Clearance rates hit six-year low as more than half of Australian homes up for auction fail to sell
Preliminary data show 47.7% of homes sold at auction in the week ending 21 June, the lowest rate has been since April 2020Follow our Australia news li...
Western Australian poultry farms locked down after H5N1 bird flu discovered in wild birds
Poultry producer Inghams announces move after brown skua confirmed to have virus and petrel being tested, in first cases seen on Australia’s mainlandF...
At least seven people killed in Chicago shootings as Trump renews military call
Mayor says ‘violence has no place in our city’ as president criticizes governor for not accepting national guard troops At least seven people have bee...
UK taxpayers want higher levies on big tech companies, survey shows
Two-thirds of respondents support increasing the 2% digital services tax for multinationalsTaxpayers want the UK to increase levies on giant global te...
Planes were just 300ft apart in Boston airport near miss, expert says
FAA investigating incident involving Delta and American jets that forced Delta plane to abort landing attemptA Delta jet was roughly 300ft (90 meters)...
Almost three tonnes of cocaine found buried under Sydney property in Australia’s biggest ever seizure, police say
Australian federal police arrested and charged two men after allegedly finding 2.7 tonnes of cocaine in ‘bunkers’ under shipping containersFollow our ...
Wowcher apologises for email referencing toddler crocodile attack
Company ‘extremely sorry’ for ‘unacceptable’ email urging customers to ‘Snap up these deals quicker than a croc can catch a kid!’The discount voucher ...
Australia politics live: Labor’s big reforms face test as parliament returns; national cabinet to debate fuel security
MPs return to Canberra for two weeks of haggling over tax and NDIS reforms before the winter break. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news emai...
Utah wildfire forces evacuation of small town as extreme heat roasts US west
Town of Eureka evacuated due to risk from Iron fire as officials forecast more hot weather in week aheadExtreme heat and dry, windy conditions are fue...
Taxi and Uber rider targeted in suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh, say witnesses
White Scottish man, 38, charged after five men were injured in spate of attacks in city on Friday nightWitnesses to the alleged knife attacks on Musli...
Trump faces fresh bipartisan criticism on Iran deal as Vance hails peace talks
Objections comes as Trump threatens to renew attacks on Iran if it doesn’t rein in its proxy in LebanonUS political figures from left and right voiced...
‘A shift has taken place’: Starmer faces the music after weekend of reflection
While PM’s desire to fight was strong, time with his inner circle at Chequers sharpened his sense of the inevitableOn Friday, as the dust settled on A...
Starmer expected to announce exit plan that will clear way for Burnham to become PM
Ministers say Starmer will set out his intentions on Monday morning with an autumn departure the most likely optionKeir Starmer is expected to announc...
Trump says beleaguered reflecting pool will ‘probably’ be drained for repairs
Algae blooms and peeling paint mar $14.2m renovation as president blames problems on ‘disgraceful Vandalism’The troublesome Lincoln Memorial reflectin...
Teenager rescues two men who fell from inflatable toy boat off Isle of Skye
Archie Law, 15, sailed his own boat to save men in distress, beating lifeboat service to the sceneA 15-year-old boy rescued two men who had fallen fro...
Transition timetable: what a Starmer autumn handover could look like
New leader could be chosen unchallenged or after a quick contest while outgoing PM has time to finalise his legacyUK politics live – latest updatesIf ...
Burnham ally to unveil ambitious plan to reverse decades of privatisation
Exclusive: Productive State policy paper envisages state regaining control of basics to make life affordable, in fleshing out of ManchesterismAndy Bur...
Secret correspondence claims suggest tensions at top of Iranian government
Former negotiating team member gives shock interview claiming supreme leader’s instructions were not followedMiddle East crisis – live updatesA former...
Therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison
Prison officers’ union calls for immediate end to practice at HMYOI Wetherby over fears for child and animal welfarePet ferrets kept as therapy animal...
Dutch PM apologises for Moluccan soldiers’ mistreatment after Indonesian independence
Rob Jetten acknowledges grief and pain of Moluccan families as crowdfunded monument unveiled in RotterdamThe Dutch prime minister, Rob Jetten, has for...
Coal companies to reap billions more in taxpayer diesel subsidies as Labor approves new mining
Albanese government under pressure to wind back fuel tax credit scheme for multinational miners as analysis shows cost to budgetGet our breaking news ...
‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule
Groups say new directive fails to respect Native sovereignty amid complicated history of Indigenous child removalsOne morning early last July, Micha B...
Australia is publishing books too quickly – and everyone is losing out
Thanks to rushed deadlines, financial pressure and overworked staff, titles are going to market before they’re ready – and then sliding from view imme...
UK climate activists fear case delays could cost them right to jury trial
Defendants worry that changes could remove chance of acquittal based on jurors’ consciences in defiance of the lawClimate activists fear that delays t...
Badenoch attacks Farage over £5m gift and rules out Tory-Reform pact
Conservative leader says Reform UK’s poor showing in this week’s byelections leaves idea of deal ‘stone-dead’UK politics live – latest updatesKemi Bad...
Major disruption after Bedford train crash to continue for at least a week
Engineers need to create access for cranes to lift carriages from site before track can be assessed and repairedMajor disruption on the rail line betw...
Man falls to his death during Madison Square Garden concert, police say
Officers find man unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicating a fall from an ‘elevated position’A 51-year-old man fell to his death during a...
France cancels events and restricts alcohol consumption amid brutal heatwave
Sports and nationwide music festival affected, with temperatures for some expected to reach 42C from MondayAuthorities in France have placed more than...
Los Angeles declares state of emergency as firefighters battle warehouse blaze
Crews struggle to contain fire from cold-storage facility that continues to spew smoke across the metro areaMayor Karen Bass has declared a state of e...
