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Judges’ decision on 12 men held in Italian migration hub in Albania also casts doubt on EU’s hardline plansThe last 12 asylum seekers being held in a new Italian migration hub in Albania must be transferred to Italy, a court has ruled, in a heavy blow to a controversial deal between the far-right Rome government and Tirana aimed at curbing migrant arrivals.The decision casts...

Nurse says she has lost ‘my name, my integrity’ after being accused of using proxy to sit tests to work in BritainNigerian nurses urge UK minister to intervene over test cheating claimsWhen I was a little girl in my village in Nigeria going to school was something I could not even dream of because we did not have money. Then my mother sold everything...

Sara Duterte makes threat against remains of Ferdinand Marcos’s dictator father in searing verbal attackThe Philippine vice-president, Sara Duterte, has threatened to dig up the remains of President Ferdinand Marcos’s dictator father and throw them into the sea, launching a scathing attack on her rival.Duterte was once allied with Marcos Jr, and ran on a joint ticket with him in the 2022 election, winning...

Senators upheld five of 11 charges in unprecedented vote while Rigathi Gachagua was treated for chest painsKenya’s senate impeached the deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, while he was in hospital on a day of high political drama in Nairobi.Senators upheld five out of 11 charges against Gachagua in a vote late on Thursday, making him the first deputy president in the country to be ejected...

Lowering voltage about 5% could lower emissions and save customers on the national electricity market around $110 a year, research showsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEver wondered why your trusty toaster abruptly failed or your widescreen TV suddenly went on the fritz, far too early in the life of the appliance?Excessively high voltage levels might be to blame for...

Ward’s body was found at her home and Ahmed Abdirahman was arrested in DublinA man has appeared in a Dublin court charged with the murder of Mary Ward in Belfast.The 22-year-old was found dead at her home on 1 October with neck wounds. Her body was found after police officers went to her house, but she was last seen alive on 25 September, according...

People could face fines of up to 400,000 rubles, as data suggests birthrate has slid to lowest level in quarter of a centuryA law that would ban “propaganda” seeking to champion a childfree lifestyle has cleared its first hurdle in Russia’s lower house of parliament, gaining unanimous approval among lawmakers for a bill promoted as a means to increase the country’s birthrate.The new legislation...

‘We will not go ahead with the Tory plan,’ Alison McGovern says, adding: ‘We will bring forward our own reforms’A veteran Conservative MP has sparked outrage after saying he would not support Kemi Badenoch to be the Tory party leader because she is “preoccupied with her own children”.Sir Christopher Chope told ITV News that the frontrunner in his party’s leadership race would be unable...

Witnesses said Craig Laidley had almost reached safety when a wave dragged the 56-year-old back into heavy seas Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFriends and family of Australian man Craig Laidley have paid tribute to a “hero” who drowned saving someone he didn’t know.His body was found in Bali on Friday,...

Hail swath estimated at 120 miles damages crops in western Victoria as winds break windows and rip tiles from roofsOn Wednesday, the Australian state of Victoria was hit by thunderstorms. The town of Casterton was particularly badly affected, receiving 21mm of rain in just 30 minutes, followed by large hailstones.Vehicles and properties were severely damaged, with reports of broken windows and tiles blown off...

Researchers shocked at discovery that gender difference in physical activity appears to begin so early in life Girls play outside in nature less than boys even at the age of two, according to the first national survey of play among preschool-age children in Britain.While researchers expect to see older children socialised to particular gender roles, they were shocked to see similar patterns of behaviour...

John Lyttle will stay as CEO of fashion group, which includes Debenhams and Karen Millen, until successor foundBoohoo’s chief executive is stepping down as the online fashion retailer launches a strategic review of its brands, which include Debenhams, Karen Millen and PrettyLittleThing, that could result in a breakup of the company.John Lyttle, who joined from Primark in 2019, has agreed to remain in post...

NRL, AFL and betting companies intensified efforts to try to influence PM in lead-up to finalsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Newly released documents show how in the lead-up to footy finals the NRL, AFL and major wagering companies accelerated and intensified their efforts to directly lobby the prime minister’s office to influence a proposed gambling ad ban.The gambling...

French authorities say 65 people rescued after overloaded boat sinks off coast of WissantA baby died after a boat carrying people in the Channel towards Britain capsized off the French coast, local coastguards have said.The incident happened on Thursday night when 65 people were rescued after an overloaded boat started to sink off the coast of Wissant in northern France. Some people were in...

Work and pensions minister says government will not go ahead with Tory plans but needs to make savingsLabour will bring its “own reforms” to the benefits system in order to make £3bn worth of cuts, rather than stick to Conservative plans, a minister has suggested.The work and pensions minister Alison McGovern was asked by Times Radio why Labour was pressing ahead with plans made...

This blog is now closed. Victoria at risk of tornadoes as thunderstorms and giant hail lash south-eastGet our weekly media email, free app or daily news podcastMax Chandler-Mather continued, and told ABC News Breakfast:I would argue in this instance in the context of one of the worst housing crises we have seen in generations … now is precisely the time where we need more...

Exclusive: CEO Will Hayward was yet to speak to Rundle, who also made headlines this year for a column relating to Brittany Higgins’ alleged sexual assaultGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA text to ABC Radio from Crikey’s correspondent-at-large Guy Rundle saying sexual assault complaints have gone up because “every grope is now a sexual assault” has been labelled abhorrent...

Archie York died in blast at residential properties, which also killed Jason Laws, believed to be in his 30sA family member has paid tribute to a “beautiful, funny and caring” seven-year-old boy who was killed in an explosion at a property in Newcastle.The boy has been widely named locally as Archie York. Continue reading...

Sales volumes unexpectedly rise in September but are held back by drop in supermarket shoppingBusiness live – latest updatesSales growth in shops in Great Britain slowed last month as an increase in purchases of technology was tempered by the largest monthly fall in spending at supermarkets this year.Retail sales volumes grew by 0.3% in September, beating analyst expectations of a 0.3% drop, according to...

In today’s newsletter: The architect of the 7 October attack is dead, but Benjamin Netanyahu gave no indication that the war is about to end• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Yesterday, Israel confirmed that its forces had killed the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, architect of the 7 October attacks that killed 1,200 Israeli civilians and in which a further 250...

Bureau of Meteorology warns parts of Victoria to brace for ‘dangerous’ storm and intense rainfall that could lead to ‘life-threatening flash flooding’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere thunderstorms with “giant hail” the size of golf balls, wild winds and heavy rainfall are lashing Australia’s south-east as a cold front tracks across...

Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says 29-year-old was denied his right to silence and was fed false information during interviewFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales police watchdog has found three police officers engaged in serious misconduct after they refused an Indigenous man his right to silence in custody and...

Ukrainians face new airborne threat that has killed 24 civilians and injured hundreds more since JulySasha Ustenko has survived three attacks by the Russian drones that stalk the streets of Kherson carrying fragmentation grenades to drop on anything that moves. The first, in late July, targeted a parked police car in central Kherson just as Ustenko walked past, throwing him to the ground. The...

PoW Charles Hare, 19, escaped in rare uniform with tall feathered hat and travelled back to Lincolnshire – accompanied by his dogA handwritten manuscript detailing the daring escape of a British prisoner of Napoleon’s troops – with the flamboyant French uniform in which he disguised himself as he fled – have gone on display at the National Maritime Museum in London after being carefully...