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Petition to Ecuador’s copyright office is first legal attempt to recognise an ecosystem’s moral authorshipA forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-creator of a song under a groundbreaking legal proposal.A petition is to be submitted to Ecuador’s copyright office to recognise the Los Cedros cloud forest as the co-creator of the composition Song of the Cedars. The action by the More Than...

UK PM commits to hold UK-Caribbean forum with leaders of the nations most affected by slavery’s legacy next yearA group that emerged out of a faction of the Conservative party has become a forum for Britain’s splintered far right.A private conference hosted earlier this month by the Traditional Britain Group (TBG) was attended by figures from the Homeland party, an extreme nationalist group, as...

The US – Israel’s biggest arms supplier – has stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s month of bombing of LebanonUS secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has met with Lebanon’s prime minister, Najib Mikati in London.The US – Israel’s biggest arms supplier – has stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s month of bombing of Lebanon, but is...

State attorney general alleges without providing any example or evidence that Google is manipulating search results, as tech corporation says claim ‘totally false’Missouri’s Republican attorney general has said he is launching an investigation into Google over allegations it was censoring conservative speech, as the tech corporation dismissed the claims as “totally false”.“I am launching an investigation into Google for censoring conservative speech during the...

SpaceX capsule carrying three Americans and a Russian parachuted before dawn on Friday into Gulf of MexicoFour astronauts have returned to Earth after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn on Friday into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida coast, after undocking from the International Space Station...

Music mogul’s former protege, now a politician, says he was ‘set up to be the fall guy’ for 1999 New York shootingShyne, the rapper and former Sean “Diddy” Combs protege, says he “was absolutely set up to be the fall guy” for a 1999 New York nightclub shooting in which the pair were implicated – and for which only he was imprisoned.“One of the...

Subtle temperature difference between ‘ocean skin’ and water beneath it creates interface that leads to more CO2 absorption A sliver of cool surface water less than 2mm deep helps oceans absorb carbon dioxide, a British-led team of scientists has established after months of voyages across the Atlantic painstakingly measuring gas and temperature levels.The subtle difference in temperature between the “ocean skin” and the layer...

Fresh funds are ‘liquidity bridge’ to stabilise firm and give it time to secure long-term investment, says bossThames Water is racing to secure a £3bn lifeline as the struggling water company battles for financial survival.The fresh funds are meant to act as “liquidity bridge” to “stabilise the business” and give it time to secure long-term investment, its chief executive, Chris Weston, said on Friday....

Independent senator says her doctor ordered her not to travel, after records reveal she attended just 46.2% of votes since the 2022 electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe independent senator Lidia Thorpe has taken more unexplained days off from parliament this term than any other senator and participated in less than half of all Senate votes in that time,...

Low-income writers and those without space to work will be prioritised under the RSL’s new Scriptorium awards, with 10 people a year allowed to stay for up to a monthOn the wall of a Ramsgate house owned by Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo hangs a large-scale cover of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. It might just as well read “A Cottage of One’s...

Court finds Fairvale high school failed duty of care in case of 14-year-old boy who was assaulted in 2017Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA student subjected to an unprovoked and lengthy bashing by 12 of his classmates has been granted $1.2m in compensation.The student at Fairvale high school in western Sydney was 14 years old when the other students...

Democratic nominee appears on campaign trail with ex-president for first time, targeting Black voters in AtlantaVice-president Kamala Harris appeared with Barack Obama for the first time on the campaign trail, offering closing arguments targeting Black voters in Atlanta’s eastern suburbs, a vibrant, symbolic part of Georgia.“Ours is a fight for the future,” Harris said at the rally in Clarkston. She touched on familiar themes...

Shareholders and property owners who also work not within PM’s definition of ‘working people’Keir Starmer has hinted at tax rises for those who earn their income from shares and property, saying that they did not fit his definition of “working people”.Ministers are expected to announce increases in inheritance tax and capital gains tax (CGT) in the budget next week. Continue reading...

The Labor opposition, conservationists and Indigenous groups have expressed shock at the moveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe newly elected Northern Territory government wants to grant itself sweeping new powers to exempt major projects from environmental assessments in a move described by conservationists and Indigenous groups as authoritarian and anti-democratic.A leaked...

NSW police charge 67-year-old man with murder of Edwin Dobbin, 82, who disappeared from Leppington in late SeptemberFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA body believed to be that of a missing man who police allege was murdered and then buried on a semi-rural property on Sydney’s outskirts has been found.While the...

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDutton and Shorten weigh in on Queensland state electionThe federal opposition leader, Peter Dutton, and the NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, both spoke with the Today show earlier from Queensland, before the election.He’s focused on the issues which affect Queenslanders: housing, health, cheaper transport and of course tackling youth crime. So...

UK market rose to all-time high of £12.4bn last year, with NHS paying for nearly £3.5bn of procedures to ease backlogThe value of the UK’s private healthcare market rose to a record £12.4bn last year as long NHS waiting lists fuelled demand from individuals and the health service paid for nearly £3.5bn of procedures to help ease the care backlog.As private medical insurance boomed,...

Traditional Britain Group’s London conference includes speaker from Germany’s AfD party and far-right activistsA group that emerged out of a faction of the Conservative party has become a forum for Britain’s splintered far right.A private conference hosted earlier this month by the Traditional Britain Group (TBG) was attended by figures from the Homeland party, an extreme nationalist group, as well as rivals from other...

US only nation likely to be able to persuade Netanyahu to drop plan condemned by 123 member statesWorsening relations between the United Nations and Israel appear to have reached a nadir with the imminent passage of a bill in the Israeli Knesset designed to make it impossible for the UN relief and works agency for Palestinians (Unrwa) to operate in Gaza and West Bank.Unrwa...

Opposition leader adds caveat to campaign vow on eve of Queensland election day as polls tighten Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland Liberal National party leader, David Crisafulli, has walked back his campaign promise to resign if crime victim numbers do not reduce under a government led by him, claiming...

Some leaders had hoped Charles might use his speech at Chogm in Samoa as an opportunity to apologise for Britain’s colonial pastKing Charles acknowledged “painful aspects” of Britain’s past while sidestepping calls to directly address reparations for slavery at the summit of Commonwealth leaders, saying “none of us can change the past, but we can commit … to learning its lessons”.Charles was speaking to...

In a visit to the region, secretary of state Antony Blinken said the US was working to progress ceasefire talks for Gaza and LebanonIsraeli strikes hit Beirut on Thursday evening, after the US warned against Israel being led into a “protracted” campaign in Lebanon and efforts got under way to hold renewed talks over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza.Lebanese state media said...

Samuel L Jackson, Spike Lee and Tyler Perry join singer in supporting VP at Georgia event packed with 20,000 peopleBruce Springsteen urged voters to back Kamala Harris in the presidential election, warning that Donald Trump is a would-be “tyrant”.“I want a president who reveres the constitution, who does not threaten but wants to protect and guide our great democracy, who believes in the rule...

This blog is now closedTell us: is the looming election stressing you out?Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsKamala Harris praised Donald Trump’s former chief of staff for sending a “911 call” to the nation about the former president’s unfitness to serve a second term, attacking her opponent as a “fascist” who would send the...