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White, 70, was stabbed to death during a 2024 suspected carjacking, triggering the Crisafulli government's controversial laws

Archives reveal political manoeuvring to ensure DUP's inclusion in 2004 Remembrance Sunday ceremonyTony Blair's government altered the rules on party leaders laying wreaths at the Cenotaph to keep unionists onboard with Northern Ireland's peace process, newly released files show.The decision was taken in the run-up to the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in 2004 to change rules drawn up in 1984 that meant leaders of parties who won at least six seats at the previous general election could lay a wreath. Continue reading...

Parched areas of South Australia, northern Victoria and south-western NSW to receive relief later this week

Sydney to Hobart flight landed safely on Monday after a small fire ignited in a passenger's carry-on luggage

Magistrate Donna Bakos granted an application by police for extra time to compile additional evidence against Brown

Actor's Theo Huxtable provided an entire generation of Black youth and teens a relatable characterFor Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, The Cosby Show offered something rarely seen on television up until that time: a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light.And Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Theo Huxtable was the character generation X most related to. Fans took quickly to social media on Monday as news of Warner's accidental drowning in Costa Rica spread. Continue reading...

The White House confirmed that Trump called Netanyahu to rectify' the situation after ongoing clashes in the city of SweidaDonald Trump was caught off guard" by Israeli strikes on Syria last week, the White House has said, adding that the US president called Benjamin Netanyahu to rectify" the situation.Israel launched strikes on the capital Damascus and the southern Druze-majority city of Sweida last week, saying it aimed to put pressure on the Syrian government to withdraw its troops from the region amid ongoing clashes there. Continue reading...

British Muslim Trust expected to begin monitoring incidents from early autumn, government saysThe UK government has appointed a new partner to monitor anti-Muslim hatred, months after its relationship with the Islamophobia reporting service Tell Mama ended.The British Muslim Trust (BMT) - a new organisation - is expected to begin receiving reports and monitoring incidents from early autumn, after being selected as the recipient of the government's new combatting hate against Muslims fund", a statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said on Monday. Continue reading...

Representatives led by Patrick Dodson met Queen but memo reveals PM advised to plead diary problems'Tony Blair's government was privately lobbied by Australia not to meet representatives of Indigenous communities who were described as troublemakers".Papers released from Britain's National Archives shed light on the behind-scenes-discussions about a delegation that came to the UK in late 1999. Continue reading...

National archives show officials worried about public perception' of discounts up to 60% for then-PM - scrutiny also faced by StarmersTony and Cherie Blair were advised by senior officials to pay back thousands of pounds they received in discounts on designer clothing to avoid public scrutiny while he was prime minister, newly released documents reveal.Just as questions were raised over donations of designer attire to Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, No 10 suffered headaches over the Blairs' wardrobe. Continue reading...

Adviser to former PM said Bush's pursuit of regime change in Baghdad could also cause regime change in London'The stark terms in which the US was warned that invading Iraq without a second UN security council resolution could cost Tony Blair his premiership have been revealed in newly released documents.Blair's foreign policy adviser, David Manning, warned Condoleezza Rice, the then US national security adviser: The US must not promote regime change in Baghdad at the price of regime change in London." Continue reading...

David Lammy joins ministers from 24 other countries in issuing call for immediate end to Gaza warThe UK has joined 24 other countries in condemning Israel for depriving Palestinians of human dignity" as they issued a call for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, joined ministers from Australia, Canada and France in urging the Israeli government to lift restrictions on the flow of aid, arguing that the suffering of civilians had reached new depths". Continue reading...

Military targets key humanitarian hub that was relatively unscathed by war after ordering Palestinians to leaveIsrael has launched substantial air raids and a ground operation in Gaza, targeting Deir al-Balah, the main hub for humanitarian efforts in the devastated Palestinian territory, amid urgent warnings of widening starvation in the coastal strip.The latest assault comes a day after the highest death toll in 21 months inflicted by the Israeli military on desperate Palestinians seeking food aid, with at least 85 killed on Sunday in what has become an almost daily slaughter. Continue reading...

