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Unions chief says industrial relations lawyer Stuart Wood KC is ‘very well experienced’ but queries whether he may bring ‘personal biases’ to the roleFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe lawyer leading a commission of inquiry into Queensland’s CFMEU was a former member of the Liberal party and acted for businesses, raising questions about his impartiality, according to the state’s union movement.Deputy premier and industrial relations minister Jarrod Bleijie announced on Friday that Stuart Wood AM KC, an industrial relations lawyer of 30 years experience who has worked

San Francisco judge leaves temporary protected status in place for people from Honduras and Nicaragua while case against Trump administration proceedsA federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s plans and extended temporary protected status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua.TPS is a protection that can be granted by the homeland security secretary to people of various nationalities who are in the United States, preventing them from being deported and allowing them to work. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/judge-tps-temporary-protected-status-trump-deportation Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-08-01 03:15:00 Copyright

Accuser who died in April wanted justice for victims and urged Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, family saysThe siblings of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers who died earlier this year, said their sister had wanted the so-called Epstein files to be released, and urged Donald Trump not to pardon his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.In an interview with NBC News on Thursday, Giuffre’s family said she would have wanted the documents – a trove of materials related to the investigation into the years of abuse into the late sex offender – made public. Continue reading... Source

The execution of Edward Zakrzewski is the ninth death sentence carried out in the state this year, a new recordA Florida man convicted of killing his wife and two children in 1994 became the ninth person to be put to death on Thursday in Florida this year, marking a state record for a single-year execution total since the restoration of the death penalty in the US decades ago.Edward Zakrzewski was pronounced dead at 6.12pm local time following a three-drug injection at Florida state prison near Starke. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/31/florida-execution-edward-zakrzewski Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-07-31

Prime minister tells 7.30 that Palestine must first make a ‘contribution’ to creating two states; Alex Greenwich backs Harbour Bridge march. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich supports the pro-Palestine protest planned for Sydney Harbour Bridge, saying it “would send a powerful global message”.The march could still go ahead if the court sides with police, but protesters face being arrested under anti-protest laws.Having successfully lobbied the previous Coalition government to allow a march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of LGBTQ equality during Sydney WorldPride,

Crowds of hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid at Zikim crossing shot at by Israeli soldiersAt least 91 people have been killed and 600 wounded while waiting for aid in Gaza over the last 24 hours, as the US envoy, Steve Witkoff, visits Israel for ceasefire discussions and to inspect food distribution.On Wednesday night, crowds of hungry people had gathered at the Zikim crossing with Israel, waiting for trucks loaded with humanitarian aid to enter the besieged strip when they were shot. Al-Saraya field hospital said it had received more than 100 dead and wounded after the shooting, while the

Martial arts fighter loses attempt to overturn jury’s order that he compensates Nikita HandConor McGregor has lost his attempt to overturn a jury’s order that he compensates a woman who accused him of raping her, with Ireland’s court of appeal rejecting the appeal in its entirety.The plaintiff, Nikita Hand, alleged that the martial arts fighter sexually assaulted her on 9 December 2018. A jury last year ordered McGregor to pay her nearly €250,000 (£216,000) in damages. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/irish-court-rejects-conor-mcgregor-appeal-sexual-assault-case Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-07-31 16:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Those killed in past 24 hours include more than 90 seeking aid, says health ministrySyrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani said his country wants Russia “by our side” and called for “mutual respect” between the two nations following the overthrow of Syria’s previous Moscow-backed government last year, AFP reports.“The current period is full of various challenges and threats, but it is also an opportunity to build a united and strong Syria. And, of course, we are interested in having Russia by our side on this path,” he told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Moscow, according to a

Crime writer says her conclusion into the circumstances of the 16th-century playwright’s killing ‘will surprise people’It has all the makings of a classic Val McDermid mystery: a sudden death, a cast of shadowy figures and a tangle of motives buried beneath layers of official secrecy.But this time, the queen of crime is not inventing a murder, she is revisiting one of history’s most enduring whodunnits – the mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/31/val-mcdermid-play-death-christopher-marlowe Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent Publish date : 2025-07-31 10:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Six die in strikes on Ukraine as Russia shrugs off threat of sanctions and secondary tariffs with reduced US ceasefire deadlineOver the last half hour, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Finnish Helsinki+50 conference marking the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Helsinki accords.He said that “Russia keeps launching such attacks, even when the whole world is calling on it to stop the war, a war that Russia started, a war that Russia keeps dragging on, a war that only the Russian leadership wants.”“We need to fully block Russia’s war machine, cut off its arms industry, limit its energy profits, and

In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guardGood morning. Yesterday one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far east Russia.It triggered a tsunami that started crossing the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour. What followed was a race against time – early warning systems went into alert mode as waves fanned out towards the coastlines of Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast.Travel | The head of the UK’s air traffic control company is facing calls to resign after hundreds

Latest report delivers bad news on targets including adult imprisonment rates, children in out-of-home care, suicide and childhood developmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWithout changing the approach to Closing the Gap, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will continue to “pay the price”, Indigenous organisations say.Just four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to be met, according to the latest data from the Productivity Commission. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/31/closing-the-gap-report-goals-targets-worse-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-07-31 03:22:00 Copyright for

After Wednesday’s 8.8 magnitude quake, false claims spread online that Winfrey refused to let the public use a private road in Maui – and not for the first timeEven as the threat of a tsunami swamping Hawaii had passed on Wednesday, social media posts were still circulating claims that Oprah Winfrey had refused immediate access to a private road that would allow residents a shorter evacuation route.The warnings followed one of the century’s most powerful earthquakes, an 8.8 magnitude quake that struck off a Russian peninsula and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a wide swath of the Pacific. Posts

