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Farmers sweat as they await word on whether Donald Trump will extend tariffs to $6.2bn in meat exports

Independents and legal experts say Labor and the Coalition's team-up to ram laws through parliament' was rushed, lacked transparency and was bad politicking'

Insiders fear battle to reclaim teal seats in areas with high rates of working professional women could be hampered See all our Australian election 2025 coverage Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition's work from home policy has raised significant concerns in its ranks, with many taken by surprise and some criticising it as not fully thought through".As the Liberals face an uphill battle to reclaim several blue-ribbon seats lost to the teals, there is growing worry inside the party that the policy will take it backwards in areas with high numbers of working professional women.Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email Continue reading...

About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too

Contract comes to light after questions raised about the increasing role of Musk in Australia's communications systems Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Electoral Commission is planning on using Elon Musk's Starlink services as back up for transmitting voting results information in the upcoming federal election.In a contract published late last year, the AEC appointed Telstra responsible for the agency's fixed line and Starlink services until mid-2027, in a deal worth $1.38m. A spokesperson for the AEC confirmed Starlink could be used in the upcoming election for sensitive election data.Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email Continue reading...

Mercurial mining magnate answers questions at the National Press Club through Tim Tams, telling journalists: It's my money. If I lose it, I lose it' See all our Australian election 2025 coverage Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClive Palmer faced a conundrum in Canberra on Thursday: whether to answer a question on China and Taiwan from one of the press gallery's most esteemed journalists, or swallow the chunk of chocolate biscuit he'd just bitten into.In the end, he did both, telling Andrew Probyn from Nine News that once the American commitment goes, Taiwan wouldn't be able to defend itself" through a mouthful of Tim Tam. Continue reading...

Former Philippines president filmed a video message en route to the Hague, saying I will be responsible for everything'Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has said he will accept responsibility for his government's so-called war on drugs" in a video message filmed on board a plane shortly before he was taken into the custody of the international criminal court (ICC).Whatever happened in the past, I will be the front of our law enforcement and the military. I said this already, that I will protect you, and I will be responsible for everything," he said. Continue reading...

Former Radio Leeds host Alex Belfield was jailed in 2022 for stalking four people including Jeremy VineThe BBC has issued a full and unreserved apology" to four female former employees after admitting it did not do enough to protect them from a local radio presenter who was later jailed for stalking Jeremy Vine.Alex Belfield, a former host on BBC Radio Leeds, was sentenced to five and a half years in prison in 2022 after being found guilty of waging a stalking campaign against four people, including Vine. The corporation has now said that it is deeply sorry" to four women who had also been subjected to a campaign of abuse by Belfield over several years. Continue reading...

Local people are enthusiastic about regeneration, though some fans share Andy Burnham's worries over where the money will come fromEven on a freezing, rainy day with no match scheduled, the area surrounding Old Trafford in Manchester is abuzz with football fans from far and wide.Just a day since Manchester United revealed their plans for the new 100,000-capacity stadium in Old Trafford, there is a sense of excitement at the new proposals: the plans promise 92,000 jobs and a large-scale regeneration" of the area, including 17,000 new homes. Continue reading...

The Bear actor called Musk a fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a rightwing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny DeppAyo Edebiri, the actor best known for her Emmy-award winning work on The Bear, has said she received insane death threats" after Elon Musk shared a fake news report about her being cast in a film.On her Instagram, Edebiri recalled the furore that met Musk's reposting of a story by Unlimited L's", a rightwing account with no apparent Hollywood connection or insight, that she was to replace Johnny Depp in a reboot of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Continue reading...

Judge tells triple killer he will spend rest of his life behind bars after father John Hunt tells Clifford hell will roll out the red carpet for you'The prosecution said after time in the army, Clifford later worked at a catering firm, where he allegedly made inappropriately sexualised comments" to people.He would also talk about whether he could have sex with female colleagues - including I could ride you", Alison Morgan KC said. Continue reading...