State and city officials had called presence of marines provocative during protests against Ice raids in the cityThe Pentagon's chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, confirmed to the Guardian on Monday that the entire deployment of 700 active-duty US marines is being withdrawn from Los Angeles more than a month after Donald Trump deployed them to the city against objections of local leaders.The redeployment of the marines comes a week after 2,000 national guard troops were withdrawn from the city. The troops were sent to the city last month by the federal government after violence broke out on the fringes of protests against immigration enforcement sweeps in LA. Continue reading...

Ice hockey player Gary Kelly died at Ibiza Rocks Hotel as did fellow Scot Evan Thomson, who fell to his death on 7 JulyAn Ibiza hotel and music venue has cancelled a number of music events after the deaths of two British men on its premises in the space of two weeks.Gary Kelly, 19, who was a professional ice hockey player for the Dundee Stars, died at the Ibiza Rocks hotel on Monday. His club paid tribute to the hugely talented and charismatic individual" who had a great future ahead of him". Continue reading...

Experts say commission's recommendations will come to nothing unless water firms actually start building vital infrastructure

Attorney general says detainees from Cecot prison returned under deal with US suffered a range of abusesVenezuela's attorney general, Tarek Saab, said on Monday that his office would investigate El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, and two other officials for the alleged abuse of Venezuelans detained in the country.More than 250 Venezuelans held in El Salvador's notorious Cecot prison returned to Venezuela on Friday under the terms of a prisoner exchange agreed with the US. Continue reading...

Omar Fateh's endorsement gives momentum to progressive left's rise after Zohran Mamdani's primary win in New YorkA Democratic socialist member of the Minnesota state senate won his party's endorsement for the Minneapolis mayoral race over the incumbent, giving momentum to the progressive left's political rise.Omar Fateh, a state senator from Minneapolis's southside, beat Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who served as mayor during the George Floyd protests and through the pandemic. Fateh gained momentum after Zohran Mamdani, also a democratic socialist and state lawmaker, won the primary for New York City mayor. Continue reading...

Intelligence assessment before proscription found that vast majority of group's activities were lawful, court hearsAn intelligence assessment before Palestine Action was banned under anti-terrorism laws found that the vast majority of its activities were lawful, a court has heard.Raza Husain KC, appearing for Huda Ammori, a co-founder of the group, said Yvette Cooper's decision to proscribe the group on 5 July was repugnant" and an authoritarian and blatant abuse of power". Continue reading...

Germany vows to expedite delivery of Patriot systems after one drone hits Kyiv metro station sheltering civiliansVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of an assault on humanity" after a barrage of drones and missiles hit Ukraine, as Germany promised to supply five Patriot air-defence systems to help an under-pressure Kyiv.Ukraine's president said Moscow had launched more than 420 drones and more than 20 missiles in its latest overnight attack, killing at least two people and targeting a metro station in the capital where people were sheltering for the first time. Continue reading...

Deaths reported as Israeli tanks move in on area IDF believes Hamas are holding some hostagesAgence France-Presse (AFP) reports that defence minister Israel Katz said in a statement that the Israeli military has just struck terror targets of the Huthi terror regime at the port of Hodeida and is forcefully enforcing the prevention of any attempt to restore the previously attacked terror infrastructure."In a separate statement, the army said that among the military infrastructure struck were engineering vehicles... fuel containers, naval vessels used for military activities and force against the State of Israel and vessels in the maritime zone adjacent to the port, and additional terror infrastructure used by the Houthi terrorist regime."As I have made clear - Yemen's fate is the same as Tehran's. The Houthis will pay a heavy price for launching missiles toward the State of Israel. Continue reading...

Pledge by PM will renew pressure on Labour to end two-child benefit cap despite estimated 3.6bn annual costKeir Starmer said he wants to reduce child poverty by the end of the parliament, as the prime minister comes under mounting pressure to end the two-child benefit cap.The prime minister told MPs on Monday it was his aim to cut the number of children living in poverty by the time of the next election, going further than the manifesto pledge his party made before last year's election. Continue reading...

Broadcaster to take precautions in future after whistling, shouting and music leave parts of exchange inaudibleA German public broadcaster has said it is reviewing its procedures after a live interview with the leader of the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland was interrupted by protesters.During the television interview with ARD on Sunday, Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, appeared at times to struggle to hear the questions being asked of her as protesters gathered below the provisional stage for the interview in Berlin. Continue reading...

