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- Sudan: scores of people killed in tribal clashes in Blue Nile state
- Kigali summit to outline strategy for nature conservation in Africa
- Home Office in fresh row with UNHCR over Rwanda asylum policy
- New Zealand inflation hits 7.3%, the highest rate since 1990
- China floods leave at least 12 dead, with thousands evacuated
- Australia’s top end ODIs will not trumped by the Hundred
- Australia news live: Albanese says now ‘not the time’ to cut Covid isolation period, as nation records at least 23 deaths
- Fan who appeared to urinate from SCG roof given life ban by Rugby Australia
- Sydney teen Yusuf Zahab believed to have died in IS attack on Syrian jail after begging Australia for help
- ANZ buys Suncorp’s banking arm for $4.9bn to boost Queensland presence
- Rising corporate profits major factor in Australia’s escalating inflation, report finds
- Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, military officials say – as it happened
- Russian journalist who staged TV protest over Ukraine invasion arrested again
- Pro-Brexit UK regions more dependent on EU for exports, report finds
- Zelenskiy fires Ukraine’s spy chief and top state prosecutor
- British man in Ukraine believed held by Russians appeals to Boris Johnson
- Ukraine mourners bury four-year-old Liza as Russian attacks intensify
- UAE sentences ex-lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi to three years in prison
- Sri Lanka on a knife-edge as Rajapaksa lands in Singapore
- ‘Meltdown Monday’ and ‘Blowtorch Britain’: what the papers say about UK heatwave
- Tory contest shows government levelling up agenda is dead, Lisa Nandy to say
- Council tax levy could replace TV licence fee in future funding model
- UK’s ‘quick-fix’ asylum policies criticised in damning MPs’ report
- Unions call for maximum UK workplace temperature as heatwave descends
- London exhibition to examine surrealism’s influence on design
- Indiana shooting: gunman kills three in Greenwood Park mall attack
- Rapper Kodak Black arrested on drug charges in Florida
- ‘Worth waiting for’: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck get married in Las Vegas
- How Uvalde killer’s family and officials missed red flags before massacre
- Report on Uvalde school shooting finds ‘systemic failures’ by law enforcement
- Bernie Sanders condemns Joe Manchin for sabotaging president’s agenda
| Sudan: scores of people killed in tribal clashes in Blue Nile state Posted: 17 Jul 2022 11:36 AM PDT Fighting between the Hausa and Birta ethnic groups broke out last week over the killing of a farmer The death toll from days of tribal clashes in the southern Sudanese state of Blue Nile has climbed to at least 65 people, according to a senior health official. Around 150 people have been injured in the fighting between the Hausa and Birta ethnic groups, the state's health minister, Gamal Nasser al-Sayed, said. Continue reading... |
| Kigali summit to outline strategy for nature conservation in Africa Posted: 17 Jul 2022 07:00 AM PDT First continent-wide meeting aims to set out plans to halt and reverse habitat and species loss in protected areas on land and sea African leaders will gather in the Rwandan capital this week for the first continent-wide meeting to set out plans for the conservation of nature across Africa. The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (Apac) in Kigali will attract close to 3,000 delegates, including protected area directors from the continent's 54 countries, youth leaders and Indigenous and community representatives, to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature, promoting sustainable development, and safeguarding the continent's wildlife. Continue reading... |
| Home Office in fresh row with UNHCR over Rwanda asylum policy Posted: 17 Jul 2022 06:40 AM PDT Despite court hearing, Home Office continues to claim UNHCR is supportive of controversial scheme The Home Office has been accused of misrepresenting the UN refugee agency's stance on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, in a new disagreement between the two organisations, the Guardian has learned. The Home Office and UNHCR have clashed previously over the safety and suitability of the Home Office's policy of forcibly removing some asylum seekers who have recently arrived in the UK on small boats or in the back of lorries to Rwanda to have their claims processed there. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand inflation hits 7.3%, the highest rate since 1990 Posted: 17 Jul 2022 06:48 PM PDT Pain for households as consumers price index for June quarter exceeds forecasts and more interest rate rises loom Inflation in New Zealand has hit a steeper-than-forecast 7.3%, its highest level in three decades, with households facing hefty jumps in food, petrol and housing costs. Stats NZ has released its quarterly consumers price index for the three months leading up to June. Inflation rose from 6.9% in March to 7.3%, with food up 1.3% and 2.3% rises in transport as well as housing and household utilities. Continue reading... |
| China floods leave at least 12 dead, with thousands evacuated Posted: 17 Jul 2022 05:39 PM PDT Another 12 missing in flash floods in Sichuan and Gansu, as some areas receive double their monthly rain in less than two days Flash floods in south-west and north-west China have left at least a dozen dead and put thousands of others in harm's way, state media has reported. In the south-western province of Sichuan, at least six people have died and another 12 are missing after torrential rain triggered flash floods, state-owned news outlet CGTN reported on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Australia’s top end ODIs will not trumped by the Hundred Posted: 17 Jul 2022 07:48 PM PDT
