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Two children dead after pram hit by car in Sydney

Police officers found two children – both aged under five – had been struck by a car in Cabramatta, in the city’s south-westFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo children in a pram have been struck and killed by a car in...

Cait Kelly 2 months ago

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G7 commits to ‘unwavering support for Ukraine’ with pledge to offer more air defence – Europe live

World leaders backed Ukraine’s defence of ‘its freedom, sovereignty, and territorial integrity’in Évian les-BainsThe wait for Keir Starmer’s first session of the G7 gathering in Évian-les-Bains was undoubtedly awkward. Continue reading...

Jakub Krupa 2 months ago

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Channelling Trump and deriding journalists: five key moments from Pauline Hanson’s Press Club speech

One Nation leader uses platform to rail against multiculturalism, the media and the climate change ‘hoax’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA nationally televised address to the National Press Club was perhaps the cleares...

Dan Jervis-Bardy Chief political correspondent 2 months ago

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Wes Streeting says he could launch leadership challenge next week

Former health secretary calls on Keir Starmer to step down to end ‘uncertainty and paralysis’Wes Streeting has said he would be prepared to challenge Keir Starmer and spark a Labour leadership contest as early as next week.The former health secretary, who quit the cabinet last month, said “uncertain...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent 2 months ago

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Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans

Exclusive: Ministers consider national threshold in England that could in effect bar thousands from studyingUniversity students would face minimum grade requirements to qualify for student loans in England under proposals that could in effect bar thousands of young people from higher education.Under...

Richard Adams Education editor 2 months ago

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Grade requirement for student loans would cut a financial lifeline for English universities

Institutions could lose out on at least £200m a year if 30,000 or so potential students without even one GCSE are excluded each yearIf universities thought a Labour government would quickly revive their financial stability, those days are over. The vibes may have improved but little else has, with r...

Richard Adams Education editor 2 months ago

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Clinician reported birthkeeper to police the day Melbourne wellness influencer died following freebirth

Inquest hears clinician wasn’t legally required to report to police but was concerned about public health and safety A senior clinician reported a birthkeeper to police the same day one of her clients died after giving birth at home – something the senior clinician said he had not done before.The ev...

Melissa Davey 2 months ago

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UK inflation unexpectedly stays at 2.8% as food price falls offset transport costs

Flatlining figure confounds forecasts of an increase to 3% as Bank of England prepares to set interest ratesUK inflation unexpectedly remained at 2.8% last month as higher transport and fuel costs were offset by slower food price rises, official figures have shown.May’s annual price rise reading rec...

Heather Stewart Economics editor 2 months ago

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‘Tax break tart’: hospitality tipped to exploit summer VAT cut on children’s meals

As bosses ridicule the chancellor’s scheme, one venue is offering a £25 ‘kids’ menu of snails and anchovy butter toastRestaurants and pubs are expected to devise “enterprising” schemes to exploit a tax break on meals for under-18s, after one venue launched a menu for “kids” featuring wild burgundy s...

Rob Davies 2 months ago

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Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?

In today’s newsletter: The far right are using social media to foster division, from Southampton to Belfast, but there are calls for clear and urgent ways to counter digital radicalismGood morning. Ten years after the murder of the MP Jo Cox by a rightwing extremist in the run-up to the Brexit refer...

Libby Brooks 2 months ago

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Woman says she ‘didn’t understand mental health’ before daughter experiencing acute psychosis killed another child

Girl told mother she thought about killing people ‘all the time’, inquest into 10-year-old Biddy Porter’s death hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of a child killer did not understand mental health and cons...

Australian Associated Press 2 months ago

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A nation shaped by rain: exhibition celebrates Scotland’s wettest obsession

Minnie the Minx and Macbeth feature in National Library’s exploration of how rainfall has shaped Scottish science, literature, history and identityIt seems fitting that, 250 years ago, one of Scotland’s foremost scientists took a close interest in what is arguably the country’s most famous feature:...

