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News live: Jane Hume says Australia should be ‘encouraging’ datacentres and claims PM’s plan to regulate AI may stifle innovation
Liberal deputy leader said datacentres will ‘power the productivity boom of the future’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShorten shocked by testimony given to royal commission on antisemitismFormer Labor leader Bill Shorten, now the vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra, said he was shocked by the evidence given from the university sector during the latest round of hearings before the royal commission on antisemitism.It describes an Australia … and Australian universities that I don’t recognise. But the fact is that these voices who are speaking up through the vehicle of the royal commission are revealing things, which mean that there’s no excuse to ignore them.Once people are putting coverings over their faces so they can’t be identified, once they’re going to people’s individual offices, they’ve crossed a line. This is not a protest any more. It’s just bullying. It’s thuggery. It’s cowardice. It’s intimidation. And I don’t really care how righteous you think your cause is. You’ve got no right in this country to make someone else’s life so scary, so miserable, so fearful, just because you happen to have a view. Continue reading...
US Halts Immigration Traffic Stops After 2 Fatal Shootings
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has suspended the use of traffic stops to detain immigrants after two fatal shootings by ICE agents, according to media reports Tuesday.
Trump threatens to strike Iran power plants unless deal reached – Middle East crisis live
Donald Trump claims shipping route is open for all except Iranian ships as US issues new Iran-related sanctions TuesdayTrump again threatens to strike Iran’s power plants amid impasse over strait of HormuzResurgent oil and fuel prices could cement a fourth interest rate rise in Australia this year if Donald Trump’s renewed conflict with Iran is not resolved within a week, economists warn.US missile strikes on Iran and Trump’s announcement of a new maritime blockade has lifted oil prices to their highest point in the month since the two countries agreed to a peace deal. Continue reading...
One person dead and two missing after boat sinks near San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island
Another 16 people rescued after ‘pontoon pleasure boat’ sinks about 600 yards from famous tourist attractionOne person was killed, two were missing and 16 were rescued after a pontoon boat capsized and sank near San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island on Tuesday, authorities said.Nineteen people were aboard the vessel at the time of the incident. Of the 16 rescued, 13 were safe on shore, while three others were receiving medical treatment at a San Francisco hospital. A dog was also declared dead. All the passengers are believed to be adults. Continue reading...
Florida executes one of its oldest prisoners in state’s 10th lethal injection this year
Man who was 74 was one of three older prisoners scheduled for execution within the span of a monthFlorida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its state history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older prisoners scheduled for execution within the span of a month in the nation’s busiest death penalty state.Dennis Sochor was pronounced dead at 6.16pm after a three-drug injection at Florida state prison near Starke. He was convicted of killing Patricia Gifford on 1 January 1982, just hours after meeting the 18-year-old woman at a New Year’s Eve party. Continue reading...
Trump's Thursday Speech To Focus On "Free And Fair Elections"
US President Donald Trump said he would discuss "free and fair" voting in an address to the nation on Thursday, apparently doubling down on his false claims to have won the 2020 election.
Houthis Claim Downing Of Saudi Drone Amid Biggest Clash Since 2022 Truce
For more than a decade, aircraft entering Yemeni airspace have needed prior clearance from the Saudi-led coalition that backs the government and says it enforces the restriction at its request.
Netanyahu Warns Iran Of "Much More Powerful" Strikes If Attacked Again
"I will say it to the leaders of Iran: Do not count on things remaining quiet if you attack us," Netanyahu said at a conference in Dimona.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Resigns As Zelensky Orders Government Reshuffle
The Ukrainian leader has yet to name a replacement and has said only that Kyiv is "changing its political strategy" amid "new challenges and new tasks".
Marco Rubio 'selling his soul' over one lie that could end his career: expert
Political heavyweight Pete Buttigieg predicted that Marco Rubio is never going to recover from "selling his soul" for one lie.During an interview on The Bulwark Podcast with former GOP operative Tim Miller, Buttigieg talked about how much Rubio has fallen in his eyes since becoming Trump's secretary of state.When Miller asked how Rubio has been doing, Buttigieg said, "If he hadn't asked for it, I would feel sorry for him," but criticized Rubio for testimony he gave before Congress in May 2025. Rubio claimed that no children had died as a result of the Trump administration's foreign aid cuts, Buttigieg said."When Marco Rubio lied to Congress about whether the aid cuts had killed children, when he stood there with a straight face and said no children died over this, when we already knew the names of some of the children who had been killed by this," Buttigieg said."Right then, you could just tell that this guy's just morally — and I hope politically — never going to recover from selling his soul," Buttigieg continued.Miller mentioned that the new book Regime Change revealed that Rubio was "supposed to be the normal, responsible adult in the administration." However, Rubio was "the point man" for cutting a deal with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to receive immigrants deported from the U.S., Miller said."You're going to have a gulag essentially in El Salvador," Miller said, summing up what Rubio negotiated. "We're going to send these people. We were sending innocent people there, and it was absolutely, I think, the most outrageous thing the administration has done."
Trump Backs Russia Sanctions Bill Posing 500% Tariff Threat To India: Report
The situation became more complicated after a temporary US Treasury waiver expired on June 17, 2026. The waiver had allowed India's purchase of Russian crude without attracting sanctions. Its expiry has left India's in a legal grey zone.
US Woman Miraculously Survives 9 Days Trapped In Her Home Bathtub
Joan Rivet, 82, was trapped in her bathtub for nine days after a fall, surviving alone at home.
Jul 15, 2026