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Tbilisi judge rejects lawyer's offer of plea agreement for release of pregnant Teesside teenager, now 19, at hearingThe British teenager Bella Culley is to be held in a Georgian prison for at least five more weeks as she awaits trial on drug-smuggling charges, a court in Tbilisi has ordered.Culley, the great-granddaughter of a former Labour MP, was arrested on arrival at the city's airport in May. Georgian prosecutors said she was carrying a large amount of illegal drugs in luggage she brought with her from Thailand. Continue reading...

Longstanding relationship between media mogul and US president is being tested amid Trump's lawsuit over a WSJ story about his ties to EpsteinRupert Murdoch had made up his mind. We want to make Trump a nonperson," he assured one of his former executives in a 2021 email, two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.Over seven decades, Murdoch has sought to charm, challenge and change prime ministers and presidents as he built one of the world's most powerful media empires. In this particular endeavor, however, he failed. Continue reading...

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Rebranding before homecoming gigs, reflecting local pronunciation, to be permanent after outpouring of supportAn Aldi store in Greater Manchester rebranded Aldeh in honour of Oasis is to keep the new name, the supermarket chain has said.The new sign was erected at the Prestwich store ahead of the Oasis homecoming gigs earlier this month. The band played five sold-out shows at Heaton Park, which is near the store. Continue reading...

Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy says stunt by Pauline Hanson's party was incredibly childish' and disrespectful

Tory leader says she can fulfil same role as Milei, a far-right leader promising big cuts to public spendingKemi Badenoch has said she aspires to become Britain's version of Javier Milei, the Argentinian far-right, chainsaw-wielding president whose driving mission is slashing the size of the state.Asked whether the UK needed its own Milei and whether she herself fit that role, Badenoch, whose party is languishing in third place in the polls, said: Yes and yes." Continue reading...

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New vehicles declined 12% in first six months of this year as Trump's tariffs caused chaos, SMMT figures showBritish car and van manufacturing slumped in the first half of the year to its lowest since 1953 outside the Covid pandemic, as Donald Trump's US tariffs caused global industry chaos.UK vehicle manufacturing declined by 12% to 417,200 units in the first six months of the year, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group, show. Continue reading...

Appeal decision in federal court opens door for legal action after 2020 incident at Doha airportFive Australian women who allege they were forced off a Qatar Airways plane by armed guards before some were intimately examined at Doha airport will be able to sue the airline directly, the federal court has ruled.The women launched an appeal in April last year hoping to overturn a ruling that the airline could not face trial for the October 2020 incident, when they were among more than a dozen women forcibly led from a Sydney-bound plane and escorted into ambulances. Continue reading...

Democratic lawmakers join dozens on march to Paramount headquarters: This is so much bigger than one TV show'Several dozen people on Wednesday took to the streets outside the Manhattan studio of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to call for CBS and its parent company, Paramount, to reverse the cancellation of the popular show.During the rally, which began at the historic Ed Sullivan Theater and wound its way to the Paramount headquarters in Times Square, demonstrators delivered 10 boxes filled with Save Colbert" petitions to the company. Continue reading...

Target easier to achieve than 10,000 steps and linked to 37% reduction in cancer deathsWalking more could reduce your risk of dementia, depression and dying from cancer, as well as being good for your heart, according to research. And you may not need to walk as far as previously thought to reap those benefits.The NHS recommends a brisk 10-minute walk every day. Many people aim to walk 10,000 steps, but struggle to achieve it. Now researchers have calculated that even 7,000 steps could be enough to protect health. Continue reading...

High temperatures and strong winds fan fires between Istanbul and Ankara forcing evacuation of several villagesA wildfire killed at least 10 forest workers and rescuers on Wednesday who were battling to douse the flames near Eskiehir in western Turkey, authorities said.The agriculture minister, brahim Yumakli, said the fire killed five forest workers and five rescuers. Local lawmaker Nebi Hatipolu and news website BirGun had earlier said 11 had died. Continue reading...

Labor's first term saw second-worst performance since 1993 in complying with Senate orders for documents, data shows

Former leader of Fire Brigades Union secured 5249 votes against Neil Butler after legal challenge to executive's earlier decisionMatt Wrack, a former leader of the firefighters' union, has been elected as permanent general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union following a ballot in which less than 5% of eligible members voted.He beat challenger, Neil Butler, winning 5249 votes to his rival's 3126, after the NASUWT's first contested leadership election for a generation. Continue reading...

Keir Starmer's government struggling to convince MPs and public it is doing enough for civilians starving in GazaWhen David Lammy stood at the dispatch box to deliver a statement condemning Israel's killing of starving civilians in Gaza on Monday, he was met with anger from MPs.We want action, and this is not action," thundered one Labour MP. Another questioned: Is this it?" A third asked: At what point does our basic humanity require us to take stronger action? Many of us think the red line was passed a long time ago." Continue reading...