Pat Cummins will be rested for Australia's ODIs against Zimbabwe and New Zealand but the Hundred will not take precedence for four other star players. Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa are all set to cut their Hundred campaigns in England short after been included in a 14-man squad to play six ODIs in August and September in Townsville and Cairns. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2022 07:45 PM PDT NSW premier last week suggested cutting isolation period, which was reduced from 14 days to seven at the end of 2021
Gorgeous images coming through from Tasmania where snow has fallen this morning. NSW premier Dominic Perrottet is on ABC Radio following the national cabinet meeting which has seen emergency isolation payments reinstated. If the state is taking away people's liberty, then the state has an obligation to provide financial support. Continue reading... |
| Fan who appeared to urinate from SCG roof given life ban by Rugby Australia Posted: 17 Jul 2022 07:23 PM PDT Wallabies fan who made his way to roof during third Test against England charged by police and condemned for 'deplorable' behaviour
Rugby Australia has condemned the "deplorable" behaviour of a Wallabies fan who climbed up the big screen during Saturday's third Test against England and appeared to urinate from the roof of the SCG. The intruder, who made his way to the roof of the Bill O'Reilly stand during the second half of the series decider, was charged by police after the game in Sydney and on Monday RA handed him a lifetime ban. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2022 06:32 PM PDT Family say they are 'heartbroken and angry' and claim the previous government knew about their son's detention for more than three years
A south-west Sydney teenager is believed to have died in a Syrian jail months after begging the Australian government for assistance. Yusuf Zahab, 17, had been detained in Guweiran prison in Hasaka city alongside suspected members of the Islamic State for three years when it was attacked by IS in January in an attempt to free its fighters. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| ANZ buys Suncorp’s banking arm for $4.9bn to boost Queensland presence Posted: 17 Jul 2022 06:02 PM PDT Queensland jobs and bank branches to be protected for at least three years under terms of the takeover
ANZ has agreed to buy Suncorp's banking business for $4.9bn in a deal the big-four lender described as a vote of confidence in Queensland. Under the deal, ANZ will continue operating under the Suncorp Bank brand for five years as it takes on an additional $47bn in home loans and $45bn in deposits. Continue reading... |
| Rising corporate profits major factor in Australia’s escalating inflation, report finds Posted: 17 Jul 2022 10:30 AM PDT Wage growth is at record low levels, while the profit share is at a near-record share of GDP, according to analysis from the Australia Institute
Wages have had little or no effect on Australia's inflation rate in the past three years, according to new economic analysis from a leading thinktank. As the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, rubbished what he called "dire warnings" from commentators about the impact of rising wages, a report from progressive thinktank the Australia Institute found rising corporate profits had been a major factor in Australia's inflation spike. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:53 PM PDT This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here Today is the anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Donetsk in 2014, which killed 298 people onboard, including 196 Dutch nationals and 38 Australians. With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, this year's anniversary has hit the international community even harder. Russia denied involvement in the downing of MH17, despite the findings of an international investigation that found multiple witnesses who saw an anti-aircraft missile launcher that had secretly crossed into Ukraine from Russia in the hours before it shot down the commercial flight. Continue reading... |
| Russian journalist who staged TV protest over Ukraine invasion arrested again Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:44 PM PDT Marina Ovsyannikova briefly detained days after she demonstrated near the Kremlin holding placard criticising Putin and Ukraine war Russian police detained and later released the journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who in March interrupted a live television broadcast to denounce the military action in Ukraine, posts on her social media channels showed. Her detention on Sunday came a few days after 44-year-old Ovsyannikova demonstrated alone near the Kremlin holding a placard criticising Russia's intervention in Ukraine and president Vladimir Putin. Continue reading... |
| Pro-Brexit UK regions more dependent on EU for exports, report finds Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:23 PM PDT Research also reveals EU remains 'overwhelmingly dominant' destination for UK manufacturing exports Brexit-supporting regions in the UK are becoming increasingly dependent on the EU for their manufacturing exports, research by the trade body Make UK has found. The report, based on quarterly manufacturing outlook data measuring performance in output, orders, employment and investment intentions, also found the EU remains the "overwhelmingly dominant" destination for UK manufacturing exports. Continue reading... |
| Zelenskiy fires Ukraine’s spy chief and top state prosecutor Posted: 17 Jul 2022 03:03 PM PDT SBU's Ivan Bakanov and war crimes prosecutor Iryna Venediktova sacked after their officials found to be collaborating with Russia Volodymyr Zelenskiy has fired the head of Ukraine's powerful domestic security agency, the SBU, and the state prosecutor general, citing dozens of cases of collaboration with Russia by officials in their agencies. Sunday's abrupt sackings of SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of Zelenskiy, and the prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, who played a key role in the prosecution of Russian war crimes, were announced in executive orders on the president's website. Continue reading... |