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers says delay in US sending new ambassador ‘not unusual’Moving on to the Today Show, Chalmers is facing more questions about the relationship between the US and Australia.Well, I’m not sure about that. I think that might be overdoing it but, more broadly, there’s a lot of uncertainty in the global economy. We’re seeing that play out. Tariffs are part of that. National security considerations are part of that as well. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/31/australia-politics-live-closing-the-gap-indigenous-youtube-gaza-question-time-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-ntwnfb Author : Krishani Dhanji Publish date : 2025-07-30 22:21:00

Decision leaves race wide open, with leading candidates including Xavier Becerra, Antonio Villaraigosa and Katie PorterKamala Harris, the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, announced on Wednesday that she will not run for governor of California – a highly anticipated decision that leaves the contest to lead the country’s largest blue state wide open.“For now, my leadership – and public service – will not be in elected office,” Harris said in a statement, ending months of speculation about her political future after losing the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/30/kamala-harris-california-governor-race-election Author : Lauren

Rarely used ‘rule of five’ requires government agencies to provide relevant information if at least five members of the committee request itOn Capitol Hill today, Senate Democrats – led by minority leader Chuck Schumer – will hold a press conference at 12pm ET to discuss their plans to push the justice department to release the full and un-redacted Epstein files.Democrats are using a rare and little-known law, known colloquially as the “rule of five”, which requires government agencies to provide relevant information if at least five members of the committee request it. In this case, all Democrats on the homeland

St Paul shut down systems after the cyberattack governor Tim Walz said ‘exceeded the city’s response capacity’Minnesota has called in the national guard after the city of St Paul was slammed by what its mayor described as a “deliberate, coordinated, digital attack” carried out by sophisticated hackers.Governor Tim Walz said in a statement that he was deploying the guard, which has a cyber protection component, because the attack had “exceeded the city’s response capacity”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/30/tim-walz-minnesota-national-guard Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2025-07-30 14:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Carmaker avoids reporting a slump by sending three months’ worth of sales on last day of the quarter at levy of 10%Aston Martin scrambled to deliver three months’ worth of cars to dealers in the US within 24 hours as it rushed to qualify for lower tariffs that came into effect on 30 June.By invoicing the whole quarter’s cars on that same day it also avoided having to report a sales slump that might have alarmed investors. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/30/aston-martin-24-hour-scramble-lower-us-tariffs-pays-off Author : Jasper Jolly Publish date : 2025-07-30 12:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Benjamin Netanyahu says announcement rewards ‘Hamas’s monstrous terrorism’ as Starmer says UK could recognise statehood in SeptemberGood morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Joe Coughlan.Mostly today I will be covering more reaction to yesterday’s news about the UK recognising the state of Palestine (the all-but-certain outcome of Keir Starmer’s announcement yesterday, given the Israeli reaction to the conditions he has set.)I think the point that Peter was making is that predators today, sexual predators today, operate online. And if social media had been around in the same way as it is today, when Jimmy Savile was committing those crimes

Powerful 8.8-magnitude Russian earthquake triggers tsunami alerts across Pacific including US coast and JapanTsunami warning live updatesThe first waves have hit Hawaii after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula and triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific.Tsunami warning sirens blared in Honolulu on Wednesday as the emergency department called for the evacuation of some coastal areas in preparation. The coastguard issued an advisory for all boats, saying they should leave port ahead of the tsunami. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/29/honolulu-tsunami-preparation-russia-earthquake Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-07-30 07:18:00 Copyright for syndicated

Former tennis star’s lawyer alleges Herald Sun articles are defamatory and constitute a serious invasion of Brittany Groth’s privacy under new tort lawsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian Liberal party deputy leader and former Australian tennis star, Sam Groth, has threatened legal action over News Corp stories which claimed Liberal colleagues of Groth’s were querying how he began his relationship with his wife, Brittany, with his lawyers claiming the articles are worse than “gutter journalism”.The legal letter from law firm Giles George alleges two articles in the

Labor MP says recognising statehood would deprive Hamas – ‘built largely on grievance’ – of power over Gaza and speed up peace processFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor MP Ed Husic says Australia should immediately join the UK in preparing to recognise Palestinian statehood, describing a tide of “moral momentum” that requires the Albanese government to reconsider its position on the war in Gaza.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will hold more talks with his UK counterpart, Keir Starmer, in coming days, but has stopped short of matching

River Action says failure to publish and put into practice policy on nationalisation of failing water firms is unlawfulA river charity is taking legal action against the environment secretary, Steve Reed, accusing him of an unlawful failure to publish his policy on taking failing water companies into temporary nationalisation.Lawyers for River Action argue that Thames Water has breached its duties and violated its licence conditions seriously and repeatedly, making it the clearest possible case for special administration. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/30/charity-in-legal-action-against-minister-for-failing-to-act-over-thames-water Author : Sandra Laville Environment correspondent Publish date : 2025-07-29 23:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

United Australia party senator says checks would have been another layer of digital surveillance. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChris Bowen was also asked on 7.30 for his reaction to the decision by the UK prime minister to recall his cabinet from their summer break for an emergency meeting on the Gaza crisis.Asked if Australia, as a middle power, would join a joint effort to ensure more aid gets into Gaza, Bowen said:I think the best thing I can do, Sarah, is very warmly and strongly and positively point you to the

Horizon Europe is among the most prestigious science research programmes in the worldThe European Commission has proposed partly suspending Israel from its flagship £80bn Horizon science research programme over the “severe” humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where food security experts say famine is now under way.It comes amid worldwide condemnation of Israel’s actions in Gaza including demands by Donald Trump that it must do more to stop the “real starvation”. On Tuesday, the leading international authority on food crises, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in Gaza. Continue reading... Source link