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Ben Carroll will not rule out redirecting Suburban Rail Loop funds to other projects
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Ben Carroll will not rule out redirecting Suburban Rail Loop funds to other projects

New Victorian premier also considering ‘sensible changes’ to laws that would enshrine right to work from home two days a weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s new premier has not ruled out redirecting billions...

Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology
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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology

First-in-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real peopleElon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law banning “nudification” technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for ho...

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Trident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham
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Trident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham

Prime minister to highlight investment in communities as he launches next phase of nuclear submarine replacementAndy Burnham will place the renewal of Trident at the heart of his vision of a reindustrialised Britain on Thursday when he travels to Barrow-in-Furness to launch the next phase of the nuc...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
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Meta misses earnings forecasts after Zuckerberg media push to promote AI
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Meta misses earnings forecasts after Zuckerberg media push to promote AI

Stock tumbles nearly 8% after weaker-than-expected results, despite CEO’s blitz to tout positive effects of AIMeta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s media spree touting the positive impacts of artificial intelligence did little to cushion the blow of its second-quarter earnings, which sent its stock...

Johana Bhuiyan
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Senate unanimously passes resolution opposing pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
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Senate unanimously passes resolution opposing pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

Longtime Epstein associate serving 20-year sentence for sex-trafficking crimes has exhausted series of appeals The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to any presidential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate who is currently...

Anna Betts
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Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote looms
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Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote looms

Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is deadTodd Blanche’s hopes of becoming US attorney general seemed to be in jeopardy on Wednesday after the Department of Justice did not provide written assurances to a key Republican senator that...

Sam Levine in New York City
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Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned
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Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned

Six years on from Covid crisis, Republicans still politicizing science – and Fauci remains a political punching bagA US Senate committee hearing featuring Dr Anthony Fauci revealed at least one certainty: six years after the pandemic, politicizing science remains a vital political tactic.The high-pr...

Jessica Glenza
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Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school
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Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school

Report on Interlochen Center for the Arts details sexual allegations against 47 faculty and staff members since 1950sTwo people who attended a prestigious Michigan fine arts school reported conduct of a sexual nature by Jeffrey Epstein, a major donor, according to an investigation that also uncovere...

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Hackers steal sensitive data from Department for Education and police
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Hackers steal sensitive data from Department for Education and police

Details of parents and staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, are among data taken by cybercriminalsThe Department for Education and a police database have been targeted by a cyber-attack, exposing more than 740,000 pieces of data.Details of government officials, senior school leaders,...

Dan Milmo and Vikram Dodd
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Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care
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Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care

Right-wing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for changeFor campaigners perpetually disappointed by the failure of England’s political classes to fix England’s creaking adult social care system, the fear...

Patrick Butler Social policy editor
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Fed holds interest rates steady despite Trump’s renewed calls to lower them
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Fed holds interest rates steady despite Trump’s renewed calls to lower them

Rates remain unchanged for fifth time since December as tenuous Iran peace deal pushes energy prices up againThe US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, leaving rates unchanged for the fifth time since December despite Donald Trump’s renewed calls to lower rates.Cooler inflation...

Gaya Gupta
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Trump to announce $22bn plan to rebuild Dulles international airport
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Trump to announce $22bn plan to rebuild Dulles international airport

Planned overhaul forms part of president’s broader pattern of directing changes in Washington after arch and ballroomDonald Trump is due to announce a $22bn plan to rebuild Washington’s Dulles international airport on Wednesday after the US president personally weighed in on the design of the capita...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance
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TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance

Transport for London claims polluting diesel vehicles had been able to enter clean air zone without having to payTransport for London is pursuing a potential £1bn legal action against car manufacturers over vehicles that it argues should not have been allowed to drive freely in the capital’s clean-a...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Staff at newest V&A site in London vote overwhelmingly for strike action
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Staff at newest V&A site in London vote overwhelmingly for strike action

V&A Storehouse dispute centres on toilet and hydration breaks as employees across V&A in London also vote to strike in wider actionStaff at the V&A’s Storehouse site in east London have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over what they say are inadequate toilet and hydration bre...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
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BTS boycott Grammys after introduction of new Asian pop prize
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BTS boycott Grammys after introduction of new Asian pop prize

K-pop superstars will not submit Arirang album or its songs for 2027 ceremonyBTS, the biggest pop act in east Asia, have withdrawn themselves from the 2027 Grammy awards, intimating that their decision is due to the addition of a new award for best Asian pop music performance.Writing on Instagram, e...

Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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Comey alleges Trump pushed prosecution over ‘8647’ seashell post
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Comey alleges Trump pushed prosecution over ‘8647’ seashell post

Comey’s lawyers say Secret Service tracked him and investigators turned to AI and a mafia killer to bolster caseLawyers for former FBI director James Comey alleged on Tuesday that US Secret Service agents illegally surveilled Comey, Donald Trump requested regular updates into the investigation, and...

Sam Levine in New York
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