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Airstrikes on port city follow warning from Israeli military to disperse from city; US secretary of state to hold talks with Arab leaders in LondonIn a statement on its official Telegram channel, Israel’s military has claimed that overnight it struck at weapons storage facilities in Beirut in Lebanon.In the message, the IDF said the targets were “manufacturing facilities and command centres belonging to the...

French maritime prefecture says incident took place off coast of CalaisTwo people died after a migrant boat sank in the Channel on Wednesday morning, French maritime authorities have said.The French maritime prefecture for the Channel and the North Sea said another 46 people were rescued after the incident off the coast of Calais. Continue reading...

Health spending watchdog says donanemab ‘does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS’A new Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the health service in England after the health spending watchdog said that it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”.The news comes as the UK’s medicines regulator said donanemab could be licensed for use in the UK. Continue reading...

Lyla Elichaoff and Esme Bertelsen tell Tatler they have never watched What Not to Wear, with Elichaoff saying: ‘you can’t really speak to people like that now’Trinny and Susannah, the presenters of the noughties fashion TV hit What Not to Wear, would be cancelled if the show was made today, their daughters have said.Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine starred in the BBC fashion makeover...

Judge finds ‘reliance of trust’ breached when Parks Australia built walkway near rock art without permissionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA landmark case has resulted in Parks Australia having to pay more than $700,000 in fines and compensation after pleading guilty to disturbing a sacred site in Kakadu national park.Sitting by Gunlom Falls on Wednesday, Judge Elizabeth Morris ordered...

Jab could bring huge health and economic benefits as virus often spreads rapidly and can be seriousDoctors have begun trialling the world’s first mRNA vaccine against the vomiting bug norovirus in the hope the jab could bring huge health and economic benefits.Norovirus causes sickness and diarrhoea and can spread very rapidly between people who are in close contact, with outbreaks often occurring in hospitals,...

Former president is introduced by rapper, who cites freedom of speech as he backs Kamala HarrisBarack Obama rapped Eminem’s signature hit Lose Yourself to a crowd in Detroit during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris.He was preceded by Eminem himself, who told the crowd in his home city: “It’s important to use your voice, I’m encouraging everyone to get out and vote, please …...

Brian Niccol aims to turn around coffee chain, which has reported falling sales, revenue and profitsThe new boss of Starbucks has pledged to shake up its “overly complex menu” in an effort to turn around the struggling coffee chain.Brian Niccol, who joined the company as chief executive in September, said Starbucks needed to “fundamentally change” its strategy in order to win back customers. Continue...

Peter Dutton’s proposed 10-year freeze to national building codes would be a shame, one industry leader says, ‘given the serious impacts of our changing climate’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe industry minister, Ed Husic, has accused the opposition of condemning Australians to live in “shoddy” homes that could result in a “Grenfell Tower inferno” onshore, after it revealed plans...

This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore on news media bargaining code and funding of media publishersOne of the committee’s key recommendations was a digital platform levy on companies like Meta and Google, which some have described as a tech tax to fund public interest journalism.So in parts of Europe, for example, there’s a 2%...

Shadow Indigenous Australians spokesperson says she ‘cannot agree’ with later term abortions, sparking rebuke from Sussan Ley, Jane Hume and Bridget McKenzieFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Coalition women have rebuked Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments about abortion, saying the Liberal party had “no interest in unwinding women’s reproductive rights” and saying...

The billionaire is pledging to give away $1m a day and campaigning hard – is deregulation the driving motivation?Over the weekend, Elon Musk pledged to give away $1m a day to registered voters in battleground states in the US who sign a petition by his America Pac in support of the first and second amendments. He awarded the first prize, a novelty check the...

Exclusive: Those with ‘interest in keeping world hooked on fossil fuels’ should not oversee climate talks, say report authorsAzerbaijan, the host of the Cop29 global climate summit, will see a large expansion of fossil gas production in the next decade, a new report has revealed. The authors said that the crucial negotiations should not be overseen by “those with a vested interest in keeping...

Issue of Aboriginal sovereignty front and centre during head of state’s whirlwind first visitFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKing Charles and Queen Camilla have left Australia after more than 30 official engagements – and a fair share of controversy – packed into just four full days on the ground.In the stage-managed...

John Pesutto had to ‘cauterise the damage’ to the Victorian Liberal party caused by MP’s conduct, lawyer arguesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJohn Pesutto’s lawyer has rejected claims the Victorian Liberal leader created a “false narrative” in order to expel Moira Deeming, telling a court he acted to “cauterise the damage”...

In today’s newsletter: With a sentencing review ordered and the crisis in the criminal justice system deepening, the government is tasked with finding solutions to what seems like an intractable problem• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. If the answer is “prison works”, it now seems that the most likely question is: what is a good example of a demonstrable...

Campaign targets wordplay and memes that are often used by people to get around censorship controlsChina’s internet regulators have launched a campaign cracking down on puns and homophones, one of the last remaining ways for citizens to safely discuss sensitive subjects without recriminations or censorship.The “clear and bright” campaign is targeting “irregular and uncivilised” language online, particularly jokes, memes, and wordplay, the Cyberspace Administration...

Police say it is unclear if 17 missing passengers are still alive or wounded, and may be hiding in bushes or sheltering with neighbouring clansAt least seven people were killed and more than a dozen remain missing after gunmen ambushed a public bus and shot passengers in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province.The shooting took place in Enga’s Lagaip district on Tuesday afternoon. More than...

After Trump campaign complaint, PM says Labour officials volunteering for Harris were ‘doing it in their spare time’ rather than in their official capacityKeir Starmer has insisted he can maintain a “good relationship” with Donald Trump after the Republican candidate’s campaign accused Labour of “blatant foreign interference” in the US election.The Trump campaign filed a legal complaint overnight against Labour officials travelling to US...

Dominique Pelicot invited dozens of men to rape his then wife over a nine-year periodWho are the men accused over rape and assault of Gisèle Pelicot?Gisèle Pelicot takes stand at mass rape trial – liveGisèle Pelicot, the French grandmother who has become a feminist hero for insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men should be held in public, will...

Dominique Pelicot has admitted drugging and raping his wife. Fifty other men may face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty in case that has shocked the worldGisèle Pelicot takes stand at mass rape trial – liveWarning: this article contains descriptions of alleged rape and sexual assaultA total of 51 men are on trial over their alleged attacks on Gisèle Pelicot, recruited...

Ex-president speaks with ultra loyalists in Miami as VP touches on creating economic opportunity for Latino menIt was billed as a roundtable discussion with Latino leaders, but the reality of Donald Trump’s appearance at his Doral golf club in Miami on Tuesday was a succession of adulatory monologues from his most loyal Latino supporters, interspersed with familiar, lengthy rants from the former president laden...

Ex-president questions fitness of ‘Grandpa’ as Democratic vice-presidential hopeful calls Elon Musk ‘dipshit’On the first day of early voting in Wisconsin, Tim Walz called Elon Musk a “dipshit” while Barack Obama said of Donald Trump: “You’d be worried if Grandpa was acting like this.”Both were speaking at a rally in Madison, a growing Democratic party stronghold, to encourage early voting and warn of the...

West infuriated as UN secretary general accepts invitation to meeting of countries including China, India and IranVladimir Putin, ostracised by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by the international criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to display Moscow as anything but isolated.One...