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Israel PM insists ‘there will be no Palestinian state’ despite Australia joining UK and Canada in formal recognition. Follow today’s news liveOptus expected to face ‘significant consequences’Anika Wells, the minister for communications, said Optus will be held to account after the triple-zero outage.Optus and all telecommunications providers have obligations under Australian law to make sure emergency services calls go through. … Optus will be held accountable for this failure. They and all providers have no excuses here. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/22/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-new-york-israel-palestine-donald-trump-optus-triple-zero-ntwnfb Author : Nick Visser Publish date : 2025-09-21 22:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

US president to speak at event in Glendale, Arizona, as number of rightwing commentators including Steve Bannon and Elon Musk attendStudents who debated with Kirk: ‘His goal was to defeat us’US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killingChristian nationalists in the US are positioning Charlie Kirk as a martyr for their movement, one that has grown in popularity and whose rise was intertwined with Kirk’s own political ascent.After Kirk’s killing, his widow, Erika Kirk, wrote on social media that the “world is evil”, but God “so good”. The “sound of this widow weeping throughout this

US Secret Service leads massive security presence, while conservatives demand punishment of those who disparaged rightwing ‘youth whisperer’Thousands were gathering in Arizona for a public memorial to honor Charlie Kirk, the rightwing youth organizer who was fatally shot during an event at a Utah college.Donald Trump, his vice-president, JD Vance, and Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, were among a long list of prominent officials and figures expected to pay tribute to the slain activist, a reflection of his deep imprint on the president’s Make America Great Again (Maga) movement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/21/thousands-gather-at-charlie-kirk-memorial-in-arizona-where-trump-to-pay-tribute-to-slain-organizer Author : Lauren Gambino in Glendale,

Sadiq Khan hails one-day closure of half-mile stretch to traffic as ‘glimpse to what the future could be like’The mayor of London has said a one-day trial banning traffic from part of Oxford Street marks “the day the fightback began to rescue this street”.Sadiq Khan visited the street, where vehicles were prohibited from accessing a half-mile stretch of the road from Oxford Circus to Orchard Street between noon and 8pm on Sunday for the event called This is Oxford Street. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-says-traffic-ban-trial-is-start-of-fightback-to-rescue-oxford-street Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-09-21 14:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs