Official marking of land for Brazil’s uncontacted Kawahiva people begins after 27-year wait
Demarcation of 410,000 hectares of territory is intended to protect the Amazonian community from farming, illegal mining and loggingMore than 25 years...
Wes Streeting plans to resign and mount leadership challenge, allies say
Sources say health secretary intends to trigger leadership election as early as ThursdayUK politics live – latest updatesWho are the main threats to S...
Starmer sets out changes to education, health and courts in king’s speech
King Charles unveils government agenda for the next year as PM faces leadership threat from within Labour• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starm...
Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says
Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlashDatacentres are consuming 6% of electr...
Kanye West loses lawsuit over uncleared sample played at stadium fan event
Rapper known as Ye must pay six-figure sum to four plaintiffs who successfully argued he infringed copyrightKanye West has lost a lawsuit which allege...
1MDB financier Jho Low seeks pardon from Donald Trump
Fugitive faces charges including corruption and money laundering in US and Malaysia for role he allegedly played in scandalThe fugitive Malaysian fina...
Stella prize 2026: Lee Lai becomes first non-binary person and first graphic novelist to win with Cannon
Lai wins $60,000 literary award for her study of a young woman’s repression and rage as she struggles to juggle the needs of those around herSign up f...
Neuty the nutria, viral pet rodent whose family fought a state to keep him, dies of cancer
Condolences poured in for the Louisiana beaver-like legend who once appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News showSign up for the Breaking News US newslet...
UK housebuilder Vistry warns of ‘significantly’ lower profits amid Iran war uncertainty
Bovis Homes owner’s shares plunge 10.5% after it was forced to cut prices as buyers became cautiousOne of the UK’s biggest housebuilders has said its ...
Bring Me the Horizon and Eric Clapton struck by objects thrown by audience members
British pop-metallers’ frontman Oli Sykes suffers concussion after phone strikes him on the head, in latest in spate of similar incidents faced by mus...
Bodies of three women recovered from sea off Brighton
Sussex police say officers are working to identify women and understand what had happened to themThe bodies of three women have been recovered from th...
Starmer holds brief meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis
Another ally of health secretary renews call for resignation of prime minister, who is due to deliver king’s speech• UK politics live – latest updates...
Australian military plane to join efforts to reopen strait of Hormuz, as Marles leaves door open to sending more assets
Defence minister says E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft deployed to Gulf in March will join UK and France-led defensive effort to calm Iran conflic...
Easy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggests
Exclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be pickedFancy your chances in poli...
Russian foreign minister says ‘nothing is happening’ in US talks on Ukraine as peace process is stuck – Europe live
Sergei Lavrov comments before leaders of the ‘Bucharest Nine’ meet later today with Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte Russian foreign minister Serg...
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump as tech dominates China trip
Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitionsThe billionaire chief executive of the chipma...
Wes Streeting arrives at No 10 for talks with Keir Starmer ahead of King’s speech - UK politics live
A number of the health secretary’s allies called for the prime minister’s resignation but Streeting has yet to call for a formal leadership challengeR...
London prisoner with muscle-wasting condition claims he has to crawl on floor
Umer Khalid, accused of role in Palestine Action break-in, alleges he has not received proper treatment or wheelchairA prisoner with a muscle-wasting ...
Experts believe breakthrough in US fentanyl crisis may have started in China
US overdose deaths have plunged, but experts warn the ‘supply shock’ from Chinese precursors may only be a temporary fixAs Donald Trump travels to Bei...
Targeted promotions ‘influential’ in luring Melbourne man who gambled $895,000 back to betting apps, inquest hears
Inquest hears Kyle Hudson, who died aged 22, withdrew from betting accounts multiple times but received more than 300 inducementsFollow our Australia ...
Rush hour on Air Force one as Melania director Brett Ratner joins Trump China trip
Filmmaker who was long on the outer in Hollywood over #MeToo allegations will scout locations for Rush Hour 4, according to spokeswomanBrett Ratner, t...
Wednesday briefing: How much longer can Keir Starmer cling to power?
In today’s newsletter: A leadership crisis once again grips Westminster, with the Labour party currently split, the prime minister may not last the we...
One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts again fails to rule out Bondi beach terror attack being ‘false flag’
Queenslander under pressure after YouTube interview where he said he was ‘not ruling it out’ but ‘I don’t have the facts yet’Follow our Australia news...
Labour-supporting unions predict Starmer will not lead party into next election
Exclusive: Leaked draft statement says party ‘cannot continue on its current path’ under PMKeir Starmer will not lead his party into the next general ...
Chelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI
Horticulturalists express alarm after award-winning Matt Keightley launches app that can automate designsWith glasses of champagne sipped among the pe...
NSW police to drop charges against Isaac Herzog protesters laid using unlawful public assembly restrictions
Lawyers calling for all charges to be withdrawn after Sydney town hall rally against Israeli presidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest u...
‘Blatant disregard for rights’: concern grows over Gabon’s social media clampdown
Activists claim use of laws to curtail internet freedoms part of well-documented history of cracking down on dissentWhen Gabon’s media regulator indef...
Inquest into death of Clare Nowland after Tasering by NSW police aims to answer ‘outstanding questions’
Coroner will examine 95-year-old’s death and look at dementia training for aged care staff, police and ambulance officersGet our breaking news email, ...
A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget
The Murdoch papers sharpened their sickles and hammered Jim Chalmers’ budget for ‘the most radical redistribution of wealth since the Whitlam era’Foll...
Crisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn
Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle, as ‘dangerous, ignorant and wro...
