Alpine areas also experience record-breaking heat with snow depth recorded at zero in Kosciuszko national park Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia had its second hottest September on record last month as global heating and a strengthening El Niño combined to break…
RMIT confirms co-pilot was a student as Australian authorities examine his time in country between 2015 and 2017 An Australian university has confirmed a flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound flight studied at its Melbourne campus, but left before completing his qualificati…
In today’s newsletter: As Americans get ready to vote on whether the Republican party remains in control of Congress, our Washington editor talks about the disconnect between Trump and his supporters Good morning.
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport before she left for China, the agency said US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday, accusing her of spying on the son of Taiwan’s president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said.
Juvenile humpback was spotted near Bundjalung national park in what experts say is a rare but not unprecedented event Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast While the case of a whale found 11km upstream in a New South Wales river this weekend was unusual, it was not unprecedent…
Plans to shed as many as 2,000 employees have been announced in stages, and staff fear further cuts in 2027 Morale at the BBC has been severely dented by a gradual “bloodletting” that has seen plans to shed as many as 2,000 staff slowly announced over several weeks, members of the corporation’s staf…
Natural History Museum and British Museum among cultural institutions leveraging collections and exhibitions They are often free to visit but museums are bolstering their finances by putting their stamp on everything from upmarket hotel suites to trendy jumpsuits and virtual reality experiences.
Jukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EU Jukka Salovaara, the newly installed European Union ambassador to the UK, is likely to become a ubiquitous figure in national politics as the Andy Burn…
Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient skulls.
Experts say country does not have plan to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for future shortages Britain does not have a plan for how to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for potential future food shortages, according to a warning from more than 150 experts delivered to Andy Burnham.
Nine years on from a failed independence push, former president Carles Puigdemont will find times have changed After years of legal wrangling, Spain’s constitutional court is expected to remove the last obstacle to the return of the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont after nearly nine years…
Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates One Nation celebrated stunning success in Queensland in 1998 – then it all fell apart.
Officers were responding to reports a car had driven into a tree 84km north of Yass on Sunday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man has been shot dead by police in regional New South Wales after allegedly aiming a loaded rifle at officers responding to a car…
The actor, who is performing on the West End, was filmed telling theatre fans ‘you can’t come 20 times and sit in the front row, it’ll drive me mad’ Gillian Anderson has come under fire after the actor was filmed telling a group of fans that they were “distracting” her by repeatedly sitting in the…
Fitness influencer, 46, faces court on Monday after his arrest in Noosa at the weekend The fitness influencer and reality TV star Sam Wood has been charged in Queensland with domestic violence offences.
The announcement came hours after Iranian-backed Houthis reportedly cut a vital supply route to besieged city of Taiz Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has announced the start of a new military operation to retake all territory held by the Houthis, even as the militant group made fresh gains on the gr…
Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will now face leftwing president in runoff vote Brazil’s presidential race will go to a second round after the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, beat the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but failed to…
Beni Rae Harmony, 24, has been ‘a trusted voice for the MAGA movement as a White House correspondent’, White House says The White House has defended a newly hired press aide who posed for a holiday photograph in 2021 wearing a “Fuck Joe Biden” T-shirt and holding a rifle.
Union says staff left with no choice but industrial action after breakdown in pay talks with Texas oil firm Apache A looming strike by oil workers in the North Sea could “severely disrupt” UK fuel supplies, the Unite union has said, adding that staff were left with no choice after a breakdown in pay…
Many cases involve criminals using other people’s identities to sell fake event tickets to friends and family The total amount stolen by criminals who hack into people’s emails and social media accounts and then pretend to be them has risen by more than 400% in a year, official UK data shows.
Only 150 of 2,189 titles published in UK for young children last year focused on minority ethnic, disabled or neurodivergent characters The number of children’s books featuring Black main characters fell by almost 8% last year, according to research into diversity in UK publishing.
Aircraft leave Gloucestershire base to return to US following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London The US Air Force has pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base.
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth The Conservatives will announce a bonfire of regulations including abolishing affordable homes and community funding rules as well as scrapping Natural England and the Environment Agenc…
Staunchly pro-Russia politician has dominated campaign and inflamed divisions despite not appearing on ballot Bosnian Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik has declared victory for his party in an election in Bosnia shaped by economic pressures, the prospect of the Balkan nation joining the Euro…
