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Son of Fijian prime minister faces NSW court on domestic violence-related charges
Ratu Meli Bainimarama has been charged with assault, stalking, choking and other charges in Windsor local court
Five teenagers hospitalised after car crash in Sydney’s south-west
Accident in Beverly Hills comes just over a week after a fatal crash in Buxton
‘I did not identify as a lesbian’: Anne Heche reflects on Ellen DeGeneres in upcoming memoir
The late actor opens up about her relationship with DeGeneres in Call Me Anne, a memoir finished shortly before her death, to be released in JanuaryIn a memoir Anne Heche worked on over the past year, the late actor shared candid thoughts on her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood’s first openly gay couples.“I was labeled [sic] outrageous because I fell in love with a woman. I had never been with a woman before I dated Ellen,” Heche wrote in Call Me Anne, which Start Publishing will release in January. Continue reading...
Call for UN torture watchdog to investigate Australia’s handcuffing of asylum seekers en route to medical care
Detainees report feeling humiliated sitting in handcuffs in waiting rooms during medical appointments
Mohammed bin Salman ‘will travel to London to deliver condolences’
Crown prince will reportedly head Saudi delegation but attendance at Queen’s funeral unconfirmedMohammed bin Salman will deliver his country’s condolences to the royal family after the death of the Queen, a source has told the Guardian, but there has been no confirmation about whether he will attend the funeral service at Westminster Abbey.It will be the Saudi crown prince’s first visit to the UK since the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 and the subsequent British imposition of sanctions. These included travel bans on a group of courtiers close to the crown prince due to their alleged involvement in the killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Continue reading...
Julia Gillard says Australia will ultimately become republic after death of Queen Elizabeth II
Former PM endorses Anthony Albanese’s view to wait on debate, saying ‘no rush’ on moving away from British head of state
Queen lying in state: mourners queueing into the night expect nine-hour wait to see coffin – as it happened
On the first full day of lying in state, huge queues have formed in LondonThe first mourners to see the Queen lying in state have told how they were overcome with emotion as they paid their respects.Some doffed their hats, others said prayers and shed tears, while one woman said she wanted to sing Ave Maria. Continue reading...
Queen’s state funeral to be followed by Windsor service and burial next to Philip
Westminster Abbey ceremony to be attended by 2,000 guests and end with two-minute silence
Kwarteng plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses infuriates unions
Unite leader deplores prospect of post-Brexit deregulation drive ‘when millions are struggling’Unions have reacted with fury to the prospect of the government scrapping a cap on bankers’ bonuses, as ministers geared up for a return to near-normal politics next week, topped by an emergency mini-budget on Friday.Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor, who will set out plans for tax cuts and give more details about the government’s plans to limit rising energy bills, is also considering whether to shed the legacy of an EU-wide cap on bonuses of twice an employee’s salary, imposed after the 2008 financial crash. Continue reading...
People race to exchange paper banknotes before deadline
Queues form at Bank of England to swap old £20s and £50s before they stop being legal tenderConsumers are racing to exchange their old paper banknotes for new plastic versions, just over a fortnight before they cease to be legal tender at the end of September.The Bank of England has warned people to expect long queues at its headquarters at Threadneedle Street in the City of London as they try to swap paper £20 and £50 notes. Continue reading...
People keep calm and carry on queueing to see Queen lying in state
Line nears 5-mile maximum length on first full day of monarch’s flag-draped coffin resting in Westminster Hall• Death of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – latest updatesThe ever-expanding, endlessly patient queue to pay final respects to the Queen was nearing its 5-mile maximum length on Thursday, as yet more people arrived from around the country to join what has become perhaps the defining image of the mourning period.The culture department said the line to file past the flag-draped coffin in Westminster Hall was taking in new entrants in Bermondsey, on the south side of the River Thames, almost at its final capacity point at nearby Southwark Park. Continue reading...