Energy minister says he is deeply disappointed' at failure to find buyer for Lincolnshire site and blames owner

Work and pensions secretary announces next statutory government review into retirement ageTony Diver, the Telegraph's associate political editor, is among the journalists at Nigel Farage's conference. He has shared Reform's policy costing document. The party estimates that the total cost of halving crime would be 17.4bn over a five-year parliament, with an annual cost of 3.48bn.Nigel Farage has been speaking at a press conference in London about what he has framed as lawless Britain". Here are some of the highlights of the conference, which you can watch at the top of the blog. The Reform leader did not cite specific evidence or data to back up many of his claims:He claims successive home secretaries have based claims that crimes in England and Wales are falling on completely false data". He says if you look at police recorded crimes there are significant" rises in crime, particularly those against the person.Farage says we are facing nothing short of societal collapse" in many parts of the country, with people scared to go out to the shops" and to let their kids out".He says criminals and law-abiding citizens respect police less than they used to.He says low level offences - like phone snatching and shop lifting - are rife in London and not being prosecuted.Most people don't even bother calling the police to report a crime because they know officers are unlikely to take any action, Farage said.Farage said that nobody in London understands how close we are to civil disobedience" in Britain.He said that offenders convicted of more than three serious crimes should be on a course towards life imprisonment".Reform would put more knife arches in train stations and other transport hubs to clamp down on crime, Farage suggested.He said that every shoplifting offence would be prosecuted and every mobile phone theft investigated if Reform got into government at the next election.Farage indicated that the party would force Reform UK councils to take new prisons in their areas as part of the party's plans to tackle crime.

Yostin Andres Mosquera took Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth's body parts in suitcases to bridge in BristolA man has been found guilty of murdering two men in London whom he decapitated and dismembered before taking their body parts in two suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.Yostin Andres Mosquera was convicted at Woolwich crown court of the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on 8 July last year in the flat the civil partners shared in Scotts Road in Shepherd's Bush, west London. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Veteran campaigner and secretary of local pensioners group was handled roughly and detained for eight hours under terrorism lawsA 74-year-old woman has said she was left shaken and frightened" after being arrested at a pro-Palestine rally under terrorism laws in what she called an attempt to restrict freedom of speech.Audrey White, from Liverpool, was among more than 100 people detained across the UK at the weekend on suspicion of supporting the recently-proscribed group Palestine Action. Continue reading...

Expectations of further interest rate cuts, the growing presence of investors and an enduring lack of supply have combined to put sellers back in control

Party leader says plans, including deportations and new prisons, would be paid for by scrapping HS2 and net zero

Police say formal identification yet to take place but body is believed to be that of Booth, who went missing on SaturdayA body has been found in a lake following an extensive search for a woman who went missing in Cheshire on Saturday morning.Rachel Booth was reported missing in the early hours of Saturday, police said. The 38-year-old was last seen in Sandiway at 3.50am when she was captured on CCTV at a petrol station shop, wearing black exercise clothing and trainers. Continue reading...

Judge upholds decision to allow club to build 39 new courts, after campaigners called for it to be overturnedA proposed expansion of the Wimbledon tennis site will go ahead after the high court ruled in favour of an original decision to allow a further 39 courts, including an 8,000-seat show court, on the grounds of the old Wimbledon Park golf club.A judicial review, which started as this year's 138th championship was under way, came after campaign group Save Wimbledon Park took legal action against the Greater London Authority (GLA) over its decision last year to allow the All England Lawn Tennis Club to almost triple its size. Continue reading...

Regulator calls for legislation to make news and UK-focused shows easier to find on online video-sharing platforms

Claimed sighting 300km south of typical crocodile territory started as a Facebook post before doing the rounds of breakfast TV

PM will bring in financial penalties for those who break rules and set up new independent ethics and integrity commissionKeir Starmer is to abolish the independent post-ministerial jobs watchdog, which has long been criticised as toothless", and - for the first time - financial penalties will be imposed on those who break the rules after leaving government.As part of a standards overhaul that ministers hope will help improve public faith in the system, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) will be scrapped and a tougher regime introduced. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Barbara de Dozsa had argued ownership because work by Italian artist Solario had been bought in good faithA 16th-century Madonna and Child painting that ended up with a woman in Norfolk after it was stolen from a museum in Italy half a century ago is to be returned to its rightful owner.After years of soul-searching, and persuading by an art lawyer who was acting pro bono, Barbara de Dozsa decided to hand it over to the Civic Museum of Belluno, which last saw the painting in 1973. Continue reading...

