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Politics live: Tim Wilson accuses PM of ‘deceit and betrayal’ over budget tax tweaks; Australia Post lifts fuel surcharge for parcels
Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We’re not a party of government … yet,’ says JoyceBarnaby Joyce is doing something of a victory lap for One Nation this morning, hitting the radio and TVs to celebrate the emphatic byelection win.The sort of conceited statement, ‘Oh, you’re not a party of government.’ Well, let’s finish that with a rejoiner, yet.This is a dynamic change. And talking to people last night in the western suburbs of Sydney, last night, they’re quite at home with the idea of One Nation being a dominant force in western Sydney. Absolutely 100% on board with the idea.We know people are under pressure. And the easy path is to say, oh, well, we’ll just sit back and watch that occur. The difficult decision, but the right decision is to do the right thing with the right policies to deliver. And clearly, people are frustrated. Issues like intergenerational equity. People are worried that younger Australians are never going to get a crack at home ownership … too many young people are close to giving up on the opportunity of owning their own home.If we do change our position on any policy, we will explain why it is that that is occurring. Continue reading...
Polish ex-minister flees Hungary to the US after PM Magyar says country won’t protect people wanted elsewhere
Zbigniew Ziobro has been accused in Poland of leading an organised criminal enterprise and abuse of power, which he deniesPoland’s former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted on several criminal charges in his home country, has fled Hungary to the United States, he confirmed on Sunday, after being granted asylum from former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government last year.“I am in the United States,” Ziobro told rightwing Polish broadcaster Republika. “I arrived yesterday, and this is my third time travelling around the country,” he said. Continue reading...
Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to be assessed at Sydney’s new biocontainment facility
Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius to fly home via Perth on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome of the Australian travellers on board the MV Hondius, the ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will return to New South Wales this week and enter Australia’s first purpose-built biocontainment facility.The federal government is still finalising health measures and quarantine arrangements for the group of five people – four citizens and one permanent resident – about to disembark in the Canary Islands. Continue reading...
Martin Short opens up about ‘nightmare’ death of his daughter Katherine
Actor and comedian speaks for the first time since his 42-year-old daughter died by suicide in FebruaryMartin Short has spoken for the first time about the death of his daughter, Katherine Short, saying her death has been “a nightmare for the family”.Katherine died in February aged 42, at her home in the Hollywood Hills. The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office confirmed she died by suicide.In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
"They Will Be Laughing No Longer": Trump's Latest Threat To Iran
"They Will Be Laughing No Longer": Trump's Latest Threat To Iran
Iran Responds To US Peace Plan, As Fresh Drone Attacks Rattle Ceasefire
Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium must be removed before the US-Israeli war against Iran could be considered finished.
Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids
Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quitKeir Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential Labour leadership rivals from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner began to position themselves for a contest.Starmer is hoping to save his job on Monday with a speech promising to “face up to the big challenges” for the country on growth, energy, defence and Europe. Continue reading...
Nobel laureate’s smuggled memoir details beatings and neglect in Iranian prisons
Writing by Narges Mohammadi, arrested 14 times for activism, offers a disturbing insight into treatmentIn an exclusive extract of writing smuggled from prison in Iran, the Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has described the “torture” of solitary confinement, and her systematic medical neglect by the prison system.The writing from the past decade will be part of a soon to be published memoir that gives a rare and alarming insight into the treatment of Mohammadi, who is in critical condition. It details beatings, constant interrogations, deprivation of medical care and long stretches in solitary confinement during her numerous imprisonments. Continue reading...
Body of missing US soldier recovered off coast of Morocco
1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr was participating in largest military exercise among US, Nato allies and African nationsA search team recovered the body of a US soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the US Army said on Sunday.Moroccan searchers found the remains on Saturday in the water within a mile (1.6km) of where the soldier went missing on 2 May, the army said in a statement. Continue reading...
Iraq Never Knew Its Desert Was Hiding An Israeli Military Base
The installation housed Israeli special forces and functioned as a logistical hub for the Israeli air force.
Dozens of people from cruise ship struck by hantavirus leave Tenerife
Britons among passengers and crew taken off vessel and put on flights to 10 countries, while France says a person has shown symptoms of illness on planeDozens of passengers and crew from countries around the world have been evacuated from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.British people were among those taken off the ship as part of a two-day operation that began on Sunday in Tenerife. They were put on chartered flights back to the UK, where they will enter hospital quarantine in Merseyside. At about 9pm on Sunday, a plane carrying 22 UK citizens landed in Manchester, it was reported. Continue reading...
Russia breaches three-day ceasefire with Ukraine, says Zelenskyy
Ukraine president says Russian army is ‘not complying’ with the US-mediated truce and is ‘not even really trying to’Russia has been conducting assault operations on the Ukrainian frontline in breach of a three-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.“The Russians are continuing assault activity in sectors key for them,” Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, said in his evening address. “On the frontline, the Russian army is not complying with the ceasefire and is not even really trying to.” Continue reading...