Severin Carrell Scotland editor 2 months ago

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BBC presenter Ashley Cain called women ‘slags’, ‘sluts’ and ‘bitches’

Exclusive: Cain has been lauded by corporation for his appeal to young men despite history of abusive and misogynistic remarks• Warning: this article contains sexually explicit, offensive languageA BBC presenter lauded by the corporation for his appeal to young male audiences has a history of making...

Sirin Kale 2 months ago

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Sierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harms

Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maadi Bio, who denies supporting the practiceThe first lady of Sierra Leone has denied that she supports female genital mutilation amid rising anger around her perceived approval of the p...

Sarah Johnson 2 months ago

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Fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault accused of stranglehold over French business press

Arnault’s addition of leading weekly to stable of publications raises concerns about media ownership in FranceHe is known as the “wolf in cashmere” – the owner of the world’s biggest luxury group whose brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior and Tiffany have made him one of the world’s richest people.B...

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris 2 months ago

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John Lewis injects £20m into Glasgow city centre store in wider branch reboot

Upgrade to Buchanan Galleries part of £50m spend this year and £800m by 2029 to revive appeal of department storesJohn Lewis is to spend £20m on a revamp of its Glasgow store in the city centre’s Buchanan Galleries in a vote of confidence in the shopping mall not long ago scheduled for demolition.It...

Sarah Butler 2 months ago

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Ghana to advance reparatory justice at first major gathering since landmark UN resolution

Heads of state and participants from more than 80 countries at three-day event in Accra to pursue actionable commitments to reconciliation and restitutionGhana is hosting a conference to advance the continent’s push for reparatory justice after the adoption of the landmark United Nations (UN) resolu...

Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi 2 months ago

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Lib Dems to urge Labour to drop ‘torpor and timidity’ on EU and rejoin single market

Exclusive: Ed Davey to make call ahead of 10th anniversary of Brexit vote, in strengthening of party’s position on EUThe Lib Dems will urge Andy Burnham to end Labour’s “torpor and timidity” towards the EU as they call for the UK to rejoin the single market, in a notable strengthening of their own p...

Pippa Crerar and Jennifer Rankin 2 months ago

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Pauline Hanson says Australia ‘must be monocultural’ in National Press Club speech

One Nation leader denounces high immigration levels, Islam, transgender rights, the ABC and the Guardian in inflammatory addressFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson has declared Australia cannot be multicultur...

Tom McIlroy Political editor 2 months ago

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British Council faces more job cuts to help pay off £197m loan

National Audit Office says agency proposes closing operations in 11 countries as part of turnaround planThe British Council faces cutting its workforce further and closing operations in 11 countries as it struggles to repay a crippling £197m Covid-era government loan that threatens its survival, the...

Caroline Davies 2 months ago

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Lives and incomes lost as Ebola takes toll on Bunia’s public-facing workers

A headteacher, a motorcycle taxi driver and a travel agent are among those who are counting the human and economic cost of the virusJustin Keno watches more than 400 pupils stream through the Nelson Mandela school’s gate each morning, and wonders which of them might be carrying Ebola.The institution...

Noella Mwanza in Bunia and Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi 2 months ago

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‘Enraged’ union boss defends naming and shaming Victorian Labor MPs who had ‘zero conversations’ with voters

Candidates must ‘work their ass off’ to stop One Nation or expect withdrawal of union support, Trades Hall Council secretary saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe head of Victoria’s powerful Trades Hall Council has de...

Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent 2 months ago

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Tasmanian devil Mary found 2km from her Gold Coast theme park home after two weeks on the run

Carnivorous animal taken to hospital in an unstable condition after escaping from quarantine facility in Paradise Country on 2 JuneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter two weeks eluding thermal imaging drones and teams...

Joe Hinchliffe 2 months ago

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Will a ban keep the UK’s kids off social media? – podcast

Governments around the world want to keep under-16s off YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Australia has introduced a ban and now the UK is doing the same. Stephen Byrne and Chris Stokel-Walker reportKeir Starmer announced on Monday that he wanted to ban under-16s from social media. Parents were calling...

Presented by Helen Pidd with Chris Stokel-Walker and Stephen Byrne; produced by Guy Szafman, Saskia Collette, Jacob Antigha and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Homa Khaleeli 2 months ago

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