Cold feet and cooling prices: Australia’s property market is transforming – and first home buyers aren’t biting
Exclusive: Data shows buyers are not rushing to get into the market, despite lower prices and less competitionGet our breaking news email, free app or...
Freed Rochdale grooming gang leader was judged ‘high risk’ to children in 2023
Exclusive: Shabir Ahmed, jailed in 2012 for rape, abuse and trafficking of girls, was deemed three years ago to present ‘high risk of sexual offending...
One Nation is campaigning directly to Christians. But will party policies rub against worshippers’ conscience?
Anti-abortion policies may have appeal, but with one in three Australian churchgoers born overseas, talk of a monoculture may put them offGet our brea...
NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI ... until someone mentioned the Terminator films
Emails sent between MP Anoulak Chanthivong’s staff take cautious approach to AI giant arriving in Sydney – despite the government’s encouragementGet o...
Entire NSW Labor left calls for controversial anti-protest laws to be scrapped ahead of party conference
Fifty-six state branches want the laws reviewed, while gambling, Aukus and Palestine are also on the agendaGet our breaking news email, free app or da...
‘Hugely significant’: biggest ever byelection will test nation’s mood – and Burnham’s credentials
With 2 million people eligible to vote, Manchester mayoralty race will give clues on whether PM-in-waiting can turn tide against Reform UKUK politics ...
Louisiana court halts criminal indictment against state attorney general
Republican Liz Murrill was indicted for the alleged intimidation of New Orleans elected officialsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Lou...
Three men found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee
McKee, 29, died after being hit by a bullet as she observed rioting in Derry in Northern Ireland in April 2019Three men from Derry have been found not...
UK summer bookings jump as Britons put off overseas holidays by travel fears
Reports of ‘stampede’ for stays near water amid concerns over cancelled flights, higher air fares and EU border delaysSummer bookings at Britain’s hot...
UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears
Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material onlineAI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to...
Democrats will have ‘field day’ with Trump inquiries if they win House, legal experts say
Investigations into president and corruption charges will get heavy scrutiny if Democrats win majority in midtermsDonald Trump’s presidency is facing ...
How baby formula recalls have mounted amid Trump staff cuts to the FDA
Experts say the Food and Drug Administration is not prepared for the health threat of bacterial contaminationMultiple brands of infant formula have be...
Spain’s conservatives and far-right Vox increase ties with Andalucía coalition
Deal including ‘national priority’ policy brings prospect closer of countrywide agreement between partiesThe prospect of a national coalition between ...
Police criticise decision to allow pubs to stay open until 5am for England match
‘Late announcement’ means forces will have to adapt plans and move officers ‘away from communities’, say chiefsUK politics live – latest updatesPolice...
Starling Bank to cut 130 jobs and boost investment in AI to reduce costs
The London-based fintech said the restructuring was necessary to reduce ‘duplicate’ rolesBusiness live – latest updatesStarling Bank has said it will ...
People awaiting hospital treatment to get three weeks’ notice under NHS England plans
Move inspired by customer service provided by online retailers such as John Lewis and AmazonPeople waiting for hospital treatment will get three weeks...
‘I can only describe it as a war zone’: the rescuers navigating Venezuela’s post-quake hellscape
Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubbleWhen twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s...
Flowers, food and a fairytale castle: Taylor Swift wedding comes to New York
Singer and fiance Travis Kelce have been coy but festivities appear to be getting under way at Madison Square GardenIn her hit song Welcome to New Yor...
First Thing: Iran to show defiance in six-day funeral for supreme leader
Ceremony for Ali Khamenei intended to be epic display of national power. Plus, the expected wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce pays dividend to ...
Salvaged steel and a slice of countryside: Caro sculptures on show in Oxfordshire fields
Visitors can get free peek at works by one of UK’s most significant 20th-century artists and one of his successorsSwifts screech overhead, hares lope ...
Zohran Mamdani to deliver speech to mark US’s 250th birthday in New York
New York mayor’s remarks at city hall to come just hours before Trump is set to deliver address at Mount Rushmore Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New Yor...
Keir Starmer ally Hollie Ridley to step down as Labour general secretary
Exclusive: As well as citing personal reasons, Ridley says she is making way for a successor ‘to work alongside new leader’Hollie Ridley, Labour’s gen...
Woman suspected in Monaco parcel bombing reportedly seen in Germany
Suspect is said to be a woman who tried to pass off as a man during attack apparently targeting Ukrainian-born oligarchThe main suspect in a bomb at...
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...
