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Home affairs minister in Queensland after dramatic night in which five female players were granted asylum. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe shadow defence minister, James Patterson, says joining the ongoing war in the Middle East “would have to meet an incredibly high bar” but Australia should “consider” any requests from Gulf countries for military assistance.Cabinet’s national security committee met yesterday to consider requests for Australia to provide help to countries feeling the brunt of Tehran’s missile attack, sparked by bombings ordered by the US president and Israel. Appearing on ABC’s 7.30 program

European Commission head says rules-based system can no longer be relied upon to protect the continent’s interestsEurope can “no longer be a custodian for the old-world order” and needs “a more realistic and interest-driven foreign policy”, the head of the European Commission has said.Speaking to an audience of EU ambassadors on Monday, Ursula Von der Leyen said the union “will always defend and uphold the rules-based system” but could not longer rely on it to defend European interests and shelter the continent from threats. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/09/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-foreign-policy-more-realistic-interest-driven Author : Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Publish date : 2026-03-09

Exclusive: Rented datacentres and ‘supercomputer’ site that’s still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’A multibillion-pound drive to “mainline AI into the veins” of the British economy is riddled with “phantom investments” and shaky accounting, a Guardian investigation has found.Since 2024, successive Conservative and Labour governments have proclaimed massive deals to build new datacentres, create thousands of jobs and construct a supercomputer. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments Author : Aisha Down Publish date : 2026-03-09 14:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.