State says most prison guards returned to work after deal to end wildcat stoppage but holdouts were dismissedNew York fired more than 2,000 prison guards on Monday for failing to return to work after an illegal work stoppage - carried out amid fallout over the high-profile deaths of two detained people as well as reports of violence by guards.But the state said enough officers had come back on the job to declare the wildcat strike over. Continue reading...

Prime minister's comments come ahead of speech on state reform and expected Whitehall job cuts

Analysis shows 10% of peers make half of all contributions to debates while others claim allowances but say nothing

Chief executive says sales figures are down by more than a fifth but its brands still carry significant potential'

Desolate spectacle of executions begins again under Trump, in landscape of capital punishment as riven as US is as a wholeDavid Leonard Wood. Jessie Hoffman. Aaron Gunches. Wendell Grissom. Edward Thomas James. Moises Sandoval Mendoza.So many names. So many dead men walking. Ten days, five states, six death row prisoners scheduled for execution. Continue reading...

The 46-year-old reality TV star was found dead at his Bristol home in JanuaryThe Hollyoaks actor and reality TV star Paul Danan died at his Bristol home from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin, an inquest opening has been told.The actor, 46, who played Sol Patrick from 1997 to 2001 on the Channel 4 soap, was later known for his reality TV appearances, including on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island. Continue reading...

Seven health professionals who worked with football legend in days before his death face trial in ArgentinaSeven medical professionals who tended to the Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona during his final days are going on trial accused of criminal negligence over his death.Maradona died on 25 November 2020 aged 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions. Continue reading...

As truce talks begin in Jeddah, Andriy Yermak writes for the Guardian that continent must remain united'

Migratory insects covered 4.2 acres in Mexican forests this winter but number remains far below long-term averageThe population of eastern monarch butterflies - who migrate from Canada and the US to Mexico during the winter - has nearly doubled over the last year, according to a recent report commissioned in Mexico, generating optimism among nature preservationists.The modest growth in numbers for the orange-and-black butterflies follows years of ongoing conservation efforts - and perhaps provides a sliver of optimism after otherwise discouraging long-term trends for the species. Continue reading...

Hassan Diab fears shifting political winds in Canada could lead to extradition fight after Musk shares post about himUntil recently, Hassan Diab's life in Ottawa had begun to settle back into a quiet suburban routine: spending his days teaching sociology part time at Carleton University, taking his two youngest children to the park to play football, or going for an afternoon swim.It had been well over a year since he was convicted in absentia for carrying out a deadly bomb attack on a Paris synagogue in 1980, and the media attention had largely quieted down. He was trying to move on with his life. Continue reading...

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NSW police allege Moosawi directed two men who have pleaded guilty to setting the Curly Lewis brewery on fire in October 2024. He has denied all charges

US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire face tough new regulations after high court rulingIndustrial poultry farms face tough new regulations around the disposal of chicken manure after a judge ruled it can be classified as waste and requires a detailed and transparent plan to dispose of it without damaging the environment.The high court ruling means new US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire will have to deal with poultry manure as if it was industrial waste. Continue reading...

Athiak Dau Riak was traditionally married for a record bride price last year, despite her mother's insistence that she was only 14, which led to threats of reprisalsThe mother of an alleged child bride has left a safe house in South Sudan to travel to be with her daughter after discovering the teenager is pregnant.Deborah Kuir Yach made headlines last year when she opposed a competition for her daughter's hand in marriage, insisting that her child Athiak Dau Riak was only 14. Fear of reprisals from her husband and family forced her to leave her home in the capital, Juba, and go into hiding. Continue reading...

A new partnership will give campers exclusive access to rewilding sites and a chance to join in with conservation effortsCampers looking for a back-to-nature experience this summer will be able to wild camp on land that was previously off-limits across Britain thanks to an initiative launched by camping booking platform CampWild and the nature recovery charity Rewilding Britain.The partnership will provide outdoor enthusiasts with access to nature restoration projects that have not previously permitted overnight stays - and campers can get involved in conservation and citizen science activities on-site, too. Continue reading...

