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Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Don and Gail had dined at Erin’s before, court hearsAnna Terrington also recalls a lunch that her parents, Don and Gail, had at Erin’s house in 2023 – before the fateful mushroom meal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/07/erin-patterson-trial-live-witnesses-to-continue-giving-evidence-on-day-seven-of-mushroom-cooks-trial-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-05-07 02:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ex-housekeepers accuse Motown legend of sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violenceMotown legend William “Smokey” Robinson has been accused of sexual assault and misconduct by four women – identified only as Jane Does 1, 2, 3 and 4 – who worked as housekeepers for the Robinsons.A complaint filed in Los Angeles superior court on 6 May lists charges including sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violence. The complaint seeks $50m total in damages for the four women. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/smokey-robinson-accused-sexual-assault Author : Cy Neff Publish date : 2025-05-07 00:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

People should not underestimate the risk of catching flu, health professionals say. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCan we cut the reams of waste in election paper trail?A mountain of waste is created each time Australians go to the polls to vote in local, state and federal elections, and experts say we need to find creative ways to reduce it. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/07/australia-news-live-flu-election-undecided-seats-kooyong-monique-ryan-melbourne-adam-bandt-greens-liberal-leadership-anthony-albanese-ntwnfb Author : Rafqa Touma Publish date : 2025-05-06 21:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Kathy Hochul announces ‘first-ever’ plans to distribute $2bn, as well as plans for free meals for 2.7 million studentsNew York governor, Kathy Hochul, announced that the state will be distributing inflation refund checks to more than 8 million New Yorkers.Last week, as part of New York’s fiscal year 2026 budget, Hochul announced the state’s “first-ever inflation refund checks” which is slated to put $2bn back into the pockets of millions of New Yorkers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/new-york-inflation-refund-checks-kathy-hochul Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-05-06 18:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Trump claims he wants ‘friendship’ between US and Canada as new PM visits White HouseTrump and Carney to meet in closely-watched encounterA group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The six senators – Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch – wrote to Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general, asking him to launch an investigation by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office into the US government’s implementation of laws regarding the

Leftwingers say winter fuel payment cuts need to be reversed to win back votersIn his interviews this morning Wes Streeting, who is seen as a Blairite, said that if the Labour government did not deliver change for voters, it would be out. (See 9.08am.) According to Politico, at a conference in Los Angeles yesterday, Tony Blair made the same argument himself. Talking about progressive parties generally, he said.If you end up just being the managers of the status quo and the status quo isn’t working for people, they’re going to put you out.Two senior backbenchers have confirmed to The Independent

Mike Amesbury says election results showed government was making ‘some big political mistakes’UK politics live – latest updatesThe former Runcorn MP Mike Amesbury has called on Labour backbenchers to oppose winter fuel and welfare cuts, after the byelection in his former seat was lost to Reform UK.Amesbury, who stood down after he was convicted of assaulting a constituent, said he took responsibility for his own mistakes but said results up and down the country showed the government was making “some big political mistakes”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/06/ex-runcorn-mp-mike-amesbury-urges-labour-backbenchers-to-oppose-welfare-cuts Author : Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor Publish date : 2025-05-06

Benjamin Netanyahu announced new ‘intensified’ offensive aimed at ‘conquering’ Gaza StripFrance’s foreign ministry has said it strongly condemns the announcement by Israel of a new plan to control territory in the Gaza Strip and forcibly relocate the Palestinians there.The plan, which was unanimously approved at an Israeli security cabinet meeting late on Sunday, goes beyond any aims so far outlined by Israel for its offensive in the devastated Palestinian territory. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/06/israel-gaza-war-latest-live-news-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-palestine Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2025-05-06 06:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Ian Wilkinson says late wife Heather ‘fairly excited’ about lunchThe examination now turns to the invite for the mushroom lunch.There was no reason for the lunch.... We were very happy to be invited. It seemed like maybe our relationship with Erin was going to improve.Just seemed like a normal person to me... when we met, seemed quite friendly. We never

Guests including Zendaya and Diana Ross are making their grand entrances for this year’s Met Gala, which is themed ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’The night is still oh-so-young and co-chair Colman Domingo is already onto his second look (still custom Valentino designed by creative director Alessandro Michele), having shed his André Leon Talley-coded cloak in favour of a joyfully pattern-clashing look of grids and polka dots. It’s busy but it works! The polka dots on the brooch have apparently been hand-painted on.That’s already two looks down – can he beat the total of four different looks that Lady Gaga wore to

The foreign minister has responded to Donald Trump suggesting tariffs could be placed on foreign-produced movies. Follow today’s news liveLive results: federal election votes tracker, electorates map and seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong: Liberal Party was ‘very aggro’ and wanted a ‘culture war’The foreign minister, Penny Wong, says the media response to her comments in the final week of the election campaign about the voice to parliament were disappointing and an inaccurate “beat-up”.I think more importantly, what it did show Australians is that the reflex

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, White House cronies with very different backgrounds, are up for Mike Waltz’s old postThe race is officially on to become Donald Trump’s next national security adviser – but in this White House, the personalities and egos surrounding the president can matter far more than the titles they hold.Speaking from Air Force One on Sunday evening, Trump suggested secretary of state Marco Rubio could continue to double-hat as the interim national security adviser. But he also praised Stephen Miller, whom he said was “at the top of the totem pole” for the appointment and said he

