» Australia politics live: electrical union threatens more action as thousands gather at CFMEU protests; Coalition targets ABC in Senate question time
18/09/24 04:49 from World news | The Guardian
Workers and supporters of the CFMEU and unions are marching across both cities. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast On the double-dissolution threat floated by Anthony Albanese yesterday,...

» Hezbollah blames Israel after pager explosions kill nine and injure thousands in Lebanon
18/09/24 04:38 from BBC News - World
Nine people have been killed and 2,800 wounded by the blasts, the Lebanese health ministry says.

» Moira Deeming ‘determined to be brave’ by attending controversial rally despite security threats, defamation trial hears
18/09/24 04:35 from World news | The Guardian
Ousted Liberal MP tells federal court she was not aware during the rally that gatecrashers had performed Nazi salute on steps of parliament Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or ...

» Pagers in deadly attack on Hezbollah ‘made in Europe’, as Middle East braces for reprisals
18/09/24 04:27 from World news | The Guardian
Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says a company in Europe made the pagers used in extraordinary attack in Lebanon that Hezbollah blames on Israel See all our Middle East crisis coverage The Taiwanese manufacturer linked to pagers that explo...

» Russia region orders evacuation after Ukraine drone attack
18/09/24 04:19 from BBC News - World
Drone wreckage causes fire in Tver region, the governor says, amid reports that a weapons depot is hit.

» UK overseas aid spend will reach 17-year low without urgent action, NGOs warn
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Humanitarian sector says UK will lack credibility at world summits owing to ‘devastating’ impact of budget cuts UK aid spending will fall to its lowest level since 2007 unless the government takes urgent remedial action in the autumn bud...

» Rise in chocolate prices could spook shoppers this Halloween
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Increase of 11% in a year far outstrips grocery inflation in UK, according to the consumer group Which? Shoppers may face a choccy horror show this Halloween after the price of chocolate shot up 11% in the past year – far outstripping in...

» Prof who coined term presenteeism says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Sir Gary Cooper says ‘micromanagers’ risk driving away talent, damaging wellbeing and harming productivity Employers who force staff to return to the office five days a week have been called the “dinosaurs of our age” by one of the world...

» Pro-Palestinian protester acquitted over ‘coconut’ placard has ‘no regrets’
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Marieha Hussain, who depicted Sunak and Braverman as coconuts, says only people who do not understand the term find it offensive A teacher who was acquitted of a racially aggravated public order offence after she carried a placard depict...

» Starmer’s £100,000 in tickets and gifts more than any other recent party leader
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Prime minister has come under fire recently for clothing, accommodation and glasses provided by Waheed Alli Keir Starmer has declared more free tickets and gifts than other major party leaders in recent times, with his total now topping ...

» Warning social media videos could be exploited by scammers to clone voices
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Research released by Starling Bank finds 28% of people have been targeted at least once in the past year Consumers have been warned that their social media videos could be exploited by scammers to clone their voices with AI and then tric...

» ‘If they don’t die, our infantry will’: Ukraine’s pivotal battle for Donetsk
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Russian forces are gathering on Pokrovsk, a logistics base and transport hub, after months of slow, brutal advance The Russian soldiers sent to storm Ukrainian positions arrived at a graveyard. Around them was the ruined village of Mykha...

» UK’s ‘not for EU’ meat and dairy labelling plan postponed indefinitely
18/09/24 04:00 from World news | The Guardian
Policy devised under Conservatives will be reviewed after warnings of chaos for producers and suppliers Government plans to force food manufacturers to put “not for EU” labels on all meat and dairy products sold across Britain next month...

» Supermoon and lunar eclipse delight star gazers
18/09/24 03:31 from BBC News - World
The Moon appeared brighter and bigger as it reached its closest point in its orbit around the Earth.

» Government releases secret report into ADF after saying it was published online ‘in error’
18/09/24 02:31 from World news | The Guardian
Federal Labor tables report in parliament hours after senators reveal it had been uploaded to royal commission website Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Th...

» Arrests across Australia as federal police target secret Ghost app allegedly used by criminals
18/09/24 02:15 from World news | The Guardian
AFP alleges hundreds of criminals used messaging app, including motorcycle gang members and Italian, Middle Eastern and Korean organised crime members Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , f...

» Trump-allied Pac fires canvassing vendor in crucial states weeks before election
18/09/24 02:04 from World news | The Guardian
Elon Musk’s America Pac replaces voter turnout operations in Arizona and Nevada with less than 50 days until election America Pac, one of the largest and the most ambitious of the groups supporting Donald Trump ’s campaign, is replacing ...

» Donald Trump Says India’s Prime Minister Modi Will Meet With Him Next Week
18/09/24 02:00 from TIME: Top World Stories
Modi would be the latest foreign leader or official to visit the former U.S. President as nations grapple with the possibility of Trump returning to power.

» Suspicious packages sent to election officials across US
18/09/24 01:47 from BBC News - World
Colorado's secretary of state says the poster of the letters called themselves the "US Traitor Elimination Army".

» Trump praises Secret Service in first event since thwarted assassination plot
18/09/24 01:28 from World news | The Guardian
Former president talks up tariffs in Flint, Michigan, and warns attendees of dangers of nuclear ‘obliteration’ Trump held his first campaign event on Tuesday since the thwarted assassination attempt over the weekend, telling a packed 6,0...

» Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail in sex-trafficking case
18/09/24 01:20 from BBC News - World
The musician allegedly plied victims with drugs to keep them “obedient” in days-long parties called "Freak Offs".

» Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft
18/09/24 00:50 from World news | The Guardian
Microsoft researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake website A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris was involved in an allege...

» JD Vance defends pet-eating remarks: ‘The media has a responsibility to fact-check’
18/09/24 00:29 from World news | The Guardian
Republican VP nominee claims at Wisconsin rally that constituents told him ‘they’d seen something in Springfield’ JD Vance defended his comments about Haitian immigrants eating pets during a rally Tuesday, saying that “the media has a re...

» Ros Atkins on Trump suspect viral conspiracy theory
18/09/24 00:24 from BBC News - World
The BBC's analysis editor looks at the false link between Ryan Routh and a US investment firm.

» Trump appears at town hall in Michigan – as it happened
18/09/24 00:21 from World news | The Guardian
This blog is closed now, thanks for following along. You can find the latest US elections coverage here . As far as the election campaign is concerned, this week the Kamala Harris team has its focus on youth turnout to coincide with toda...

» Bystander shot in head as NY police tackle armed subway fare-evader
18/09/24 00:16 from BBC News - World
Officers fired during a clash with a man who pulled a knife after being stopped for fare evasion, police say.

» 'Wound in my heart' - Baltimore bridge disaster bereaved sue
17/09/24 23:11 from BBC News - World
"It opened a wound in my heart that will never heal," says a widow who lost her husband when the span collapsed.

» Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems - but there's still hope
17/09/24 23:05 from BBC News - World
Despite facing a catastrophic combination of challenges, there is optimism in the African country.

» Whale of an appetite: humpback almost swallows live seal in rare photo
17/09/24 23:01 from World news | The Guardian
Animal known as ‘Big Mama’ accidentally gulps marine mammal, who escapes in waters off Anacortes, Washington It’s a good thing seals aren’t on a humpback whale’s menu. A photograph by a whale-watching naturalist captured a seemingly bewi...

» Usyk released after airport detention - Zelensky
17/09/24 22:35 from BBC News - World
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky says heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being detained at an airport in Poland.