Ticket holders for the Tuesday night concert at an outdoor riverside venue have complained about the decision to go ahead in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Checkpoints backed by education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, follow complaints from teachers of children arriving in nappiesToilet training and the ability to use cutlery are two key checkpoints in a new list of school-readiness" skills developed by a coalition of early-years educators and endorsed by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary.The group said the guidance was the first of its type, intended to help parents to prepare children starting in reception classes in England from the age of four and came after complaints from teachers of children arriving at school in nappies, lacking basic skills and unable to play with others. Continue reading...

Tributes have been paid to singer who had a string of hits in South Korea including a cover of Craig David's InsomniaThe South Korean singer Wheesung has died aged 43, with police reportedly planning to conduct an autopsy to determine his cause of death.The singer, whose name was Choi Whee-sung, was found unconscious in his apartment on Monday night by emergency responders after his mother called for help, local media reported. Continue reading...

Alan Jones's lawyer indicates the high-profile former broadcaster will formally deny a 35th charge along with all others

Symon Hill paid 2,500 by Thames Valley police over his arrest at proclamation of Charles III's accession in 2022Police have admitted acting unlawfully in arresting a trainee Baptist minister who called out Who elected him?" at a local proclamation of the accession of King Charles III.After a two-and-a-half-year battle, Symon Hill, 47, has been paid 2,500 in compensation from Thames Valley police over his arrest in September 2022. Continue reading...

Defence, the Palestinians and Irish-American trade will all be on the agenda as Micheal Martin heads to WashingtonSt Patrick's Day has long been one of the sacred moments of the Irish-American calendar with more than 200 years of parades in New York and a shamrock reception at the White House launched by Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 to cement political ties between the two nations.But this year's annual meeting between the taoiseach and the US president, a week early because of a congressional recess on 17 March, is laden with anxiety over the future of Ireland's economy, which is heavily reliant on US multinationals Donald Trump wants to repatriate. Continue reading...

Duterte is wanted by the international criminal court over his so-called war on drugs', which rights groups say left 30,000 people deadThe former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been taken into custody after the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest for his so-called war on drugs".

New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of TibetThe Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the Himalayan region he fled more than six decades ago.Tibetans worldwide want the institution of the Dalai Lama to continue after the 89-year-old's death, he writes in Voice for the Voiceless, which was reviewed by Reuters and is being released on Tuesday. Continue reading...

First official meeting of two governments since disastrous Trump-Zelenskyy encounter comes as Russia intensifies attacksThere is no military solution" to the conflict in Ukraine, US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said ahead of high-stakes meetings on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia aimed at repairing a severely damaged relationship that has left embattled Kyiv without Washington's support.Ukraine's delegation, led by Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, will meet Rubio, and other senior White House officials on what is seen as neutral ground in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Continue reading...

Australia unlikely to escape US president's global steel and aluminium tariffs despite intense lobbying to be carved out

Exclusive: The travel, which was within parliamentary rules, coincided with fundraisers including those at a men-only club in Melbourne and a private home on Sydney's north shore

Furlough's Paradise, a lyrical' journey about grief, scoops award for female, transgender and non-binary playwrightsThe Susan Smith Blackburn prize for female, transgender and non-binary playwrights has been awarded to the US writer ak payne for their poignant and funny two-hander Furlough's Paradise.The play has been described by payne as a lyrical journey about grief, home and survival". It follows two cousins, one of whom is on a three-day release from prison, as the pair attend a funeral in their childhood town. Continue reading...

Policy would apply to those seeking asylum as well as anyone who had been charged with or convicted of immigration offencesAll foreign nationals in the UK who receive a criminal conviction would be deported under a new Conservative party policy. The Tory plan would introduce an amendment to the government's borders bill that would remove the current threshold, in which foreign criminals are only removed after being handed a prison sentence of one year.The party hopes this amendment, which would need support from Labour MPs, would also make it easier for the government to deport foreign offenders by ending exceptions that had been granted by the European court of human rights. Continue reading...

