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Andy Burnham’s plans for technical education build on coalition’s UTC roots

PM’s vocational model also takes inspiration from former education secretary Kenneth Baker’s visionAndy Burnham’s plans to put academic and technical education routes on an equal footing in England have been welcomed by many, but none were more enthusiastic than the former Conservative minister Kenn...

Sally Weale Education correspondent 4 weeks ago

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Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing ‘dangerous’ image

Green party leader says it was ‘a mistake’ and if Farage wants to apologise for times he’s put people in danger he’ll be happy to say sorryThe Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” over a social media image but will not apologise to Nigel Farage.The image, whic...

Press Asociation 4 weeks ago

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Young Liberal power brokers created ‘shit sheet’ on NSW minister accusing him of extramarital affair

David Elliott denies having affair after document revealed during Icac hearing into corruption allegationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA group of young conservative power brokers in the New South Wales Liberal party...

Penry Buckley 4 weeks ago

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Mooted WA oil refinery ‘dinosaur technology’ amid clean energy transition, experts say

A feasibility study for the Western Australian project will show the project is uneconomic and requires government subsidies, experts sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereGet our breaking news...

Krishani Dhanji and Graham Readfearn 4 weeks ago

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Wednesday briefing: Will Zelenskyy’s domestic struggles harm his reputation on the global stage?

In today’s newsletter: A recent government reshuffle has exposed deep fractures within Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s wartime cabinetGood morning. Another week, another diplomatic success for Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Monday, his first meeting with Andy Burnham as PM confirmed continuity in the UK’s steadfast...

Michael Segalov 4 weeks ago

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Mother and toddler’s deaths in South Australia investigated as murder-suicide as hopes for missing baby fade

Police say search for three-month-old a ‘retrieval effort’ after bodies of mother Helena Wright and toddler found in the ocean near Port MacdonnellGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHopes of finding a three-month-old boy alive have faded as South Australian police investigate...

Achol Arok and AAP 4 weeks ago

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Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggestsOrganic eggs are twice as bad for the climate as eggs from chickens living in cages, research suggests.According to the study, switching the UK’s entire egg production to a...

Damien Gayle 4 weeks ago

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Magic circle: Stonehenge offers lucky visitors 20 minutes alone in monument

Handful of ticketholders will be selected at random for up-close visits to ancient site throughout AugustTrips to Stonehenge can be a little hectic. Tens of thousands of people turn up to celebrate summer and winter solstices and most other days the site is a place of bustle, excited conversation an...

Steven Morris 4 weeks ago

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AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns

‘Racist bias’ overestimating ages in Home Office’s facial-recognition software will lead to solo children being housed with adults, says Human Rights NetworkFlawed and racialised models that underpin the AI-powered age-detection systems to be introduced by the British government will endanger childr...

Kaamil Ahmed 4 weeks ago

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Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy

Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland and the Northern Territory have rejected the federal government’s plans to mandate that...

Josh Butler 4 weeks ago

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Daniel Andrews says Ben Carroll ‘can win’ Victoria election in rare public statement

Former leader shows support for new Victorian premier while paying tribute to Jacinta AllanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer premier Daniel Andrews has thrown his support behind Victoria’s new Labor leader, Ben Car...

Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent 4 weeks ago

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‘Dodged a bullet’: inflation eases to 3.8%, reducing chances of interest rate rise for Australia’s mortgage holders

ABS data shows inflation still too high but tracking lower than anticipatedAustralian mortgage-holders have “dodged a bullet’, with the Reserve Bank now less likely to hike rates next month after new data showed inflation unexpectedly eased to 3.8%, in the year to June, from 4%.The hotly anticipated...

Patrick Commins Economics editor 4 weeks ago

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Angus Taylor insists he made no payments to conservative Liberal group amid Icac investigation

Opposition leader says he is ‘not a party to proceedings’ being investigated by NSW corruption watchdog as fellow liberals close ranksAngus Taylor says no payments were made in relation to a growing corruption case involving members of the NSW Liberal party, insisting he is not a party to the procee...

Tom McIlroy, Josh Butler and Penry Buckley 4 weeks ago

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One Nation faces being struck off in Queensland after failing to file audited financial statements

Breach exposes Pauline Hanson to possible fines as party given deadline to comply by 18 AugustFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson’s One Nation party faces being struck off in Queensland after failing its lega...

Sarah Martin Senior correspondent 4 weeks ago

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Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing amid aftershocks

Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale At least five people have been killed, and nine are missing after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, injuring hundreds and knoc...

Gavin Blair in Tokyo, and Rachel Hall 4 weeks ago

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Kenya investigating unexpected deaths of 15 elephants in national park

Potential toxic substance detected in several of 15 elephants found dead in Kenya’s Amboseli national parkOfficials are investigating the deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya’s Amboseli national park.The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said 10 of the elephants showed signs of partial par...

Guardian staff and agencies 4 weeks ago

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ICE agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles crackdown, court files show

Agents accused in lawsuit of using anti-immigrant slurs and denigrating undocumented MexicansICE agents deployed last summer to the Los Angeles area referred to the subjects of their immigration operations with racial slurs, according to newly released court documents.On 4 July 2025, an unidentified...

Uwa Ede-Osifo 4 weeks ago

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‘Prioritising profit’: Australians regularly prescribed medicinal cannabis with very high THC levels

Exclusive: Of more than 1,000 medicinal cannabis products available, only two have been evaluated by the drug regulatorFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDoctors are commonly prescribing high-dose medicinal cannabis contai...

Melissa Davey Medical editor 4 weeks ago

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US says it intercepted ‘surprise’ Iran missile attack on its forces in Middle East after lull in fighting

Fighting was paused after nearly two weeks of nightly strikes by the US on Iran, as both sides battled for control of the strait of HormuzIran launched multiple ballistic missiles at US forces in the Middle East late on Tuesday, shattering a brief pause in fighting as mediators tried to get both sid...

Guardian staff and agencies 4 weeks ago

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White House teleprompter operator accused over Trump bets no longer in job, official says

Official declines to say whether Gabriel Perez, who allegedly bet on prediction market Kalshi, resigned or was fired A White House teleprompter operator who reportedly used inside knowledge to make bets about Donald Trump’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi is no longer in his post, ac...

Roque Planas and agencies 4 weeks ago

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FCC bans humanoid robots from China, citing ‘unacceptable risks’

Move comes as the Trump administration has increasingly sought to keep Chinese technology out of the USThe Federal Communications Commission announced a ban on humanoid robots from China on Tuesday, saying that the technology poses “unacceptable risks” to the country’s national security. The move co...

Dara Kerr and agencies 4 weeks ago

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Senate confirms Trump ally Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence

At confirmation hearing, Clayton sidestepped questions about 2020 election and declined to say Trump lostSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe US Senate voted to confirm Jay Clayton as the director of national intelligence on Tuesday, giving Trump another key ally directing the nation...

Sam Levine 4 weeks ago

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UK faces ‘very difficult trade-offs’ in budget because of Iran war, say analysts

Leading thinktank says higher oil prices and inflation will give Andy Burnham a ‘challenging inheritance’Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of “very difficult trade-offs in the next autumn budget” if the Iran war keeps oil prices and inflation high.The National Institute of Economic...

Phillip Inman 4 weeks ago

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Trump pausing Iran attacks shows US military power is not enough on its own

Tehran has not been bombed into submission, leaving America unable to enforce its demands without a ground war that it does not wantHas Iran won a war it didn’t start against the United States? It is not a victory in any conventional military sense: about 3,500 Iranians have been reported killed and...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor 4 weeks ago

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