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- Canada investigates after Tesla catches fire, forcing driver to ‘smash the window’
- Pellet gun recovered after Toronto police shoot dead man ‘carrying rifle’
- José Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of ‘distorting’ issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging
- Australia news live update: Fiji’s priority is climate, not geopolitics, PM says after Penny Wong’s visit; Djokovic ‘very happy’ Park Hotel refugees released
- Rewilding the red centre: bilbies released into NT predator-free sanctuary in bid to save threatened species
- Barnaby Joyce’s dam water set to cost 100 times more than market rates
- Lost in suburbia: Victorian Liberals search for a base
- Queensland Labor turning green at the prospect of losing city stronghold
- Ailing orca stuck in France’s River Seine to be lured to sea using drone with loudspeakers
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 94 of the invasion
- Iran seizes two Greek tankers amid rising tensions in the Gulf
- Attorney general says schools ‘do not have to accommodate’ children’s gender wishes
- Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder after 15-year-old killed
- Texas shooting timeline: the 911 calls children made during massacre
- Depp-Heard trial: jury to resume deliberations on Tuesday
- Kevin McCarthy refuses to comply with January 6 attack panel subpoena
| Canada investigates after Tesla catches fire, forcing driver to ‘smash the window’ Posted: 27 May 2022 06:55 PM PDT Video shows incident in which driver says he had to kick his way out because the doors and windows wouldn't open Canadian authorities are investigating an incident in which a Tesla caught fire in Vancouver, reportedly forcing the driver to smash his way out of the vehicle. Transport Canada, the Canadian auto safety agency, said in a statement on Friday that it had learned of the incident in Vancouver on 23 May and that it had "notified Tesla … and is currently making arrangements for a joint inspection of the vehicle in an effort to determine the cause of the fire". Continue reading... |
| Pellet gun recovered after Toronto police shoot dead man ‘carrying rifle’ Posted: 27 May 2022 01:46 PM PDT Five local schools were placed under lockdown after several 911 calls about a man walking with a rifle in Canadian city Investigators have recovered a pellet gun from the scene where Toronto police shot and killed a man suspected of carrying a rifle, an incident that prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary lockdowns. Police went to the Scarborough neighbourhood on Thursday after receiving several 911 calls about a man walking with a rifle and located him shortly after, Ontario province's special investigations unit (SIU) said in a statement on Friday. The man, 27, was pronounced dead about 20 minutes later. Continue reading... |
| José Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of ‘distorting’ issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging Posted: 27 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT Exclusive: President of south-east Asian nation says Australia used cover of 'supposedly altruistic foreign aid program' to spy on behalf of oil companies
The president of Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta, has accused former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer of "avoiding and distorting" the issues around the 2004 bugging scandal, saying recent comments ignored the fact that Australia had spied "on behalf of oil companies and using the cover of Australia's supposedly altruistic foreign aid program". On Thursday, Downer appeared on the ABC's Q&A program and was questioned about the 2004 Australian Secret Intelligence Service mission to bug Timor-Leste's government during sensitive talks to carve up oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 May 2022 09:11 PM PDT Frank Bainimarama says Fiji's priority is climate change, not geopolitics; world No 1 tennis star says he is delighted the refugees he shared a detention centre with have been released. Follow all the day's news
Nationals MP Darren Chester reportedly told Barnaby Joyce of his intention to challenge him for the leadership in the party's group chat. May we all strive to have such chaotic group chat energy. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 May 2022 07:34 PM PDT The animals are a crucial part of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy's Newhaven scheme to reintroduce 11 vulnerable native mammals In the red centre of Australia, a ring-fenced refuge for threatened native mammals is slowly but surely expanding its population. Earlier this week, 32 threatened greater bilbies moved in and 65 burrowing bettongs will join them before the weekend is out. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Barnaby Joyce’s dam water set to cost 100 times more than market rates Posted: 27 May 2022 07:12 PM PDT Project backed by the National party is expected to top $162,000 per megalitre if cost recovery is pursued