Suggestion he pressured MHRA to approve ventilators for NHS is ludicrous', former minister says Continue reading...

Foreign minister says legalisation of main ingredient of cocaine is only way to stop drug trafficking and violenceColombia, whose president, Gustavo Petro, is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, has urged the UN to remove coca - the main ingredient in cocaine - from a list of harmful substances.Used not only for cocaine, the coca leaf is also chewed as a stimulant in countries such as Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, or brewed into a tea thought to combat altitude sickness. Continue reading...

Coastguard unable to locate crew member after oil tanker and a cargo ship crash off Yorkshire coastThe search for a missing crew member after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea has been called off, the coastguard has said.HM Coastguard said the missing person from the Solong container ship had not been found after an extensive search", following the ship's collision with the MV Stena Immaculate tanker off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday morning. Continue reading...

Former Australian of the Year was treated with pioneering immunotherapy based on his own research

Actor tells libel trial against Guardian that female accusers were lying' and seeking attention' in their claimsWomen began discussing Noel Clarke's past sexual misconduct in response to the #MeToo movement, the high court in London has heard, as he began giving evidence in his libel claim against the Guardian.Cross-examining Clarke for the Guardian, Gavin Millar KC told the actor he had begun to panic because the movement began to catch up with you". Continue reading...

PM expected to announce billions in savings from the personal independence payment, the main disability benefitBritain's benefits system is the worst of all worlds", with the numbers out of work or training indefensible and unfair," the prime minister has said as he prepares for deep cuts to disability payments.Addressing a private meeting of Labour MPs on Monday evening, Keir Starmer said he would take tough decisions to cut the bill for working age health and disability benefits, which is expected to hit 70bn by 2030. Continue reading...

Great Yarmouth MP says a poppy that stood up too tall has been chopped down' in lastest escalation of bitter rowRupert Lowe has accused Reform UK of suspending him for being a tall poppy" who threatened to overshadow Nigel Farage in the latest escalation of the bitter row that is tearing the party apart.Lowe said it was highly unlikely he would be ever allowed to return to the party, which he accused of trying to blacken" his reputation. Continue reading...

Adam Boehler says Hamas proposed a ceasefire and prisoner exchange in negotiations that did not involve IsraelA US envoy has said Hamas proposed a five-to-10-year ceasefire and a full prisoner exchange during backroom talks that have provoked angry responses from the administration of Benjamin Netanyahu and his conservative backers in Israel and the US.Adam Boehler, the US special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, told Kan News, an Israeli public broadcaster, that he does believe" Hamas would eventually lay down its weapons and leave power in Gaza. While he said the series of interviews was meant to explain the US position, he also defended the talks by saying that Washington is not an agent of Israel". Continue reading...

Kremlin accuses individuals of intelligence and subversive activities' in what appears to be latest in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsionsTwo people connected to the British embassy in Moscow have been ordered to leave the country by the Russian authorities, which claimed they had been performing intelligence work.The British government hit back by accusing Russia of making malicious and baseless accusations". Continue reading...

Stephen Moore, who contributed to Project 2025, urges Congress to pass tax cuts by Memorial DayDonald Trump's focus on tariffs as an economic weapon is misguided", and the US economy is very wobbly", a former adviser and longtime supporter of the president said.I think that the president's emphasis on tariffs right now is misguided," Stephen Moore told Fox News on Sunday night. I think we have a very wobbly economy. We saw a not-very-good jobs report on Friday. The consumer confidence numbers are sinking, and other indicators are not positive. Continue reading...

Canada's incoming prime minister warns the US president's tariffs threaten the greatest crisis of our generation'When Mark Carney becomes Canada's prime minister later this week, a list of simmering crises across the country will demand his attention: housing is unaffordable, healthcare is breaking, living costs keep rising and the climate crisis is ransacking livelihoods.But most - if not all - of those concerns will be pushed aside, supplanted by a far greater threat to the country: the US president, Donald Trump. Continue reading...