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Annual vigil replaced by pro-Beijing carnival but some still manage to mark massacre amid heavy police presenceFor the past three years, Hong Kong authorities have gone to great lengths to stop people from lighting candles in Victoria Park and publicly commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre – an annual tradition tens of thousands of residents had kept alive for three decades since the bloody crackdown...

Moscow claims to have beaten back ‘major offensive’ comprising mechanical and tank units in Donetsk and to have killed hundreds of troopsAt a glance: what we know on day 466 of the invasionAt least 90 supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny were reportedly arrested on Sunday after defying authorities to hold demonstrations to mark his 47th birthday, the Associated Press has said.Navalny is...

This Morning presenter talks of having supported ‘someone who was not telling the truth’ about affairHolly Willoughby has said she felt “shaken, troubled and let down” over her co-host’s behaviour as she made her first This Morning appearance since Phillip Schofield left the show.Schofield quit after admitting he lied about an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger member of the show’s staff....

Warring factions urged to preserve heritage after video clip appears to show fighters raiding Khartoum museumHeritage officials in Sudan have pleaded with warring factions to preserve tens of thousands of historical artefacts threatened by fighting in the capital, Khartoum, that is in its eighth week.A video clip circulating on social media on Friday appeared to show fighters from the Rapid Support Forces entering the...

Record 19% of all loans taken out by first-time buyers in March were for 35 years or longerBusiness live – latest updatesMortgage market misery has stepped up for homebuyers as lenders continue to increase borrowing rates and pull deals, prompting record numbers to take out loans of more than 35 years in an attempt to make monthly payments more affordable.A record 19% of all...

Darren Rodwell says council will ‘start to look at tenancy agreements’ if children and families refuse to speak outA rising figure in the Labour party is threatening to evict families if their children do not inform on people who commit knife crime.Darren Rodwell, the leader of Barking and Dagenham council, made the threat as the east London authority urged parents to keep closer tabs...

Shadow foreign secretary says Britain risks isolation in global debates on China, AI and climate crisisRishi Sunak has demonstrated a “little England mentality” in foreign relations, David Lammy has argued, warning the UK risks marginalising itself in vital global debates on China, AI and the climate emergency.Speaking shortly before Sunak heads to Washington for a meeting with Joe Biden, the shadow foreign secretary said...

Practice allows companies to claim to have good environmental policies without having them tested, according to Australia’s corporate watchdogGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCompanies may be tempted to hide their climate goals over fears they will be scrutinised in an emerging global trend known as “greenhushing”, the corporate regulator said on Monday.The practice allows companies to claim...

Latest updates: prime minister due to give update on ‘progress’ on plans to ‘stop the boats’ as Iain Duncan Smith asks why people have not been removedWhen Boris Johnson was prime minister, he regularly attacked Labour for its failure to build new nuclear power stations when it was in office. He claimed this was part of the reason for the country’s problem with energy...

This blog is now closed.Murders, hidden evidence and threats: judge releases scathing full judgment on Ben Roberts-SmithGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBusiness groups argue ‘same job, same pay’ laws would disadvantage workersI mentioned a little earlier that business groups have glommed together to launch a campaign against the federal government’s proposed “same job, same pay” industrial relations...

Russia claims to have fought off ‘major offensive’ and says 250 Ukrainian troops killed in attackRussia-Ukraine war live: latest updatesA significant escalation in fighting along the frontlines in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions has been reported overnight, but there was no confirmation from Ukrainian officials that it marked the started of their long-planned counteroffensive.Russia claimed to have repelled a “major offensive” in the Donetsk...

Justice Anthony Besanko’s complete findings, released today, found the Victoria Cross recipient lied about murdering civilians, deliberately hid evidence from court and threatened potential witnessesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith lied about murdering civilians in Afghanistan, deliberately hid potentially damaging evidence from a court, colluded with witnesses...

The federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, announced the $160m plan on Monday afternoonFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal and Queensland governments will phase out commercial gillnet fishing in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area by mid-2027 and create new net-free zones to better protect endangered marine...

James Bethell says he supports legal challenge against inquiry’s demand for unredacted Johnson messagesUK politics live – latest updatesGovernment WhatsApp groups were never used to make important decisions during Covid and instead relayed information and discussed coffee orders, a former health minister has argued.James Bethell, a hereditary peer whose role involved the awarding of Covid contracts, said he supported the government’s legal attempt to...

Senator Deborah O’Neill has accused the firm of using the ‘cloak of the Senate’, and said names of those involved should be released publiclyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPricewaterhouseCoopers Australia has disclosed the names of four former partners it says are responsible for confidentiality breaches to a parliamentary committee amid mounting pressure in the tax leaks scandal.The...

The Business Council is set up by British Chambers of Commerce backed by big companiesA new business lobby group backed by big companies including BP and Drax has been launched, a day before a key vote that will determine the future of the embattled CBI.The Business Council, which has been launched by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), aims to bring together business leaders...

Ten launches legal action against its former political editor, who quit the network in MarchPeter van Onselen has agreed to temporarily refrain from “disparaging” his former employer Network Ten after the network sued him for breach of contract.Van Onselen, a former host of The Project and Ten’s former political editor, quit the network in March to return full time to his role at the...

US military says its ship had to reduce speed to avoid a collision and accuses China of violating maritime rules of safe passage in international waterThe US military has released video of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese manoeuvre in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the US...

Campaigners hope a new law will show LGBT soldiers that the country they are risking their lives for cares about themThe Ukrainian MP Andrii Kozhemiakin is a wiry, conservative ex-spy who likes to emphasise his Christian faith and large family. He is also an unlikely new recruit in the fight for LGBT rights in Ukraine.A draft civil union law that would give same-sex partnerships...

The film’s production designer Sarah Greenwood says ‘the world ran out of pink’ during construction of Barbieland and lifesize versions of the doll’s DreamhouseGreta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie film required so much pink paint during construction that it wiped out an entire company’s global supply.Speaking to Architectural Digest, Gerwig and the film’s production designer Sarah Greenwood, spoke about the construction of Barbieland, which is almost...

Two schools in northern province targeted, says education official, who suggested the attacker was motivated by a personal grudge Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official said on Sunday.He said the person who orchestrated the poisoning had a personal grudge but did not elaborate. The attacks took place in...

The latest shaky truce between country’s army and RSF paramilitary came to an end on Saturday evening and has not been extendedFighting has intensified in several areas of Khartoum after a ceasefire deal expired, residents of Sudan’s capital reported, as activists said a new outburst of violence in North Darfur state had left at least 40 people dead.The ceasefire between Sudan’s army and the...

At least 20 people detained, including activist Alexandra Wong and leader of opposition party, as hundreds of police conduct stop and search operationsHong Kong police have detained more than 20 people, including prominent pro-democracy figures, on the 34th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in China, while Chinese authorities tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing.Police in Hong Kong said late on...

Survivors want talent firm Johnny & Associates to fully investigate sexual abuse allegations against late founderPressure is building on one of Japan’s most powerful talent agencies to address allegations of sexual abuse by its founder, Johnny Kitagawa, as survivors and celebrities call for a public reckoning.Kitagawa, who died in 2019 aged 87, has been accused of sexually assaulting multiple boys, but it is claimed...