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Newspaper says possible definitions of renamed HTSI include ‘how to save it’ as cost of living crisis bitesThe Financial Times magazine How To Spend It has long provided inspiration to bankers wanting to blow their bonuses on designer goods – but the publication has been rebranded because spending big is no longer seen as a positive quality.The luxury magazine, packaged with the FT’s Weekend edition, is stuffed with expensive adverts for high-end watches, safaris, and luxury yachts aimed at its jet-set wealthy readership – making it a money-spinner for the newspaper. Continue reading...

New additions include AJ Tracey, Jamie T and Kae Tempest, while there are prestigious slots given to Sam Fender, Megan Thee Stallion and Pet Shop BoysGlastonbury festival has announced full details of its lineup, allowing ticketholders to studiously plan their gig-going across the vast site, and those at home to plan their evenings watching and listening to BBC coverage.New additions to the lineup include AJ Tracey, Jamie T, Ziggy Marley, Kae Tempest, Yungblud, Little Dragon, Pa Salieu, Sea Girls and the Libertines. Continue reading...

ABC calls south Melbourne seat of Macnamara for Labor, guaranteeing a Labor majority of at least 76 in the House of Representatives

Officials in Nunavut say there are 31 cases of active tuberculosis in the hamlet of Pangnirtung, a community of 1,500A tuberculosis outbreak in the Canadian Arctic has prompted frustration in a remote Inuit community and highlighted the persistence of an illness that has largely been wiped out in the rest of the country.The outbreak also lays bare the dismal living conditions and overcrowding in many Arctic communities, despite Canada’s status as one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Continue reading...

Winning bid was attributed to Whitebit, a cryptocurrency exchange, and came in the form of 500 ethereumEurovision song contest winners Kalush Orchestra have auctioned off their trophy to raise money for the Ukrainian army.The band, whose song Stefania was triumphant in Turin earlier this month, said they raised $900,000 (£713,000) by auctioning off the glass microphone, and a further $370,000 by raffling off the pink bucket hat frontman Oleh Psiuk wore during the performance. Continue reading...

Federation of Small Businesses calls on Rishi Sunak for more support to deal with ‘ticking timebomb’

Seats of Gilmore, Deakin and Macnamara remain in the balance; Covid booster eligibility expanded as nation records 10 Covid deaths. Follow all the day’s developments

Byron mayor says disaster exacerbated region’s housing crisis and ‘left us really exposed’

Lynette Dawson was scared of husband Chris finding out she had visitors, Sydney murder trial told

Low pressure system to cause icy temperatures and damaging winds across Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, eastern NSW and southern Queensland

Several Pacific nations reportedly want to defer action on the draft agreement or have it amendedPacific countries have declined to sign up to a sweeping regional economic and security deal proposed by China, after a crucial meeting of Pacific foreign ministers and their Chinese counterpart on Monday.China’s foreign minister Wang Yi is in the middle of a marathon tour of the region, visiting eight countries in 10 days, a trip that security experts have said represents a dramatic “uptick in tempo” of China’s push for influence in the region. Continue reading...

Coroner identifies unacceptable treatment in lead-up to death from multi-organ failure due to sepsis, calls for new interstate rules

Musician whose real name was Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu was killed a day after his security cover was withdrawnIndian police are investigating the murder of a popular Punjabi rapper a day after he was fatally shot.Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, was killed on Sunday evening while driving his car in Mansa, a district in Punjab state, northern India. Moose Wala, 28, was taken to hospital where he was declared dead. Continue reading...

A series of portraits by the award-winning British photographer Lewis Khan from the Romanian border documents the stories of mothers and children who fled Ukraine as bombs and bullets rained down on their homesThe stories of four mothers fleeing Ukraine have highlighted the heart-breaking decisions that families have had to make during three months of war.These compelling images also show what each family packed as they were forced to flee their homes. Some brought just a few changes of clothes, toys for their children and medical supplies, not knowing if they would be gone for weeks, months or even years.Iryna*, with her 10-year-old daughter Nikolina* Continue reading...

