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France experienced its hottest day on record on Tuesday, a Meteo France forecaster said, with a peak of 44.3 degrees Celsius (111.74 degrees Fahrenheit) in one town in the southwest.

How a winter spent vaccinating children in India grounded NASA Astronaut Anil Menon, who is about to live among the stars.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Pakistan was trying to divert attention from its internal issues through "fabricated claims" against India.

Social services minister says Pauline Hanson ‘completely unsympathetic’ to financial stress of having a baby. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRuston pushes for overhaul to controversial aged care toolOver to her portfolio, the shadow health and aged care minister, Anne Ruston will introduce a private members bill to change the government’s controversial integrated assessment tool.The three things it seeks to do is to restore the discretion of a human assessor to make sure that the algorithm in their professional judgment doesn’t make an error. It also requires greater transparency so that every decision that’s made, the person can know how the algorithm was used, how professional judgment was applied, so they know why they received the level of care that they got.And we also want to make sure that anybody who has received an assessment since this algorithm computer-only decision-making mechanism has been in place, that they can have a reassessment because we believe that so many of the results have clearly been incorrect. Continue reading...

Crude oil prices that shot up amid the Middle East war has started to return to their pre-war levels.

Over four years, the war in Ukraine has changed, and with it, its people and tactics. It is now fought in the steady accumulation of small pieces of information that eventually become a set of coordinates and, shortly afterwards, a drone strike.

Excerpts of footage of response to incident earlier described as ‘shocking’ but review finds use of force justifiedA review of video footage that appeared to show South Yorkshire police officers shoving and drawing batons and stun guns on teenage girls has found the “the use of force was proportionate, necessary, and justified to keep all involved safe”.South Yorkshire police initially described the footage as appearing “nothing short of shocking” but a review by its professional standards department found that while there “is an opportunity for learning around de-escalation” the actions were appropriate. Continue reading...

The vehicle was using an automated driving feature at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing in the homeSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe top US auto regulator opened an investigation on Monday after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it was opening a special investigation into the Tesla Model 3 crash on Friday near Houston, a significant investigation because the car was using technology that Elon Musk considers key to his company’s future. Continue reading...