Auditor resigns from Sanjeev Gupta’s UK steel companies
Turmoil continues at businessman’s empire as King & King is investigated by accounting regulatorThe auditor of many of the companies in Sanjeev Gupta’s network of metals companies has resigned from at least five of them, amid an investigation of its work by UK regulators.London-based King & King has resigned as auditor of the companies in Gupta’s GFG Alliance, a sprawling group of firms under his control. Continue reading...
LGB Alliance co-founder breaks down in court when asked to define ‘lesbian’
Court case over organisation’s charitable status brought by trans rights group is adjourned after exchangeA co-founder of LGB Alliance was reduced to tears during cross-examination on the definition of the word lesbian on Thursday, prompting the court to adjourn, during a legal challenge to the Charity Commission’s decision to award charitable status to the gay rights organisation.The meaning of the word lesbian has been analysed on several occasions during five days of court hearings triggered by a challenge brought by the children’s trans rights charity Mermaids. Continue reading...
Federal government urged to extend voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds and prisoners
Submissions into 2022 election inquiry include calls for regulation of ‘electoral lies’ and stricter caps on political donations
One in seven buy now, pay later customers had more than 20 loans last year, Choice survey shows
Use of BNPL services to cover essential bills raises concerns as Albanese government prepares to consult on regulating the sector
Australian sprawl: why developing our way to affordable housing could backfire
As Queensland focuses on greenfield development to solve its housing crisis, critics say it won’t help the people most in need
NSW Country Women’s Association considers dropping monarchy and God from motto
Some members say the 100-year-old motto should be more ‘inclusive’ but others are opposed to change
India: two teenage sisters raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Six men charged over deadly attack on girls, aged 15 and 17, of Dalit casteTwo sisters in Uttar Pradesh have been found raped, murdered and hanging from a tree in the latest incident of sexual violence to shock India.The bodies of the girls, aged 15 and 17, were found suspended from a tree by their shawls near their home in Lakhimpur district on Wednesday afternoon. They belonged to the Dalit caste, the lowest in India’s hierarchical and discriminatory Hindu caste system, which used to deem Dalits as “untouchables”. Continue reading...
US supreme court clears way for LGBTQ+ group to gain recognition from Jewish university
Justices lift temporary hold on court order that requires Yeshiva University to recognize group, the YU Pride Alliance, as legal fight continuesThe US supreme court has cleared the way for an LGBTQ+ group to gain official recognition from a Jewish university in New York City, though that may not last.By a 5-4 vote on Wednesday, the justices lifted a temporary hold on a court order that requires Yeshiva University to recognize the group, the YU Pride Alliance, even as a legal fight continues. Continue reading...
Final design and cost of Australia’s nuclear submarines to be known in early 2023
Defence minister Richard Marles links the cutting-edge technology to Australia’s economic and trade success
Tom Ford brings his trademark sex appeal and glamorama to New York
Arch-provocateur’s collection split into three with looks for the daytime, the party and the after-partyTom Ford has closed New York fashion week with a collection that doubled down on the singular belief that has underpinned his entire career: few things sell clothes quite like sex.Nine months after cancelling his last show as a result of a Covid outbreak at his atelier, New York’s arch-provocateur turned a former trading floor just beyond the World Trade Center into a full-on disco assault. Hemlines were high, yet somehow the heels were even higher. Good news for fans of Ford glamorama; bad news for anyone hoping to wear the stuff. Continue reading...
John Lewis suffers first half loss of £99m and warns of risk to staff bonuses
Outlook ‘uniquely uncertain’, says Partnership as it announces cost of living support for staffThe John Lewis Partnership has warned its annual staff bonus is at risk this year after it slumped to a first half loss of £99m and said the outlook in the run-up to Christmas was “uniquely uncertain”.The group, which is staff-owned and includes the Waitrose supermarket chain, blamed soaring inflation for the loss in the 26 weeks to 30 July, which compared with a £29m loss before tax in the same period last year. Continue reading...