The new $1.27bn Dungowan Dam, championed by Barnaby Joyce in his New South Wales electorate of New England, is expected to cost the equivalent of $162,000 per megalitre, compared to a current market rate of $1,500/ML, if cost recovery is pursued, a water expert has estimated. Drew Collins, a former associate commissioner of the 2020 Productivity Commission National Water inquiry, has described the Tamworth-based project as "a hell of a lot of money to not fix the problem" of the Peel Valley's existing water supply. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia's fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading... |
| Lost in suburbia: Victorian Liberals search for a base Posted: 27 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT Analysis: with a state election on the way, the clock is ticking for the Coalition to define themselves
The federal Coalition is expected to take its time to rebuild following last weekend's election loss, but their Victorian counterparts don't have that luxury, with a state election just six months away. The federal Liberals now hold more seats in the outer suburbs than they do in inner-city Melbourne, a result which has left members scrambling to establish the strategy going forward. Does it focus its efforts on the suburbs? Or seek to secure its traditional base? What even is its base? Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Queensland Labor turning green at the prospect of losing city stronghold Posted: 27 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT Analysis: Implications of Greens wins could be decades-long – for both Labor and the LNP A few days before the 2019 federal election, a group of regional Queensland state MPs held crisis talks with the premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and her then deputy, Jackie Trad. They brought advance news of the thrashing that Labor was about to receive in the state's regional areas. Some had copped abuse from voters at polling stations. They said delays approving the Adani Carmichael coalmine would ultimately cost them their seats. Continue reading... |
| Ailing orca stuck in France’s River Seine to be lured to sea using drone with loudspeakers Posted: 27 May 2022 07:23 PM PDT A drone emitting orca sounds will be used in attempt to guide the animal, whose health is fast deteriorating An orca lost in France's River Seine is to be guided back to sea using sounds made by the species under a last-ditch plan to save the animal's life. The local prefecture said it would monitor the animal, also known as a killer whale, from a distance with a drone while emitting orca communications in an attempt to guide it back to the sea, following a meeting with national and international scientists, including marine mammal specialists. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 94 of the invasion Posted: 27 May 2022 06:17 PM PDT Moscow planning 'full-scale victory in Ukraine by autumn' and besieged Sievierodonetsk almost completely surrounded by Russian forces Russia is planning a "full-scale victory in Ukraine by autumn" and may again try to take the capital city of Kyiv, according to independent news source Meduza. Officials close to the Kremlin have said confidence has spread to the leadership of United Russia, the country's ruling party, that a full-scale victory in Ukraine is possible before the end of the year. The besieged Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk appears to be almost completely surrounded by attacking Russian forces. "The Russians are pounding residential neighbourhoods relentlessly," the governor of Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, wrote in a Telegram post on Friday. The Kremlin continued to make incremental gains in its offensive in the Donbas region, backed by withering shell fire. The Luhansk governor has said Ukrainian forces may be forced to retreat from the zone to avoid being captured. "The Russians will not be able to capture Luhansk region in the coming days as analysts have predicted," Haidai posted on Telegram, adding: "However it is possible that in order not to be surrounded we will have to retreat." The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said the situation in Donbas is "very difficult". In a short video address, he said Russian forces are concentrated in the coastal region of Ukraine and using "maximum artillery" reserves. The Austrian chancellor, Karl Nehammer, has stated that Vladimir Putin is "prepared to discuss a prisoner swap with Ukraine", after holding talks with the Russian president. Nehammer also said Putin had "given signals that he is quite willing to allow exports via the seaports", adding: "The real willingness will only become apparent when it ... is actually implemented." Russia expects to receive 1tn rubles ($14bn) in additional oil and gas revenues this year, the country's finance minister announced, noting that the additional income will be spent on Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The US president, Joe Biden, accused Putin of attempting to "wipe out" Ukrainian culture and identity during a speech. Biden also said that Putin inadvertently "Nato-ized all of Europe" after Sweden and Finland sought out membership