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

Owens has claimed that the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, is a man, and that the French president is controlled by the CIAThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte Macron, are suing rightwing commentator Candace Owens for defamation.In a suit filed on Wednesday in Delaware against Owens and her businesses, the Macrons say Owens has engaged in ongoing defamatory attacks against them in order to elevate her media platform, gain more audience and make money. Continue reading...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockadeGaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World Health Organization has said, as more than 100 agencies urged Israel to let supplies in to alleviate the crisis.I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it's man-made, and that's very clear," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference from Geneva. This is because of [the] blockade. Continue reading...

ASA ruling comes amid fears fashion industry reversing progress in body positivity movementAn advert by high street retailer Marks & Spencer has been banned for featuring an irresponsible" image of a model who appeared unhealthily thin".The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the model's pose, choice of clothing and the camera angle which seemed to tilt downwards all contributed to the impression she was too thin. Continue reading...

Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, says that Ukraine, as a candidate country for membership, needs to uphold fight against corruption'Back to Russia-Ukraine talks, AFP just reported, quoting a source in the Turkish ministry of foreign affairs, that the negotiations will start at 4pm GMT, so that's 5pm London time and 6pm CEST in large parts of Europe.The EU has also confirmed that trade commissioner Maro efovi will speak with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick this afternoon as they continue talks on the EU-US trade relations ahead of next month's deadline for tariffs. Continue reading...

The alleged driver, Fernando Ramirez, 29, was also charged with 37 felony counts of assault with a deadly weaponThe driver accused of ramming his car into a crowd outside a Los Angeles nightclub over the weekend was charged with 37 felony counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said on Tuesday.Fernando Ramirez, 29, was also charged with 37 felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, he could face multiple sentences of life imprisonment. Continue reading...

Police say three dead and man seriously injured were from same household in Maguiresbridge, County FermanaghPolice in Northern Ireland have launched a murder investigation after a woman and two children from the same household died in a shooting.A man who was seriously injured in the incident on Wednesday morning is being treated at hospital. Continue reading...

Prosecutors say Michael Gann stored explosive devices on SoHo rooftops and threw one on to Williamsburg BridgeA man has been charged for allegedly crafting and attempting to detonate homemade explosives in New York City.Federal prosecutors say 55-year-old Michael Gann, who lives in Inwood, New York, used chemicals bought online last month to manufacture multiple explosive devices. Continue reading...

Exclusive: White House has left Ricky Buria to continue in role in an acting capacity as efforts to block him fizzled

Statement to ASX by rival bookmaker Pointsbet rejects takeover offer and notes risks associated with VIP-heavy customer base'

At current rate, households could have 10,000MW installed in five years - half the nation's total coal power capacity, expert says

Government aims for 92% on-time running but only 82.5% of Sydney Trains services arrived within five or six minutes of schedule, down from 87.9% in previous year

Data shows 34% of men aged 20-34 lived with parents in 2024, compared with less than a quarter of women the same ageYoung men are more likely to live at home with their parents than women of the same age, with a third of 20- to 34-year-old men in the UK living in their parental home.Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 33.7% of men aged 20-34 lived with parents in 2024, compared with less than a quarter (22.1%) of women the same age. Continue reading...

A law that changes the country's anti-corruption agencies has led to the first serious protests against his government

Neil Hopper, 49, from Truro appears in court accused of lying to insurers about how he lost his legsA surgeon from Cornwall who carried out hundreds of amputations is appearing in court accused of lying over how he lost his own legs and encouraging another man to remove the body parts of others.Vascular surgeon Neil Hopper, 49, from Truro, was charged with three offences after a two-and-a-half-year investigation by Devon and Cornwall police. Continue reading...

Victims' remains misidentified and commingled' parts of more than one person placed in one casket, says lawyerBritish families grieving after the Air India disaster have discovered that the remains of their loved ones have been wrongly identified before repatriation, according to an aviation lawyer representing them.Relatives of one victim had to abandon funeral plans after being informed that their coffin contained the body of an unknown passenger. Continue reading...

The Arabian horse - born on the actor's farm in 1985 - spent his latter years in Florida serving as a therapy animalGuinness World Records's oldest living horse - who was once owned by legendary actor Burt Reynolds - has died shortly after attaining the title, the organization announced recently.Mokie the Arabian horse was 40 years old, having spent some of his latter years in Florida serving as a therapy animal for people going through some of the darkest times of their lives", Guinness wrote Monday on its website. Continue reading...

Richard Marles has confirmed payment was made in the second quarter of 2025 to boost US boat-building, bringing total paid to $1.6bn

Legislation will give education department powers to cancel the childcare subsidy if standards fall - and publicise its decision

Exclusive: Tony Burke also introduced legislation to add sabotage, promotion of communal violence and serious threats to Australia's border security to the rules

Move by Ukrainian president widely opposed and may prove a setback to hopes of country one day joining the EUVolodymyr Zelenskyy has defended his approval of a contentious bill that weakens Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies as its passage into law triggered the first serious protests against his government.The move on Tuesday has put the president on a collision course with civil society activists and some of Ukraine's veterans, and is likely to dismay Ukraine's European partners. Continue reading...