Zelenskiy condemns ‘vile Russian act’ as strike on dam floods his home city
Inhulets River rises estimated 2.5 metres after cruise missiles strike dam, flooding streets of Kryvyi Rih
Kumanjayi Walker inquest hears ‘negative interactions’ between police and Aboriginal people could ‘normalise’ racism
Senior constable says he has not heard officers use racist slurs but agrees unchecked frustration could lead to generalisations• Warning: This story contains offensive and racist slurs heard in court
Biden and Naruhito, but no Modi: throng of leaders expected at Queen’s funeral
As well as a sad occasion, the Westminster Abbey farewell will be a global spectacle, and a diplomatic opportunity for the UK
Prince Andrew joins Queen procession amid concern over stand-in role
Position as counsellor of state under scrutiny as fresh reports about Jeffrey Epstein scandal emerge
Gas importer Uniper in nationalisation talks with German government
Terms under discussion include increasing state’s holding to 50% as pressure on supplies continuesThe embattled gas importer Uniper has entered talks with the German government over a possible nationalisation, the company has said.The terms under discussion would increase the state’s holding in the faltering energy giant to 50%. Continue reading...
France must rethink case of IS-linked women refused re-entry, rules ECHR
Families argued detention in Syria exposed the two women and their children to inhumane treatmentThe European court of human rights has condemned France over its refusal to repatriate French women who travelled to Syria with their partners to join Islamic State and are currently being held with their children at Kurdish-run prison camps.The ruling will be studied closely by other countries who still have citizens detained in camps in north-eastern Syria, including the UK. Continue reading...
Businesses may face weeks of delay over energy bills support, No 10 says
Downing Street says companies will receive backdated payments if scheme is not in place by 1 OctoberBusinesses may face a delay of several weeks in accessing the financial support promised to them by Liz Truss to help ease the burden of spiralling energy bills this winter, Downing Street has admitted.Amid reports that the package for businesses would not be in place by 1 October, the prime minister’s spokesperson said there could be a “delay of weeks” but insisted companies would receive backdated payments. Continue reading...
Keir Starmer: protesters should respect those mourning Queen
Labour leader defends right to protest but says it should not ruin people’s chance to express their private thanks
Indigenous protest planned on national day of mourning – as it happened
Melbourne cancer patient went to Adelaide for urgent scan due to ‘miscommunication’, minister says
Victoria’s health minister defends colleague who suggested Kylie Hennessy, who has a brain tumour, ‘roll with the punches’
Qantas confident its post-Covid operations will settle into a new normal within weeks
Despite backlash from customers and calls for CEO Alan Joyce to resign, airline has ‘a lot of confidence’ for September school holidays
New South Wales government ‘ready and willing’ to discuss bringing rebel LIV golf tour to Australia
Exclusive: State’s sports minister says NSW is ‘the perfect place’ for major tournaments, with Greg Norman believed to be scouting Sydney courses
Redundancies for King Charles’s staff during mourning period ‘heartless’, says union
Up to 100 employees of Clarence House received notification they could lose job following accession to throne
Paper questions funding of mental health service Headspace amid lack of evidence it improves youth outcomes
CEO of Headspace Jason Trethowan has defended the organisation’s services, describing the paper as ‘biased’ and ‘misleading’
Knightmare: Victorian opposition leader refers to ‘King Arthur’ during condolences for Queen
Hansard was amended to read ‘King Alfred’ after Matthew Guy said he ‘misspoke’ during his tribute to Elizabeth II and her royal history
Q fever vaccinations urged for high-risk workers after cases rise in south-east Queensland
People working with animals in Wide Bay area at greater risk of contracting disease that can cause severe flu-like illness
‘The hospital has nothing’: Pakistan’s floods put pregnant women in danger
A third of the country is under water and a UN fund says almost 650,000 women in affected areas need maternity servicesCrying, vomiting and eight months pregnant, the young woman walked in labour pains for an hour in search of an ambulance.When Naseeba Ameerullah, 23, eventually found one, she had to beg the driver to take her. Pakistan’s floods had left the roads damaged and gridlocked, making what is usually a two-hour journey to the provincial capital of Quetta a punishing, 12-hour drive. Continue reading...
