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Australian health experts fear US vaccine scepticism is catching on as ‘anything Trump says filters through’

Australia records 3% fall in one-year-olds fully immunised against hepatitis B as downward trend continues, expert saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian medical experts have warned a shift in child vaccination advice in the US is not grounded in science and could...

Nick Visser 1 week ago

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The PM called Sally McManus a giant of the Labor movement. Now she just wants to go birding

After securing wage rises for low-paid workers, weathering death threats and working with three PMs – the ACTU secretary is ready for a breakGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSally McManus started her job as the country’s most powerful trade union leader amid howls of critic...

Tom McIlroy Political editor 1 week ago

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Europe’s tallest Virgin Mary statue unveiled in small Polish village

Hundreds watched the 56-metre monument’s consecration, including anti-communist leader Lech WałęsaAn enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest was inaugurated on Saturday in a small Polish village, in the presence of the anti-communist leader Lech Wałęsa.Hundreds of...

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Logies 2026: Sam Pang wins gold and Sam Neill wins posthumous best actor at Australia’s TV awards

Neill won for his performance in legal thriller The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer, at a ceremony dominated by wins for the ABCLogies 2026 ceremony: the best moments and red carpet looks – in picturesSam Neill has won a posthumous best actor award at Australia’s biggest television awards, the Logies, with...

Sian Cain 1 week ago

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Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns

Australia’s corporate watchdog says PM is the figure most commonly used in deepfakes to promote phony investment opportunitiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere has been a steep rise in scammers luring victims into phony investment opportunities using deepfakes of celeb...

Tory Shepherd 1 week ago

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‘She is a hero’: 13-year-old survivor of Michigan shooting rampage called 911

Girl called police after she was shot four times in shooting spree that left six dead, including gunmanA 13-year-old girl in Michigan survived being shot four times in a shooting spree that left six people dead – including the suspected attacker – and called emergency help herself shortly before inv...

Michael Sainato 1 week ago

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‘Absolutely manic’: hot weather puts unprecedented pressure on Greater Manchester police

Force has seen busiest month in its history, with heatwaves putting added strain on criminal justice systemOn England’s hottest day of the year so far, Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester was thronging with pedestrians, many clutching ice-creams or cold drinks as they passed through the town cen...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent 1 week ago

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Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday

University says it continued to provide support after resignation of academic, who was found dead this weekThe University of Cambridge has defended its mental health support for the academic Jason Arday.The university said it had continued to provide Arday with extensive mental health support and se...

Rachel Hall 1 week ago

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Hurricane Lala skirts Hawaii’s Big Island as heavy wind and rain lash region

One person died in a car accident, governor says, while rainfall could produce flooding and mudslidesHurricane Lala skirted Hawaii’s Big Island on Saturday without making landfall and was expected to gradually weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain that flooded roads an...

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Murder inquiry opens after death of man bitten by dog in West Yorkshire

Detectives say 55-year-old man arrested and appeal for anyone who witnessed altercation in WakefieldPolice in West Yorkshire have launched a murder investigation into the death of a man after he was bitten by a dog.Officers were dispatched to Wakefield just after 1.30pm on Saturday, after receiving...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent 1 week ago

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Taliban threaten former Afghan police worker after MoD leak reveals identity

UK has refused resettlement application despite ‘years of loyal service’ that have resulted in ‘constant fear’ of reprisalsA man has received threats from the Taliban after his work for the Afghan police was revealed by a Ministry of Defence leak and the UK refused his application for resettlement.H...

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent 1 week ago

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‘Our rota crew have the best summer’: parents share how they get through the school holiday

As research suggests six weeks of childcare can cost £1,145, parents are relying on spreadsheets, savings and sharing the loadThe summer holidays are in full swing, bringing the annual challenge many parents face in balancing work and looking after school-age children. With children off school for a...

Nicola Slawson and Amee Joshi 1 week ago

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Florida sets record for sea turtle nests but Trump move could stall recovery

Loggerhead turtles abound this season but rollback of Endangered Species Act protections could threaten futureWildlife groups in Florida are celebrating record numbers of sea turtle nests this season, but experts warn Donald Trump’s recent gutting of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could reverse de...

Richard Luscombe in Miami 1 week ago

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‘Why did it become personal?’: furore over plans to expand Kent oyster shack

James Green’s oyster company owns a chunk of Whitstable’s shoreline but success has not brought affection from residentsThe clink of glasses and the lapping of the tide was punctuated by giggling toddlers and the slurp of oysters at tables populated by people gently sizzling on a baking day on the K...

Daniel Boffey in Whitstable 1 week ago

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Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

Four works were taken during public holiday, the day after Italian police recovered paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and MatisseFour of the most important works of art by the 15th-century Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen during a national holiday from a museum in the Sicilian port cit...

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo 1 week ago

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Burnham urged to crack down on gig economy firms to protect 4m workers

Exclusive: Campaigners say millions are missing out on key rights including sick pay and protection against unfair dismissalAndy Burnham is being urged to protect 4 million gig economy workers by prosecuting companies that use widespread “bogus” self-employment practices to deny people their rights....

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent 1 week ago

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Man under threat of deportation to Jamaica wins right to rejoin his British family

Mark Nelson released from immigration detention on bail after lawyers challenge decision to remove himA Jamaican man who has lived more than half his life in the UK and was facing imminent deportation has been allowed to reunite with his British family after a legal challenge.Mark Nelson, 47, came t...

Diane Taylor 1 week ago

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Bus carrying Polish pilgrims crashes in Hungary, leaving 12 dead

Another 10 people in serious condition after bus veers off motorway and overturnsTwelve people have died after a bus carrying a group of Polish tourists overturned on the M3 motorway in Hungary on the way back from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Local police said the bus crashed near the town of Mezőkereszt...

Jakub Krupa and agencies 1 week ago

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‘Massive’ Ukrainian drone attack on Russia kills at least six, says Moscow

Kyiv launches what may be its largest attack wave of war, with fire breaking out at warehouse near Russian capitalUkraine has launched one of its largest drone attacks since the start of the war, causing a fire at a distribution warehouse near Moscow and killing at least six people overnight, accord...

Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv 1 week ago

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US law to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks has been delayed for 15 years

Law was set to go into effect in January, months before cyclosporiasis outbreak, but now is set for 2028Congress passed a law to help federal agencies investigate outbreaks of foodborne illness – a regulation experts said could have stopped the US’s largest cyclosporiasis outbreak much sooner.The on...

Jessica Glenza 1 week ago

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Angela Rayner moves to protect pubs from being turned into houses or offices

Housing secretary says developers will have to prove there’s no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shakeupAll pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shakeup of planning laws in England to be presented by Angela Rayner this week.The housing secretary will pu...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor 1 week ago

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Block export of ‘national treasure’ UK fossils, says MP

Sale of one of UK’s top collections overseas prompts call new rules to help keep items in countryOne of UK’s best fossil collections sold in ‘loss to the nation’An MP has called on ministers to change export controls so that significant fossils can be classed as national treasures after one of the...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent 1 week ago

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University spinout to launch water quality app for UK and US waters

Molendotech will collate data from daily tests that detect E coli and other bacteria amid reports of swimmers falling illA UK university spinout behind a rapid bacterial water testing kit is planning to launch live water quality maps, as scores of beachgoers report falling ill after swimming.Molendo...

Julia Kollewe 1 week ago

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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates

New rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham King Charles and Prince William could be forced to spend up to £10m upgrading hundreds of rental properties on their private estates to meet planned energy-efficiency rules.The government has...

Nick Sommerlad 1 week ago

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