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Minister says talks can resume ‘as soon as Kyiv shows a constructive position’; leader of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic says Azovstal fighters will face ‘international tribunal’Heavy fighting continues around cities in LuhanskZelenskiy to address world’s business and political eliteUkraine rules out any ceasefire deal that involves ceding territoryWar pushes number of forcibly displaced people above 100m: UNAt a glance: what we know on day...

Dutton to be elected Liberal leader with Sussan Ley or Jane Hume as his deputy as coalition continues to grapple with poll falloutElection 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe National party will spill its leadership positions next Monday as the Liberals debate whether Peter Dutton’s deputy should be Jane Hume or Sussan...

President says US’s responsibility to protect island is ‘even stronger’ after Russia’s invasion of UkraineJoe Biden has said the US would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan if it came under attack from China, in an unusually forceful presidential statement in support of self-governing that drew a defiant response from Beijing.Speaking in Tokyo on the second day of his visit to Japan and against the...

Anneka Rice, who was helicoptered in to complete a good cause on original show, says it will challenge stereotypes of older women on TVAnneka Rice is to dust off her jumpsuit and relaunch Challenge Anneka, a reality TV hit from nearly 30 years ago involving her flying into an area to complete a good cause against the clock.Announcing a remake of the programme for...

Latest updates: Simon Clarke, chief secretary to Treasury, criticises Daily Mail’s briefing against Sue Gray as she prepares to publish full reportUK government briefings accusing Sue Gray of ‘playing politics’ condemned by ministerWhen Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said this morning that all options were on the table as the government considered its response to the cost of living crisis (see...

New foreign affairs minister tells Pacific leaders Australia ‘will listen because we care’ after reports China may be seeking security agreement with KiribatiAustralia federal election 2022 LIVE – latest news, updates and resultsElection 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s new foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, will seek to improve relations with Pacific...

Branch in Hadley, Massachusetts, would be the first unionized store out of more than 530 locations in the USOrganizers have begun a unionization campaign at the upscale supermarket chain Trader Joe’s after workers at a branch in Hadley, Massachusetts, announced they were forming a union and intend to file a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election.It would be the...

Police investigate death of Daniel Enriquez on busy train on Sunday morningAn unidentified man shot and killed a passenger on a subway train in New York in what police officials said appeared to be an unprovoked attack.The incident happened on a Q train travelling over Manhattan Bridge at about 11.40am on Sunday, a time when the subway is often filled with families, tourists and...

Retailer launches £300m share buyback as it retains most of sales increase during Covid pandemicB&Q owner Kingfisher has said it is managing inflationary pressures amid “resilient demand” for DIY despite the cost of living crisis in the UK and other markets.The retailer, whose other UK brand is the hardware trade supplier Screwfix, said sales had remained at elevated levels seen during the coronavirus pandemic,...

Anthony Albanese has spoken to the British prime minister on his flight to the Quad meeting in Tokyo after being sworn in, along with four senior ministers; Monique Ryan says ‘work begins anew’ after Josh Frydenberg concedes; Dave Sharma concedes Wentworth; nation records at least 11 Covid deaths. This blog is now closedElection 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsMark McGowan accuses...

Guards say arrests linked to Israel made after shooting of Hassan Sayad Khodayari outside his homeIran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, President Ebrahim Raisi has said.Col Hassan Sayad Khodayari was killed on Sunday outside his home by assailants on motorcycles. Iran blamed “elements linked to the global arrogance”, its term for the US and...

Simon Clarke hits out at claims civil servant ‘enjoying limelight a little too much’ over report into No 10 partiesA senior minister has condemned UK government briefings accusing the civil servant Sue Gray of “playing politics” with her imminent report into lockdown-breaching parties, while arguing it was Gray who sought a meeting with Boris Johnson to discuss the process.Monday’s Daily Mail cited a series...

Northern NSW continues to be hammered by rain and Queensland’s south-east back on flood watchFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingLismore residents are being warned they could be hit with more floods as rain continues in northern New South Wales.The region has already endured repeated severe flooding in recent months and the...

A colleague at childcare centre where Lynette Dawson worked tells court she saw bruises in January 1982Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingChris Dawson’s wife Lynette was seen with bruises around her throat three days before she disappeared in 1982, a Sydney court has been told.Annette Leary gave evidence in Dawson’s murder trial on Monday saying she had seen Lynette Dawson...

Loving county judge and top official, Skeet Lee Jones, 71, is alleged to have taken stray cattle and sold themA senior county official in west Texas has been arrested over cattle rustling in a case that has stirred up anger in the tiny community of Loving.Skeet Lee Jones, 71, a judge and chief elected official in the county, faces three counts of theft of...

In a blistering attack in Perth, the Western Australia premier also took aim at Peter Dutton, labelling him a conservative ‘extremist’Australia federal election 2022 LIVE – latest news, updates and resultsElection 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingWestern Australian premier Mark McGowan has launched a blistering attack on members of the federal press...

West Midlands police arrest woman, 27, after sudden death of infant at Birmingham children’s hospitalA nurse at Birmingham children’s hospital has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison after the death of an infant last Thursday.West Midlands police said the 27-year-woman was later released while investigations continued. Continue reading...

Major polling companies changed methods after 2019 failure but two-party preferred measure misses Greens and independentsAustralia federal election 2022 LIVE – latest news, updates and resultsElection 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s major opinion polls all accurately predicted Saturday’s Labor election victory, in a boost to pollsters’ reputations after the industry-wide failure...

Anastasiya Tikha and her husband, Arthur Lee, fought their way through bombs and gunfire to save the array of animals in their careUkraine-Russia war: latest updatesThe image of a windswept young woman holding tight to the leads of nine dogs under an ominously dark sky spread far and wide at the time of the Battle of Kyiv.The apparent bravery of the woman, who was...

Russian embassy may be asked to pick up bill to repair tribute to Russian president’s hero, gifted during 2003 visitA statue of Peter the Great in Deptford, south London, that Vladimir Putin’s government gifted to the UK has been damaged in an attempted robbery, leaving a diplomatically awkward repair bill of thousands of pounds.Millennium Quay, the owners of the Thames-side housing estatethat surrounds the...

The president says frustrated Americans ‘have a choice between two paths’ but that the GOP is not focused on fighting inflationOn a recent visit to a family farm in rural Illinois, thousands of miles away from the front lines of the grinding war in Ukraine, Joe Biden lashed out at his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, blaming him for destabalizing global food supplies and driving...

Panel aims to publicly outline the potentially unlawful schemes that tried to keep the former president in office despite his defeatThe House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to stage six public hearings in June on how Donald Trump and some allies broke the law as they sought to overturn the 2020 election results, according to sources familiar...

Researchers are investigating possible links to Covid-19, which has already been shown to cause liver problems in some patientsA dangerous and mysterious illness continues to spread among children, and so do questions over what’s causing it, including possible links to Covid-19. But it’s too soon to tell what is behind the cases, experts say.More than 600 cases of hepatitis with no known cause have...

Residents of Pir Koh say poor water provision and a dirty water tank led to 26 deaths, the majority among children under sevenTwo weeks ago, Ruqiyya Bibi fell sick. The two-year-old was vomiting constantly; her father, Mohammed Iqbal, took her to a basic health unit in Pir Koh, a impoverished town with a population of 40,000 in the mountains of Balochistan, south-western Pakistan.Iqbal was...