New taskforce to crack down on real estate underquoting in Victoria
Inspectors will investigate deceptive property prices across state but buyers advocates say harsher penalties needed
Queensland LNP accused of data harvesting via petition to name rail line after Queen Elizabeth
Proposal to rename Brisbane’s Cross River Rail project the Elizabeth line sparks political slanging match
New Zealand MPs pay tribute to Queen mixed with sharp rebukes of colonial past
While all lawmakers offered condolences to the royal family, several also discussed the monarchy’s fraught and complex historyAs New Zealand’s parliament gathered to pay tribute to the Queen, honours and admiration were mixed with sharp criticism of a monarchy built on “stolen land, stolen resources, and stolen treasure”.On Tuesday, parliament held a special debate to allow politicians of all parties to acknowledge the monarch’s death. While all offered condolences to the royal family for their loss, a number of MPs also discussed the monarchy’s fraught and complex history. Continue reading...
Nine apologises and agrees to pay damages to Andrew Laming in defamation settlement
The confidential settlement includes an apology after Nine News Queensland falsely accused the former Liberal National MP of taking an ‘upskirting’ photograph
Socceroos call up Garang Kuol for pre-World Cup friendlies but Tom Rogic again missing
King Charles, William and Harry to walk behind Queen’s coffin
Monarch to be accompanied by sons on walk from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall lying-in-state venueThe King will be joined by his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex as they walk behind the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to where she will lie in state.Charles, William and Harry – along with the Queen’s other children, Duke of York, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex – will follow the coffin on foot as it makes its journey to Westminster Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...
Queen’s coffin arrives at palace – as it happened
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will rest overnight in Bow Room as thousands lines London’s streetsIf you’re wondering why there’s such a fuss about the Queen’s death, our weekly science podcast published today might have some answers.Our science editor, Ian Sample, has been talking to Prof Michael Cholbi, chair in philosophy at Edinburgh University, about what grief is, how losing a public figure can have such a profound impact on our lives,​​ and why there’s value in grieving. Continue reading...
About 100 troops killed in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Escalation of hostilities between south Caucasus countries prompts Russia and US to call for restraintFighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has killed about 100 troops as attacks on both sides fed fears of broader hostilities breaking out between the longtime adversaries.Armenia said at least 49 of its soldiers were killed; Azerbaijan said it lost 50. Continue reading...
Trudeau declares federal holiday for Queen’s funeral – but most Canadians will have to work
Employees under provincial jurisdiction – the vast majority of Canadian workers – are not affected by the declarationJustin Trudeau has declared a federal holiday for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, granting a handful of employees across Canada a day off.But because most workers fall under provincial jurisdiction, much of the country was given little indication if they’re expected to show up to work Monday. Continue reading...
UK authorities protected Prince Andrew from US Epstein investigation, book says
Geoffrey Berman, ex-prosecutor who led investigation in New York, claims team was given ‘run-around’ over bid to talk to dukeBritish authorities protected Prince Andrew from US prosecutors investigating his relationship with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new book by a US attorney who led the investigation in New York.Geoffrey Berman was fired as US attorney for the southern district of New York (SDNY) in June 2020. He is now the author of Holding the Line: Inside the Nation’s Preeminent US Attorney’s Office and its Battle with the Trump Justice Department, a book published on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Queen makes final journey to Buckingham Palace before state funeral
Coffin received by her family in a private ceremony ahead of official lying in state at Westminster HallQueen Elizabeth II made a final journey home to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night as her coffin was received by her family in a small private ceremony ahead of being handed back to the nation for her official lying in state.Led by the King, her children, grandchildren, and their spouses, gathered inside the palace’s grand entrance as her cortege arrived. Those present included the Queen Consort, Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Continue reading...
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