in the alliance following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The US is expected to send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine that could be announced as early as next week, reports CNN. The rocket systems, multiple launch rocket system or MLRS, have been a top request of Ukraine officials who say it is necessary to ward off Russia's advancements. More than 100 Russian national guardsmen have been fired for refusing to fight in Ukraine, court documents show. The cases of the 115 national guardsmen, a force also known as Rosgvardia, appear to be the clearest indication yet of dissent among some parts of Russia's security forces over the invasion of New UN figures have revealed that 4,031 civilians have died since Russia first invaded Ukraine in February, including 261 children. Continue reading... |
| Iran seizes two Greek tankers amid rising tensions in the Gulf Posted: 27 May 2022 01:58 PM PDT IRGC forces swoop on ships in what appeared to be a reprisal for Greece's role in earlier seizure of Iranian oil tanker Iran has seized two Greek tankers in helicopter-launched attacks in the Gulf amid a dramatic rise in tension and violent incidents in the region. Forces from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) descended on the tankers – one of which was named as the Prudent Warrior – in helicopters in what appeared to be a reprisal for the Greek government's role in assisting the US seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in the Mediterranean in a sanctions-enforcement action earlier in the week. Continue reading... |
| Attorney general says schools ‘do not have to accommodate’ children’s gender wishes Posted: 27 May 2022 03:18 PM PDT Suella Braverman says schools can treat pupils who identify as trans as if they were their birth sex because under-18s cannot legally change sex The attorney-general, Suella Braverman, has declared that schools do not have to accommodate children who want to change gender under current legislation. The Conservative MP for Fareham said: "Under-18s cannot get a gender recognition certificate, under-18s cannot legally change sex. So again, in the context of schools, I think it's even clearer. A male child who says in a school that they are a trans girl, that they want to be female, is legally still a boy or a male. And schools have a right to treat them as such under the law. Continue reading... |
| Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder after 15-year-old killed Posted: 27 May 2022 02:48 PM PDT Woman, 46, also arrested after victim dies following suspected knife attack in Wolverhampton A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a 15-year-old boy in Wolverhampton. The victim was found injured near a canal bridge in the suburb of Pendeford at around 4.15pm on Friday and later died. Police believe he had been stabbed. Continue reading... |
| Texas shooting timeline: the 911 calls children made during massacre Posted: 27 May 2022 05:50 PM PDT At least two girls hiding in their classrooms at Robb elementary school in Texas dialled 911 during the shooting, law enforcement officials have said The first call came from a little girl who called multiple times on Tuesday. At 12.03pm, she identified herself and told authorities what room the shooter was in, said Steven McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Here is a 911 emergency call timeline McCraw outlined at a news conference: Continue reading... |
| Depp-Heard trial: jury to resume deliberations on Tuesday Posted: 27 May 2022 03:02 PM PDT Closing arguments ask jurors to consider what their verdict in defamation case will mean for domestic abuse victims The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial headed toward its conclusion on Friday as the dueling parties offered closing arguments after a seven-week trial that has gripped public attention and become something of a litmus test for the state of gender relations. Seven of 11 impaneled jurors selected for the trial when it started in April spent a couple of hours beginning to deliberate a verdict after the conclusion of those closing arguments, but they won't return a verdict for a few days at least. They were sent home Friday afternoon until Tuesday in advance of Monday's Memorial Day holiday. Continue reading... |
| Kevin McCarthy refuses to comply with January 6 attack panel subpoena Posted: 27 May 2022 01:32 PM PDT The Republican minority leader sent an 11-page letter appearing to demand materials from the committee related to his questioning Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House, indicated on Friday to the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack that he would not cooperate with a subpoena unless he could review deposition topics and the legal rationale justifying the request. The California congressman's response adopts an adversarial position similar to other subpoenaed Republican Congress members, and it sets a conundrum for the panel over whether to entertain the requests that also challenge the January 6 inquiry's legitimacy. Continue reading... |
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