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Transport offer part of long-awaited launch of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, is doing a breakfast television blitz this morning to announce that the public will be able to travel for free every weekend from early December until 1 February, as part of the launch of the metro tunnel.Allan has described it as a “thank you” to commuters for enduring disruptions as the project was built. Speaking on Today, she said:To say thank you to Victorians for their delivering free public transport for everyone

The rapper was accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah but case was thrown out by magistrateProsecutors have said they will appeal against the chief magistrate’s decision to throw out a terrorism charge against the Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh.The 27-year-old, known as Mo Chara, had been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, north London, last November. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/07/cps-to-appeal-against-dismissal-of-terrorism-charge-against-kneecaps-liam-og-o-hannaidh Author : Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-07 18:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Illinois senator Dick Durbin grills Trump’s attorney general on the Epstein investigation and Bondi tells him ‘national guard is on the way’ to ChicagoBondi and Senate Democrats spar amid Trump’s troop deploymentsBefore we turn our attention to Capitol Hill, we’re also keeping an eye on Illinois today. On Monday, a federal judge did not immediately block the president’s move to deploy national guard troops, including hundreds from Texas, to Chicago.Instead, the judge set a hearing for Thursday, leaving room for the military to make their way to the windy city as soon as today. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/07/donald-trump-national-guard-pam-bondi-mark-carney-government-shutdown-us-politics-live-news-updates

Labour mayor of the West Midlands says Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth were racistAsked about the Jenrick story, Badenoch again suggests Guardian reporting is reliable.Q: Jenrick was making a distinction between white faces and brown faces. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/07/conservative-tory-conference-kemi-badenoch-jenrick-starmer-labour-protests-reform-uk-politics-live-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-10-07 13:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.