Emily Thornberry says recognition is vital step towards peace and without long-term solution war in Gaza will continue

Sea surface temperatures soar near Spain and Portugal, while torrential rain and landslides kill four in South KoreaA recent heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea has been so severe that scientists are concerned for marine life.The human-induced climate crisis is making marine heatwaves more intense and prolonged, with sea surface temperatures off the coast of Mallorca since late June frequently exceeding 30C (86F). Continue reading...

Arrests come after video showing man and woman being fatally shot went vitalPakistan has arrested 11 suspects after a video emerged on social media of a woman and a man being shot dead for marrying against the wishes of their families, in an honour" killing, authorities said.The couple, who were not identified, were shot dead last month on the orders of a local tribal council in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province, according to provincial authorities, who investigated after the video went viral. Continue reading...

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Jeremy Rockliff has begun courting crossbench support, while Dean Winter is open to governing with five-seat Greens plus independents

Gang leader Adolfo Macias was recaptured in June, more than a year after escaping a high-security prisonThe Ecuadoran government has extradited the notorious drug trafficker Adolfo Macias to the US, more than a year after he escaped from a high-security prison.The flight transporting Macias, also known as Fito", landed in New York state on Sunday night, according to a tracking site. Continue reading...

Carrier says Horizon Air flights also suspended while not specifying reasons for outage causing fleet's second grounding in a yearUS carrier Alaska Airlines grounded its flights after an IT outage on Sunday that affected its systems, the company said, without specifying the nature of the outage, marking the second time it has grounded its fleet in just over a year.At approximately 8pm Pacific on Sunday (0300 GMT on Monday), Alaska Airlines experienced an IT outage that's impacting our operations," the carrier said in a statement. We requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights." Continue reading...

It's an incredibly varied donation. He clearly held on to his books, some of them are quite old,' says bookshop workerNick Cave fans have descended on a charity bookshop in Hove, in southern England, after the musician donated 2,000 books from his personal collection.The Australian singer made the donation to Hove's Oxfam Bookshop on Blatchington Road. The books were once part of his personal library, which was recreated for an art installation that went to Denmark and Canada. Continue reading...

Former Queensland judge believed he was acting in the public good' when he leaked report on Bruce Lehrmann's prosecution to journalists, court hears

Reviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions, according to lobby groupManufacturers will press ministers today to resurrect plans for a high-speed rail line reaching Leeds and Manchester as part of a large strategic investment to get lorries off Britain's roads and cut emissions.Business lobby group Make UK and Barclays Corporate Bank said research showed companies believe the move would significantly increase passenger numbers and free up capacity for rail freight on existing lines. Continue reading...

State's premier says systems need to be strengthened' after an alleged Victorian sex offender was sacked from multiple centres

Exclusive: Legal actions rise after death or injury of hundreds of babies and women in recent yearsThe NHS is facing an absolutely shocking" 27bn bill for maternity failings in England, the Guardian can reveal, after a series of hospital scandals triggered a record level of legal claims.Hundreds of babies and women have died or suffered life-altering conditions as a result of botched care in NHS trusts across the country in recent years, prompting the government to launch a rapid" national inquiry. Continue reading...

Coastguard log raises new concerns over safety and viability of flagship policy to intercept dinghies crossing ChannelNew concerns about the safety and viability of the flagship UK-French policy to intercept migrant dinghies at sea have emerged after a coastguard log leaked to the Guardian revealed a recent boat-slashing incident that failed to stop people reaching the UK.Despite the government's pledge to stop overcrowded dinghies crossing the Channel, the number of people arriving in the UK on small boats this year has increased by about 50% compared with the same period last year, with more than 21,000 crossing so far in 2025. Continue reading...

Rescue workers save 12 people with seven still missing after vessel overturns during sudden thunderstormA tourist boat capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, killing 38 people and leaving seven others missing.The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members on a sightseeing the tour of Ha Long Bay, a popular destination for visitors, state media reported. Continue reading...

Support grows for incumbent government in election triggered by no-confidence vote