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Truth, by Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius, will feature multiple actors playing Assange as it probes questions about whistleblowersThe WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is the subject of a new play by the leading Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius, which will make its world premiere in Melbourne next year.Truth, which uses moments from Assange’s life to probe questions around freedom of information and the silencing of whistleblowers,...

Exclusive: in video, House majority leader outlines plan of attack on universities that fail to quash criticism of IsraelTop Republicans are threatening to pull billions of dollars of federal funding from some of the most prestigious universities in the US, stripping them of official accreditation to punish them for allowing pro-Palestinian protests on their campuses.The Guardian has reviewed a video recording of a meeting...

While Florida residents are being told to flee before the hurricane makes landfall, it may not be possible for allOn 7 October, as Hurricane Milton was just days away from making landfall in Tampa, Florida, the city’s mayor Jane Castor issued a dire warning to residents in evacuation zones: “If you choose to stay … you are going to die.”But leaving one’s home to...

Museums and Indian minister criticised Swan auction house in Oxfordshire over sale of human remainsA British auction house has withdrawn from sale human and ancestral remains, including shrunken heads and skulls, from communities across the globe after criticism from native groups and museums.Among items initially listed were shrunken heads from the Jivaro people of South America, skulls from the Ekoi people of west Africa...

Lisa Nandy indicates Louise Haigh considering plan for high-speed route to terminate in central LondonThe transport secretary is considering extending the HS2 line to Euston, her cabinet colleague Lisa Nandy has indicated, after Louise Haigh claimed it would make “absolutely no sense” to have the high-speed route terminate outside central London.Haigh also hinted at a cut-price “HS2-lite”, which would involve constructing a new section...

US brand says it was ‘inspired’ by local fans flying in cookies from the US and selling them at the weekend – for $17.50 eachGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPopular US-based brand Crumbl Cookies has announced it will fast-track plans to open in Australia, after a rogue pop-up stand in Sydney created huge hype for the company’s kilojoule-filled products.The...

A 26-year-old man has died after he and another man, 34, were shot by police while allegedly driving a stolen car at officersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man shot by police in Wentworthville in Sydney last week after an alleged car theft has died, NSW police said.Two men were shot by police after officers were called to the...

Department of Justice examining ‘structural remedies’ to challenge tech corporation’s internet search monopolyBusiness live – latest updatesThe US government may ask a judge to force the breakup of Google’s business as it attempts to challenge the tech corporation’s monopoly over the internet search market.The Department of Justice has filed court papers that say it is considering enforcing “structural remedies” that would prevent Google from...

Acquisition by Anglo-Australian miner comes despite global headwinds in electric car marketRio Tinto is to buy the US company Arcadium Lithium for $6.7bn (£5.1bn), in a huge bet on the energy transition despite global headwinds in the electric car market.The Anglo-Australian metals and mining company said it would pay $5.85 a share for the US-based lithium miner. That represents an almost 90% premium to...

Former anti-corruption commissioner steps in after Rob Stefanic announces decision to take leaveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe head of the Department of Parliamentary Services has announced a sudden “period of leave”, leaving a former anti-corruption commissioner in charge of the department.The secretary, Rob Stefanic, announced to staff in an email...

Exclusive: Billionaire launches $250m fund to address problem as she warns of growth of ‘maternity care deserts’Women’s health is being neglected worldwide with “maternity care deserts” more common, millions denied abortions and maternal death rates surging, Melinda French Gates has warned as she launches a $250m (£190m) fund to improve women’s physical and mental health globally.Despite advances in medicine, women experience “unacceptable” inequities across...

Analysis shows Gulf’s heat that worsened Helene 200-500 times more likely because of human-caused global heatingAs Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, fueled by a record-hot Gulf of Mexico, a new analysis has shown how the Gulf’s heat that worsened last month’s Hurricane Helene was 200 to 500 times more likely because of human-caused global heating.Helene, one of the deadliest storms in US history,...

Money is being given to families of people involved in riots whom far-right groups are calling ‘political prisoners’Far-right activists are trying to raise funds for people jailed over their roles in the summer riots, describing them as “political prisoners”, in an attempt to generate support by giving money to their families. More than £14,000 has been raised by a leading group, which has been...

IEA says faster clean energy rollout being led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030China is expected to account for almost 60% of all renewable energy capacity installed worldwide between now and 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.The IEA’s highly influential renewable energy report found that over the next six years renewable energy projects...

Venâncio Mondlane is enthusing young voters in presidential elections but Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo still likely winnerMozambicans go to the polls on Wednesday in elections that the ruling Frelimo party is expected to win easily, even as an outsider candidate is shaking up the presidential race and winning over young voters in a country where the median age is just 17.Frelimo has ruled the southern...

Pig hunters captured video of Tom Phillips and his three children in camouflage walking in rugged terrain in the Waikato regionA fugitive father and his three children have been spotted together for the first time in nearly three years, along the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island.Just before Christmas 2021, Tom Phillips fled into the Waikato wilderness with his children Ember, now 8,...

Social platform was blocked after tech billionaire failed to name local representatives and pay finesBrazilians are set to regain access to X after a supreme court judge lifted a ban introduced nearly six weeks ago as a result of Elon Musk’s failure to comply with the South American country’s laws.X was blocked in Brazil, where it had more than 22 million users, at the...

Hezbollah acting leader says its military capabilities still ‘fine’ as Israel sends more troops and keeps up airstrikesIsrael has said it is expanding its ground operation in Lebanon with the deployment of a fourth division after another night of intense airstrikes across the south and east of the country.The reservist 146th division was sent to southern Lebanon overnight, hours after Israel announced the mobilisation...

Thousands of evacuees clog highways as storm projected to hit Tampa Bay on Wednesday restrengthens to category 5Florida’s western coast was making emergency preparations on Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Milton, with thousands of evacuees clogging highways, contending with fuel shortages, and the mayor of Tampa warning residents bluntly “you are going to die” if they stayed behind.The US National Hurricane Center (NHC)...

US president prepares for arrival of Hurricane Milton as German chancellor says meeting will be rescheduledJoe Biden has called off a four-day trip to Germany this week that had been intended to culminate in a summit to discuss Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “victory plan” for Ukraine.The White House said on Tuesday evening that the president would stay at home “to oversee preparations for and the response”...

Beijing also considering duties on European petrol cars after EU imposed extra levies on Chinese electric vehiclesChina has imposed tariffs on EU brandy imports in an escalating tit-for-tat trade row with Brussels over extra levies on Chinese-made electric vehicles.Beijing also said it was considering duties on imported petrol cars from Europe. Continue reading...

Hezbollah has been a past source of tension between the two countries, but Riyadh wants to improve relations with TehranThe Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, will meet his counterpart in Saudi Arabia to discuss the growing threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran and what steps, if any, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon can take to secure a ceasefire in the face of...

Badosa pulled eyes back with chopsticks in photograph‘I didn’t know this was offensive. I take responsibility’The Spanish tennis star Paula Badosa has apologised after she was accused of racism over a photo that appeared to show her pulling her eyes back with chopsticks while in China for a series of tournaments.Following her defeat on Saturday in the semi-finals of the China Open, Badosa’s coach,...

Hungarian prime minister voiced support for former US president ahead of hosting EU leaders in BudapestHungary’s nationalist leader Viktor Orbán has said he will open “several bottles of champagne” if Donald Trump returns to the White House next month, underscoring his differences with mainstream European leaders.The Hungarian prime minister is due to host fellow EU leaders for a summit in Budapest a few days...