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Jetstar to charge passengers up to $52 to put baggage in overhead lockers

Airline says struggling to find room in overhead lockers on planes a ‘stressful part of the airport experience’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJetstar will charge its passengers up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in the...

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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groupsMinisters will scrap the requirement for companies to prove their green and progressive values before they are awarded government contracts, and instead ask firms to prove they will help young peop...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent 3 weeks ago

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Judge grants DoJ bid to dismiss January 6 cases against rightwing Oath Keepers

Ruling vacates convictions of founder Stewart Rhodes and other militia members who took part in 2021 Capitol attackA US judge on Tuesday granted the justice department’s bid to dismiss cases against ‌members of the rightwing Oath Keepers militia who took part in the 6 January 2021 attack ​on the US...

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US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease

S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months agoThe US stock market rallied to records on Tuesday as profits kept piling up for companies and as oil prices eased.The S&P 500 shot up 1.8%, and the main measure of Wall Street...

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Jay Clayton sworn in as US director of national intelligence

After a bumpy confirmation hearing, Clayton replaces acting director Bill Pulte to head US intelligence agenciesUS politics live – latest updatesJay Clayton has been sworn in as the US’s top spy after a contentious Senate confirmation hearing during which ⁠he refused to directly ⁠acknowledge ​that D...

David Smith 3 weeks ago

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New York deputy police commissioner fired after attempted murder arrest

Mount Vernon official is accused of driving getaway car after son allegedly opened fire outside Bronx courtA New York state police department fired its deputy commissioner on Tuesday after she allegedly acted as a getaway driver for her son in what is being investigated as an attempted murder.The ci...

Richard Luscombe 3 weeks ago

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After share price crash following IPO, SpaceX to report first earnings as a public company

The company will release its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, giving investors a look at its potential profitFor the first time since SpaceX went public, the world will get a first-hand look into the trillion-dollar corporation’s financials. The Elon Musk-run business will report its second quart...

Dara Kerr 3 weeks ago

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Devastating LA wildfire sparked by utility company tower, long-awaited report finds

Investigators pin blame for Eaton fire, which killed 19 people and ruined thousands of homes, on ‘electrical arcing events’ at out-of-service towerThe deadly 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area was caused by equipment belonging to the utility company Southern California Edison, fire officials sa...

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University of Maryland ‘teacher of the year’ detained by ICE in Texas

DHS said pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret overstayed visa and arrested him at Dallas-Fort Worth airportAn instructor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore who only just received a “teacher of the year” award has been arrested by federal immigration agents under the command of the Trump administ...

Maya Yang 3 weeks ago

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Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped

David Hearn has ‘number of potential remedies’ after being prosecuted in connection with pool damage, attorney saysAn attorney for the former Olympic canoeist who was charged with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has said that “all options are on table” for legal recourse after prose...

Edward Helmore 3 weeks ago

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Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz

Masoud Pezeshkian dismisses talk of internal rift as hardline Assembly of Experts call US negotiations ‘futile’Middle East crisis live – latest updatesMasoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, has been forced to deny claims that he has repeatedly threatened to resign as he battles hardline factions oppos...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 3 weeks ago

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Chipotle removes jalapeños amid US salmonella outbreak investigation

Restaurant chain pulls peppers ‘out of an abundance of caution’ as salmonella outbreak sickens 100 peopleChipotle said on Tuesday ⁠it had removed jalapeños from some of the chain’s restaurants after identifying ⁠the peppers as ⁠a ​potential ingredient tied to a salmonella outbreak, replacing them ⁠w...

Reuters and Guardian staff 3 weeks ago

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India’s ruling BJP loses byelection in stronghold after Cockroach student protests

Opposition parties say nationwide protests that forced resignation of education secretary are beginning to dent BJP supportIndia’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party has lost a byelection in a seat it had held for three decades, after the Cockroach movement student protests that have shaken Narendra Modi...

Penelope MacRae in Delhi 3 weeks ago

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Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibitionFarmers and landowners are calling for a temporary ban on disposable barbecues in England and Wales, as they warn of the risk of igniting wildfires.The call, which has also been made by firefighters...

Fiona Harvey Environment editor 3 weeks ago

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Guatemala volcano eruption prompts evacuation of hundreds of people

Eruption of the Fuego volcano sends lava and ash nearly four miles into the sky as country declares second-highest alertHundreds of people living on the slopes of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano have evacuated their homes after a huge eruption spewed lava and plumes of ash.Central America’s most active vo...

Agence France-Presse in San Juan Alotenango 3 weeks ago

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Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike

Remains of 112 victims, including 40 children, recovered from rubble more than two years after residential block was destroyedMourners gathered in central Gaza on Tuesday for a mass funeral for 112 people, including 40 children, who were killed in 2023 in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the...

William Christou 3 weeks ago

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Trump administration reportedly drafting ban on Chinese datacenter components

Trump’s FCC is developing a measure to bar US imports of new models of Chinese datacenter devices, sources sayThe Trump administration is reportedly drafting a ban on US imports of new models of Chinese datacenter components, in the latest sign US authorities are scrambling to respond to the rapid d...

Nick Robins-Early and agency 3 weeks ago

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Labour members ‘have tougher view on welfare than you might think’, poll suggests

Survey finds party members see health, the economy, cost of living and climate crisis among biggest challengesAndy Burnham has inherited a Labour membership that is sceptical about increased welfare spending, supportive of higher defence spending, and ranks the climate crisis as one of the country’s...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent 3 weeks ago

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Ex-MP urges Tories to drop candidate jailed for campaign of antisemitic abuse against her

Luciana Berger says Joshua Bonehill-Paine should have no role in public life because of ‘his racism and his view of women’A former MP has urged the Tory leader to drop an election candidate who was previously jailed for a campaign of antisemitic abuse against her.Kemi Badenoch on Tuesday defended th...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent 3 weeks ago

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EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting

Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for EuropeExplainer: Why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint?The EU’s top official on migration has criticised Spain’s plan to regularise undocumented migrants as “not a good signal” for Europe, after an emergency me...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels 3 weeks ago

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Huw Edwards criticised for entering Welsh poetry competition

BBC actor Sera Cracroft says if disgraced former newsreader had won it would be hurtful to abuse survivorsThe disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been criticised after entering a Welsh poetry competition under a pseudonym.The actor Sera Cracroft, best known for her role in the long-runnin...

Ella Creamer 3 weeks ago

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US and Qatar report progress on Iran ceasefire and reopening Hormuz strait

Optimism echoes Trump’s claims on Monday that deal is close as mediators say they are exchanging proposals Middle East crisis live – latest updatesUS and Qatari officials have said progress is being made in restoring a ceasefire in the US-Iran war and reopening the strait of Hormuz.The optimistic sp...

Julian Borger Senior international correspondent and Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 3 weeks ago

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Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations

Bernie Moreno, Miller’s ex-father-in-law, says congressman is unfit for office as Miller denies allegationsMax Miller, the Republican representative from Ohio, is facing a rising groundswell of resignation calls from his own party over domestic abuse allegations after his ex-father-in-law, Bernie Mo...

Robert Tait in Washington 3 weeks ago

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Refuse collectors help Italian woman recover binned €1m lottery ticket

Winner called waste management team after she realised stub showing she had hit the jackpot had been thrown awayA €1m lottery ticket has been recovered from the rubbish in Italy after the frantic winner called on refuse collectors to help her retrieve it, according to the waste management company.Th...

Agence France-Presse in Rome 3 weeks ago

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