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Australia news live: Anthony Albanese praises Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil as ‘giants’ as they step down from ACTU
Prime minister pays tribute to secretary and president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions after surprise announcement. Follow updates liveGet o…
Pakistan-administered Kashmir opens polls in violence-wracked vote
First of three rounds of voting held after weeks of protests during which dozens of people were killed.…
US justice department dismisses charges against California union leader
David Huerta was arrested while protesting against an ICE operation during crackdown in Los AngelesThe Department of Justice (DoJ) has moved to dismis…
Mitch McConnell still not cleared to resume Senate duties, office says
Kentucky senator has been absent and not seen in public since mid-June after he was hospitalized due to a fallUS politics live – latest updatesUS sena…
Burnham brings members of Socialist Campaign Group into government
Appointment of three ministerial aides is first time members of Labour’s most leftwing faction have held government positionsAndy Burnham has appointe…
Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer behind Zippy and David Bowie’s goblins, dies aged 78
Canadian-born British operator, president of the British Puppet Guild, died after a ‘short illness’Ronnie Le Drew, best known for operating the puppet…
Andy Burnham seeks cross-party agreement on future of social care
PM promises lasting solution for England but Tories rule out backing changes funded by tax rises or borrowingAndy Burnham has pledged to work collabor…
France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins
Officials talk of ‘absolutely critical’ days for firefighters before rise again from middle of the weekFirefighters in France and Spain are racing to …
GB News pundit Matthew Torbitt pleads guilty to fraud while Labour aide
Torbitt admits to two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to his parliamentary expensesA GB News pundit has admitted fraud in relation…
Why Venezuela is leaving the ICC
Venezuela is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, accusing it of bias against the Global South.…
Identical Roper twins win gymnastics bronze medals
The identical Roper twins create a piece of Wales team history as they both win Commonwealth Games bronze in Glasgow.…
Fauci expressed disillusionment with ‘rambling, crazy’ Trump in journal
Former top US health official wrote about challenging interactions with publicity-fixated Trump during CovidDiary entries released by a Republican sen…
Devastating European wildfires in maps - and how they're being tackled
A blaze near Bordeaux has torn through more than 162 sq miles (420 sq km) in less than four days, while the Madrid region is seeing its worst fires ev…
Four options for tackling social care
With Andy Burnham saying he wants to bring "substantial change" to social care in England, BBC Verify looks at what could be done.…
Tunisia bars family, lawyers from seeing Ghannouchi after prison collapse
No word on jailed Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi for 11 days, his son tells Al Jazeera.…
Cycling in rude health thanks to awesome Pogacar and stringent testing
Tour de France fans were spoilt for choice in Paris when it came to drinking in the drama of cycling's greatest race.…
Labour overtakes Reform in voter poll for first time since March 2025
Labour up four points to 28% while Reform falls to 24% as Andy Burnham apparently wins favour for cost of living focusUK politics live – latest update…
First Kenyan to play in NFL deported under Trump immigration crackdown
Former rugby star Daniel Adongo allegedly overstayed visa but supporters say he needed mental health helpA former rugby star who became the first Keny…
Former Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon
Former Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon…
Australian court rejects racial discrimination appeal by Pauline Hanson
Court upholds earlier ruling that a post directed at Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi was unlawful.…
Montana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking pole
David Cifaldi slipped and his pole pierced him in the side, then walked back hours along the route he had climbedA Montana man walked 10 miles to safe…
German officials call for tighter extremism laws after Berlin Pride attack
Alternative für Deutschland, topping polls ahead of state elections, accuses government of failing to tackle Islamist radicalismEurope live – latest u…
Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women with knives in Paris
Women aged 19, 24 and 36 taken to hospital after assault in Porte de Clichy area in north of capitalA French off-duty police officer has detained a ma…
‘Our country is the mission’: more than 100 ex-Nasa astronauts launch new voting campaign
Astronauts for America liken effort to instill trust and faith back in constitution’s principles and democratic institutions to ‘making a course corre…
Macron calls crisis meeting of French cabinet as blaze approaches Bordeaux
The situation in France is currently stable, authorities say, but another heatwave is on the way.…
Blanche-led DoJ likely to derail Epstein survivors’ pursuit of justice, experts say
Lawyers predict ‘more suppression and no active investigations’ but victims’ groups determined to continue fightAs Donald Trump’s former defense lawye…
Trump’s deportation crackdown accelerated by potent court tool
Mass hearings, removal orders ‘in absentia’ – judges are wrapping up immigration cases in unprecedented numbersThe second Trump administration recorde…
Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live
Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’Good morning. Yesterday Wes Str…
Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger
Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutritionUganda has launched emergency food relief…
For a few seconds, AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas – but some didn’t get the alert at all
Federal government touts emergency warning alert test as a success and says no approach works 100% of the timeA blaring emergency warning alert Austra…