Global oil price at its highest since May while investors dump stocks and bonds after Donald Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ promise Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Fuel prices are on track to climb a further 20-30 cents per litre over the…
This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast ‘Profound’ increase in death rate for welfare recipients, report finds People receiving an income support including disability, unemployment or carers payments had an average mortality rate more than nine times higher than people who did not access the welfare…
Luke Sayers says he accepts Cate Sayers did not post photo of his genitals as she says settlement closes ‘painful and difficult chapter’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The embattled former AFL club president Luke Sayers has apologised to his…
A split emerges in One Nation over the video, with Barnaby Joyce offering an apology as Pauline Hanson continues to refuse to take it down Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Andrew Hastie has accepted an apology from his former colleague…
Three facilities in two days struck as bombardment of Ukraine’s capital enters new phase of intensity Europe live – latest updates Petrol stations in Kyiv have been hit by jet-powered drones in a wave of targeted Russian attacks as the bombardment of Ukraine’s capital enters a new phase of intensity. At least two people were…
Ulf Kristersson’s comments come ahead of the parliamentary election taking place this Sunday in Brussels The European Commission has said it is assessing whether Ukraine has a funding shortfall, amid renewed pressure to use Russia’s frozen assets to aid Kyiv. “That [frozen assets] is not a primary focus. We have worked extensively on this and…
Rampant Yemeni fighters take control of island in narrow point of Bab al-Mandab strait, which Saudi is relying on for oil exports Violence in Yemen: why it matters and how it is linked to the US-Iran war Yemen’s rampant Houthi forces have captured a strategic island in the Bab al-Mandab strait, expanding their control of…
Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister Emma Bonino, the radical Italian politician who led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce against the objections of the Vatican, has died aged 78. “Today we lose not only our leader but also one of the most clear-sighted, courageous…
Fans from around the world gather for star’s long-awaited performances after break because of neurological condition More than 30,000 Céline Dion fans have gathered in Paris for the Canadian singer’s long-awaited return to performing on Saturday night, four years after she revealed her diagnosis of stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition. Thousands more people…
Rights groups say those missing after being deported under one in, one out deal include dozens of age-disputed children UK politics live – latest updates Hundreds of asylum seekers including at least 41 age-disputed children who were removed to France under the “one in, one out” deal have disappeared, human rights organisations have said. The…