| British man in Ukraine believed held by Russians appeals to Boris Johnson Posted: 17 Jul 2022 11:04 AM PDT John Harding, who says in video he could be executed, implores the PM to use influence with Putin and Zelenskiy to help him A British man apparently being held captive by Russian forces in Ukraine has been shown in a video appealing for help from Boris Johnson. In the video shared on the Telegram messaging app, John Harding, who is in his 50s and originally from Sunderland, is being interviewed by a Russian journalist. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine mourners bury four-year-old Liza as Russian attacks intensify Posted: 17 Jul 2022 08:41 AM PDT Rockets and missiles continue to pound Ukrainian towns amid fears of renewed Russian offensive
Mourners in central Ukraine have buried a four-year-old girl who was killed by a Russian missile strike in the city of Vinnytsia last week, as officials and analysts warned that Moscow's operational pause of recent days had come to an end, signalling further death and pain to come. The killing of Liza Dmitrieva, who had Down's syndrome, as she was pushed in a stroller through a crowded square was reported around the globe, becoming a poignant symbol of the heavy civilian cost of Russia's invasion. Continue reading... |
| UAE sentences ex-lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi to three years in prison Posted: 17 Jul 2022 08:54 AM PDT US citizen Asim Ghafoor detained in Dubai and convicted two days later of money laundering and tax evasion The United Arab Emirates has sentenced the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi – the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul in 2018 – to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. The Abu Dhabi money laundering court also ordered Asim Ghafoor, a US citizen, to pay a fine of more than $800,000 (£675,000) stemming from his in absentia conviction, the UAE's state-run WAM news agency reported. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka on a knife-edge as Rajapaksa lands in Singapore Posted: 14 Jul 2022 07:30 AM PDT Country in state of emergency amid protests against president, who is reported to be heading for Saudi Arabia The Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has arrived in Singapore, with his final destination reported to be Saudi Arabia, as the beleaguered leader continues his pursuit of a safe haven. Sri Lanka has been gripped by mass protests over its economic meltdown, and tensions remained on a knife-edge on Thursday, with a curfew imposed in the commercial capital of Colombo and military tanks deployed on the roads. Continue reading... |
| ‘Meltdown Monday’ and ‘Blowtorch Britain’: what the papers say about UK heatwave Posted: 17 Jul 2022 07:15 PM PDT 'Ferocious' temperatures loom while the Conservative leadership debate is wrung out on the UK front pages of Monday 18 July 2022 "Red alert: 'ferocious' heatwave set to send temperatures beyond 40C" – the Guardian leads with the weather and a picture of firefighters on duty in France. The Conservative party's TV bloodletting is wrapped up as well: "Tory leadership debate exposes deep divisions". The intro says it was a "bad-tempered" show. "Blowtorch Britain" says the Mirror, as "42C record heat is on". The "revellers" shown jumping into the sea at Brighton look happy enough to brave the conditions. Continue reading... |
| Tory contest shows government levelling up agenda is dead, Lisa Nandy to say Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:11 PM PDT Shadow minister to say PM hopefuls are vying 'for the mantle of Margaret Thatcher, promising tax cuts for the wealthy' The shadow communities secretary, Lisa Nandy, will claim the Conservative leadership contest has shown the government's commitment to levelling up is dead, as she announces plans to give local communities the right to buy up assets such as empty shops. Nandy will use a speech in Darlington to say Labour would press ahead with handing power to communities outside London and the south-east in an attempt to rebalance the UK's economy. Continue reading... |
| Council tax levy could replace TV licence fee in future funding model Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:01 PM PDT Under the proposal all households would pay for the BBC through their local authority bill The TV licence fee could be abolished and replaced with a new levy on council tax bills, according to a House of Lords committee that looked at the best way to fund the BBC in the future. Under the proposal, all households would pay for the BBC through their local authority bill, with low-earning families paying less for the broadcaster's services. This would end the traditional link to owning a television set and ensure that people who only use the BBC's online or radio services also have to pay to use them. Continue reading... |
| UK’s ‘quick-fix’ asylum policies criticised in damning MPs’ report Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:01 PM PDT Home Office has 'worrying' habit of announcing untested ideas to stop Channel crossings, says analysis Headline grabbing policies such as sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claims processed are failing to halt Channel crossings, which could double by the end of this year, according to a parliamentary report. The home affairs select committee has published a damning and wide ranging report into the failures of Home Office asylum policies, including stopping refugees from crossing the Channel in small boats. Continue reading... |
