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Australia news live: 11,000 homes without power amid Victoria heatwave as six bushfires still burn across state
Follow today’s news liveNationals MP Colin Boyce to challenge David Littleproud for leadership, saying party is headed off ‘political cliff’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe...
NSW school counsellor banned after having jelly shots and engaging in ‘sexual contact’ with students
Health Care Complaints Commission finds Victoria Worsley poses ‘a significant and unacceptable risk’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales school counsellor who invited...
‘Attacks day after day’: Odesa in Russia’s crosshairs as war pivots back to Black Sea
Unable to get near Ukraine’s main port, Moscow is pounding the city from afar with missiles and dronesOutside the Kadorr apartment complex in Ukraine’s Black Sea city of Odesa, about...
England’s most deprived areas to get worse by next election, report for No 10 finds
Exclusive: the 613 most deprived areas will see higher crime rates and worse unemployment under current funding schemes, report saysThe country’s most deprived neighbourhoods will have higher crime rates and...
Royal Mail delivered Christmas letters and parcels late to about 16m people
‘No light at the end of the tunnel for consumers’ as 2025 figure is 50% higher than previous year, says Citizens AdviceRoyal Mail has been criticised for offering an “unacceptable”...
Placebo make theatre debut with score for Brecht production by Royal Shakespeare Company
Alt-rockers will score Hitler allegory The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, with Mark Gatiss in the title roleAlt-rockers Placebo are set to collaborate with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) by...
Nationals MP Colin Boyce to challenge David Littleproud for leadership, saying party is headed off ‘political cliff’
Queensland MP to challenge for the leadership next week, in move colleagues say is unlikely to succeedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free...
China’s ambassador warns Albanese reclaiming Port of Darwin will force Beijing to intervene
Xiao Qian hits out at Labor’s policy to force the Chinese-owned company Landbridge to sell its 99-year lease on the portFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our...
Can Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez become a Latin American Deng Xiaoping?
Maduro’s Sorbonne-educated successor is talking up an era of ‘reform and opening up’ modelled on China’s post-Mao boomAfter years of political and social upheaval, hunger and despair, the Great Helmsman...
Scott Morrison accused of ‘deeply ill-informed’ attack on religious freedom after Islam speech
Former PM called for national register and accreditation for imams, sparking backlash from Muslim leadersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or...
New Zealand could see more deadly landslides as climate crisis triggers intense storms, experts warn
As it grapples with two fatal tragedies, questions emerge over how to protect the country from more landslides – its deadliest natural hazardNew Zealand could experience an increase in landslides...
Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown substance during town hall in Minneapolis – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.Minnesota raids continue as DHS report indicates two agents fired guns at PrettiTrump news at a glance: Top Democrats give Trump ultimatum to fire Kristi...