on more serious felony conspiracy charge over April 2024 demonstrationSign up for the Breaking News US newsl...
Tucker Carlson floats idea of new political party in the US in interview
Former Fox News host further said he doesn’t ‘want to be a candidate’ for president and aired frustration with TrumpTucker Carlson, the rightwing broa...
Louisiana: Republican attorney general indicted on criminal charges
Liz Murrill accused of trying to intimidate officials who opposed GOP-enacted law to overhaul local courtsLouisiana’s Republican attorney general was ...
California man pleads guilty to faking Nancy Guthrie ransom note
Derrick Callella admitted he called and sent texts to Guthrie’s family, demanding a bitcoin transactionA California man is facing up to two years in p...
Australia news live: Deeming lodges legal suit against Victorian Liberal president; blizzard brings snow to NSW and Victorian alps
Case due to be heard in supreme court this morning. Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood mor...