Concerns of breaching security law prompt cancellation of services that were among last ways to publicly mark China’s 1989 crackdownFor the first time in 33 years, church services to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown will not be held in Hong Kong, erasing one of the last reminders of China’s bloody suppression of the 1989 protests.Since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 to snuff out pro-democracy demonstrations, once-packed candlelit vigils have been banned, a Tiananmen museum has been forced to close and statues have been pulled down. Continue reading...

Actions spark angry reactions amid growing frustration with China’s zero-Covid policy though some restrictions begin to ease

The pair will lead a much-depleted party, with the Liberal-National Coalition likely to hold just 58 or 59 seats in the House of Representatives

Woman and four children among 14 victims of latest wave of killings in south-east Anambra StateA spate of killings in south-east Nigeria blamed on a prominent Biafran secessionist group has sparked outrage and added another layer of insecurity in the country, where kidnappings for ransom are common in the north-west and an Islamist insurgency has been going on for more than a decade in the north-east.In one incident last week a pregnant mother and her four children were killed as they were travelling home from a visit to family members on a motorcycle taxi. At least seven other people were killed in Anambra state last Sunday, a day after the mutilated bodies of an abducted state lawmaker and his aide were discovered. Continue reading...

Kira Rudik says on visit to UK that without further military help Ukraine will fail to push back invaders

NSW Liberals reportedly working on plan to have Berejiklian run for a federal seat in 2025

Tail number clearly visible in wreckage photo of Tara Air aircraft, which took off from Pokhara, after conditions hampered earlier searchNepal’s army says it has located the crash site of a plane that went missing on Sunday with 22 people onboard.“Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site,” army spokesperson Narayan Silwal said on Twitter on Monday, posting a picture of the wreckage with the plane’s tail number clearly visible. Continue reading...

Matthew Carney, Morag Ramsay and Joel Tozer to lead Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent and 7.30

Barnaby Joyce has been defeated by the Queensland MP in a leadership spill

Arkansas-born showman – known as ‘The Hawk’ – cut his teeth on the South’s tough 50s circuit but settled in Canada where he nurtured local talentRonnie Hawkins, the Arkansas-born rock’n’roll legend who mentored the young Canadian and American musicians later known as the Band, has died.Hawkins, described in tributes as the most important rock’n’roller in Canadian history, died at the age of 87 after an illness, his wife, Wanda, said on Sunday. Continue reading...

Tweet about Wellington water feature drew light-hearted responses from MPs and the public, with one saying: ‘There’s a fine line between iconic and crap’The husband of New Zealand’s British high commissioner has announced his loathing of the Wellington bucket fountain, a well-known and polarising water feature that graces the centre of the nation’s capital.Toby Fisher, husband of British commissioner Laura Clarke, tweeted: “After 4 years in Wellington, it’s time to be straight with you all, this is the crappiest fountain ever.” Continue reading...

Country could double spending and acquire ‘first-strike’ capability in shift away from defensive postwar postureWeeks after he became Japan’s prime minister last year, Fumio Kishida pulled on a dark green bomber jacket, the hinomaru flag emblazoned on his sleeve, and climbed into a tank.Official photos show him displaying an awkward smile for his audience at Camp Asaka – the men and women of the the country’s Self-Defence Forces – an indication, perhaps, that postwar Japanese leaders and military hardware have not always been easy bedfellows. Continue reading...

Rivals Gustavo Petro will face Rodolfo Hernández on 19 June amid growing discontent over inequality and inflationColombia’s election will go to a runoff between two opposing anti-establishment candidates on 19 June after voters on Sunday were unable to pick a president outright.Gustavo Petro, a leftist former guerrilla and onetime mayor of Bogotá, won the largest share of the vote, with 40%, but fell short of the 50% required to win outright and prevent a second round. Petro’s rival in the runoff will be Rodolfo Hernández, a business magnate and social media firebrand, who is viewed as a conservative, populist outsider. Continue reading...

