Alleged underworld supporters and unfounded health claims: One Nation rolls out more Victorian election candidates
Party has unveiled a steady stream of contenders for state election, including a former councillor who lost his licence for drink-drivingGet our new p...
Swedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia
Eighteen-year-old known as Chai was active in networks notorious for their sadistic exploitation of young peopleA Swedish teenager known as Chai has b...
Tech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicist
Exclusive: Prof Jim Al-Khalili says he will offer solution to ‘arrow of time’ problem in Royal Institution lecturesTech billionaires attempting to liv...
‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks
Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time...
Record fuel prices across EU prompt calls for bloc-wide windfall tax on firms
German minister says companies are ‘exploiting situation’ in Middle East, as sky-high prices become major domestic issue for leadersEuropean governmen...
BrewDog creditors owed £190m will not be paid in full, say administrators
There are ‘insufficient funds’ to pay unpaid wages, tax owed to HMRC and overdue bills, accountants sayAccountants picking over the remains of BrewDog...
BBC cash reserves hit lowest level in a decade after big single-year spend
Exclusive: Reserves at public service arm drop 66% as broadcaster undertakes large cuts in effort to save £500mThe BBC has spent hundreds of millions ...
Oxford United apologise for launching ‘United 93’ clothing range around 9/11 anniversary
‘Campus Collection’ aimed to mark 1893 club foundingRange pulled from website two hours after launchOxford United have abandoned a new range of Americ...
Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces launch inquest into sudden military collapse
Rout raises questions about coordination and morale as some politicians claim billions of dollars were offered to persuade forces to abandon positionA...
US veterans have greater levels of Pfas in their blood than civilians, new study finds
Soil and water around military bases show elevated levels of Pfas pollution due to chemicals used in firefighting foamMany US military veterans have m...
Flight chaos affecting hundreds of thousands caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error
UK ministers say report into incident leaves questions unanswered over why problem was not discovered and fixed earlierA software defect in part of th...
British Sikh man granted bail in India nine years after arrest
Jagtar Singh Johal, from Scotland, was arrested after wedding in Punjab on alleged terrorism offencesJagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man who was ar...
Poorest countries hit hardest by UK aid cuts under Keir Starmer government, new figures reveal
Aid to lower-income countries fell by almost 7%, while higher-income countries saw their share of Britain’s aid budget increaseThe world’s poorest cou...
What Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting mean for the midterms
The extraordinary danger is that a president who believes he is the law, and the law is him, remains intent on disrupting the electoral processThis wa...
British woman who was kidnapped in Malawi rescued by police after shootout
The battle to rescue Nusrat Osman saw four of her alleged abductors killed and a police officer woundedA British woman kidnapped in Malawi last week h...
OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot
US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’Cybersecurity researchers have hacked into O...
‘Clear retribution’: dismay as key Alzheimer’s study cancelled amid Trump attacks on science
Participants in Pittsburgh may never learn the results of their cognitive tests – and funding cuts that target ‘DEI’ have the potential to delay vital...
US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos
Some experts worry factors affecting wheat exports could push global food prices even higher than they are nowWheat prices are at their highest level ...
Workers in New York seek to create first AutoZone union as company resists
Company may have spent about $200,000 to fight union effort in White Plains, where 11 people can vote to join UAWWorkers at an AutoZone in White Plain...
Disabled people in UK need right to travel abroad, say MPs, after ‘ridiculous’ restrictions
Campaigners describe ‘brazenly discriminatory’ practices around funding from NHS care boardsUK politics live – latest updatesDisabled people must have...
Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues ‘wilfully putting lives at risk’
Hundreds of cars driven through cones or barriers in England this year, says National HighwaysDrivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues are pu...
First Thing: Witnesses recount Israeli ‘double-tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza
When Mohammad Abdul Zinati, 15, rushed to help a man wounded in a bomb attack, he had no time to react before he too was hit. Plus, meet the cartograp...
Early voting begins in midterms as campaign shifts focus to cost of living and Iran war – US politics live
Campaigning or control of Congress is expected to ramp up as some states open early votingGood morning, and welcome to our US politics live blog. The ...
UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs
Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC chiefs and music industry experts Joe and Jake. Daz Sampson. Electro V...
Australian man accused of murdering Thai teenager and putting body in suitcase pleads not guilty
Simon Peter Carman appeared in a Pattaya court on Friday charged with killing Tunchanok Donhomla An Australian man accused of murdering a Thai teenag...
Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation
Nearly 90% of children in federal custody being directed to GOP-controlled state that has unlicensed facilities and low legal representation ratesThe ...
Louisiana firefighters find feline native to sub-Saharan Africa while responding to house fire
The African serval, illegally enclosed in the back yard, was subdued and transferred to an animal welfare facility Louisiana firefighters responding t...
Iranian actor Laheh Marzban faces severe threats after Venice film festival speech
Marzban, who won a best actress award for her portrayal of a woman held hostage by her father in Falling House, has received condemnations from author...
Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying
Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’Get our new ...
Weather tracker: Thunderstorms hit Spain as Japan braces for typhoon
At least one person dead as stormy weather causes severe flooding in Barcelona and Valencia Intense and slow-moving thunderstorms broke out on Wednesd...
