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Follow the day’s news live‘Profound’ increase in death rate for welfare recipients, report findsPeople receiving an income support including disability, unemployment or carers payments had an average mortality rate more than nine times higher than people who did not access the we...
Exclusive: Analysis shows cost of chicken fillets, potatoes and donuts rose during supermarket giant’s three-month promotionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWoolworths raised prices for popular items ...
The Liberal MP and former SAS soldier is under attack from One Nation after complying with a subpoena to give evidence in the failed 2022 civil caseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“I don’t dislike Mr...
The former Australian of the Year said she stood with survivors of sexual violence ‘everywhere’ and ‘no matter who they are’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGrace Tame has apologised for her comments labelling the rape of Israeli women by Hamas during th...
This blog is now closedLabor introducing new laws to crack down on illegal tobaccoLabor will introduce new laws to make it easier to prosecute criminals involved in the illicit tobacco trade, as the government fights an uphill battle against the exploding black market.The new law...
Part of Dmitry Donskoy’s right hand sent to ‘spiritually strengthen’ soldiersThe Russian Orthodox church has sent a fragment of a medieval warrior prince’s remains to troops fighting in Ukraine, saying the relic would “spiritually strengthen” soldiers and help them achieve victor...
Mark Rutte said that Europeans ‘increasingly understand’ the need for their countries to take ‘greater responsibility for our own security’Addressing German ambassadors, Wadephul repeats that the Russian threat “has reached our doorstep and it’s tangible.”He adds:“The Russian att...
While England makes its first foray into unfamiliar territory, it’s proved a boon for Italy’s cash-strapped municipalities A nightly tourist tax may be unfamiliar territory in the UK, but countries in continental Europe have been cashing in on these kinds of levies for decades.To...
Labour peer tells Council of Europe inquiry failure to implement legal protections still putting journalists at riskEurope live – latest updatesMalta is vulnerable to “repeated instances of high-level corruption” unless it strengthens the rule of law and protections for journalis...
Iran and its proxies move closer to full control of two shipping chokepoints as regional conflict widensExplained: why the fighting in Yemen matters globallyHouthi forces in Yemen are making a concerted drive to take over the country’s Red Sea coast fully, claiming control of the...
Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aidThe humanitarian aid system is crumbling as funding shrinks, pressures increase and governments not only fail to protect civilians but are increasingly responsible f...
Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctionsProminent British rabbis have backed Ed Miliband’s sanctions on Israeli settlements, warning that the time ...
Following six years of talks, Pitt Rivers Museum will return body parts collected by British colonial administrators to north-east IndiaAnthropologists and community leaders from Nagaland, a remote state in north-eastern India bordering Myanmar, have expressed joy and relief that...
Chinese man at Trishuli hydropower project and Nepali woman in Nuwakot found 10 days into rescue operationEmergency responders have rescued a Chinese man and a Nepali woman in two separate operations as authorities continued to search for thousands of people missing 10 days after...
Officials say pair were rescued from Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel in Nepal after being trapped at depth of 170 metresTwo people have been pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after deadly flash floods buried the projects in deep mud and left them trapped....
No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UKNo 10 has announced the construction of a new fleet of battery-powered trains that will “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”.The 29 new trains, which wil...
Broadcaster, 86, had intended to end her life in Swiss clinic after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023Esther Rantzen has said she is no longer able to travel to Switzerland to end her life because she has become “too physically fragile”.Rantzen, who presented the T...
Bronwen James, 30, admitted offences against two girls at schools in Wiltshire and Hampshire, and found guilty of charges involving boyA former PE teacher is facing a lengthy jail sentence for grooming and sexually abusing three pupils at two schools.Bronwen James, 30, admitted o...