Gathering was said to have taken place on PM’s birthday but not included in Sue Gray’s reportLabour has called for an investigation into leaked text messages suggesting there was a second gathering in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat during lockdown, held by his wife, Carrie, on his birthday.The emergence of new evidence of an event hosted on 19 June 2020, which was not mentioned in the Partygate report by Sue Gray, sparked accusations of a cover-up and calls for No 10 to “come clean”. Continue reading...

New homeowners face deadline two months earlier to access government-backed equity loanFirst-time buyers who want to take advantage of the government’s help-to-buy scheme will have to reserve a property by the end of October, it has emerged – two months earlier than had been expected.The scheme, which offers an equity loan to buyers to enable them to buy a new-build property with a deposit of just 5%, is set to end in March 2023 – a decade after it was launched to kickstart the housing market after the financial crisis. Continue reading...

Hundreds of thousands turn out for nine-mile victory parade despite defeat to Real MadridA victory parade planned three weeks in advance always promised to be a hostage to fortune. In the end though it didn’t matter that Liverpool had won two trophies instead of four, nor that they fell agonisingly short of European glory on Saturday night, as hundreds of thousands of fans welcomed their heroes home on Sunday.Liverpool’s players danced alongside the DJ Calvin Harris as their open-top bus was met with fireworks, flares and flags on a raucous lap of honour around the city, where fans hung from traffic lights as helicopters hovered above. Continue reading...

Influencers working across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram face wildly varying rates of payFor social media influencers, success comes in units of thousands and millions – but for many of them that is followers, not pounds.This month, MPs recommended that the government investigate pay standards in the industry as part of a wider review of the influencer market, citing inconsistent pay rates and evidence of a racial pay gap. Continue reading...

Witnesses say they feared for their lives as French police fired teargas into the crowds ahead of Champions League finalThe families of Hillsborough victims have likened the “terrifying” treatment of Liverpool fans at the Champions League final to the disaster that scarred the city 33 years ago.Witnesses described seeing people scared for their lives, with children “trembling with fear”, as French police fired teargas into crowds outside the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday night. Continue reading...

Opinion divided among shoppers and traders in Shrewsbury at prospect of moving away from metric systemMatt Tandy is feeling the pressure. He may be the manager of a fabric and craft shop, but he’s also only 26 years old. As such, being asked whether he thinks three yards is longer or shorter than 2.5 metres is causing him undue stress.“This is the one I need to get right, don’t I?” he says before sighing with relief when his answer – three yards is in fact longer – is correct. Nearby, a shopper more advanced in years smirks at Tandy’s hesitancy. Continue reading...

A deal to placate Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, could allow pipeline imports via Ukraine

Jon Boutcher, former head of the Bedfordshire force, has been told his application will no longer be consideredA police chief who criticised his colleagues for failures on racial justice has been ousted as a candidate to be the next commissioner of the Metropolitan police.Jon Boutcher, the former head of the Bedfordshire force and a former Met senior counter-terrorism detective, applied three weeks ago to succeed Cressida Dick as Britain’s top officer. But the Guardian has learned that he has been told by the Home Office that his application will no longer be considered. Continue reading...

Parents said he had been able to celebrate with other children for the first time since suffering life-changing injuries in 2019 attackA boy who was thrown from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London has been able to celebrate his birthday with other children for the first since the attack.The French boy, who was aged six at the time, suffered life-changing injuries in the attack by teenager Jonty Bravery in August 2019. In an update on his recovery, his parents said he had been able to invite classmates and a friend from their former neighbourhood to celebrate the day. Continue reading...

Prof Kerry Carrington had spoken to media after giving evidence about police culture at inquest of murdered Logan woman Doreen Langham

Case to test the limits of outsourcing in sector amid concern about food standards in some facilities

David Littleproud and Darren Chester make the case for a refresh in wake of Coalition rout

Israeli media estimated around 25,000 people took part in contentious annual flag march through Muslim parts of the Old CityThousands of Israeli religious nationalists have paraded through Muslim parts of the Old City of Jerusalem, putting the city on edge after violence during the same event last year helped spark an 11-day-war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip.The annual flag march, in which religious nationalists enter the highly symbolic Damascus Gate and walk through the Muslim Quarter waving Israeli flags, takes place around sunset on what Israel calls Jerusalem Day, the celebration of the capture and annexation of East Jerusalem in the 1967 war, a move that is not internationally recognised. Continue reading...

