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Russian forces to sever power at Europe’s largest nuclear plant to connect it to Crimea in ‘extremely dangerous’ process, Ukraine’s Energoatom warnsRussian airbase in Crimea damaged in explosionsWhat we know on day 168 of the invasionUkrainian officials are reporting that 11 people were killed and 13 wounded by Russian shelling in the Nikopol district in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region overnight.Residential homes were reportedly damaged in...

Latest updates: Chris Skidmore says former chancellor ‘changing position’ too much as he backs Truss’s campaignThe Liz Truss camp claims the defection of Chris Skidmore (see 9.28am) could be the start of a “bigger exodus” of MPs from the Rishi Sunak campaign. A Truss campaign spokesperson said:We’re in talks with others from camp Rishi and Chris coming over could trigger a bigger exodus of...

Study identifies mystery elements in Kaogong ji, shedding light on how early bronzes were producedResearchers have deciphered enigmatic recipes for metal-making contained in an ancient Chinese text, revealing unexpected complexity in the art at the time.Six chemical formulas are given in a Chinese text from 300BC known as the Kaogong ji. The manuscript, known as The World’s Oldest Encyclopedia of Technologies, forms part of...

Tamboran Resources, which received $7.5m to explore Beetaloo Basin, argues target may hinder ‘climate improving’ gas projectsGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastA gas company with interests in the Beetaloo Basin is calling on the federal government to rewrite its climate change legislation to abandon the “unattainable” objective of trying to limit global heating to 1.5C.The call comes despite...

German firm’s revaluation represents 58% decline following ‘increased uncertainties’ after Ukraine invasionThe energy network operator E.ON has slashed the value of its investment in the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline by about €700m (£592m), as a result of “increased uncertainties” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The German utility firm had said in March that its 15.5% stake – which E.ON holds indirectly via its pension...

‘Astonishing’: texts reveal officials’ reaction to Morrison government election day boat arrival demandGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastNew South Wales recorded 11,356 new Covid cases in the last reporting period and 30 deaths. There were 2,212 people in hospital and 55 in intensive care.Bulk-billing statistics dishonest, minister saysThe former government was not honest with Australians about the true...

Government admits any policy decisions unlikely to be made before new prime minister announcedBusiness live updates: UK households fall behind on energy billsMinisters are to meet energy company executives on Thursday to discuss measures to tackle the rising cost of living as the UK government considers beefing up a windfall tax on their profits.The chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, and the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, will...

The 19-year-old suffered rheumatic heart disease and ‘urgently needed an appointment and it may have saved his life’, report statesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAn Aboriginal teenager who died in prison from complications due to rheumatic heart disease would not have died if he had seen a specialist, a...

Explainer: A parliamentary committee has been accused of leaking confidential correspondence and compromising investigationsGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastA Victorian parliamentary committee investigating the welfare of witnesses to anti-corruption agencies has been accused of leaking confidential correspondence and compromising ongoing investigations.This comes after the committee’s then chair, Labor MP Harriet Shing, in May cut the livestream of a...

Newly released messages between border force and home affairs public servants shed light on ‘unprecedented’ haste to make asylum boat interception publicFollow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe Morrison government’s demand that a boat interception be announced on election day was “astonishing in form and timing” and “unprecedented”, according to the public...

Beloved creator of Fungus the Bogeyman and Father Christmas brought a distinctive strain of melancholy to the genreRaymond Briggs, the writer and illustrator who delighted children and inspired adults with bestselling cartoons and picture books, died on Tuesday morning aged 88, his publisher Penguin Random House has said.Ranging from the enchanting magic of The Snowman to a devastating apocalypse in When the Wind Blows,...

Alexander Blong smashed the previous world record for the most carriages in a Lego trainA New Zealand teenager has broken a Guinness World Record for the most carriages in a Lego toy train, beating the previous record by 32 carriages, after he was inspired to break a record during boring Covid lockdowns.It took 14-year-old Aucklander Alexander Blong roughly 50 hours to build the 101-carriage...

Letter has been the subject of intense speculation, amid reports it refers to a stop-work orderFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe resignation letter sent by former New South Wales building commissioner David Chandler when he abruptly quit last month has been sent to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.On Wednesday the...

Xiao Qian says reset of China-Australia relationship is possible and suggests Washington had turned Canberra against BeijingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastChina’s ambassador to Australia has warned Beijing is prepared to use “all necessary means” to prevent Taiwan from being independent, saying there can be “no compromise” on the...

Sascha, 29, and six-month-old son Clay disappeared from Blackley area of city on SaturdayA mother and her baby son who went missing from their home in Manchester have been found safe and well, police said.Sascha, 29, and six-month-old Clay were first noticed to be missing from their home in the Blackley area at about 4pm on Saturday. Continue reading...

Trump and other candidates’ fundraising emails foment outrage and urge donations to stop the ‘Radical Left’Republican and rightwing groups have swiftly used the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s winter home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida to raise money from their supporters by bombarding them with fundraising emails and appeals for donations.In public the former US president, his allies and nearly all senior Republicans have expressed...

Campaigner Feargal Sharkey says profiteering from firms that dump raw sewage into rivers an ‘obscenity’The Environment Agency’s pension fund owns stakes in a string of British water firms – despite the watchdog calling for industry bosses to be jailed over shocking pollution levels, the Guardian can reveal.An analysis of the Environment Agency Pension Fund’s investments shows it holds shares or bonds worth £28m in...

Search warrant executed by FBI agents suggests investigation comes with potentially far-reaching political ramifications for former presidentFederal investigators searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Monday bearing a warrant that broadly sought presidential and classified records that the justice department believed the former president unlawfully retained, according to two sources familiar with the matter.The criminal nature of the search warrant executed by FBI...

Charity says extreme conditions a ‘watershed moment’ and it is planning for long-term hot weatherThe National Trust has reported significant effects across its estate from the recent extreme heat including bats in distress, heather struggling to flower and historic water features drying up.At Wallington in Northumberland, bats were found disoriented and dehydrated in the daylight during the hottest days this summer, while in Cambridgeshire,...

After nearly six hours of work, the 800kg cetacean was lifted from the river by crane and placed on a bargeThe beluga whale stranded in the River Seine in northern France has reportedly been removed from the water early on Wednesday in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation.After nearly six hours of work, the 800-kilogram (1,800-pound) cetacean was lifted from the river...

Germany’s women would have received €60,000 each if they had won European Championships, while the men would have received €400,000German chancellor Olaf Scholz has made a push for equal pay for female international footballers after the team made it to the final of the recent European Championships.“My position on this is clear,” Scholz said after a meeting on Tuesday with the German Football Association...

Republican’s phone could be relevant to bid to overturn 2020 election and mishandling of official recordsFederal investigators seized the cellphone of the Republican congressman Scott Perry on Tuesday, his office said, suggesting the justice department is examining the communications of a close ally of Donald Trump and person of interest to the House January 6 select committee.The move by the FBI to take Perry’s...

Manasseh Sogavare has moved to change the constitution to stay in office until after the Pacific Games in November 2023The Solomon Islands prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has offered assurances any changes to the constitution to extend his time in office would be a one-time move, Australia’s Pacific minister says.Sogavare has moved to change the constitution to extend his term in government until after the...

Zelenskiy vows to ‘liberate’ Crimea as Kyiv denies responsibility for deadly attack on Russian airbase in the annexed peninsula A Russian airbase deep behind the frontline in Crimea has been damaged by several large explosions, killing at least one person. It was not immediately clear whether it had been targeted by a long-range Ukrainian missile strike. In his nightly address, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy,...