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Super Typhoon Bavi Makes Landfall In US Pacific Island, Residents Warned To Stay Indoors
Super Typhoon Bavi hit the Northern Mariana Islands with 100+ mph winds, forcing residents indoors as officials warn of life-threatening danger
Ballroom, Kennedy Center, Oval Office: Inside Trump's White House Makeover
Trump is reshaping Washington with a new ballroom, a 250-foot arch, and Kennedy Center renovations sparking lawsuits, backlash, and controversy
Ali Khamenei's Funeral Has Summer Festival Feel: Free Food, Music, Crowds
Free eggs, watermelon and electronic music mix with chants of "death to America" as Iran mourns Khamenei over six days.
UK Tightens Rules On Overseas Donations Amid Farage Funding Probe
UK tightens overseas political donation rules to curb foreign interference, as Farage faces a watchdog probe over an undeclared crypto donation.
Israeli Votes To Defy Supreme Court Ruling On Broadcast Regulator
This is the first time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has flouted a Supreme Court ruling, although it has clashed with the judiciary in the past.
'Need India's Help': PoK Leader's Cry For Aid Amid Pakistan's Brutalities
The appeal comes as PoK witnesses large-scale protests against the Pakistani administration since last month. Last week, during a massive protest rally held at the Eidgah Ground, people chanted slogans like "PoK is not part of Pakistan".
Child protection services contacted before four-year-old’s alleged murder as police investigate cannibalism claim
Police charge woman with murder after boy’s body was found in a Central Coast home on SaturdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales department in charge of child protection received “a number of reports” about a four-year-old child before he was allegedly murdered by his mother, the minister revealed, as she announced a review into how the case was handled.Kate Washington, the NSW minister for communities and family, announced the independent review into the child’s case on Monday afternoon, two days after police found the preschooler’s body at a home on the Central Coast.This article was amended on 6 July 2026. An earlier version said the woman was 32 years old, as reported by police. Court documents show the woman is 31 years old. Continue reading...
Millions join funeral procession for Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei
Crowds swelled through Tehran as mourners dressed in black carried flags proclaiming: ‘We will rise’A crowd of millions assembled on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.The scale and depth of the march, however engineered, represents an extraordinary turnaround for a country that only seven months ago was gripped by street protests at which thousands of people were killed by government security forces. Many will say the assembly was a monument to a misconceived war launched on Iran by Donald Trump in February. Continue reading...
One Nation to contest WA byelection triggered by Labor MP’s resignation – as it happened
This blog is now closedChina tests long-range missile in South Pacific in move Australia condemns as ‘destabilising to region’My colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’s controversy surrounding Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance. You can read the full debrief here:Meta executives to speak at royal commission on antisemitism today Continue reading...
Sky owner announces £1.6bn takeover of ITV’s broadcasting arm
US telecom giant Comcast to snap up free-to-air TV channels and streaming platform to create UK’s biggest commercial broadcasterSky has announced a long awaited £1.6bn deal to buy ITV’s broadcasting and streaming arm to create the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster.Sky, which is owned by the US telecoms company Comcast, will pay £1.2bn in cash initially for ITV’s media and entertainment business, which include its free-to-air TV channels in the UK and ITVX streaming platform. It has agreed to pay a further up to £200m in the second half of 2028, depending on 2027 advertising revenues. Continue reading...
Big brewers ‘misleading drinkers’ over craft beer credentials, says Camra
Campaign group calls on watchdog to investigate sector amid claims of anti-competitive practices elbowing out independentsBusiness live – latest updatesBig brewers are misleading drinkers about their products’ “craft” credentials and geographical origin, the ale enthusiasts’ club Camra has claimed, as it called on the consumer watchdog to investigate the beer market.Camra asked the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to launch a review of whether small breweries are being unfairly elbowed off the bar by larger rivals’ anti-competitive tactics. Continue reading...
‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre
Suspicions grow in Lanarkshire that local people have been misled on supposed benefits of the huge developmentRevealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promiseWhat are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’?The promise was that a Scottish community would be transformed by massive investment and empowered to chase “the jobs of the future”. Instead, local people in Lanarkshire fear they may have to sell their properties and lose green belt land because of the errors of a badly planned AI datacentre complex, even as those jobs and investments never arrive.Late last year, representatives of Oakes Energy Services began to knock on doors in Newarthill, a village east of Glasgow. In letters reviewed by the Guardian, they invited residents to individual meetings. They told them about plans for a solar farm, say local people, and made offers: free solar panels, tree planting, or even cash for their properties. Continue reading...
