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Emergency services called on Monday night after member of host family in Hunter region heard a commotion and found older girl with stab woundsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenage Chinese girl has been killed and her fellow student arrested following a stabbing at their host family’s home.The 13-year-old girl, also a Chinese student, was assisting police on Tuesday afternoon following the death of the 14-year-old in the NSW Hunter region. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/05/exchange-student-arrested-after-fatal-stabbing-at-host-family-home-nsw-hunter-region-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-08-05 09:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

The Israeli prime minister’s meeting comes as local media reports he is inclining towards expanding the offensive and even seizing entire territoryNew images of two skeletal hostages have horrified Israelis and added pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire, even as his government considers another expansion of the war, which has already destroyed much of Gaza and pushed it toward famine. In the video released by the Islamic Jihad militant group, Rom Braslavski says injuries in his foot prevent him from being able to stand. In another video, released by Hamas, Evyatar David says he is digging his own

Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has begun a tour that will take in every Welsh constituency before May’s Senedd electionsIt is fair to say that Rhun ap Iorwerth, the leader of Plaid Cymru, was on safe ground at the national Eisteddfod in Wrexham this week. More than once, festivalgoers interrupted his interview with the Guardian to shake his hand or take a selfie.Ap Iorwerth has just embarked on a nationwide “listening tour” during which he will visit every Welsh constituency, beginning in Wrexham, before the Senedd elections next May. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/05/were-the-party-of-ambition-plaid-cymru-sets-out-to-topple-labour Author : Bethan McKernan Wales corerspondent

Lawmakers travel to Illinois, New York and elsewhere to stop vote on Republicans’ redistricting planUS politics – live updatesTexas Democrats in the state legislature denied Republicans a legislative quorum on Monday by leaving the state, preventing, at least for now, plans proposed by the White House to aggressively redistrict Texas’s congressional lines in their favor.When the legislature gaveled in at 3pm local time on Monday, Republicans fell short of a quorum by eight votes after Democrats fled to Illinois, a legislative conference in Boston, New York and elsewhere. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/04/texas-democrats-republicans-maps Author : George Chidi, Lauren Gambino