UN secretary general ‘alarmed’ by plans to expand military operations in Gaza; six strikes reported by Houthi-affiliated mediaIsrael to expand Gaza operations to establish ‘sustained presence’One of Pope Francis’s popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the Vatican said yesterday.The vehicle, used by the late pontiff during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land, is being outfitted with diagnostic and emergency medical equipment to help young patients in the Palestinian territory, where health services have been devastated by the Israeli invasion. Continue reading... Source link :

Catholic charity says the late pontiff endorsed the idea of creating a ‘vehicle of hope’ to deliver medical aidJust over a decade ago, the converted Mitsubishi whisked Pope Francis through the streets of Bethlehem before it was left to gather dust. Now, in keeping with one of the late pontiff’s last wishes, the popemobile is being given a second life as a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip.In a region ravaged by more than 18 months of war, the initiative is both symbolic and practical, said Peter Brune, the secretary general of the Catholic charity Caritas Sweden.

Australian and UK politicians push back against US president’s move, which is expected to send ‘shock waves’ through global industry Donald Trump’s bombshell announcement that “Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands” will be subject to a 100% tariff has certainly caught the attention of Hollywood, as well as the international film industries it seems to be aimed at – principally Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, as well as European countries such as Hungary and Italy that have often acted as bases for US film production.Vague and grandstanding at it is, the chaotic rollout

Arachne Press says Afonydd (Rivers) was inspired by success of A470: Poems for the Road/Cerddi’r FforddIts volume of bilingual poetry celebrating the A470 road, which zigzags through Wales, proved a surprise hit.Inspired by the success, an independent publisher is releasing another anthology in English and Welsh, this time focusing on the rivers that tumble through the country. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/05/publisher-behind-hit-bilingual-poetry-book-on-a470-turns-to-welsh-rivers Author : Steven Morris Publish date : 2025-05-05 10:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Inquest into deaths of six victims in April 2024 told Joel Cauchi’s father and mother worried about weapons ‘especially if he’s going to lose contact with reality’Australian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updatesLive results: federal election votes tracker, electorates map and seat countsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a year before Joel Cauchi stabbed six people to death in Bondi, a Queensland police officer requested the local mental health officer follow up with the Cauchi family, an inquest has heard.It followed Cauchi’s mother reportedly telling police during a separate incident: “I

Simon Patterson cross-examined by estranged wife’s lawyer as Victorian supreme court trial enters second week Erin Patterson trial LIVEWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s estranged husband has denied asking her “is that what you used to poison them?” in the days immediately after the deadly mushroom lunch.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha in South Gippsland in 2023.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/05/alleged-mushroom-murders-trial-husband-simon-patterson-witness-ntwnfb Author

Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updatesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Our justice and courts reporter, Nino Bucci, was in the court room in Morwell last week for the first week of Erin Patterson’s murder trial.Catch up on his report on the first week of the trial: Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/05/erin-patterson-live-mushroom-murders-trial-australian-woman-updates-day-five-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-05-05 02:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariffDonald Trump on Sunday announced on his Truth Social platform a 100% tariff on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands”.In his post, he claimed to have authorized the Department of Commerce and the US trade representative to immediately begin instituting such a tariff, although he gave no details on how it would be implemented. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-tariffs-foreign-movies Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-05-04 23:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Multiple seats still in doubt include Goldstein that the Liberals hope to regain from teal Zoe Daniel. Follow today’s news liveElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberals ‘fundamentally misread’ Australian society: BraggWe’ve now heard from senator Andrew Bragg, as the post-mortem on the Liberal Party’s catastrophic loss in the election on Saturday continues.Ultimately you’ve got to give people something to vote for… and I don’t think we had enough strong economic policies to win the day.We could have done

Strike by Yemen rebel group came hours before security cabinet was due to vote on plans to expand Gaza offensiveBenjamin Netanyahu has promised Israel will strike back against Yemen’s Houthis and “their Iranian terror masters” after a missile launched by the militia movement hit the perimeter of Israel’s main airport.On X, the Israeli prime minister said on Sunday that Israel would respond to the Houthi attack “at a time and place of our choosing”. On Telegram, Netanyahu said Israel had acted against the Houthis in the past and would act again in the future. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/netanyahu-yemen-houthis-attack-israel-ben-gurion-airport

One of US’s biggest airports, in New York area, experiences 210 delays and 88 cancellations amid aviation safety fearsFlight delays continued on Sunday as a major crisis gripped one of the US’s biggest airports amid aviation safety fears.As of Sunday morning, there were 210 delays and 88 cancellations at Newark Liberty international airport (EWR) in New Jersey, according to FlightAware. The large airport is one of the major hubs for New York city and its surrounding area. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/newark-airport-flight-delays-air-traffic-control Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-05-04 16:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocateFrance and the EU are to step up their efforts to attract US-based scientists hit by Donald Trump’s crackdown on academia, as they prepare announcements on incentives for researchers to settle in Europe.The French president, Emmanuel Macron, alongside the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders and researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives and protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe. Continue reading... Source link :