Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Greens say big tech has been ‘laughing all the way to the bank’ and ‘we need proper regulations’ Sarah Hanson-Young is leading the Greens’ negotiations with the government over legislation designed to hold tech companies responsible for preventing harm to Australians, in particular children. The legislation is

Several news outlets reported Blair allegedly punched a flight attendant, bit another and tried to open plane door The actor Selma Blair was arrested on Sunday at John F Kennedy (JFK) airport in New York on allegations that she attacked flight attendants on a Delta Air Lines flight, according to officials. Blair’s arrest happened at about 11am, after Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offic

Plans for a new theatre for world’s longest-running soap in Digbeth scrapped as part of cost-cutting measures The BBC is set to stop recording The Archers in Birmingham for the first time in the show’s 75-year history, after scrapping plans for a radio drama theatre that was to be the new home of the world’s longest-running soap opera. A pledge to move recordings to the so-called tea factory, the

PM hails next month’s ‘reset’ summit as first step to closer ties, but tensions over trade may prove problematic Andy Burnham has promised a “serious dialogue” over the UK’s future place in Europe, saying the existing relationship is “not good enough” as he framed next month’s Brussels summit as a possible first step to EU membership. The prime minister said Britain must take a “clear-eyed rationa

Home secretary also expands police support ‘with immediate effect’ for high-profile public figures not currently MPs Security arrangements for high-profile public figures including politicians and members of the royal family are to be urgently reviewed after the killing of Ann Widdecombe , the home secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood said former MPs, party leaders who are not MPs, peers, former me

Top House Democrats question the ‘corrupt weaponization’ of federal government against Trump’s adversaries Ilhan Omar ’s Democratic colleagues have condemned federal agents’ search of the Minnesota congresswoman’s home on Monday morning, describing it as “deeply disturbing” and emblematic of the Trump administration ’s “corrupt weaponization” of the US government. House Democratic leaders, includi

Luca Olmetto was trapped roughly 10 metres below ground in the Gorroppeddu cave in the Urzulei mountain range A 31-year-old man has been pulled alive from a cave on the Italian island of Sardinia after being trapped roughly 10 metres below ground for 26 hours following a rockslide. In a huge and complex operation, rescuers worked non-stop after Luca Olmetto became trapped in the Gorroppeddu cave i

Runners in Moab 240 successfully evacuated from race route after flooding from remnants of tropical storm Rachel About 70 runners participating in Utah ’s Moab 240 ultramarathon were successfully evacuated from the race route on Sunday after being stranded by flooding stemming from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel . The event’s host, Destination Trail, addressed the emergency rescue effort in

The prime minister tells MPs the next summit with the EU will be held on 20 November Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU Zia Yusuf , Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to link this to immigration. He said: The Royal Coll

Bosses of Citroën owner and French carmaker also urge UK government to consider limiting imports from China Stellantis and Renault have backed the UK car industry for inclusion in proposed rules to protect EU industry, but urged the British government to consider limiting imports of Chinese cars. Emanuele Cappellano, who leads Stellantis’s European brands including Fiat, Citroën, Opel and Vauxhall

UK to bring further sanctions against Tehran and IRGC after assessment Iran was likely to have coordinated incident Andy Burnham said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were “almost certainly” behind threats to RAF Fairford, the firmest attribution of responsibility made so far by the UK after an incident late last month. The prime minister told MPs the UK would bring further sanctions again

Hundreds of Intermarché shops and Coopérative U outlets in France hit, with fears Dutch chains also affected Hackers have forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, in an “unprecedented” cyber-attack affecting several hundred stores across the country, with fires and food losses reported. The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday ⁠the large-scale attack was “

Zelenskyy had proposed a 60-day total ceasefire to allow Ukraine to hold presidential elections Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news to me’ Addressing the conference virtually, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on Trump’s “sudden but very important” energy ceasefire declaration over the weekend. He said it is clear that Putin “does not re

Trump and key allies have accused Omar of immigration fraud, and have called to expel her from the country Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar ’s home on Monday morning as part of a criminal investigation, according to the Department of Justice and reports in the Associated Press and Fox News. In a social media post later on Monday, Omar criticized the raid as an attempt by the Trump

Energy minister says ‘fear has no place in the Saudi lexicon’ as paramilitary group again breaches stretched defences Why are the Houthis attacking Saudi airports and how are the missiles getting through? Saudi Arabia has been forced to suspend all flights to and from its main international airport in Riyadh until next Saturday after a further round of Houthi missile attacks caused more damage and

Mayor calls for end to agency’s operations in city after agents shot and wounded man with five-year-old in car The New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani , on Sunday compared US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE )’s recent shooting of a man in the Manhattan enclave of Marble Hill to a mass shooting scene – and called for an end to the agency’s operations in his city. Mamdani’s joined MS NOW’s Jaco

Farage’s party says it would ‘embed’ immigration enforcement in UK and use ‘aerial imaging’ to identify people UK politics live – latest updates Children and mothers would not be exempt from plans by Reform UK to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers and impose a five-year ban on people being granted asylum. The party’s most hardline immigration policies to date were condemned by refugee charit

Thousands join rally to deliver petition calling for resignation of election commissioner Delhi police have again obstructed protests in India’s capital as thousands of people returned to the streets, led by opposition leaders, to demand the resignation of the election commissioner. After mass unrest in the capital over the weekend, when thousands were detained and harassed by police as they attem

Uneven caring responsibilities combined with a lack of flexible work options have prevented women from staying in senior positions, research suggests Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More part-time bosses and “co-CEOs” could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s gender pay gap, the federal government’s

Environmental water to the area was halted after a complaint from a private landholder, leading to the deaths of wildlife and sheep Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Freshwater turtles rescued from a dried-up water hole in western New South Wales after the state government cut environmental water to the area are