| Unions call for maximum UK workplace temperature as heatwave descends Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:01 PM PDT Staff should be given flexible working options and more breaks as heat approaches 40C, say union leaders Unions are calling for people to get legal protection against high temperatures in UK workplaces, as a heatwave arrives that could cause temperatures to approach 40C on Monday and Tuesday. The GMB union said the government should set a maximum temperature for workplaces of 25C, meaning employers should offer flexible working and travel arrangements, give staff extra breaks and relax dress codes to allow staff to wear cooler clothes. Continue reading... |
| London exhibition to examine surrealism’s influence on design Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:01 PM PDT Design Museum show to look at how movement revolutionised arts from furniture to fashion Surrealism often brings to mind the melted clocks of Salvador Dalà or René Magritte's image of a pipe, placed aptly above the words "this is not a pipe". However, despite the success of displays at top galleries in New York and London, the movement's heydays were between the 1920s and the 1960s. Continue reading... |
| Indiana shooting: gunman kills three in Greenwood Park mall attack Posted: 17 Jul 2022 07:18 PM PDT Man entered centre with rifle and began firing in food court before being killed by armed civilian Three people were fatally shot and two were injured at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said. The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court on Sunday evening, said the Greenwood police department chief, Jim Ison. Continue reading... |
| Rapper Kodak Black arrested on drug charges in Florida Posted: 17 Jul 2022 06:52 PM PDT The rapper was released on $75,000 bond on Saturday after being booked into jail in Fort Lauderdale Rapper Kodak Black has been arrested in south Florida on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance. The rapper, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was previously pardoned by Donald Trump on the last day of his presidency for a previous conviction on a weapons charge. He was booked into jail in Fort Lauderdale on Friday and released on Saturday after a $75,000 bond was negotiated at a bail hearing, his lawyer Bradford Cohen told Rolling Stone. Continue reading... |
| ‘Worth waiting for’: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck get married in Las Vegas Posted: 17 Jul 2022 04:47 PM PDT Lopez and Affleck, affectionately nicknamed Bennifer, married in a small ceremony on weekend, culminating a relationship that has stretched over two decades and two engagements Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married in a Las Vegas drive-through chapel late on Saturday night, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers. Lopez announced their marriage on Sunday in her newsletter for her fans, On the J Lo, with the heading "We did it". Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the same newsletter. Continue reading... |
| How Uvalde killer’s family and officials missed red flags before massacre Posted: 17 Jul 2022 02:22 PM PDT Report that draws from interviews with family members, phone information and testimony given to lawmakers offers the most complete account yet of shooter Before shooting 21 people to death at Robb elementary in Uvalde, Texas, the killer had threatened suicide, menaced women, stockpiled guns and accessories and made a video of himself riding around while holding a dead cat, according to a preliminary report from a committee of Texas state lawmakers investigating the massacre. The story of 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos – as portrayed in the report released Sunday – is one of red flags that caretakers and officials of all kinds largely missed until he went to his former fourth grade classroom and murdered 19 students as well as two teachers on 24 May in one of the deadliest school shootings ever in America. Continue reading... |
| Report on Uvalde school shooting finds ‘systemic failures’ by law enforcement Posted: 17 Jul 2022 01:34 PM PDT Nearly 400 officers from myriad agencies went to the school, but were stymied by a lack of coordination, report details There were "systemic failures and egregious poor decisionmaking" involved in the deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a committee of state lawmakers investigating the massacre has found. The 77-page report from the Texas legislature – released Sunday – details glaring failures in the years leading up to and during the 24 May shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead, along with 17 others wounded. Continue reading... |
| Bernie Sanders condemns Joe Manchin for sabotaging president’s agenda Posted: 17 Jul 2022 08:56 AM PDT Senator also rebukes Biden for Saudi Arabia trip: 'I don't believe we should maintain a warm relationship with a dictator like that' Bernie Sanders harshly criticized prominent fellow Democrats on Sunday, accusing his Senate colleague Joe Manchin of sabotaging the president's agenda and rebuking Joe Biden for traveling to Saudi Arabia last week. During an appearance on ABC's This Week, Sanders interrupted host Martha Raddatz when she said Manchin had "abruptly pulled the plug" on supporting a scaled-back version of a spending bill that is crucial to Biden's agenda. Manchin said he would not support provisions in the bill that increase spending to combat climate change and close tax loopholes. Democrats cannot pass the bill without Manchin's support in a US Senate that is divided 50-50, with vice-president Kamala Harris serving as a tiebreaker in the event one is needed. Continue reading... |
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