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Prime minister to speak to press this morning while on visit to Sainsbury’s supermarket Morning, and welcome to our UK politics blog. Prime minister Andy Burnham is nipping to the shops this morning to announce a plan to get teenagers working, as the government seeks to tackle the “youth unemployment crisis”.Burnham will be in Sainsbury’s to welcome the supermarket’s plan to offer 10,000 work experience placements in deprived areas, focusing on communities with a high number of young people not in education, employment or training, otherwise called Neets.Gas and electricity prices will rise by 4% from October under the new

State’s child safety minister Amanda Camm confirms police are investigating alleged attack west of BrisbaneA Queensland teenager has allegedly been raped in a state-funded residential care home in what has been described as a “heinous” act.A staff member is accused of assaulting the girl, who is understood to be intellectually impaired, at the home west of Brisbane. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/26/teenage-girl-allegedly-raped-residential-resi-care-home-queensland-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2026-08-26 05:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Heavy rain expected in parts of Vietnam and southern ‌China, as another storm system, Typhoon Saudel, heads for Japan and TaiwanWidespread flooding triggered by Typhoon Narra has submerged homes and forced mass evacuations in southern China, as another storm system tracked towards Japan and Taiwan.Authorities in Chongzuo, in China’s Guangxi region – famous for its giant waterfalls and karst limestone mountains – on Tuesday evacuated more than 15,000 people after water ⁠levels surpassed a record high set in 2008. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/typhoon-narra-floods-evacuations-china Author : Reuters Publish date : 2026-08-26 01:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

US president’s lawyers in court filing say Washington arts complex must undergo repairs or risk demolitionThe John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts could be demolished if repairs are not carried out, the Trump administration warned in a court filing on Monday.Lawyers for the US president said the national arts complex in Washington DC must undergo a $250m renovation or risk facing the wrecking ball. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/trump-kennedy-center-demolish Author : David Smith in Washington Publish date : 2026-08-25 23:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.