Predicted wind gusts could cause fire to jump containment lines as crews in New Mexico try to stop growth of US’s biggest wildfireWarnings of critical fire conditions are peppered across much of the US south-west this weekend, as crews in northern New Mexico worked to stop the growth of the nation’s largest active wildfire.Two fires that merged to create the largest wildfire in New Mexico history have both been traced to planned burns set by federal forest managers as preventative measures, federal investigators have announced. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Formal extradition is to be pursued if actor fails to come back to the country voluntarilyBritish authorities are pursuing the return of Kevin Spacey from the US to face sexual assault charges.An official familiar with the process told the Guardian the UK would seek the actor’s formal extradition unless he decided to come back voluntarily. Continue reading...

Children’s author says she told her elderly mother to get rid of it as she was terrified of being mistakenly shotThe children’s author, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, has said her elderly mother slept with a gun beneath her pillow.Wilson, creator of the Tracy Beaker series, told an audience at the Hay festival in Wales that she was the daughter of a character more colourful than any she had written – and that she was terrified her mother might shoot her by accident, and persuaded her to get rid of it. Continue reading...

Trump’s presidency saw three new rightwing judges, each backed by the powerful gun lobby movementAs the world looks on in horror following mass killings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, the US supreme court is set to issue its first major ruling on gun rights in over a decade.And with a conservative super majority now installed on the bench, most onlookers expect a substantial broadening of second amendment rights in the country despite the widespread revulsion at the latest shootings in a supermarket and a school. Continue reading...

Jean-Luc Mélenchon criticises ‘confrontational policing’ at Paris final, saying country seems ill-prepared for future eventsFrench opposition politicians have criticised the government over policing at the Champions League final in Paris on Saturday night, saying the chaotic scenes showed a poor image of France.Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the radical left leader, whose left alliance is seeking to win seats in forthcoming parliament elections, said the “lamentable” and “worrying” scenes suggested France and its security services were not prepared for sports events such as next year’s Rugby World Cup or the 2024 Paris Olympics. Continue reading...

Vladimir Kara-Murza’s wife Evgenia says Russian president will fall over war in UkraineVladimir Kara-Murza’s wife Evgenia thinks he will have been like a “hurricane contained inside a bottle” since he was arrested on 11 April in Moscow and held in pre-trial detention over a speech he had made in Arizona criticising the war in Ukraine.“He has so much energy, so many ideas, and initiatives, that being contained within the four walls of a prison will be the hardest part for him,” said Evgenia, who has not been allowed to speak to him. Continue reading...

Processing times remain lengthy, despite ministers pledging 700 more staff to deal with backlogFamilies are suffering a nailbiting, up-to-the wire wait this weekend as they face the prospect of having to cancel their half-term holiday plans as ongoing Passport Office delays put trips abroad at risk.The summer half-term break starts on Monday for much of the UK but a backlog of passport applications has caused months of delays, with some people now set to miss their holiday bookings. Continue reading...

Privileges committee looks set to report in October, when Boris Johnson will be aiming to win back members’ trustA House of Commons inquiry over whether Boris Johnson misled MPs over Partygate is on course to coincide with a Tory party conference already seen as crucial in resetting his leadership.The prime minister appeared to have survived any immediate threat to his leadership in the wake of last week’s Sue Gray report on Downing Street parties, which revealed damning details of rule-breaking, drunkenness and abuse of No 10 staff during Covid lockdowns. Continue reading...

Senior figure warns that man mentioned 24 times in Sue Gray report would be ‘representing the Queen’ as ambassador to Saudi ArabiaSenior Tories are warning Boris Johnson against appointing an official at the heart of the Partygate scandal to a top diplomatic job after it emerged that the man was being lined up to be Britain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia.Martin Reynolds quit as Johnson’s principal private secretary in February following outrage about Partygate. He left after an email emerged in which he had invited hundreds of Whitehall staff to a “bring your own booze” party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020. Continue reading...