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Three states face dangerous fire conditions as a wave of hot and dry weather triggers total fire bans and warnings of power outagesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA scorching blast of hot weather will intensify across Australia’s south-east bringing extreme fire dangers and total fire bans from Christmas onwards.South Australians will swelter on Christmas Day with Adelaide set to record its hottest Christmas since 2016, as temperatures reach the high-30s to early 40s across the state. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/25/extreme-heat-and-bushfire-risk-across-australias-south-east-on-christmas-and-boxing-days-as-grampians-blaze-rages Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-12-24 21:23:42 Copyright for syndicated

South Yorkshire police confirm 18-year-old died of injuries in hospital after car crashed into wall on MondayAn 18-year-old has died after a car crashed into a wall during a police pursuit in Sheffield city centre.The teenager was killed in a crash in the Hyde Park Walk area of the city on the afternoon of 23 December, South Yorkshire police confirmed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/24/teenager-dies-after-car-crashes-during-sheffield-police-chase Author : Aneesa Ahmed Publish date : 2024-12-24 17:26:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Journalist and officer killed at press conference scheduled to announce reopening of country’s largest public hospitalAt least two people were killed and others injured on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists who gathered for a government press conference scheduled to announce the reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital.A journalist and a police officer were killed at the scene, a witness told Reuters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/24/haiti-hospital-reopening-shooting Author : Guardian staff and agencies in Port-au-Prince Publish date : 2024-12-24 20:40:56 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Trump can’t reverse commutations of 37 people but says US will be ‘Nation of Law and Order’ when he is inauguratedDonald Trump has said he will direct the justice department to “vigorously” pursue the death penalty for the perpetrators of violent crimes, one day after Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of most prisoners on the federal government’s death row.In a post on Truth Social, the president-elect said as soon as he is inaugurated next month, he “will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters”.