Prof Henry Brodaty of UNSW says managing risk factors such as diet and anxiety is a cost-effective way of curbing the disease

Britain's car and whisky industries set for boost while India gets visa concessions, but some sensitive issues unresolvedIndia's prime minister, Narendra Modi, is visiting London to sign a landmark free trade agreement between his country and the UK, a pact viewed as a political and economic prize amid global trade tensions unleashed by the US president, Donald Trump.For Britain, eager to score a post-Brexit win, the deal is its most economically significant trade agreement since leaving the EU. For India, it marks its first major free trade pact outside Asia. For both, analysts say, the agreement signals a long-term economic partnership. Continue reading...

The warning comes after a string of shows by women comedians joking about men went viralChinese provincial officials have warned comedians against stirring up discord between the genders, instructing them to criticise constructively rather than for the sake of being funny".The warning came from authorities in eastern Zhejiang province on WeChat over the weekend after a comedian referred to her allegedly abusive marriage in a performance that went viral on Chinese social media. Continue reading...

Murdoch tabloid headline To keep peace at home, Labor backs Hamas' wrongly presented as a statement of fact, watchdog says

Tony Iommi, Terence Geezer' Butler and Bill Ward, who formed the band with the singer in 1968, reflect on being four kids from Aston' after his death

Palestinian journalists working for French organisation say desperate hunger and lack of clean water is making them illNews agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has called on Israel to allow the immediate evacuation of its freelance contributors and their families from the Gaza Strip, a day after they warned that they were struggling to work due to starvation.In a statement, the French news agency said its freelancers faced an appalling situation" in Gaza. A 21-month war with Israel has devastated the territory, a conflict triggered by Hamas's deadly attack on Israel in October 2023. Continue reading...

Advocates say detained immigrants are being denied medical care and living in cages flooded with feces'Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed that 14 Mexican citizens are held at the controversial Alligator Alcatraz" jail in Florida, as local organizations and doctors call for the facility's shuttering.On Tuesday, a number of nonprofit organizations held a press conference demanding the closure of the facility based in the rural Everglades region almost 40 miles (64km) from Miami, run by the state of Florida, to detain immigrants. According to advocates, the 39-acre camp now holds over 1,000 men in flood-prone" tents. Continue reading...

Kemi Badenoch will also bring in new shadow health secretary as Edward Argar steps down due to health scare'James Cleverly will return to the Conservative frontbench as the new shadow housing secretary, facing off against Angela Rayner, as part of a reshuffle of Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet.Badenoch has kept much of her top team in place, including the shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, the shadow home secretary, Robert Jenrick, and the shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, despite grumbling from some backbenchers who would like to see promotions for some new-generation Conservative MPs. Continue reading...

Mario Guevera, who was arrested while covering a No Kings' protest, remains detained after charges droppedMario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist imprisoned in a south Georgia immigration detention center after being arrested covering a No Kings Day" protest in June, is being punished for his journalism", first amendment rights groups said.The charges were dropped, yet he remains detained by Ice," said Jose Zamora, the regional director for the Americas at the Committee to Protect Journalists, during a press conference on Tuesday morning at the Georgia capitol with Guevara's attorneys and family. Let's be clear, Mario is being punished for his journalism. He is now the only journalist in prison in the US in direct retaliation for his reporting." Continue reading...

Consortium led by RedBird Capital in line to buy group for 500m, in deal that would result in UAE retaining 15% stakeThe sale of the Telegraph looks set to finally go through after government legislation to allow foreign states to own up to 15% in British newspapers survived a potentially fatal vote in the House of Lords.Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital is leading a consortium looking to buy the Telegraph for 500m, in a deal that would result in the United Arab Emirates retaining a stake of 15%. Continue reading...

Cutting aid budget to 0.3% of national income will hurt many African countries, says FCDO impact assessmentLabour's deep aid cuts will hit children's education and increase the risk of disease and death in some African countries, according the government's own impact assessment.Keir Starmer announced earlier this year that he would reduce the aid budget to 0.3% of national income, from 0.5%, to fund increased spending on defence. Continue reading...

Tourists greeted on Syros by banner saying Stop the Genocide and prevented from disembarkingA cruise liner carrying Israeli tourists has been forced to reroute to Cyprus after being turned away from the Greek island of Syros after a quayside protest over the Gaza war.Around 1,600 Israeli passengers on board the Crown Iris were prevented from disembarking amid safety concerns when more than 300 demonstrators on the Cycladic isle made clear they were unwelcome over Israel's conduct of the war and treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. A large banner emblazoned with the words Stop the Genocide was held aloft alongside Palestinian flags. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Wes Streeting among ministers pushing for action after calling Israeli attacks on aid sites intolerable'Keir Starmer is under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grows over Israel's killing of starving civilians in Gaza.The prime minister is understood to have been urged by a number of senior ministers in different cabinet meetings over recent months that the UK should take a leading role in issuing recognition. Continue reading...

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