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Bakery chain’s shares fall as it says outlook for 2025 is better than for this yearBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of Britain’s biggest bakery chain, Greggs, has said it has no plans for further price rises this year, as it reported a slowdown in sales in recent months.Its chief executive, Roisin Currie, said the company planned to hold its prices, as cost inflation...

Emergency services unable to save 22-year-old after responding to reports of a distressed man in Katherine on Monday nightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been killed in a suspected domestic violence assault in the Northern Territory.Emergency services found the 22-year-old after responding to reports of a distressed man on O’Shea Terrace in Katherine on Monday night.Sign up...

This blog is now closedBurke accuses Dutton of trying to ‘throw kerosene’ on public debate over Middle EastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNational weather forecastsSticking with the weather, here’s a look at the forecasts across Australia’s capital cities today: Continue reading...

Up to 25 students and teachers feared dead after blaze that reportedly started after burst tyre caused vehicle to crashA devastating fire has torn through a bus carrying 44 students and teachers on a school trip outside Bangkok, with up to 25 feared dead.The Thai prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, said there were fatalities and offered condolences to the victims’ families. Continue reading...

Home affairs minister says he will cancel visas of people waving Hezbollah flags at rallies as experts point to nuanced community perspectives on group Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has accused Peter Dutton of seeking to “raise the temperature” of public debate over conflict in...

Party leadership contender says Robert Jenrick’s remarks show ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of law of warUK politics live – latest updatesThe former security minister Tom Tugendhat has criticised the claim by one of his Conservative leadership rivals that UK special forces are “killing rather than capturing” terrorism suspects, saying they were a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the law of war.Robert Jenrick, the former immigration minister, has defended...

The pair, who have had sharp words for each other at a distance, will debate in close quarters at CBS event TuesdayTim Walz and JD Vance, the US Democratic and Republican candidates for vice-president, will face off on Tuesday in what is likely to be the last debate showdown between the two parties’ election tickets before polling day in exactly five weeks’ time.The pair...

British handbag maker says it is raising cash for turnaround and does not need offer from Sports Direct ownerBusiness live – latest updatesThe British handbag maker Mulberry has rejected an £83m takeover proposal from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group as too low, insisting instead that it would push on with a planned fundraising to support a turnaround.The luxury brand said it had considered the approach...

Phil Shiner sought up to £200,000 of legal aid funding to represent clients including Khuder Al-SweadyThe former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner has pleaded guilty to fraud charges linked to claims made against Iraq war veterans.Shiner, 67, appeared at Southwark crown court on Monday and pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). He will be sentenced on...

Sub-Antarctic fur seal euthanised after being found on Lake Bunga Beach near Lakes Entrance on 17 SeptemberFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA critically injured seal pup found in suspicious circumstances on a Victorian beach has sparked an investigation by the state’s conservation watchdog.Crime Stoppers Victoria on Tuesday said the Conservation Regulator...

Premier Steven Miles visited the governor on a 50 cent bus fare to start the election campaign, while David Crisafulli pushed controversial coal power planFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDavid Crisafulli signalled he would extend the life of a coal-fired power station, as Steven Miles spruiked the government’s green credentials, on...

Two Las Vegas stations pull band’s songs from rotation after Billie Joe Armstrong criticises decision to move his favourite baseball team to the cityAt least two Las Vegas radio stations have removed Green Day from their playlists after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong called the city “the worst shithole in America”.Speaking on stage on 20 September during a performance at San Francisco’s Oracle Park, Armstrong...

This live blog has closed, you can continue to follow live coverage on our new liveblogHere is the video clip of US president Joe Biden saying “a broader war in the Middle East had to be averted”. Despite diplomatic efforts the US, Egypt and Qatar have been unable to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza since the 2023...

Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to TexasSome of the busiest ports in the US were braced for crippling disruption after about 45,000 port workers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) began walking off the job after their contracts expired at midnight.Talks over a new union contract between the...

IDF says it has launched raids on villages close to the border ‘that pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities’, as Lebanon says Israeli strikes have killed 95 people in past 24 hoursMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israeli military has begun a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, it has said, as it continued shelling areas close to...

South Korean court hands out three jail terms, one of them suspended, to officers for professional negligence after 159 mostly young people diedA South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed 159 people.The convictions on Monday are the first over the failure by authorities to prevent or...

Russia is suspected of deliberately leaking chemical waste into a river, with deadly consequences for wildlifeSerhiy Kraskov picked up a twig and poked at a small fish floating in the Desna River. “It’s a roach. It died recently. You can tell because its eyes are clear and not blurry,” he said. Hundreds of other fish had washed up nearby on the river’s green willow-fringed...

The rule, in effect from September 2025, will block colleges from giving preference to pupils close to alumni and donorsCalifornia became the fifth state in the US to ban universities from admitting students based on their family connections, and the second state, after Maryland, to extend the ban to private, non-profit universities.“Hard work, good grades and a well-rounded background should earn you a spot...

UK arranges flight from Beirut while Germany evacuates embassy staff and others urge citizens to leave as Israel launches limited ground operation against Hezbollah in LebanonMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UK has chartered a flight out of Lebanon for Britons to leave the country amid the escalating violence in the region, as governments around the world begin making contingency plans to evacuate their...

Draft documents say defence and security will make up 40% of government spending as Putin continues war against UkraineRussia is to increase its spending on defence by 25% to its highest on record, as Vladimir Putin vows to continue his war efforts in Ukraine and further escalate his standoff with the west.The latest planned increase in spending will take Russia’s defence budget to a...

Israel tells US state department it is targeting infrastructure just inside Lebanon, while Beirutis are urged to evacuateMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli forces appeared to have launched what sources called “limited ground operations” targeting Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon, US and other officials said late on Monday.“This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah...

Exclusive: London mayor boosts counter-hate funding as British Jewish group warns of danger of ‘reprisal’ attacksSadiq Khan has warned of a potential increase in hate crime in Britain triggered by the rise in Middle East violence, as a leading British Jewish group warned of the danger of “reprisal” attacks here.The London mayor’s warning comes after a series of Israeli airstrikes against targets in Lebanon,...

Birds outnumber residents in Hilario Ascasubi, after deforestation leads them to seek food, shelter and waterThe town of Hilario Ascasubi near Argentina’s eastern Atlantic coast has a parrot problem.Thousands of the green, yellow and red birds have invaded, driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, according to biologists. They bite on the town’s electric cables, causing outages, and are driving residents around the bend...

Victoria Villarruel breaks ranks to claim confidence-building deal signed with UK offers only ‘crumbs’Argentina’s vice-president has lambasted a new UK-Argentina Falkland Islands agreement, saying her nation had been offered “crumbs”.The pact, announced last week, includes resuming flights to the islands, restarting negotiations on a humanitarian project plan, and organising a trip for relatives of fallen soldiers of the Falklands war to visit their graves....