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Police allege the man was armed with a machete and knife on The Strand in Townsville’s North Ward on Saturday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland police service says officers have shot and killed a man in Townsville after they allege he moved towards them with a machete and a knife.Police were called to reports of a man armed with multiple weapons on The Strand and intersecting McKinley Street in Townsville’s North Ward just before 10am on Saturday, the QPS said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/19/man-shot-dead-by-queensland-police-in-townsville-the-strand-ntwnfb

Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets putting thousands at risk across the countryZimbabwe’s efforts to control malaria have been dealt a huge blow as experts say the disease has returned “with a vengeance” after US aid cuts, with 115 outbreaks recorded in 2025 compared with only one last year.The sharp rise in cases comes six months after Donald Trump halted critical funding for US research and national response programmes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/19/health-malaria-mosquito-deaths-zimbabwe-trump-usaid-cuts-disease-control Author : Farai Shawn Matiashe Publish date : 2025-07-19 04:00:00 Copyright for

Three deputies who were killed were members of department’s arson explosives detail, according to sheriffAn explosion at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles has killed three people with the county sheriff’s department in the largest loss of life for the agency since 1857, the sheriff said on Friday morning.The three deputies who were killed were members of the department’s arson explosives detail said Robert Luna, the sheriff, at a press conference. Authorities were still working to notify relatives of the deceased, he said, and details on the circumstances around the explosion were limited. Continue reading... Source link :

Families of victims sued Activision and Meta, saying the companies bear responsibility for products used by gunmanA lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb elementary school attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the first amendment.The families sued Call of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage gunman. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/call-of-duty-case-texas-school-shooting Author : Associated

Scores of Venezuelans deported by US to El Salvador repatriated as Marco Rubio hails return of AmericansVenezuela released 10 jailed Americans on Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.The resolution represents a diplomatic achievement for the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, helps Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home Americans jailed abroad and lands El Salvador a swap that it had proposed months ago. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/18/prisoner-swap-americans-freed-venezuela-el-salvador Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-07-18 20:44:00 Copyright for syndicated

Long-acting contraceptives will not be sent abroad to women in need, a move costing US taxpayers $167,000The Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7m worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to women in need.A state department spokesperson confirmed that the decision had been made – a move that will cost US taxpayers $167,000. The contraceptives are primarily long-acting, such as IUDs and birth control implants, and were almost certainly intended for women in Africa, according to two senior congressional aides, one of whom visited a warehouse in Belgium that housed the contraceptives. It is not clear to the

Proposal heads to president’s desk to be signed after party-line vote was delayed by Jeffrey Epstein controversyHouse Republicans passed Donald Trump’s funding cut proposal just after midnight on Friday – clawing back $9bn in federal dollars.The vote was split on party lines, 216-213, with two Republicans, Mike Turner of Ohio and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, opposing the package alongside all Democrats. The proposal will now go to the president’s desk to be signed and codified. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/house-republicans-rescissions Author : Chris Stein in Washington Publish date : 2025-07-18 15:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Avon and Somerset police say they are ending investigation into rap group on grounds of insufficient evidenceKneecap will face no further action over their Glastonbury performance last month, Avon and Somerset police have said.In a statement, the force said: “An investigation has been carried out into comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury festival on Saturday 28 June. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/18/kneecap-no-further-action-glastonbury-performance-police Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-07-18 13:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Move comes as president finally says he will seek release of grand jury testimony over caseTrump requests release of grand jury Epstein transcriptsA federal judge on Friday could deal another blow to Donald Trump’s attempts to limit birthright citizenship, even though a US Supreme Court decision last month made it more difficult for lower courts to block White House directives, Reuters reports.A group of Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia will urge US District Judge Leo Sorokin at a hearing in Boston at 10am ET Friday to maintain an injunction he imposed in February that

Syrian troops pulled out of Sweida on Thursday on the orders of the Islamist-led government, following days of deadly clashesWilliam Christou is a Beirut-based journalist, focusing on human rights investigations and migration issues. He has written the below article on the conflict in southern Syria.Bahaa* had no choice but to keep on working as patient after patient came through the doors of the Sweida National hospital in southern Syria. Almost all bore similar injuries: gunshot wounds and bodies shredded by shrapnel from nearby exploding artillery. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/18/syria-druze-sweida-israel-gaza-war-latest-news-updates-middle-east Author : Joe Coughlan Publish date : 2025-07-18 08:06:00

Along with Democrats, only two House Republicans voted against the cutThe US’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed president Donald Trump’s $9bn funding cut to public media and foreign aid early on Friday, sending it to the White House to be signed into law.The chamber voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, altered by the Senate this week to exclude cuts of about $400m in funds for the global PEPFAR HIV/Aids prevention program. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/us-house-vote-trump-cut-foreign-aid-public-broadcasting Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-07-18 05:06:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The 74-year-old Bega man was flying from Wangaratta in Victoria to Moruya in NSW when his plane vanished on Tuesday afternoon New South Wales police say a pilot couldn’t have survived after his light plane crashed into a remote region of the Snowy Mountains earlier this week.The pilot, 74-year-old Bega man David Stephens, had been missing since Tuesday afternoon. Stephens was last seen at Wangaratta in Victoria when his plane was inspected before takeoff.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/18/pilot-david-stephens-crashed-plane-found-nsw-snowy-mountains Author : Eelemarni Close-Brown Publish date : 2025-07-18 02:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Colbert told shocked audience he only found out the night before, as CBS announced it will end the entire Late Show franchise after 33 yearsThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been cancelled and will end in May, with network CBS announcing it will retire the Late Show entirely after a 33-year run.Colbert, who has hosted the talkshow since 2015, announced the news during Thursday night’s taping, telling the audience he had only been told the news the previous night. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/18/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-to-end-in-2026-as-cbs-cancels-show Author : Sian Cain Publish date : 2025-07-18 00:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Plane piloted by 74-year-old NSW man David Stephens believed to have crashed. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKevin Hogan says PM should have same ‘exuberance’ to meet Trump as he did with China’s leaderKevin Hogan, the shadow minister for trade, just spoke to RN Breakfast about prime minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to China this week, describing it a “working holiday” and dinging the PM for not having the “same exuberance … to meet with the US president”. Hogan said:Look I think it’s good that the prime minister went to China. I

Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, 38, was arrested outside Guidepost Montessori school after agents stopped him en routeAn Oregon father was taken into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody while dropping off his child on 15 July at a preschool in the Portland-area town of Beaverton, the agency confirmed.The man, identified by Ice as 38-year-old Iranian citizen Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, was arrested outside of Guidepost Montessori school after being stopped by agents en route. An Ice spokesperson said in a statement that Khanbabazadeh entered the country legally but overstayed his visa. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/oregon-ice-arrests-outside-preschool Author : Emily Swanson Publish date

Hopes £225m Isambard-AI in Bristol will unleash new era of technological, medical and social breakthroughsBritain’s new £225m national artificial intelligence supercomputer will be used to spot sick dairy cows in Somerset, improve the detection of skin cancer on brown skin and help create wearable AI assistants that could help riot police anticipate danger.Scientists hope Isambard-AI – named after the 19th-century engineer of groundbreaking bridges and railways, Isambard Kingdom Brunel – will unleash a wave of AI-powered technological, medical and social breakthroughs by allowing academics and public bodies access to the kind of vast computing power previously the preserve of private

Alexus Grynkewich says Russia will remain a threat even if a peaceful solution to war in Ukraine can be foundFour Flemish civil society groups that brought the case against the regional Flemish government hailed the court’s decision (12:39) as “historic”.“This historic ruling acknowledges that the Flemish government bears a heavy legal responsibility when it facilitates military shipments to a state committing war crimes and possibly genocide,” said Fien De Meyer of the League for Human Rights. “The court has now said what politicians refuse to admit.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/17/ukraine-russia-war-patriot-nato-latest-europe-news-live-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-07-17

UK prime minister and German chancellor sign first bilateral agreement between the UK and Germany since the second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading... Source

Most cuts are schemes to assist foreign countries hit by disease, war and natural disasters Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with the news that the US Senate has approved Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the Republican president another victory as he exerts control over Congress with little opposition.In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the far-right network created to host Steve Bannon’s podcast,

ONS data shows jobless rate climbing to highest rate since June 2021 with growth in average earnings slowing to 5%.Business live – updatesUnemployment climbed and wage growth fell in the three months to May, according to official figures that will put pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates next moth.Data from the Office for National Statistics, released on Thursday, showed that Britain’s official unemployment rate rose to 4.7% in the three months to May, up 0.1% from April. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/17/rise-in-uk-unemployment-and-slowing-wage-growth-add-new-pressure-for-interest-rate-cut Author : Phillip Inman Publish date : 2025-07-17 06:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Premier Chris Minns says former One Nation MP’s alleged remarks about female MPs in messages to his then partner ‘troubling’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales housing minister, Rose Jackson, has labelled independent MP Mark Latham a “pig” after allegations he took covert photographs of female colleagues in the upper house and shared them.The messages, reportedly sent to his former partner Nathalie Matthews and published in the Daily Telegraph on Thursday, allegedly included disparaging comments about the female politicians’ appearance. Continue reading... Source link :

President faces Maga backlash over claims of hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich elite – including TrumpUS politics live – latest news updatesDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading... Source

Resolution Foundation says unpaid carers on low incomes pay ‘very heavy price’ for looking after loved onesThe carer’s allowance benefit should be overhauled and the basic rate of payment increased to lift more unpaid carers and disabled people out of financial hardship, according to a living standards thinktank.The Resolution Foundation said unpaid carers on low incomes were paying a “very heavy price” – a typical penalty of 10% or as much as £7,000 a year compared with non-carers – for looking after loved ones full-time. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/17/ministers-urged-to-overhaul-and-raise-carers-allowance Author : Patrick Butler Social policy editor Publish date

PM to visit Cochlear base in south-western city; economists wait for jobs figures later this morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA German backpacker who was lost in the Australian outback for 11 nights has been discharged from hospital.Carolina Wilga hit her head in a car crash and left her car in a “state of confusion” before going missing in the Western Australian outback. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/17/australia-news-live-albanese-china-chengdu-cochlear-backpacker-carolina-wilga-abs-employment-data-victoria-childcare-nsw-labor-coalition-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2025-07-16 20:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

NHS Fife says there is insufficient evidence against Sandie Peggie as her tribunal case against the trust resumesA nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender woman doctor has been cleared of gross misconduct allegations.Sandie Peggie, who has worked as a nurse for the health board for more than 30 years, is claiming she was subject to unlawful harassment under the Equality Act when she was expected to share a changing room with a trans woman, Dr Beth Upton. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/16/nurse-sandie-peggie-cleared-of-misconduct-in-trans-doctor-changing-room-row-in-scotland Author : Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Publish date : 2025-07-16 18:19:00