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Labor member for Macalister Melissa McMahon tells parliament of abuse she suffered, announces leave of absenceDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingQueensland MP Melissa McMahon has divulged a harrowing childhood of sexual abuse as she announced a leave of absence from parliament.On Thursday, the Labor member for Macalister, south of Brisbane, told parliament she would take time out to rebalance her...

Defence ministry says it will open safe corridor to allow foreign ships to leave; pro-Russian separatists claim more prisoners taken every dayUkraine pleads for more weapons as onslaught continues‘You shake at the slightest noise’: the life of a Russian POWWhat we know so far on day 92 invasionMaksym Kozytskyi, the governor of Lviv, has posted a status update for the day. He said that...

Government attempt to move on with cost of living announcement undermined as three backbenchers say PM should goRishi Sunak to announce windfall tax on energy firmsJohnson maintains ‘work events’ defence after damning reportThe Conservative MP David Simmonds has said that, following the publication of the Sue Gray report yesterday, he has come to the view that Johnson should resign. Mollie Malone from Sky News...

Foreign minister uses speech in Fiji to declare ‘this is a different Australian government’ that will act responsibly on climate changeFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe new foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has promised to treat Pacific island countries with respect, telling an audience in Fiji that Australia is “a partner...

Victorian MP says Nats need ‘reasonable and stable leadership’ and notes Barnaby Joyce ‘has stated that he’s polarising’ Election 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingMallee MP Anne Webster will run for the deputy leadership of the National party, acknowledging Barnaby Joyce’s “polarising” style and urging the party to back “stable and reasonable”...

The tree, in Chile’s Alerce Costero national park, is known as the Great Grandfather and could be more than 5,000 years oldScientists in Chile believe that a conifer with a four-metre-thick trunk known as the Great Grandfather could be the world’s oldest living tree, beating the current record-holder by more than 600 years.A new study carried out by Dr Jonathan Barichivich, a Chilean scientist...

An estimated 5.3 million to 14.2 million could lose Medicaid coverage when the public health emergency ends in JulyWhen the US federal government’s pandemic health emergency declaration expires, millions of Americans are at risk of losing healthcare coverage through Medicaid with potentially devastating consequences.According to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, an estimated 5.3 million to 14.2 million could lose their Medicaid coverage...

Exclusive: Fears over regulator’s ability to cope with planned expansion as inspections declineThe number of formal reports documenting security issues at the UK’s civil nuclear facilities has hit its highest level in at least 12 years amid a decline in inspections, the Guardian can reveal.Experts said the news raised concerns about the regulator’s capacity to cope with a planned expansion in the sector. Continue...

Reports handed to EU claim vessels likely to have entered coastal states’ waters where stocks are dwindlingEuropean fishing fleets have been illegally netting tuna from dwindling stocks in the Indian Ocean, according to data presented to EU authorities and analysed by expert groups.EU purse seine (a type of large net) fishing vessels were present in the waters of Indian Ocean coastal states, where they...

Director of health protection says they are ready to respond but that overall risk to general public is lowPublic Health Wales has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the region.The director of health protection, Dr Giri Shankar, said: “We are working with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland, and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, and we are ready to respond...

Tim Smith, who is retiring in November, says Coalition needs to ‘stop obsessing with the woke causes of inner-urban elites’ and focus on suburbsElection 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe voters of Kooyong in Melbourne’s east have been described as “loud, entitled and privileged” – by their own state Liberal MP.Victorian Liberal...

New foreign minister tells Fiji ‘I hope I will be here often’; Jane Hume and Brian Loughnane to review Liberal party’s election campaign; Labor retains Tasmanian seat of Lyons; nation records 71 Covid deaths. This blog is now closedLiberal party should forgo ‘entitled’ Kooyong voters, says their own state Liberal MPKatharine Murphy: Peter Dutton, a ferocious partisan, is now trying to walk both sides...

Parchin facility has previously come under scrutiny from UN nuclear watchdogOne person has been killed in an “industrial accident” near an Iranian military complex that has previously come under scrutiny from the UN nuclear watchdog, according to state media reports.“An industrial accident took place [on Wednesday evening] in one of the factories in the Parchin area, leading to the death of one person and...

Bombardment continues in 40 towns including the key city of Sievierodonetsk as police in Lysychansk collect bodies for mass burials What we know so far on day 92 invasionFierce battles have continued to rage in eastern Ukraine with Russian troops on the verge of encircling a key industrial city, bringing a sharp rebuke of the west from Volodymyr Zelenskiy for not doing enough to...

President Macky Sall announces deaths of infants after blaze at hospital in TivaouaneEleven newborn babies have died in a hospital fire in Tivaouane, western Senegal, the country’s president has said.Macky Sall tweeted on Wednesday night: “I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire at the neonatal department of the public hospital. To their mothers...

One-off levy to fund support package amid cost of living crisis which could include increase in benefitsRishi Sunak is expected to unveil controversial plans for a windfall tax on energy companies later on Thursday as ministers seek to move on from the Partygate scandal and deal with the “huge challenge” of spiralling energy and food costs.The chancellor will make a statement to the Commons...

Portland jury finds Nancy Crampton Brophy guilty of killing chef Daniel Brophy in June 2018A jury in the US city of Portland has convicted a self-published romance novelist who wrote an essay titled How to Murder Your Husband of fatally shooting her husband four years ago.The jury of seven women and five men found Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday...

Business secretary intervenes after biggest shareholder Patrick Drahi raised stake in UK telecom giant to 18% The business secretary has used new government powers on national security to intervene in a potential takeover of BT by its biggest shareholder, the French billionaire Patrick Drahi.BT said Kwasi Kwarteng would investigate the move by Drahi’s telecoms group Altice, after it increased its stake in BT from...

Parliamentary committee also recommends cut-off date for sale of diesel and petrol carsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA Victorian parliamentary committee has recommended the Andrews government consider a ban on gas connections in new homes to help accelerate the state’s transition to renewables.It also urged Victoria to commit to a cut-off date for the sale of new petrol, diesel and...

Region has two-thirds of world’s most dangerous cities, with Bogotá, Rio, Mexico City and San Salvador also named in studyWhen police found the body of Marcela Graciano, a 31-year-old Colombian DJ, last Thursday, the brutality of the crime shocked even them. Her body, found in a house in a suburb of Medellín – Colombia’s second city – revealed signs of torture and her hands...

Australian Medical Association backs delay of non-urgent tests but says supply issues highlight need for national stockpile of critical medical suppliesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingPublic hospitals in Australia are postponing non-urgent screening tests and are recommending doctors consider alternative imaging options as the health system grapples with a global shortage...

This blog is now closed. Click here for full coverage of the shooting at the Robb elementary school in UvaldeGunman was inside school for about 40 minutes, officials sayFamilies speak out after the attack: ‘I’ll never forget that smile’Why can’t America do anything to stop mass shootings?As the US begins to reflect on the events of yesterday as it begins to wake up, several...

Counter-protests expected as about 55,000 NRA members to attend event, including Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Greg AbbottJust days after the deadliest mass school shooting in Texas history, the National Rifle Association (NRA) – America’s leading gun lobbyist group – will meet a few hours away in Houston on Friday.Ashton P Woods says they are not welcome in his hometown. Continue reading...

Sue Gray report found cleaners and security guards have been subjected to ‘lack of respect and poor treatment’Support staff at No 10 and the Cabinet Office have been subjected to bullying and harassment for years, according to a union member in Whitehall.The claim comes after Sue Gray’s report into the Partygate scandal disclosed that cleaners and security guards have been subjected to a “lack...